Thankfully the murder is secondary to the cast hanging out and riffing off each other for me.

He wouldn’t have been a good fit for many of the reasons other commenters have shared. He’s silly and not particularly political. Honestly, a lot of his material is self-indulgent, which could have made him great for a Daily Show follow-up show.

The Trump era started as a comedic political environment but became hard to laugh at as it made violence a standard, declared war on facts & science, and set the stage for the current political era. It’s like we we started with The Three Stooges and ended with The Revenant. We’re now watching the untitled prequel to…

Reminds me of that Mitch Hedberg joke about execs wanting comedians to be able to do other things: “Sure you can cook, but can you farm?”

The Trump era wasn’t a comedic political environment?

Yeah... I don’t think Mulaney is one of those comedians that works in large doses. Standup and voice acting roles aside, his Weekend Update segments on SNL aren’t really good.

It seems to be a mistake that TV Execs never stop making, thinking that people who are funny one way, are funny every way. Stewart wasn’t a very good stand up comic, but he turned into a great fit TDS because he’s a good straight man and had great talent working with him. Noah, on the other hand, is a much funnier…

if “something doesn’t happen in the first 30 seconds.. people will just turn off.”

You make a good point, but by no means was I suggesting that streaming ever promised “unlimited” freedom. My perspective is, for decades a theatrically-released film might have been test-screened, but most creative decisions were made purposefully by a small group of individuals. A studio might give notes or demand…

These are not mutually exclusive concepts. Creators have a lot more freedom now because there are so many more possible outlets that can distribute their work. But “more freedom” does not mean “unlimited freedom in every sense.”

But streaming was supposed to give creators so much more freedom.

Personally, I loved the 2003 version. Was bright and colourful like a storybook, with a good mix of sincerity but whimsical too... and Jeremy Sumpter played Peter like a likeable lil shit.

So we’re assuming this is straight to streaming right?

The top screen grab could not possibly look sillier. Surely this is from a HS production of the Taming of the Shrew.

it sounds like the sequel to 2004's...

Making a sequel to a beloved, quirky comedy twenty years later is a bold move, Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off.

Late night comedy in general is a bit anemic for me. It’s just another way I know I’m old now. I miss early Adult Swim, Letterman, Ferguson, Conan, Jon Stewart’s version of The Daily Show, and Colbert 1.0.

“we’ve had a lot of laughs”

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