Ah yes, Roland Emmerich, the guy who has a scene where the White House blows up in all his movies has some thoughts about originality in films.

Speaking on that alone, I completely disagree. I have seen a lot of films made that are original with no connection to super heroes or franchises in these past couple of years alone. They may not be released in cinemas but they are made, and they can be viewed.

Hmm, the guy who can have practically his whole filmography summed up with “how can I destroy the White House this time?” is bemoaning the lack of originality in modern cinema. An interesting position to take. 

If he knew so much about films as he thinks maybe his career wouldn’t now be such a disaster that his nearly $200m “original film” is getting demolished at the box office by a group of 40-50 something men hurting themselves on purpose.

For me, the scariest aspect of the original film isn’t Leatherface or the predatory Sheriff or the grotesque meal or the nearly-dead grandfather they keep in the attic, it’s the fact that for that particular family, all of that was normal. Just them going about their lives.

It looks like a ripoff of everything. You couldn’t pay me to watch this. Damn near every frame and beat of that trailer is creatively bankrupt.

This looks shitty. The “cancel” gag is so weird- like, no, that’s not what The Young Adults of today do when confronted with a weirdo in a mask, this is some guy’s idea of what Cancel Culture is. 

I liked it. I’d much rather they try something based on a concept than an unfunny regurgitation of headlines like last week’s opening 

Fan sounds that bleed through during some musical guests’ intros are mostly for atmospheric haze for lighting, you can hear it in the mix for most heavy lighting acts. Also depends on how tired the in-house sound board operator is to fix levels :)

The “new” Dragnet in the 60s was just a lengthy, thinly-veiled screed from squaresville Jack Webb at the entire counterculture.

SNL is an institution, and even non-AVC regulars might stumble across these reviews from a Google search. I imagine coverage of prestige shows and the like have historically not drawn a substantial amount of clicks. Unfortunately, it’s the same explanation as many other websites — it all comes down to metrics.

That’s a shame, a terrific comic character actor. There is an episode of WKRP when Johnny Fever has to do the late night graveyard slot as punishment, and read out the low-budget ads for the likes of Red Wigglers, ‘The Cadillac of worms.... From all good worm stores everywhere!’. Hessemann’s mix of disgust, despair…

I liked the episode less than you did but more than Perkins did. I think Perkins’ fixation on Defoe as a “dramatic” actor who supposedly can’t do comedy is odd. It seemed like more of a preconception he had going into the episode than anything that was actually on display. Anyway, one of the basic pleasures of SNL is…

I just saw him in Dragnet. He was a hippie academic.

RIP!

This sounds like it was written by someone who never saw Auto Focus.

Eh. How many times can they do the exact same joke, which makes less and less sense each time they do it.

Really? You’re going to culture war about Yellowstone? Are You Megan McCain?

So interesting to read this review after finishing the episode. I found this to be a remarkable return-to-form after the last two episodes. The Cold Open and Monologue started the show off pretty clunkily, but I really enjoyed pretty much everything else (to varying degrees).

Peyton Manning loving Emily in Paris was the best thing SNL has done for a long time.