TW: Child abuse, sexual abuse. Dwayne Johnson has incredible charisma and he puts it to great use here. If you watch this sketch, you basically never have to watch Venture Brothers or Robot Chicken because The Rock does every one of their jokes better. It’s outstanding.
And evil. It's literally evil.
9. Teacher Fell Down (2018)
This isn’t just a stupid skit; it’s peak stupid skit. It’s so fucking unintelligent. So pointless. It defies expectations in that it has no jokes. Just when you think it’s going to get on track and give us a setup/punchline it just keeps being smart as rocks.
It’s a monument to Kate McKinnon’s ability to carry a skit based on nothing but pure Kate-McKinnonness. I couldn't just put "Kate McKinnon" on this list, but Teacher Fell Down is her Alesia. See also: Casablanca, all of 2016 when she played Hillary Clinton, and that 1-800-flowers one.
"Command Performance" leans heavily on Star Trek tropes, but makes good television with it and gives Halston Sage (Alara) great opportunities as one of the crew's most junior members.
Seth MacFarlane has a long, loving history with Star Trek. His new television show, "The Orville," is built on that foundation. Hosts SkilTao and VanVelding talk about those foundations, MacFarlane, and his alter ego, Ed Mercer.
David Tennant played one iconic role on television--okay, two--okay maybe three or four depending on how you see Broadchurch. My point is that adults don't need David Tennant to "doctor" them with placid messages about how things aren't so bad. If folks are worried, they need to do stuff and the best thing actors can do with their platform is to encourage people to take action and stand by their principles even if it's inconvenient.
You know I take notes while I watch movies because I can't ever enjoy myself so here are my notes for Ghostbusters, which I got to see on opening weekend. As always, notes made after the fact are italicized.
Previews Ice Age: Which Ice Age is this, 11? 12? We need to get Dennis Leary better work. Suicide Squad: I am not the idiot they want to watch their movie. Star Trek Beyond: Just a title card and not a full trailer then. It comes out in a week. Ok. Nerv: Stupid, high-concept movie with pretty, young people. This might be the most intriguing trailer of this whole lineup. Maui: Seems nice. It looks like a Disney movie. Bridget Jones' Baby: Like Chasing Amy, it's another movie that can be resolved with a three-way. But since it won't be, let me save you 90 minutes and a trip to the theater, "LOL, she don't know who the daddy is!" Sully: There's no reason to ever make or see this movie. We all like Tom Hanks though. Trolls: Okay, a reason to see Sully is that the alternative is seeing the troll movie.
I would love to stop this feeling.
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk: Fooball, army, funerals, media criticism, love interests. All boxes checked WE GOT A GREEN LIGHT FOR AN IRAQ WAR MOVIE! Half a point for having a long title. Half a point for another Kristen Stewart movie of consequence which I kinda want to see but don't. Minus five points for being another movie about how idiot civilians shouldn't masturbate to an unrealistic concept of US soldiers that idiot civilians will still use to masturbate to an unrealistic concept of US soldiers. Another DaVinci Code Movie: Actually, we do not like Tom Hanks anymore.
This was the first time I ever heard this song. I'm sure I'd heard it before, but y'know, really heard it. Original air date September 28, 1990. The episode was set in November 25, 1969. This episode of Quantum Leap was closer to the events it depicted than it is to today.
