Rudd's bits in the preview crack me up
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 22 June 2017 15:54 (six years ago) link
"tongues and butts"
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Thursday, 22 June 2017 15:57 (six years ago) link
Joe LoTruglio and Ken Marino are national treasures btw.
Looks like Black and Cooper's characters are divorced?
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Thursday, 22 June 2017 15:58 (six years ago) link
New Netflix series out today!
― maura, Friday, 4 August 2017 20:50 (six years ago) link
oh cool. only found out about it about a week ago.
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Friday, 4 August 2017 20:54 (six years ago) link
Niiiice
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Friday, 4 August 2017 20:55 (six years ago) link
a joy to hang out with these characters again
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Saturday, 5 August 2017 22:02 (six years ago) link
Is it me or did they arbitrarily retcon the yuppie couple into this?
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 5 August 2017 22:24 (six years ago) link
Yes.
― maura, Saturday, 5 August 2017 22:32 (six years ago) link
Lol thought my memory was going
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 5 August 2017 22:33 (six years ago) link
this was great
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Sunday, 6 August 2017 01:45 (six years ago) link
Pleasantly surprised by this. Like the last Netflix season they did but was weary this might be diminishing returns. If anything I preferred this
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Sunday, 6 August 2017 03:34 (six years ago) link
loved how discordian this was. Contrarian to the core
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Sunday, 6 August 2017 04:01 (six years ago) link
This was great, this does such a good job of balancing absurd/gross/cruel/surreal humor with an underlying actual sweetness
Only thing is that it felt like Paul Rudd was kind of disengaged, but there's always that "oh there must've been scheduling problems with that actor" plot devices
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 6 August 2017 13:02 (six years ago) link
I love the random camp slogans/rituals that were never touched on in the OG movie or prequel series that are just inserted in as-if the audience already knows them. the intentionally OTT 90s references, esp the deliberately anachronistic ones great too.
the "doing doughnuts" misdirection that built up for ten minutes also great
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 6 August 2017 13:17 (six years ago) link
"Way to not shit!"
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 6 August 2017 14:07 (six years ago) link
so weird seeing Joey Bragg swearing and shit since the only other thing I saw him in was Disney's Liv and Maddie
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 6 August 2017 14:33 (six years ago) link
all the B. Dalton references lol
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 6 August 2017 14:48 (six years ago) link
Kinda think each one of these has been better than the last due to the accumulation of nonsense.
Never-ending codas was great
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 6 August 2017 16:33 (six years ago) link
Kim's Underground...B. Dalton...I'm only 2 episodes in but does Postermat and Gray's Papaya get namedropped?
― dan selzer, Sunday, 6 August 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
Marino was amazing in this, that guy always delivers
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 6 August 2017 17:01 (six years ago) link
Tbh 90s ref i laughed hardest at was barbizon
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 6 August 2017 18:23 (six years ago) link
"this is our life now"
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Sunday, 6 August 2017 21:21 (six years ago) link
Such a great cast, but yeah, Marino definitely at/near the top for me.
And I still laugh just looking at Christopher Meloni.
― circa1916, Sunday, 6 August 2017 21:28 (six years ago) link
opening shot of world trade center *kisses fingers*
― ein Sexmonster (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 6 August 2017 21:48 (six years ago) link
Yeah adam scott and michael ian scott fully committing to nanny murder was great too
Xp
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 6 August 2017 22:04 (six years ago) link
Er michael ian black
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 6 August 2017 22:05 (six years ago) link
even though the show was intentionally being OTT obnoxious and sloppy with the 90s setting (lampooning recent fan-servicey retro tv shows), I weirdly felt like it accidentally captured the 90s better than most serious pieces set in that era. idk why.
― Neanderthal, Monday, 7 August 2017 02:38 (six years ago) link
deliberately bad GEorge H.W. Bush impersonation slaying me
― Neanderthal, Monday, 7 August 2017 02:51 (six years ago) link
"what a shitty totem pole"
― Neanderthal, Monday, 7 August 2017 02:54 (six years ago) link
"no time for chitchat""ok, maybe we'll talk next time"
― Neanderthal, Monday, 7 August 2017 02:55 (six years ago) link
The '90s pastiche songs over the credits are so great. That one at the end of ep 2 or 3 where it's clearly meant to sound like Alice in Chains, Chili Peppers, and Stone Temple Pilots all at the same time! Even the production and drumming is spot-on (and funny).
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 7 August 2017 17:14 (six years ago) link
is craig wedren (from shudder to think) still scoring this?
― na (NA), Monday, 7 August 2017 17:28 (six years ago) link
it looks like he is
― na (NA), Monday, 7 August 2017 17:29 (six years ago) link
Aug '91 seems super specific. They purposely focused on pre-"grunge" '90s, or an era way before the term was completely burnt. It existed but the kids hadn't yet gone apeshit for grunge. So the horrible post-'80s "get with it, this is the '90s man" costume choices felt super on point.
2 or 3 of the songs towards the middle seemed like legit syncs and not Craig Wedren soundalikes. Am I nuts or were The Sundays in one episode? I didn't feel like Shazam'ing or Googling this lol
"Slacker? Oh you mean like that movie that came out 5 weeks ago?"
The whole sequence that concludes with Ronald Reagan repeating "Shit on my shit" while shaming George Bush into shitting on his shit felt like I was watching a Stella short from the early 2000s -- it felt like the logical next step past the "Dance Enis Dance" short, a blend of absurdity/awkwardness that they nail better than anyone else. This was definitely my favorite part lol.
― billstevejim, Monday, 7 August 2017 17:35 (six years ago) link
oh whoops, there's a ***spoiler*** in that last post, but I guess this thread is full of them already.
― billstevejim, Monday, 7 August 2017 17:37 (six years ago) link
I guess I'm kinda bummed Netflix couldn't shell out for 2 or 3 more cheap '90s syncs. Wain/TheState/Stella always did such a great job with finding the perfect/funniest song choices and it would've been cool to hear a few more of them.
― billstevejim, Monday, 7 August 2017 17:46 (six years ago) link
still listen to "Higher and Higher" from the movie whenever I need to get amped up
― frogbs, Monday, 7 August 2017 17:51 (six years ago) link
my wife was laughing at me bc i was telling her how the main theme gets me pumped up and then when it kicked in i was pumping my fists dramatically
― na (NA), Monday, 7 August 2017 17:56 (six years ago) link
the broken wine glasses bit was great
― Neanderthal, Monday, 7 August 2017 18:48 (six years ago) link
I had the day off and the house to myself so i ate some mushrooms and watched every episode today. top notch! would watch again.
― scott seward, Monday, 7 August 2017 21:23 (six years ago) link
lol
Many asking us did @mshowalter purposely fall in this scene? Answer: No. https://t.co/kCyxrZR0V7 @WetHot @MargueriteMorea— David Wain (@davidwain) August 7, 2017
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 August 2017 21:41 (six years ago) link
that was a great fall. there were so many good moments like that.
― scott seward, Monday, 7 August 2017 21:49 (six years ago) link
And now there's
http://io9.gizmodo.com/wet-hot-american-summer-is-getting-its-own-comic-book-1797612515
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 7 August 2017 22:07 (six years ago) link
I just realized this and Twin Peaks (ie the only two shows I'm watching) are both about characters named Coop
― na (NA), Monday, 7 August 2017 22:35 (six years ago) link
!
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 August 2017 23:02 (six years ago) link
pizza is really yummy for me
― del griffith, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 01:03 (six years ago) link
the 90s lighting in that spin doctors mac & cheese sequence was so perfect.
king of the camp and rain episodes though, so great. five stars.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 04:24 (six years ago) link
this was way less consistent than the prequel episodes, some of the plot lines didn't have much going for them. but the good stuff was good, the last episode was great.
― iatee, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 04:47 (six years ago) link
Walla-walla Hoo!
― DavidLeeRoth, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 13:40 (six years ago) link