Ditmas park episode was waaaaaaaay too close to home. Literally, badumdum
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 7 February 2015 17:09 (nine years ago) link
lake house episode a little too close to comfort for me i think
co-sign
― gr8080, Saturday, 7 February 2015 17:10 (nine years ago) link
not totally surprised that most of chad's friends are just as obnoxious as he is
― marcos, Saturday, 7 February 2015 17:46 (nine years ago) link
kabir seems all right though
― marcos, Saturday, 7 February 2015 17:47 (nine years ago) link
also lol does anyone smoke as much weed in the whole series as the couple in sufjan? they are doing bong rips and passing joints nonstop
― marcos, Saturday, 7 February 2015 17:52 (nine years ago) link
basically two of the most comfortable people who have ever existed
― gr8080, Saturday, 7 February 2015 17:54 (nine years ago) link
lol yes
― marcos, Saturday, 7 February 2015 17:54 (nine years ago) link
lol i am just now recalling that when i was telling friends abt a portugal trip i was planing last year, one gave me the contact info for her friend's intentional community and said i should pay them a visit.
― gr8080, Saturday, 7 February 2015 17:59 (nine years ago) link
stevie d how come you never get ME high
― the plight of y0landa (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 8 February 2015 05:33 (nine years ago) link
positive vibes!
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/highmaintenance/117634114
― gr8080, Thursday, 12 February 2015 15:03 (nine years ago) link
i've recommended this series to about 10 diff buddies irl now and i don't think a single one has gone to watch them, wtf is wrong w/ ppl
― dudem, (clouds), Sunday, 29 March 2015 19:45 (nine years ago) link
$8
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 29 March 2015 20:19 (nine years ago) link
Correct way to do it is smoke em up and binge
― mh, Monday, 30 March 2015 01:24 (nine years ago) link
tru
― dudem, (clouds), Monday, 30 March 2015 05:09 (nine years ago) link
Moving to HBO!http://deadline.com/2015/04/high-maintenance-series-hbo-pot-comedy-1201412884/
― jaymc, Monday, 20 April 2015 16:48 (nine years ago) link
Thought that was esp. interesting in light of these recent remarks:
The fact is, their marriage is tied up in a risky experiment. High Maintenance is one of Vimeo's bestselling titles. But Blichfeld and Sinclair say there's a huge disparity between the number of people who paid for the new episodes and the number who have watched them for free."I had expectations," Sinclair admits, running his fingers through his beard. "I couldn't help but to. And I'm a little like, whaa? It does seem like the paywall is an issue.""I mean, it doesn't 'seem,' " Blichfeld interjects. "The paywall is an issue." With Vimeo's backing, the couple can now afford to pay their cast and crew, and they don't have to work day jobs. But they're not exactly rolling in it.
"I had expectations," Sinclair admits, running his fingers through his beard. "I couldn't help but to. And I'm a little like, whaa? It does seem like the paywall is an issue."
"I mean, it doesn't 'seem,' " Blichfeld interjects. "The paywall is an issue." With Vimeo's backing, the couple can now afford to pay their cast and crew, and they don't have to work day jobs. But they're not exactly rolling in it.
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2015/04/high_maintenance_creators_katja_blichfeld_and_ben_sinclair.php
― jaymc, Monday, 20 April 2015 16:57 (nine years ago) link
can't imagine why ppl would balk at paying $8 for six short-ish episodes in the age of Spotify and Netflix and BitTorrent and all of that
― gybe horses (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 20 April 2015 17:17 (nine years ago) link
Kind of wonder if content producers could effectively contextualize the entertainment value? Yeah, you pay $8/month for all the videos ever on Netflix, but High Maintenance is ~40 minutes of content (more?) for $8 - or the price of a fast food meal, two Starbucks coffees, roughly equivalent with drinks and snacks to what you'd pay to see a movie, etc..
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 20 April 2015 17:21 (nine years ago) link
I actually paid for the episodes but as a result, my credit card was frozen because of the 'suspicious' nature of small random payments.
― tayto fan (Michael B), Monday, 20 April 2015 17:33 (nine years ago) link
xp I mean when you break it down like that, it is a v fair exchange imo -- but it's a departure from what ppl are used to paying for content these days, I think.
― gybe horses (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 20 April 2015 17:38 (nine years ago) link
this is good news, a better value proposition, broader audiences and (hopefully) bigger budgets and longer eps.
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 April 2015 19:41 (nine years ago) link
idk i really, really love short episodes; i think more shows should do it, it's like these tiny little morsels
― gybe horses (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 20 April 2015 19:58 (nine years ago) link
tiny morsels are nice sometimes
Tiny little nugs
― 龜, Monday, 20 April 2015 19:58 (nine years ago) link
yeah, i agree. i don't want a very special hour long episode of high maintenance, or one that's really expensive to shoot for some reason. i just want a solid 10-12 minute episode that's shot mainly in one room and down the street.
― Karl Malone, Monday, 20 April 2015 20:01 (nine years ago) link
yeah, a few of those and I'm set
― mh, Monday, 20 April 2015 20:09 (nine years ago) link
i will go on record as wanting a half hour of high maintenance; i like their longer form work.
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 April 2015 20:20 (nine years ago) link
why don't you just watch 2 or 3 episodes together and pretend that the same character is just changing names and bodies but it's rly the same person in the same episode
― gybe horses (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 20 April 2015 20:24 (nine years ago) link
*updates spreadsheet*
i don't dislike the longer episodes. it's just that i think part of the charm of the episodes so far was that you were never sure if they'd be 7 minutes long or 12 or 20. They all felt like they were as long as they needed to be. obviously the details about the HBO stuff are scarce right now but it's difficult to imagine them cranking out anything but a standard-length show.
― Karl Malone, Monday, 20 April 2015 20:26 (nine years ago) link
i just watch all of them in one sitting right now, that works well too
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 April 2015 20:29 (nine years ago) link
They could do two 15-minute "segments" within a single half hour, like Louie used to do.
― jaymc, Monday, 20 April 2015 20:34 (nine years ago) link
Love American Style... on weed
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 02:07 (nine years ago) link
http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/20/qa-with-the-creators-of-high-maintenace/
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 15:24 (nine years ago) link
They could do two 15-minute "segments" within a single half hour, like Louie used to do.― jaymc, Monday, April 20, 2015 3:34 PM (2 days ago)
― jaymc, Monday, April 20, 2015 3:34 PM (2 days ago)
i hope they do this and then like one or two 30min eps
― gr8080, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 15:54 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAXPY2dBq9I
― gr8080, Sunday, 13 September 2015 18:54 (eight years ago) link
I think of this a lot
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― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 16 September 2015 13:41 (eight years ago) link
i have many more years to go (i think) before i am visibly balding like ben sinclair but i really really like that he has a very cool-looking balding style that is not the ubiquitous shaved or buzzed head that is typically prescribed to balding dudes
― marcos, Wednesday, 16 September 2015 13:47 (eight years ago) link
that ad was embarrassing btw xp
― marcos, Wednesday, 16 September 2015 13:55 (eight years ago) link
theres a dude in my area who owns/runs a tennis shop who looks a lot like Sinclair. has a similar vibe too, not quite as idyllically warm and gregarious but hes a real dude not a character so to be expected.. ive contemplated bringing it up to him a few times, but assume once the hbo show starts he'll realize or someone else will tell him, if he doesn't already know idk
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 16 September 2015 13:55 (eight years ago) link
fwiw it's a supercut of several longer ads, still pretty embarrassing but Sinclair is the best part of each
― gr8080, Thursday, 17 September 2015 11:33 (eight years ago) link
they were shooting a scene with a psychic outside my apartment very early today
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 23 October 2015 00:45 (eight years ago) link
i don't think either ben or katja were in the scene but they were both watching on monitors
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 23 October 2015 00:46 (eight years ago) link
my fiance is out of town. i have this playing in the backround and am pretending i have roomates
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Saturday, 23 January 2016 03:32 (eight years ago) link
apparently it costs half a month's rent to see a broadway show
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Saturday, 23 January 2016 05:00 (eight years ago) link
i'm sorry... privates?
― gr8080, Saturday, 23 January 2016 17:56 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzSgxHd0MKo
― Number None, Saturday, 25 June 2016 01:32 (seven years ago) link
huh
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 25 June 2016 01:36 (seven years ago) link
All episodes have been taken down from Vimeo for the move to HBO, damn.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 6 July 2016 15:09 (seven years ago) link
no wtf
― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 13 July 2016 22:33 (seven years ago) link
wow even the ones that they charged for, that's fucked up
― adam, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 23:50 (seven years ago) link