SATURDAY NIGHT | Film Threat Review

Chris Gore and Alan Ng review the movie "Saturday Night". Playing October 11th in theaters.

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[BillPeschel]

Now we have an 79-year-old Lorne Michaels still at the helm of this youth-oriented "counterculture" show

[tylertheguy]

Watching this movie while thinking about how fucking terrible SNL is now would probably be a pretty depressing experience.

[lance]

There used to be an irreverence to SNL. Now it's just establishment propaganda with the occasional funny bit or joke.

[freedone.]

Once SNL went woke I stopped watching it and I refuse to support it in any way. Grew up with the show as a kid. It gave me tons of laughs over the years. But now I can't trust them at all.

[williamcoate]

I disagree about the portrayals. I was shocked at how close these actors portrayed Chase, Ackroyd, Belushi, Morris, Gilda, Jane, and Laraine. It was truly spot on.

[shrimboi]

I was lucky enough to stay up Saturday nite to catch Eddie Murphy on SNL. I was around 11 or 12 years old.

[tyshekka]

I have a hypothesis about superhero movies:
American Westerns were consistent moneymakers because they always called for heroes, in many different scenarios. Because of how many different studios, directors and writers and actors were involved in them, there could always be *something* unique about each one, so audiences didn't tire of them. At least, not as quickly as filmmakers tired of them. And it got worse once they, especially younger filmmakers, decided that Westerns represented for them certain American ideas that bored or disgusted them.
When studio heads stepped down and execs figured out foreign money, that was the end of Westerns.
But superheroes can embody much of what cowboys did for audiences. Goodness and integrity born from ideals, necessity, etc.
Unfortunately, these movies are extremely expensive, only a few studios make them, and they're run by people who generally don't believe in the ideals portrayed. Did studios believe in cowboy ideals before? IDK but they were able to fake it if they didn't believe.

[mgildersleeve]

I would agree that the first half didn’t grab, but it got very good. I liked the movie a lot. Maybe the only new movie I’ve liked in a while, too.

[jackroberts]

I've never seen actor portray a real-life comedian and come anywhere near capturing the comedian's sense of humor or charisma. I don't think it can be done.

[SamSchott]

I grew up in the '70s and cassette taped the early shows. Even though there were great moments and talent later, my favorite SNL is the golden age of the first three seasons. For those who enjoy this behind-the-scenes view of it, I highly recommend Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Also a behind-the-scenes show about an SNL-type show on the West Coast, it had great writing and was very well cast. Definitely my favorite work by Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, Steven Weber, Sarah Paulson and Bradley Whitford. Great dialogue and surprisingly well balanced in its viewpoints. Simon Helberg before BBT. Timothy Busfield, D.L. Hughley, John Goodman and many more contribute to this short-lived (22 eps) wonder. I think it's streaming on Apple TV, but I made a point to get the DVD set. Absolutely worthy of physical media collection.

[turdfurgason]

😂Shane Gillis getting fired for using a stupid accent during a podcast is hilarious. Counter culture! 😂

[rhettjonke]

2016 was the death knell. Im so addicted that i still check in, but the actual show is the antithesis of its original mission statement. I almost don't care anymore

[PacDork]

I saw it tonight - I had the opposite view of Alan. I thought the actors all captured who they were playing without resorting to caricature. Great movie, a real treat.

[FirestreakRodimusPr]

Shoutout to Midnight's Edge, Chato and ScriptDoctor for that episode where they went into the weeds discussing SNL and its place in history for Comedy on TV and its ties to Second City and other similar productions.

[dirkjewitt]

Jr High through High School I stayed up for SNL. My friends and I talked about it all the time. Once In Living Color and the original John Stewart Show (way before Comedy Central) came out, it was a great time to be alive.

[jimjam]

I quit about 2002 when it became not funny.

The only reason it exists now is it is prop.

A grand.

Ah.

[TheFumbDucker]

R.I.P. Kristofferson and John Ashton. 😢

[yournamehere]

NBC aired a documentary that's on DVD called SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: THE FIRST FIVE YEARS.

[freeport]

I was eighteen years old when SNL first came on. I remember that The Muppet's used to be on there. Dam I'm old I'll be 69 the day before the election.

[acetate]

Early to mid 90s SNL was awesome. Mike Meyers, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Norm Macdonald, Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman I haven't watched an episode in over a decade because it's garbage now.