I thought the first two sequel titles were funny, but the other sequels were not at all. I love the Hobbit and LOTR films and the length. SNL has not been funny since they got the new cast, maybe one skit per episode has been memorable.
Hey, did you hear the one about how The Hobbit movies are really long? And it's split into three movies, because, like, Peter Jackson makes movies that are really goddamn long?
You did?
Are you sure you wouldn't like to hear that same joke over and over again in a single skit?
Oh, Fred Armisen - you couldn't even try to do a voice like Ian McKellen's, one of the most eminently impersonatable in all of geekdom? At least you did a passable English accent, unlike others in the scene.
Also, nice mispronunciation of "Sauron," narrator-guy.
Jennifer Lawrence and Jason Sudeikis come out of this okay, I guess.
I know some will ask how Saturday Night Live is nerdy. That, to me, isn't the issue. That this is how the things we like and/or complain about amongst ourselves get portrayed and spoofed in the mainstream is. And we're entitled to an opinion on that.
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I quite enjoyed that sketch. It wasn't magnificent, but it got a few chuckles out of me (which seemed to be all it was aiming for anyway).
That skit was pretty hilarious. The punchline wasn't that the book was split into multiple three-hour films, it was that part 18 would be called Hobbitz in the Hood, or that one of them contained dwarves singing an acapella version of "For the Longest Time".
I won't lie, one of the most consistently annoying things I hear nowadays is "SNL sucks, it hasn't been good since..."
Because for some reason, its impossible for people to accept that maybe, JUST MAYBE, other people enjoy current SNL. I won't make excuses for the show (they've fucked up more than a few times, in my opinion), but when it comes to reminding people that they don't have to watch a show and bitch about it, SNL tops the list.
Regarding this episode, I liked it. The Hunger games sketch was the highlight for me, and Bobby was at the top of his game (in my opinion)
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OMG u guyz, SNL isn't good! Totes a new topic we've nevar talked about before!
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@shortmikeshortNot sure if i should applaud your sarcasm or think you are serious...
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@Canadian.Scott @shortmikeshort Sarcasm. Almost always sarcasm. No worries, it is necessary to check on the Internet a lot.
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I think I was expecting worse, so I did laugh at some of this, but it was still disappointing. I do expect better from SNL, especially with some of the writers they have on their staff. I think what kills this is showing us the scenes. Someone made a photoset on Tumblr of the just the movie titles and that worked better than the actual skit itself.
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If and when SNL does good stuff that relates to us, like the Renner Avengers skit, I'll talk about that too.
While I'm on the subject of Jeremy Renner's awesome singing........NSFW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoqpXHvo0vw
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@shortmikeshort @LYT I did. I know it's basically the old Aquaman joke again, but Renner sold it.
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@LYT @shortmikeshort If by 'sold it', you mean 'stumbled a good chunk of his lines in the sketch', then okay.
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@Someguy @Canadian.Scott @LYT @shortmikeshort I think it was more like an old MST3K sketch - the kind of sketch that's more funny in concept than it is in delivery.
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whatever. worth it for Bobby Moynihan as whatever dwarf he was supposed to be. i broke every time he mugged for the camera.
and it was better than fucking Top Dog Chef.
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@10glfan59 how dare you insult the good name of the walking dead - if anything they're sparkly vampires
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@TheConjurerOfCheapTricks @Canadian.Scott @10glfan59 http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/evil%20ash
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Fine voice! Let it crash. Here is another one!
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@10glfan59Time to take this to the natural end
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@Canadian.Scott @10glfan59 http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq0syf68be1qaalrko1_400.gif
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@Canadian.Scott @10glfan59 http://25.media.tumblr.com/8d36b6ef9492044fe8f0bd56e155ff39/tumblr_mfadmccRkd1r0thnzo1_250.gif
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@10glfan59!!!!!!!!!! I will have the title back soon...
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@rabidronnie @10glfan59 this must be what perfection feels like to make scott spat food. Yes it feels good to be the king.......
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@10glfan59Wow...i actually just spat some food out there...
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Saturday Night Live has sucked since George Coe left. He was the comedy lynch pin of that whole operation!
Also, Doctor Who has sucked since Carole Ann Ford left.
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@doctor_mindbender The best George Coe photo i could find...
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@doctor_mindbenderYou sir receive +1 internets for Carole Ann Ford reference...
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@doctor_mindbender Also the whole planet has sucked since Harold Hardrada left... I mean the dude duel wielded two handed axes for crying out loud, and why the hell can't I assign Hardrada to QB in fantasy football? Who comes up with these stupid rules? I swear that sports fans have no idea what the word fantasy means. Wait, what we we talking about?
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@Gallen_Dugall @doctor_mindbender I lost track of what we were talking about after Carole Ann Ford. She puts me in weird place. When I was a kid and first saw 'An Unearthly Child' she gave me that funny feeling I couldn't explain. When I was older and watched old video's it would give me that, 'I'm a horrible pedafile feel then I remember she is way older then I am. Then I feel like like ... Uh ... At this point I think I need a lawyer.
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@Someguy @Gallen_Dugall @doctor_mindbender Just shift your impure thoughts to Barbara. She was way hotter anyway.
