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May 16, 2017 9:21 AM Subscribe
Imagine you were sent back in time to the Comedy Central offices in 1994, and you had the chance to buy a series by Sofia Coppola and Zoe Cassavetes that also has the Beastie Boys, Keanu Reeves, Martin Scorsese, and other famous friends and relatives. Well, imagine no more, because that fore-thinking version of you not only bought it but made it the first TV series in history to shoot in digital video. Unfortunately, Hi Octane bears only glimpses of the filmmaking pedigrees that would eventually bring us Lost in Translation, Broken English, and A Very Murray Christmas. It aired briefly and vanished into the ether, to the point that it has no Wikipedia entry.
I tried watching the second episode and a "90s quota for the day exceeded" popup error appeared.
Also, 30 seconds of perfect Nic Cage acting.
posted by lmfsilva at 10:09 AM on May 16, 2017 [2 favorites]
Also, 30 seconds of perfect Nic Cage acting.
posted by lmfsilva at 10:09 AM on May 16, 2017 [2 favorites]
...wow. From the glimpses that I've seen just now, just...hunh. I'm now nostalgic for the 90s in general, even if this doesn't seem like a "good" "show".
posted by Sticherbeast at 1:10 PM on May 16, 2017
posted by Sticherbeast at 1:10 PM on May 16, 2017
I once had a Wikipedia entry(*), but it got deleted after a couple of years as not notable. I think this means Hi Octane and me are best friends now.
(*) Entirely created by someone who was not me and who was not my mum either, amazingly enough.
posted by Quindar Beep at 1:30 PM on May 16, 2017 [1 favorite]
(*) Entirely created by someone who was not me and who was not my mum either, amazingly enough.
posted by Quindar Beep at 1:30 PM on May 16, 2017 [1 favorite]
even if this doesn't seem like a "good" "show".
It kinda works on levels of the WTF scale. Daughters of movie royalty using their considerable connections to have an interview show, featuring alternative music and fashion, all tied loosely together with sketches for petrolheads surely isn't something you see every day. That's close to Eric Andre Show levels of weird investigate 311 and I could see something like it today on the swim or CC, only with less, y'know, grungy editing.
And now we know why Nic makes so many shitty movies. Gotta pay for those Robert Williams paintings and buy his watches back (not sure if I'm joking, I think part of the reasons he is/was heavily in debt was collecting stuff obsessively).
Also, at least it's not the fucking Presidents' Show or whatever that's called.
posted by lmfsilva at 3:06 PM on May 16, 2017 [1 favorite]
It kinda works on levels of the WTF scale. Daughters of movie royalty using their considerable connections to have an interview show, featuring alternative music and fashion, all tied loosely together with sketches for petrolheads surely isn't something you see every day. That's close to Eric Andre Show levels of weird investigate 311 and I could see something like it today on the swim or CC, only with less, y'know, grungy editing.
And now we know why Nic makes so many shitty movies. Gotta pay for those Robert Williams paintings and buy his watches back (not sure if I'm joking, I think part of the reasons he is/was heavily in debt was collecting stuff obsessively).
Also, at least it's not the fucking Presidents' Show or whatever that's called.
posted by lmfsilva at 3:06 PM on May 16, 2017 [1 favorite]
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