Some good viewing

February 28, 2010 6:46 PM

Have you checked out Crackle lately? If not, you may want to go ahead and check out a couple of these goodies; The Bannen Way, Angel of Death starring Zoë Bell, or Star-ving with David Faustino and Corin Nemec.

They have quite a bit of really great original programming to choose from, like Penn Says (prev)

posted by P.o.B. (19 comments total)

Here's an old trailer for Star-ving that's pretty funny.
posted by P.o.B. at 6:47 PM on February 28, 2010

Comic-type people may be interested in Angel of Death, it was created by Ed (Captain America, Criminal, Sleeper) Brubaker. Seems like it doesn't work in Canady, but possibly one of those go-round dealys can help with that.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 6:57 PM on February 28, 2010

High gloss, no substance. Miles better than Funny or Die or Collegehumor, but Crackle still hasn't found a formulae for short-form original digital content, as, I'd argue, Bannen Way and Star-ving both perfectly illustrate.
posted by Damn That Television at 7:06 PM on February 28, 2010

Every link:

"The video you are looking for is not available.
Try one of these instead Show Guide"

Then you click on the Show Guide and there's one movie listed there: Jace Hall. Click that link and "sorry, but this video is not available."

Perhaps this is for Americans only.
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 7:16 PM on February 28, 2010

Is there any sentence including the words "go ahead and" which would not mean exactly the same thing after their excision?

Just wondering.
posted by pompomtom at 7:22 PM on February 28, 2010 [2 favorites]

They've got Dr. Strangelove. And Hulu's got Sparticus. And Netflix streaming has Full Metal Jacket, Barry Lyndon, and The Killing. But no one has 2001. The state of Web video is weird.

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posted by gwint at 7:24 PM on February 28, 2010

Just wondering.

*eyeroll*
posted by P.o.B. at 7:35 PM on February 28, 2010 [1 favorite]

I watched that David Faustino thing a while ago and just kind of felt sorry for him. For one thing, it's not clear where the parody ends and his actual life begins, and for another it was just unfunny - one episode had a gag where the punchline was Faustino was wearing tighty-whities with a big skidmark on them.
posted by DecemberBoy at 7:37 PM on February 28, 2010

pompomtom: "Is there any sentence including the words "go ahead and" which would not mean exactly the same thing after their excision? "

The sentence ""Go ahead and" is often used as a rhetorical flourish". is both a counterexample and a response to your query.
posted by idiopath at 8:15 PM on February 28, 2010 [3 favorites]

You can "go ahead and" I will go behind.

Wonder no more!
posted by surfgator at 8:20 PM on February 28, 2010 [1 favorite]

No.
posted by psergio at 8:23 PM on February 28, 2010

You think you can take me? Go ahead on.
posted by DecemberBoy at 8:55 PM on February 28, 2010 [1 favorite]

SNAP INTO A SLIM JIM!
posted by nola at 9:08 PM on February 28, 2010

gwint: Amazon has 2001 if you're willing to pay to stream it.
posted by l33tpolicywonk at 9:17 PM on February 28, 2010

The Larry Sanders Show !
posted by Scoo at 4:39 AM on March 1, 2010

The Larry Sanders Show and Barney Miller. Thanks!
posted by mrgrimm at 10:47 AM on March 1, 2010

The Streamy's just announced their nominations this morning. Web TV is a growing field of entertainment. Most is still terrible, due to lack of talent, budget, and equipment. The Streamy's tries to highlight some of the best of web TV.

Among my favorites are Legend of Neil, Compulsions, Blue Movies and Key of Awesome. Check them out if you get a chance.
posted by Derek at 2:55 PM on March 1, 2010

Thanks for pointing that out Derek

Best Drama Web Series
Angel of Death
Compulsions
OzGirl
The Bannen Way
Valemont

Well, I guees I don't feel so bad for trying to point out something that I thought was good...and it actually is deemed good...at least outside of Snarkville.
posted by P.o.B. at 3:09 PM on March 1, 2010

P.o.B.: "outside of Snarkville"

The level of snark on this post is light enough, I would call it praise by faint damnation.
posted by idiopath at 3:40 PM on March 1, 2010