Althouse: I like this TV show "Midnight Gospel."

March 28, 2021

I like this TV show "Midnight Gospel."

Here's Duncan Trussell talking to Joe Rogan about it:

18 comments:

Temujin said...: Intrigued. Never heard of it, but it looks worth tuning in to me. I will check it out tonight. It's got to be better than Season XXXX of The Walking Dead.; 3/28/21, 8:06 AM
Rick.T. said...: It's got to be better than Season XXXX of The Walking Dead.
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A low bar indeed.; 3/28/21, 8:19 AM
Ann Althouse said...: I watched the first episode before reading about how the story was put together. I didn't pay continual attention to what the interviewed character was saying and concentrated more on seeing all of the weird, fast-changing visuals. I recommend watching like that. Once I knew how the show was composed — using audio from podcasts where somebody intelligent was seriously trying to make a series of good points — I started trying to hear exactly what that person was trying to say and that took attention away from the visuals. I think the first way of watching is preferable. Just let the words flow around you and hear the things you happen to hear. Attend to all the many details of the visuals.

It's a bit like watching "Yellow Submarine." You want to gaze at the visuals, not contemplate the meaning of the Beatles lyrics. Let the words blend in as they may.; 3/28/21, 8:23 AM
The Vault Dweller said...: Based on the trailer, it seems it originally launched on April 20th. That feels about right given the art style and subject matter.; 3/28/21, 8:32 AM
wildswan said...: Looks good. But I often feel these days that I come from another universe because Legos didn't exist when I was a child. I didn't imagine in certain color keys back then and now those color schemes underlying stories or fashions are like the grammar of a second language. It always seems difficult to see why things are said the way they are or, in the case of these color schemes, to stop wishing for a more natural set of colors - woodland and sunset keys.; 3/28/21, 8:34 AM
Rob said...: If Rogan insists the show is "so Duncan," then so Duncan it must be.; 3/28/21, 8:35 AM
Sydney said...: Too trippy for me. Interesting that the audio is podcast fragments, though.; 3/28/21, 9:31 AM
Wince said...: Trussell is right about the creative avenues opened by the subscription model.

But for now at least, Netflex (and others) are still gatekeepers.

The next move is a Substack model for independent productions like this.; 3/28/21, 9:32 AM
Marco the Lab said...: The Simulation is taunting you to try not to believe in it. Who's your daddy?; 3/28/21, 10:10 AM
God of the Sea People said...: Looks interesting. I will check it out.; 3/28/21, 11:20 AM
ALP said...: Temujin: oh dear, your commitment to the Walking Dead is admirable. That's some stamina. We bailed at Season 5.; 3/28/21, 1:26 PM
traditionalguy said...: The images are delusions. But they make un-reality seem comforting. It’s like taking an LSD trip via watching cartoons.; 3/28/21, 1:46 PM
rehajm said...: oh dear, your commitment to the Walking Dead is admirable. That's some stamina

Viewing television these days is amoebic. Used to be everything dropped in September and we were starved for new content in the Summer or we watched baseball or did other things. Now with the streamers we get one or two hits dropping who knows when, and those hits showing up amidst a sea of other crap. We watch or binge the good stuff when it comes out, then when starved for content visit the crap we wouldn't be caught dead watching when there were good things to watch.

Amoebic.; 3/28/21, 1:48 PM
Quaestor said...: TV animation and I have had a rough relationship. It started with The Simpsons.

At first, the show struck me as a typical sit-com ramped up with the unrestrained reality of a cartoon universe, such as Marge banking the family Christmas funds in a huge jar she hides in her hairdo, but along about the close of the first season, I became a fan -- not a rabid fan (how did that term ever attain life?) but a person who watched the program attentively, catching and relishing every nuance and cultural reference. Then the characters grew fatiguing -- Homer the hopeless idiot, Bart the petty criminal aborning, Marge showing us why the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, and Lisa the feminist token. Things got to the point that the only character with the capacity to surprise was Montgomery Bruns.

I pulled the plug on Homer and company, then banked on Adult Swim's The Venture Bros. That one peaked after five seasons, and then I pulled the plug on television competely.; 3/28/21, 2:34 PM
stevew said...: A bit of a 'Samurai Jack' vibe in that trailer.

"The life that you thought was real was just a dream."

I've been feeling that way a lot lately. Part of this thinking has been trying to pinpoint the day or event when my life turned into a simulation. There are many seemingly random events that could be the pivot point. Someday I will know, probably on my death bed.; 3/28/21, 5:32 PM
Kay said...: Great show. The last episode made me cry.; 3/28/21, 7:14 PM
Narr said...: Not feeling it. Interesting premise, but the artwork--yecch.

My son and I watched early Simpsons religiously, but after ten or a dozen years stopped paying much attention. At its best it was everything smart comedy could be.

I came to like Futurama a lot too, but wasn't devastated to see it go.

South Park eluded me until a few years ago when I had time to grok it.

Narr
Better Groening than Breunig; 3/28/21, 7:53 PM
RMc said...: Reminds me of that psychedelic, animated TV commercial for Bit o' Honey candy. "I'm honey!" "And we are the nuts!" "Beat it, you guys...!"; 3/29/21, 7:16 AM