/MLPOL/ Watch Party Part 4: We Endure/MLPOL/ Watch Party Part 4: We Endure
The horrors persist, but so do we.
Welcome, newfags and oldfags. This is a thread about a weekly get-together some of us like to do on Fridays.
Account registration is not required.
Starting at around 7:00pm EST (8:00pm Central Time), and continuing until the end of the night.
Cytube is the current site hosting the Watch Parties, and the normal room is
https://cytu.be/r/FlappyPterodactyl . This may be subject to change, so double check the announcement post in the thread.
These nights consist of going to a website with a video player and a chatroom and having a good time. The format we're using lately starts with the first hour being a series of pony animations and music. This is followed with a couple episodes of a show, then we switch over to a livestream portion for a brief intermission, followed by a series of classic shorts, followed by a movie, followed by two episodes of another show, followed by MLP episodes, then the room is usually pretty open to whatever.
The mood of the nights is “Good Vibes”, and we tend to like more classic content compared to a lot of what's on offer these days.
Feel free to swing by at some point after people filter in.
Last Movie Night / Watch Party Thread:
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>>382536Thanks for the stream tonight Flappy, it was alot of fun
>>382443For whatever my vote's worth, I'd prefer to keep it in the before-movie time slot. I sometimes can't stay up until the end of the night, and I love these non-movie series. Sometimes the movies are hit-and-miss, and I appreciate the run-up to the movie. From the intermission, to the shorts, to the episode of a thing, then to the movie.
Ideally, we'd get a way to have this run in the CyTube room where we have more engagement options to shitpost with.
>>382552The ceiling burds are the CyTube April Fool's Day event.
>>382558It's really just a me problem I suppose, frequently waking up between 2 and 4am, by the time the movie is starting I'm usually in shutdown mode, and having to sit through several shows that - no accounting for taste - I simply don't appreciate the quality of makes it more difficult.
I will also say that when I ask "how long before movie" or something to that effect, there's several things I could be saying: 'I need to take a nap if I am to continue later', or 'I need to run to the store to get an energy drink, how much time do I have'. But really, what I am saying is "I'm trying to schedule something on the fly, and i would appreciate an at least rough estimate of how much time I have.
I don't know is an acceptable answer. So, if you insist on displaying trash shows (I said it) then I insist that you meet me in the middle by giving me timeframes when I ask. Deal?
>>382561I say 'you', but I'm being ironic; you don't decide to shitpost when people are making requests
>>382561>I insist that you meet me in the middle by giving me timeframes when I ask. Kinda pushy your request.
>>382563It wasn't a request, it was an offer of parlay. And, it's the far more reasonable ask.
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>>382565Nini, ur more gai
>>382558>For whatever my vote's worth, I'd prefer to keep it in the before-movie time slot. I sometimes can't stay up until the end of the night, and I love these non-movie series. Sometimes the movies are hit-and-miss, and I appreciate the run-up to the movie. From the intermission, to the shorts, to the episode of a thing, then to the movie.This is pretty much how I feel about it too. If I remember correctly that was the concept behind this progression in the first place. It was based on the old-timey picture shows, where you'd have a cartoon and a couple of short features before the movie begins. I enjoy running these little oddball things that (I'm assuming) many people haven't seen but might enjoy. If a majority of people really don't like my selections and want me to cut them and/or show something else I won't force the issue, but if not I'd just as soon keep the schedule the way it is.
>>382561>It's really just a me problem I suppose, frequently waking up between 2 and 4am, by the time the movie is starting I'm usually in shutdown mode, and having to sit through several shows that - no accounting for taste - I simply don't appreciate the quality of makes it more difficult.Fair enough, I can understand this and sympathize to a point. If it helps, you can think of this as a return to the old pre-Netflix days of watching stuff, when programming was just put on by the guys who ran TV stations, and your options were to either watch what was on or shut the TV off. Inevitably you'd run into a problem like this, where a show you don't care about is wedged inconveniently between two shows that you do care about, and you have to find something else to do for 30 minutes. It's annoying, but you figure out a way to manage.
>I will also say that when I ask "how long before movie" or something to that effect, there's several things I could be saying: 'I need to take a nap if I am to continue later', or 'I need to run to the store to get an energy drink, how much time do I have'. But really, what I am saying is "I'm trying to schedule something on the fly, and i would appreciate an at least rough estimate of how much time I have. I don't know is an acceptable answer. So, if you insist on displaying trash shows (I said it) then I insist that you meet me in the middle by giving me timeframes when I ask. Deal?Fine, but I do think there are a couple of things worth pointing out here. I run basically the same stream every week, and unless it's a holiday or something, the programming order doesn't change. The movie itself is really the only variable-length thing in the stream; everything else is very predictable time-wise. Moreover, the schedule is posted in this thread before the stream starts, so there's no ambiguity about what's being shown. We also tend to have the same basic group of people showing up every week, and my assumption is that most of the regulars show up with a general idea of what I'll be showing and when.
If some completely new person were to wander in and ask "how long until X", I'd give them an exact answer, because I'd assume they didn't know and that's why they were asking. However, in the case of someone like yourself, who attends the stream almost every week, my assumption is that you're already familiar with the basic structure. So, when you ask "how much longer until Cowboy Bebop," my assumption is that "after ponies" is a reasonable enough answer. It's reasonable for me to assume that you already know that the pony block consists of 1 G4 episode and 2 older-gen shorts. It's also reasonable for me to assume that you know how long the episodes generally are, and that you are capable of basic math. Ergo, it's reasonable for me to assume that, when you ask "how long until Bebop," I could answer "after pony," and you would automatically interpret this answer to mean "about 40-45 minutes from now" without further explanation on my part.
Moreover, if you'd stuck around for literally ten seconds longer, instead of immediately getting pissy and storming out of the chat just because you couldn't handle a tiny amount of light banter, you'd have seen that your question was ultimately answered with the level of detail you were requesting and your buttrage was unwarranted. As we lovers of pretentious, boring French films are fond of saying:
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>>382573It's true that I regularly attend movie and everything streams, and I usually don't pay attention to them because I'm waiting for the movie. "After ponies" can mean anywhere from a few minutes to a half hour when one has been tabbed out, passed out, or otherwise indisposed. But I suppose it's on me to communicate that better.
TBH, I would give I, Claudius more of a chance if one of the first things I saw wasn't Patrick Stewart with blond jerry curls.
>>382574No worries, it seems like most of the issue here just stems from miscommunication. I’ll try to keep your situation in mind.
> TBH, I would give I, Claudius more of a chance if one of the first things I saw wasn't Patrick Stewart with blond jerry curls.It really is quite a good series. The pacing is probably slower than usual compared to more recent shows, so it’s not really something you can watch casually in the background while doing something else, but I think if you give it a chance and watch from the beginning you’d like it.
>>382587>so it’s not really something you can watch casually in the background while doing something elseAbsolutely, it is crucial for the viewer to keep up with the dialogs and sequence of events from previous episodes.
>>382588So, what you're saying appears to be "If you missed the first episode you're kinda fucked for the duration?"
>>382587Binged, perhaps. Weekly? I will decline from saying any more rude things, but you have an idea where I was going.
>>382589>If you missed the first episode you're kinda fucked for the duration?Not quite, but the essence of the characters, yes.
>>382590In the particular case of I, Claudius, I can't specifically speak to validate your point about being/feeling lost (though there was plenty). It was pretty easy to see that it was n emperor growing increasingly megalomaniacal to the point of pathology; anon's point wasn't wrong.
But in no reality are you going to convince me that Jean Luc Picard both has a full head of blond hair AND is a legionairre or whatever. Headcanon request denied, and the entirety of the production must bear the stain even before any further analysis occurs.
>>382591>Jean Luc PicardI, Claudius is a 1976 British series. Star Trek the New Generation, is an American series beginning in 1987. There is no possible confusion, and even if it is, the former is hairy, the later bald. Let us be sport anon.
>>382593Oh? So you're saying he wasn't a waifish bald man in a wig, pretending to be a professional soldier back in The 70's? Professor X?
>>382594I submit that I, Claudius stays on the same schedule.
>>382595There was never the expectation that the schedule would change, this is purely shitting-on a bad series that managed to be sufficiently less-bad than its contemporaries to manage 'critical acclaim'.
>>382596>this is purely shitting-on a bad seriesIt is a master piece anon. I'm so sorry you won't give it a chance.
The first time I have a glance on this series I thought exactly like you, boring and trash, but years later it came to my hands the full DVD collection and just for pure boredom I gave it a run. Imagine my surprise when after the second or third episode I realized that that shit actually was platinum.
A thot did get patrolled.
>>382597>it's a masterpieceThey said the same thing about Avatar (the blue people one), and out of spite waited like 10 years before I finally caved and watched it. The assumption was that there was no way that the hype was justified. My intuition proved correct in that case, and I have less good feelings about I Claudius, even beyond the ridiculousness of Patrick Stewart. There's acting, and there's ACTING like you're acting, and I Claudius is the latter; pretentious, super-serious, and dull. No one is saying "stop watching the mini-series", but each episode feels longer than a whole-ass movie and clearly I maintain no reservations about saying so, for the record.
>>382597Ever precious
>>382599>There's acting, and there's ACTINGThe preciousness of I, Claudius is not in the acting or image/studio set, but the story and dialogs teaching about wicked psychology in a old civilization.
The corollary is that human kind has not changed a bit.
>>382601>The corollary is that human kind has not changed a bitWow, hot take. By that logic, a text or history book is a masterpiece. Basically all you have indicated was - as I said - it isn't good, it was the best available at the time.
>>382602>By that logic, a text or history book is a masterpiece.I never read a history book showing me the emotional interactions of the participants. I believe it is called "dramatization".
>>382603>dramatizationOkay that's fair. Regardless, English media - and this is Shakespeare's fault - has this preconception with how Roman culture behaved that doesn't resonate as anything more than atrificial. Even the good acting - Claudius does a good job - doesn't result in a suspension of disbelief; it feels more like a recorded play than a mini-series, and I just can't take it seriously (it does that well on it's own and without assistance)
>>382605>it feels more like a recorded play than a mini-series, and I just can't take it seriouslyFrom the perspective of a Hollywood consumer, your assessment is understandable. As how elitist the following might sound, this series is not quite suitable for the unwashed masses.
>>382606Fuck Hollywood, you're an idiot who doesn't know what you're talking about. 'Oh look, someone doesn't agree with my taste, they must be unwashed reddit', fucking ponce.
>>382607It didn't take long to lose composure.
>>382608The hell are you talking about? You lost any expectation of respect the moment you went for ad hominem. It's quite evident who the pleb is.
>>382609You seem to have a strange amount of vitriol and hatred directed at this. About anything that is not "the movie", but also at this and most other things we show that aren't the movie. We do a lot more than watch "a movie" during the Watch Party.
Is there some problem with looking at the evening's programming as "an evening on CyTube watching a premade playlist with a chatroom"? As far as I can tell, you seem to be spreading a lot of negativity for reasons that amount to personal hatred of anything other than just watching a movie, and it's not clear why. What the objection to non-movie content is in general, and the objection to the programming chosen specifically here.
To be completely honest, I kind of drift away for a while when we're watching the old cartoons in the leadup to I, Claudius, but the old-timey programming of I, Claudius, The Wodehouse show, and the other things we've had in that time slot are all gems so far to me.
If you want stuff happening in a different time slot, on a different day of the week, then feel free to articulate it and put together a test run. I've considered moving this to a different weeknight so that more people are free for this over the other Friday night events. The wall I'm at right now personally is just inertia and juggling the other life stuff. Just keep in mind that a Potluck Night requires a number of active and enthusiastic participants, and can't be assembled live without the person running the room spending so much time managing the event that they can't relax and participate with others.
Making rude demands will not give you success in your goals.
Criticisms without offering a clear and simple alternate way of doing things does not represent you or your case well.
There's been an Afterparty room on CyTube, Marekissers Anonymous, that's been running for a while. There are usually half a dozen to a dozen active users in the chatroom, and it runs on a potluck system with a script to automatically queue up PMVs when there's nothing suggested by the users. Maybe spending some time there can help scratch your itch for the time being?
I'll see you in the Watch Party room in about six hours or so. Maybe some meditating will help things.
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A bit of a delay in the start of the night. My internet access is hostage pending running around for a while will update when I'm closer to being free.
For the first Friday of the fourth month happening on the fourth day. Aside from an unexpected delay, I think we're doing good.
There's a Tamers12345 episode premiering today, but we're at least an episode behind on the stream. Rather than work through all sorts of planning stuff, I figured it would make sense to just go with a regular stream and then see if people would like to have a kind of Tamers-focused stream on some other day of the week. Not exactly like the catch-up streams I did once or twice for Gargoyles, but similar. There's a lot in the Watch Party playlist that doesn't quite fit in to the now-standard format.
I'll tell you what we
do have going on this week, though!
Our highlights include an eight minute video talking about how “historically speaking, bronies[sic] were inevitable”. Then there's a delightful short video of Nigel and Marmalade helping Patricia hide a murder weapon that I think we'll enjoy.
The shorts for the week are themed around a Wizard War.
This week's Farscape episode involves our characters being hunted by bounty hunters, and needing to do some fancy pretending to get out of this jam.
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FarscapeSeason 1 Episode 11 -
The Blood Runs ClearJohn and Aeryn narrowly avoid destroying Farscape-1 in a wormhole and land on a planet where they learn their crew is being pursued by bounty hunters-- so they pretend to be some themselves~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Given the shorts and Nigel being about wizards, I think that “wizard” will be tonight's theme.
Room is running and we'll be on our way right away!
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Hello all. Since tonight is (the closest Friday to) the MLPOL anniversary, we have a very special program for you tonight.
Merrie Melodies - Fifth Column Mouse
I Claudius - Old King Log
Last episode of I, Claudius. We will have a new thing next week.
Schindler's List - Never Before Seen Special Edition Director's Cut (1993)
you will "never forget" this once in a lifetime movie event.
Ponies:
S2e20 - It's About Time
Since we got a bit of a late start tonight, I'm going to postpone starting a new generation until next week.
Anime:
Trigun Ep 1 - The $$60 Billion Man
Trigun Ep 2 - Truth of Mistake
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>what better way to celebrate the Mlpol anniversary than with jewish cock-gobbling hollywood shillery
You're not even trying anymore
>>382626>not remembering the six millionoy vey, it's a very important film, goyim
>>382627To your credit, you are consistent with having dodgy taste
>>382628Oh, stop being a sourpuss and just join the fun. It's a special edition, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
>>382629You posted the schedule, hard pass
>>382630>>382631Let me put it into perspective. Your schedule is so boring, I don't even want to show up for ponies. That's right, your schedule sucks SO bad that MARES are unappealing. I know, its the last night, PLEASE finish the fuck up with I claudius, and let us never speak of it again. Schindler's List? The fuck were you thinking??
>>382632>your schedule sucks SO bad that MARES are unappealing.rood.
>I know, its the last night, PLEASE finish the fuck up with I claudius, and let us never speak of it again.Just for that, next week's stream will be an I, Claudius marathon and we will ALWAYS speak of it again
>Schindler's List? The fuck were you thinking??oy vey, how could you forget the six gorillion?
really, though, I suppose it's my fault for expecting you to have a sense of humor
>>382633>roodFuck off. Shindler's List? Schindler's list. Schindler's fucking list. What's next, a 'reading' of "The Diary of Anne Frank?" That fits right, cuz its WW2 right?
>Wanton disgust
>>382635No, Schindler's Fucking List was the XXX rated sequel, we're watching that next week.
>>382638Are you capable of serving other than yourself?
>>382638>5$ the mealI miss it.
>>382639I think I'm serving you pretty effectively.
>>382643L:ike you've served the mlpol audience? Trying the same thing but expecting different results? Yeah, posture all you want, you're an abivalent shitposter! But how is the site doing? How are incentivization methods such as communal events including and not limited to movie night doing? Youve been at it for quite some time.
I'm gonna go to bed. Happy anniversary!
>>382644What are you even angry about?
I have to be honest. You wanted to come back here, mend bridges and all that? The way you're behaving is a big part of why everything blew up for you before and you wound up getting banned. Getting pointlessly combative about everything, taking minor quibbles and exaggerating them into huge fights; it's exhausting to deal with.
You're the only one who has a problem with the movie night schedule. Moreover, if you're going to be this obnoxious about it, nobody is going to be inclined to listen to your complaints or take you seriously. I can't even tell what you're upset about half the time, you just inarticulately rage about things that don't seem to bother anyone else. Just chillax, my dude.
>>382647.mending bridges
We'll start there. I've gone out of my way to acknowledgr my faults and misgivings. Well golly gee, I must be the only one.
The way I'm behaving is exactly what happened last time, when a bunch of inneffectual assholes decided to ignore the one person who was trying to take what is and try to make something better. I know, you have gotten quite comfortable "as things are", so obviously you have no interest in having to do more.
>>382649>BoomBoom has an opinionLet's just pause and savor this moment
Oh look, to no one's surprise BoomBoom had nothing to say, but piped up anyway.
>>382647It's real simple. Imagine that you wanted people to come back. Not just the regulars, but everyone.
>>382651>Oh look, to no one's surprise BoomBoom had nothing to say, but piped up anywayHow mistaken you are.
>>382651>Imagine that you wanted people to come back. Not just the regulars, but everyone.Alright, just for the sake of argument, I'll bite. What exactly are you saying? That we've lost people? Even though we've basically had the same core group of regulars for the last 5 years? And all of these phantom viewers would come back to the stream if we started only showing programs that you, personally, approve of? Which as far as I can tell would be an extremely short list?
>>382653At face value, the argument is that you might have more viewers if you didn't start each stream with a boring-ass drama that ostensibly you had to see the first episode of or you're lost for the next 8 weeks.
I would say the greater point is a macrocosm of that microcosm, but me guess, not making sense?
If you were a new user, or even a lurking old user, what would incentivize you to post?
And now, what can be done about it?
>>382654>boring-ass dramaYou are literally the only person here saying that it's boring. Everyone else who was watching said they enjoyed it. It's a critically-acclaimed classic series based on two critically-acclaimed classic novels. I'm sorry you don't have the attention span to appreciate it
and apparently can't deal with Patrick Stewart having hair for some reason, but unfortunately there's no accounting for taste. As far as it being an appropriate choice for the stream, if you consider that this board is half-/pol/, and there's usually an overlap between /pol/ and /his/, as well as /lit/ to some extent, I would assume that a drama about the seedy underbelly of Imperial Rome ought to be a popular choice. I made a judgement call, and it seems to have paid off, with you being the only outlier.
>ostensibly you had to see the first episode of or you're lost for the next 8 weeks.This is actually a fair point. Showing anything with an ongoing story would run that risk. However, the same can be said about the anime block or the pony block, both of which are also popular. Also, I Claudius is the first thing I've shown in that time block that has an ongoing story between episodes. Before that, I ran Wodehouse Playhouse, which are all self-contained stories, and before that was the Honeymooners, which is also one story per episode. Before that I was running Little Rascals shorts iirc. The thing I'll be running starting next week is also the kind of show you can jump into at any point without having seen the previous episodes. So again, I don't think the issue here is so much that the format turns people off, so much as that you, personally, don't like my choices. You're entitled to your opinion, but you're heavily outvoted, and I'm the one running the stream. If you don't like what I pick, feel free to start your own stream, with blackjack, hookers, etc.
>I would say the greater point is a macrocosm of that microcosm, but me guess, not making sense?Read this sentence out loud to yourself and see if you can answer that one on your own.
>If you were a new user, or even a lurking old user, what would incentivize you to post?What would incentivize
me to post would be quality discussion and quality content related to subjects I'm interested in. We could probably debate about what, specifically, that might entail for the average person, but I think in any case "come to the movie stream to hear Ninjas bitch and moan about
every single thing that gets shown is not going to be a huge draw for anyone.
>And now, what can be done about it?What can be done is that you can either stop bitching or continue bitching. I'd prefer that you stop, but I have no power to compel you.
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>>382655In this case, aside from cheeky one liners, my insults and attacks have been against the series it's self while on the other hand, I've been insulted and attacked for attacking the series.
>duhhhhh nobody said nothin'>duhhhhh you don't like patrick stewartMaybe your eyes aren't trained to see horseshit when you see it, but I see a guy like Patrick Stewart pretending to be a roman solder that ISN'T bald and immediately go "Nah, horsehit."
If you CAN'T, don't go anywhere near CaliforniaMacrocosm versus microcosm refers to the idea that all of reality is reflections of its self at different levels. The reference was to indicate the defensiveness that resulted from the idea that the stream was in any way not as good as you had built up in your mind.
This against the macrocosm of receptivity to any deviation from the general strategy the site has maintained for many years now. See how much receptivity there was to making a porn board for a day just to see if people will respond? As though pressing the delete button a day later was such an egregious ask. As though getting a straight answer from you is such an egregious ask. The same attitude that pervades the willingness to attack me rather than continue an otherwise enjoyable argument about the quality of a TV series is the same attitude that pervades the site which has become observably hostile to the notion of lifting a finger for non-site users in any way.
They are both reflections of an attitude that lacks self reflection and is at the very least inconsiderate of any potential new/oldfags.
Maybe you didn't notice, but oldfags are coming out of the woodwork, try to have a shred of propriety; you may have given up on the site growing any life to it but I haven't.
And yes, I WOULD be encouraged if I came to a site and saw users with the testicular fortitude to challenge Staff and all comers over a subjective experience, if anything I would be discouraged by the logical fallacies and loose rhetoric of you and 'yours'.
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>>382657I took some time to calm down before replying, because this is an extremely silly argument and I don't want it to escalate any further. I'm going to explain this to you in very plain and simple terms, and then this conversation is finished.
1. I have no particular obligation to stream free entertainment for everyone once a week.
2. I run this stream for fun and because people appreciate it. If it stops being fun, or if people stop appreciating it, I'm not going to do it anymore.
3. While I will generally make an effort to accommodate people's preferences, I am not obligated to accommodate anyone. If someone is being obnoxiously combative, particularly when they are making complaints that no one else is making, I'm not going to listen to them.
4. This stream is not intended to be a newfag magnet or advertising for mlpol.net. This is a fun place for anons to hang out and watch stuff on Fridays. If new people want to drop in, they're welcome to. If they don't want to stick around, they don't have to.
5. I don't know if the issue is that you need meds, therapy or what, but the behavior you've exhibited in this thread is exactly why nobody likes interacting with you, and it needs to stop. It's why you're not on staff anymore, and it's why you received multiple bans. If you can't rein yourself in, then you won't be welcome in my stream anymore.
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411 is normally and information hotline number, so on this day, April 11th (4-11), I've decided to grab one video by Joxy talking about how G1 was pretty Dark, as well as a 12 minute video on The History of Gargoyles by Secret Galaxy. We've also got a short on making easy flavoured carbonaded soda using pine needles. You can do the same thing with fruit peels, sugar, and water. It takes a week to ferment, and it uses the natural yeast that shows up from the air. Just wash them in dish soap and water, and rinse thoroughly.
After this, we have our traditional motley collection of Pony Music and short animations to fill out the rest of the hour.
I'm trying a thing where I talk about this Watch Party on the fediverse, so we'll see how that develops over the next couple weeks.
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FarscapeSeason 1 Episode 12 -
The FlaxAeryn takes Crichton out in a transport pod for flying lessons but unfortunately they get stuck in the Flax~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Without further ado, let's get the ball rolling tonight!
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Alrighty folks, here we go again. Tonight, we're starting a new pre-movie series as well as a new pony generation. Here is tonight's schedule:
Looney Tunes: To Duck or Not to Duck
Jeeves and Wooster Ep 1 - Jeeves' Arrival
The Big Lebowski (1998)
I think we've watched this before, but it's also been awhile and it's a good movie.
Poni:
G4: S2e21 - Dragon Quest
G5: Tell Your Tale eps 1-4
Animu:
Trigun Ep 3 - Peace Maker
Trigun Ep 4 - Love and Peace
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Oh, wow. The 4chan hack definitely shook things up.
While we're here, if any curious newcomers, or regulars, want to ask any questions about the Watch Parties, feel free to ask.
Also, feel free to make requests for this week. I want to put something together that's a little special, but don't quite know what will suit the occasion.
>>383660Forgot my name/trip.
Here when relevant, not used when not relevant.
>>383660I just wanna lurk.
and be but ass naked in my bedroom.
But with 4chan gone, my bedpan has been filling up out of angst.
>>383660I'll probably check this out on friday. How long does it usually go on for?
>>383664That can work. The room's population usually isn't active enough to have a potluck most nights, so I almost always go with pre-made playlists.
>>383678The nights go from about 7pm Eastern time and then for 5-6 hours. That said, it's common enough for people to keep the room going and watch a bunch of other stuff until after the sun comes up. Time zones are weird.
I don't enforce an end time. Once the pre-planned content ends, I'll either put on some agreed-upon other episodes of a show or will open the list for a Potluck where people can suggest their own videos. I normally start to crash towards the end of the night, so I won't be able to be as attentive. I'll have to leave it to one of the mods. Or, if there's a huge upswing in population, I'll try nominating one of the regulars as another mod. Someone who can stay up super late.
This week the movie section of the night will be out, so I'll be figuring something else to do. We definitely won't have the regular shorts and episode leading in to the movie, followed by ponies, but I'll be poking around with setting a movie or some other series' up.
If you have some movies from Internet Archive or other streaming site like YT or Rumble to plug in to the CyTube room, then feel free to suggest them.
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>>377109Looks fun
I have the idea of shilling this around the bunker sites so there can be an crosssite exchange between this watch party and the rewatch stream
On friday the nor/mlp/eople can join your stream and on saturday you can join ours
Would you be ok with that?
>>383998raising awareness of mlpol is just a good idea in general; of the varios altchans I've been scouring, this place has the most potential.
>>383683I have a growing interest to do a cytube of Epic the Musical, but don't think that should be the dedicated feature of a movie stream and will probably opt for a Saturday or Sunday
>>383998OP would be fine with it i'm sure.
>>383998I'd appreciate it.
I might have to start putting the start time of the stream on in UTC or some other universal time code, so people don't have to do mental math if they're in a different time zone.
Happy Good Friday, everyone! Both to the regulars and to the newfrens.
This is your reminder that in just a little more than six (6) hours, we'll have one of our wonderful weekly traditions. A Watch Party! It's not a livestream, it's an hour of pony fan content, some episodes of tv shows, a movie, and then pony episodes.
The idea is to get a pre-made block of programming so we can all hang out in the chatroom for a few hours. No registration is necessary, but you do still have to pick a name.
You're also encouraged to pick and post images from PonerPics in the chat for some more lively emotes.
I think you'll enjoy the movie picked out for this week.
>>384817>11PM GMT startI'm gonna be absolutely hammered by then.
>>384825Then glorious shitposting will be done!
I have last week's playlist for the first half currently running in the room if anyone wants to pop in for a sample.
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Kind of shitty timing considering the sudden influx of new people, but I’m at Babscon this week and won’t be able to stream anything tonight. If someone else can fill in for my portion this week I would appreciate it, the regular program will resume next week.
How late do these streams usually stay active? I'd love to pop in but I don't get off work until like 3 hours after the stream starts.
>>384887The streams usually go for about four to six hours. If people are still feeling up to it, we go for longer.
The movie this week will start about two hours and twenty minutes after we start the Watch Party.
The second portion of the night usually starts off with an intermission, several shorts, and then an old TV show, and then the movie. I haven't timed that, but our normal movie portion guy is out this week.
>>384876I got some sources for the movie portion of the night. I had some help finding a show and a movie on Archive.org.
We got you covered, Elway. Have an /mlpol/ gathering for us!
for shits and giggles I set up an IRC channel on irc.canternet.org #mlpol
People who haven't used IRC before or don't remember anything about it, IRC is one of the oldest group chat protocols in existence that has IRC clients for every device and platform imaginable.
Hexchat is probably the best "normal" all-around desktop client. -
https://hexchat.github.io/I've included a couple screenshots to help out, it is very easy though.
After hexchat is installed, just put in whatever nickname you want, if the nickname is already chosen then it falls back to the second or third. There is also a list of popular networks, Canternet is already in the list.
You can just select that and join the network, then /join #mlpol after connected to the server, or you can edit the network (where the mouse curser is in the first screen shot) and add the channel to automatically connect to that channel when joining the network.
There are quite a few additional options and things that can be done, but all that is optional. registering an account and username is totally optional.
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>>384966Use a VPN prior to connecting, as Canternet doesn't mask your connection IP
>>383660Never been to the /mlpol/ streams, how do you decide on whats loaded. Is it like a mysterybox stream where you never know what you're going to get? Does the community have a say in what to watch?
>>384990The idea is that it's a pre-made program of content. The first couple of nights ended with me spending more time managing things than actually being in the stream night.
After the pre-made stuff is over, I'm fine with putting other stuff in. There are some people who want to make sure they show up specifically in time for the movie, and adding more content before the movie messes with the time.
The first hour-ish is where we have the most content and the most variety. Then it's longer form content, then a movie. On normal nights, after the first hour and episode, there's usually an intermission where we start off with old animations, an old show, then a movie and a few other things. Check out
>>382808 for an example.
Shorter videos and songs I'm fine with adding, but stuff that's 10+ minutes can throw off the schedule.
We'll have space after the pony episodes after the movie, if you can stay up that long. That'll be for the longer videos.
The main issue is when people are just sitting in and not actively adding enough content, I have to do that myself. That takes away my ability to enjoy the stream myself.
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>>384999Got it, I may not make it around the first hour or two but I'll check it out at some point. I didn't really get involved in the emotespam of /mlp/ streams and preferred watching an occasional movie or listened to tunes with mlp's /bootleg watch2together. I've done some of my own cytube stream setups before so I know it can be a hassle to get everything ready.
>>384966We are watching the China Show right now. It's a fantastic show digging into what china government is doing
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Welcome, Regulars and Newfrens!
This sure is an interesting day. We had a bit of a sit-in pre-stream watching random stuff before starting up the stream night, which is a new thing. We're also doing something a little different for the second part of the stream to keep the whole event on CyTube.
We've got our regular mix of music, some short video bumpers, and a couple of videos showcasing /mlpol/'s founding. I've also grabbed a new video from Homestarrunner.com talking about going back to a website.
The big highlight of the week is “Pony Kombat: Fluttershy vs. Derpy” by Space Oddpony that was released just last week.
After this, we have our weekly episode of Farscape, then we'll move on to the second portion of the night, which I'll put in a later post.
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Rhapsody in BlueThe crew finds a colony of Delvians. Z'haan goes down to be with her own people for a while, but one of them wants something from Z'haan and will do almost anything to take it from her~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Pony Theme of the week is /mlpol/ related characters.
See you in the room! We'll be going for around four to six hours, and then we might go further if people are still up.
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>>385075>Dan Vs.I <3 U mate!!!!!!!!!!
>>385075On my way.
Sorry I'm late.
We're getting closer to the end of Farscape now, and we're moving towards the second phase of the night.
Dan Vs - E1 - The Wolf-Man
Plotting revenge against the culprit that left scratches on his car.
Dan Vs - E2 - New Mexico
Dan has a grudge with New Mexico which leads to a road trip.
[1986] Big Trouble In Little China
White man sees asian gang violence. Guns and magic ensue as Yellow Man has White Girl fever.
I'm putting the playlist for tonight together. It'll be a bit late tonight.
The order is usually Playlist - Ordering - Post - Pictures - Anouncement Posts
I should have my schedule together shortly as well.
Once again we meet, my fine fellows.
Another week is past, and another Watch Party beckons. With the passing of last week's BabsCon, we have a full Watch Party with our regular programming this week. This will affect only the portion of the night after Farscape, wherein we will move to a different website. There's something about how it does the video and audio streaming that makes it hard to pipe into the CyTube room, so that's our current option. I think you'll like the extra variety in programming that it allows us to bring to these events.
In this night we have our regular mix of pony fan music with some bumpers (Nigel and Marmalade bumpers again this week), and we've got some music videos and comic dubs.
Our Farscape episode this week will see us split the party again. What could possibly go wrong?
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FarscapeSeason 1 Episode 14 -
Jerimiah CrichtonJohn runs away from Moya in a fit and becomes stranded, and Rygel learns that His Holiness is close to godliness~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To go with the Space theme of Farscape, I think tonight's Pony Theme of the Week will be Constellations.
With that, the prep for the week is pretty much ready. See you in the room!
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Here is tonight's program for the movie portion:
Merrie Melodies: Hop and Go
Jeeves and Wooster Ep 2: Tuppy and the Terrier
Cannibal: The Musical
We have technically shown this one before but it's been awhile and it's kino.
Ponies:
G4: S2e22 - Hurricane Fluttershy
G%: Make Your Mark Ch. 1
Anime:
Trigun Ep 5 - Hard Puncher
Trigun Ep 6 - Lost July
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>>387825I was wondering why the stream was just playing the same few files on loop.
>>387803The South Park guys kept making a bunch of different kinds of movies, huh? It might be same-y and corny in a lot of ways, but I'm pretty impressed with their range.
Canadian Election Results live Watch Party happening in the /CDNPOLI/ thread.
https://cytu.be/r/PoliticalAddictionTheatre>>388569 →
Top Ten Pony Videos of April VoteHello, everyone!
This is an announcement post to remind you that the voting for the top ten pony videos of April has started!
Vote for between five and ten pony videos of 30 seconds or longer! Further details are at the relevant link.
https://www.thetop10ponyvideos.comParticipation helps keep discoverability of fan content rolling!
If you aren't familiar with how this works or what it is, here's a link to the Top Ten Pony Videos for March 2025 (the most recent top ten vid as of this post:
[YouTube] The Top 10 Pony Videos of March 2025 (ft. Evershade)
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There's also a Top Ten Pony Music channel (mentioned in the YouTube video), a Mastodon account (
https://equestria.social/@TheTop10PonyVideos ), a Dicksword channel, and more besides.
I hope the day is treating you well, and that you remember to swing by tomorrow evening for our weekly Watch Party. I'll try to get a few more of the Top Ten videos on the list.
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Hi, hello, how the heck are ya?
Many of us have had one hell of a week, but the Watch Party marches on!
To continue the development of it, I'd like to add a bunch of the videos from last month's Top Ten Pony Videos. A bit more thickening up of the list, and pretty soon we'll have a great evening ahead of us.
We've got several animations from the list, a two part (with alternate ending) Batpony Vampire music series by PrinceWhateverer (alternate ending by Twital), some bumpers, and miscellaneous music. Animations from Agrol, Makaryo, banquo0, Kaciekk, and more are all in here. Furthermore, we have some recent music releases to pack out the time for a well rounded experience.
Tonight's Farscape episode involves the return of Durka. Remember Rygel? The small muppet character who is a deposed royal? This is his torturer whom he's going to meet again. A previous episode suggested that he had died. The crew really can't catch a break.
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FarscapeSeason 1 Episode 15 -
Durka ReturnsWhen a Starburst goes badly wrong, Moya collides with a Nebari ship. On board is Durka, Rygel's former torturer, who has been mind cleansed and now serves the Nebari.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For tonight's second step forward, I'm re-naming our room! This time, it'll be more descriptive, rather than the more improvised room we had before. I'll spend the first section of the night getting the emotes and plugins up and running.
To recognize the continued development of the Watch Party, the Pony Theme Of The Week is
Mechanics!
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Alright, here is tonight's schedule for the movie portion:
Looney Tunes: Super Rabbit
Jeeves and Wooster: Ep 3 - The Purity of the Turf
Short Circuit (1986)
Good ol' Johnny 5
Ponies:
G4: S2e23 - Ponyville Confidential
G%: Tell Your Tale eps. 5-8
Trigun:
Episode 7 - B.D.N. (Brilliant Dynamite Neon)
Episode 8 - And Between the Wasteland and the Sky...
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Hello everyone!
This is an alert that the Watch Party will start a bit later tonight, as something came up IRL that will take a little while. I'm hoping to get things running by about 7:30pm Eastern Time.
Hello all, looks like we'll be getting a bit of a late start tonight, but here is the schedule for the movie portion:
Looney Tunes: The Wise Quacking Duck
Jeeves and Wooster: The Hunger Strike
Short Circuit 2: Electric Boogaloo (1988)
Sequel to the movie we watched last week.
Ponie:
S2E24 - MMMystery on the Friendship Express
Trigun:
Episode 9 - Murder Machine
Episode 10 - Quick Draw
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>>389598Slight error of omission on the pony portion:
>Ponie:>S2e24 - MMMystery on the Friendship ExpressWe will also be watching the next G% Make Your Mark episode, title is "Growing Pains" I believe.
Alrighty, I clearly underestimated the time involved in that little adventure. To keep things going, I'll say that tonight is a potluck night. I'll just toss a handful of songs or skits in the list, toss an episode of Farscape on, and then we'll move.
Farscape announcement and details later.
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One warm week of waiting has passed, and now it's time for a full and normally scheduled Watch Party. The FishFuk tiem.
Tonight, our Pony highlights include a three part mini-album by Vylet Pony titled “The Magic Show”. No prizes for guessing which blue cunt of a whorse is featured here. Added on to this is k00l's Pone Thread Simulator 11, and to cap off the pony section, our crown jewel will be Alumx's full Griffon Village animation / music video. It has his characteristic animating style, with that wonderful mix of cutouts and lighting effects.
Our bumpers will include some skits of less than a minute and a couple of skits that are around four minutes long.
Outside of this we have our traditional mix of music and comic dubs.
In this week's Farscape episode, things get a little weird, and this small episode becomes surprisingly important later on.
May your good days be great and your bad days be more bearable.
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FarscapeSeason 1 Episode 16 -
A Human ReactionCrichton sets his sights and his flight path through a wormhole that looks eerily similar to the one he went through previously and crash-lands in Australia... but is everything as it seems?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
https://cytu.be/r/MLPOL-WatchPartyhttps://cytu.be/r/MLPOL-WatchPartyhttps://cytu.be/r/MLPOL-WatchPartyThe Pony Theme of the week is “counterparts”.
The room is ready open!
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Evening chumps and chumpettes, we're back with yet another exciting installment of "streaming assorted junk-food for your eyeballs on Friday." Here is tonight's menu:
Merrie Melodies: The Aristo-Cat
Jeeves and Wooster: Will Anatole Return to Brinkley Court?
The Rules of Attraction (2002)
Requested by an anon from last week's stream.
Ponis:
G4: S2e25 - A Canterlot Wedding, Part 1
G5: Tell Your Tale episodes 9-12
Trigoon:
Episode 11: Escape from Pain
Episode 12: Diablo
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Reminder: Watch Party tonight starting in about 20 minutes!
If there is one great truth about the strange and tumuluous times we find ourselves in, it is this: Pony will Pony Pony.
Our regular mix of classic and modern music returns, with some recent comic dubs by Scribbler Productions and a fun little animation by Mouseu. Just earlier today both MelodyBrony and BGM have released tracks, and we've got one compilation of goals scored by >rape in the /mlp/ 4chan cup thanks to titansfreak28.
This week's episode of Farscape also looke like a fun one.
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FarscapeSeason 1 Episode 17 -
Through the Looking GlassDuring a hasty starburst, Moya is split inter-dimensionally and the crew needs to figure out exactly how to get her pieced back together. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Evening fellows, here is tonight's movie program:
Merrie Melodies - Wackiki Wabbit
Jeeves and Wooster - Jeeves Saves the Cow Creamer
Star Wars (1977)
35mm original kino edition, as shown in drive-in theaters in 1977. This is the pure, unadulterated version of the film, minus all of the George Lucas poz that's been unceremoniously grafted onto it over the decades. I have Empire and Jedi in this format as well, if there are no objections we will do those over the next couple of weeks.
Poni:
G4 - S2e26: A Canterlot Wedding, Part 2
G5 - Make Your Mark: Ch 2, Episode 2, "Growing Pains"
note: the G5 episodes are numbered weird, but this should be one we haven't seen yet.
Trigun:
Episode 13: Vash the Stampede
Episode 14: Little Arcadia
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Morning everyponer.
I just read a review of Starship Troopers and picked my curiosity up.
I would like to propose it for Movie Night.
>>391124Starship Troopers? This title seems to have skipped my attention. My desire to know more intensifies
>>391124We actually watched that not too long ago:
>>377134But, it is a fun movie so I would have no objection to rewatching it. Probably won't be shown immediately because it hasn't been that long and I have a few other things I'd like to show first. I'll put it in the queue though.
Starship Troopers is a timeless classic with insane rewatch value. 2 and 3 not nearly as much, but the first one is great, up there with Galaxy Quest and Princess Bride
>>391130>Galaxy Quest and Princess BrideAnd Aliens.
Why has no one said SNATCH?
>>391143I....have never actually ever seen Snatch.
>>391144You're English, you have no excuse
>>391146Welsh, actually....
>>391149Uh yeah, to everyone else, that's English. That would be like if you called me a burger and I said "Nu uh, I'm Texan"
Nevermind that I should NOT be lecturing you on the best Movie/Director who yet draws best, being Snatch and Guy Richie
You know I meant to say Breath. Snatch? Lock, Stock, and 2 Smoking Barrels? Revolver?
Evening all. Movie schedule will be up momentarily. Haven't heard from Flappy yet, but I'm assuming he'll have his stream up shortly as well.
Tonight is the last Watch Party of May, so how about we send off the month with some Flower theming?
The Watch Party is starting a tad late tonight, that happens sometimes, so I'll just put on one of the previous evenings' playlists and swap out the old episode for this week's Farscape.
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FarscapeSeason 1 Episode 18 -
A Bug's LifePeacekeeper commandos board Moya after a fuel leak and join the crew in battle against a deadly virus.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As mentioned earlier, tonight's Pony Theme is Flowers.
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Alright, here is tonight's program:
Merrie Melodies - Yankee Doodle Daffy
Jeeves and Wooster - The Bassett's Fancy Dress Ball
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Continuing the series. As with the last one, this is remastered from an original 35mm print of the film, as shown in theaters when it came out. No edits, no updated effects, no extra scenes.
Ponies:
G4 - S3e01: The Crystal Empire
Since we're out of official moon-rune dubs and I forgot to see if I could find any other foreign-language dubs, we'll be watching this one in plain old ordinary English. I'll see if I can find something more exotic for next week.
G5 - Tell Your Tale eps 13-16
Trigun:
Episode 15: Demon's Eye
Episode 16: Fifth Moon
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We haven't watched Eraserhead in a while :3
Red Dawn would be a good movie for July 4th next month.
Let's watch Bad Lip Reading's Star Wars music videos to give the original trilogy a proper send-off.
>>391258True.
We're now halfway through the year. I hope you've all had a chance to enjoy the weather (or shelter from it depending on how things are locally).
With this being the third and final week of the classic Star Wars Original Trilogy, an Anon suggested that we have the Bad Lip Readings music videos in here. That sounds like a great idea, so that's what most of this week's playlist is about. There were three bad lip readings videos about the movies themselves, so I've put them on, too.
We've got assorted Pony music followed by a track from BGM hot off the presses earlier today, as well as a Fainbow Factory Employee Safety Module from even more recently by Dawn Somewhere!
This is going to be followed with an episode of Farscape. This is a special one, as we'll have a very important character introduced who will be relevant for a long time.
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FarscapeSeason 1 Episode 19 -
NerveWhen Aeryn is critically injured, Crichton must raid a hidden Peacekeeper base with Chiana to retrieve the tissue samples needed to save Aeryn's life. Crichton is captured by his archenemy, Crais, who then tortures Crichton with an alien electric chair.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tonight's theme is Ponies with Ponytails!
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Movie program will be up shortly.
>>391911>>391913Sorry everyone can't make it today.
>>391926Thanks for thinking of us. I hope your evening goes well!
Alright, here is tonight's schedule:
Merrie Melodies: Porky Pig's Feat
Jeeves and Wooster: Pearls Mean Tears
The Return of the Jedi (1983)
Third and last installment of a classic franchise, of which only three canon entries exist. Original theatrical version, restored from classic 35mm print, no added George Lucas poz.
Poni:
G4 - S3e02: The Crystal Empire, Part II
G% - Make Your Mark Ch. 2 Ep. 3: Portrait of a Princess
Trigun:
Episode 18: Goodbye for Now
Episode 19: Hang Fire
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