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/MLPOL/ Watch Party Part 4: We Endure
FlappyPterodactyl
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/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: >>350055 →
663 replies and 747 files omitted.
FlappyPterodactyl
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I see you, friend.
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>>382536
Thanks for the stream tonight Flappy, it was alot of fun
FlappyPterodactyl
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>>382443
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.

Ideally, we'd get a way to have this run in the CyTube room where we have more engagement options to shitpost with.

>>382552
The ceiling burds are the CyTube April Fool's Day event.
Anonymous
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>>382558
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.

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?
Anonymous
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>>382561
I say 'you', but I'm being ironic; you don't decide to shitpost when people are making requests
Anonymous
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>>382561
>I insist that you meet me in the middle by giving me timeframes when I ask.
Kinda pushy your request.
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>>382563
It wasn't a request, it was an offer of parlay. And, it's the far more reasonable ask.
Anonymous
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>>382564
Ur a frn gn freNMm
Anonymous
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>>382565
Nini, ur more gai
John Elway
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>>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: La patience est amère, mais son fruit est doux.
Anonymous
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>>382573
It'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.
John Elway
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>>382574
No 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.
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>>382587
>so it’s not really something you can watch casually in the background while doing something else
Absolutely, it is crucial for the viewer to keep up with the dialogs and sequence of events from previous episodes.
Anonymous
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>>382588
So, what you're saying appears to be "If you missed the first episode you're kinda fucked for the duration?"
>>382587
Binged, perhaps. Weekly? I will decline from saying any more rude things, but you have an idea where I was going.
Anonymous
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>>382589
>If you missed the first episode you're kinda fucked for the duration?
Not quite, but the essence of the characters, yes.
Anonymous
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>>382590
In 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.
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>>382591
>Jean Luc Picard
I, 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.
Anonymous
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>>382593
Oh? 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?
Anonymous
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>>382594
I submit that I, Claudius stays on the same schedule.
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>>382595
There 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'.
Anonymous
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>>382596
>this is purely shitting-on a bad series
It 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.
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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>>382597
>it's a masterpiece
They 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.
>>382597
Ever precious
Anonymous
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>>382599
>There's acting, and there's ACTING
The 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.
Anonymous
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>>382601
>The corollary is that human kind has not changed a bit
Wow, 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.
Anonymous
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>>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".
Anonymous
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>>382603
>dramatization
Okay 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)
Anonymous
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>>382605
>it feels more like a recorded play than a mini-series, and I just can't take it seriously
From 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.
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>>382606
Fuck 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.
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>>382607
It didn't take long to lose composure.
Anonymous
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>>382608
The 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.
Anonymous
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>>382609
You 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.
FlappyPterodactyl
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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.
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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.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Farscape

Season 1 Episode 11 - The Blood Runs Clear
John 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!

https://cytu.be/r/FlappyPterodactyl
https://cytu.be/r/FlappyPterodactyl
https://cytu.be/r/FlappyPterodactyl
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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
Anonymous
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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
John Elway
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>>382626
>not remembering the six million
oy vey, it's a very important film, goyim
Anonymous
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>>382627
To your credit, you are consistent with having dodgy taste
John Elway
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>>382628
Oh, stop being a sourpuss and just join the fun. It's a special edition, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
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>>382629
You posted the schedule, hard pass
John Elway
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>>382630
Your choice.
Anonymous
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>>382630
>>382631
Let 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??
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>>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
Anonymous
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>>382633
>rood
Fuck 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
John Elway
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>>382635
No, Schindler's Fucking List was the XXX rated sequel, we're watching that next week.
Anonymous
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>>382636
Have it your way
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>>382637
Thanks, I will
Anonymous
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>>382638
Are you capable of serving other than yourself?
Anonymous
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>>382638
>5$ the meal
I miss it.
John Elway
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>>382639
I think I'm serving you pretty effectively.