HBO Max and Discovery?

[Philip J. Fry]

[Philip J. Fry]

[Philip J. Fry]

[Ezee E]

There's a Season 1???

Oh, ahead of release. Nice

[Ezee E]

Kate Winslet needs a Cate Blanchett-like Hera role to have fun with.

[Philip J. Fry]

[Dukefrukem]

Anyone watch the Woody Allen documentary? God he's creepy.

[Mal]

Yes, I watched it. Gross. There are three more episodes, ugh.

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the stuff with him in bed in his underwear, horrifying

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[Dukefrukem]

Yes, I watched it. Gross. There are three more episodes, ugh.

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the stuff with him in bed in his underwear, horrifying

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Just his whole attitude is horrifying. Wishing it was a girl rather than just a healthy baby. Didn't want anything to do with any of the kids...

[Dukefrukem]

[Mal]

The “heard it all before” attitude is silly to me- numerous documentaries get made about historical events and figures all the time. I love Allen’s movies but if you’re the general public and don’t follow tabloids, twitter... you’ll likely have not much knowledge about Dylan’s claim.

[Philip J. Fry]

[Philip J. Fry]

[baby doll]

The “heard it all before” attitude is silly to me- numerous documentaries get made about historical events and figures all the time. I love Allen’s movies but if you’re the general public and don’t follow tabloids, twitter... you’ll likely have not much knowledge about Dylan’s claim.

I haven't seen the documentary (in Canada it's streaming on a service called Crave, which I don't have), but if it were only a primer on the case for people who aren't familiar with the details and brought to light no new information, the amount of media coverage it's received already would be wildly disproportionate. Actually, it would still be disproportionate even if there were any new damning evidence proving Allen molested his daughter (rather than a lot of circumstantial evidence of him being creepy in the months leading up to the alleged molestation). As Sophie Gilbert points out in an article in The Atlantic, this case differs from the Harvey Weinstein affair in that Allen isn't accused of abusing his position in the film industry but his position as a parent, nor was he able to silence Dylan Farrow in the same manner that Weinstein silenced his accusers (Maureen Orth's long article detailing the accusation against Allen appeared in Vanity Fair in November, 1992 and is available online). In other words, the question of whether Allen molested his daughter is not a matter of public interest in the same way that the Weinstein case was, as the latter pointed to a broader problem within the US film industry as a whole. The only reason people are interested in this case (as opposed to thousands of others where a parent is accused of molesting their child) is because Allen and Mia Farrow are famous.

[Mal]

Plenty of documentaries are made about non-famous individuals and abuse they experience or are accused, even convicted of? After the first episode, I have assumptions about where it'll go but also not at all, since most of what I knew was confirmed, with additional info and interviews provided by friends of the family. The recent Lorena Bobbitt documentary on Amazon had no new content, but as a retrospective on domestic violence and sensationalized crime, it was a compelling, worthwhile experience from start to finish.

[baby doll]

Just to clarify, the point I was trying to make was less about the documentary per se (which, again, I haven't seen) than about the coverage of it in the media, which is treating the accusation against Allen as if it were a matter of national importance on par with the Weinstein case (which was significant less for the specific accusations against Weinstein than for what it revealed about the culture within the film industry that enabled and covered up his crimes for decades).

[Idioteque Stalker]

Good AvF discussion, but imo it is pointless to think too hard about whether or not this type of doc (along with Leaving Neverland and Surviving R. Kelly) is "necessary." People love to watch them and say "eww," and therefore they are wildly popular. So long as they stay that way they will continue to be made.

The way in which the Weinstein stuff was indicative of a larger institutional problem suggests, instead of of documentary tell-all, that story will eventually get the prestige film treatment (some may argue it's already on its way with The Assistant).

[Philip J. Fry]

[Philip J. Fry]

[Philip J. Fry]

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WarnerMedia’s Rooster Teeth Studios announced development on a new animated series for HBO Max: Slam!, based on the critically-acclaimed BOOM! Studios graphic novels created by author-screenwriter Pam Ribon (Ralph Breaks the Internet, Smurfs: The Lost Village, Moana)and artist Veronica Fish (Spider-Woman, Archie). Ribon will adapt and executive produce the series, which is being produced by Rooster Teeth Studios, BOOM! Studios and Minnow Mountain.


Slam! is an adult animated half-hour series set in the fast-paced, hard-hitting, super cheeky, all-female world of banked track roller derby, following two young women who will have to decide if their budding friendship is stronger than the pull of a team when a win is on the line. The series will be brought to life using a groundbreaking combination of rotoscoped and 3D animation to take viewers into the sport in a way never visualized on screen before.

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[Philip J. Fry]

NOOOOOOO!!! That better be Owen trolling everyone again.


And this looks great, BTW...

[Philip J. Fry]

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