watching a show you haven’t seen in multiple years is like. these episodes used to feel longer. this dialogue never used to seem so cringey. i am now remembering why this show altered my psyche.
ppl are not mentally ill abt noah czerny enough,, like truly he is my fucking roman empire, i think abt him all the time i will never get “quietly slipped from time” out of my brain the implications that he just lives (?) perpetually through the years between his death and trk forever and ever is so. bc on one hand hes always in the kind of golden hour years that make up the series but also hes rapidly detiorating until he hits reset and does it again,,,, also ‘i was more when i was alive’ and his sister describing him as this fucking insane creative adrenaline rush blasting radio speeding ticket firecracker of a person vs blue describing him as smudgy and faded,,,,,,,, the worst tbing that could happen to the gangsey on their quest where they all frequently come very close to dying or losing their humanity hp lovecraft style is that they stop being friends vs whelk crushing noahs head in w his own skateboard on his hunt for the ley line,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, whelks clear disregard for noah and his descriptions of him almost as a sort of sidekick vs the funeral scene where his family is so fucking devastated to have lost him and his sister giving a speech at the fucking school full of dickhead boys that fucking killed him just to preserve his legacy,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the car almost fossilised in the woods lived in and bright and fast and loud but covered in pollen and leaves and unmoving for years,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I should note, I hate the soulmates "we would fall in love in every universe" trope for the aforementioned "where's the tension and interest and really anything worthwhile" reasons. However, "we would find each other in every universe" fucking rips. We would interact meaningfully in every universe but sometimes we are lovers and sometimes we are friends and sometimes we are bitter enemies and sometimes we'd simply both be in the same HOA.
Obviously this is an adorable bit but I'm so struck by how different this is from so many little kid shows today like.......the muted colors. no background noise. no sound effects. you can literally hear Jim Henson breathing between his lines. Ernie is talking very slowly, meandering, letting the kids digest the info. it's a full minute before you get the payoff of it all. man
My boyfriend is trying to explain cricket to me again. “He’s only got two balls to make 48 runs”, he says. The camera focuses on a man. Underneath him it says LEFT ARM FAST MEDIUM. A ball flies into the stands and presumably fractures someone’s skull. “There’s a free six”, my boyfriend says. 348 SIXES says the screen. A child in the audience waves a sign referencing Weet-Bix