Saturday Night(2024)

[Fool to cry]

The new trailer for the upcoming movie about the broadcast of the first episode of Saturday Night Live directed by Jason Reitman(Young Adult, Ghostbusters: Afterlife).

Trailer:

 

Premieres October 11, 2024.

[Spartan Girl]

I'm in.

But compared to how well the other castmembers look like their real-life counterparts, the guy that plays Belushi doesn't really resemble him in the slightest. Yes, his hair was frizzy and he had a beard, but that's about it.

Of course that's just me being picky. The movie might change my mind :)

[Shannon L.]

I'm definitely in. It's a show that I've watched off and on since I was a teenager, it's one of my favorite genres, and it just looks really good. 

[Spartan Girl]

Dammit I have to ask: is the part about the SNL writers hanging the Big Bird puppet outside Jim’s door true?! I know the SNL version of the Muppets were disliked, but that’s BIG BIRD, you animals!!!!

[EtheltoTillie]

I'm disappointed with this.  I was in college when the show debuted, and I've been watching it ever since even though it often stinks. (I record and fast forward if warranted.)

But I don't see resemblances at all.  I'd be looking for them to post the names each time a character appeared. 

[cpcathy]

I’m so in! 

[Fool to cry]

2 hours ago, Spartan Girl said:

Dammit I have to ask: is the part about the SNL writers hanging the Big Bird puppet outside Jim’s door true?! I know the SNL version of the Muppets were disliked, but that’s BIG BIRD, you animals!!!!

Yeah I read that in Tom Shales' oral history of SNL although I dont think it was outside Jim Henson's dressing room. Head writer Michael O'Donnahue especially hated the muppets. They just weren't a good fit. It all worked out that Henson right after leaving got the offer from Lew Grade to do The Muppet Show in England.

[baldryanr]

14 hours ago, EtheltoTillie said:

But I don't see resemblances at all.  I'd be looking for them to post the names each time a character appeared. 

Really?  The actor playing Chevy Chase is pretty spot-on.  Obviously he's not his physical clone, but that bit to end the trailer is pure dickish Chevy.

[BetterButter]

 

[SomeTameGazelle]

On 8/8/2024 at 6:03 PM, EtheltoTillie said:

I'm disappointed with this.  I was in college when the show debuted, and I've been watching it ever since even though it often stinks. (I record and fast forward if warranted.)

But I don't see resemblances at all.  I'd be looking for them to post the names each time a character appeared. 

It's noticeable that the focus in the trailer is Lorne. Hardly any of the castmembers are shown speaking. I don't know how much of the cast and the sketches the movie will spotlight. I'm thinking of it like Gosford Park, where I had to let go of the expectation that the conversation of the Upstairs people needed to be audible and intelligible as the Downstairs people came more into focus.  

[Sarah 103]

On 8/30/2024 at 7:09 PM, SomeTameGazelle said:

It's noticeable that the focus in the trailer is Lorne. Hardly any of the castmembers are shown speaking. I don't know how much of the cast and the sketches the movie will spotlight. I'm thinking of it like Gosford Park, where I had to let go of the expectation that the conversation of the Upstairs people needed to be audible and intelligible as the Downstairs people came more into focus.  

My understanding is that the movie is about the 90 minutes before the first show aired. We will see the cast backstage as they are a big part of the movie, but we will not see sketches performed within the movie. In this movie, Lorne is the central character the ensemble revolves around. 

Edited September 2 by Sarah 103

[BetterButter]