12 votes

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

7 comments

  1. [3]
    clem
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    I'm bummed that this isn't in theaters--I haven't been interested in seeing a movie in theaters in probably a decade, and when I first saw the trailer for this, I thought, finally, a movie release...

    I'm bummed that this isn't in theaters--I haven't been interested in seeing a movie in theaters in probably a decade, and when I first saw the trailer for this, I thought, finally, a movie release for me. But I'm eager to watch it, either way. It looks like there's no legal way to watch it without ads? Weird.

    6 votes
    1. [2]
      cfabbro
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      Not about avoiding ads, but this tweet from the man himself is sort of related, and was refreshing to see.

      It looks like there's no legal way to watch it without ads? Weird.

      Not about avoiding ads, but this tweet from the man himself is sort of related, and was refreshing to see.

      How do I watch in Australia?

      Roku's working on it. In the meantime there's VPN (Very Probably No) way to watch it legally. I'm sure you have a TORRENT of other questions, but I have to move along, sorry.

      9 votes
      1. clem
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        Ha! Glad to know that he approves of the way I watched it. I hope I can figure out a way to pay for it, though. Throwing together a silly film for $8 million in 6 weeks or so (that's my...

        Ha! Glad to know that he approves of the way I watched it. I hope I can figure out a way to pay for it, though. Throwing together a silly film for $8 million in 6 weeks or so (that's my understanding of how this was produced, anyway) is something I totally support. It was kind of a crappy movie in some ways--in general, I feel like they just stretched a lot of jokes out for way too long--but I loved watching it, anyway.

        2 votes
  2. [2]
    cloud_loud
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    If you guys liked this and if you haven’t already, check out the similarly toned Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Like Weird, it’s a parody of music biopics. Though Walk Hard is mostly a direct...

    If you guys liked this and if you haven’t already, check out the similarly toned Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Like Weird, it’s a parody of music biopics. Though Walk Hard is mostly a direct parody of Walk the Line, and this seems to be more of a direct parody of Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman.

    3 votes
  3. skybrian
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    Here's the New Yorker interview. I tried watching it using the Android app, which failed because the app doesn't seem to support ChromeCast. Furthermore, it somehow put a black rectangle on the...

    Here's the New Yorker interview.

    I tried watching it using the Android app, which failed because the app doesn't seem to support ChromeCast. Furthermore, it somehow put a black rectangle on the Android home page that I could only get rid of by rebooting. Uninstall.

    Instead, I played it from the web page and did a ChromeCast of the browser tab.

    3 votes
  4. NoblePath
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    This movie is amazing. It’s too soon to say(i’m only half way through, i’m reallybstarved for some laughs, and it’s onky out a few days), but i feel like this is mel brooks/zaz quality.

    This movie is amazing. It’s too soon to say(i’m only half way through, i’m reallybstarved for some laughs, and it’s onky out a few days), but i feel like this is mel brooks/zaz quality.

    2 votes