April 17 2020 – Futureman, Season 3 (2020) Hulu
When deciding what to watch these days, I feel pressure because I am going to share my choice with the handful of people who are reading this blog. I would rather be seen as someone who watches stylish foreign films or edgy indie pictures or obscure classic movies, not someone who watches mindless trash. I am trying to resist this pressure. For one thing, I sometimes like to watch mindless trash. That is who I am: I have always been proud of having high/low tastes, liking both high art and very popular entertainments. But mostly, I want this blog to be an accurate account of what I am watching and going through during this strange time and not an idealized account of what I think I should be watching and going through.
Today, I watched mindless trash. The TV show Futureman is a raunchy time-travel comedy produced by Seth Rogen. It is exactly what you would expect from that description, so if you watch it, you have been warned. After another long, stressful week, Futureman is exactly what I needed: fast-paced, silly and fun, not requiring much concentration to watch. I started watching the show a couple of years ago because Wendey directed a couple of the episodes, but I keep watching even though Wendey has moved on to other projects. I am still an adolescent boy at heart. My favorite part of Futureman is the TV-MA warning at the beginning of each episode, saying the show is for “mature viewers only.” Of course, the warning should read: this show is for “immature viewers only.” I enthusiastically qualify.