This was the only way that Nate could make his way into Ted's locker room, his is the new Scrooge!
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Apple Shares 'Ted Lasso' Animated Christmas Short
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Well. that was a bit weird. Why was Nate in it? Why would somebody's 'tache disappear, then come back with no explanation, and what's remotely Christmassy about either event?
You left out the most important question, how did they suddenly turn in to claymation figures? ?
I mean seriously, can't we just have a little fun with something every once in a while? Does everything have to be based on a gritty reality? Yes it's silly. Yes it makes no sense. But that's true with 99% of the garbage Hollywood produces nowadays.
Didn't help that Apple TV (the app) has switched from the standard aTV UI that worked fine to a ghastly new UI that makes it impossible to activate closed captions (and, just to further s**t on customers) forgets that you have chosen closed captions every time you switch away from the app.
Like most people I got a year of aTV+ for free on buying a product.
I will not renew it.
The content is good enough that I would renew EXCEPT every time I interact with the app (and spend a minute in frustration trying to get the damn thing to switch closed captions) I want to cry. And why exactly am I paying Apple for an experience that I hate?
Anyone who actually liked this xmas abomination is the one with a wooden soul. This short has negative soul.
Apart from being utterly boring, characterless, and unfunny (unlike the actual show, well, at least the first season), did you miss the part where it took a huge swipe at white, straight, men? Ted Lasso - "Sorry I was being such a straight white cisgender male version of the grinch earlier." Imagine if Ted was actually a black, gay, woman, and said "Sorry I was being such a gay black cancelculturist female version of the grinch earlier." Could you imagine the utter outrage such a line would have generated? But not only does Timmy aim such a message at others, but that's his idea of the Christmas spirit!
This short doesn't have soul. It is simply Timmy telling people who aren't just like him to go jump in the lake. And before you go, wait, but he's white, haven't you noticed that every little #woeisme group has a swipe at white men, even if they are white themselves. White women do it, gay white men do it, they all do it, as if they aren't white themselves. As if they never benefit from the privilege and dominance. They have all side swiped the momentum from the anti-racist movement, and stolen it for their own little sooky whinge.
Season 1 was absolutely brilliant, best TV series I've ever seen. We laughed, cried, got angry, cheered our hearts out, sang the songs, and our souls beamed with joy, soaking up the insane, eye opening, displays of what is possible with pure positivity and patience.
But nope, season 2 is merely ok at best. We watched it, and sometimes it felt like we were just going through the motions, hoping and waiting for it to get good again. It never really did. Sure, it had the occasional moment, but only occasional. Everyone in season 2 was too nice, there were no more villains creating tension. The clever, witty, humour was all but gone. The characters lost all depth. The beautiful surprises, and deep positive life messages that would bring your soul to life in season 1, dried up in repetitiveness in season 2, and the little that was left, was just ho hum. It was just all too smiley and nice, and a bit boring.
I have very low hopes for season 3.
It feels like the writers wrote season 1 unfettered. But then for season 2, Timmy imposed his Apple TV cancel culture inclusivity cancer mentality on the writing team, and destroyed their creativity, and possibly, their will to live.
That wasn't the only problem with it. But yeah, they needed more major plot lines to give it tension, but didn't add any truly interesting ones. It just meandered on with no tension, no purpose, no wit, no character, no depth, no anything. It became a chore to watch, waiting and hoping for it to come good again.
Not to mention completely unnecessary and poorly timed
Yup, that's what I was afraid of. Exactly the same reason I couldn't watch their space series after a while (albeit it did start off excellent and I did like the first few episodes) - Tim's propaganda was just too much for me
It's too much for most people. Thus why Apple TV+ is and, will continue to, fail to do well compared to competitors. I mean, I am actually a reasonably liberal minded lefty (I think Bernie Sanders would make an epic president), and it's even too much for me, so how the hell is anyone centrist or right wing ever going to handle it? It's not even just "too much" for me, quite a lot of the catalogue is completely unwatchable, want to smash my brains out in pain at the mindless mindset of it, level of unwatchable.Yup, that's what I was afraid of. Exactly the same reason I couldn't watch their space series after a while (albeit it did start off excellent and I did like the first few episodes) - Tim's propaganda was just too much for me
I wasn't going to bring it up but you are right. That "Sorry..." line bugged me too. It didn't belong. On the bright side I can't imagine too many Lasso fans enjoying it either, for the same reason you mentioned. Those who laughed probably had a real hoot with Santa Inc.
Other than that line, I thought this was a silly little bonus for Lasso fans going in to the Christmas holiday.
Yup, Tim hasn't learnt the usual truth: "get woke, go broke". Which perfectly applies to Apple TV+. The folks that love this kind of propaganda / preaching are vocal (on Twitter / in Hollywood / in the mainstream media) but are a minority, particularly when it comes to actually paying for the service. It's not a good idea, business-wise, to alienate the vast majority of (potential) subscribers and only want to service the Twitter "cancellers".
The Apple TV+ subscription is definitely cheap but for example I in no way would pay a penny for that kind of preaching.
Well, I think (as a right-winger) can answer: I can't handle that kind of propaganda and preaching. I want to enjoy movies and not to hear preaching.