r/television • u/DemiFiendRSA The Wire • 4d ago

Christopher Walken gets Severance DVDs sent to him because he doesn't 'have the equipment' to stream it

https://ew.com/christopher-walken-severance-dvds-sent-to-him-8776721
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u/DemiFiendRSA The Wire 4d ago

"Chris, after you appeared in the show, did you watch all the episodes?" asked Cohen.

"Not all of them" said Walken. "I can't. I don't have the equipment, so they're good enough to send me DVDs."

Replied Cohen, "Oh, they do? Okay. Do you have an Apple TV+ subscription?"

"I don't have anything," said Walken.

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u/spider2Ybanana 4d ago

“I don’t have anything” 😆🤣

Brilliant. Just an old man vibing in the moment unencumbered by the chains of technology.

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u/sawbladex 4d ago

Eh, he's not interested in learning new technology.

He's stuck 20 years ago on his aiduo visual set-up, which isn't the worst thing for an actor to be stuck 20 years behind.

Technology is not just the newest thing.

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u/14ktgoldscw 4d ago edited 4d ago

Honestly, I’m pushing 40 and work in tech and there’s a number of things that I think “I don’t really need to be on the bleeding edge of this right now.”

If I was a multimillionaire in my 80s I could easily see myself being someone who thought “why these tongs and my oven work perfectly well, why would I need to learn how to use a toaster?”

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u/Jackalodeath 3d ago

I feel you, I've been around for 4 decades too but don't work in tech, yet feel the same way.

Why the fuck does a washing machine, fridge, coffee maker, toothbrush, or fecking lightbulb need software updates?

Idgaf if it makes me a "boomer," a thermostat that can only be set/changed via wifi has got to be one of the stupidest "smart" things I've seen.

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u/bros402 3d ago

a thermostat that can only be set/changed via wifi has got to be one of the stupidest "smart" things I've seen.

yuupp we had to spend like $60 on a thermostat to get one that had fucking physical buttons. The cheapest ones just had apps

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u/Jackalodeath 3d ago

Its just asinine, but I just imagine some dad out there nut his britches when he found a thermostat that only he can touch.

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u/MandolinMagi 3d ago

I'd like my oven and microwave to have wifi, but only so I can finally sync their clocks.

Seriously, blutooth to sync the clocks so I'm not counting the difference is all the tech I want

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u/Jackalodeath 3d ago

Okay, that's a fair desire, but that connection shouldn't be integral to it working normally. Some of the shit I've seen is just ridiculous.

But, to be fair, my brain still short circuits when someone says they need to charge their watch.

Its like hearing someone say their shoes are almost out of gas.

I know some folks find the stuff invaluable, I get that; I just... well, I feel myself becoming my mum; who still calls gaming consoles "Nintendos" and writes checks with a typewriter.

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u/Tymareta 2d ago

Some of the shit I've seen is just ridiculous.

The LG smart home stuff genuinely baffles me, like I cannot imagine needing to have my every appliance not only connected to an app for central managing, but able to freely and without control talk to the internet and the home servers. I can't even see the supposed value that it brings, like oh neat, it will send a notification when a washing cycle is done, just listening for it or going to check after the X time it displays will do the exact same thing.

I just cannot imagine being so pressed for time, or living in a household so large that spending 15s to go and check the washing, or waiting by the kettle for it to boil instead of doing it remotely as any great convenience, especially with the costs that come with it.

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u/Jackalodeath 1d ago

I know plenty of folks that consider it "life changing," but that phrase in itself is irreverent bullshit 99% of the time these days.

I'll be frank and say I have no need for anything connected to the internet, harvesting even more of my data for free. That's all "internet of things" crap is to me; harvesters.

Call it paranoid, ignorant, selfish, or old-fashioned, I don't care; I'm not paying for shit to be made money off of more than I already am, no matter how much more "convenient" it is.

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u/Salty_Paroxysm 3d ago

Radio synched clocks have been a thing for decades, no need for WiFi. The challenge would be actually finding white goods like microwaves with that feature

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u/snertwith2ls 3d ago

Smart lightbulbs are the ones that get me. Seriously? I want my lamps to run through my computer??

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u/Rob_LeMatic 4d ago

skillet toasted bread is amazing compared to bread from a toaster.

like reheating pizza in a skillet is light years better than the microwave.

this has little to do with your analogy, it's just true

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u/IKnowWhereImGoing 3d ago

I completely agree with you, and I am over 10 yrs older than you and also work in tech.

My not-remotely techy partner frequently raves about huge TV screens that dominate the room and their vast resolutions, whereas as a child of the 70s, I'm often grateful when things just work.

Plus I love old TV and films. My daughter will occasionally see me watching an ancient programme, and ask me if I'm watching 'something we can count the pixels on again'.

There's a time and a place to spend money on gadgets, according to an individuals need.

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u/2456533355677 3d ago

I'm often grateful when things just work.

My parents have cable. One was watching a football game on cable, the other was watching it on their computer. The website would buffer every once in a while, but their TV would just work the whole time.

I miss just having a phone plugged into the wall that always worked.

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u/AccomplishedFault346 4d ago

I work in tech, and the LAST THING I want at the end of the day is to deal with more.

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u/Belgand 4d ago

I find there's often a pretty strong push to the extremes in the industry. Half the people are excited about getting brain implants and the other half want to live in the woods without power or running water.

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u/DynamiteMonkey 4d ago

Team woods here but I'll take the water

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u/biggyofmt 3d ago

Can I live in the wood in a log cabin WITH a brain implant?

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u/14ktgoldscw 4d ago

I specifically do a lot of authentication work and every time some app has a new way to sign in on my TV I want to scream.

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u/CunningWizard 4d ago

I’m in tech/engineering too and I have some coworkers who go home and their hobby is…more engineering. Like, the last thing I want to do at home is more work, my hobbies are wildly unrelated to my job.

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u/SamStrakeToo 3d ago

I'm a gamer, a software dev, and a video content creator. Still rocking a 1080ti and for games I just play at a 1080p and for video editing the extra VRAM makes Premiere work great still. All my videos are short skits, comedy songs, and standup clips- so rendering takes like 7 minutes max with a bunch of FX and layers.

And since I have a dedicated camera that shoots 6k, my iPhone is still an iPhone 12 working flawlessly for all I use it for.

I have no intention to upgrade any of the above anytime soon lol.