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Occasionally,Vulture staff will convene an emergency discussion about something thats been haunting us.
The live broadcast delay is its own big, bizarre flop, and we need to talk about it.
What did you go into this reunion wanting?
Did you have any reason to suspect the live mechanics of this were going to fail so spectacularly?
And you know why?
YouTube is (mostly) free and (mostly) knows what its doing with livestreaming.
Why did Netflix think it could venture to be in the same business?
God help em if they seriously want to enter live sports.
Dee:Thats a great point.
And each character is edited to appear a certain way.
(They still haveother Netflix shows to consider!)
What did yall think of her performance?
Kathryn:Ive always found the Lachey Element to be hilarious and fascinating onLove Is Blind.
In the beginning they felt like vestigial organs, hosts for a show that absolutely does not need hosts.
They show up, they yell the important team catchphrases (Is love … really blind?
), but no one mistakes them as crucial to the actual functioning of the game.
And if someone else were to show up playing the role of Vanessa Lachey, itd barely be noticeable.
But when it pivots into Aunt Vanessa desperately needs you all to have babies, it starts to collapse.
Andy Cohens not over here begging Real Housewives to get their lives together!
His job is to revel in the disasters!
Your point about the edit is so good, Dee.
At one point I did think she was reading some sort of teleprompter, and I realize thats slanderous.
Is it really live if the cast rehearsed anyway?
What was worth seeing live for yall?
Nothing was worth seeing live!
The thing I wanted out of a live reunion had nothing to do with the reunion itself.
at the same moment.
Its not becauseSuccessionwas being shot live at that very moment.
Its because everyone knew to start it at the same time.
Or, hell, even that whole hour-long delay when Twitter really Twitterd.
Dont take a stab at re-create appointment TV and miss the whole appointment!
(Hi,Squid Game.)
But did you all notice just how much of the live special wasnt even live?
(We get it, youre all gonna pivot to family vlogging.)
Why were they so unprepared to make this special feel special?
How could they waste such an easy opportunity?
Their attempt to manufacture something like the O.G.
Bachelor Nation was thwarted by the utter lack of connection between cast members, viewers, and their WiFi.
Based on last nights tweets, the internet isnt interested in being a guinea pig for Netflix Live.
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