Last night, Oscar nominee Jesse Eisenberg was the host of Saturday Night Live. Jesse is now famous for playing Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network, and SNL decided to have fun with it with the real Mark Zuckerberg. Oh, and Andy Samberg was there too, doing his surprisingly good Zuck impression. I have to admit – once all three Zuckerbergs were side-by-side, I kind of thought Andy was nailing the Zuck-muppet voice more than Jesse ever did in The Social Network.
It was cute. It was a good pop culture moment to have Jesse and Mark standing up there together. It was good to see that they are roughly the same height and that they do look similar – I always assumed Jesse was much shorter than the real Zuck, so that part surprised me.
Also: how big of a dork is Mark Zuckerberg? I mean, it’s kind of charming and cute, but he’s definitely not a “celebrity” and you can tell. And yes, I know he could buy and sell me. Like, a billion times over. Still, he’s a dork. Dork Power!
As far as the rest of the show… eh. I only stayed up for like ten more minutes. I liked the balloon sketch!
Screencaps courtesy of SNL.
I don’t get this whole facebook crap. I don’t even use it. And I’m still alive.
The film was horrible. SNL sucks major now.
That aside- I started FB in 07; didnt like it/get it until 2010. Now I dumped myspace and use FB only. Alot. 😀 Way better!
awwww. Jesse Eisenberg is adorable. He gives off a young, cuddly Kevin Bacon vibe.
The skit was kind of awkward but that was probably the point.
I loved the movie. It was a really just a well acted(except JT),well written,finely crafted film with no ‘tricks’. Unfortunately I went to bed early last night. Facebook is a neccessary evil if I want to talk to my far flung friends.
Mark should never quit his “day” job! Awful and award….Eisenberg? Pathetic!
**akward**
@ mln76, I agree, I love Jesse Eisenberg!
He’s too young for me, but I may say, Jesse Eisenberg is QUITE the handsome young man! I think he’s going to age well too. Zowie.
I loved the movie, too. Not the best of the year, imo, but still really good.
SNL wasn’t half bad last night and Andy Samberg should REALLY be my husband. Yeah, he may be dating a model or whatnot, but still! He is the hotness and should be mine! Looove him and his goofy haircuts. He is major lady boner material for me.
Also, Jesse Eisenburg…bless. He appears to be super talented, smart and a good, decent guy, but he has a serious case of The Awkwards. Saw him on Conan and…poor guy. Maybe he’ll grow out of it? Wish him the best, regardless.
I just love all of this ass kissing to the Facebook dude.
I had a FB acct for a minute before I decided that it sucked.
And like CC, I am still alive without being on FB!
Why all the fb haters? Regardless of everything, I mean Zuckerberg was in his twenties and made something that has become so ubiquitous that it’s mind blowing! Impressive is an UNDERSTATEMENT !
all of those networking pages are tracking devices…and anyway, even if it’s not conspiratorial, it’s utterly creepy how so many ppl-grown adults, too! with families! not just teens and the 20’s crowd-write/post about EVERY freakin’ thing they do! it’s like reading someone’s high school journal, every damn day….i don’t need to know what you had for dinner, or how many times you took a dump.
awful. just awful.
Group Think is what FB promotes.
It’s a very high school mindset, emotionally.
Yea, yea, i know there are some ‘great’ features to it-and oh wow-you can keep track of what people are up to in real time, keep in touch with people far away…
i’ve lived on a few continents, have friends all over, and email has continued to suffice. Sure, I don’t communicate with ppl as often, but honestly, who cares? it’s not like anyone’s life is *that* exciting, that we need a play by play description, 24/7.
I have yet to see the movie. Why would I?
I did see the actors roundtable with jesse and learned it’s not actually written about mark z. it’s based very loosely on him, and the storyline is very different. So what is so great about this movie, then?
Then again, this whole movie year has eluded me. black swan-won’t see it. inception=lame lame lame and so obnoxious how everything is 2 hrs or more these days…
I will prob. see the king’s speech at some point, but that cast will get me to see almost anything! love, love, love colin, helena, geoffrey….
Eisenberg got a nomination for playing Zuckerberg, seriously? He’s acting was flat, his facial expression didn’t change or show any kind of feelings, and it may be a good thing for some characgters, but Zuckenberg doesn’t seem so tragically serious or a jerk. I rather pick Justin Timberlake’s performance over Eisenberg’s… Ok, not really.
He was way better in Solitary man and Zombieland.
I posted something and two others popped up that negated my comment and I can’t figure out how to totally dump it. Sorry.
Don’t use FB much personally; my life’s not that exciting to report on for the most part but I do see its usefulness. My friend’s dad just died and she was able to post updates and photos for people to check in and see what was going on. That was great, and probably saved her a ton of time rather than email everyone.
But what I have trouble with (other than the invasiveness of it) is there’s so much information and I haven’t really found a way to organize it to where it makes sense to me if you know what I mean.
As a “grown adult with a family” I know it’s hard for anyone under the age of 25 to appreciate that your social life doesn’t end just because you’re now “of a certain age” and you have a family. FB is a way to keep in touch with family and friends in a way that email doesn’t. I have connected with people I have not seen or spoken to in YEARS. But if I weren’t on FB my life would go on. It’s really not that serious.
I think facebook is more a reflection of the way many people are: egocentric, vindictive, and terrible at spelling. Facebook doesn’t cause these things – it simply gives them a platform.
I get the whole “I’m not going to be on facebook” thing, however you’re probably still on facebook without even realizing it. Photos of you at parties, work, in public places, school photos, and any other photograph taken of you can be put up on facebook. It’s notoriously hard to get a photo taken down. Being a facebook member can help you exert a certain amount of control over these things. Anyways, it’s a personal choice, and I admire people who have managed to resist the pressure to join.
Just say No to the FB mafia! Resist and stay free.
Mark Zuckerberg dreams of a world where everyone will be forced to use FB or else they will be cut out of life itself.
Wow…all the FB hate is in full force today. I thought it was an adorable awkward opening.
Obviously, the next social networking site will be MyFace.
I can happily say that I stay far away from the social networking sites.
I have decided effective today I am going to attach ‘berg’ to the end of my last name and success will come my way. 😉
I think it was adorable. Although Mark Z will never ever be an actor. I <3 fb. I’ve gotten in touch with my bff’s from middle school, high school, etc through it, and that alone would make me want to continue. Getting to see my friends pics of their children, their families, new cars, etc, is just frosting on the cake. It’s a lot of fun 🙂
I actually know Jesse Eisenberg and he’s a really awesome, down-to-earth guy. I wouldn’t call him awkward. I will say that despite his fame, he is always more interested in talking about you than he is about himself. I know a lot of everyday, non-actor types that haven’t mastered the art of listening which speaks a lot about his humility and character.
I like Jesse Eisenberg. Hate SNL in general though. If Lorne Michaels had any integrity, he’d have taken this show off the air YEARS ago. it sucks.
I personally adore facebook, I think is fun, keeps me in touch with family and friends, I m interested on knowing how people are in general. facebook brings happiness and laughter into my life, it has helped me ( along msn) to not feel lonely when I first moved to Germany
I understand not everybody has to like it, I personally find it to be a very positive thing,
@Jaye E. ITA. However, as a 30 y/o mother, some seem to think my life is over.
As far as Jesse Eisenberg, I have to agree with kaiser. I think Andy Samberg nailed Zuckerberg better than Eisenberg. I also believe the role wasn’t a far stretch for Eisenberg. It’s almost as if he was just playing himself (minus the twitchiness). That’s not a transformation and, therefore, not worthy of an Oscar. Also, IMHO Eisenberg and Michael Cera are interchangeable and, Cera probably would have delivered a performance identical to Eisenberg’s in The Social Network. When people are that indistinguishable I don’t think it says much about their acting.
I could care less about FB. But I’m fascinated by the story behind it. The movie was great. Jesse is adorable. The skit was cute.
@lrm: Give the sweeping generalizations a rest, will you? Your posts are always dripping in so much condescension — is it really so unthinkable that intelligent, well-rounded people might enjoy something that doesn’t appeal to you? If you don’t like FB, that’s great, then don’t use it. But why make rude assumptions about everyone who does? You think every one of FB’s five hundred million users are drivel-spewing idiots? Please. For a person who’s “lived on several continents,” you seem shamefully close-minded.
@Megatrona and Majosha: Agree! Agree!!
I can keep contact with family back in Chicago and friends from college, friends locally through FB. Just like anything, it can go out of balance. If someone is acting like a ‘high schooler’ on it and using it as a ‘platform for their ego’, I doubt too many people bother with them anyway.
@Irm, I agree with most of the things you said, and after almost 4 years in FB I’m hating it. Actually I hated it from the moment the whole world was there, that’s from 2008. At a certain point I started using a moniker, because I was tired of being found by people who I even can’t remember they ever existed or I didn’t want to be in touch with.
And I HATE that tagging thing.
BUT fortunately most of my friends aren’t those kind of pepole who need to update their status every five minutes, or say how good the dinner was, how many time they did it, or if they are constipated, and so on.
The only reason I’m still inn FB is because there’s also the chance to get informed of everything is happening in the world, politically, culturally, etc, all in one site.
“I admire people who have managed to resist the pressure to join.”
I just snorted into my water. Really? You admire people who couldn’t be bothered with making a facebook page?
Being a sanctimonious yahoo about how awesome you are and how admirable other sanctimonious yahoos are for not having a facebook page is beyond obnoxious.
If you have a facebook page, great. If not, great. Personally, I like mine. I got it when facebook was just for college students and it was a great way to keep up with my friends from high school who had all spread out over the country to go to college. I’m also happy that I have it because my sister moved to Boca Raton and she has sent me lots great video and other such things. It helps me feel connected to her even when we can’t talk on the phone.
So get off your high horses and understand that there are plenty of people who don’t use facebook as a platform for general jackassery.
And if you just don’t like facebook for whatever reason, good for you for not being annoying about it and acting like it makes you a better person.
And i thought the skit was cute but Zuckerberg was terrible. Whenever someone says acting is easy, I’ll just show them this clip.
@Solveig: You can put it so you can never be tagged by your friends. Just go to your settings.
You can take yourself off FB so no one else can find you etc. I had people contact me from like high school who I didn’t even recognize their name or face. I hate that too. But you can set it up how you want.
I don’t have people who put like “coffee!” or post every hour, so it works for me.
I find it interesting how many people are dumping on facebook as stupid and unnecessary on a site where we stare at Anne Hathaway’s shoes and get excited about pictures of Angelina Jolie getting in and out of cars.
Yeah, I hate the oversharers on fb too, but at the end of the day, I think that it’s way cooler to spend time checking in on what humans you know are doing rather than total strangers. Facebook is just a form of entertainment, guys. No more, no less. And personally I’m proud that I’m more interested in what Tom and Aaron did this weekend than in what Charlie Sheen did this weekend.
I don’t get the anti-FB thing, it’s like it’s some sort of badge of awesomeness to hate it. Well, I love it. I’ve gotten in touch with people from my past that I thought I’d never hear from again. I keep in touch with family and friends. I play a bunch of the games. If this makes me a hopeless dork, so be it.
@ Zelda : you nailed it! Could not agree more
@Hamm
Whoa! Take it easy, hon. Read the whole post! I just said I admire people who’ve managed to stay off, as in, I could never do that. I’m not saying I pray at an altar to them, or that I think they deserve a medal. It was more a figure of speech. In case it wasn’t clear from my post, I’m on facebook. I love it! I was just attempting to see things from the perspective of people who aren’t on it, without, you know, seeming like a “sanctimonious yahoo.”
Don’t take it so personally when some people go on about the cult of facebook or something. Why should you care?
So he wrote a bit of code in college to scam people out of information. And the idea took off because people are social animals that like instant gratification. He was lucky. He’s not brilliant. He’s the face and name behind a bunch of programmers writing horrible code with so many bugs it would scare the bravest of exterminators. Obviously, not a fan.
Jen D: I understand where you’re coming from-I didn’t take it personally or anything. It just bugs me when anyone acts like any one thing makes them more interesting or cool-like seeing certain movies or wearing certain mismatched shoes or not being on facebook.
Sorry if I made it seem like I was calling you a yahoo-I didn’t appropriately delineate who I was addressing. I meant the folks who are here talking about how they are proud of the fact that they don’t use facebook.
I personally do not care who does or doesn’t use facebook. My friends and family do and they are the only ones who really matter to me. Everyone else-whatevs.
@Hamm
I gotcha – I was pretty sure you were talking about those folks, and I know what you mean. And I get what you mean about it helping to connect, especially to loved ones far away.
Mark Zuckerburg is a manipulative beguiler. :/
That was really cute.
I loved TSN. I thought it was really well cast esp. Artie Hammer. And even if I think he’s a douche I thought JT nailed it. Rooney Mara was great in a small but memorable role and Brenda Song was awesome as the psycho bitch. I hope she gets more roles in the future because it’s hard for asian actresses in HWood
Woah take it down a notch people. Everyone sip from your coffee mugs and smile and relax. It’s just facebook not a discussion on abortion. Nobody really cares one way or another or rather nobody SHOULD care.
Jesse Eisenberg = Poor man’s Michale Cera
hes quite a billionare ahaha , so he can be as cute as we want…………..lol
I had the chance to take a tour at the facebook office. I’d love to work there!!! Just imagining free lunch, beverages, and all kind of snacks (chips & chocolate) alone…I’m sold lol. And then they mention happy hr everyday Fri for free…woohoo.