However, as the streaming platform's only representation of the sixth Python's vivid imagination and commitment to otherworldly visual effects, it's worth pairing with an overstuffed bong, a generous snack spread, and enough friends to entertain you through the dry bits.
Both offer free wine, beer, coffee and snacks, more generous legroom and dispense free newspapers and magazines in their boarding lounges.
Other perks were the generous helpings of healthy snacks and the never-ending supply of coffee and tea ("caffeinate" was listed as a pre-writing activity on the schedule).
That's probably because it gets just about everything right, from the zinc-topped bar and excellent service, to the cold beer, delicious salgadinhos (bar snacks) and generous measures in the caiprinhas (the waiter almost filled my glass with cachaça from a gallon bottle).
A spokesperson for BA said: "We offer customers the choice of up to 14 flights a day between London and New York (including flights to Newark on our Dreamliner), which include all taxes, fees and charges, complimentary meals, drinks and snacks, a generous free luggage allowance and free seat selection 24 hours prior to departure.
A portion of marinated black and green olives ($5), offered as a snack, is generous enough to share.
Taramosalata ($6) and tzatziki ($6 aree uncommonly tangy and delicious, though I wish Snack were more generous with pita.
Farther west, there's Open, a trim faux 50's bar opposite Dia at 11th Avenue, where you can toast the setting sun and snack on a generous slab of pâté.
And the generous dusting of salt on packaged snack nuts says "beware" to anyone trying to control high blood pressure.
