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Wolfsheim posted:Speaking of cliffhangers my SO and I watched all of Yellowjackets in two days and it's pretty bad form to show a crazy thing happen in the first episode and then instead of building to that thing in the finale instead build to the implication that thing is probably going to happen in the next season, maybe
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I can't even imagine feeling tense during this last stretch of Ozark. I'm two episodes in and there's nobody left whose safety I care about. I'm only sticking around out of curiosity about how the rube Goldberg machine of a plot resolves. That said, a Safdie comparison is high praise. If the last few episodes can get me a tenth as anxious as uncut gems I'll be soundly impressed.
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TOOT BOOT posted:Joe Bob sucks now but he might not be that much worse than a typical man of his age group Lol have you met any 70 year old white texan dudes? Joe Bob is woke as hell comparatively. One of the recent episodes he had some drag queen filmakers on and started talking about "cancel culture" and I got worried, but it turns out he was still mad about some poo poo Tipper Gore got up to in the 80's.
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May 1, 2022 17:10
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The Puppy Bowl posted:I can't even imagine feeling tense during this last stretch of Ozark. I'm two episodes in and there's nobody left whose safety I care about. I'm only sticking around out of curiosity about how the rube Goldberg machine of a plot resolves. There's just a lot of poo poo the Byrdes are juggling all the time it's overwhelming.
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May 1, 2022 18:14
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The Puppy Bowl posted:I can't even imagine feeling tense during this last stretch of Ozark. I'm two episodes in and there's nobody left whose safety I care about. I'm only sticking around out of curiosity about how the rube Goldberg machine of a plot resolves. I stopped watching when the main character lady went into that house and messed with the kids stuff for the sole purpose of scaring him. It doesn't surprise me in any way to hear that she gets away with everything, that show is so far up its own rear end and arguably always has been.
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May 1, 2022 19:38
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May 2, 2022 02:31
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:The first of the month used to be a fun time, it used to be when Netflix would add a whole bunch of popular movies to their service. Now the First is as empty and hollow as an endlessly buffering reaplayer video from 2002 Tubi is the new Netflix. https://thestreamable.com/news/what-s-steaming-on-tubi-in-may-2022-including-twilight-saga-bad-influence
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May 2, 2022 02:41
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May 2, 2022 03:03
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May 2, 2022 04:18
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veni veni veni posted:Barry season three is good as hell but that’s no surprise I love that it's only 30 minutes so there's no wasted time at all.
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May 2, 2022 04:20
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Late for this, but Russian Doll season 2 doesn't deserve the critical praise it got. I appreciated them doing something different with the multi-time travel, but so much of it felt unneeded. Also, Alan's storyline was completely pointless. It's amusing that the premiere barely broke the top 10 in most watched TV shows, and then fell off the popularity charts. Too little, too late.
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May 2, 2022 04:52
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punk rebel ecks posted:Late for this, but Russian Doll season 2 doesn't deserve the critical praise it got. I loved season 1, but was a little let down by season 2. The story kind of meandered, and then it ended at a point in which I thought there would be more to the story. Nadia's character became a caricature of her season 1 character, almost like Natasha Lyonne was doing an exaggerated impression of herself. As for Alan I agree his story wasn't as substantial as it was in season 1. I did appreciate that they found a way for him to have somewhat of a gay romance given that the actor in real life is gay. Season 1 he was dealing with the breakup of a woman, but in season 2 he was enjoying a romance with a man through the perspective of his grandma.
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May 2, 2022 05:02
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:The first of the month used to be a fun time, it used to be when Netflix would add a whole bunch of popular movies to their service. Now the First is as empty and hollow as an endlessly buffering reaplayer video from 2002 HBO still rotates their back catalog on the first of the month although the concept of “rotating the catalog” is itself pretty quaint. https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/hbo-max-new-releases-may-2022/
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May 2, 2022 13:21
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Wait they rotate their own catalog? They don't just have it all for viewing?
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May 2, 2022 13:33
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If they do, then I'd imagine it's to keep an illusion of "freshness" for their subscribers. Having people log on every week and seeing nothing new is bad for business.
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May 2, 2022 13:42
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feedmyleg posted:If they do, then I'd imagine it's to keep an illusion of "freshness" for their subscribers. Having people log on every week and seeing nothing new is bad for business. Yeah that's what I'd assume as well. So people don't fall into the Netflix "oh there's nothing good anymore I've seen it all" phase (which I dont' think it is justified either but whatever). But it's annoying and just kind of reeks of the Disney Vault.
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May 2, 2022 14:23
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BonoMan posted:Wait they rotate their own catalog? They don't just have it all for viewing? I didn't look at that list, but is it all 'their own catalog?' HBO/HBO Max, does get movies from other places. The HBO tv channel always added/dropped movies every month, and that's reflected on HBO Max as well.
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May 2, 2022 14:44
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I mean, I'd be pissed if they suddenly took The Wire and Sopranos off to rotate them, I assume that's stuff that BonoMan meant with "their own" catalog
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May 2, 2022 14:53
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Like here is a sample of “new” May releases on HBO: 47 Ronin, 2013 Assassins, 2020 At Close Range, 1986 An Autumn Afternoon, 1962 The Big Sleep, 1946 Back To School, 1986 Bottle Rocket, 1996 I’d assume they are not actively licensing these movies each month but who knows.
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May 2, 2022 15:07
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ymgve posted:I mean, I'd be pissed if they suddenly took The Wire and Sopranos off to rotate them, I assume that's stuff that BonoMan meant with "their own" catalog No, stuff produced by HBO never rotates. Stuff owned by WB will rotate because, even they're owned by the same company, HBO still needs to pay licensing costs to the division that owns the rights.
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May 2, 2022 15:12
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Jose Oquendo posted:I didn't look at that list, but is it all 'their own catalog?' HBO/HBO Max, does get movies from other places. The HBO tv channel always added/dropped movies every month, and that's reflected on HBO Max as well. ymgve posted:I mean, I'd be pissed if they suddenly took The Wire and Sopranos off to rotate them, I assume that's stuff that BonoMan meant with "their own" catalog Actually I was phone posting and thought I was in the documentaries thread and we were talking about their own documentaries ha!
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May 2, 2022 15:12
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:No, stuff produced by HBO never rotates. I think WB also isn't totally averse to selling streaming rights to other outfits for a time. I remember Peacock had the Harry Potter movies on there for a little while. I would assume those deals would have some sort of exclusivity. I didn't check but I figure that during that time, those movies were not on HBO Max.
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May 2, 2022 15:31
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yeah i finished Russian Doll S2 last night and felt completely left cold by the entire season. like, i can't really point to anything wrong with it, but none of it was as good as S1. shame.
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Righting Wrongs/Above the Law is one of the greatest movies of all time id never heard of. Just incredible. Unfortunately it was only on "Hiyah" which i was doin a free trial of on Prime, and the subtitles got earlier and earlier out of sync halfway in. Maybe there are other ways to see it? I'll let these posters speak for themselves. It's a rare case where the 80s action poster not only accurately represents the wonders in store but the movie itself is even cooler.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePUp8Yi3zH4
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May 2, 2022 17:02
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Hiyah is approaching Seeso levels of bad naming.
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May 2, 2022 17:48
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feedmyleg posted:Hiyah is approaching Seeso levels of bad naming.
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May 2, 2022 17:50
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mystes posted:There's no need to quibi over the name tubi or not tubi
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I can't wait to get really angry at the Emmy's next year after Jon Bernthal doesn't even get nominated for We Own This City because holy poo poo he is killing it. And the show is really really good as well but he takes it next level.
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B-Rock452 posted:I can't wait to get really angry at the Emmy's next year after Jon Bernthal doesn't even get nominated for We Own This City because holy poo poo he is killing it. And the show is really really good as well but he takes it next level. I like it because I find anything by David Simon extremely watchable, although some of the time jumping confuses my small brain. Also lol that the second episode has like 3 direct quotes/references from The Wire, on top of all the recurring actors.
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May 3, 2022 18:29
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Nihonniboku posted:I loved season 1, but was a little let down by season 2. The story kind of meandered, and then it ended at a point in which I thought there would be more to the story. Nadia's character became a caricature of her season 1 character, almost like Natasha Lyonne was doing an exaggerated impression of herself. As for Alan I agree his story wasn't as substantial as it was in season 1. I did appreciate that they found a way for him to have somewhat of a gay romance given that the actor in real life is gay. Season 1 he was dealing with the breakup of a woman, but in season 2 he was enjoying a romance with a man through the perspective of his grandma. I'm halfway through, but I'm the same way about Nadia. She's mumbling, fumbling around, and no one reacts to the outlandish or downright insulting things she says under her breath except to stare at her. I'm getting a Die Hard vibe from this where it might've been a script submission that was picked up and the Russian Doll characters inserted. Like I said, only halfway through, but there's nothing that requires any knowledge of the first season - at least nothing that couldn't have been said in a hypothetical missing scene. The last episode I watched proved what I thought, that the Maxine character would be cringey as hell outside of her role in the time loop story.
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i don't know what their plans were but it deffo doesn't feel like they had planned to ever do a season 2 it's a real shame because natasha lyonne is basically perfect
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I can't remember what thread it was in, but someone said it seemed like she was doing a stand up act during half her conversations in Russian Doll S2 and that pretty much nailed it for me.
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May 4, 2022 01:07
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The first season ended, it was wrapped up, no where to go from there but they did it anyways. I don't even want to use the term "first season" because it was clearly supposed to be a one and done. Forcing a second season only undermined the greatness of the show.
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Starks posted:I like it because I find anything by David Simon extremely watchable, although some of the time jumping confuses my small brain. There's a couple quotes he uses through all his Baltimore shows, simply because they're real quotes from cops when he was embedded with Homicide for a year.
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A MIRACLE posted:What should I watch next The Gentlemen got added to Netflix. it's Guy Ritchie trying real hard and mostly succeeding to recapture that Lock Stock/Snatch magic
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precision posted:The Gentlemen got added to Netflix. it's Guy Ritchie trying real hard and mostly succeeding to recapture that Lock Stock/Snatch magic It's worth a watch just to see Hugh Grant's character.
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