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ToastyPotato posted:Holy CRAP. I was going to post that but didn't because I figured the amount of people who would have possibly remembered that or would have been in the right region during the right time TO have known what that was would be miniscule. Those WPIX weekend afternoon movies were amazing and introduced to so many things. I watched so many mediocre movies as a kid on WPIX. That channel was the best. In my area it was replaced with the WB at some point and I think that was the very last time I ever put on channel 11.
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Hewlett posted:What cliche in particular are you sick of that "ruined" Sherlock for you? You might need to lighten up a bit, if it's bothering you that much. Sherlock's the quintessential "quirky cop/detective," they couldn't very well abandon that trope in particular. It's just the post-CSI cop show thing where the protagonists are judge, jury, and executioner, and things like "due process" never seem to enter the picture except in particular episodes where it's highlighted for narrative convenience. I'll admit that it's unfair to fault it on the count of "savant hero with doofy sidekick" because they actually treat Watson reasonably well for a Sherlock adaptation. And admittedly, Doyle did do it better than anyone. I could lighten up, but instead I'm going to go watch more Law & Order, haha.
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Mar 6, 2012 23:53
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Manky posted:Hey, when did season 2 of Luther go up? Even though I'm sick to death of quirky cop shows, Luther is good. Not Law & Order good, but for "lone wolf with an off-kilter sidekick" you can't really do better than Idris Elba being a badass with a sociopathic redhead by his side (but usually watching from a distance like a creep).
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Mar 7, 2012 00:17
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Manky posted:I could lighten up, but instead I'm going to go watch more Law & Order, haha. This is never a bad thing. 
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Mar 7, 2012 00:22
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Check out Peter and the Wolf (2006). It's visual storytelling, stop-motion animation, and best of all, it's really short!  And if that wets your whistle for some more stop-motion, A Town Called Panic is still on there. It's rapid-fire slapstick kinda like Robot Chicken.  
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Mar 7, 2012 01:39
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Sorry if it's been mentioned already, but I just watched Punching the Clown and loved it. It's about a comedian, singer/songwriter (similar to Stephen Lynch I guess) trying to make it big in Hollywood. Some of the scenes are basically a documentary of him singing his songs, which are very funny. The rest of the film is similar to Curb Your Enthusiasm in both style and humor. Anyway, I'm sure I'm doing a horrible job describing the movie but check it out. I watched the movie on a whim and was pleasantly surprised.
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Mar 7, 2012 07:52
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Manky posted:It's just the post-CSI cop show thing where the protagonists are judge, jury, and executioner, and things like "due process" never seem to enter the picture except in particular episodes where it's highlighted for narrative convenience. I'm not sure how this bothered you but you were okay with Luther determining someone is a liar because they didn't yawn.
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Mar 7, 2012 07:54
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Erebus posted:I'm not sure how this bothered you but you were okay with Luther determining someone is a liar because they didn't yawn. Idris Elba > David Caruso. That's why it's okay.
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Mar 7, 2012 17:32
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Level of acting makes a huge difference. Idris Elba can sell anything. In this case it's not that I believe Luther can determine crap like that, but I believe that he has enough belief in his own convictions that he convinced himself that he can. Honestly I don't so much want to argue that Luther is a better show than Sherlock, I'm mostly trying to say that there's a huge glut of ridiculous detective shows, and personally I'll watch whatever has "better" actors (re: people I don't irrationally dislike) or a "better" portrayal of the judicial system (re: L&O). As always it comes to personal taste and willingness to over/underthink things. Related tangent: So glad I've got a chance to watch early Law & Order. I am so impressed at the consistent quality and tone that the show managed to maintain over, what, 20 seasons? Also as a whippersnapper I had never caught Michael Moriarty as Stone before, and I'm such a big fan now. As my dad pointed out, these early seasons, each episode is better treated as watching a movie than a tv show, in terms of direction and pacing.
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Mar 7, 2012 17:52
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I LOVE the early seasons of L&O. Somewhere on another thread, someone mentioned how in the pre-Giuliani era you could "feel the paint peeling off the walls" of the police station, and it seemed a lot grittier and worn-down. I wholeheartedly agree with that, and the greater intensity is fantastic for it. Granted, I haven't seen an era of the show I didn't like (I'm past Netflix onto the first Green year), but the early stuff was something to see.
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Does Supernatural ever get interesting? It seems like EVERY SINGLE EPISODE follows the same framework of "Brothers squabble about dad->Rumor of new monster->They adopt a terrible disguise to interrogate the locals, who invariably see through their paper-thin ruse->There will be an attractive blonde women in distress->Monster defeated, more Dadchat, drive off into the sunset"
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Mar 8, 2012 06:22
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There's a lot more mythology to it after the first season, but if you don't like the basic format, you probably won't end up liking the show.
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Mar 8, 2012 06:24
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I'm in the middle of season 4 and it's a really fun show, stick with it!
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Mar 8, 2012 14:38
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I watched an interesting documentary last night called "Shut Up Little Man!" "In 1987, Eddie Lee Sausage and Mitch Deprey recorded the nightly squabbles of their over-the-top neighbors, homophobic Raymond Huffman and proudly gay Peter Haskett, and the chronicle of the pair's bizarre existence soon took on a life of its own." I have about 15 minutes left but a pretty good movie.
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Mar 8, 2012 15:20
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I wish there were more Coen brothers films on the UK netflix. I watched O Brother, Where Art Thou? last night and the only other one I've found is Fargo which I've seen before. Going to watch Face/Off tonight because I need something stupid
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Mar 8, 2012 15:27
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mds2 posted:I watched an interesting documentary last night called "Shut Up Little Man!" Ha, I recently saw this in theatres. It's such a weird, arty thing. It's the perfect thing to just have on in the background while you clean up or something.
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Mar 8, 2012 15:28
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mds2 posted:I watched an interesting documentary last night called "Shut Up Little Man!" I watched it too! I was a bit nervous in the first 10-15 minutes cause it seemed like they initially didn't have enough visual elements to drive the story forward, but they actually ended up doing a good job. I think it could have been 20-30 minutes shorter though. But still pretty entertaining
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Mar 8, 2012 15:43
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I thought it was pretty interesting when the film was focusing on the two guys arguing, but when it got to the point when they were fighting over who owns the rights to what it went downhill. I really want to know the back story of how Peter and Raymond ended up living together. Edit: Additionally "Chasing Ghosts" is on netflix now. If you liked "The King of Kong" then check it out, it is the precursor. mds2 fucked around with this message at 16:02 on Mar 8, 2012 |
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Mar 8, 2012 15:59
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Thanks for the recommendation on OSS 117: Nest of Spies. It was kinda slow at first but it got pretty funny. My favorite part is when he disguised as the "folkloric" musician and blew his cover pretty much immediately.
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Lolly Poopdeck posted:Sorry if it's been mentioned already, but I just watched Punching the Clown and loved it. It's about a comedian, singer/songwriter (similar to Stephen Lynch I guess) trying to make it big in Hollywood. Some of the scenes are basically a documentary of him singing his songs, which are very funny. The rest of the film is similar to Curb Your Enthusiasm in both style and humor. Yes, Punching the Clown is great. Henry Phillips is great. It's a semi-autobiographical story about life on the road as a comedian. There are a handful of things from that movie that pop in my head at any moment and still make me laugh.
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Manky posted:Hey, when did season 2 of Luther go up? Even though I'm sick to death of quirky cop shows, Luther is good. Speaking of which, Life is on instant now, a show that follows this formula that I ended up enjoying, probably solely because of Damian Lewis' performance. It follows all the familiar tropes of those shows and there's an infamously terrible scene on youtube where a computer password is hidden inside a Prince of Persia level by criminal hackers, but other than that, its pretty alright!
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Mar 8, 2012 21:03
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more friedman units posted:Does Supernatural ever get interesting? It seems like EVERY SINGLE EPISODE follows the same framework of "Brothers squabble about dad->Rumor of new monster->They adopt a terrible disguise to interrogate the locals, who invariably see through their paper-thin ruse->There will be an attractive blonde women in distress->Monster defeated, more Dadchat, drive off into the sunset" If you're watching Season 1 then that's what a lot of it is, mainly because they didn't know if they'd get a second season so they play down the mythology stuff until much later. The last 4 or 5 episodes of Season 1 get more interesting and then it's pretty much all systems go from there. There's also some hilarious episodes coming up.
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fenix down posted:Thanks for the recommendation on OSS 117: Nest of Spies. It was kinda slow at first but it got pretty funny. My favorite part is when he disguised as the "folkloric" musician and blew his cover pretty much immediately. I just rewatched this last night as well - it's a great farcical sort of French comedy. Jean Dujardin has such a massively expressive face it's impossible to not find his performance charming. The song he plays after his cover is blown in the aforementioned scene is fantastic as well. Other highlights: - sight gags like the jump cut to his messed-up hair becoming instantly coiffed after he slicks it back. - The be-fezzed enemy agent who WON'T STOP reporting OSS 117's location, even to his employer's annoyance. - The foot chase where he gradually becomes lost and eventually asks directions back to his hotel (to no avail).
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Kingtheninja posted:I'm in the middle of season 4 and it's a really fun show, stick with it! DrVenkman posted:If you're watching Season 1 then that's what a lot of it is, mainly because they didn't know if they'd get a second season so they play down the mythology stuff until much later. The last 4 or 5 episodes of Season 1 get more interesting and then it's pretty much all systems go from there. There's also some hilarious episodes coming up. Oh good, I was wondering if it was something like that! The first half of season 1 was a slog, but it does seem to be picking up now.
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mds2 posted:Edit: Additionally "Chasing Ghosts" is on netflix now. If you liked "The King of Kong" then check it out, it is the precursor. This is so wonderfully, squirmingly awkward. It's basically all the douchiness/awkwardness of Billy Mitchell and his sycophants from King of Kong without a pesky narrative in the way of it all. The scene with the guy with the room full of framed pornography lovingly unwrapping his newest addition to his collection is just awful.
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dreadnought posted:Also, I was a little concerned with how I'd see Bryan Cranston in the show after seeing Breaking Bad, but he just melts effortlessly into both roles. Honestly, he's become one of my favorite actors as of late. He's absolutely perfect in Malcolm - his physical comedy skill really seals the deal. Okay that does it, I'm watching the episodes with the roller-dancing and the bee cannon tomorrow. I'm watching the Gate right now. Putting it as the median between the Goonies and Hobgoblins would be accurate, but Hobgoblins was its own kind of bad - I'd put The Ghoulies at the other end of that dial. Anyway, it's a cheesy movie, but fun to watch to laugh at the old clothes and hair (a Killer Dwarfs jacket?! are you making GBS threads me?) and yeah, the film's "YOU'VE BEEN BAAAAAAAD!!" moment is freaky as hell and would've made me poo poo myself as a kid.
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Mike Toole posted:Okay that does it, I'm watching the episodes with the roller-dancing and the bee cannon tomorrow. Don't forget the power-walking episode with Hal's aerodynamic helmet + matching spandex suit.
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Mar 9, 2012 15:49
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Farbtoner posted:This is so wonderfully, squirmingly awkward. It's basically all the douchiness/awkwardness of Billy Mitchell and his sycophants from King of Kong without a pesky narrative in the way of it all. The scene with the guy with the room full of framed pornography lovingly unwrapping his newest addition to his collection is just awful. I just watched this last night on Netflix and there wasn't any scene like that. Did it get cut or something?
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more friedman units posted:Oh good, I was wondering if it was something like that! The first half of season 1 was a slog, but it does seem to be picking up now. Yeah, it really picks up towards the end of the first season and then takes off in the second season. In my opinion, it keeps that momentum all the way through season five. Season six and current season seven I don't think is that bad, but definitely not quite as good as seasons 2-5.
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Well after some long, hard thought and some days of thinking it over, I'm going back to the combo of streaming and blu ray. It's going to be close to $20 a month, but it will be worth it, since I really don't do anything else but watch movies at home.
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I'm watching Fast Times at Ridgemont High for the first time, and as far as I can tell the film is all about how hosed up statutory rape makes people. I haven't finished it but its all...very 80's.
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Mar 11, 2012 00:19
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So Le Cercle Rouge is going off instant on the 15th. Anyone who hasn't seen it should watch it before it does because I just finished it and it's amazing.
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TrixRabbi posted:So Le Cercle Rouge is going off instant on the 15th. Anyone who hasn't seen it should watch it before it does because I just finished it and it's amazing. Great flick! Too bad they don't have Le Samourai on Netflix too--French crime flicks are great, especially with Alain Delon. edit: Looks like another Melville flick is going on the 15th too, Army of Shadows. Haven't seen it but it sounds interesting. Also Godard's Alphaville drops off next week. I guess it's a house cleaning of French new wave cinema. 
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Mar 11, 2012 00:42
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Oh man, Escape from New York goes away on the 15th too! Great cult classic sci-fi from 1981. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckvDo2JHB7o
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mod sassinator posted:Great flick! Too bad they don't have Le Samourai on Netflix too--French crime flicks are great, especially with Alain Delon. There's still Le Doulos, which I need to watch now.
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The Man in the White Suit is another upcoming casualty. For anyone familiar with Alec Guinness only through Star Wars and/or his disdain for Star Wars and who thinks he was a humorless ponce, give it a whirl (and Murder By Death, if that comes back.) A nice little light sci-fi (speculative fiction) comedy directed by Alex Mackendrick, whose other most notable film is Sweet Smell of Success.
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Mar 11, 2012 01:49
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I watched The Bothersome Man last night. Thought it was pretty good.
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Just got done watching, and I've jumped on the The Wild Hunt bandwagon - another spectacular Canadian independent film I loved.
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mod sassinator posted:Oh man, Escape from New York goes away on the 15th too! Great cult classic sci-fi from 1981. Check it out: To contribute, I just watched Black Death, a surprisingly-not-cheesy medieval action film about a group of warriors sent by a bishop to cleanse a village of evil. It's not the greatest thing that I've streamed this year, but it was entertaining.
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mod sassinator posted:Oh man, Escape from New York goes away on the 15th too! Great cult classic sci-fi from 1981. Check it out: Escape from New York is required viewing for anyone and everyone. Snake Plissken is easily one of my favorite characters in all of cinema, just because he's such an excellent cocky badass.
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