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Netflix Streaming is much better if you approach it as "what kind of awesome stuff can I watch" (which is exactly what this thread is about) rather than "they'd better have the movie I'm thinking of or else they're worthless."
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FrostedButts posted:Most Mormons take that kinda stuff way too seriously. There was this one movie made for Mormon in which their idea of man going down the wrong path was drinking beer and watching MTV. That movie was a satire if it's the one I think you're talking about, The Singles Ward. Those movies are made to play on stereotypes and its hard to appreciate if you're not used to Mormon culture. The rated-R movie thing comes down to personal preference. I'm an active member of the church and don't have a problem with many movies, some make me uncomfortable but there is no hard and fast rule. In fact, you'll find a lot of members that watch all movies, especially members 30 years old and under. Cleanflicks was a dumb idea and I'm glad it's not around anymore, but a lot of the overly strict Mormons miss it.
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Dec 16, 2012 06:34
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Holy Dread! posted:That movie was a satire if it's the one I think you're talking about, The Singles Ward. Those movies are made to play on stereotypes and its hard to appreciate if you're not used to Mormon culture. i may be a weird dude and totally alone in this, but i would really prefer watching a pg13 version of game of thrones. most risque stuff doesn't bother me at all, but i'm seriously contemplating trying to hack together an edited GOT
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Dec 16, 2012 07:00
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Drunk Tomato posted:i may be a weird dude and totally alone in this, but i would really prefer watching a pg13 version of game of thrones. most risque stuff doesn't bother me at all, but i'm seriously contemplating trying to hack together an edited GOT I can see it. GRRM's stuff is really uncomfortable and not in a good way.
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Dec 16, 2012 07:08
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Has anybody else seen The Story of Film: An Odyssey? I watched (or am watching) it after reading a review for the DVD on the AV Club, and I've enjoyed what I've seen. It doesn't really try to be a complete history of film, but more of broad overview of some of the trends that have emerged throughout cinema. I've seen or heard about a lot of the movies it covers, but it does a good job of covering films from foreign and women directors that've been ignored. I've read a lot of people complaining about the narrator's voice, but I've gotten completely used to it, and it's soothing in a way. The only real complaint I have is some of his metaphors seem like a stretch, especially the Hollywood-as-Christmas ornament. but hey, 15 hours of film love, if you're into that.
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Dec 16, 2012 07:13
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FrostedButts posted:This seems like the modern age equivalent of getting angry at the video store for not having the movie you want in stock. Yes I am that cheap, and thanks for reminding me of that option!
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Dec 16, 2012 07:31
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Dunno how long it's been up on Netflix but Tarsem's "The Fall" is up on streaming and I've been meaning to watch this film for the longest. Visuals were amazing as usual for him, but I feel like if he could just get a better script his films would be phenomenal. Seems like both "The Cell" and "The Fall" suffer from being really interesting ideas haphazardly thrown into a lovely script.
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Dec 16, 2012 08:02
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SirPhoebos posted:I saw 'The Hobbit' last night, and it put me in the mood for rewatching Fellowshiip. So I go looking for it on Netflix Streaming...and see that it's not available. Strangely they ARE available on the Scandinavian versions of Netflix so if you can get around their restrictions and get to those (I think unblock-us offers that service too and they have a 7 day trial without having to enter a credit card) enjoy.
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Dec 16, 2012 09:34
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SirPhoebos posted:I saw 'The Hobbit' last night, and it put me in the mood for rewatching Fellowshiip. So I go looking for it on Netflix Streaming...and see that it's not available. The pawn the ring and buy blow with the money.
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Dec 16, 2012 14:00
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Drunk Tomato posted:i may be a weird dude and totally alone in this, but i would really prefer watching a pg13 version of game of thrones. most risque stuff doesn't bother me at all, but i'm seriously contemplating trying to hack together an edited GOT It's not that weird. For instance, I only watch Judd Apatow movies when they're on TV, because I'm not watching those unedited with my parents. Not to be all, Wayne-Brady-on-30-Rock*, but I have zero desire to hear about blowjobs and butthole pleasures while I'm with my folks. I really wouldn't mind a PG-13 version of GoT for the same reason as you. I think "family friendliness" has its place, and I have no problem with edited films as long as they're presented side-by-side as alternatives and not as replacements. * Which is S01E16 on Netflix. By the way. Manky fucked around with this message at 14:19 on Dec 16, 2012 |
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Dec 16, 2012 14:16
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Kithyen posted:Dunno how long it's been up on Netflix but Tarsem's "The Fall" is up on streaming and I've been meaning to watch this film for the longest. Immortals is by far my favorite movie of Singh's. But really, even with the lackluster scripts he works with, I wouldn't call any of his movies bad.
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Dec 16, 2012 15:21
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For that matter, I wouldn't even call the scripts themselves "bad", they're just boilerplate. They're the bare minimum required for a collection of printed words to be called a script... sparse dialogue, minimal real "action". I'd like to see Tarsem Singh's visual notes side-by-side with his working scripts just to compare the difference between the two. I think it's less that he needs "better scripts", but more that he needs to stop trying to make his movies fit into conventional storytelling formats, with action and dialogue. If he just made mostly-silent, visual films he'd be alright.
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Dec 16, 2012 16:37
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WickedIcon posted:Why do Mormons take the "no R-rated movies" thing that seriously? Who honestly gives that much of a poo poo? Why do people believe things I do not believe, it makes no sense
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Dec 16, 2012 16:41
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Tewratomeh posted:For that matter, I wouldn't even call the scripts themselves "bad", they're just boilerplate. They're the bare minimum required for a collection of printed words to be called a script... sparse dialogue, minimal real "action". I'd like to see Tarsem Singh's visual notes side-by-side with his working scripts just to compare the difference between the two. So basically Valhalla Rising
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Dec 16, 2012 16:53
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meanolmrcloud posted:This tread needs more love of American Horror Story. It's extremely well produced, rarely has cheap scares (and when they do a jump-cut sort of thing, its actually loving terrifying) and feels legitimately above the curve in terms of intelligence and writing. It has a distinctive tone that hits the all the cliched or 'classic' notes, while skirting worship or pandering to them and is extremely confident in the originality it does produce (see the intro, which is deeply unsettling). Also, I don't watch a lot of current television, nor am I prudish, but its pretty amazing how some of the things can be broadcast. Are you kidding? AHS is a fun show, but it's mostly because it's a show that seems to be produced entirely by a team of ADD people who are off their meds. The plots and writing is nonsensical and characters drift in and out of the show without rhyme or reason. The first season barely made an effort to explain the logic of the ghost world, and the second season just tosses in random poo poo every episode with more emphasis on EDGY poo poo, DAWG than any kind of coherent character interaction or narrative. It's a really fun show to watch, but that's because it's so poorly written and so interested in tossing a dozen twists into a single episode instead of producing a show that makes sense or cares about being scary. edit: sorry, I didn't realize how old that post was. :/
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Dec 16, 2012 18:46
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SirPhoebos posted:I saw 'The Hobbit' last night, and it put me in the mood for rewatching Fellowshiip. So I go looking for it on Netflix Streaming...and see that it's not available. To be somewhat fair to this post, Fellowship was streaming for a long time and has probably only recently been taken off.
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Dec 16, 2012 19:44
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regulargonzalez posted:Why do people believe things I do not believe, it makes no sense It's a bit strange to make an industry ratings board's decisions part of your religious beliefs.
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Dec 16, 2012 21:14
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more friedman units posted:It's a bit strange to make an industry ratings board's decisions part of your religious beliefs.
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Dec 16, 2012 21:26
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TrixRabbi posted:To be somewhat fair to this post, Fellowship was streaming for a long time and has probably only recently been taken off. I'm pretty sure it was part of the Starz deal that has expired.
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Dec 16, 2012 21:52
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Nihonniboku posted:I'm pretty sure it was part of the Starz deal that has expired. I'm almost positive it was still streaming just up until a month or so ago.
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Dec 16, 2012 21:55
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regulargonzalez posted:Why do people believe things I do not believe, it makes no sense It just confuses me that they conflate fiction and reality to that degree. Making the type of fiction one consumes into a religious matter is beyond odd in my opinion.
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Dec 16, 2012 22:06
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WickedIcon posted:It just confuses me that they conflate fiction and reality to that degree. Making the type of fiction one consumes into a religious matter is beyond odd in my opinion. Most religious people don't like to have their faith tested, and the sinful ways of modern cinema can certainly test a person.
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Dec 16, 2012 23:41
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FrostedButts posted:I just wanted to mention this little documentary that popped up called Cleanflix, focusing on the business in Utah of editing R-rated movies for Mormons. Haha wow. Not a bad documentary but then the twist at the loving end.
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Dec 17, 2012 02:38
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FrostedButts posted:This seems like the modern age equivalent of getting angry at the video store for not having the movie you want in stock. I can't agree with this more, everyone should own the LOTR trilogy on blu-ray regardless.
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Dec 17, 2012 02:59
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Volume posted:Haha wow. Not a bad documentary but then the twist at the loving end. I didn't get much sleep on Saturday night, so when that twist happened I kind of straightened up in my seat, rewound a minute or two and tried to shake myself awake because I was certain I had dreamt it. I have to admit that I started watching this because I was sleepy and wanted something I could just simply agree with while nodding off. I thought that it would be a ninety minute tirade against Mormonism, censorship, and artless Bowdlerization, three topics that are traditionally hot-button subjects for me. I was surprised, then, when midway through the movie I began to sympathize with the Mormons who just wanted to be able to watch the airline and network edits on their own time. In a perfect world these cut versions wouldn't exist at all, but if the studios are in the business of producing sanitized versions for certain markets, why not sell those versions to demanding customers? Arguments of artistic integrity are kind of moot after you've heard an overdubbing of "Yippee kay yay, Mister Falcon."
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Dec 17, 2012 03:43
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This has probably been mentioned in here, but I just started watching Fishing With John and it's fantastic. I really want to know what pissed Tom Waits off so much that he stopped talking to John Lurie for two years. He seemed fine if just a little annoyed in the episode he's in. Also, footage from the first episode with Jim Jarmusch shows up in the Spongebob Squarepants episode "Hooky."
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Dec 17, 2012 03:58
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Fishing with John is incredible and way ahead of its time.
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Dec 17, 2012 04:00
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TrixRabbi posted:This has probably been mentioned in here, but I just started watching Fishing With John and it's fantastic. The episode with Willem Dafoe is my favorite, but the narrator is brilliant throughout. The fishermen are covered in sores and boners.
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Dec 17, 2012 04:05
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I just signed up for Netflix, and I've been burning through Louie... I was wondering though, does letting the video buffer actually accomplish anything? I'm having awful syncing issues with video/audio, and I was wondering if just letting each episode load first might go some ways to fixing it.
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Dec 17, 2012 07:02
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PriorMarcus posted:I just signed up for Netflix, and I've been burning through Louie... Are you using a PS3? I had terrible sync issues until I noticed I had set my PS3 to output both to optical and HDMI. When I just picked one, no more problems.
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Dec 17, 2012 08:02
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Collects Welfare posted:The episode with Willem Dafoe is my favorite, but the narrator is brilliant throughout. The Fishing with John with Willem Dafoe is one of the greatest pieces of television I have ever seen.
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Dec 17, 2012 10:20
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A cuddlesome Willem Dafoe is something I didn't realize was missing from my life until Fishing with John.
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Dec 17, 2012 17:15
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Kro-Bar posted:Are you kidding? AHS is a fun show, but it's mostly because it's a show that seems to be produced entirely by a team of ADD people who are off their meds. The plots and writing is nonsensical and characters drift in and out of the show without rhyme or reason. The first season barely made an effort to explain the logic of the ghost world, and the second season just tosses in random poo poo every episode with more emphasis on EDGY poo poo, DAWG than any kind of coherent character interaction or narrative. Watches a show about ghosts, angry at not logically explaining said ghosts. It does try to be edgy, and it succeeds because a) it looks gorgeous and b) it's not stereotypical and constantly surprising. Seriously, the lighting and camerawork on the show is a thing of beauty and goes a million miles to set the tone.
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Dec 17, 2012 18:25
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meanolmrcloud posted:Watches a show about ghosts, angry at not logically explaining said ghosts. It's also actually really well written, but it's not SciFi, it's Horror, so I don't understand why that dude was expecting lengthy monologues about the nature of ghosts and their limitations.
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Dec 17, 2012 23:14
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So I was just checking out netflix tonight, and I saw that Classic Doctor Who is on streaming Holy god drat gently caress, I've never seen them and I've wanted to! It's 1964-1989, not sure if that's all of it or what.
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Dec 18, 2012 02:06
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Sadly it looks to just be random storylines chosen here and there from the original 26 seasons. Still though, definitely gonna jump in on some retro british sci-fi!
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Dec 18, 2012 04:05
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I don't know if any of that Doctor Who stuff is actually new. I had some classic Doctor Who specials queued up for months on end and they have all disappeared from my instant queue. It appears they got rid of the single viewing versions and replaced them with individual episodes, as I recognize the names of the episodes in the collections as the items I had queued.
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Dec 18, 2012 04:34
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For any DC fans out there, Netflix just added lots of great animated features to Instant Watch. Year One, Justice League: Doom, Under the Red Hood, Superman/Batman: Apocalypse, etc.
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Dec 18, 2012 04:50
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I've gone through the first two seasons of That Mitchell and Webb Look this week. I'm really enjoying it although there is a significant gap in quality between some of the sketches. Sir Digby Chicken Caesar is consistently great, Numberwang is consistently horrible, the derivatives of Numberwang are great.
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:I've gone through the first two seasons of That Mitchell and Webb Look this week. I'm really enjoying it although there is a significant gap in quality between some of the sketches. Sir Digby Chicken Caesar is consistently great, Numberwang is consistently horrible, the derivatives of Numberwang are great. Mitchell and Webb is famous for being uneven. One of the later sketches even acknowledges that.
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