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Vulgar posted:If you like King of Kong there's a documentary called Chasing Ghosts that has a lot of the same guys that was made several years before KoK. It's not as good as King of Kong, which is a near perfect documentary, but it's still really fascinating (and depressing). Spider dude was crazy.
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All really great picks. I just finished The Captains and I really liked it. I'll be working through all of these throughout the week.
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Alterian posted:I think the saddest part of that movie was the Christmas part. The mom buys all those souless gifts from walmart for all her kids with no real thought put into it and its all junk and crap while she sits there eating her caviar. I love the scene where the nanny is bringing the new bikes into the house and she walks in to the garage that already has about 50 bikes inside. That mom was crazy and it's depressing because she clearly was a real, down-to-earth person earlier in her life.
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Deadite posted:I love the scene where the nanny is bringing the new bikes into the house and she walks in to the garage that already has about 50 bikes inside. That mom was crazy and it's depressing because she clearly was a real, down-to-earth person earlier in her life. I think the mass of bikes were not necessarily the ones they had, it was part of her massive Walmart Christmas spree so they could have some giant giveaway of tacky gifts to their family and friends to try and still keep up the idea that they are rolling in dough. The Filipino maid dancing around in the reindeer outfit was the best.
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Jan 19, 2013 03:12
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Great documentary on 3rd generation graffiti writers, aired on PBS in early eighties, good from start to finish. Style Wars.
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I watched Pontypool last night. It was a strange, unconventional and interesting horror movie. The idea of the virus spreading through language was really great and original.
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Christ... this queen of versailles... is nuts. That poor lizard edit: The Asian butler lady in the Rudolph costume was awesome! bonzaisushi has a new favorite as of 12:39 on Jan 20, 2013 |
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I watched The Warriors last night, and there has never been a more accurate depiction of taking the N/Q/R to Brooklyn after 11 o'clock.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:I watched The Warriors last night, and there has never been a more accurate depiction of taking the N/Q/R to Brooklyn after 11 o'clock. Joe Bob Briggs did that movie on Monstervision once, and he had a transit map out and would update the viewer on where on the map the last scene of the movie (presumably) took place.
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Jan 20, 2013 21:54
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Ugly In The Morning posted:I watched The Warriors last night, and there has never been a more accurate depiction of taking the N/Q/R to Brooklyn after 11 o'clock. I love that movie. James Remar is Ajax in it - he currently plays Dexters dad in Dexter.
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Jan 21, 2013 00:19
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Saucy Slit posted:Great documentary on 3rd generation graffiti writers, aired on PBS in early eighties, good from start to finish. I watch Style Wars like three years ago and it still blows my mind. I think that I want to do a Style Wars/Bomb It/Infamany/Just for Kicks marathon.
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Good lord. I'm watching Iron Sky right now, and I'm baffled as to why I've never heard of it before this thread. "Sarah Palin" is the US president, and the Nazi's have been hiding out on the Moon waiting to come back and "bring order" to a troubled Earth. This would have been such a great Doctor Who two parter. To contribute, I haven't seen Todd and the Book of Pure Evil mentioned. It's Buffy with lots of sex, drugs, and elementary school toilet humor. Season two starts a bit weak, but finishes strong, and overall the show is a solid guilty Pleasure. Also, I really liked Absentia. It's a no budget homemade feeling horror thriller that is probably the best Lovecraft film I've seen, without actually being a Lovecraft film.
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I watched "Jiro Dreams of Sushi" last night and really enjoyed it. I'm not usually a huge Phillip Glass fan but the film music was very nicely done. Overall I felt it was quite an inspirational movie about striving for perfection in something you love doing. It will be interesting to hear about when the older son takes over the business though and how that goes.
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Just watched "The House of the Devil" the other night. Man - this is what horror movies should be. Slow-burning, suspenseful, Satanic. I love the deliberate '70's/'80's film style. It was just about perfect for what it was. "The Innkeepers" on the other hand was terribly disappointing. It started out promisingly. I thought it was going to be a suspenseful ghost story with some pretty good writing and decent acting. Unfortunately the last third throws that completely away with the lead getting a terrible case of the "horror movie stupids" and a terrible resolution.
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Jan 21, 2013 19:51
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The Aquabats! Super Show! is on netflix and it's amazing. If you like The Aquabats, Homestar Runner, Saturday morning shows, fun times, pool parties, burger showers, whatever, then you'll enjoy it.
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"After Porn Ends" is a documentary about the lives before, during and after their porn careers. There's obviously a bit of genitals here and there but it's not a meat show. Both male and female actors are featured. It's not judgmental and overall worth a watch. Also: I now have a lot of respect for Asia Carrera. That girl is smart!
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Kart Barfunkel posted:The Aquabats! Super Show! is on netflix and it's amazing. If you like The Aquabats, Homestar Runner, Saturday morning shows, fun times, pool parties, burger showers, whatever, then you'll enjoy it. Burger rain. 
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Crowley posted:Also: I now have a lot of respect for Asia Carrera. That girl is smart!
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jojoinnit posted:And a nerd. She used to write for Maximum PC occasionally. She's my age too! ..although mrs. Crowley might not like the ideas I'm getting now. 
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I'm sorry if it's been mentioned in this thread, I scanned the last few pages and I didn't see it. Night of the Comet is one of my top 10 favorite so-bad-it's-good movies. Basically, it's about a comet that turns people into zombies. The story follows two teenaged girls who have to get away from scientists that want their blood, but not brains because the scientists are not zombies yet. I'm just a big sucker for campy 80's movies.
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I was about 8 or 9 when that movie first came out and started appearing on cable and this fucker terrified the poo poo out of me: Probably why I have a weird fear of cops now.
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My fear of the po po comes from Maniac Cop.
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PowderKeg posted:Cleanflix is an interesting little doc about those movie rental companies in Mormonland, Utah that would edit out all of the bad parts of movies. Finally got around to watching this on a sick day from work. Somewhat amusing, since I went to a private religious school (not Mormon though) whose PG-13/R movies (mainly Shakespeare films) in school involved fast-forwarding through the "bad parts". They mentioned some films that were "uneditable", such as Brokeback Mountain and Pretty Woman. Also seems they were much more tolerable with keeping in heavy violence and editing out breasts and sexual innuendos. The twist involving Daniel Thompson is the best irony.
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I just watched Yobi: The 5 Tailed Fox. It was actually pretty cute. I don't know much about Korean mythology, but the afterlife stuff in it was super surreal. I watched it in Japanese with English subtitles, so I have no clue if watching it in English is as annoying as watching other anime in English. I don't believe it had a Funimation tag, though, so you may be safe from them using all the same lovely voice actors they use for all the other anime crap.
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Just discovered that Kuffs, aka Christan Slater's 90s magnum opus, is on instant. Truly, it was a Good Night.
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Kitsch! posted:
The fact they were more offended over the fact he had porn over the underage prostitutes blew my mind in terms of the hypocorcy. And I like mormons. Nicest people ever. But that poo poo is just... how do you make sense of that?
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I just found out that Ronin is on Netflix instant. If for some crazy reason you haven't seen it and you are a person who likes action and/or car chases, watch it immediately.
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How's Netflix these days? I canned it six months ago because the selection of new stuff was getting really weak.
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OK Octopus posted:Just discovered that Kuffs, aka Christan Slater's 90s magnum opus, is on instant. Truly, it was a Good Night. Well I guess it's time to log back into Netflix.
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OK Octopus posted:Just discovered that Kuffs, aka Christan Slater's 90s magnum opus, is on instant. Truly, it was a Good Night. I actually really enjoy that movie. It may be partial nostalgia, as it's the first movie my parents let me go to alone...Mom and sister saw something else that started at the same time. And it had Milla!
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NESguerilla posted:How's Netflix these days? I canned it six months ago because the selection of new stuff was getting really weak. I've been using Amazon Instant Video more lately, since if it's not a video that you get free with Prime, you can buy/rent it. When you take that into account it's got a way better selection and you can get currently running shows and all that. Netflix has been losing a lot of stuff that I liked (tons of stand-up comedy is gone, That Mitchell And Webb look is gone, etc.)
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Isn't there supposed to be a 2nd season of Lilyhammer starting soon? Also: Kevin Spacey is starring in a Netflix original series?  And it starts tomorrow. http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/House_of_Cards/70178217?trkid=2361637
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wormil posted:Isn't there supposed to be a 2nd season of Lilyhammer starting soon? You should watch the original House of Cards. Great series and Ian Richardson is loving awesome in his role.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:I've been using Amazon Instant Video more lately, since if it's not a video that you get free with Prime, you can buy/rent it. When you take that into account it's got a way better selection and you can get currently running shows and all that. Netflix has been losing a lot of stuff that I liked (tons of stand-up comedy is gone, That Mitchell And Webb look is gone, etc.) Farscape is gone. 
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AB posted:Farscape is gone. I'm so pissed off that That Mitchell And Webb look is gone because it's not available on region 1 discs. Farscape is no big deal because we all bought the original ADV releases, and then bought the Starburst edition just in case any of the original discs got scratched, and then baought the Blu-ray set. I mean sure, the Blu-rays aren't really that much better quality, but it's nice to have a double back up. We all did do that...right?
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I don't know if it's  to say so, but Mitchell and Webb look is all on Youtube, in varying quality.
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Reign Of Pain posted:You should watch the original House of Cards. Great series and Ian Richardson is loving awesome in his role. Seconding this, original Brit House of Cards rules. To hell with the U.S. remaking every great British show like Prime Suspect and HofC.
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AB posted:Farscape is gone. I watched to the beginning of season 4 but started losing interest. Well at least now I have an excuse to break out the DVD set I bought on sale two days before it popped up on Netflix. Reign Of Pain posted:You should watch the original House of Cards. Great series and Ian Richardson is loving awesome in his role. I'll check it out.
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Zwabu posted:I don't know if it's Hulu's got the first 2 seasons too, if anyone's really jonesin'.
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