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Bolek posted:It would be fantastic if they had QI on Netflix. Most if not all of it was on YouTube organized and in rather high quality last I checked.
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moller posted:Most if not all of it was on YouTube organized and in rather high quality last I checked. Yeah they do. Netflix probably won't get it. I guess it's hard to license all the media they use outside the uk.
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BigRed0427 posted:I used the new recommend feature and it has me watching Rob Roy starring Liam Neeson. I never heard of it but i'm a half hour in and all that has really happened is Liam Neeson bought some sheep. Rob Roy is a pretty decent movie (a lot better than Braveheart if we are comparing movies from 1995 where non-Scots play famous Scottish heroes), but the sword fight at the end is incredible.
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marktheando posted:Rob Roy is a pretty decent movie (a lot better than Braveheart if we are comparing movies from 1995 where non-Scots play famous Scottish heroes), but the sword fight at the end is incredible. Yeah, the final duel is basically the entire reason that movie exists.
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It can't be underestimated, it's worth sitting through Rob Roy just for that swordfight. It's amazing.
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BigRed0427 posted:Now i'm watching Mystery Men, thanks to Netflix Max. Hey, remember when Superhero movies use to be fun and didn't take themselves to seriously? Mystery Men remembers. I would love to see the reactions of people who were too young to see Tim Burton's Batman, and are only old enough to remember the more recent super hero movies. They would probably straight up think it was a farce, but to be sure kids in our generation took that poo poo seriously even though it had a slice of comedy.
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Well you guys sound like you're underselling the rest of the movie now. It's pretty good. Don't go to youtube and spoil the fight because its fun to see the protagonist develop as the story goes. Also you get to see the villain be a real son of a bitch a bunch of times. Which makes the last fight all the more sweeter.
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I don't want to post in the House of Cards thread because I'm not done with the series and I don't want to get spoiled, but I'm a couple episodes in and really liking it so far.
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I'm also 3 or 4 episodes into House of Cards, and have enjoyed it a lot so far. I really need to finish it because I have a bunch of thoughts in my head about the how the two versions compare that I would like to put down in an effort post but I'm not sure if it's stuff that's been covered in its thread: parliamentary politics vs capitol hill, skewering of Thatcher era government vs modern American down and dirty internal party politics and legislative feet-dragging, PR firm vs Web 2.0 parodies, etc. It's funny though, while this is so much of a grittier and darker (and far more realistic) look at politics then The West Wing, I feel like TWW is still substantially deeper and has more to say. Buttt... HoC has such great acting and writing and is so pretty to look at that I don't mind that it is a bit shallow.
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BigRed0427 posted:I used the new recommend feature and it has me watching Rob Roy starring Liam Neeson. I never heard of it but i'm a half hour in and all that has really happened is Liam Neeson bought some sheep. If only it had more action so it wouldn't be such as boring movie.
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If anyone else is interested in pre-Sherlock Benedict Cumberbatch, To the Ends of the Earth is a well-made period drama/adventure (3 90-minute parts) that takes place entirely on a voyage from England to Australia. C-batch plays the poncy lordy-do main character Talbot and the story is full of interesting situations where he gets injured. Plenty of reasons to be downright thankful for airplanes. My wife was pleased that there were several Cumber-butt shots as well.
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etalian posted:If only it had more action so it wouldn't be such as boring movie. Thinking about it more and your right, It is wrong of me to judge Rob Roy like that. It's not an action movie and it's not trying to be. I picked to see a Liam Neeson movie and expected something like Taken. I'm pretty sure Liam Neeson as an action star wasn't really established until that movie came out. (I'm sure someone can prove me wrong on this) And that final fight scene is really awesome. Rough Lobster posted:Well you guys sound like you're underselling the rest of the movie now. It's pretty good. Don't go to youtube and spoil the fight because its fun to see the protagonist develop as the story goes. Also you get to see the villain be a real son of a bitch a bunch of times. Which makes the last fight all the more sweeter. But I still didn't like it because of the villain. He is such a cartoon character. There is a twenty minuet stretch in this film where they do everything they can to make Tim Roth unlikable as possible and it's just ridiculous. I still stand by my comparison to William Tavington from The Patriot. Doctor Butts posted:I would love to see the reactions of people who were too young to see Tim Burton's Batman, and are only old enough to remember the more recent super hero movies. Tim Burton's Batman is weird to watch today even as someone who saw it around the time it came out. It really looks like a live action version of B:TAS. Now that I think about it Mystery Men feels like it's trying to copy that style as well. Champion City itself might be my favorite part of it. BigRed0427 fucked around with this message at 07:06 on Jul 30, 2013 |
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How long has Atlas Shrugged Part 2 been on Instant? Because boy, if you like stupid terrible garbage...
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Wolfsheim posted:How long has Atlas Shrugged Part 2 been on Instant? Is Part one available? Because when I want to watch a train wreck, I want to see the whole thing.
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There's such rich irony in Objectivists being unable to make an appealing product to disseminate their message.
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BigRed0427 posted:Is Part one available? Because when I want to watch a train wreck, I want to see the whole thing. I haven't seen the movies, but do we even see the trains wreck in the train wreck?
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Chichevache posted:I haven't seen the movies, but do we even see the trains wreck in the train wreck? I don't know because I was playing video games during most of it, but they do have that part from the book where the train operator is all "Hey this train's on fire or something we probably shouldn't use it?" and the liberal socialist politician is all "I'M VERY IMPORTANT MAKE TRAIN MOVE PEON" and then the dumb socialist boss gives them the go-ahead and then not only does the train crash in a tunnel, but it does so in a head-on collision with a second train, which makes the fact that it was originally on fire kind of a secondary concern. This is shortly before President Ray Wise outlaws (1)money (2)inventions (3)being able to quit your job. I can definitely confirm that you do see a CGI plane crash that would not be out of place in an Asylum film, though. Honestly, even if you were a hardcore libertarian it would be hard to enjoy this because most of it ranges between lazily stupid and straight-up tedious. Like, sure, there's scenes of people extolling the virtues of capitalism and John Galt lurking in shadows like some kind of randian Batman, but it's mostly sandwiched between dead-faced actors reciting exposition at each other.
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BigRed0427 posted:Is Part one available? Because when I want to watch a train wreck, I want to see the whole thing. Both parts are up, and they are both hilarious. Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine is a great documentary that leans a little heavy on  but also presents things in such a way that you end up believing Kasparov and his because IBM did some really weird shady poo poo.I Like Killing Flies is a documentary about a cool philosophical foul-mouthed owner of a tiny restaurant in Greenwich Village that will make you so loving hungry you don't even know.
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precision posted:I Like Killing Flies is a documentary about a cool philosophical foul-mouthed owner of a tiny restaurant in Greenwich Village that will make you so loving hungry you don't even know. I watched this and vaguely enjoyed it, but for whatever reason had a hard time focusing on it. There's been a lot of talk in the thread lately about whether or not you should play games or use your laptop while watching a movie, but I just couldn't help myself during this one. Interesting enough that I didn't want to turn it off, but it just didn't engage me.
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Zohn posted:I'm also 3 or 4 episodes into House of Cards, and have enjoyed it a lot so far. I just want one show where the protagonist is a complete bastard and the show doesn't try to make you feel guilty for cheering for him.
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Yeah, Kevin Spacey's way of playing evil is "I'm a bad wittle boy." Which is fine, I guess but come on.
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As first seasons go, House of Cards was pretty great. I mean, if you're comparing the only season (so far) of a show to a fleshed out show (like TWW) with fully developed characters and plots, it's gonna seem underwhelming. I mean, I guess we have no choice but to do that, but its not exactly fair.
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penismightier posted:It's pretty great for like 15 minutes. That Adam and Eve segment is loving unwatchable. How does it feel to be really, really wrong?  In all seriousness, the Adam and Eve story was actually my favorite part of the film. The ending almost had me in tears.
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Anonymous Robot posted:There's such rich irony in Objectivists being unable to make an appealing product to disseminate their message. Agreed, I always thought that was a cheap plot tool to push their message: They were successful because they had a brand new type of steel never used before which proves Objectivism. Cart. Horse. All their work ahead of them.
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Devil Wears Wings posted:How does it feel to be really, really wrong? I wouldn't call it unwatchable, but it goes on far longer than it needs to and gets really tedious after the first five minutes. cloudchamber fucked around with this message at 18:41 on Jul 30, 2013 |
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Hitch posted:Agreed, I always thought that was a cheap plot tool to push their message: They were successful because they had a brand new type of steel never used before which proves Objectivism. I was actually referring to the movie, Atlas Shrugged, being designed for the express purpose of spreading Objectivism and going over like a lead balloon in glorious free market because it was just a bad movie.
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Anonymous Robot posted:I was actually referring to the movie, Atlas Shrugged, being designed for the express purpose of spreading Objectivism and going over like a lead balloon in glorious free market because it was just a bad movie. I used to work with a guy who was a hardcore objectivist but also called himself a Christian. He blamed the movie failing not on the voice of the Free Market but on a conspiracy of liberal Hollywood actors not taking parts in it. Brad Pitt didn't stay away from that movie because of LIEBERALISM, he did it because he could make a lot more money doing almost anything else. The objectivist was mad at the guy for wanting to maximize his profit.
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I still think the first season of House of Cards was amazing and am surprised at (the extent of) the backlash. As far as "first seasons of things" I'd put it up there with Mad Men no problem.
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I think it's fine if people are putting it on the level of current prestige shows like Mad Men, Breaking Bad, or Homeland. I just found House of Cards to be light and disposable in its own weird way. It might have something to do with the middle aged anti-hero protagonist becoming formulaic at this point.
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I watched the first couple of episodes of House of Cards but didn't get into it for reasons I can't quite put my finger on. It was well shot, well acted, but I couldn't be bothered with it.Baron von Eevl posted:I used to work with a guy who was a hardcore objectivist but also called himself a Christian. He blamed the movie failing not on the voice of the Free Market but on a conspiracy of liberal Hollywood actors not taking parts in it. Brad Pitt didn't stay away from that movie because of LIEBERALISM, he did it because he could make a lot more money doing almost anything else. The objectivist was mad at the guy for wanting to maximize his profit. Wait, I've not read any Rand, but wasn't she an atheist who despised religious people?
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marktheando posted:Wait, I've not read any Rand, but wasn't she an atheist who despised religious people? Yup; Objectivism and Christianity are pretty much completely at odds with each other to boot, since the latter emphasizes charity and empowering the downtrodden. That doesn't stop people from trying to reconcile the two, though - just look at the "prosperity gospel" movement, where God rewards good people with riches and the poor are considered morally deficient. Because that's totally what a guy who hung out with lepers and prostitutes would say. Basically, Objectivists are The Worst People, and religious Objectivists are pretty drat ignorant to boot.
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marktheando posted:I watched the first couple of episodes of House of Cards but didn't get into it for reasons I can't quite put my finger on. It was well shot, well acted, but I couldn't be bothered with it. Yes. I believe she was also on welfare at one point because Ayn Rand is scum and her "philosophy" is in the Hitler realms of evil.
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Devil Wears Wings posted:Yup; Objectivism and Christianity are pretty much completely at odds with each other to boot, since the latter emphasizes charity and empowering the downtrodden. That doesn't stop people from trying to reconcile the two, though - just look at the "prosperity gospel" movement, where God rewards good people with riches and the poor are considered morally deficient. Because that's totally what a guy who hung out with lepers and prostitutes would say. I'd love to hear them twist "The first shall be last and the last shall be first" and "Easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven"
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Mahoning posted:I'd love to hear them twist "The first shall be last and the last shall be first" and "Easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven" The standard evil capitalist Christian justification for the latter is that the 'Eye of the Needle' was a name for one of the gates in Jerusalem and it was a bit narrow, but getting a camel thought there was totally doable, if a little tricky. There is no evidence for this, of course. No records at all of 'Eye of the Needle' ever being used as a name for a gate.
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CPFortest posted:I think it's fine if people are putting it on the level of current prestige shows like Mad Men, Breaking Bad, or Homeland. I just found House of Cards to be light and disposable in its own weird way.
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I enjoyed House of Cards more than the new season of Arrested Development. Haven't tried to watch the other original series.
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foodfight posted:I enjoyed House of Cards more than the new season of Arrested Development. Haven't tried to watch the other original series. Same here. I liked the first three seasons of Arrested Development, but this time around the characters just grated on me. House of Cards I ended up just powering through.
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