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mr. stefan posted:My favorite thing about Johnny Mnemonic is the complete and blatant sexism with the translation of the Molly Millions analogue, who went from "psychotic future assassin with razor blade hands, superhuman reflexes and surgically implanted AR shades" to "has seizures at plot convenient moments" 2021. THE INTERNET. 80 gigabytes!
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precision posted:2021. THE INTERNET. Or, to put in 1995 terms. Four digital tapes.
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Couldn't they predict poo poo like that better with moore's law and a bit of research?
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NeoSeeker posted:Couldn't they predict poo poo like that better with moore's law and a bit of research? Probably but that would have taken time and effort and money and wouldn't have made the movie any better.
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Breakfast All Day posted:The only good anime is a dead anime. If anime is outlawed only outlaws will have animes Does anyone know why season 4 of the twilight zone isn't up?
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axleblaze posted:Probably but that would have taken time and effort and money and wouldn't have made the movie any better. they spent all the money for the dolph cameo
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NeoSeeker posted:Couldn't they predict poo poo like that better with moore's law and a bit of research? It's the tricky question of looking up all those prefixes.
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It only took me 20 years, but I think I finally figured out Johnny Mnemonic's puny 80gb. Other people can store petabytes, but Keanu Reeves' character is an idiot.
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Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? doesn't bring anything new to the table, but it's a fun enough Noam Chomsky interview with some cool animations to stare at (because you're stoned). Recommended for dudes who are cool.
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precision posted:80 gigabytes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEYf12VOBVU
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Leper Residue posted:So I was really bored at work and it keeps popping up with it as a recommendation so I finally gave Rapture-Palooza a viewing. I actually really enjoyed it. It's just so dumb and stupidly optimistic and blase in the face of the apocalypse. I just couldn't help but laugh at a lot of it it's just so absurb. I watched this because I remembered reading this post and I'd just like to say thanks a lot rear end in a top hat. I've got pretty low standards but Rapture-Palooza is easily one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I don't think most people could even purposefully make something so boring and unfunny. I watched it the day the forums went down and I'm still mad about it.
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ghetto wormhole posted:I watched this because I remembered reading this post and I'd just like to say thanks a lot rear end in a top hat. Seconded. It tried too hard and failed. All the jokes seemed like 3rd tier "hey I'm funny too don't leave me behind in the UCB when you get your own show" joke material, which was surprising because there were some really good comic actors in the movie.
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Meatwave posted:It only took me 20 years, but I think I finally figured out Johnny Mnemonic's puny 80gb. Everyone keeps making this criticism of the movie, but it seems like kind of a dumb one, honestly. It's not the entire storage capacity for info in his brain, it's the storage capacity for his implant. On top of that, 80gb actually seems kind of excessive for a data courier- text, images, and audio are all way smaller than that even uncompressed, and while he probably couldn't put hours of uncompressed video on it, h264 compressed video would still be a drop in the bucket. I mean, nowadays obviously the implant itself would be ridiculous because we have external HDDs and flash drives, but the size of the implant specifically doesn't strike me as being a problem.
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The size is also directly from the original short story, which was published in 1981 where 80gb was far more impressive. It's interesting that all the details they kept from the story are seriously dated even by 1995.
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NeoSeeker posted:No, but I'm pretty sure it was on the author's mind when he wrote the book. I think in the book they were called "Zed." I could be wrong, but that's what I remember.
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SALT CURES HAM posted:Everyone keeps making this criticism of the movie, but it seems like kind of a dumb one, honestly. It's not the entire storage capacity for info in his brain, it's the storage capacity for his implant. On top of that, 80gb actually seems kind of excessive for a data courier- text, images, and audio are all way smaller than that even uncompressed, and while he probably couldn't put hours of uncompressed video on it, h264 compressed video would still be a drop in the bucket. I thought the implant directly interfaced with his brain memories somehow? Which was why the overload was loving with him. If the implant was simply a flash drive crammed into his brain zone then overloading it shouldn't have been an option.
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ghetto wormhole posted:I watched this because I remembered reading this post and I'd just like to say thanks a lot rear end in a top hat. Eh, I mean different strokes for different folks, but I still think the whole scene where it's raining blood and the guy is just "Seriously? Blood? What is the point of this, it's just making a mess everywhere dammit!" is hilarious.
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Leper Residue posted:Eh, I mean different strokes for different folks, but I still think the whole scene where it's raining blood and the guy is just "Seriously? Blood? What is the point of this, it's just making a mess everywhere dammit!" is hilarious. I didn't think it was that great of a movie, but I liked how the apocalypse was just kind of a bummer. Like the fire and brimstone stuff would be absolutely mental to people that lived in caves 2000 years ago, but for the modern generation it's just  Welp, the Johnsons got eaten by one of those demon things, let's see if they have batteries so I can charge my iPod.
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Hello. does anyone know of a list or blog or something that has all the really lovely movies/TV shows on netflix? I have netflix on PS3 and the software shows a limited selection, the same movie will show up under comedies and romantic movies and critically acclaimed movies and Popular on Netflix etc so youre scrolling through the same 50 popular-ish movies and shows over and over. I know netflix has thousands of movies and lots of lovely stuff i probably havent heard of... i want the poo poo..
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manyak posted:Hello. does anyone know of a list or blog or something that has all the really lovely movies/TV shows on netflix? I have netflix on PS3 and the software shows a limited selection, the same movie will show up under comedies and romantic movies and critically acclaimed movies and Popular on Netflix etc so youre scrolling through the same 50 popular-ish movies and shows over and over. I know netflix has thousands of movies and lots of lovely stuff i probably havent heard of... i want the poo poo.. Instantwatcher.com works, but Netflix is actively trying to stop all these 3rd party indexes by shutting down their API access. It really sucks since most Netflix interfaces on smart TVs are crap. Alternatively you can use the Netflix website, but it also kind of sucks for browsing categories.
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Netflix is shutting down its API, but in the announcement, it explicitly stated that Instantwatcher (among some similar sites) will continue to have API access after the shutdown. edit - here is the full list: quote:
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mod sassinator posted:Watched Johnny Mnemonic last night. Haven't seen it since it came out and I was a lot younger. Holy lol is that movie bad. The casting is hilarious though with Henry Rollins, Ice-T, and others. I forgot about the dolphin at the end and it was so, so terrible. I saw this a week ago and it was always a goofy movie, and it wasn't even particularly good at the time, and aged even worse. However, based on how I remember it when I was in my teens, Strange Days was a lot better and I'm going to watch that again soon.
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Some of the rumored new arrivals in July: 12 Angry Men Bad Santa Basic Instinct Boyz In The Hood City Of God Crimson Tide Eight Men Out From Here To Eternity Gandhi Honey, I Shrunk The Kids Legends Of The Fall Mean Girls Patton Philadelphia Primal Fear Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country Star Trek I The Motion Picture The Hunt For Red October The Karate Kid The Manchurian Candidate The Master
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Sand Monster posted:The Master Sweet. I've seen this three times (once in 70mm!) and would love a chance to see it again.
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The Amazing Spiderman got added (in  at least). I'm glad, I've been itching to rewatch it recently.
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Sand Monster posted:Crimson Tide Denzel movie night is a go.
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I could have sworn I watched Star Trek The Motion Picture on Netflix fairly recently.
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marktheando posted:I could have sworn I watched Star Trek The Motion Picture on Netflix fairly recently. Yeah, some of those have been on there before. It wasn't meant to imply they are brand new offerings.
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The Master and Mean Girls  I watched Rapture-palooza last night. Despite having a goofy name I really enjoyed it, though I think it depends a lot on how tolerant you are of Anna Kendrick because she pretty much carries the whole film. Craig Robinson is pretty good too but has a lot fewer scenes than the promotional poster would have you believe. The side characters all did a pretty good job too, Paul Scheer, Rob Corddry, Thomas Lennon, etc. I'd say it's worth a watch if you like cute twee indie crap, which I do.
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If you like cute twee indie crap watch Take This Waltz, it's the cutest twee-est crappiest indie movie I've ever seen
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A MIRACLE posted:If you like cute twee indie crap watch Take This Waltz, it's the cutest twee-est crappiest indie movie I've ever seen More so than Tiny Furniture? No way.
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Dude just watch it. It's at least as bad as tiny furniture
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Wolf Creek 2 is up on Instant. I'd give it a weak recommend only if you are big fan of the horror genre. You don't need to have seen the original but I'd recommend trying to find it because it is a pretty solid slasher film with some genuinely scary and creepy moments. Unfortunately I don't think it is available for streaming in the US. As for Wolf Creek 2 it feels like one of those Platinum Dune remakes of some obscure cult favorite Aussie exploitation film from the mid 70's. Like the remakes of The Hills Have Eyes, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Last House on the Left they are fairly faithful remakes but somehow lacks that gritty exploitation aesthetic that made those films cult classics. The real appeal of Wolf Creek 2 is the villain, Mick Taylor. For a xenophobic cannibal torturer rapist serial killer he comes off as a very charismatic in the way Freddy Krueger did in the later Nightmare on Elm Street sequels. Fair warning there is a kangaroo scene that is just loving terrible. I'm not talking the Wake in Fright (this is/was on Netflix and I give a huge recommend) we killed actual kangaroos in this movie. Instead it is a crappy looking CGI herd of kangaroos that takes you completely out of what is suppose to be a suspenseful chase scene.
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bartok posted:Fair warning there is a kangaroo scene that is just loving terrible. I'm not talking the Wake in Fright (this is/was on Netflix and I give a huge recommend) we killed actual kangaroos in this movie. Instead it is a crappy looking CGI herd of kangaroos that takes you completely out of what is suppose to be a suspenseful chase scene. That scene took me from hating the movie to mildly admiring it.
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The idea of Wolf Creek getting a Platinum Dunes reboot is about as likely as Wolf Creek 2 in the first place.
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bartok posted:The real appeal of Wolf Creek 2 is the villain, Mick Taylor. For a xenophobic cannibal torturer rapist serial killer he comes off as a very charismatic in the way Freddy Krueger did in the later Nightmare on Elm Street sequels. I think it's worth watching for this guys performance alone, he's brilliant. Like almost every horror film of recent times it is far from scary, but that guy is great.
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White Zombie is on - probably been on forever, it's nothing new, but drat. F. W. Murnau don't gently caress around when it comes to good old black and white creepy rear end poo poo. You should watch this.
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A MIRACLE posted:Dude just watch it. It's at least as bad as tiny furniture Dude nothing is as bad as Tiny Furniture. Nothing. I had to go to Target for something today and there was a big display of new DVDs and Wolf Creek 2 was one of them, and my response was basically "Huh, so that exists". I liked the original alright, despite its extremely problematic nature.
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