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Baron von Eevl posted:That's the one Herzog is involved with, isn't it? Like, the someone else shot the footage but he edited it and did a voiceover? Yep, and it's really good. edit: Happy People: A Year In The Taiga that is.
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SolidSnakesBandana posted:Seconding Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood as a good anime. It's easily my favorite one, though I haven't watched many. If you were only going to watch one, I'd say that should be the one. Netflix still doesn't have the last 15 episodes or so.
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A MIRACLE posted:It's funny when they all get drunk together, and when vash tries to hit on women coyo7e fucked around with this message at 23:20 on Jan 8, 2015 |
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david_a posted:Anthony Bourdain chat: Is there any difference between No Reservations and Parts Unknown? coyo7e fucked around with this message at 23:21 on Jan 8, 2015 |
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I just finished Legends of the Knight, a documentary about people who are really into Batman. It's generally way too serious for its subject matter, probably because adult men who are obsessed with Batman have absolutely no sense of irony. They talk to the producer of the 1989 Burton Batman film, and he is the most humorless, self-important turd I've ever seen. But I will recommend it because it explains the full story behind that youtube of Batman driving on the freeway with his lambo, which makes me giggle like a maniac whenever I see it: http://youtu.be/DwO_NgsT0HM Sadly, they do not include Michigan Batman (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/petoskey-batman-busted-police-michigan-article-1.1173713), but talk to another local Batman probably less dangerously insane.
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Batman's a tailgater.
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coyo7e posted:If you saw my post above about Andrew Zimmern, the switch between No Reservations and Parts Unknown is something pretty strongly along those same lines of "the studio execs liked having the star acting, while the star wants to be active instead of just selling commercial space by filling a role. Parts Unknown is a lot more subdued than most No Reservations episodes (although the later ones were already leaning in the PU direction anyway imho, I remember a kind-of early episode where he was in the Amazon or something and got a tattoo by a tribal tattoo artist, and he really reigned back the "get drunk and let's go crash ATVs on the beach!" which so much of his "hook" originally involved due to his books and stuff) and comes across more as a travel/cultural show, instead of a travel/food show with a bad-boy star. I really like that even when Bourdain hammed it up for the camera it was usually to make himself the butt of the joke instead of his hosts and straight up blasted people on the show when they tried to make fun of the strange foid people eat to survive.
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The Trigun movie wasn't anything special to me, but it's been like 12 years since I watched the series. Which reminds me, I saw the Cowboy Bebop movie in the theater back then. It's like they already tried this "anime" thing and it was way too early.
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precision posted:The Trigun movie wasn't anything special to me, but it's been like 12 years since I watched the series. Anime will always stay on the fringe. Ghost in the Shell is probably the next biggest thing to Akira and it's basically what inspired The Matrix. I know exactly what you're getting at but it's always been sort of like this. The japanese don't help, being like one of the weirdest countries in the world. I remember that sort of weird trend towards the turn of the century, the west looking east. Brought to you by the nerd/goth culture. It's still doing the same thing, true to form, evolving at the same rate as any other facet of media cultures. NeoSeeker fucked around with this message at 01:28 on Jan 9, 2015 |
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Is there any Ghost in the Shell stuff worth watching beyond the 1995 movie? Also, thoughts on the 2.0 version?
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A MIRACLE posted:Is there any Ghost in the Shell stuff worth watching beyond the 1995 movie? Also, thoughts on the 2.0 version? The anime is quality as far as most people are concerned. Not to mention but it's getting a sort of reboot/3rd season. The 2.0 version didn't gently caress with the feeling at all if I recall correctly. The problem with the anime is the problem that all anime has. It just needs some sort of comic relief to be anime and some would consider the bug bots to be a giant problem. There is a second movie, although I have not seen it. I'm pretty sure people think it's good. NeoSeeker fucked around with this message at 01:46 on Jan 9, 2015 |
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Jan 9, 2015 01:44
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Due a bizarre decision to avoid a Blockbuster late fee many years ago I actually own the second ghost in the shell movie. It's nowhere near as good as the first one.
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A MIRACLE posted:Is there any Ghost in the Shell stuff worth watching beyond the 1995 movie? Also, thoughts on the 2.0 version? The new ARISE movies are pretty fun. The second was kinda lame but the rest are good (not all of them are on Netflix yet). The second has kick-rear end action scenes at least.
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A MIRACLE posted:Is there any Ghost in the Shell stuff worth watching beyond the 1995 movie? Also, thoughts on the 2.0 version? I actually prefer the anime but it's a very different tone so YMMV
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Jesus Christ, "The Double" What the hell was that, I liked it, but couldn't tell you why.
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Darf posted:Jesus Christ, "The Double" I like Jesse Eisenberg in everything I've seen him in. Adventureland is great. Why Stop Now was goofy and dumb but pretty fun. Was that Tracy Morgan's last thing?
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based on a true storythe Ouijia experiment is as far as I can tell about 5 friends with zero chemistry use a Ouijia board for no reason and tape it. It was so bad my tv mysteriously turned itself off in the the first 15 minutes. AVOID THE NOID!
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GonSmithe posted:Take all the best parts of No Reservations and remove the forced "Travel TV Approved" bits, and add an extra dose of politics; that's Parts Unknown. Thanks for recommending Parts Unknown. I just sat through 3 episodes even tho I usually don't go for travel or food shows.
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A MIRACLE posted:I like Jesse Eisenberg in everything I've seen him in. Adventureland is great. Why Stop Now was goofy and dumb but pretty fun. Was that Tracy Morgan's last thing? He's in Top Five.
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He's also going to be in that David O. Russell abandoned project that's finally being released, though that was filmed years ago.
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Fishstick posted:Thanks for recommending Parts Unknown. I just sat through 3 episodes even tho I usually don't go for travel or food shows. Cutthroat kitchen is your next stop, tons of non-food people love that show.
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Cutthroat Kitchen is probably one of the most perfect game shows ever devised, I just wish they didn't do the typical "reality television" stuff with it. It's still great though.
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Darf posted:Jesus Christ, "The Double" Now watch The Trial (1962, dir. Orson Welles, starring Anthony Perkins).
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:Cutthroat Kitchen is probably one of the most perfect game shows ever devised, I just wish they didn't do the typical "reality television" stuff with it. It's still great though. This. All I want to see is the cooking and the auctions.
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GonSmithe posted:Take all the best parts of No Reservations and remove the forced "Travel TV Approved" bits, and add an extra dose of politics; that's Parts Unknown. Copenhagen was a highlight for me, there was something magical about the subject, fantastic Michel Gondry-ish fever-dream editing and some hypnotic music. It has an artistic touch I wasn't expecting in a food travel show. Steve Yun fucked around with this message at 22:21 on Jan 9, 2015 |
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:Cutthroat Kitchen is probably one of the most perfect game shows ever devised, I just wish they didn't do the typical "reality television" stuff with it. It's still great though. The thing that is so off putting about most food contests is how overly serious/catty they are and the judges are always arrogant turds. Cutthroat Kitchen just seems like people having a good time, and the premise as well as Alton Brown are actually pretty funny. Even if it is edited to be more dramatic than it actually is sometimes. Even when people are insulting each other you can tell they are just loving around 90% of the time.
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I really can't think of anything more satisfying in a game show than those moments in Cutthroat Kitchen when someone gets completely screwed over by the auction and is hit with all of the items but still manages to beat out the other three contestants. Its always really satisfying to watch.
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Steve Yun posted:Copenhagen was a highlight for me, there was something magical about the subject, fantastic Michel Gondry-ish fever-dream editing and some hypnotic music. It has an artistic touch I wasn't expecting in a food travel show. I agree. Bourdain has said that he's a huge film buff and tries to make each episode an homage to a different film or director.
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precision posted:Now watch The Trial (1962, dir. Orson Welles, starring Anthony Perkins). This
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mr.capps posted:I really can't think of anything more satisfying in a game show than those moments in Cutthroat Kitchen when someone gets completely screwed over by the auction and is hit with all of the items but still manages to beat out the other three contestants. Its always really satisfying to watch. Yes, it's one of the things that make it great. Chefs performing miracles with stale bread, a tinfoil bowl, and an egg. I wish that: Chefs could buy one ingredient for half their remaining money after bidding, there have been rounds where contenstants left something critical in the pantry and there's no way for them to recover. Good/cool contestants make one easy dumb mistake and get eliminated, basically. No auto-fail stuff, maybe they get better at this later. The one I'm thinking of in particular, where they replaced real potatoes with nothing but potato skins, was so punishing that it basically guaranteed failure. Dumbass chefs who start the bidding at 4k and spend like 16k in the first round should have their personal email addresses published so I can berate them. Unless it's DJ Chef, who can stay mad at that guy?
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If you enjoy watching Cutthroat Kitchen go over to Food Network's YouTube channel and check out the CK playlist. After each show Alton interviews the judge and shows them the sabotages. They also show the staff cooks testing some of the sabotages to make sure they are possible (as well as some of the sabotages that don't get approved).
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ChetReckless posted:If you enjoy watching Cutthroat Kitchen go over to Food Network's YouTube channel and check out the CK playlist. After each show Alton interviews the judge and shows them the sabotages. They also show the staff cooks testing some of the sabotages to make sure they are possible (as well as some of the sabotages that don't get approved). I will, thank you!
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:Cutthroat Kitchen is probably one of the most perfect game shows ever devised, I just wish they didn't do the typical "reality television" stuff with it. It's still great though. Honestly, Chopped is far, far worse about this. If you want to win Chopped, make sure to mention your dead mom / dad / wife / brother / sister / child / dog / tarantula and come to the brink of tears at every opportunity and you're golden.
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I think I'm just too old for anime now. The only one I really enjoyed recently was Revolutionary Girl Utena and that was made ages ago. Only thing on Netflix like it is Madoka, but even then it's a shallow comparison. On the topic of cooking shows are any of the Ramsey shows on Netflix worth watching? Heard good things about his British stuff and mixed things about his American stuff.
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Akarshi posted:I think I'm just too old for anime now. The only one I really enjoyed recently was Revolutionary Girl Utena and that was made ages ago. Only thing on Netflix like it is Madoka, but even then it's a shallow comparison.
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I'm really glad people mentioned Cutthroat Kitchen in here. The way they edit every person down into a comedy bit is amazing
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One of the little things about Cutthroat that I love is the stills that they use for each competitor picture are as goofy as they can find.
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morestuff posted:I'm really glad people mentioned Cutthroat Kitchen in here. The way they edit every person down into a comedy bit is amazing My favorite one of these is the guy who came in wearing moccasins so every edit involving that chef was the other competitors making fun of his footwear.
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stickyfngrdboy posted:The British version of nightmares is more like the real Gordon Ramsay. He's still a prick but nowhere near as much as he is in the us version. British Kitchen Nightmares has the bonus of Gordon narrating the show, which he has a fantastic voice for. Yes, he still curses a lot, and is a dick, but in his British shows it's much more constructed criticism than his American character. The episode with the Jamaican (I think?) restaurant in UK Kitchen Nightmares really shows this off.
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The British version of Kitchen Nightmares is better but also much more sad because he's always going to these depressing little pubs whose owners are sad broke people. It's easier to be a dick to people who opened a bakery with mob money and talk to cats. Also I'm now hooked on Cutthroat Kitchen. Really fun show.
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