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SunshineDanceParty posted:Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is pretty amazing if you liked 30 Rock at all. It's fantastic in general but that's an easy hook. forever whatever posted:Yea, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt owns, owns hard. I didn't even know who Ellie Kemper was but she's hilarious. If you think Tina Fey is funny than this is a funny and good show. Can confirm both these posts.
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Just watched Heathers. Such an 80s movie. I love the idea of someone getting suspended for bringing a real gun to school. Also something that really struck me is how similar Slater's character is to Heath Ledger's Joker, from the coat to the posture, mannerisms, and even speech patterns. I wonder if that was a big influence or just an odd coincidence.
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Mar 7, 2015 04:43
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:Just watched Heathers. Such an 80s movie. I love the idea of someone getting suspended for bringing a real gun to school. Also something that really struck me is how similar Slater's character is to Heath Ledger's Joker, from the coat to the posture, mannerisms, and even speech patterns. I wonder if that was a big influence or just an odd coincidence. It's been a while but isn't Slater just doing a Jack Nicholson homage?
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Mar 7, 2015 05:20
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beanieson posted:It's been a while but isn't Slater just doing a Jack Nicholson homage? I could definitely see that, I was so distracted by the similarities that I didn't stop to consider that Slater himself might have been taking major cues from someone else.
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Mar 7, 2015 05:56
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Watermelon City posted:If you like 70s conspiracy thrillers like Three Days of the Condor or Day of the Jackal, I recommend The Boys From Brazil. There are several big name actors in it including a young Steve Gutenberg who plays an amateur Nazi hunter! Marathon Man too!
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Mar 7, 2015 06:39
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New Aziz was pretty good. The first two bits are OK but then it picks up. It's dedicated to Harris Wittels. That made me a little misty. On to Kimmy Schmidt!!
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Mar 7, 2015 06:46
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I finally sat down and watched Lars and the Real Girl tonight. That was not what I expected, but it was really powerful and really good.
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I thought the new Aziz was kind of disappointing. It felt like he was playing things safe for the most part, and his timing was all over the place. Not terrible by any means, but I thought it was easily the weakest of his sets that are on Netflix.
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:I thought the new Aziz was kind of disappointing. It felt like he was playing things safe for the most part, and his timing was all over the place. Not terrible by any means, but I thought it was easily the weakest of his sets that are on Netflix.  I saw him live last year and some of the material in this special was reused from that tour when I saw him. Hell, it may have even been shot on that same tour. I don't know. At first I thought "Maybe his stuff just isn't as funny the second time around?", but that can't be because I've rewatched his other specials on Netflix a few times over the years and they're hilarious, even after a few rewatches. I guess the material in this one just isn't nearly as strong as those others.
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:Also something that really struck me is how similar Slater's character is to Heath Ledger's Joker, from the coat to the posture, mannerisms, and even speech patterns. EDIT: beanieson posted:It's been a while but isn't Slater just doing a Jack Nicholson homage?
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caligulamprey posted:I have always insisted that Heath Ledger is doing the world's greatest Paul Giamatti impression in The Dark Knight, to the point that it's ruined the entire movie for me now. drat you for this.
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I'm watching Terra Nova now, and while it's not really good at all, Stephen Lang is in it as the most wonderful, perfect ham. I could watch his bug-eyed nutso face for hours as he screams and waves his knife at CG dinosaurs. That dude should really be in way more stuff.
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Mar 7, 2015 09:10
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MeatwadIsGod posted:Apparently The X Files is getting removed from Netflix on April 1st, and I'm not done with the fourth season yet I just started my binge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF0I2h8xx-0 I actually forgot it was even on there until I stumbled upon it. I'm in the minority because I kind of like the myth-arc episodes, if only because we get into some cool Alien poo poo. And the show, so far at least (except for the incredible Jose Chung, episode in the clip above) doesn't do Aliens unless it's myth-arc related. But the cockroach one was great. I laughed so hard at the meta roach.
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Jack Gladney posted:I'm watching Terra Nova now, and while it's not really good at all, Stephen Lang is in it as the most wonderful, perfect ham. I could watch his bug-eyed nutso face for hours as he screams and waves his knife at CG dinosaurs. Terra Nova isn't necessarily a good show but I thought it was a lot of fun, which is more than I can say about a lot of other shows. It knows it's a stupid show so it just sort of runs with it.
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Mar 7, 2015 09:22
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Leper Residue posted:Terra Nova isn't necessarily a good show but I thought it was a lot of fun, which is more than I can say about a lot of other shows. It knows it's a stupid show so it just sort of runs with it. Yeah, it's kind of rare and nice to see a science fiction show that's also a lighter family drama. It reminds me of the family-hour cornball sci-fi of my early adolescence like Seaquest and Earth 2, which were nice because they were a bridge for me into heavier science fiction but also conventional enough that my mom and dad would watch it with me.
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forever whatever posted:Yea, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt owns, owns hard. I didn't even know who Ellie Kemper was but she's hilarious. If you think Tina Fey is funny than this is a funny and good show. Apparently she was was on The Office but I will forever remember her pre-fame career in pornography: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hm7pp_JFOs
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LogisticEarth posted:Apparently she was was on The Office but I will forever remember her pre-fame career in pornography: Yeah, when I first saw her, I was like man she's really, really familiar. Turns out she's the "dry blowjob" girl.
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Mar 7, 2015 13:15
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She's even ashamed of it in exactly the way that people are ashamed of having been in actual pornography: http://www.avclub.com/article/ellie-kemper-40258 quote:AVC: You’re in a bunch of web videos for a bunch of comedy groups. What does it usually take to get you involved?
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:Just watched Heathers. Such an 80s movie. I love the idea of someone getting suspended for bringing a real gun to school. Also something that really struck me is how similar Slater's character is to Heath Ledger's Joker, from the coat to the posture, mannerisms, and even speech patterns. I wonder if that was a big influence or just an odd coincidence. Along these lines, i watched some movie a while back called New Crime City. It came out around the early 90s and there's a character who for one very scene is very much like the Ledger Joker, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=HoSUrY5-4j0#t=842
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Mar 7, 2015 14:14
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Absentia is way better than I thought it would be. The cover art for it and even the description are pretty bad. And there are a couple spots with cringeworthy infodump dialogue but only a couple. Like Kill List I would say go in blind because it's way more interesting than the premise would suggest. e: Also Tank Girl is now up and is officially the most early-mid-90s thing ever in the best way
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Last night I watched Parallels, which got added this month. It's not so much a movie as a two episode pilot for a TV series that's probably never going to get made. It's a shame because the idea has a lot of potential, that of a building that jumps to different Earths every 36 hours. Sort of like a remake of the show Sliders. It ends with a big cliffhanger/mystery and what would be a really good season long story arc. I knew that going in and still watched it because I can't get enough alternate universe plotlines.
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Jack Gladney posted:Yeah, it's kind of rare and nice to see a science fiction show that's also a lighter family drama. It reminds me of the family-hour cornball sci-fi of my early adolescence like Seaquest and Earth 2, which were nice because they were a bridge for me into heavier science fiction but also conventional enough that my mom and dad would watch it with me. Watch Falling Skies then. Same exact poo poo.
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precision posted:e: Also Tank Girl is now up and is officially the most early-mid-90s thing ever in the best way said by a person who has clearly never seen Hackers
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Edminster posted:said by a person who has clearly never seen Hackers "It's got a 28.8-baud modem!"
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Mar 7, 2015 18:07
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I bet it looks crispy in the dark.
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Edminster posted:said by a person who has clearly never seen Hackers I've watched Hackers a truly embarrassing number of times.
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precision posted:I've watched Hackers a truly embarrassing number of times. Zero through infinity is correct for that. Holy poo poo Furry Vengeance is on NF. That was a real movie?
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was just browsing instantwatcher to find something to watch, preferably horror, and one of the top things is ABCs of Death 2 - I had a feeling that that film, or the original, were discussed itt a while ago and i couldn't remember whether people liked it or not. Rather than search this thread I just googled the film title, and it seems like reviews are, fair to middling, IMDB doesn't like it but the guardian didn't mind it. this story however, about a substitute teacher who literally got sent to jail for screening the original film for students is hilarious, and guaranteed i was going to watch the sequel.
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I love the X-Files. They put out a few terrible episodes, and lots more mediocre episodes, but its highs are very high. Smart pulpy stories, cool ideas, great chemistry from the two leads. I put it in roughly the same tier as West Wing and Twin Peaks - they were hamstrung by some of the limitations of the time (low budgets, need to put out 20+ episodes each season, need to accommodate viewers missing episodes since they were pre-DVR) but they were made with care, cinematic and visual in a way that was rare for the time, and great fun. All of those shows were kind of a gateway to the current generation of high-quality TV. First season was pretty hit-or-miss, but there are some good ones in there. I love Ice, their take on The Thing/The Thing from Another World.
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Mar 8, 2015 01:19
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Is there like a shortlist of X-Files episodes considered to be the "best"? I watched the show as a kid but I don't remember any of them, and realistically I have a lot of stuff I'd rather watch this month besides a marathon session of X-Files.
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:Is there like a shortlist of X-Files episodes considered to be the "best"? I watched the show as a kid but I don't remember any of them, and realistically I have a lot of stuff I'd rather watch this month besides a marathon session of X-Files. Squeeze Raskolnikov2089 fucked around with this message at 01:42 on Mar 8, 2015 |
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:Is there like a shortlist of X-Files episodes considered to be the "best"? I watched the show as a kid but I don't remember any of them, and realistically I have a lot of stuff I'd rather watch this month besides a marathon session of X-Files. I have no idea if it represents a consensus, but theres this: http://skippable.tumblr.com/post/93538543582/the-x-files
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Edit: ^^ Welp.Grizzled Patriarch posted:Is there like a shortlist of X-Files episodes considered to be the "best"? I watched the show as a kid but I don't remember any of them, and realistically I have a lot of stuff I'd rather watch this month besides a marathon session of X-Files. You could try this list: http://skippable.tumblr.com/post/93538543582/the-x-files In fact that entire blog is full of such lists for various shows.
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I'd say just watch some of the fan-favorite monster of the week episodes. The mythology episodes have a lot of good stuff in them, but there's no payoff and they can be frustrating. My picks: Ice Clyde bruckman's final repose Pusher Drive (if you're a breaking bad fan and want to see another Vince Gilligan/Bryan Cranston collaboration) Beyond the Sea Home There are also a bunch of great episodes that twist around the normal approach of the show, but they rely on you knowing the characters and relationships going in so they can play with them. Like: Jose Chung's from Outer Space (the best of these) Bad blood Postmodern Prometheus Small potatoes X-cops Edit: oh yeah, squeeze too, good episode.
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Shame on you for leaving out How the Ghosts Stole Christmas. edit: also, Arcadia pseudorandom name fucked around with this message at 02:28 on Mar 8, 2015 |
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Mar 8, 2015 02:26
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I don't think you need to know the premise or the characters at all to get Jose Chung's From Outer Space. It does have some things to say about the show, but they're really secondary to a smart story with big ideas at stake that's very well told and not even really about Scully or Mulder. They're just more eccentric characters in an ensemble cast headed up by Charles Nelson Reilly. Do Quagmire for sure, too. It really gets at what the characters are about and what's at the core of their dynamic.
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Eh that skippable blog is just too much text. For someone like stickyfngrdboy who is trying to determine if the show is at all good, watch a few of the very best and most entertaining episodes. If you can't enjoy those I can say the show is definitely not for you. For me, Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose is the absolute best. It strikes a cool balance between humor (it's mostly funny) and real darkness, much as the show itself does over its run. It has one of the best guest roles ever by Peter Boyle and has incredible witty dialogue especially for the Bruckman character. Also notable in the "funny" category: Small Potatoes Bad Blood Jose Chung's "From Outer Space" Humbug Die Hand die Verletzt (this is kind of a mix of funny and spooky) Scary/Eerie/Unsettling: Irresistible Paper Hearts The Host Home Really, if you can watch Clyde Bruckman and a few of the others and not be entertained or impressed, you've seen the best of the show and it's just not your cup of tea. But if you don't watch any of these and judge the show, you've missed out.
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But Queequag.... 
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