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The Vosgian Beast posted:I'm not entirely sure why Netflix calls it a "semi-spoof" I think it's because it doesn't make direct references to other movies like the Scary Movie franchise. It's making fun of a genre but it's not obvious about it. I need to watch it but I'm going to guess if you didn't know it was a spoof, it could be taken as a really weird romantic comedy.
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The Vosgian Beast posted:I'm not entirely sure why Netflix calls it a "semi-spoof" Duh, a full spoof has "Movie" in the title.
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casual poster posted:It's a little more subtle They have multiple points where they literally explain out loud that the thing they're talking about is a romance movie cliche and that they are subverting it. "Subtle" is not a word I would use to describe it.
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gently caress everything, Cervantes was the nadir of fourth-wall breaking. It's all been downhill for a few hundred years since.
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Just watched a few episodes of The Birthday Boys, definitely a strong recommend if you like sketch comedy.coyo7e posted:Pretty sure that was the third? And iirc it was a Wayans brother or something? I haven't seen the space one yet though. Leprechaun 3 is the one where he's in Vegas, 4 is space, 5 and 6 are in the hood. 7 is a reboot starring Hornswaggle from the WWE instead of Warwick Davis.
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Woah. The Americans is really good. Compelling characters, nicely shot, great use of visual metaphor, and just the right amount of nostalgic humor. Might stick with this one. Amazon prime only it seems.
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Twitch posted:Just watched a few episodes of The Birthday Boys, definitely a strong recommend if you like sketch comedy. A second season apparently exists, but Netflix hasn't put it up. Also yeah, good show. They're a bit crap at ending sketches sometimes, but they come up with really funny ideas.
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The Vosgian Beast posted:A second season apparently exists, but Netflix hasn't put it up. Whoosh has become a birthday tradition with my friends. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-ZojGkYd0E They put like a hundred Happy Birthday videos from Woosh online with different names. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6JnYnA9Tzo
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Crow Jane posted:Holy poo poo, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night was a bizarre and amazing movie. 
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Apr 26, 2015 03:22
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Does anyone know what episode of The Birthday Boys season 1 has the sketch about the two people who know the secret recipe for Coke being in the same room? Every time I try to recommend the show to people I know I want to show that sketch but I can't find it online anywhere.
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Keep On Keepin' On is a fantastic documentary about legendary jazz trumpeter Clark Terry and the deep relationship he has with one of his students/proteges, blind pianist Justin Kauflin. I was choking up the entire movie.
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RedneckwithGuns posted:Does anyone know what episode of The Birthday Boys season 1 has the sketch about the two people who know the secret recipe for Coke being in the same room? Every time I try to recommend the show to people I know I want to show that sketch but I can't find it online anywhere. This one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPF4zaGfisI
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Forever_Peace posted:Woah. The Americans is really good. Compelling characters, nicely shot, great use of visual metaphor, and just the right amount of nostalgic humor. Might stick with this one. I haven't checked but is this a show that follows Prime's popular model of "the first season is free, but you'll have to buy everything after that"? I was really interested in Justified until I found that I'd have to spend a ton of money--even just renting the seasons--to binge on the series.
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Cream-of-Plenty posted:I haven't checked but is this a show that follows Prime's popular model of "the first season is free, but you'll have to buy everything after that"? I was really interested in Justified until I found that I'd have to spend a ton of money--even just renting the seasons--to binge on the series. I just finished all of the seasons except the last one on prime. Sometimes you have to keep checking back but usually when they do that "first one is free", it's just a little while until they release the rest of it.
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Yeah, all the seasons of Justified are free except for the last season that finished like a week ago.
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Anne Whateley posted:Yeah, all the seasons of Justified are free except for the last season that finished like a week ago. Then it begins.
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jodai posted:I think it's because it doesn't make direct references to other movies like the Scary Movie franchise. It's making fun of a genre but it's not obvious about it. I need to watch it but I'm going to guess if you didn't know it was a spoof, it could be taken as a really weird romantic comedy. Yeah I had no idea it was spoof. I just figured it was Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd in a normal romcom with a slightly unfortunate name. Never noticed that it was done by the Wet Hot American Summer guys. If I'd known that I wouldn't have just written it off. Watched it last night and it's almost exhausting how ridiculous it is. It's funny, but at a certain point it just feels like they're trying way too hard to find the joke in any given situation. The best part of the movie is their couple friends who are just as confused about their story as we all are. The look on their faces when he tells about having to resist the desire to sleep with his grandma was pretty great.
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coyo7e posted:gently caress everything, Cervantes was the nadir of fourth-wall breaking. It's all been downhill for a few hundred years since. Downhill from the lowest point?
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Inspector 34 posted:Yeah I had no idea it was spoof. I just figured it was Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd in a normal romcom with a slightly unfortunate name. Never noticed that it was done by the Wet Hot American Summer guys. If I'd known that I wouldn't have just written it off. Watched it last night and it's almost exhausting how ridiculous it is. It's funny, but at a certain point it just feels like they're trying way too hard to find the joke in any given situation. I did finally watch it too. The funniest moments were definitely the interplay of the couples as the story progresses. I've noticed in any David Wain movie/show, the whole movie is mediocre but there are always little moments that will stick in my head for a long time afterwards. The part in Wet Hot American Summer where Paul Rudd dumps everything off the table still cracks me up but I can't remember much else about that movie.
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Finished the Fed Up documentary on Netflix, and it gave me the same feels as super size me, except the topic is sugar. Felt sick afterwards probably all the candy, popcorn and soda I had during the feature 
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Anyone got any good recommendations on some horror flicks? I'm not opposed to gore, but straight slasher flicks bore me. Monster, psychological, demon stuff are usually my favorites. Loved insidious and cabin in the woods (not horror really I know), absolutely loved american horror story (just watched for the first time).
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Crunkjuice posted:Anyone got any good recommendations on some horror flicks? I'm not opposed to gore, but straight slasher flicks bore me. Monster, psychological, demon stuff are usually my favorites. Loved insidious and cabin in the woods (not horror really I know), absolutely loved american horror story (just watched for the first time). The Thing (the one from 1982), Session 9, Jacob's Ladder, Event Horizon, Silent Hill, and especially the TV series Hannibal, which has both seasons streaming on Amazon Prime.
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Crunkjuice posted:Anyone got any good recommendations on some horror flicks? I'm not opposed to gore, but straight slasher flicks bore me. Monster, psychological, demon stuff are usually my favorites. Loved insidious and cabin in the woods (not horror really I know), absolutely loved american horror story (just watched for the first time). The Babadook. That is all.
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Left Behind is up and I am halfway through it. I'm not gonna make it sarge.
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Crunkjuice posted:Anyone got any good recommendations on some horror flicks? I'm not opposed to gore, but straight slasher flicks bore me. Monster, psychological, demon stuff are usually my favorites. Loved insidious and cabin in the woods (not horror really I know), absolutely loved american horror story (just watched for the first time). Not all of it will appeal, but V/H/S has some good bits if you don't mind found footage films. There's also The Taking of Deborah Logan which is alright, and Frankenstein's Army which is a decent found footage monster movie. But The Babadook is the right answer.
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Rolo posted:Left Behind is up and I am halfway through it.
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So what did you guys think of V/H/S: Viral? Personally, I thought it was a lot more entertaining than V/H/S 2, which to be fair I really didn't like at all. The wraparound story didn't make any loving sense but the shorts were good in my opinion. I really liked the second one, and happened to be watching it when my roommate came home with a new girl, haha.
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John Big Booty posted:Abort! Abort! I... I can see the end... I think I can reach it!
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Crunkjuice posted:Anyone got any good recommendations on some horror flicks? I'm not opposed to gore, but straight slasher flicks bore me. Monster, psychological, demon stuff are usually my favorites. Loved insidious and cabin in the woods (not horror really I know), absolutely loved american horror story (just watched for the first time). Trick 'r Treat
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Inspector 34 posted:Yeah I had no idea it was spoof. I didn't either. I thought it was just another romcom set in NYC, but by the end I was in tears and my sides ached.
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Rolo posted:I... I can see the end... Elsa give me your hand. Your other hand!
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Saw Bunraku, can confirm it's like a TvTropes editor wrote a movie and handed it over to someone who knew how to make it stylish, but not how to make it any better written.
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Left Behind is a good movie if you want something so bad that you think they must have been making a spoof, but no, they were serious when they wrote/directed it.
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Someone recommended A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night and they were right. It was bizarre and amazing. It reminded me a lot of Let the Right One In but there's a sense of isolation that I haven't felt from a movie in a long time and I really like it.
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Crunkjuice posted:Anyone got any good recommendations on some horror flicks? I'm not opposed to gore, but straight slasher flicks bore me. Monster, psychological, demon stuff are usually my favorites. Loved insidious and cabin in the woods (not horror really I know), absolutely loved american horror story (just watched for the first time). I really liked Re-Animator, it's an H.P. Lovecraft story reimagined as an 80s college movie. The guy who plays Herbert West loving nails it.
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jodai posted:Someone recommended A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night and they were right. It was bizarre and amazing. It reminded me a lot of Let the Right One In but there's a sense of isolation that I haven't felt from a movie in a long time and I really like it. I think that was me, and I still haven't been able to get that movie out of my head. It just sort of hit all my sweet spots. Kind of amazing how much atmosphere the filmmakers managed to create on what was apparently a *tiny* budget.
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So I have a weakness for terrible found footage movies on Netflix/Amazon Prime. We've watched VHS 1 & 2, Grave Encounters, and a smattering of other stuff I can't remember the names of but I want more. I seem to remember there being on involving dinosaurs but I can't remember it's name. Obviously the cheesier the better.
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Len posted:So I have a weakness for terrible found footage movies on Netflix/Amazon Prime. We've watched VHS 1 & 2, Grave Encounters, and a smattering of other stuff I can't remember the names of but I want more. I seem to remember there being on involving dinosaurs but I can't remember it's name. There's a new VHS. It's V/H/S:Viral or something. There's a Grave Encounters 2 but it's pure poo poo.
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22 Eargesplitten posted:Saw Bunraku, can confirm it's like a TvTropes editor wrote a movie and handed it over to someone who knew how to make it stylish, but not how to make it any better written.
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