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Chichevache posted:I'm phone posting so this will be brief, but I absolutely love both The Killing and The Fall right now. What's another good, slow, dark murder mystery procedural on netflix? I'm not looking for Law and Order, btw. The Killing is a decent idea that got stretched way too long. I mean you mention Law and Order but tbh the entire series would've worked better as a 2 part episode on there. I also thought The Fall was kinda meh, especially everything after the first season. For suggestions try Broadchurch (which I believe is still up on Netflix). Happy Valley's another british cop show that's solid imo. HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:The Den is by far the best of all those movies. As for those still on Netflix, I believe Toad Road, Grave Encounters 2, Apartment 143 and Apollo 18 are all still up. Also The Conspiracy is my fav found footage film, but I think that's off netflix now (if not I fully recommend that, it's awesome). Also if you're really a novice to the genre, I think REC is still up and is probably one of the better ones in general. Chichevache posted:Since I didn't get any good recommendations for police/murder shows, I watched The Following. I blame all of you, you fucks. I'm never getting that brainspace back. alansmithee fucked around with this message at 19:50 on May 19, 2015 |
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alansmithee posted:The Killing is a decent idea that got stretched way too long. I mean you mention Law and Order but tbh the entire series would've worked better as a 2 part episode on there. I also thought The Fall was kinda meh, especially everything after the first season. 24 hours is plenty of time for people to reply! This thread is often very active! I started Broadchurch and it is alright. Having a bit of trouble accepting David Tennant in the role, and I'm a (non-Who) fan of his. The Killing is absolutely drawn out too long. At this point I'm just excited to start the next murder (season 3). There is definitely a lot of potential in the show, it just needs a but of trimming. I'm hoping they improve that or else I won't continue.
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May 19, 2015 20:17
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Broadchurch was garbage (although Colman was, as usual, very good) and it's obvious about three episodes in whodunnit.
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May 19, 2015 20:22
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stickyfngrdboy posted:Broadchurch was garbage (although Colman was, as usual, very good) and it's obvious about three episodes in whodunnit. Lol I disagree.
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May 19, 2015 20:29
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I came to Broadchurch after Southcliffe and pretty much anything would pale in comparison so I didn't want to be unkind to it.
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May 19, 2015 20:31
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alansmithee posted:Don't think Toad Road is on netflix anymore, but I think Hulu and Fandor have it if you have access to either of those. It's also not really found footage imo but still good. The actual "real" story surrounding it also gives an air of melancholy to the movie. Grave Encounters 2 is actually kinda cool as well, just because it actually kinda plays with the conceit of the first one and the genre in general. Both Toad Road and The Conspiracy are both on there still.
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May 19, 2015 20:32
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May 19, 2015 20:51
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Magnus Gallant posted:Broadchurch is pretty good though? It's alright. Certainly not as good as Fargo or Trudy Tective. Or Southcliffe.
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May 19, 2015 21:06
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:It's alright. Certainly not as good as Fargo or Trudy Tective. Or Southcliffe. it's easily better than true detective based on the fact it's not horrible.
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May 19, 2015 21:19
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alansmithee posted:it's easily better than true detective based on the fact it's not horrible. Alright.
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May 19, 2015 21:42
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alansmithee posted:it's easily better than true detective based on the fact it's not horrible. Why, in your opinion, was true detective horrible?
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May 19, 2015 21:44
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Magnus Gallant posted:Why, in your opinion, was true detective horrible? They obviously lied about Cthulu.
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Magnus Gallant posted:Why, in your opinion, was true detective horrible? it was too good. i don't trust it, myself.
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May 19, 2015 21:47
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This is why cop shows are formulaic to the point of exhaustion.
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May 19, 2015 21:48
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:This is why cop shows are formulaic to the point of exhaustion. What is why the cop shows are formulaic?
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May 19, 2015 21:50
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Magnus Gallant posted:What is why the cop shows are formulaic? That something even slightly out of the way like True Detective is "horrible" in favor of a well acted but completely formulaic cop drama.
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Chichevache posted:Since I didn't get any good recommendations for police/murder shows, I watched The Following. I blame all of you, you fucks. I'm never getting that brainspace back. Did you watch Low Winter Sun yet? Pretty decent IMO.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:That something even slightly out of the way like True Detective is "horrible" in favor of a well acted but completely formulaic cop drama. True Detective was formulaic. It just threw in a bunch of nonsense through the middle to pretend like there was something different and/or interesting going on. Also Rust Cohle was maybe the least realistic character I've ever seen in any show claiming to be a drama-he was essentially a parody of every tv anti-hero of the last 10 years or so. Idk the whole thing seemed like something written by a high school kid and what he thought would be cool. I will say I enjoyed the setting and thought it was wonderfully filmed, and Woody Harrelson seemed to do his best with a character that seemed designed to be little more than a sounding board for Mcconaughey's goofy monologues. Honestly I thought it would've worked better as a comedy. Although maybe that's the point and the whole thing is supposed to be a satire/parody of cop shows, which if that was the case consider me wooshed.
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That Works posted:Did you watch Low Winter Sun yet? Pretty decent IMO. I did. I really love the cast and tone. This would be a great rec if I hadn't gone through it already.
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alansmithee posted:True Detective was formulaic. It just threw in a bunch of nonsense through the middle to pretend like there was something different and/or interesting going on. Also Rust Cohle was maybe the least realistic character I've ever seen in any show claiming to be a drama-he was essentially a parody of every tv anti-hero of the last 10 years or so. Idk the whole thing seemed like something written by a high school kid and what he thought would be cool. I will say I enjoyed the setting and thought it was wonderfully filmed, and Woody Harrelson seemed to do his best with a character that seemed designed to be little more than a sounding board for Mcconaughey's goofy monologues. Honestly I thought it would've worked better as a comedy. much like the chaos of charcosa, which threatens to rend apart the thin veil of self-deception and expose our true spiritual corrosion so too has your post shown that words, time and opinions themselves hold no meaning (It's cool if you didn't like it though. I will allow it.)
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Magnus Gallant posted:Why, in your opinion, was true detective horrible? He said The Conspiracy is a good movie, I think you can ignore that opinion.
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NESguerilla posted:I found all of these really entertaining: Troll hunter is amazing. I've watched it several times and it never gets old.
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precision posted:He said The Conspiracy is a good movie, I think you can ignore that opinion. I would argue that calling it a movie is misleading it more sequential bullshit trapped digitally.
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precision posted:He said The Conspiracy is a good movie, I think you can ignore that opinion.  I totally missed that he mentioned that crock.
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May 19, 2015 23:08
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alansmithee posted:True Detective was formulaic. It just threw in a bunch of nonsense through the middle to pretend like there was something different and/or interesting going on. Also Rust Cohle was maybe the least realistic character I've ever seen in any show claiming to be a drama-he was essentially a parody of every tv anti-hero of the last 10 years or so. Idk the whole thing seemed like something written by a high school kid and what he thought would be cool. I will say I enjoyed the setting and thought it was wonderfully filmed, and Woody Harrelson seemed to do his best with a character that seemed designed to be little more than a sounding board for Mcconaughey's goofy monologues. Honestly I thought it would've worked better as a comedy. Oh, okay.
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Cole's monologues are suppose to be goofy and him loving with the other characters. His character acts like a parody of anti-heroes because the only way he can cope with the horrible poo poo he has to deal with on his job, is to try to delude himself into the bullshit he is saying. Because that is much easier to do than to say the stuff he really believes in the face of THE HORROR he sees on a daily basis. i like rust
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mr.capps posted:Cole's monologues are suppose to be goofy and him loving with the other characters. Actually they're supposed to be unsourced quotes of indie horror writer, Thomas Ligotti.
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The Vosgian Beast posted:Actually they're supposed to be unsourced quotes of indie horror writer, Thomas Ligotti. And also comics writer Alan Moore, hilariously enough.
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There are deleted scenes of cole reading archie comics after putting down the alan moore book
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A guy plagiarizes one season of a tv show and you people won't let it go.
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alansmithee posted:True Detective was formulaic. It just threw in a bunch of nonsense through the middle to pretend like there was something different and/or interesting going on. Also Rust Cohle was maybe the least realistic character I've ever seen in any show claiming to be a drama-he was essentially a parody of every tv anti-hero of the last 10 years or so. Idk the whole thing seemed like something written by a high school kid and what he thought would be cool. I will say I enjoyed the setting and thought it was wonderfully filmed, and Woody Harrelson seemed to do his best with a character that seemed designed to be little more than a sounding board for Mcconaughey's goofy monologues. Honestly I thought it would've worked better as a comedy. I kinda like True Detective but I also kinda agree with this.
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It's such a halfassed opinion. It's like agreeing with a horoscope.
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Just watched Parallels on netflix and wow what a good sci fi movie. It plays kind of like a tv show, and a tv show is hopefully in the works. I'd really like to see where they can take this story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyknfocH8t4
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I like True Detective but not nearly as much as some people seem to. The things it does well it doest really loving well but those things makes the times things play out exactly like you've seen in every other version this story and the times where it feels a bit repetitive all the worse. Still calling it bad seems inaccurate at best. Even if you didn't connect with it it's so well done on just a acting and technical level that you still can't really call it bad. As a side note I just want to mention I really did not like The Conspiracy. I've certainly seen worse found footage movies but that's more because I have seen some really impressively bad found footage movies. In general the use of real footage of people dying to back up it's fake conspiracy, even if it's rather common footage like 9/11, did not sit well with me. Even outside of that it just felt too close to what people actually believe when really it could have gone hog loving wild with it. Hell, it didn't even use the good stuff people actually believe. At least give me lizard people or something. Harminoff posted:wow what a good sci fi movie. It plays kind of like a tv show These two sentiments don't really go together all that well in my mind. axelblaze fucked around with this message at 04:40 on May 20, 2015 |
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Harminoff posted:Just watched Parallels on netflix and wow what a good sci fi movie. It plays kind of like a tv show, and a tv show is hopefully in the works. I'd really like to see where they can take this story. It was a pilot for a show that never took off. I had a feeling about that towards the end when it was clear none of the main characters was going to die. Serial sci-fi TV shows are huge on that "no main character is ever actually in mortal danger" thing, so it was a dead giveaway.
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axleblaze posted:I like True Detective but not nearly as much as some people seem to. The things it does well it doest really loving well but those things makes the times things play out exactly like you've seen in every other version this story and the times where it feels a bit repetitive all the worse. Still calling it bad seems inaccurate at best. Even if you didn't connect with it it's so well done on just a acting and technical level that you still can't really call it bad. I thought the acting was fine in True Detective, excepting Rust and since the whole show was so dominated by him it spoiled a lot of the other performances. Dude seemed like the mary sue project of a teen who just discovered Nietzsche. As I mentioned though the actual filming was great-everything looked amazing and from what everyone's said it was an "authentic" picture of the area. Really surprised so many people here disliked The Conspiracy. I've not really seen any negative reviews around, and although I'll fully admit it has problems I thought they did a decent job. And I actually liked that it was really close to what a lot of people believe, it gave it more of a "real" feeling rather than having totally bizarre. It also kinda reminded me a bit of Kill List, which I liked a lot too.
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BJPaskoff posted:It was a pilot for a show that never took off. I had a feeling about that towards the end when it was clear none of the main characters was going to die. Serial sci-fi TV shows are huge on that "no main character is ever actually in mortal danger" thing, so it was a dead giveaway. Someone really wanted to remake Sliders, but didn't want to do a remote control again. Too obvious. So how about a big ol' building instead?
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madpanda posted:I just watched V/H/S and it's sequel over the weekend. What else might I like in the found footage genre? Creep was one of my favourite films of last year and one of the best horror flicks i've seen in a while. Great use of the found footage thing. It was just announced that Netflix will be releasing it soon. Keep an eye out, the director's next has Adam Scott and Jason Schwartzman wearing prosthetic penis', so that may also count as horror if you happen to find any footage.
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So I just watched Toad Road and uh, drat. Hit way too close to home for me, but what a hypnotic film. It's been classified as "horror" but it's... really not at all. It has a somewhat similar aesthetic to Resolution but is much more grounded in reality, and also much more hosed up, at the same time. One thing is that I genuinely don't know if it would be nearly as effective to someone who has never taken LSD or mushrooms or any heavy psychedelic, because understanding how those drugs feel is extremely key to the "horror" the film presents. I also love the ending, and how completely loving ballsy of an ending it is. The film gives no way of knowing what was real past the first 30 minutes or so. Once they enter the woods, it's completely up in the air whether James coming out of the woods "months later" was just part of his trip or not. Even the last scene, with him waking up in the snow, isn't a definitive answer to that question - and even if it is, if the snow was meant to be the "seventh gate" and the whole section of him returning and Sara not returning was the sixth gate, the film doesn't show us what happens when you pass through the seventh gate, or if you even can. OK, now that I've written out all that, I guess it is a horror film, in the sense of being total existential horror.
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