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These days a character like that would be a lovely strawman or something the writer wants to make fun of, it's good that Nomi is a positive character. There's nuance to her character even if the surface details are a little cliched. Too bad there's no nuance to the acting.
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Holy gently caress Would You Rather is bad. The acting and script are right up there with a Lifetime original.
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NESguerilla posted:Holy gently caress Would You Rather is bad. The acting and script are right up there with a Lifetime original. Yeah. Yeeeeeah. It's unfortunate. cat doter posted:These days a character like that would be a lovely strawman or something the writer wants to make fun of, it's good that Nomi is a positive character. There's nuance to her character even if the surface details are a little cliched. Too bad there's no nuance to the acting. After the interview she did on Inside Amy Schumer, I'm convinced they should have just hired Bailey Jay for that role.
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Jun 8, 2015 00:11
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Probably doesn't help that I just watched Cheap Thrills which is basically the same movie only substantially better in every way.
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Jun 8, 2015 00:15
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precision posted:After the interview she did on Inside Amy Schumer, I'm convinced they should have just hired Bailey Jay for that role. Bailey Jay is fine as Hell.
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Jun 8, 2015 00:16
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cat doter posted:Sometimes we ask writers to reel stuff in, not because it's too crazy or unbelievable, but because reality can be uncomfortable. The response to Silicon Valley demonstrates this in spades.
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Jun 8, 2015 00:17
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I dug Would You Rather, but it has at least two actors that I'll watch in literally anything (Jeffery Combs and Robb Wells), so I dunno.
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computer parts posted:The response to Silicon Valley demonstrates this in spades. And stuff like rape in Game of Thrones.
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Jun 8, 2015 00:22
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I just got through the Sense8 episode with the 4 non-blonde's singalong and it was adorable, favorite scene in the show so far.
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Jun 8, 2015 00:29
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That Works posted:I just got through the Sense8 episode with the 4 non-blonde's singalong and it was adorable, favorite scene in the show so far. I once lived with someone that would play that song several times a day and now I can't loving stand it. I'm sure unsullied that scene is great fun but for me it was nails down a chalkboard.
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Jun 8, 2015 00:36
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Don't bother with Hits David Cross movie, I had such high hopes but it just didn't deliver.
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Jun 8, 2015 02:19
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Raskolnikov2089 posted:Don't bother with Hits I had the same experience today. The cast looked good, but it was so unfunny and dull I couldn't finish it.
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Jun 8, 2015 02:28
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Yea Hits should have been great by everything on paper but...nope.
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Jun 8, 2015 04:55
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Hits is mostly just boring. On the Road is up, the one with Sam Riley and Kristen Stewart. It's not as bad as it could have been, it's totally watchable. If nothing else, it's good looking and the music is alright. And it mercifully doesn't have a ton of hep Beat poetry voiceover like every other Kerouac-related film does.
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Jun 8, 2015 15:59
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HEY TURBOFUCKS THE LOST BOYS IS ON INSTANT NOW AND ALSO MORTAL KOMBAT STICK THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT
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Edminster posted:AND ALSO MORTAL KOMBAT Hell yeah, I've been meaning to watch this one for awhile.
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Jun 8, 2015 18:39
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NESguerilla posted:Probably doesn't help that I just watched Cheap Thrills which is basically the same movie only substantially better in every way. I thought Would You Rather was decent but a little corny. Then I watched Cheap Thrills and it makes Would You Rather seem like a kiddie movie. Really well done, but man was it mean. Kinda reminded me of 13 Sins. It's on Amazon Prime currently
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I just stumbled upon We the Economy on Netflix. It is a simple, but entertaining series that has around 20 brief episodes, each focusing on different economic ideas. The episodes have different directors and there are a multitude of celebrities and economic academics that show up throughout.
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Jun 8, 2015 21:27
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The Great Escape must have been recently added on Netflix, and if you've never seen it, make sure to check it out! It's one of my favorite films ever and is a very accurate retelling of an Allied escape from a German POW camp in World War II starring Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, and James Garner.
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Jun 9, 2015 00:25
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The Roosevelts: An Intimate History is getting pulled from Amazon Prime in 6 days, so if you've got the urge to watch a recent 6-part, 12-hour Ken Burns' documentary about Teddy, Franklin, Eleanor et al., you should jump on that. I'm only now getting around to it and enjoying it. Tons of various aspects of American history as well.
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Hubbardologist posted:The Roosevelts: An Intimate History is getting pulled from Amazon Prime in 6 days, so if you've got the urge to watch a recent 6-part, 12-hour Ken Burns' documentary about Teddy, Franklin, Eleanor et al., you should jump on that. I'm only now getting around to it and enjoying it. Tons of various aspects of American history as well. Ken Burns is my poo poo
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Aw, I liked Hits. It's disappointing to see people hating it. Speaking of movies I saw at Sundance and haven't heard from again until they popped up on Netflix, Killers appears to be up and I quite like that movie. It's by the guy who did the cult segment in V/H/S/2 that isn't Gareth Evans. If you like I Saw the Devil it kind of scratches that same itch (though I actually liked Killers more). I do feel I should mention the person that saw it with me loving hated it but your results may vary. Also, I've been behind on this thread but is there any word why all the Comedy Central stuff seems to have been taken off of Prime. I was in the middle of watching stuff and want to know if it's gonna come back anytime soon or if I shoudl seek alterate methods of watching this stuff. A quick google search did not enlighten me about any of this.
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axleblaze posted:Also, I've been behind on this thread but is there any word why all the Comedy Central stuff seems to have been taken off of Prime. I was in the middle of watching stuff and want to know if it's gonna come back anytime soon or if I shoudl seek alterate methods of watching this stuff. A quick google search did not enlighten me about any of this. It's almost exactly two years since they agreed to a deal, so it probably just expired.
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axleblaze posted:Aw, I liked Hits. It's disappointing to see people hating it. It was not a great movie, but the final scene somewhat made up for its faults. Also the number of cameos and bit parts. But yeah Cross was not a very capable director.
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morestuff posted:It's almost exactly two years since they agreed to a deal, so it probably just expired. It just feels like someone, somewhere would mention that. There was mo indication at all this stuff was going way so it's just kind of annoying. Netflix gets poo poo for only warning like a month in advance and every time it loses anything the internet seems to throw a small fit so it's obnoxious that prime lost a huge amount if their content with no indication anywhere. Ah well, I guess that's one advantage to having a streaming service that isn't actually that popular. After writing all that I'm now just waiting for it to be revealed the error is on my end or everything is actually back up.
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axleblaze posted:It just feels like someone, somewhere would mention that. There was mo indication at all this stuff was going way so it's just kind of annoying. Netflix gets poo poo for only warning like a month in advance and every time it loses anything the internet seems to throw a small fit so it's obnoxious that prime lost a huge amount if their content with no indication anywhere. Ah well, I guess that's one advantage to having a streaming service that isn't actually that popular. It wasn't when I checked. Hulu's still got everything, though.
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Sand Monster posted:The Great Escape must have been recently added on Netflix, and if you've never seen it, make sure to check it out! It's one of my favorite films ever and is a very accurate retelling of an Allied escape from a German POW camp in World War II starring Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, and James Garner. It's fantastic but I'm not sure how accurate it is...
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Yeah, a ton of Viacom poo poo seems missing from Prime for me, not just Comedy Central.
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Now you can follow along with Capheus on Sense8! The show feels like they tries very hard to get a broad swath of cultures and then attempted to represent them as much as the wachowskis can understand them, but Nomi is pretty alright if for no other fact than it is kind of novel to not have the hacker be an adorkable chick or insufferable pencil neck geek. A lot of the Mexican stuff is pretty ridiculous stereotyping from some white folks, as well. The later stuff in India is pretty clumsy, why was there full male frontal for one person only in the entire season? And at the end of the season I was left scratching my head on a few things like (Capheus) how and when did the Superpowers gang nab the big drug kingpin guy? Didn't that dude have bodyguards and helicopters and poo poo? The gang had like 2 trucks and some guns. I was so surprised that guy was tied up there, that I mistook him for the dude who got his hands cut off a few episodes earlier. Ideally enjoyed how low budget the first few episodes are, a lot of the backdrops are so clearly bad greensceeen that it's hilarious. And the orgy scene had me in tears. I can't wait until people get to the final few episodes and I get to hear what they think of the 9-way flashback birth coyo7e fucked around with this message at 06:15 on Jun 9, 2015 |
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The last few episodes are really something, I didn't expect to see full in view shots of women's vaginas as they're giving birth, including a full birthing scene with a vagina in frame but my reaction wasn't quite as visceral as I thought it might be, turns out it's no more graphic than some of the stuff that gets shown on TV, there's just a weird taboo about it. Naked bits and whatnot. Ew gross! I haven't had the experience of witnessing it irl but I assume even what was shown here was tame in comparison to the real thing. Anyway, after finishing the first season I'm giving the show a tentative thumbs up but I might stew on it a while and come out with a completely different opinion. But for now, I like it, it's flawed and unsubtle and self indulgent, but there's heart here. It's not a pretentious shitfest like the latter Matrix movies, it's not just a weird stupid clusterfuck like...everything else the Wachowskis have made. It is a bit weird, it is a bit stupid, but it's sincere and that counts for something.
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cat doter posted:The last few episodes are really something, I didn't expect to see full in view shots of women's vaginas as they're giving birth, including a full birthing scene with a vagina in frame but my reaction wasn't quite as visceral as I thought it might be, turns out it's no more graphic than some of the stuff that gets shown on TV, there's just a weird taboo about it. Naked bits and whatnot. Ew gross! I haven't had the experience of witnessing it irl but I assume even what was shown here was tame in comparison to the real thing. 
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coyo7e posted:Showing it 8 or 9 times was a little excessive though. After three or four I was like okay I get it.. And it kept going and going and going.. How do you know their origins if you don't literally see each one of yhem coming out of a vagina?!?!?! Frankly, that lack of origin story is what ruined my immersion when I watched Band of brothers.
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Hits is very watchable if you like stuff like World's Greatest Dad or God Bless America.
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fenix down posted:Hits is very watchable if you like stuff like World's Greatest Dad or God Bless America. That's a bad comparison, because World's Greatest Dad is pretty good and God Bless America blows.
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I feel Hits is the movie God Bless America should have been.
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coyo7e posted:He is totally the best character. Yeah Capheus is easily my favorite by the end of the season. He's just so VAN drat cool and also felt like the most "real" character (though Wolfgang and his brother were also very "real" feeling). That flashback scene was excessive but not as bad as the 4 Non Blondes scene
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X-Ray Pecs posted:That's a bad comparison, because World's Greatest Dad is pretty good and God Bless America blows. Truth. Hits was a mess. So many plot threads introduced and dropped moments later. I get the feeling David Cross just didn't know how to say "no" to his zany friends, who all had ideas about where they were going to take their characters, none of which panned out.. You'll watch it and sit there telling yourself "It's just warming up, it will get better any minute now". It never does. Raskolnikov2089 fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Jun 9, 2015 |
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Mexican actor dude's birth scene was the best by far, the father clutching his heart by the mother's bedside, obvsiouly suffering.precision posted:Yeah Capheus is easily my favorite by the end of the season. He's just so VAN drat cool and also felt like the most "real" character (though Wolfgang and his brother were also very "real" feeling). And gently caress you, I like 90's pop songs, I think I saw 4 Non Blondes first time, live while watching MTV Beach House. I know I saw them on Beavis and Butthead.. Not my fault you're a broken human being, I was singing along during that whole scene! 
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coyo7e posted:Mexican actor dude's birth scene was the best by far, the father clutching his heart by the mother's bedside, obvsiouly suffering. "I can't drive"  "I can!" 
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:"I can't drive" That owned. And yeah Capheus is boss like said above, everytime he shows up he's like "how cool is this poo poo guys?"
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