X-O posted:The DVDs are as good as is available anywhere, plus there are tons of great extra materials. They explain in the little book with the Time-Life set that they tried to find the best sources available but sometimes they had less than ideal sources. There wasn't a lot of concern in saving them for the future back in the '80s. Oh, I totally get it. The idea of preserving media is pretty new. The DVD quality is acceptable to me, I'm just annoyed I have to go through a hassle and pay money to watch something that's ostensibly already on a service I pay for.
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Rhyno posted:Well, waaaaaay back when Netflix first started adding certain shows to their streaming catalog they often pulled whatever copies were handy. At one point the version of the original Transformers show they had up were the same copies that were available via Bit Torrent. It was kind of odd to watch an episode on Netflix and it had the same VHS distortion that the copy I'd priated had. Seriously? That doesn't really make sense if they had the licensing to show them, because I'm pretty sure DVD box sets of Transformers were around way before Netflix was.
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raditts posted:Seriously? That doesn't really make sense if they had the licensing to show them, because I'm pretty sure DVD box sets of Transformers were around way before Netflix was. It doesn't make any sense at all but it still happened!
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I don't think I've ever soured on a new series as quickly as American Gods.
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Just wanna say thanks all for recommending Patriot, it is a drat amazing show.
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Jim DiGriz posted:Just wanna say thanks all for recommending Patriot, it is a drat amazing show. Glad you're enjoying it.
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Snak posted:Glad you're enjoying it. I've also been humming the theme song for two days now. So glad it got a second season.
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I'm enjoying AMERICAN GODS more so far than I enjoyed the book, which I never particularly cared for to begin with. I know they're using impressive visuals to disguise the fact that they're moving things along really slowly, but I kind of don't care.
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Arist posted:I still like it a lot, haven't seen tonight's episode yet though Same. I think ive liked the last couple of episodes more than the pilot since the show seems to be finidng it's pace. Knowing the story I expect to like it more as the world takes shape in more than just weird images and odd people. I don't love it or anything but I'm enjoying the show.
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Does anyone ever binge watch multiple series at once? For example, you'd get a box set for two shows and alternate them? I've only ever picked one show and watched it the whole way through but my brother was telling me the other day how he switches it up and watches two shows at once four episodes of each (i.e. one disc of a DVD set) at a time. I'm curious if that's something people do because he's the only person I know who does it.
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May 21, 2017 21:21
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Wheat Loaf posted:Does anyone ever binge watch multiple series at once? For example, you'd get a box set for two shows and alternate them? I've only ever picked one show and watched it the whole way through but my brother was telling me the other day how he switches it up and watches two shows at once four episodes of each (i.e. one disc of a DVD set) at a time. I'm curious if that's something people do because he's the only person I know who does it. I'll switch. I don't really have it in me to go through a whole series at once so I'll usually do a few episodes at a time and then switch to something else. It's just personal preference.
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May 21, 2017 22:01
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I usually do a whole season or show. I only change up if I get bored or interrupted. I got interrupted in the middle of Patriot, then restarted where I left off a few times but I'm having trouble getting back into it. Same with Quarry.
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I usually have 2 or 3 I'm binging and I kind of switch back and forth to keep myself from burning out. If I'm deeply into a show and it's relatively short I'll just focus on it but if it's a longer run or doesn't have me totally engrossed I'll usually watch it in parts.
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I have like 8 shows I'm going through right now, but then I end up playing Zelda for 18 hours over a weekend and watch nothing.
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Wheat Loaf posted:Does anyone ever binge watch multiple series at once? For example, you'd get a box set for two shows and alternate them? I've only ever picked one show and watched it the whole way through but my brother was telling me the other day how he switches it up and watches two shows at once four episodes of each (i.e. one disc of a DVD set) at a time. I'm curious if that's something people do because he's the only person I know who does it. I'm binging Supernatural finally but still watching all my regular shows every 2 or 3 episodes.
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May 22, 2017 01:29
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Rhyno posted:I'm binging Supernatural finally but still watching all my regular shows every 2 or 3 episodes. Oh, I don't mean having one series you're binging while you're watching current ongoing shows at the same time; I mean when you're binging more than one series - not ones you're following week to week - at once.
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Jim DiGriz posted:Just wanna say thanks all for recommending Patriot, it is a drat amazing show. It really is. I started my fourth rewatch of it last night. I haven't even watched season 1 of Rectify that many times. Also, props on the Stainless Steel Rat name 
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May 22, 2017 01:42
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Wheat Loaf posted:Oh, I don't mean having one series you're binging while you're watching current ongoing shows at the same time; I mean when you're binging more than one series - not ones you're following week to week - at once. Ahhh. I tend to focus on just one binge at a time.
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Same here. I have a lot of shows I watch when they're new, but I generally stick to one show to watch it it's existing. Right now I'm going through The Americans finally, so that will keep me occupied for a while. I guess the only exception would be when Netflix dumps a new show - I took time to watch Master of None. But that's true binging where my Americans watch is an episode every few days
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Mu Zeta posted:The fight choreography is also notably brutal from what I remember. It's significantly better than most shows. It's not like Spartacus or anything but still. This is more campy than brutal, but the moment in Season 1 where Nikita goes Kratos justifies the entire season.
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It's also nice to watch a 40 kilo woman beat up special forces mooks.
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Paracaidas posted:This is more campy than brutal, but the moment in Season 1 where Nikita goes Kratos justifies the entire season. Yeah, that's the episode where the entire show just jumps up a notch. The fights are just much better from that point out. Open Source Idiom fucked around with this message at 03:45 on May 22, 2017 |
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May 22, 2017 03:41
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I don't know what I expected from Twin Peaks, but it wasn't that.
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Arist posted:I don't know what I expected from Twin Peaks, but it wasn't that. Good or bad? I didn't realize it was starting tonight until I saw an ad on my kindle.
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I didn't dislike it, but trying to grade it against other television, especially old Twin Peaks, is pretty much impossible. Let's just say it's clear Lynch had free loving license to do whatever he wanted.
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Ugh I completely forgot Twin Peaks was back. I still have to make it through half of season 2 and then the movies.
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Just caught up with Outcast, enjoying it, but the central mystery is an itch I really want to scratch. Has anyone read the comic or spoiled themselves? Was it worth it and how did it affect your enjoyment of the show? I'm trying not to spoil myself, but finding it difficult not to.
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Josh Lyman posted:Ugh I completely forgot Twin Peaks was back. I still have to make it through half of season 2 and then the movies. I remember giving up on the show mid-season 2 back in the days so I'm actually just jumping ahead. Doesn't really seem necessary to watch the part that everyone agrees was really bad.
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-Blackadder- posted:Just caught up with Outcast, enjoying it, but the central mystery is an itch I really want to scratch. Has anyone read the comic or spoiled themselves? Was it worth it and how did it affect your enjoyment of the show? I'm trying not to spoil myself, but finding it difficult not to. There are comics? I was hoping the Kirkster had come up with some gold just for TV.
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Wheat Loaf posted:Does anyone ever binge watch multiple series at once? For example, you'd get a box set for two shows and alternate them? I've only ever picked one show and watched it the whole way through but my brother was telling me the other day how he switches it up and watches two shows at once four episodes of each (i.e. one disc of a DVD set) at a time. I'm curious if that's something people do because he's the only person I know who does it. I've done that with two different seasons of The West Wing.
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Switch off episodes of Vikings and The Last Kingdom and things get really confusing.
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Arist posted:I didn't dislike it, but trying to grade it against other television, especially old Twin Peaks, is pretty much impossible. People joked about how this would be "an 18 hour Lynch film" and so far that is extremely accurate.
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precision posted:It really is. I started my fourth rewatch of it last night. I haven't even watched season 1 of Rectify that many times. I had to look it up - it came out this February. Don't you just know it by heart by now? precision posted:Also, props on the Stainless Steel Rat name Since Burn Notice I've been wishing for an SSR series with Jeffrey Donovan (Mike was as close as DiGriz as could be, except for the whole crime part). Maybe somebody up there finds one of the books before peak TV crumbles (if ever).
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Jim DiGriz posted:I've also been humming the theme song for two days now. So glad it got a second season. If you haven't done so, you should really look up Vashti Bunyan's story. It's kind of amazing and cool.
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MiddleOne posted:I remember giving up on the show mid-season 2 back in the days so I'm actually just jumping ahead. Doesn't really seem necessary to watch the part that everyone agrees was really bad. Probably a bit late for this but skip to the last two episodes of S2 and then the movie, both seem integral to the new one.
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Preacher Season 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkuZjswJnV8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziF6gvIGC3g
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Norwegian Rudo posted:If you haven't done so, you should really look up Vashti Bunyan's story. It's kind of amazing and cool. Huh, it is. Gonna listen to the album as a whole someday, when I can spare the attention.
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Season 3 of 12 Monkeys was 110% pure filth. The kind of filth that gets stuck under your fingernails after cleaning out a dirty gutter. It will work it's way inside any open wound and infect you with it's sickness and filthiness. You will become ill with 12 Monkeys Fever. Needless to say, if you were on the fence about watching it, you need to watch it.
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