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Sing was a pretty charming little movie. Didn't quite have the draw of a Pixar or Disney movie, but it was better than I thought it'd be. Their cover of Elton John's "I'm Still Standing" was really good.
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Joey Freshwater posted:Maybe I'm missing something but it's a bad comparison. Every sci-fi series is compared to BSG '04, and every criminal enterprise series is compared to BB.
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Rolo posted:Sing was a pretty charming little movie. Didn't quite have the draw of a Pixar or Disney movie, but it was better than I thought it'd be. It was a lot more charming than I thought it would be. I just watched all of Atypical. There were some really good performances but also some noticeably pretty shots and really good audio cues. It's just really good, imo, is what I'm saying.
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I'm watching Atypical now, on the second episode. It's really good. edit; got halfway through episode 5 and it's still really good. The main character reminds me of Justin Long. wormil has a new favorite as of 05:44 on Aug 19, 2017 |
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wormil posted:Every sci-fi series is compared to BSG '04, and every criminal enterprise series is compared to BB. my first username on this comedy website was JustFrakkingDoIt (from BSG: Razor) I never finished BSG though never finished Lost never finished Deadwood never Finnish
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Hey I'm Finnish you rear end in a top hat.
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Field Mousepad posted:Hey I'm Finnish you rear end in a top hat. You and Jerry Cotton have much to be proud about https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWuyrlXI7nA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4
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syscall girl posted:my first username on this comedy website was JustFrakkingDoIt (from BSG: Razor) I have 15 episodes of BSG left and it's a slog. Ever since the reveal of the four Cylons, it's just so bad.
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Boywhiz88 posted:I have 15 episodes of BSG left and it's a slog. Ever since the reveal of the four Cylons, it's just so bad. Don't finish it If you have gotten this far https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMzJEJTaScI stop
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Boywhiz88 posted:I have 15 episodes of BSG left and it's a slog. Ever since the reveal of the four Cylons, it's just so bad. Wait til you find out who the fifth cylon is
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Groupon has a free 45-day trial of the Hulu Limited Commercials plan. If I have a smart Blu-Ray player with the Hulu Plus app, could I use that to play from this trial plan?
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syscall girl posted:my first username on this comedy website was JustFrakkingDoIt (from BSG: Razor) I can understand BSG but why not finish Lost? The finale was one of the best. Speaking of Lost I've been rewatching it with my daughter who has never seen it and it is a lot better the 2nd time through. Lots of things I missed the first time around -- well not missed exactly but didn't know would be important later. The plot is still what it is but the show does so many other things well, like character building, that the weak plot isn't a serious detriment. I've discovered that I can shut away my knowledge of what happens (mostly) and comment as if I've never seen it which makes it more fun for her. She guessed the ending back in S2 (which in fairness they give so many clues it isn't a stretch) but the show throws out so many red herrings that she gave up on the idea.
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Wilford Cutlery posted:Groupon has a free 45-day trial of the Hulu Limited Commercials plan. If I have a smart Blu-Ray player with the Hulu Plus app, could I use that to play from this trial plan? If it's free why don't you just try it? With all these services, you never know how well it's actually going to work on your device without actually testing it.
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wormil posted:I can understand BSG but why not finish Lost? The finale was one of the best. I caught the cracked.com write-up (or maybe it was the SA frontpage? Zack or Lowtax?) of the Lost finale and then didn't feel compelled to watch it I guess.
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wormil posted:I can understand BSG but why not finish Lost? The finale was one of the best. The ending wasn't they were dead the whole time though
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Len posted:The ending wasn't they were dead the whole time though
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John Big Booty posted:That would have been an improvement. I can't argue that. But I don't know how anyone could guess "lived the rest of their life some off the island some on the island until they died and went to a communal afterlife"
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Len posted:But I don't know how anyone could guess ... Interesting, I didn't realize the "it's real" thing had become official. (I found Cuse' interview) When the finale originally aired I interpreted it as they died and everything happened in something like purgatory through which they had to pass until their souls were cleansed and they could go on to the happy place. It was all real -- that's just stupid. Are we sure that wasn't just some cop out bullshit because they didn't want people attacking them because their religion was offended? Verhoeven did something like that with Starship Troopers when people kept saying it was promoting fascism and later said it was only to get people off his back. In any case, it was still a much better ending than BSG. VVVVVVVVVVVV edit; Patriot is fantastic VVVVVVVVVVVVVVV wormil has a new favorite as of 03:05 on Aug 21, 2017 |
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Patriot on Prime was an amazing surprise. Glad I gave it a shot after trying to watch the way too heavy handed Last Tycoon.
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I had completely ignored Norsemen until someone mentioned it's a comedy. It's basically the Office but with Vikings. It is brutal, almost cartoonish level of violence and dry, deadpan humor. I really recommend trying it out.
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Norsemen is great, comedy with set pieces that exceeds Vikings, and I couldn't help but think of Micheal Scott watching the chieftains brother
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a sexual elk posted:Norsemen is great, comedy with set pieces that exceeds Vikings, and I couldn't help but think of Micheal Scott watching the chieftains brother I would describe it as, Dry, almost Monty pythonish.
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The Good Place is on Netflix and is like Lost but better and funny.
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jeremiah johnson posted:I would describe it as, Dry, almost Monty pythonish. Wide net haha
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I shotgunned Amazon's The Tick today. I really really enjoyed it and laughed outloud pretty often. I'm trying to be objective and say it's really good on it's own merits but I'm also heavily nostalgic for the tick so somebody else should back me up on this.
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Did you like the pilot episode? I love the tick and really want to love this show but for me the pilot was pretty meh. I'm hoping the humor ramped up. Unrelated but I started watching Norsemen from thread's recommendation and love it! The description doesn't give comedy vibe at all so I would have never watched it otherwise. Thanks!
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I did enjoy it, but the best parts of the pilot episode were the bits with the tick in it, and he was only present maybe 20% of the time in the pilot. In the rest of the season it's more like 75-80% as the show gets into the swing of it.
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Cool, ill give it a chance. Thanks for the detailed reply.
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The Tick on Amazon was pretty good, but kinda ended too soon. It captured the feel of the original better than the tv show that was out a decade or so ago.
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theflyingexecutive posted:The Good Place is on Netflix and is like Lost but better and funny. Seconded. This show is extremely well done.
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I love The Good Place but didn't really care for the S1 ending and twist. And after watching the S2 preview it's going to be S1 all over again.
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wormil posted:I love The Good Place but didn't really care for the S1 ending and twist. And after watching the S2 preview it's going to be S1 all over again. Isn't that the point?
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Turned On on Netflix is pretty great - it's a series of documentaries focused on the subject of relationships/sex vs current technology. But the 5th episode is something else - an Australian guy falls in love with a camgirl from the US that he has had an online 'relationship' with for 4 years. He pays for her ticket so that she can meet him in Australia and it goes as well as you would expect. drat, that was hard to watch.
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Jummy posted:Isn't that the point? Maybe at the end of S2 she will wake up and it will all have been a dream.
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wormil posted:Maybe at the end of S2 she will wake up and it will all have been a dream. or an Ebeneezer Scrooge thing. The Tick was pretty good but I guess they didn't release all the episodes, so that's a littlw annoying. The tone and the characters of each one (cartoon, 2001 live action, current) has been so different that if you liked one of them, it's not guaranteed you will like any of the others.
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I thought The Tick could have used a little more Tick and a little less Arthur, especially early on, but it made me laugh a lot and few shows do.
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[quote="“jodai”" post="“475838116”"] or an Ebeneezer Scrooge thing. The Tick was pretty good but I guess they didn’t release all the episodes, so that’s a littlw annoying. The tone and the characters of each one (cartoon, 2001 live action, current) has been so different that if you liked one of them, it’s not guaranteed you will like any of the others. [/quote] You’re ignoring the fact that there are also like 5 comic versions of The Tick. Consistency between iterations is antithetical to the series (singular and plural). I like to think that it’s a meta-commentary on the comics industry as a whole, but that’s just my read on it. The Edlund comics are great, at least.
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If you have Hulu: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is available. It's... nothing like the book at all but the cast is very charming and have a good mix of comedy and horror.
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Grassy Knowles posted:You’re ignoring the fact that there are also like 5 comic versions of The Tick. Consistency between iterations is antithetical to the series (singular and plural). I like to think that it’s a meta-commentary on the comics industry as a whole, but that’s just my read on it. The Edlund comics are great, at least. I forgot to mention I've never read a Tick comic. I bet they're very good, I've just never got around to it. I like that theory, though.
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