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K. Waste posted:Also, on Netflix I just checked out the absurdly kinda schmaltzy and stupid, but nonetheless really beautifully shot and rather well-acted Sean Bean star-vehicle Drone, and I dig it. Soft recommend. well that was loving sad. i didn't hate it tho
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Why exactly do people hate Elysium so much? It's not a movie I really feel like championing because I watched it once and I've forgot half of it, but I remember really enjoying it and not understanding why it got panned to the degree it did. I definetly think both it and Chappie are better than district 9.
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Nov 4, 2017 07:42
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veni veni veni posted:Why exactly do people hate Elysium so much? It's not a movie I really feel like championing because I watched it once and I've forgot half of it, but I remember really enjoying it and not understanding why it got panned to the degree it did. I think watching it and forgetting most of it is probably a good reason people hate it.
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Nov 4, 2017 07:43
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I watched it like 5-6 years ago. I'd say that about most movies I haven't revisited. I don't love it or anything I just remember thinking it was way better than the low expectations I had. Then again Chappie was the same deal. Everyone made it sound so loving horrible it took me a year to get around to watching it and I ended up thinking it was pretty good.
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Nov 4, 2017 07:52
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Yeah people/goons love to exaggerate how bad everything is. Like, come on, these are competently made films, it's okay to say "they're not great" instead of "I HATED IT"
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Nov 4, 2017 09:35
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K. Waste posted:I like their music and they're good in Chappie, but Ninja comes off as a tosser. Yo-Landi is the good parent.
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Nov 4, 2017 15:22
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Steve Yun posted:I never really thought the murder mystery was the point of the movie though. My main takeaway from the movie was that the "good guys" aren't good and that people will use any flimsy excuse (including the law) to justify their enjoyment of violence. The Hangman says that if an executioner derives any pleasure from killing, it no longer resembles justice and becomes mob justice. By the end of the film, Jackson and Goggins are laughing to themselves as they hang Leigh. That's a fair point. It was sold to me as a murder mystery, so maybe that's why I was let down.
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Nov 4, 2017 17:03
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veni veni veni posted:Why exactly do people hate Elysium so much? It's not a movie I really feel like championing because I watched it once and I've forgot half of it, but I remember really enjoying it and not understanding why it got panned to the degree it did. it's not sufficiently ashamed of its politics
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Nov 4, 2017 17:12
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Yeah the marketing definitely sold it that way, but that's par for the course with Tarantino movies. There's always something deep going on but they're always sold as gritty action flicks
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Nov 4, 2017 17:15
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Free Fire is on Prime now. From the director of goon favorite Kill List and High Rise. Stars Cillian Murphy, Sam Riley, Brie Larson. Very, very good movie, though far more "conventional" than his others.
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Nov 5, 2017 01:49
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I feel like the really heightened debate about healthcare was in full swing in America when Elysium came out, and the whole "free infinite medicine for everyone" plot point in the movie came off initially as a childish "look how DUMB and EVIL those republicans are!!!" kind of statement. I don't think it actually functioned as such a direct and obvious statement, but my kneejerk reaction felt that way.
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Nov 5, 2017 01:58
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So you're saying Elysium has actually aged incredibly well, given recent developments?
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Nov 5, 2017 02:19
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Martman posted:I feel like the really heightened debate about healthcare was in full swing in America when Elysium came out, and the whole "free infinite medicine for everyone" plot point in the movie came off initially as a childish "look how DUMB and EVIL those republicans are!!!" kind of statement. I don't think it actually functioned as such a direct and obvious statement, but my kneejerk reaction felt that way. Who's got egg on their face now?
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Nov 5, 2017 04:00
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Yo-Landi is the good parent. I meant in real life, but, then again, most rappers strike me as kinda being tossers. And whether in the movie or not, Yo-Landi seems cooler if only because isn't not the frontman-and-also-hypeman talking poo poo all the time.
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Nov 5, 2017 04:11
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K. Waste posted:I meant in real life, but, then again, most rappers strike me as kinda being tossers. And whether in the movie or not, Yo-Landi seems cooler if only because isn't not the frontman-and-also-hypeman talking poo poo all the time. I feel like Ninja being an obvious tosser is part of the charm.
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Nov 5, 2017 04:30
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married but discreet posted:I feel like Ninja being an obvious tosser is part of the charm. Well, yeah, I'm not saying he should stop.
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Nov 5, 2017 04:36
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precision posted:Free Fire is on Prime now. From the director of goon favorite Kill List and High Rise. Stars Cillian Murphy, Sam Riley, Brie Larson. Very, very good movie, though far more "conventional" than his others. I despise Kill List with every last fibre of my being. I hated it and that bullshit ending so much that I ranted about it for months to anyone that would listen. Long story short I actually kind of respect the movie now because at least it made me feel something. I want to die.
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Nov 5, 2017 04:47
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Martman posted:I feel like the really heightened debate about healthcare was in full swing in America when Elysium came out, and the whole "free infinite medicine for everyone" plot point in the movie came off initially as a childish "look how DUMB and EVIL those republicans are!!!" kind of statement. I don't think it actually functioned as such a direct and obvious statement, but my kneejerk reaction felt that way. Elysium, as I'm sure everyone knows, came out during the big occupy Wallstreet/Down with the 1%. When it released I gave it a big eyeroll for being an over-the-top Matt Damon political movie, but honestly it may end up being one of the more prescient science fiction flicks.
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Nov 5, 2017 04:48
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I enjoyed Chappie, but the consciousness transfer stuff seemed quickly pulled out of thin air.
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Lycus posted:I enjoyed Chappie, but the consciousness transfer stuff seemed quickly pulled out of thin air. Would you say it's a deus ex machina?
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Nov 5, 2017 05:50
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So I was just browsing amazon instant video and saw that a bunch of old game shows from the late 70’s and early 80’s were added. Some highlights include Match Game, Family Fued, Card Sharks and Press Your Luck.
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Nov 5, 2017 16:44
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Rad Valtar posted:So I was just browsing amazon instant video and saw that a bunch of old game shows from the late 70’s and early 80’s were added. Some highlights include Match Game, Family Fued, Card Sharks and Press Your Luck. Oh man, I'm gonna have to watch some family feud. That show is some perfect background noise.
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Rad Valtar posted:So I was just browsing amazon instant video and saw that a bunch of old game shows from the late 70’s and early 80’s were added. Some highlights include Match Game, Family Fued, Card Sharks and Press Your Luck. I watched a little bit of the match game and it's pretty gross.
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Nov 5, 2017 17:48
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I watched a dumb horror movie on Amazon Prime night called Crush The Skull. It started off poorly acted in a bad way, then leaned in to the comedy and ended up poorly acted in a good way. I recommend it. The last scene ended brilliantly, too.
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Nov 5, 2017 18:11
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I watched the Amazon Original The Wall yesterday. I thought it was pretty good and it had to be cheap to make with only 2 actors, a voice actor and about 3 minutes of extras, also John Cena was only in like a third of the movie which was a let down for a pro graps fan such as myself. I liked the ending though, kind of like the ending to a horror movie.
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Nov 5, 2017 18:43
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The Wall rules, definitely one of this year's most underrated gems
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Nov 5, 2017 19:24
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Finally getting around to Generation Kill and this show is fuckin awesome. In absence of the Deuce, next up, Treme.
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Nov 5, 2017 21:04
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I don't really have an opinion on Die Antwoord, but I can respect Ninja's commitment to playing a real tosser for the sake of the brand.  It's definitely working.
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Jack's Flow posted:I don't really have an opinion on Die Antwoord, but I can respect Ninja's commitment to playing a real tosser for the sake of the brand. So that's not a photo of Silas Weir Mitchell?
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Nov 5, 2017 21:44
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Rad Valtar posted:So I was just browsing amazon instant video and saw that a bunch of old game shows from the late 70’s and early 80’s were added. Some highlights include Match Game, Family Fued, Card Sharks and Press Your Luck. O hell yeah
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Watched Southbound on Amazon Prime the other day and was a pretty decent find among all of the garbage horror movies streaming on various services. Has anyone watched a series called Lore on Prime? Looks interesting.
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Mammal Sauce posted:Watched Southbound on Amazon Prime the other day and was a pretty decent find among all of the garbage horror movies streaming on various services. Previews looked interesting, but the first episode at least was a subpar 'these events have been dramatized' documentary.
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Nov 5, 2017 22:16
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Mammal Sauce posted:Has anyone watched a series called Lore on Prime? Looks interesting. It's a mediocre show based on a bad podcast.
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Nov 5, 2017 22:53
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Rad Valtar posted:So I was just browsing amazon instant video and saw that a bunch of old game shows from the late 70’s and early 80’s were added. Some highlights include Match Game, Family Fued, Card Sharks and Press Your Luck. Match Game PM (which is what the ones added are, I think) is incredible because everyone is blind drunk and not even hiding it. Any episode with both Charles Nelson Reilly and Richard Dawson is just pure pleasure, Dawson keeps trying to dunk on him for being gay and Reilly dunks back as only a truly catty queen can.
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Steve Yun posted:Is that on desktop? Yeah, it's from the main page. Interesting that they took a different route with mobile.
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Elysium isn't bad its just too long and Damon's character motivations are both too developed and still shallow. He should have been a revolutionary who goes a lil 'falling down' on the space people. It wasn't about healthcare, it was about false scarcity
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Nov 6, 2017 00:26
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I"ve seen that tracking-glitch title card before. Netflix chooses title cards based on what it thinks you'd like. So, if you like guns, the title card will have any gun scenes they have available shown. If you're more of an interpersonal battle-of-wits watcher, they'll show courtroom or office scenes. Physical action? A lot of punches and action shots. My current one still has Spacey on it. Though I don't doubt they've removed or altered the occurrence of his face on a bunch of them.
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:Previews looked interesting, but the first episode at least was a subpar 'these events have been dramatized' documentary. Franchescanado posted:It's a mediocre show based on a bad podcast. Ah...thanks. I think I'll skip it.
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