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Unzip and Attack posted:I watched the first few episodes of Justified and it just didn't click for me. Seemed way too, I don't know, PG-13? Does it improve as the series progresses? Considerably, yeah. The first few episodes feel kind of cheap. I think the fourth is where it starts to actually feel like Justified.
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Unzip and Attack posted:I watched the first few episodes of Justified and it just didn't click for me. Seemed way too, I don't know, PG-13? Does it improve as the series progresses? Very much so
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Justified does that thing that so many shows have done where it mistakenly thinks it needs to be a procedural with individual stories told and wrapped up every episode. Once it drops that, the quality like immediately shoots straight up and stays that way.
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Section 9 posted:Just watched Tall Men on Amazon Prime. From the cover it looked like a Slenderman knock-off movie, so I had low expectations, but it had a couple good reviews so why not. At first I thought you were talking about The Tall Man, which is legitimately a great movie.
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Tale of Tales was insane
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justified is by far the best of the "new-ish wave of cable serialized action dramas" if only because walton goggins makes everything he touches better. also this guy: ![]() HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:At first I thought you were talking about The Tall Man, which is legitimately a great movie. this movie is insanely underrated and i thought he was talking about it, too.
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Parachute posted:this movie is insanely underrated and i thought he was talking about it, too. Yeah, I'm not being sarcastic or anything when I say it's a great movie. I was expecting passable Blue Thriller action but it really stands out.
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Mammal Sauce posted:So, I never thought I'd make this request, but what are some good police procedurals that are streaming on Netflix, Hulu or Prime? Twin Peaks ![]()
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:At first I thought you were talking about The Tall Man, which is legitimately a great movie. Wait, that's what I thought too. Now I'm just confused!
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Mammal Sauce posted:So, I never thought I'd make this request, but what are some good police procedurals that are streaming on Netflix, Hulu or Prime?
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Mammal Sauce posted:So, I never thought I'd make this request, but what are some good police procedurals that are streaming on Netflix, Hulu or Prime? I am rewatching NYPD blue while finishing up paternity leave and I am enjoying it. And I am a huge fan of the wire and those other shows and I think it holds up pretty well. All the episodes are on Hulu
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Parachute posted:. Great example of a cockroach character.
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Lycus posted:Great example of a cockroach character. he and varys from GoT are the perfect archetypes of this
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Parachute posted:he and varys from GoT are the perfect archetypes of this Also Cigarette Smoking Man from the X-files.
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precision posted:Wait, that's what I thought too. Now I'm just confused! Looking up the poster for this and I'm just thinking there's no possible way this can be good. ![]()
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:At first I thought you were talking about The Tall Man, which is legitimately a great movie. are you talking about : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tall_Man_(2012_film) ? i watched this a long time ago on netflix, and though i thought it had some unexpected turns, i didnt like it. the twists werent enough to make the movie good for me overall. i applaud them for trying something different, but i found the final message muddled. its been awhile, but it made me feel icky in the way they portrayed the rural poor.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Looking up the poster for this and I'm just thinking there's no possible way this can be good. Yeah, the poster makes it look like a terrible Slenderman knock-off and it really isn’t that all. The titular characters heads are always in shadows or off camera so if they actually look like that you wouldn’t be able to tell.
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Thanks for all the suggestions. I started Justified last night and I like it so far. I'm really thinking about watching Miami Vice afterwards as I remember watching a few episodes during the original run and curious to see how it held up.
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Mammal Sauce posted:Thanks for all the suggestions. I started Justified last night and I like it so far. I'm really thinking about watching Miami Vice afterwards as I remember watching a few episodes during the original run and curious to see how it held up. Miami Vice is really loving good. The only problem is that some of the episodes aren't available streaming anywhere.
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Mammal Sauce posted:Thanks for all the suggestions. I started Justified last night and I like it so far. I'm really thinking about watching Miami Vice afterwards as I remember watching a few episodes during the original run and curious to see how it held up. Miami Vice is incredibly spotty, but when it's good, it's loving amazing. The pilot movie is some of Michael Mann's best work.
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Miami Vice had some great music too, that soundtrack cassette was one of my most prized possessions as a kid. Haven't rewatched on streaming, but has it fallen prey to music licensing issues like so many other shows?
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Mammal Sauce posted:So, I never thought I'd make this request, but what are some good police procedurals that are streaming on Netflix, Hulu or Prime? Both Life and Southland are on Hulu I think. I really enjoyed them when they were airing. Life has a unique premise and Damien Lewis, unfortunately though it was cancelled prematurely. Southland is a bit grittier and has a good cast with Ben McKenzie, Michael Cudlitz, and Regina King. Both take place in LA, but have starkly different tones. Cithen fucked around with this message at 21:20 on Apr 25, 2018 |
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Wiggles Von Huggins posted:are you talking about : I am indeed.
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Cithen posted:Both Life and Southland are on Hulu I think. I really enjoyed them when they were airing. Life has a unique premise and Damien Lewis, unfortunately though it was cancelled prematurely. Southland is a bit grittier and has a good cast with Ben McKenzie, Michael Cudlitz, and Regina King. Both take place in LA, but have starkly different tones. Life is more network-y, if that makes sense. Even the NBC season of Southland had some pretty complicated moral dilemmas going on, and it really ran with that as the series grew (and was cancelled and moved to TNT). I loved both, but for different reasons. Oh, Life also has Garret Dillahunt sometimes, villaining it up. Terriers is a fantastic, one season show about two PIs, but I think it just went off streaming. ![]()
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I might’ve mentioned it when S1 was up, but S2 of Hap and Leonard is on Netflix now. Both seasons are kind of ‘self contained’ stories. S1 is about recovering long lost bank heist money and S2 is about solving a long string of child murders. Each season is only 6 eps so it’s not a huge time sink.
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LadyPictureShow posted:I might’ve mentioned it when S1 was up, but S2 of Hap and Leonard is on Netflix now. Both seasons are kind of ‘self contained’ stories. S1 is about recovering long lost bank heist money and S2 is about solving a long string of child murders. Each season is only 6 eps so it’s not a huge time sink. Which is based off of the novels by Joe R. Lansdale, who also wrote the short story Bubba Ho-Tep
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Franchescanado posted:Which is based off of the novels by Joe R. Lansdale, who also wrote the short story Bubba Ho-Tep Bo foolin’! I never realized Lansdale wrote Bubba Ho-Tep
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LadyPictureShow posted:Bo foolin’! I never realized Lansdale wrote Bubba Ho-Tep The DVD includes him reading the whole story. It's from his collection Writer of the Purple Rage
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I watched The Killing of a Sacred Deer on Amazon and thought it was ok. It's way to close in tone to The Lobster and not as good.
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Ol' Yorgos has a lane, and he's sticking to it, and I can respect that. It's absolutely not my poo poo at all, but I can respect it.
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Hap & Leonard is a great little show. They made a S2 of 3%? I totally thought that was a one-and-done. Lycus fucked around with this message at 11:25 on Apr 27, 2018 |
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Tainen posted:I watched The Killing of a Sacred Deer on Amazon and thought it was ok. It's way to close in tone to The Lobster and not as good. Hmm. I loved Dogtooth but did not like the Lobster. Was gonna watch it but maybe I should skip it.
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Is the Napoleon series on prime any good?
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Lycus posted:They made a S2 of 3%? I totally thought that was a one-and-done.
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mystes posted:For better or worse, Netflix seems to be taking the traditional tv network approach of continuing everything as long as people are watching. Are they still doing another season of 13 Reasons Why?
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business hammocks posted:Are they still doing another season of 13 Reasons Why? I think yes. Too bad they're not subtitling it "The Lost Tapes" or something.
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13 More Reasons Why That Aren't As Good Reasons But Are Still Reasons
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13 Reasons Why I Know What You Did Last Summer
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Look Whose Reasons Now!
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:Miami Vice is incredibly spotty, but when it's good, it's loving amazing. The pilot movie is some of Michael Mann's best work. The trailer for Miami Vice (the one with that weird Jay-Z / Linkin Park mashup) is a loving masterwork.
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