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Hat Thoughts posted:need a murder party fan to weigh in Season 2 of Jack Whitehall: Travels with my Father is up on Netflix. It's a really funny and charming show where Jack travels with his father, a conservative, upper crust, posh English father around Southeast Asia in season 1, and eastern Europe in season 2.
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Sep 30, 2018 14:28
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Has someone read that Hold the Dark book? How is that compared to the movie?
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Sep 30, 2018 14:44
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Nihonniboku posted:Season 2 of Jack Whitehall: Travels with my Father is up on Netflix. It's a really funny and charming show where Jack travels with his father, a conservative, upper crust, posh English father around Southeast Asia in season 1, and eastern Europe in season 2. Oh man, that’s awesome! Season 1 was great. I loved the episode when they were given the Luk Thep doll.
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Sep 30, 2018 15:05
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LadyPictureShow posted:Oh man, that’s awesome! Season 1 was great. I loved the episode when they were given the Luk Thep doll. You're in for a treat then!
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Sep 30, 2018 15:07
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Nihonniboku posted:You're in for a treat then! ...Is the dad still carrying it around?!
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Sep 30, 2018 15:16
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LadyPictureShow posted:...Is the dad still carrying it around?! Yes! And then some!
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Sep 30, 2018 15:26
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Hat Thoughts posted:need a murder party fan to weigh in I've liked all of Jeremy Saulnier's movies up to now, including Murder Party. Hold The Dark felt like an episode of Westworld or something (and not just because of Jeffrey Wright): good to look at , but terrible pacing, no interesting characters or plot and incredibly obsessed with simple themes that leave the whole thing feeling shallow. Saulnier's previous movies were so good at depicting real, human characters and their reactions to escalating violence and madness, but Hold The Dark had none of that. None of the characters behaved at all like real people, and mostly just kinda whispered ominous stuff and wandered into the next scene. Outside of one scene there was no tension or narrative thrust, it's billed as a mystery but there's nothing to uncover. Spoiler talk: The shootout was obviously the standout set piece, and while it was incredibly tense, it did nothing. It didn't reveal any new information, it didn't change the course of the plot, it didn't kill off any main characters, it just happened. At that point I felt the movie could have really used a twist, because besides Medora being the killer which is revealed very quickly, the movie unfolds exactly like you'd expect it to. The terminator-like bad guy who just walks into every scene and kills people without any tension was really grating, too.
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Sep 30, 2018 16:26
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Yeah...I was trying to to put a positive spin on it right after I watched it last night, but I pretty much agree with all of that. Man, between this and Mute it kind of feels like two big Netflix letdowns in a row from directors I really enjoy.
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Sep 30, 2018 16:49
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It was a toss up between Hold the Dark and Brick last night for movie night since the missus hadn’t seen either, glad she picked Brick, love that movie.
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Sep 30, 2018 17:05
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veni veni veni posted:Yeah...I was trying to to put a positive spin on it right after I watched it last night, but I pretty much agree with all of that. I thought it was kinda weird that they both starred Alexander Skarsgard too.
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Sep 30, 2018 17:30
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veni veni veni posted:Yeah...I was trying to to put a positive spin on it right after I watched it last night, but I pretty much agree with all of that. both also had Alexander Sarsgaard, who is at least the third-best Sarsgaard and possibly tied with Peter Sarsgaard for second-best Sarsgaard Mullitt posted:
Saulnier really has a knack for shocking violence
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Sep 30, 2018 20:34
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I remember getting Brick on Netflix disc in the summer of 2007 and thinking wow this Rian Johnson is going somewhere and now he's made some amazing television and awful Star Wars.
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Sep 30, 2018 21:48
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At first while watching Hold the Dark I really just wanted to turn it off and watch Wind River which is one of my favorite movies from last year then I came to this thread and actually got psyched to rewatch Brick. So I guess something good came from this movie...
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Oct 1, 2018 01:32
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I actually rewatched Brick recently myself. Heck of a movie, with a theme song so emotional that they had to invent a new instrument to properly convey it
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Oct 1, 2018 01:37
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Mullitt posted:I thought it was kinda weird that they both starred Alexander Skarsgard too. Thanks to Generation Kill he has a ton of goodwill with me but he has been burning through that recently. Mute was not a good movie at all.
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Oct 1, 2018 01:49
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To be fair I don’t think he gave a bad performance at all in either.
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Oct 1, 2018 01:56
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The Raid and its sequel are two of my all time favorites, so I'm hoping the Netflix variable doesn't change Gareth Evans' next film, coming Oct 12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1JdWOqc9Q8
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Oct 1, 2018 02:53
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He's good in Big Little Lies although the show itself is incredibly basic.
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Oct 1, 2018 03:03
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B-Rock452 posted:At first while watching Hold the Dark I really just wanted to turn it off and watch Wind River which is one of my favorite movies from last year then I came to this thread and actually got psyched to rewatch Brick. So I guess something good came from this movie... Hold the Dark feels like a really close cousin of Wind River's, except much more moody, dark, and ambiguous. Right down to the missing children aspect. I really like Taylor Sheridan's writing, but I do think Jeremy Saulnier has such a lock on tone that I prefer HTD. Even though a lot of people in the thread didn't care for the movie I really hope Netflix can keep cranking these out. Apparently Saulnier made this for less than 15 million, which is just mind-blowing considering the cast. To put that in perspective, Black Panther's production budget alone was 200 million dollars. I know it's apples and oranges, but I would take 10 HTD's before a big-budget superhero movie from Netflix.
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Oct 1, 2018 05:28
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Nihonniboku posted:Yes! And then some! Episode 2 I lost it when border patrol opened their luggage.
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Oct 1, 2018 11:01
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Hey streaming thread friends! Happy first of October! The annual CineD October Horror Movie Challenge thread has been live for two weeks now, with 20+ pages of participation already. It's not too late to jump in the competition and watch a bunch of spooky movies with everyone. In fact, there are many participants who have waited until today to start. There are plenty of recommendations, there are new secret challenges posted a few times a week, and of course there will be prizes. The 2nd post is actually an info-dump post with lists of horror movies on each streaming service curated by the lovely horror goons.  
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:I remember getting Brick on Netflix disc in the summer of 2007 and thinking wow this Rian Johnson is going somewhere and now he's made some amazing television and awful Star Wars. I think he also made Brothers Bloom, and I think it's on Amazon. It's a long con movie with an excellent setup in the first ten minutes that fails to deliver after that. I'm trying to remember what I hated about it. I think there was a scene where one of the characters gets into a really sticky situation, where, in a movie about con men, you expect a clever escape. But you next see the character following their escape, and the only explanation is that they're just super awesome so don't worry about it.
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Oct 1, 2018 16:11
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I don’t where’s its available otherwise because I’ve only seen it as a channel on my Sling subscription, but the Tribeca Film channel has Battle Royale 1&2 on demand currently.
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Oct 1, 2018 16:33
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Even Netflix has the first BR, or it did very recently
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Oct 1, 2018 16:42
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Speaking of Netflix things, I just gave Next Gen a try. At first glance it looks like a blatant rip-off of Big Hero 6, but I was still very pleasantly surprised. Even though it was quite on the nose at times, it generally hit the right notes and was different enough in tone to not be just a boring copy of BH6. And you can really tell the animators had a whole lot of fun with the action scenes. Overall worth a watch, I'd say.
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Oct 1, 2018 22:46
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Can anyone fill me in on how VRV works? Isn't one app that lets you tune into all the others? Or do you just login to all the separate apps with your VRV credentials? I subscribe to Crunchyroll and Funimation so it would be nice not to have to pay for both.
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Oct 1, 2018 22:59
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VRV is it's own app and subscription with the Crunchyroll, Funimation, Shudder, and Mubi catalogues, plus a bunch of other channels which range from glorified youtube videos to niche hidden gems.
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Oct 2, 2018 00:11
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Wait, VRV premium is $10/month, but Crunchyroll alone is like $7 by itself. Also, for me, there's no tax on VRV but there is on CR  We all wished for an a la carte future and a monkey's paw curled its finger.
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Oct 2, 2018 00:25
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Hm. I signed up for the trial but my desire to save money is being overridden by my desire to not give any money to Rooster Teeth.
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Oct 2, 2018 00:27
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Detective No. 27 posted:Hm. I signed up for the trial but my desire to save money is being overridden by my desire to not give any money to Rooster Teeth. Same, but The Nerdist as well
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Oct 2, 2018 00:39
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I didn't even see Nerdist there. Probably gonna cancel VRV. My girlfriend uses my Crunchyroll account more than me and she's been using it on her PS3, which doesn't even have VRV.
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Oct 2, 2018 00:54
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Oct 2, 2018 01:03
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Detective No. 27 posted:Hm. I signed up for the trial but my desire to save money is being overridden by my desire to not give any money to Rooster Teeth. Just general awfulness or do they have a history of lovely behavior?
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Oct 2, 2018 02:14
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if you're worried about giving the dreaded CRINGEY NERDS money, rest safe in the fact that basically nobody outside of Crunchyroll, Funimation and Shudder makes loving anything off VRV
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Oct 2, 2018 02:22
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Black Dynamite just got added to Netflix and you should watch it Also Netflix's decision to play unrelated stock music on every movie page is weird. How is a song that sounds like the character select screen for a Jet Moto game supposed to get me in the mood for Speed Racer.
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Oct 2, 2018 03:38
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The Good Place wasn’t appealing to me at all but you guys talked it up so much I checked it out. I have to admit it’s pretty great .
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Oct 2, 2018 03:57
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If Mike Schur is involved then so am I.
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Oct 2, 2018 04:01
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Detective No. 27 posted:I didn't even see Nerdist there. And she can keep using the Crunchyroll Premium on there with your VRV sub.
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Queen Combat posted:Yo, Hilda is fuckin' dope. I know it's a kid's show, but the narrative is completely enclosed, there are no nods to the real world. It also has really nice morals, and looks beautiful. And no fart humor or other garbage. My son started watching it the other day and it’s really cool
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