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That Yakuza movie was fun, and I liked I Don't Feel at Home in this World Anymore as well
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Lycus posted:It's not really weird. For movies, the goal for top filmmakers is the theater. Streaming is the runner-up prize. But for TV developers, it's the ideal format, it has the greatest amount of creative freedom for them. It's my understanding that a lot of the 'Netflix exclusive' shows are only distributed by them. I think the ability to cherry pick from a stable of already-produced series is also an advantage.
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Oct 10, 2018 22:42
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Szechuan posted:It's my understanding that a lot of the 'Netflix exclusive' shows are only distributed by them. I think the ability to cherry pick from a stable of already-produced series is also an advantage. Netflix doesn't have an active in-house production studio, it makes licenses with various companies to distribute their stuff as long as they can own it and control it.
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Oct 10, 2018 23:00
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So after starting Jack Ryan with my wife and trying not to watch ahead like a twat as I stay up late during my fall break, I decided to find some other spy/military/crime show and stumbled upon this a show called Strike Back on Prime. It's one of those odd shows that had fairly regular seasons to start, but only has a total of 5 seasons across 8 years. At least according to IMDB episode ratings, it starts out strong but the last season looks like it takes a dive in quality . Anyone else watched this? I'm only on the 3rd episode of the first American season (not the Andrew Lincoln season) seems good so far, but I'm wondering if it's worth sticking with or if there's a point I should bail.
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Oct 11, 2018 03:23
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Mammal Sauce posted:So after starting Jack Ryan with my wife and trying not to watch ahead like a twat as I stay up late during my fall break, I decided to find some other spy/military/crime show and stumbled upon this a show called Strike Back on Prime. It's one of those odd shows that had fairly regular seasons to start, but only has a total of 5 seasons across 8 years. At least according to IMDB episode ratings, it starts out strong but the last season looks like it takes a dive in quality . The first two American seasons are dope. I particularly love the second. The third is worse but has some really cool stuff and is still good. The fourth was actually a bit poo poo. There are only a scant few action scenes that are cool and a newly introduced character is trash. The most recent season starts off questionable but gets better. Stick with it if you like lots of practical action. It's the best action show I've seen.
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Oct 11, 2018 03:59
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Strike Back is like if they took 80's action movies, mixed in equal parts tactilol stuff, and cranked it up to 11. And I loving love it.
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Oct 11, 2018 05:07
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is it fun like burn notice? i miss shows like that
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Oct 11, 2018 15:34
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Mammal Sauce posted:So after starting Jack Ryan with my wife and trying not to watch ahead like a twat as I stay up late during my fall break, I decided to find some other spy/military/crime show and stumbled upon this a show called Strike Back on Prime. It's one of those odd shows that had fairly regular seasons to start, but only has a total of 5 seasons across 8 years. At least according to IMDB episode ratings, it starts out strong but the last season looks like it takes a dive in quality . It's Cinemax quality trash, which can be a very good thing. If you haven't already, watch Banshee. It's amazing.
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Oct 11, 2018 18:18
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The streaming Balkanization continues: AT&T has announced it's going to launch a WarnerMedia streaming service, and they're going to let all of their content licenses (like HBO, TNT, TBS) lapse and revert so they'll be exclusive to it. So if you want to watch The Wire on Amazon Prime, do it now.
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Oct 11, 2018 19:18
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Hulu and Netflix were so drat good in 2009/10.
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Oct 11, 2018 19:21
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:Hulu and Netflix were so drat good in 2009/10. I feel like Hulu has steadily gotten better than Netflix, but I will fully admit I'm very cool or cold on most of the so-called "Netflix Originals." Honestly, the only reason I keep Netflix is because they have Cheers, Frasier and the Star Treks commercial-free; their movie library is garbage nowadays.
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Oct 11, 2018 19:34
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Raskolnikov2089 posted:It's Cinemax quality trash, which can be a very good thing. If you haven't already, watch Banshee. It's amazing. I couldn’t get into banshee at all but loved strike back. I think it was just the characters, I hated basically everyone in banshee.
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Oct 11, 2018 19:36
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Timby posted:The streaming Balkanization continues: AT&T has announced it's going to launch a WarnerMedia streaming service, and they're going to let all of their content licenses (like HBO, TNT, TBS) lapse and revert so they'll be exclusive to it. Physical media looking better all the time....
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Oct 11, 2018 19:38
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Timby posted:I feel like Hulu has steadily gotten better than Netflix, but I will fully admit I'm very cool or cold on most of the so-called "Netflix Originals." Honestly, the only reason I keep Netflix is because they have Cheers, Frasier and the Star Treks commercial-free; their movie library is garbage nowadays. Hulu had a pretty great film selection until Criterion left- it wasn't just them, other things seemed to leave at around the same time. Of course it's hard to tell since Hulu now has the wooooorst interface, which is actually saying something.
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Oct 11, 2018 19:40
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Timby posted:The streaming Balkanization continues: AT&T has announced it's going to launch a WarnerMedia streaming service, and they're going to let all of their content licenses (like HBO, TNT, TBS) lapse and revert so they'll be exclusive to it. I knew the media was incestuous but I wasn't even aware of half these connections.
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Oct 11, 2018 19:50
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Maxwell Lord posted:Of course it's hard to tell since Hulu now has the wooooorst interface, which is actually saying something. It's unusable on PS4. I mean, just loving intolerable.
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Oct 11, 2018 19:54
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Timby posted:I feel like Hulu has steadily gotten better than Netflix, but I will fully admit I'm very cool or cold on most of the so-called "Netflix Originals." Honestly, the only reason I keep Netflix is because they have Cheers, Frasier and the Star Treks commercial-free; their movie library is garbage nowadays. If I remember correctly back in 2008/9 there were a lot more shows you could watch new episodes of the day after they aired and it was free and you only had to watch one normal length ad. Also at that time Netflix streaming had many more good movies.
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Oct 11, 2018 20:47
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Timby posted:I feel like Hulu has steadily gotten better than Netflix, but I will fully admit I'm very cool or cold on most of the so-called "Netflix Originals." Honestly, the only reason I keep Netflix is because they have Cheers, Frasier and the Star Treks commercial-free; their movie library is garbage nowadays.
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Oct 11, 2018 21:06
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The cost of streaming went way down when I realized that I could trade off access to my prime video account for my access to my friend's ad free hulu account and my crunchyroll (now VRV) account for another friend's Netflix account. I pay about $25 per month and I have a full suite of services, so I've never really felt the need to cancel anything even when the selection is sorta dire.
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Oct 11, 2018 21:27
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I assume everyone only pays for 1 streaming account and shares it with 3 other people to get all the other services in return.
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Oct 11, 2018 21:39
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Alright, just finished Over the Garden Wall. I think I'll have to give Adventure Time another shot.
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Oct 11, 2018 21:51
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Raskolnikov2089 posted:Alright, just finished Over the Garden Wall. I think I'll have to give Adventure Time another shot. Check out Hilda on Netflix if you want another super chill cartoon with pleasing aesthetics
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Oct 11, 2018 22:21
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tweet my meat posted:Check out Hilda on Netflix if you want another super chill cartoon with pleasing aesthetics emptyquote I've watched it twice.
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:
Netflix's streaming is down to about 4,000 titles. A few years ago it was was like 14,000.
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Oct 11, 2018 23:13
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Anyone watch 22 July on netflix yet?
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Oct 12, 2018 06:25
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:I liked Mandy, but there's a lot of wasted potential there. Like you've got all these hints about Mandy being the "author" of her own death, framing Red's revenge rampage as her fantasy, some hints towards the end of Red himself having a history of mystical experience / transgression, the nod towards Reagan heralding the death and corruption of the hippie era, and so on... but all of that mostly just ends up being characterization at best, and references for the sake of reference at worst. I mean what would you get out of if they added explanations and exposition. It seems you were able to figure it out without it so I'm not sure what they could really add to the film you know?
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Oct 12, 2018 07:58
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The_Rob posted:I mean what would you get out of if they added explanations and exposition. It seems you were able to figure it out without it so I'm not sure what they could really add to the film you know? I'm not looking for explanations or exposition within the narrative, I'm looking for these things to mean something, to make a statement of some kind. They're cool, but I don't know why they're significant, or how they relate to each other.
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:I'm not looking for explanations or exposition within the narrative, I'm looking for these things to mean something, to make a statement of some kind. They're cool, but I don't know why they're significant, or how they relate to each other. I mean with LSD the entire feeling of the room can change by something you watch, read, or listen to. I think she is telling the story in so much that he is inspired by her. He is inspired by her mind and her artwork and he uses that inspiration to change his worldview. And her art and her influences kind of play into the world of the counter culture in the 70's and 80's. Underground comic books, heavy metal Music. These are the fears of the conservatives of that time. Everything about her inspires him so much so that he creates an entirely new world. I'm not sure if this is the type of explanation you're looking for but these are just some thoughts I was playing around with.
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Oct 12, 2018 08:09
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One thing about Strike Back is that it has a massive shift in tone between the first and second season. The first one (IIRC directed by a wholly different team) is a relatively subdued thriller-ish thing. All the following seasons are ludicrous but amazing balls-to-the-walls action fests. Some services also just outright skip the first season. That's not to say that the first season is necessarily better or worse, just that it's a very different beast.
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Oct 12, 2018 08:44
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Perestroika posted:One thing about Strike Back is that it has a massive shift in tone between the first and second season. The first one (IIRC directed by a wholly different team) is a relatively subdued thriller-ish thing. All the following seasons are ludicrous but amazing balls-to-the-walls action fests. Some services also just outright skip the first season. That's not to say that the first season is necessarily better or worse, just that it's a very different beast. It's also as mindless as action movies/shows get, for viewers who thought Banshee was too cerebral. In Strike Back everyone double crosses everyone else at some point, sometimes triple crossing, then a bunch of explosions and boobs, it's wild. It's exactly what me at 15 years old thought Cinemax was. More importantly it looks like everyone's having a good time, and there's nothing I love more than actors who know they're in a B-movie/series just shred scenery and have fun pushing the limits with a reasonable budget.
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red19fire posted:In Strike Back everyone double crosses everyone else at some point, sometimes triple crossing, then a bunch of explosions and boobs, . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmd1qMN5Yo0
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Oct 12, 2018 11:09
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So many escalating "What in the holy gently caress is she doing?"s in the Kindergarten Teacher.
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Oct 12, 2018 13:11
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Can anyone who finished watching Apostle tell the rest of us if it's good?
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Oct 12, 2018 14:23
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The MSJ posted:Can anyone who finished watching Apostle tell the rest of us if it's good? It’s Gareth Evans. I have no doubt I will find it good if not great. Plus the reviews have been pretty positive.
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Oct 12, 2018 15:58
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The first hour of Apostle is boring as gently caress and then people start dying and I still couldn't care at all. It's one of those neat 90 minute movies that were 2 hours for some reason.
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Oct 12, 2018 16:46
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Seven in Heaven on Netflix was pretty good! I've been struggling to find good horror movies to watch that I haven't already seen a million times, so I landed on this one. The setup is a guy and a girl play Seven Minutes in Heaven at a party and get sucked into an alternate reality and try to find their way back, and the premise sounded good because I loved that segment in one of the VHS movies. It did well at having two interesting parallel plots (the original house party was kind of goofy but fun, mostly for the characterization of the cops), but around the 3/4 mark it starts to invent its own logic. Dimension-hopping guidance counselor, the second alternate reality, who can use the closet and why, how his dad kept popping up everywhere, etc. Ending spoiler: The "Lie and Die" dimension was awfully written. Everyone in there just sits around and plays this game? Without that, the movie would have been much stronger, because the first alternate reality that took up most of the movie wasn't an "evil" reality like I suspected from the premise, it seemed like the town developed differently so everyone was a shithead on some level and the kids even moreso, and that dimension's Jude was the worst of the bunch. Until it got to the girl's sister being like an actual evil person, it was like the reality could have existed. The "Lie and Die" dimension was badly written because it's not a place where people just live their lives, it was one that only existed for the movie to have some place scary for the kids to encounter. I don't know if I'm making myself as clear as I want though. As for the actual ending, Jude blurting out "I didn't kill Derrick!" followed by the cop finding a bloody pencil with Derrick's blood on it is probably going to land Jude in jail.
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Oct 12, 2018 19:19
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The Last Temptation of Christ is on my Netflix feed. I should see this, if I generally like Scorsese, yes?
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Oct 12, 2018 19:24
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LifeLynx posted:Seven in Heaven on Netflix was pretty good! I've been struggling to find good horror movies to watch that I haven't already seen a million times, so I landed on this one. I thought it was extremely awful. I thought it was written by that game where each person takes turns adding one word.
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BigglesSWE posted:The Last Temptation of Christ is on my Netflix feed. I should see this, if I generally like Scorsese, yes? It's a fun movie but I wouldn't say it's distinctly Scorsese. See it anyway.
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:It's a fun movie but I wouldn't say it's distinctly Scorsese. See it anyway. It totally is, it's just the genre of Scorcese film that guys don't have dorm room posters of.
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