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Sand Monster posted:Yes. Gotta have that cliched Hollywood, storybook ending, I guess. Pretty glad the final season of Series Of Unfortunate Events did not just give the 3 main characters an unambiguously happy ending.
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The MSJ posted:That sounds totally amazing. It totally is amazing.
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So there is a new series on Netflix that looks to be a modern day adaptation of Perfume. I watched the first episode and thought it was pretty good. If you are a fan of the book or movie you might want to give the first episode a watch.
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I was surprised they even made one attempt at adapting Perfume and now there's a second one? It's nearly impossible to capture the essence of the book because how do you film a story dominated by smell?
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Ok im up to episode 5 and it turns out it is very very loosely based. It is more of a procedural deceive story investigating a murder revolving around a group of boarding school friends. Light spoilers from four episodes in It is revealed that as Kids they became obsessed with the book Perfume and start experimenting with creating their own. There is a Grenouille type character who makes perfumes but he only seems to be there to be the creepy guy who the police suspect is recreating the murders from the book to make his perfumes It’s only six episodes and is holding my attention so I’m going to finish the last two but it isn’t the modern retelling it seemed to be after episode one.
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I might be super late to this but looks like Hulu also added all of American Dad including the most recent seasons on TBS, which are still super funny.
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Speaking of Seth MacFarlane on Hulu, I'm not really a fan but caught a bit of The Orville after a football game and thought it was decent. I'm about halfway through s1 now and am really enjoying this.
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Enos Cabell posted:Speaking of Seth MacFarlane on Hulu, I'm not really a fan but caught a bit of The Orville after a football game and thought it was decent. I'm about halfway through s1 now and am really enjoying this. If you really wanted a TNG Season 8, here you go. McFarlane really seems like a genuine fan.
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david_a posted:Yeah I started watching it too. It’s not nearly as jokey as I thought it would be. The setting is basically a perfectly straight Star Trek clone. The humor so far is just a few quips here and there. Yeah, I thought it was supposed to be more of a spoof of Star Trek but it's actually a loving homage with some light jokes. was also really surprised to see LIAM NEESONS and Charlize Theron pop up in a few episodes
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The MSJ posted:That sounds totally amazing. I saw that movie when it came out and Luis Guzman is the only thing I remember from it, so I'm just going to go ahead and say he's good. Also, I just really like Luis Guzman.
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The Orville is pretty great, it's actually pretty funny and is just serious enough to be engaging despite the comedy.
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Tim Whatley posted:I might be super late to this but looks like Hulu also added all of American Dad including the most recent seasons on TBS, which are still super funny. American Dad is so good, it keeps getting better and I honestly don’t know how, since similar animated shows saw a marked decline in quality by like season 14. I’m impressed by how creative they manage to be, Blood Crieth Unto Heaven was hilariously unique and I can’t think of anything like it, as an example. Anyway I’m on season 2 of The Expanse after powering through the first parts which I felt were a little slow and I’m definitely into it now, though I’d still like a little more world building over Serious People Having Conversations that is mostly a testament to the quality of the setting they’ve created. I’ve heard the books aren’t really worth it if you’ve watched the show but I’m hungry for details. I hope it manages to finish its story arcs before getting canceled too, that would bum me out
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Of course neither The Orville or American Dad will ever be able to top Macfarlane's magnum opus.
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Does Orville get better later on? I've seen the first episode and it didn't quite grip me.
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punk rebel ecks posted:Negotiating in terms of what? Existing series getting renewed and their revenue split? Essentially, yes. Netflix is primarily a distribution company and still has a pretty small production apparatus (all the Marvel shows, for example, were fully produced by Marvel Television). Its business model for streaming has changed a lot over the years; they started off by paying studios a fee every time a movie or an episode of a show was streamed, then they threw their dick on the table and said, "We'll pay you a flat fee no matter how much your movie / show gets watched, and you won't get a penny more."
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I’ll give Orville a chance, I had skipped it entirely because I don’t like his cartoons and thought it’d be the same.
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Monglo posted:Does Orville get better later on? The first episode isn't my favorite but it is similar to the rest of the show. It might just not be your thing but it'd probably be worth sticking around for one or two more episodes.
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The Orville has lovers in TVIV but it wasn't my thing either. It just bored me.
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Crossposting: Cam, 2018. A movie I put on to watch in the background while I worked on a business plan and ended up shutting my laptop after a few minutes when I realised I wasn't getting any work done. Weirdly gripping, and certainly something I'd recommend. In the vein of Upgrade, Coherence, Enemy, The Double, Compliance, Black Swan. If you're a fan of any of those I'd check it out. Solid B.
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Thought I'd chime in and say that Hereditary is a drat good movie. I also watched Gantz:O on Netflix, which is pretty much a CGI anime. I really enjoyed all the monster designs though, and the CGI is amazing to watch!
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Timby posted:Essentially, yes. Netflix is primarily a distribution company and still has a pretty small production apparatus (all the Marvel shows, for example, were fully produced by Marvel Television). Its business model for streaming has changed a lot over the years; they started off by paying studios a fee every time a movie or an episode of a show was streamed, then they threw their dick on the table and said, "We'll pay you a flat fee no matter how much your movie / show gets watched, and you won't get a penny more." Wow that sounds really lovely. Though isn't that why they are making a profit now or were they making a profit before?
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Monglo posted:Does Orville get better later on?
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Cooties is on HBO Go. It's that kids at school turn into zombies movie. It's got Elijah Wood, allison Pill, and Rainn Wilson, Jack McBrayer, and the fat dude from Lost. It kind of rules. It's really funny at times.
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Didn't Netflix have a hand in producing Annihilation? It just popped up on Hulu for me (in the US).
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I watched Annihilation after reading everyone in this thread discuss it, having never heard of it before that, and I was pretty disappointed. It felt like an earnest attempt at making a good movie that just fell flat and was borderline nonsensical at time, and even though it was mostly explained, I still didn't find the explanations compelling and the twist at the end was obvious from a mile away, and felt tacked on but I do think the scenes where they encountered the crocodile and especially the bear were well done, and the part where they explored the abandoned base was spooky and had good ambiance . I know it isn't fair to compare it to STALKER but it really feels like they could have at least drawn some inspiration from its pacing and the way the characters had their motivations explained, the flashbacks sucked and felt really inelegant. Overall I didn't hate it but I thought it was a major case of failed potential, back to watching the Expanse
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Mr. Toodles posted:Didn't Netflix have a hand in producing Annihilation? It just popped up on Hulu for me (in the US). I assume it wouldn't be on Hulu if Netflix partially produced it.
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Mr. Toodles posted:Didn't Netflix have a hand in producing Annihilation? It just popped up on Hulu for me (in the US). It’s also on Amazon now for people without Hulu.
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What’s good and relatively new on HBO? I just resubbed to watch Veep again but I might as well see what’s new in the past six months.
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The Orville honestly handles its serious topics with a good amount of tact. It also tackles some more iffy subjects that a Star Trek would have explored in a much more sanitized way. I also like that despite a good chunk of the crew being pretty goofy, they're all quite competent at their jobs and they don't play them as bumbling fools for laughs. Still amazed that this is the same man that did Family Guy.
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Frog Act posted:I watched Annihilation after reading everyone in this thread discuss it, having never heard of it before that, and I was pretty disappointed. It felt like an earnest attempt at making a good movie that just fell flat and was borderline nonsensical at time, and even though it was mostly explained, I still didn't find the explanations compelling and the twist at the end was obvious from a mile away, and felt tacked on but I do think the scenes where they encountered the crocodile and especially the bear were well done, and the part where they explored the abandoned base was spooky and had good ambiance . I know it isn't fair to compare it to STALKER but it really feels like they could have at least drawn some inspiration from its pacing and the way the characters had their motivations explained, the flashbacks sucked and felt really inelegant. Pretty much agree, I enjoyed it while I was watching it, but it didn't add up to much for me. Ooh it's the same house as the one outside of the shimmer, because, um, that's one of the themes. That bit reminded me of Down By Law, where it was a gag and drawing parallels to the prison. I've thought more about Cam and its take on identity and personas than Annihilation. BTW, I don't really buy what seems to be a common explanation for the strange happenings in Cam AI/CGI, I don't think it needs a neat explanation.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:What’s good and relatively new on HBO? I just resubbed to watch Veep again but I might as well see what’s new in the past six months. New season of Room 104 is ok. It's kind of inconsistent but as far as anthology shows go it's not that bad. other than that I dunno. HBO hasn't really been knocking it out of the park lately. It's basically a small handful of middling shows and movies and final GOT season teasers. Yet it's the most expensive streaming service for some inexplicable reason. maybe the new true detective will be good.
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I’d been meaning to watch it for years now, but Robot & Frank is up on Amazon Prime. Solid little flick with a great performance by Frank Langella.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I’d been meaning to watch it for years now, but Robot & Frank is up on Amazon Prime. Solid little flick with a great performance by Frank Langella. I can't stop laughing at the self destruct scene.
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The MSJ posted:I can't stop laughing at the self destruct scene. That one and the two robots trying small talk are probably my favorite scenes.
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veni veni veni posted:New season of Room 104 is ok. It's kind of inconsistent but as far as anthology shows go it's not that bad. other than that I dunno. HBO hasn't really been knocking it out of the park lately. It's basically a small handful of middling shows and movies and final GOT season teasers. Yet it's the most expensive streaming service for some inexplicable reason. They did this 10 years ago or so. They decided that they wanted to get out of the big TV production game, so they canceled their more expensive shows like Deadwood, Rome and Carnivale, and put out a bunch of much cheaper shows. We did get some good things out of it like Flight of the Conchords, Summer Heights High and Eastdown and Bound. But we also got Tell Me You Love Me, and John from Cincinnati. And none of these did all that well, regardless of quality. The only true hit they got out of this era was True Blood. Once Game of Thrones ends in a few months and everybody cancels their HBO subscriptions, they're going to realize, "Oh, gently caress...", they're going to realize that they need more than one big hit at a time.
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