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settes posted:Louis CK: Chewed Up if you want to see one of the best standup comedians ever Came here to post this almost exactly word for word. I'll make this post about shows, since I have so much to recommend. Netflix instant streaming is all I really watch any more. The Showtime shows are mostly up there and are all pretty great. That is to say Dexter, Weeds, Dead Like Me, and Californication. The Tudors is worth watching, but I wouldn't call it great. Seriously if you have watched everything you can from each of those series (though the last couple season of Weeds is just kind of okay) then you are a loser. There is a bunch of No Reservations up there, if you like traveling or food. If you have ever played an NES you owe it to yourself to watch all of The Super Mario Super Show and Captain N The Game Master. Milk Chan is so bizarre I don't even know where to describe it. You'll either love it or hate it. It's like Citizen Kane if you're on weed. The Riches is a show from a couple years ago that I've only just started watching. Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver play the leads, what more do you want? They also have classic Astro Boy if you're into that kind of thing. There's also some Voltron.
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diabolik posted:The entire runs of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel are now available. All of the Joss Whedon shows are up. This includes Firefly and Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog which are the only two things he's made that are worth watching. Also, I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought Cash Back was pure poo poo.
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Jun 11, 2010 14:51
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Cardboard Fox posted:They're got all the seasons of Lost on HD stream except for the last one. Any idea when they usually put the last seasons on stream? I may just have to send out for the disks. They usually put the last season of a show up right before the next one starts, but since Lost is done I don't know what's going to happen. I assume that the reason they have shows like this up is because the stations that own them let them put them up cheaply or possibly even for free to try and catch more people for the actual TV run of an upcoming season. I wouldn't be surprised if Lost just kind of falls off the stream.
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Jun 17, 2010 18:04
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Jeff Goldblum IRL posted:There are five standup specials from Eddie Izzard on the instant watcher, and you all owe it to yourselves to watch them all. They also have The Riches up, it's like someone there loves Eddie Izzard as much as I do.
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Jun 17, 2010 18:54
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Catsoup posted:Really? I watched the first couple of episodes and thought it would be an interesting series. You're going to remember this statement. The show starts strong but everything after the first season will make you want to rip your eyeballs out.
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Jun 23, 2010 19:39
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poonchasta posted:Netflix really wants me to watch Cashback for some reason. Almost every time I add a movie to my instant queue, Cashback will be one of the movies in that window of similar/suggested movies that pops up. Also, I wish there was some way to erase individual things off of my viewing history. I want to watch Live Nude Comedy, but I don't want my girlfriend to find out Save yourself some time and download some porn. The movie is basically a boring / ridiculous 20 something dramedy with occasional tits and a touch of full frontal.
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Dead Cow posted:I was so happy when they added The State. I could finally prove to my friends that I wasn't crazy when I started talking about dancing pink and blue hormones. Yeah, people keep telling me this is good and I kind of want to watch it but I hate Jimmy Page and I hate The Edge and Jack White is only good some times.
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Jul 14, 2010 04:39
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knows a black guy posted:Also, it's paced pretty well, so it's not like watching Antiques Roadshow. There's nothing wrong with the pacing of Antiques Roadshow and it is way better than a bunch of fat cross-generational nerds arguing with each other over why this was bought for whatever price.  I like both shows though.
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Sep 7, 2010 20:39
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Dead Cow posted:Everyone should watch Batman: Under the Red Hood. I didn't know this was on there, how close is it to the comic book story? I ask because Superman: Doomsday was a tremendous disappointment.
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Nov 8, 2010 23:44
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Ninja Toast! posted:It's already been mentioned but seasons 1-4 of Psych are on and great. Monk is on there too, which is also awesome. They remind of old Encyclopedia Brown books where you try and find the one obvious thing that solves the case before the characters do.
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Jan 25, 2011 02:41
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Well while the thread is here, I figure I'll notify you all that all seven seasons of Trailer Park Boys are up. Easily the best non-music, non-beer export from Canada.
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Mar 3, 2011 21:03
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Tailwhoop posted:I've never seen a single episode of Scrubs in my life. So when I saw it on Netflix Instant, I finally gave it a shot. God drat that show is great. Funny and even sometimes heart-wrenching, it certainly deserves the credibility it received. Prepare to experience the same thing when you get further into Scrubs.
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Mar 3, 2011 21:58
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The Ace posted:It gets better, a lot better. As you get into it, you'll begin to have such utter contempt and hatred for the Cylons it'll be difficult not to want to watch them get blow'd up. Nightwatch is a pretty awesome movie, but do yourself a favor and do not read the book first. It will ruin it for you.
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Mar 4, 2011 20:17
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Drewsky posted:I watched Daybreakers the other day and couldn't have enjoyed it less. The premise was so promising too. I found it to be really disappointing too. But I had the misfortune of seeing it in theaters.
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Mar 6, 2011 05:42
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Yeah, I feel somewhat odd because at no point did I find Blood and Sand to be awful, and very rarely was it awesome. It was definitely worth watching, however.
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Mar 7, 2011 21:48
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Tailwhoop posted:Yes, Spartacus is definitely a pleasant surprise. Yeah, it seemed like there was a definite lull in releases for it and they are picking up again. Speaking of which. Next month will be a good month for Netflix streaming.
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Mar 8, 2011 00:06
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I really like Twin Peaks but unless your a huge fan of David Lynch's stuff you probably won't think that it lives up to the hype. I'm just saying, don't go into there with really high expectations unless you really dug movies like Blue Velvet.
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Mar 9, 2011 02:07
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A Nice Boy posted:Reaper seasons 1 and 2 got added last week. I vaguely remembered hearing that it was really good when it first came out, but I never got a chance to watch it. It was cancelled after two seasons because it was on that lovely CW channel. This show is good, but suffers from "canceled way too drat soon" disease. It never really lost steam and started getting pretty interesting but they axed it early partially because the actors who play Sam and Sock wanted to do other things and proceeded to do nothing but much crappier TV shows. Drewsky posted:Hell yeah. No Reservations is awesome. The Rust Belt episode spends a good deal of time just one The Wire, so it's worth it just for that. This episode is crazy because Snoop talks about how she's changing her life around and what not in it. She's just recently been arrested in a major heroin sting operation. Also, similar to the Rust Belt episode is the Cleveland one which is noteworthy because he spends a fair amount of time paling around with Harvey Pekar.
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Mar 16, 2011 18:31
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Speaking of Netflix deals. Showtime is going to pull its crap off of Instant later this year. Apparently they want to start their own premium streaming service, which seems kind of dumb. Anyway, that means that people should really watch Weeds, Dexter Californication, The Tudors, and Dead Like Me since they are all pretty good and might not be around by the time the Showtime content gets pulled.
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Apr 5, 2011 00:19
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A Nice Boy posted:Stargate Universe season 2 is up! Pretty great show. Yesss.... Been waiting on this for a while. For what it's worth I hate everything Stargate except for the original film but Stargate Universe is awesome and I hope it sees it's way through cancellation status limbo.
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Apr 11, 2011 20:04
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The second act is really the only redeeming quality of The Signal. Some of the first act was okay too, but the ending was kind of dumb and drug out. Still a worthwhile movie to watch though. VVV Blasphemy! Jibo has a new favorite as of 21:18 on Apr 13, 2011 |
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Apr 13, 2011 18:25
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I know Ren and Stimpy was mentioned before in this thread, but I'm not sure if anyone brought up the the Spike TV version (Ren and Stimpy: Adult Cartoon Party or whatever) that is up. It's a straight up adult (not in the porn sense) cartoon and in some ways will ruin your childhood. It's drat weird but fairly entertaining. Also, I noticed today that Shin Chan is up. Yes it's a Japanese cartoon but it is not anime at all and is hosed up and hilarious. The Japanese version relies on darkish humor dealing with (at the time) current events and weird word play. Since it doesn't really translate over to English they pretty much re-write the English version and does a good job of being just as relevant and bizarrely funny. I highly recommend it, especially if you like to get stoned and watch cartoons like I used to.
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Apr 17, 2011 06:20
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Raskolnikov2089 posted:So when do the Miramax films show up? I've done a search for Kill Bill and others, and no dice. They usually release things in batches so we probably still have some Miramax things to go. Also, Way of the Gun is up. I haven't seen the movie in ages but I remember it being pretty good. It has one of the best shoot outs from any movie towards the end and if you hate Sarah Silverman it's worth even just watching the opening because Benicio Del Toro punches her straight in her face.
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Jun 2, 2011 23:05
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casual poster posted:Does anyone know when they might add newer seasons to the office and 30 rock? I know both of them have atleast 1 season that isn't on there yet. In the past they've added them right before or right after the next season debuts. Since they both just ended a season you're probably going to have to wait a while or get Hulu Plus.
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Jun 6, 2011 22:06
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Merou posted:I'm still on the 2 disc plan, I like to get 1 disc of a TV show and 1 movie at a time. Although I usually have each disc for 1-3 weeks. I disagree, I bought it after the seven day free trial. 60 seconds worth of ads and eight bucks a month is a small price to pay to get The Daily Show, Colbert Report, up to date Parks and Rec and 30 Rock. VVV A lot of shows are available for free on various websites but a lot of people (myself included) hate sitting around the computer to watch TV. Jibo has a new favorite as of 18:57 on Jun 9, 2011 |
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Hulu Plus works on PS3, 360, and Roku. The only thing I've seen that needs to be watched on a computer is Community which isn't available anywhere else streaming anyway.
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Jun 9, 2011 20:10
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Captain Stinkybutt posted:I think I had In The Mood For Love for approximately 1 year and 4 months. I can't check because I stopped DVD service on mine and finally returned that and Chungking Express. Psh... I had Heat for years because the disc was missing (some kid in my house did something with it) and I was too lazy to report it. A good chunk of that was before streaming too.
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Jun 9, 2011 20:43
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A Nice Boy posted:Did anyone else see the news story a few weeks back about how Netflix instant streaming to consoles now accounts for something like thirty percent of all internet traffic. Yes, but it was not entirely accurate.
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Jun 10, 2011 00:06
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DamienChilde posted:Vimeo, even though it doesn't link to your account correctly, the staff picks and hd channel are great, as is being able to search content. I'm not experienced with Amazon's service, but I guess they have a "free" streaming service if you have Amazon Prime, which a lot of college students have. So if you're a college student it's worth checking out.
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Jun 11, 2011 07:25
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I haven't been to the website since they've added the ability to search to the 360 interface, but if it's as bad as you guys say it is then it would make me really happy to see them change it back. Considering how often people make lovely design changes for websites and then refusing to admit to the mistake, I think it would send a good message to see a company like Netflix doing it.
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Jun 13, 2011 18:47
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matrocious posted:The TV shows. Apparently, all of them sans the cartoon (there was a cartoon?). http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/8410/star-trek-all-of-them-coming-to-netflix-july-1.html Of course there was a cartoon. 
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Jul 1, 2011 15:55
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casual poster posted:Just got the email saying they were splitting the DVD-at-home and streaming services, this sucks but I can't say I didn't see it coming. It's not really even a tough choice, of course I'm going to go with the streaming option. Honestly, I've been on "just streaming" for a while now and don't really regret the switch. Red Box fills in the gaps.
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Jul 12, 2011 21:41
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bonds0097 posted:I haven't gotten any e-mail and have streaming/DVD at the moment, what's going on exactly? http://blog.netflix.com/2011/07/netflix-introduces-new-plans-and.html
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Jul 12, 2011 23:17
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Raskolnikov2089 posted:Korean cinema is pretty much my "go to" for awesome foreign movies. They're so deliciously hosed up, you can't help but love them. I went to watch The Host last week and it wasn't on there. Is it back up? kri kri posted:If you don't think Netflix makes an absolute shitload of money I don't know what to say. They must pay a lot of hosting fees, but they had 403 million dollars of gross profit in March 2011. I'm not sure what your point is. They made a moderate amount of money before operating costs which even you admit would be quite high. They made $60 million in the last quarter, which isn't exactly big bucks for a company that large with as many customers as they have.
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Jul 14, 2011 20:33
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particle409 posted:I just finished watching the series yesterday. I enjoyed the first few episodes, but I think it get's even better soon after. Any episode that revolves around Bubbles is great as far as I'm concerned. I have to agree with this. There were some slump episodes for sure, but if anything the show gets better over time. It's rare that a show goes 7+ seasons and I'm sad to see it end.
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Jul 15, 2011 00:28
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particle409 posted:Well, that certainly puts things in a slightly different light. There had been rumblings about unsavory behavior on the production end for Trailer Park Boys for a while. This is the most straightforward indication of the people behind the scenes being dicks that I've seen, however.
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Jul 15, 2011 16:13
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cheerfullydrab posted:Great article on the price increase that's not just the same stuff over and over again like the rest: This is an interesting article. I'd like to know why the author hastily dismisses an increase in licensing and distribution costs, however. Also, I have to disagree about it now just being an "average deal". $16 a month still isn't that much.
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Jul 15, 2011 19:50
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bonds0097 posted:Maybe I'm reading things wrong, but isn't the Blockbuster plan more expensive? It's 9.99 for 1 DVD which doesn't include any kind of streaming versus 7.99 for Netflix's 1 DVD plan... Does blockbuster expect people to pay more for the same thing just because they're angry? Its selection is also much worse. My old roommate had it and it's pretty abysmal for getting anything mildly obscure.
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Jul 16, 2011 02:31
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JLightning posted:Netflix and IMDB both disagree with you. I think Netflix just has a weird error in their episode listing. I've seen Netflix mess up the order of episodes more than a few times, and they seem to be pretty slow to fix it when it happens.
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wormil posted:They are both cheesy and low budget but Rubber is smugly self aware and has little plot and makes no sense for no reason. I didn't hate it nor enjoy it although it has moments. This is the perfect summary and represents exactly how I feel. Rubber was okay to have on the TV, but the fact that it knows it's cheesy and nonsensical doesn't make it great.
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