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GonadTheBallbarian: Jul 23, 2007

coyo7e posted:

Whoa. That was way higher caliber than what I expected. Camera work could be better but I love the script and casting. Not the ending i expected. Or, hell, the beginning I expected.

Seriously, that was a trip. Pro find.

# ? Feb 22, 2015 03:28

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# ? Apr 27, 2024 12:35

Froglight: Oct 5, 2010

Captain Lavender posted:

I don't know how many times I can click "NOT INTERESTED" before Netflix gets out of my face about it.

Hulu has an original called QuickDraw, which I love. It's a comedy western set in like, the 1870s; but everyone talks as if they're completely cognizant of how backwards justice and frontier living is at that time. I definitely laugh, chortle or snortle on every episode. I don't hear anything about it anywhere, so I worry no one is watching it.
I couldn't find many clips, but here's a couple.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/522156
http://www.hulu.com/watch/690598#i1,p0,d1

Comedy Central's Broad City is on Hulu now too, and that's really drat funny.

I loving loved Quickdraw, that show is pure joy. One of those 'smiling the whole time' kinda shows. It's worth saying that it's basically all improv too.

# ? Feb 22, 2015 09:10

Rolo: Nov 16, 2005; Hmm, what have we here?

New Robocop hit Netflix today. Understandably so, I'm 75% through it and it feels nothing like Robocop.

# ? Feb 22, 2015 18:04

Gyro Zeppeli: Jul 19, 2012; sure hope no-one throws me off a bridge

Fishstick posted:

They should be watching Peep Show instead

This guy gets it. The king of cringe comedy, and one of the best sitcoms ever made.

Plus it has a character called Super Hans, whose every line is solid comedy gold.

# ? Feb 22, 2015 19:09

Inzombiac: Mar 19, 2007; PARTY ALL NIGHT

EAT BRAINS ALL DAY

Thanks to this thread I'm starting Spartacus. Interesting to see some of the cast from Arrow walking around all naked-like.
Does this show get not poo poo after the first two episodes and please tell me they stop with the awful CG blood.

# ? Feb 22, 2015 19:54

13Pandora13: Nov 5, 2008; I've got tiiits that swingle dangle dingle

Inzombiac posted:

Thanks to this thread I'm starting Spartacus. Interesting to see some of the cast from Arrow walking around all naked-like.
Does this show get not poo poo after the first two episodes and please tell me they stop with the awful CG blood.

Yes, and no. The CGI blood stays but the show hits a good stride like 5-6 episodes in.

# ? Feb 22, 2015 20:13

Gaunab: Feb 13, 2012; LUFTHANSA YOU FUCKING DICKWEASEL

Horns was alright. Not really anything special but not the worst. Could have cut 20-30 minutes from it.

# ? Feb 22, 2015 23:06

Rolo: Nov 16, 2005; Hmm, what have we here?

I think I like Dinosaurs more as an adult than I did as a kid.

# ? Feb 23, 2015 01:03

Section 9: Mar 24, 2003; Hair Elf

coyo7e posted:

Sort of like how every IT professional cringes whenever someone enthusiastically tells them they have to watch Chuck or The IT Crowd?

As an IT professional I will say The IT Crowd is great.

Fishstick posted:

They should be watching Peep Show also

Fixed.

# ? Feb 23, 2015 07:01

Leper Residue: Sep 28, 2003; To where no dog has gone before.

Gaunab posted:

Horns was alright. Not really anything special but not the worst. Could have cut 20-30 minutes from it.

Watched it last night, and yeah, I was ready for it to be over forty minutes before it ended. It wasn't bad just terribly meh.

# ? Feb 23, 2015 07:40

Opopanax: Aug 8, 2007; I HEX YE!!!

I read the book and felt about the same, so I guess they didn't deviate too much

# ? Feb 23, 2015 07:54

Ugly In The Morning: Jul 1, 2010; Pillbug

Rolo posted:

I think I like Dinosaurs more as an adult than I did as a kid.

I never realized how many jokes in that show flew right over my head as a kid until Netflix picked it up.

# ? Feb 23, 2015 16:32

Brother Tadger: Feb 15, 2012; I'm accidentally a suicide bomber!

Just watched Chef, which I highly recommend. I like Jon Favreau's work generally, but this one was particularly good about not falling into tropes, etc. Very positive (if not a little bit unrealistic), especially if you are going through a transitional part of your life.

# ? Feb 26, 2015 05:48

Lustful Man Hugs: Jul 18, 2010

I would recommend Housebound as an incredibly well done horror movie (that has elements that make it work even for non-horror fans). I don't want to give too much away - just watch it.

# ? Feb 26, 2015 07:33

Saints Crow: Aug 25, 2006; Johnny is the name for God on the lips and hearts of all bangers

Inzombiac posted:

Thanks to this thread I'm starting Spartacus. Interesting to see some of the cast from Arrow walking around all naked-like.
Does this show get not poo poo after the first two episodes and please tell me they stop with the awful CG blood.

First Season has poo poo CG, but by s2E1 it is much improved/layered with practical. I liked it all, but it feels like it picks up after the first few.

# ? Feb 26, 2015 10:43

FoxTerrier: Feb 15, 2012; Perfectly logical poster who uses the tools available to him to come to solid conclusions

Lustful Man Hugs posted:

I would recommend Housebound as an incredibly well done horror movie (that has elements that make it work even for non-horror fans). I don't want to give too much away - just watch it.

Just watched this on Netflix and came here to post the same thing. I don't really like horror, and I still got a real kick out of this movie. It's far more black comedy than anything else, and there are several brilliantly funny moments. Attacking the villain with a cheese grater was my personal favorite.

I also hugely enjoyed the fact the protagonist is a pissy, pain in the rear end woman who has no problem bashing people's heads in. A lady after my own heart.

FoxTerrier has a new favorite as of 03:09 on Feb 28, 2015

# ? Feb 28, 2015 02:58

Oldstench: Jun 29, 2007; Let's talk about where you're going.

I agree, Housebound was pretty good. It goofed with conventions in a pretty decent way.

I watched A Coffee In Berlin on a lark and really enjoyed it. It's a talky-young-adult-angst movie, but its a good one.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 06:23

Vriess: Apr 30, 2013; Select the items of interest in the scene.

Returned ~~with Honor~~.

Robocop (2014) went on Netflix Instant.

I really don't want to watch it.

# ? Mar 3, 2015 00:37

Bussamove: Feb 25, 2006

Vriess posted:

Robocop (2014) went on Netflix Instant.

I really don't want to watch it.

I watched it and then immediately watched the original to wash the taste out of my mouth.

More important than stupid remakes, Robocop and Robocop 2 are both on Netflix and are both still excellent for all the right reasons.

# ? Mar 3, 2015 00:56

Rolo: Nov 16, 2005; Hmm, what have we here?

Vriess posted:

Robocop (2014) went on Netflix Instant.

I really don't want to watch it.

It's pointless. It completely lacks the story and grit of the original. Hell even Detroit itself in the new one doesn't look like a bad place to live.

# ? Mar 3, 2015 03:31

Sleeveless: Dec 25, 2014; by Pragmatica

Rolo posted:

It's pointless. It completely lacks the story and grit of the original. Hell even Detroit itself in the new one doesn't look like a bad place to live.

That's pretty much the entire point, it's satirizing modern-day police militarization and the ubiquitousness of white collar crime just like how the original satirized the crime and politics of the 80s.

# ? Mar 3, 2015 03:46

Tim Whatley: Mar 28, 2010

Vriess posted:

Robocop (2014) went on Netflix Instant.

I really don't want to watch it.

I thought it was okay, but nothing special.

# ? Mar 3, 2015 03:49

Watrick: Mar 15, 2007; C:enter:###

I love Horror in almost all of its forms. I watched the first ten minutes of Smiley and goddamn is it terrible. There is a Bloody Mary type figure that appears when you type "I did it for the lulz" three times during a video chat. I gave up when the characters started talking about how they knew each other from /b/.

On a positive note The Prowler was a good watch. Sub part plot, it has a generic plot of every early slasher movie, but the kills were bloody and graphic. It washed the poo poo taste of Smiley out of my mouth.

# ? Mar 3, 2015 04:18

Big Centipede: Mar 20, 2009; it tingles

I don't know if it's new to Netflix or not, but Chinatown is up and it loving rules

# ? Mar 3, 2015 04:19

Captain Lavender: Oct 21, 2010; verb the adjective noun

Bussamove posted:

I watched it and then immediately watched the original to wash the taste out of my mouth.

More important than stupid remakes, Robocop and Robocop 2 are both on Netflix and are both still excellent for all the right reasons.

Netflix JUST axed Robocop 2 and 3 unfortunately.

I had completely forgotten about the show Grounded for Life until it popped up recently.

I may be just watching out of nostalgia, but it's a pretty serviceable sitcom if you ask me. I consider it right at like, the death of sitcoms? You know, before Everybody Loves Raymond and the rest of the "after-death" sitcoms. I'm not explaining what I mean well, but sitcoms for the last 10 years feel like vestigial zombies of the genre.

Anyway, I think Grounded for Life is full of all that 90's sitcom garbage that hasn't aged well, but it's also got a lot going for it. The casting is great, and there are some good gags in every episode. It goes from being a "lol 90's" show to one with more modern references by the end. It's just kind of a weird hybrid show I think. And Uncle Eddie is one of my favorite sitcom characters.

If you just want an upbeat show to just have on that you don't have to overfocus on, it fits that bill. I also had completely forgotten how big Donal Logue was for a few years.

Captain Lavender has a new favorite as of 04:37 on Mar 3, 2015

# ? Mar 3, 2015 04:34

Vriess: Apr 30, 2013; Select the items of interest in the scene.

Returned ~~with Honor~~.

I used to get Donal Logue and Sean Bean mixed up in the 90s.

# ? Mar 3, 2015 04:40

the unabonger: Jun 21, 2009

Captain Lavender posted:

Netflix JUST axed Robocop 2 and 3 unfortunately.

I had completely forgotten about the show Grounded for Life until it popped up recently.

I may be just watching out of nostalgia, but it's a pretty serviceable sitcom if you ask me. I consider it right at like, the death of sitcoms? You know, before Everybody Loves Raymond and the rest of the "after-death" sitcoms. I'm not explaining what I mean well, but sitcoms for the last 10 years feel like vestigial zombies of the genre.

Anyway, I think Grounded for Life is full of all that 90's sitcom garbage that hasn't aged well, but it's also got a lot going for it. The casting is great, and there are some good gags in every episode. It goes from being a "lol 90's" show to one with more modern references by the end. It's just kind of a weird hybrid show I think. And Uncle Eddie is one of my favorite sitcom characters.

If you just want an upbeat show to just have on that you don't have to overfocus on, it fits that bill. I also had completely forgotten how big Donal Logue was for a few years.

Its an extremely good background noise sitcom.

# ? Mar 3, 2015 04:47

tangy yet delightful: Sep 13, 2005

Sleeveless posted:

That's pretty much the entire point, it's satirizing modern-day police militarization and the ubiquitousness of white collar crime just like how the original satirized the crime and politics of the 80s.

As much as I prefer the original and wish the remake had been inventive enough to tell a story without cribbing from the "established universe" I still think 2014 worked and agree with Sleeveless' points.

# ? Mar 3, 2015 04:49

Lamprey Cannon: Jul 23, 2011; by exmarx

Sleeveless posted:

That's pretty much the entire point, it's satirizing modern-day police militarization and the ubiquitousness of white collar crime just like how the original satirized the crime and politics of the 80s.

Though I agree with this, I also feel that the message is somewhat undermined by the fact that the main character gets blown up with a land mine right outside of his own quiet suburban home; the way the film presents it, this increasing militarization seems kind of reasonable. You don't even have the angle of the original film which implied that OCP was deliberately putting officers in harm's way in order to sell their robot police officer/have a corpse for the Robocop program. And at least for me, the film lacks any kind of emotional punch, so regardless of whether or not I agree with the film's message, it never does anything to make me care. That being said, there are a couple of touches to the movie that I liked:

1. Samuel L. Jackson playing Glenn Beck, and his weird warm-up mouth noises.

2. In the background of a bunch of shots you can see folks with signs protesting the replacement of human workers with robots. Nobody ever actually mentions this, and I think it's a cool representation of the way reality is filtered through the media lens.

3. When Murphy wakes up in China, as a robot, he freaks the gently caress out and runs outside. The run he does, with his torso moving straight forward while his arms and legs flail, is the goofiest loving thing.

# ? Mar 3, 2015 05:13

syscall girl: Nov 7, 2009; by FactsAreUseless; Fun Shoe

The Fresh Prince posted:

Its an extremely good background noise sitcom.

And the mom was really hot, iirc.

# ? Mar 3, 2015 05:55

Watrick: Mar 15, 2007; C:enter:###

Lustful Man Hugs posted:

I would recommend Housebound as an incredibly well done horror movie (that has elements that make it work even for non-horror fans). I don't want to give too much away - just watch it.

I watched this last night and it was excellent. Likeable characters, good fx, good writing and story, and it kept me interested the whole way through. This gives me even more hope in modern horror.

# ? Mar 5, 2015 20:26

Winkle-Daddy: Mar 10, 2007

Paycheck is up. John Woo directs a Philip K Dick adaptation. Not very good, but watch it for Michael C. Hall's srs government man voice.

Also some scenes feel like a sneak peak at Ben Affleck as Batman.

# ? Mar 5, 2015 20:32

GOTTA STAY FAI: Mar 24, 2005; ~no glitter in the gutter~
~no twilight galaxy~; College Slice

Winkle-Daddy posted:

Paycheck is up. John Woo directs a Philip K Dick adaptation. Not very good, but watch it for Michael C. Hall's srs government man voice.

Also some scenes feel like a sneak peak at Ben Affleck as Batman.

I like it. It's a fun future-tech film. And, it happens to have one of my all-time favorite movie scenes in it:

*uses prognostication machine, sees self die in the future*

"Oh gently caress I better get out of here before that hap-"

*takes one step, immediately dies*

:allears:

# ? Mar 6, 2015 16:15

Gaunab: Feb 13, 2012; LUFTHANSA YOU FUCKING DICKWEASEL

Nymphomaniac Vol. I and II are on Netflix. Probably going to watch just out of curiosity.

# ? Mar 7, 2015 05:23

the unabonger: Jun 21, 2009

syscall girl posted:

And the mom was really hot, iirc.

She's the hot mom on the block.

# ? Mar 7, 2015 05:37

drk: Jan 16, 2005

If you liked 30 Rock, go watch Tina Fey's new netflix show Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. It's fantastic.

# ? Mar 7, 2015 19:47

Gaunab: Feb 13, 2012; LUFTHANSA YOU FUCKING DICKWEASEL

drk posted:

If you liked 30 Rock, go watch Tina Fey's new netflix show Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. It's fantastic.

drat you! I was just about to post this.

# ? Mar 7, 2015 20:46

syscall girl: Nov 7, 2009; by FactsAreUseless; Fun Shoe

Gaunab posted:

drat you! I was just about to post this.

Came here to post it as well.

Good poo poo.

# ? Mar 7, 2015 20:53

Captain Lavender: Oct 21, 2010; verb the adjective noun

drk posted:

If you liked 30 Rock, go watch Tina Fey's new netflix show Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. It's fantastic.

I wasnt grabbed by the trailer for this show, but after 2 episodes, I really like it. I think this might be the best possible role for her.

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# ? Apr 27, 2024 12:35

Len: Jan 21, 2008; Pouches, bandages, shoulderpad, cyber-eye...

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drk posted:

If you liked 30 Rock, go watch Tina Fey's new netflix show Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. It's fantastic.

Started watching it this morning and yeah agreed this is pretty drat good. I'm on episode 7 or 8 already and I'm looking forward to finishing it tonight.

# ? Mar 7, 2015 22:49

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