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food court bailiff posted:Did you watch to the end of the first season? Because all of the "wacky" characters get hit with the drama hammer super hard. It's emotionally draining to watch but I thought it did what it was trying to do very well. I dunno. It felt like the kind of stuff Miranda had been doing, presumably, her whole life finally got to everyone at a time that was convenient for the plot. I didn't hate it, but I just feel like, if you're going to take the audience out of reality with characters that act ridiculous 95% of the time, it feels a bit cheap to then use that ridiculous behavior we've come to accept to then apply to normal human responses from those same characters. It just rubbed me the wrong way - like I say, I'll be interested in seeing where it goes next season. Oldstench posted:Anyone tried the new MST3K episodes yet? Just started. I'm laughing at the movie commentary, looking good so far.
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Other Space and Quick Draw are the 2 'failed' web series no one I know has seen that I totally love. There's a lot new about the the MST3K; but the most jarring thing, thinking on it, is that I get most of the references right away. It's really unusual. It's not a bad thing at all, I think though, that I kind of got a kick out of revisiting MST3K episodes as I got older and understanding more of them, kind of like a well I could go back to. Not a complaint.
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Apr 16, 2017 12:53
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I just finally finished New MST3k and it really finds its stride as it goes on. By the last few episodes, it's well paced, and I was laughing out loud consitently. I'm really pleased with it overall.
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May 13, 2017 04:46
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My mom has been into British mysteries and dramas on PBS, so I thought she might be interested in a comedy. I went to show her Peep Show, and it's been taken off of US Netflix.  It's really bummed me out. I showed her The IT Crowd, which she loves, but wouldn't you know, there's a notice on it that they're taking it off Netflix on Aug 1. So, PSA, rewatch it now if you wanna.
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Jul 8, 2017 17:12
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I ran out of stuff to watch and started playing American Vandal, knowing nothing about it. It's probably 2-3 episodes too long, but it's pretty fuckin funny. It's one of those long-form crime documentaries that slowly reveals exciting details to you over hours and hours of content, but it's about who spray painted dicks on 27 cars in a school faculty parking lot.
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Oct 9, 2017 05:40
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Maybe this is the right place to post this? I just found out that RiffTrax has a channel on Twitch. I dunno if it's a temporary thing or not, but they're playing movies non-stop - not live commentary, btw.
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Nov 8, 2017 05:58
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I haven't seen a lot of chatter about it anywhere, but I liked Godless so much, I thought I'd share. It's a bleak western, with an unsurprising plot, but they really go deep into the characters, and it's beautiful with great music and acting. I recommend trying it out for 2 episodes at least to see what you think, if you got the patience.
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Dec 16, 2017 23:31
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There are enough travel/eating shows, but I like Somebody Feed Phil. He's got a really infectious playfulness that makes it stand out. I've liked Anthony Bourdain's shows for the most part, but I'm really worn out on his 'type'. A kind of rich guy, with a tan and a shirt buttoned a little too low, who really wants to be seen as salt-of-the-earth, while still being smug as humanly possible. So this was like a palette cleanser in the genre for me.
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Jan 27, 2018 06:42
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Wow, Moon is back on after however long being unavailable. I need to have a good reliable aggregator to tell me these things.
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Mar 14, 2018 03:33
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Rolo posted:InstantWatcher.com isn’t bad. It’s just a column of what’s new next to a column or what’s currently popular. Oh, thanks very much.
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Mar 16, 2018 02:08
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Rolo posted:Man I got through the first episode of American Gods today because I just finished the book and liked it enough. I had just read the book too when it came out, and I remember liking it. I kind of remember a scene in a cemetery about blowjobs that went on way to long that I zoned out of entirely. I thought the first few episodes were good, and I was impressed at how reading the book didn't affect my enjoyment of the show. But I did just stop watching it, so I guess it didn't leave a big impression. Happy People is a Werner Herzog documentary that was off of Netflix for a long time, but it's back. It's about fur trappers in the middle of no where, Siberia.
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May 9, 2018 04:02
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Rolo posted:Yeah that was one of a few parts that brought me right out of it. Jesus Christ stop describing what a blowjob is. Also I think the main kicker was just that I didn’t like the acting of the guy who plays Shadow. I really liked his character in the book and I feel like they whiffed it. I agree with that, Shadow in the book felt pretty defeated and rudderless in the beginning rather than... 'irritable' and self-absorbed? I'm trying to remember what I liked, now. I think I liked a lot of the other casting - Ian McShane as a stand-out, and how they pivoted the Tech Kid to be something more with the times than an acne-riddled hacker nerd from 1999.
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May 9, 2018 04:12
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The Good Place isn't a stand-out show to me, I don't know why. Then again I binged all of Season 2 at once, so maybe I'm in some kind of denial. It has that network, saccharine quality that turns me off, but I can't deny how clever it is. Ted Danson, D'arcy Carden, and most of the time Kristen Bell are all really, really funny.
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Sep 7, 2018 03:09
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I'm just getting to Season 3 now. There are some great characters, but The Expanse has a lot more that it offers. The world building is top-notch, and a lot of reverence is paid to the restrictions of zipping around in space. There's a lot of care in it. I'd say keep going if you don't loathe the characters, there's bound to be a couple you can latch onto coming up.
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Aug 16, 2019 06:59
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On Netflix, I saw The Between Two Ferns Movie and the series Unbelievable, and I loved them both. Diametrically opposite tones, but both good. I'm just now starting Mindhunter, and that seems good too. I was kind of losing faith in Netflix too.
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Sep 23, 2019 04:02
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best bale posted:This goon gets it Fine, I'll try watching it again. I bounced hard on the first 2 episodes of Schitt's Creek, but I keep hearing nothing but universal love for it, so I'll push though. And yeah, cable is just awful. I went without a subscription for years, and then when I moved to my home town and hung out with my folks, I saw that the commercial situation was even worse than before. There's an ocean of commercials now in the middle of a show, and no commercials between episodes. It is completely diabolical, and absolute torture to sit through.
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