The "What Should I Watch on Streaming?" Megathread (Netflix, Prime, etc)

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caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

Blair Witch 2 reaches a Showgirls-level of utter insanity and has to be seen to be believed.

I'd say pick it up on DVD because the commentary track that details the studio hell that the film went through is essential to the Blair Witch 2 experience.

# ¿ Feb 17, 2015 22:31

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# ¿ May 2, 2024 04:14

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

I think the greatest compliment you could give to the Robocop remake is that it's amazing how inoffensive it came out, because it certainly had the opportunity to gently caress up so much harder than it did.

Gonna cap off the night with Jan Svankmajer's Alice. Man, this HD print is haaaaaaaaandsome.

# ¿ Feb 22, 2015 09:43

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

K. Waste posted:

The Fly 2 sucks

Double bill The Fly 2 with Big for an Adult Women loving Children in Adult Bodies marathon.

# ¿ Feb 26, 2015 05:24

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

Grizzled Patriarch posted:

Also something that really struck me is how similar Slater's character is to Heath Ledger's Joker, from the coat to the posture, mannerisms, and even speech patterns.

I have always insisted that Heath Ledger is doing the world's greatest Paul Giamatti impression in The Dark Knight, to the point that it's ruined the entire movie for me now.

EDIT:

beanieson posted:

It's been a while but isn't Slater just doing a Jack Nicholson homage?

Slater did a Nicholson homage for the first 25 years of his career, and was derided for it accordingly.

# ¿ Mar 7, 2015 06:56

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

Looking for something legitimately crazy? BRANDED is on Netflix streaming and it is next-level bonkers.

# ¿ Mar 15, 2015 03:56

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

Jack Gladney posted:

Everybody got AIDS and poo poo.

I've got a problem with pussy.

My favorite birthday I ever had was gathering a group of friends who had never seen Showgirls before, taking a bunch of acid and then watching the pandemonium break out as Showgirls blew all their goddamn minds. :lsd:

# ¿ Mar 22, 2015 00:23

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

I remember rolling into a drive-in with my family at age 7 with my mom and we saw a double bill of Die Hard and Big. They showed Big second, even as a kid I thought that was a poor choice.

Also: I fully support the idea of a double bill of Halloween III followed by Halloween III. But I love Halloween III.

# ¿ Aug 12, 2015 20:48

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

Basebf555 posted:

Its almost bitter-sweet to watch it because I get annoyed that the movie-going public didn't reward the creativity of Halloween III and forced the studio to bring Michael Myers back.

I went to a 35mm screening a year back in October to a sold out audience and that felt good.

When the audience went from chuckling throughout to dead, horrified silence after the kid puts on the mask, that was loving magical.

# ¿ Aug 12, 2015 21:11

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

If we're talking mind-bending musicals, go for The Apple/Can't Stop the Music.

Both are streaming on Netfilx and both are fabulous.

# ¿ Aug 13, 2015 20:52

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

I usually will do a triple bill of Spring Breakers with The Wolf of Wall Street and Pain and Gain and call it The American Dream Trilogy.

# ¿ Aug 13, 2015 22:29

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

Goddamn it, now I have to watch Purple Rain.

Or at the very least throw on Darling Nikki because, Jesus Christ, Darling Nikki.

# ¿ Aug 15, 2015 01:02

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xERcz18DZH8

This is the scene that I use to sell friends on Drive Angry.

Other examples include the hammer flashback in Freaked and Jekyll doing the giant mountain of cocaine and turning into an air-humping Mr. Hyde in Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again.

# ¿ Aug 19, 2015 04:05

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

X-Ray Pecs posted:

Nightmare 2 is poorly directed, but it's got campy imagination and some fun gay subtext.

My favorite segment of the Never Sleep Again documentary (on Netflix but it IS a 4 hour long documentary on every aspect of the series) is the entire Elm Street 2 segment as it jumps from every person involved in the film basically shouting "WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE gently caress WE WERE MAKING" and ending it on the writer saying in utter delight "I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT MOVIE WE WERE MAKING."

Got a 35mm screening of Elm Street 2 coming up this week. Super hyped. :dance:

# ¿ Aug 25, 2015 03:10

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

And I know NESguerilla definitely specified horror streaming on Netflix, but if you have HBOGo, Lucky McKee's May is up and still pretty wonderful.

# ¿ Aug 25, 2015 03:13

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

precision posted:

Popeye is absolutely bizarre and also really drat good.

My favorite story from a friend who used to work in Hollywood was that Robin Williams had all his cocaine shipped to him in the hollowed-out fake Popeye arms during filming.

The very definition of living the dream.

# ¿ Sep 9, 2015 00:58

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

If The Prisoner is streaming anywhere and you haven't seen it, put everything down and watch The Prisoner right now.

The ending is so bewildering, Patrick McGoohan left his country due to the backlash. The last episode of The Prisoner is the one thing my mother flat-out refused to talk to me about in her entire life. it made her so angry.

It's fantastic.

# ¿ Sep 18, 2015 16:31

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

I own two copies of the soundtrack to The Apple on vinyl and I wish to be buried with them after I kill myself.

The fact that it's off Netflix is pure tragedy.

# ¿ Nov 16, 2015 19:41

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

morestuff posted:

I think of that same bit every time I read the title

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSJfpMUqKDc

I wonder if not mentioning Problem Child 2 was an oversight or intentional.

# ¿ Dec 1, 2015 03:49

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

My favorite part in the Cannon documentary is when Elvira showed up out of character with no mention of Elvira at all.

# ¿ Dec 1, 2015 22:26

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

I think Anchor Bay is partially financing Troma now, or maybe it's just that they have the rights to distribute Troma on home video now, one of the two. As far as I know Kaufman's already shot the second half of the newest Nuke 'Em High film.

Is Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead still on Netflix? It's ridiculous and worth watching if it is.

Nolanar posted:

What are some good Netflix-available tragedies, in the "protagonist gradually undone by their own flaws" sense?

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover is a pretty good pick, I'd say. Though it's a Capital-A Art Film, so your mileage may vary.

# ¿ Dec 3, 2015 17:06

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

Nolanar posted:

What are some good Netflix-available tragedies, in the "protagonist gradually undone by their own flaws" sense?

Holy poo poo, I almost forgot: SHOWGIRLS.

WATCH SHOWGIRLS.

I'm not even sure if Showgirls is still on Netflix as I own Showgirls in every available format. Autographed by Paul Verhoven. He wasn't happy about it.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2015 16:34

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:

Now there's a story I want to hear.

Sadly there's not much too it: he was doing a signing for his book about Jesus and I just haaaaadddd to get my copy of Showgirls signed. The man wasn't rude in the slightest, but clearly he had an "I've seen some poo poo" look in his eyes after handing over my copy.

I'm not a big autograph guy, but there are exceptions. One time I took a bunch of acid, met Crispin Glover at a film screening and told him a story about how earlier in the day I had accidentally set my kitchen on fire, lost my cat when I opened the door to let all the smoke out and then spent hours searching and found her mewling under a tree in the rain. This was also on my birthday.

Dude signed my book "Happy birthday, I'm glad you found your cat!" A+.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2015 17:32

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

Clearly Crispin Glover's crowning achievement is writing a rap song about how much he loves jerking off.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2015 17:50

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

I will always delight in how Dave manages to keep his cool while still being clearly loving furious at the end of that clip.

PROFESSIONAL.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2015 18:13

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

The Brothers Solomon is on Netflix Instant and it's basically the greatest movie of all time.

# ¿ Dec 10, 2015 05:19

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

Sleeveless posted:

Seems legit.

The moment in this scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX3-2TqlTHU

Where Will Arnett is holding up a pair of tiny khaki shorts, but he's holding them up to his chest as if it were a loving shirt might be my second favorite joke in a movie.

The first one is the SUPPLIES joke in UHF.

# ¿ Dec 10, 2015 07:54

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

You don't have to wait for Bone Tomahawk to hit Amazon Prime to see David Arquette die horribly in a Cannibal Western, you can watch Ravenous on Netflix right now.

Do it.

# ¿ Dec 16, 2015 23:32

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

red19fire posted:

Wow, there's like 3 things i want to see in january.

I'm just gonna watch The Rundown three times.

# ¿ Dec 22, 2015 06:08

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

Did you know that Netflix not only has a special TV Fireplace special filmed in 4k, they loving had TWO OF THEM THAT FEATURE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WOOD?

# ¿ Dec 28, 2015 04:32

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

Sleeveless posted:

http://instantwatcher.com/title/80093400

I can't sleep when I don't have the sound of an oscillating fan in the background. This will actually be perfect for whenever I travel.

In fact Netflix's algorithm says I'll enjoy this program a full five stars.

# ¿ Dec 28, 2015 05:05

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

Everyone needs to drop everything and watch Stop Making Sense on Amazon Prime.

# ¿ Dec 29, 2015 05:01

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

Sarchasm posted:

Edge of Tomorrow and World of Tomorrow are very, very different films.

This is like when I wanted to watch Midnight Run but accidentally rented Midnight Express.

# ¿ Jan 21, 2016 23:26

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

It's the colorized version so you'll have to futz with your settings, but Amazon Prime has Forbidden Zone and it's got titties, Tattoo from Fantasy Island, Oingo Boingo with Danny Elfman as Satan, those two dudes from UHF, singing, dancing, giant frogs, more titties, everything you need.

# ¿ Jan 24, 2016 19:45

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

Rutger Hauer really puts everything into his performance in Hobo with a Shotgun. I think it's the only Hey-Wasn't-Renting-Troma-Tapes-at-Your-Local-Video-Store-With-the-Porno-Section-Behind-Salloon-Doors jerkfest that's actually worth watching because of it.

EDIT: the fact that it skews more to the nasty side of things also helps.

# ¿ Feb 2, 2016 20:33

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

DeathSandwich posted:

What was considered the best version of blade runner, the directors cut?

All the cosmetic retouching done in The Final Cut is done really well and might be the best version, though I'm sure a case can be made for the CG-free director's cut. The theatrical cut is abysmal in a Brazil Love Conquers All Version kinda way.

Also: just buy Blade Runner.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2016 21:16

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

If you're watching Zero Theorem and feel the need to turn it off by all means go ahead and do it, but at least watch it up to the scene where Tilda Swinton raps.

You'll be happy you did.

Gyre posted:

Also while we're suggesting feel-good stuff, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is pretty drat good if you're feeling kicked around by life. It's very much a show about getting through adversity and not letting it define you.

Another dissenting opinion: there's a constant stream of early to mid '90s pop culture bullshit that screams Friedberg/Seltzer-levels of lazy writing. They're not jokes, they're just references.

caligulamprey fucked around with this message at 16:55 on Mar 25, 2016

# ¿ Mar 25, 2016 16:24

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

I've been on Netflix since 2001 and have rated thousands upon thousands of movies and the only film that says I'll award it a full five stars is that One Direction documentary directed by Morgan Spurlock.

Everything else across the board is pretty much a Leonard Maltin-esque two-and-a-half stars according to Netflix.

# ¿ Apr 3, 2016 23:31

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

Steve Yun posted:

but there is something really interesting going on with the subtext around Peewee's sexuality that they couldn't do in previous films and shows

When was the last time you saw Big Top Pee-Wee? The entire movie is about relationship/commitment anxiety and the desire to gently caress as many people as possible.

I mean, it even has a train-going-through-tunnel montage and everything.

# ¿ Apr 12, 2016 16:12

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

Warm und Fuzzy posted:

I'm glad to see Wynonna Ryder didn't turn into some wierdo like Johnny Depp or Helena Bohnam Carter

Except for that whole shoplifting thing.

(I mean that was the the one weird hiccup, I just mainly remember the press frenzy surrounding it)

# ¿ Jul 17, 2016 02:03

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# ¿ May 2, 2024 04:14

caligulamprey: Jan 23, 2007; It never stops.

A MIRACLE posted:

I guess I should watch it again. Molly, acid or shrooms?

All of it.

Seriously.

# ¿ Jul 17, 2016 05:38

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