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Yea I mean if shows are using the word gently caress and showing nudity on SyFy and USA then I guess I'm just wrong, but I really was not aware that was happening. What shows are we talking about?
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Alterian posted:If I remember correctly, wasn't it even a slighlty watered down "son of a bitch"? I remember son of a bitch being almost AD Skinner's catchphrase. He called everyone a son of a bitch, but mostly Cigarette Smoking Man and Mulder. That's a pretty good early clue that they are father and son actually, they both have the ability to piss Skinner off just by existing.
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Jan 22, 2019 21:23
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:The Netflix ones does a better job of showing the disorganization and over promises of the festival, the Hulu doc does a better job showing what a scam artist Billy is. Say what you will about them paying him for an interview but it shows exactly the kind of person he is and his responses (and lack thereof) to questions only made him look worse. They're best watched back to back, if you ask me. Yea it's weird because it's almost like they were purposely produced as companion documentaries. They really are best watched together because without the Hulu doc with the interview you're missing a huge piece of the situation, which is Billy's ridiculous narcissism.
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Jan 23, 2019 20:18
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Not sure exactly how recently, but Leave No Trace is now available on Prime. I actually haven't seen it myself but I've heard good things and I'm very much looking forward to a rare Ben Foster lead role.
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Jan 24, 2019 16:01
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veni veni veni posted:The Accountant was the dumbest portrayal of Autism ever put to film and was also a really bad movie. It was sort of entertaining though. Yea I actually think its a very solid action movie overall but its hard to recommend because of how dumb the autism angle is.
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Jan 26, 2019 18:56
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Criminal Minded posted:Polar was ridiculous trash and I enjoyed every second of it The first half had way to many repetitions of that scene where the rival hitmen encounter some poor sap(s) and then mercilessly execute them. It dragged on and on.
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Jan 28, 2019 15:22
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10 Beers posted:I'm surprised at all the hate for Polar. It was a cheesy shoot em up movie with some silly performances. Have some beers while you watch! Not enough shoot em up, it was more like here's a guy being executed, here's a gratuitous close-up of a woman's rear end, here's another guy being executed, here's a puppy being killed, one more brutal execution, ok fine here's Mads shooting some guys for a few minutes, movie over. It was a slick looking, colorful film though, which I always appreciate.
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Jan 30, 2019 19:01
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I actually liked the Bundy series because it didn't focus too much on the graphic details of the crimes, it was a lot more about all the footage of Bundy so that you could really get a sense of how hosed up his personality was. It's probably the most comprehensive collection of footage like that on the subject I can think of, obviously because his case became such a media circus, but not many other serial killers have given so many statements and been filmed for as many hours as Bundy was.
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Feb 6, 2019 01:07
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Netflix has been pretty slick about taking me riiiight to the edge of cancelling and then there's always something that makes me not do it. Obviously a part of it is my own neuroses but any given month there's usually like that one thing that I really want to check out and that's all it takes to keep the sub going.
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Feb 7, 2019 15:44
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:Hulu is good for TV stuff since they're owned in part by the networks and they've pulled a lot of stuff from Netflix, but Netflix has a much better selection of exclusive stuff that they produce/distribute. Network TV shows are basically all I use Hulu for at this point, I don't think I've ever watched a movie or any of their original stuff outside of Castle Rock. Hulu actually does have a pretty impressive selection of movies, best thing to do is just look up a list every month or so and then manually add what you want to a watchlist.
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Feb 7, 2019 15:51
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Babysitter Super Sleuth posted:Netflix used to have something like this but it was an incredible flop that everyone hated because it was creepy. There's no need for it to be running on some fancy algorithm, just give me a option to have it randomly choose something from my existing watchlist. Sometimes I just don't feel like running circles in my own head for 15 minutes deciding what to watch.
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Feb 7, 2019 16:47
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Asnorban posted:If I had a phone app that I could tie in to all my streaming services and just shake it to pull a selection from my watchlist I would use it extensively. The amount of time I waste cycling through all my options between services is a bit embarrassing. I've actually been in the habit recently of perusing my various watchlists at work before I leave for the day, so that I have something in mind when I get home. It's pretty sad.
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Feb 7, 2019 17:02
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Wiggles Von Huggins posted:i kind of forget that netflix will often remove many movies that you have watched in the past from the menus that you surf (other than the "previously watched menu"). my gf made her own account, and i was surfing its menus and going "holy poo poo there is actually a lot of very good movies on here. theyve just been removed from my menu". Yea, the best way to make sure you know about stuff you've seen before is to actually use a PC and manually browse to the bottom of each genre category, and all of the stuff you've already watched will be sitting at the bottom, at the very end of the list. Then if you feel like watching again you can add it to your watchlist from there. I do that every October because there's always a bunch of great horror movies I forget Netflix has because they assume I wouldn't want to watch them again.
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Feb 7, 2019 20:42
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Sarchasm posted:Do any of the streaming services have a respectable library of Hammer Horror? I'd be willing to pick up a new sub for a couple months just to go back and hit some of the high points. I loving wish. Short answer is unfortunately no. Many of them are available relatively cheap on DVD though, although I know we're in the streaming thread.
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Feb 8, 2019 18:27
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Sarchasm posted:Yeah, I was hoping to get a little more for my money than renting every movie individually but I guess I don't have a lot of options. A good rule of thumb to start is just stick to anything that has the combination of Peter Cushing+Christopher Lee, bonus points for if it was directed by Terence Fisher.
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Feb 8, 2019 18:58
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Unzip and Attack posted:Hell or High Water is on Netflix and it's really good. I've seen that movie three times now and every time I wish they'd spend more time in that restaurant ordering t-bone steaks.
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Feb 11, 2019 20:17
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The Wailing is really an experience, very unique even if you've already seen a lot of other South Korean films. I gotta rewatch that at some point. Fair warning, it's a pretty long movie but it's totally worth it.
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Feb 22, 2019 14:47
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Did anything ever come of the plagiarism accusations from Season 1? I know the end scene was lifted almost verbatim from an Alan Moore comic. Nah, not enough there for actual action to be taken.
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Feb 22, 2019 20:20
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tweet my meat posted:Ninja Assassin is loving trash, really enjoyed it and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it. I watch this garbage movie every few years, there's just something great about an ultra violent stylish ninja murder fest. nate fisher posted:I was not a fan of the tone shifts in The Wailing. It just felt all over place. While that can work at times, it just made the movie feel more like 3.5 hours long. I don't think it is bad, but I found it nowhere close to the hype. When it comes to Korean horror, I would take something like I Saw the Devil or Thirst over it. You named two of the most critically acclaimed Korean films of the past 20 years though, it's really not controversial to think those are better than The Wailing.
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Feb 25, 2019 16:20
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:I've seen it, and it's probably safe to assume I've seen anything comparably high-profile. I'm looking for weird indie poo poo, not even particularly out of preference but just because it's all that's left. You've seen most of the go-to suggestions, like when I read the description of what you wanted The Ritual was my first thought. What about The Void? Also, it doesn't exactly fit all your criteria but if you haven't seen it, why not watch the best found footage horror movie of all time, As Above, So Below?
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Feb 27, 2019 15:01
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:I saw both of those, and really enjoyed both. It's on the right track, at least? Yea I mean it's just that Netflix only has so much that fits that criteria. I've heard that The Windwill is at least decent, although I haven't seen it myself. Honestly Pan's Labyrinth is on Netflix so if I were you I'd just say gently caress it and rewatch that. Basebf555 fucked around with this message at 15:12 on Feb 27, 2019 |
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Feb 27, 2019 15:06
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:I probably ought to spring for Shudder one of these days. A Shudder sub also allows you to go ask the horror thread for recommendations, where the real experts are. Without Shudder you're gonna get tons of recs that you won't be able to watch without it, we're all addicted to Shudder at this point.
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Feb 27, 2019 15:20
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david_a posted:They don’t have a lot of monster movies, much to my dismay (maybe there’s just less out there than I realize). Horror has always been a low risk/high reward business, so many famous horror producers(Corman, HGL, Cunningham, etc.) got into it because they could make a potential money making film without having to go into foreclosure on their house. So for that reason ghosts and human slashers are usually featured the most in the genre overall. Designing a proper monster and then shooting it well so that it doesn't look goofy can be an expensive proposition.
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Feb 27, 2019 15:39
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Honest Thief posted:I'm watching Behind The Curve, ten mins and this dude is a raging manchild, but he's got a point about how the belief is easily spread given that scientific explanations fall flat when flat earthers just have to go "hey, i don't see a curve there, explain that!" I mean, the explanation isn't really all that scientific is it? Isn't it just that the flat earth people are complete morons? It's not like you have to recite a formula or teach them a complex scientific concept to explain it.
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Feb 27, 2019 22:05
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:Someone recommended this to me ages ago and I somehow never got around to it; I'll guess I'll check it out + The Windmill (if for no other reason then because a Dutch horror movie about an evil miller sounds hilariously on the nose.) Yea it definitely sounds like The Windmill was more what you were asking for, Under the Shadow is pretty good but it's definitely more of a ghost/demon/unseen supernatural force type movie.
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Feb 27, 2019 22:09
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Honest Thief posted:Yeah, but the observational nature of it, and sugar pilled with a dose of conspiracy about the government sells it. It kinda poisons any chance of discourse surrounding it for them. But wow, this guy... He even cites game of thrones lol I mean, if the person you're trying to convince won't even accept the basic premise that the human eye isn't able to observe all aspects of our existence then you aren't really gonna get anywhere in a whole lot of areas.
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