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Looten Plunder posted:Letterboxd will be adding TV show functionality this year loving finally. I mean, I get that there's value to keeping it ~pure kino~ and I certainly like movies way more than TV, but it's a real pain in the rear end to keep track of TV shows because no other service can touch the functionality or community of Letterboxd. I've been gathering lots of weird old obscure TV that I want to watch, but never actually remember what I want to watch. It's all split between a half-assed IMDB list and a Google Doc I always forget the name of and a bunch of cheap DVD box sets I've purchased over the years. Worrying about the founders selling a large stake, though.
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Jan 6, 2024 17:56
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thrawn527 posted:I’d rather they add recommendations based on your ratings, but whatever. In browser they have a sort order for lists that is "Based on Films You Like" or "Related to Films You Liked." Maybe they published a blog post on what exactly they mean, but to me they're not transparent enough to be useful.
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Jan 7, 2024 04:07
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With Casino, it's not about him becoming Bond the superspy at all, it's about him becoming Bond the cold-hearted bastard. He starts the movie with all the skills and abilities he needs, and uses them in various superspy scenarios throughout the film. The origin story is the origin of his personality through seeing him fall for and lose Vesper. None of these other examples does the same thing. Batman Begins touches on that same sort of arc (but backwards), but still has us go through training montages and building the suit and whatever.
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Jan 8, 2024 20:35
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As someone who does user research in another field... Yeah.
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Jan 9, 2024 15:40
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thrawn527 posted:This is about Letterboxd. I finally remembered to check, and if this exists, I definitely can't find it. Here: 
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Jan 9, 2024 20:24
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My favorite actor character is Rick Dalton. Jack Slater is pretty cool, too.
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Jan 11, 2024 17:56
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Rageaholic posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AR9Dqi3CVc It would be a huge waste to not have the whole season culminate in his death wildly inconveniencing everyone and making all his friends furious.
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Jan 11, 2024 21:56
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Gotta pile on here. Unless you have a very specific reason for watching just the last two X-Files seasons, don't. Not unless you love the rest of it already, because you'll be seeing by far the worst of the series. Still fun, but inarguably lesser. Seasons 1 and 2 are the best of the "plot" seasons where there's an overarching conspiracy, and seasons 3-6 are the best fun episodic monsters and mysteries seasons. It all really, really holds up, though. I'd even argue that the earlier seasons feel less dated than the later ones. There's no reason to not just watch from the beginning unless you're being forced to write an essay on the final two seasons or something.
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Jan 16, 2024 01:19
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NikkolasKing posted:Kind of a random question, but a few weeks ago I was talking with some friends elsewhere about Monty Python. Some young whippersnappers in our group had never seen any MP and the rest of us olds were extolling the brilliance of Holy Grail. The oldest guy in our group, however, did "warn" that "British humor" might not be for everyone. The sort of people who say that think of "American humor" as Ow My Balls.
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Jan 16, 2024 15:27
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Seinfeld is still great, y'all are weird. Just like any older media, it helps to consider the context of its moment in understanding its perspective, but an occasional dated joke doesn't invalidate good writing.
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Jan 17, 2024 04:13
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The good news is that later on in the series, the show more or less recognizes that Jerry's character is a bit of a hack.
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Jan 17, 2024 15:35
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MarcusSA posted:Not all work is good work I support all workers rights to be lazy pieces of poo poo and get paid well to do so. We should all be so lucky. Stop lionizing hard work, we should all get to live well on 12 hours of half-assed work per week.
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Jan 22, 2024 23:59
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Most of the complaints I heard about Bebop were that it was amateurish. Nobody seemed to mind that it was different from everything I read
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Jan 24, 2024 04:43
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I would be 1000% for another Bebop dropping Ed entirely. I just want it to feel like The Long Goodbye in space
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Jan 24, 2024 13:39
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Road House is one that for whatever reason I just never got around to. Found a Blu-ray of it in a box on the sidewalk a few months ago and snagged it, I really should prioritize it some time.
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Jan 24, 2024 22:52
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Yeah so just don't direct a bad pilot
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Jan 25, 2024 05:22
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The secret is to work on a show that is going to run for 10+ seasons
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Jan 25, 2024 05:31
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I think you mean "IP"
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Jan 25, 2024 15:40
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EricBauman posted:Or maybe it actually is because no one wants to watch a fictional show about a country turning to nazism anymore when they can see the real thing happen now/soon, who knows Yeah, I want to watch the show sometime based on all the praise, but every time I actually consider sitting down and watching it the whole experience just seems unpleasant.
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Jan 25, 2024 15:59
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How would that maximize shareholder profits
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Jan 26, 2024 01:33
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I present the first annual feedmyleg award for mediocre posting to myself
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Jan 26, 2024 23:02
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Bear bounced right off of me. Maybe it's because I've watched a number of friends more or less live it, but it just seemed like a whole lot of stress I didn't need.
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Jan 28, 2024 12:24
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I also think that the crowd of students represents how absentee of a professor he is. Half the people in that crowd probably wanted to talk to him about how unfair his grade was on their last paper—and they were probably right, because while he was marking it up his mind kept wandering to how he was going to acquire the Cross of Coronado.
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Jan 28, 2024 23:26
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thrawn527 posted:From the trailers, it just looked like a generic action movie Is that not what the books are? I've always assumed they're the epitome of bland airport fiction
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Jan 29, 2024 19:03
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I really wish I had another throwaway watch-in-the-background comfort show that I could vibe with no matter what, because I've almost finished rewatching all of the good seasons of Mythbusters. Everything else I think of just feels like it would involve more engagement than I have the ability to give at the moment.
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Jan 30, 2024 00:53
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Some other fun chillin out with the characters going on adventures vibes: • Hercules • Xena • Jack of All Trades • The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. • Starhunter (Redux) • Red Dwarf Sam Raimi really had this market cornered.
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Feb 1, 2024 20:59
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bull3964 posted:It’s a disconnect between how they want us to consume content vs how we actually want to. I work in product on content discovery at a major streaming service, and let me tell you, it's even more frustrating from the inside. feedmyleg fucked around with this message at 21:54 on Feb 1, 2024 |
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Feb 1, 2024 21:51
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Other than Perry Mason, Babylon Berlin, and True Detective Season 4, what other solid serialized detective/neo noir shows are worth checking out from the past, say, 5 years?
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Feb 3, 2024 22:49
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Open Source Idiom posted:Monsieur Spade! Ooh, forgot about this. How did it turn out? Some great suggestions here, folks. Started Deadloch but stopped a few episodes in for no particular reason. Should start that back up. Was Mob City worth anyone's time?
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Feb 4, 2024 03:25
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Apparently the novel is set in contemporary times. Hoping they set it sometime in the past, because it being supernatural historical horror is like 90% of the draw for me.
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Feb 7, 2024 04:39
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I hope it winds up like how Pete turned into a toad in O Brother Where Art Thou.
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Feb 8, 2024 00:13
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I'm such a sucker for historical comedies. I'm in. I like Noel Fielding when he's well-utilized and generally find his shtick quite charming, but he can definitely cross over into obnoxious territory. I'm hoping he's somewhat reeled in here, because from the trailer it looks a bit like a one man show.
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Feb 8, 2024 20:44
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Yeah that animation is fantastic.Mordiceius posted:"We have Jack of All Trades at home." My first thought in watching the trailer was "I like Noel Fielding but he's no Bruce Campbell..."
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Feb 9, 2024 06:23
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You have to enjoy Jimmy Carr's humor to like 8 out of 10 Cats and that ship sailed a decade ago. Like with many panel shows, watch a compilation of David Mitchell clips and move on with your day.
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Feb 10, 2024 20:28
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I really dug Miracle Workers season 2 when it came out. The consensus seemed to be that season 3 wasn't all that good so I skipped it, then didn't really enjoy what I saw of season 4 which went too zany. Just circled back around to season 3 and am really enjoying it. It's just sweet and earnest and cozy. Every once in a while there's a joke that bounces off of me and it's more consistently mildly amusing than full of belly laughs, but I wouldn't put it that far below season 2. Just charming.
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Feb 13, 2024 03:04
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Oh I will, it just slipped down the list after I wasn't fully vibes with the first episode. I haven't even watched season 1 yet, which I skipped at the time because I bounce off overtly religious stuff. But the writers have definitely won my benefit of the doubt at this point, so I'll do that next before capping it off with 4.
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Feb 13, 2024 05:23
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Animation-wise, if you're open to giving some anime a shot, Pluto on Netflix has a decent dub and the animation is pretty far away from the typical cutesy modern anime style. I watched it after Scavengers and it felt like a good follow-up. It's definitely for adults, and not in a "edgy tits and gore for teenagers" way the most "adult" anime is. It's got strong Watchmen vibes. I'd also recommend Psycho-Pass which largely avoids many of the worst sins of anime, though it's a bit slow at times and I roll my eyes occasionally. Also I'm only two episodes in, but Metallic Rouge is also pretty great so far. I'm someone who is very choosey with anime so these come as considered and critical recommendations. In a totally different camp, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off might actually fit your ask. It's a more grown-up and self-reflective take on the material than the books or movie, even if you think those are a bit cringey. Skewed a bit younger, but Infinity Train might surprise you in how complex it gets. feedmyleg fucked around with this message at 22:32 on Feb 22, 2024 |
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Feb 22, 2024 22:29
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Oh, in a completely different arena, but Primal rules. It's not super deep thematically, but its character relationships have a ton of depth. It's basically "What if Conan the Barbarian became best friends with a tyrannosaurus-rex and they both were haunted by a lot of trauma?" except not nearly as silly as that sounds. e: Also even though it's probably an incredibly off-base suggestion for what you're asking I've gotta say it, but The Venture Bros. is incredible if you've never seen it and it seems like it might be up your alley. It finally ended last year and really stuck the landing. The first few seasons are very silly, but as it goes it really layers in a ton of depth. feedmyleg fucked around with this message at 22:50 on Feb 22, 2024 |
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Feb 22, 2024 22:44
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Yeah, as much as I love the show I'd definitely skip a few key scenes if I were introducing it to someone fresh. But if you decide to jump in you can rest assured that the creators mature and grow as the show does, and at least attempt to retcon the show's most tasteless joke.
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Feb 22, 2024 23:04
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