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Lost is my favorite TV show ever yet I can't bring myself to do an epic rewatch. I sort of want to leave how awesome that show was to my memory. It's a confusing, frustrating, insanity-inducing joy ride. I would skip over so much and feel cheated I was skipping it at the same time. At some point in the depths of the Third Season Slump, Lost became an obligation for me to watch not so much I really wanted to sit and watch it. I for one was moved by the ending, even with the weirdness and corniness. Ended beautifully and I guarantee no show will ever try that again (for better and for worse). Edit: Oh, and for how terrible Lost in the 1st half of Season 3 turned out (especially in hindsight between the dropped plotlines and wicked obvious stalling), the cage-based mini season of season 3 still managed to contain some of my favorite moments of television. I will never forget the ending to an episode paidoff Jack and his father's running line "Red Sox will never win the World Series" as a cop out to fated for failure. Ben found the perfect way to (temporarily) shake Jack's will to fight by showing him the video of the 2004 World Series. It put everything in perspective: length of time on island, the fate vs coincidence debate, miraculous events, Ben's ability to handle other characters, etc. And yes I am a Red Sox fan. It brought me back to the wonderful fall of my senior year of high school, when I just so happened to have started watching Lost from the beginning. Lost never ceased to amaze me. 
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Tewratomeh posted:As the last person in the world to get around to watching The X-Files, I have to say I'm surprised at how young the two leads were when the series started. I always had this image of my head of the two of them looking really distinguished, but Gillian Anderson in-particular looks like a kid in the pilot. The X-Files is the only show that I've seen every episode of more than once. Now I'm just sad that I've seen every episode of the X-Files, and there are no more episodes to see. And there never will be. 
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May 8, 2012 03:22
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I really enjoy fringe (only saw the first season) and wish that would show up on instant soon. It felt like a great x-files type show.
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May 8, 2012 06:03
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Ended up getting through Lilyhammer. It was consistently not-great but not-terrible and I hear they've got Season 2 in the works as soon as Silvio gets done touring with Springsteen. I don't know if it's because of the accents or the music or what but it never felt too tense when they tried to make things tense. Lot of cringe-worthy moments too, but I ended up liking the story for the most part. I thought it got better near the end, and ended up marathoning the last couple episodes. Making it eight episodes was probably for the best, and kept the plot moving right along.
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May 8, 2012 06:14
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scary ghost dog posted:The X-Files is the only show that I've seen every episode of more than once. Now I'm just sad that I've seen every episode of the X-Files, and there are no more episodes to see. And there never will be. There's still hope for a third movie to wrap up the conspiracy arc! ...isn't there?
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May 8, 2012 07:29
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Tewratomeh posted:As the last person in the world to get around to watching The X-Files, I have to say I'm surprised at how young the two leads were when the series started. I always had this image of my head of the two of them looking really distinguished, but Gillian Anderson in-particular looks like a kid in the pilot. I thought this exact same thing. I guess seeing it as a kid, you're like "Wow, these people are oolldd." Then when you are their age..  Just started it though and drat is it awesome.
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May 8, 2012 08:36
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I personally thought that the later seasons of Lost were worth it. Season 5 was actually my favorite in the series. Season 6 had a lot of missteps though. The whole flash-sideways thing cheapened a lot the show for me. It seemed that every time something dramatic happened in the real world, like someone dying, it would immediately cut to the sideways world. Then you'd sort of have to reserve judgement on how sad it was while waiting for the sideways story to resolve itself. I think this came into play for Jin and Sun's deaths in particular, how you couldn't really grieve for them because they're right there, happy as can be, in the next scene. The final season would have been so much better off told entirely in the present. Lost is still great though, watch it.
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May 8, 2012 09:31
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Kingtheninja posted:I really enjoy fringe (only saw the first season) and wish that would show up on instant soon. It felt like a great x-files type show. Oh, man. If you liked the first season, you are gonna LOVE the next few.
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May 8, 2012 17:54
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Small Town Murder Songs is a really well shot film. The story is sort of interesting, but at times I felt like the film was a vessel for the soundtrack. It's not bad, but the plot is very simple. Maybe that's part of it's charm. It's sort of like Insomnia with a religious spin on it and without plot twists.
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May 8, 2012 18:15
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ClydeUmney posted:Oh, man. If you liked the first season, you are gonna LOVE the next few. Are you being sarcastic? I was thinking of starting this tonight.
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May 8, 2012 23:26
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Rolo posted:Are you being sarcastic? I was thinking of starting this tonight. The first season is much more procedural and X-Filesy than the next three, which are very heavy on the bizarre and unpredictable.
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May 8, 2012 23:28
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Be prepared for a lot of the stuff mentioned in Season 1 to never show up again though.
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May 8, 2012 23:57
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Irish Taxi Driver posted:Be prepared for a lot of the stuff mentioned in Season 1 to never show up again though. I thought a lot of the stuff was mentioned again in some way or another throughout the Seasons.
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May 9, 2012 02:39
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Rolo posted:Are you being sarcastic? I was thinking of starting this tonight. Not at all. The show just gets better and better as it goes, and it really shakes off the creakiness of the first season. der juicen posted:I thought a lot of the stuff was mentioned again in some way or another throughout the Seasons. It is. LOTS of first season stuff has come back up again in some surprising ways.
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May 9, 2012 02:51
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It has been a while since I've watched Fringe Season 1, so I might be shaky on that one.
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May 9, 2012 03:30
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It doesn't look like Fringe is on Netflix Streaming...
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May 9, 2012 03:41
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origami posted:It doesn't look like Fringe is on Netflix Streaming...
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May 9, 2012 03:45
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Is Fringe available somewhere else then? I don't own a tv and it sounds pretty cool. Thanks for your help.
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May 9, 2012 03:47
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origami posted:Is Fringe available somewhere else then? I don't own a tv and it sounds pretty cool. Thanks for your help. Hulu: http://www.hulu.com/fringe
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May 9, 2012 03:51
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Request incoming. I recently watched Beer Wars. I was wondering if you goons knew of any good food/beverage related documentaries on streaming? Also, a while back a podcaster I listen to mentioned a documentary on America's obsession with credit cards. Thanks!
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May 10, 2012 19:19
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Doomsday Jesus posted:Also, a while back a podcaster I listen to mentioned a documentary on America's obsession with credit cards. I believe this would be Maxed Out.
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May 10, 2012 19:24
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Doomsday Jesus posted:Request incoming. You would probably like How Beer Saved the World.
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May 10, 2012 19:36
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Blood Into Wine isn't too bad.
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May 10, 2012 19:39
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I believe this would be Maxed Out. Frontline: The Card Game, an episode from a couple of years after Maxed Out makes an excellent companion piece.
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May 10, 2012 19:40
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Doomsday Jesus posted:I recently watched Beer Wars. I was wondering if you goons knew of any good food/beverage related documentaries on streaming? One that I think is excellent is Pressure Cooker, which features some inner-city kids trying to compete for a culinary scholarship. kuddles fucked around with this message at 19:47 on May 10, 2012 |
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May 10, 2012 19:44
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So according to https://www.streamingsoon.com Drive will start streaming on the 16th. 
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May 10, 2012 21:24
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Terrifying Effigies posted:So according to https://www.streamingsoon.com Drive will start streaming on the 16th. If this site is accurate, then Ben Stiller's The Cable Guy will be available starting June 1. I've never seen it, but Tropic Thunder is good, and Zoolander is incredible, so I'm excited to check it out. Edit: Also, due to this thread, I've run through the first season of Bob's Burgers, and it is pretty good. Tends to fall into gross-out humor a bit much, but it definitely has some really good moments. If nothing else, you can close your eyes and pretend Sterling Archer is running a burger restaurant. X-Ray Pecs fucked around with this message at 21:32 on May 10, 2012 |
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May 10, 2012 21:30
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X-Ray Pecs posted:If this site is accurate, then Ben Stiller's The Cable Guy will be available starting June 1. I've never seen it, but Tropic Thunder is good, and Zoolander is incredible, so I'm excited to check it out. The Cable Guy took a lot of poo poo at the time of its release, but it had some legitimately great spots of BLACK humor in it.
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May 10, 2012 22:02
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Yeah Cable Guy was Jim Carrey's first real departure from The Mask and Ace Ventura-y type rolls so everyone went in expecting more rear end talking and got a really dark movie that eventually people realized was hilarious.
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May 10, 2012 22:20
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The Cable Guy is still one of my favorite Jim Carey movies. My brother and I still quote lines from it and will even mimic his accent. Excellent movie.
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May 10, 2012 22:29
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That loving "nightmare chase" scene is loving classic.
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May 10, 2012 22:50
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X-Ray Pecs posted:Edit: Also, due to this thread, I've run through the first season of Bob's Burgers, and it is pretty good. Tends to fall into gross-out humor a bit much, but it definitely has some really good moments. If nothing else, you can close your eyes and pretend Sterling Archer is running a burger restaurant. Been watching Bob's Burgers as well, I think its ok, a few laugh out loud moments but mostly chuckles. Horse butt ! Irish Taxi Driver fucked around with this message at 01:07 on May 11, 2012 |
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May 11, 2012 00:42
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I didn't see this posted, but I really liked Mother (link). It's a Korean Hitchockian suspense thriller/dark comedy about an elderly woman who becomes an amateur detective in order to clear her disabled son's name after the cops coerce him into confessing to a murder. It's got lots of tension and drama, but it's also pretty heartwarming at times.
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May 11, 2012 01:06
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Irish Taxi Driver posted:Been watching Bob's Burgers as well, I think its ok, a few laugh out loud moments but mostly chuckles. I think my favorite was the second episode where about halfway through it turns into an extended reference to The Shining. It reminded me of early Simpsons, where they did several episodes primarily focused on Citizen Kane.
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May 11, 2012 01:51
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Tewratomeh posted:As the last person in the world to get around to watching The X-Files, I have to say I'm surprised at how young the two leads were when the series started. I always had this image of my head of the two of them looking really distinguished, but Gillian Anderson in-particular looks like a kid in the pilot. I've been reading up about the show as I watch through it, and I never knew the whole story behind the comedy episodes before. I didn't even know there were comedy episodes, the ones I've seen are really well done though, very funny but not undermining the characters or the rest of the show. It's also funny to watch the cell phones get slowly smaller and smaller as the seasons progress. They didn't really even have cell phones in the first season, which seems absolutely crazy almost 20 years later.
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May 11, 2012 02:18
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RightClickSaveAs posted:It's also funny to watch the cell phones get slowly smaller and smaller as the seasons progress. They didn't really even have cell phones in the first season, which seems absolutely crazy almost 20 years later. Yeah, I only remember the show from the few episodes I caught around season 3 or 4, so seeing some of the low-tech moments from the first season is pretty funny. In one episode, they're talking about binary code like it's this amazing new concept... "the ones and zeroes could be a painting, or they could be a piece of music!" On the other hand, a lot of modern network TV "police procedural" shows are still treating the internet like it's some scary, unknown and unknowable thing where evil people sell BDSM videos in exchange for stolen credit card numbers. The X-Files seems way ahead of the curve in that regard, in that the technology was at least current and they treated it as such.
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May 11, 2012 02:52
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Tewratomeh posted:Yeah, I only remember the show from the few episodes I caught around season 3 or 4, so seeing some of the low-tech moments from the first season is pretty funny. In one episode, they're talking about binary code like it's this amazing new concept... "the ones and zeroes could be a painting, or they could be a piece of music!" I love the one about the computer that can kill people in their houses by using the internet--it's connected to everything!
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May 11, 2012 03:42
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Pretty sure I'm a little behind on this, but I just watched The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The original Swedish version of all 3 movies are available for streaming. I'm just curious if the second two movies are as good as the first? Because I really, really liked it. Also, the comments on this movie on Netflix are hilarious. Half of them are people who got it on dvd, and didn't realize they were getting the original. Hell, they didn't even know there was an original. There's a lot of "Waaaaah what happened to the movie I saw in theaters?!".
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May 11, 2012 04:14
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Tewratomeh posted:Yeah, I only remember the show from the few episodes I caught around season 3 or 4, so seeing some of the low-tech moments from the first season is pretty funny. In one episode, they're talking about binary code like it's this amazing new concept... "the ones and zeroes could be a painting, or they could be a piece of music!" The techie FBI guys with really specific jobs that pop up every few episodes or so are cool too, and seem more grounded in reality than the type of stuff on shows like CSI. Even less glamorous jobs like handwriting experts get their due.
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Oh, if it's hilarious techno-bullshit that you're after, look no further than the two X-Files episodes penned by William Gibson. Yes, that William Gibson. The first one wasn't terrible, although watching it nowadays it reeks of the whole "COMPUTERS! INTERNET! AI!" thing that people were into in the '90s, and the visual effects are kind of dated. (There's a scene where a space laser blows up a lake that may be the most unintentionally hilarious thing I've ever seen in an X-Files episode. Yes, you read that correctly.) The second episode Gibson wrote, however, is a heap of irredeemable pablum about VIDYA GAMES and VIRTUAL REALITY; even watching it as a 14-year-old when it originally aired, I thought it was garbage.
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