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There is no "Recommended" section anymore. There's a Top 10 that surfaces every once in a while, but mine are always somewhere in the three-and-a-half range, so who knows.
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I watched Silent House earlier and I just really wish that I hadn't. Other than the fun with editing to make it look like a single continuous shot, there's not much to enjoy really.
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Jan 23, 2013 11:46
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User-Friendly posted:There is no "Recommended" section anymore. There's a Top 10 that surfaces every once in a while, but mine are always somewhere in the three-and-a-half range, so who knows. Well drat looks like I was wrong about that. I guess it was thinking about the "because you watched this" lists, which I don't like. Just because I put on Barbarella doesn't mean I want to watch everything else like it. Also, why is there a Spongebob Squarepants movie in that list wth
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Jan 23, 2013 14:07
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LaptopGun posted:Sword of Gideon is on streaming and expires at the end of the month. It's a 1986 HBO tv movie adaptation of Vengeance, the book Steven Spielberg later adapted for Munich. the Israeli assassination program avenging the 1972 Munich Massacre is hard stuff to stomach... Seconding Sword of Gideon, late 80's/early 90's HBO was a really unique thing.
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I don't know if this is the place for it, but I'm not sure of a better one. Sorry in advance.  Does Netflix continue to absolutely dominate for streaming? I'm probably going to renew my subscription after a 4-year lapse, but man does that Amazon Prime membership look nice too.
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Jan 23, 2013 18:50
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You might as well have both to be honest. Amazon prime is $79 or thereabouts and you get the 2 day shipping. Then just go to the amazon prime sharing thread and sell the 3 spots for $15 each and get a lot of yor money back (you can share amazon primer with up to 3 others, or 4 I forgot. Only the primary holder gets the streaming benefits)
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Jan 23, 2013 19:23
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Headhunters is well made and quite fun, minus some soapy emotional parts and technobabble. It's like a Coen brothers movie with a lot more gruesome special effects. Acting is good, plot is a thrill a minute and quite a few surprising turns.
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Jan 23, 2013 20:26
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Boxman posted:I don't know if this is the place for it, but I'm not sure of a better one. Sorry in advance. It probably depends on what you want to watch. I would look at what each service offers and go from there.
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Jan 23, 2013 20:28
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Christoff posted:You might as well have both to be honest. Amazon prime is $79 or thereabouts and you get the 2 day shipping. Then just go to the amazon prime sharing thread and sell the 3 spots for $15 each and get a lot of yor money back (you can share amazon primer with up to 3 others, or 4 I forgot. Only the primary holder gets the streaming benefits) I forgot sharing was a thing with Prime. That's solidly in the "why the heck not" range. Thanks!
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Jan 23, 2013 20:43
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The content lacks but so does Netflix. If nothing else if you're impulsive you can rent what you want to see
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Jan 23, 2013 20:48
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Amazon Prime and Netflix are both great. Really the only service I tried but ended up canceling was Hulu Plus. It was nice to have access to so many Criterion Collection films, but beyond those the selection for movies is hit or miss, and annoyingly they still have commercials. Not worth the $9 a month IMHO.
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Jan 23, 2013 21:36
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mod sassinator posted:Amazon Prime and Netflix are both great. Really the only service I tried but ended up canceling was Hulu Plus. It was nice to have access to so many Criterion Collection films, but beyond those the selection for movies is hit or miss, and annoyingly they still have commercials. Not worth the $9 a month IMHO. I felt the same way - oddly many of the Criterion films are available through regular Hulu anyway. The most damning thing is the commercials, if I am paying for the service you drat well not be showing commercials during a movie.
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Jan 23, 2013 21:57
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I've never gotten a commercial during a Criterion movie on Hulu Plus, not sure why others are.
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Jan 23, 2013 22:11
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You can do amazon prime for 40 bucks if you're signed up for amazon.com student account. Only works if you're a college student though. :/
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Wilhelm Scream posted:I've never gotten a commercial during a Criterion movie on Hulu Plus, not sure why others are. Not during Criterion that I noticed but it was definitely happening for other movies which is insane to me. Magnus Gallant posted:You can do amazon prime for 40 bucks if you're signed up for amazon.com student account. Only works if you're a college student though. :/ The trial for students used to be a year rather than a month, IIRC.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:The trial for students used to be a year rather than a month, IIRC.
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mod sassinator posted:Amazon Prime and Netflix are both great. Really the only service I tried but ended up canceling was Hulu Plus. It was nice to have access to so many Criterion Collection films, but beyond those the selection for movies is hit or miss, and annoyingly they still have commercials. Not worth the $9 a month IMHO. I like Hulu for the availability of new shows. I never know what's available on Plus or Regular, but I only pay 7 bucks a month, it's hardly anything to fret over.
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Urdnot Fire posted:It was six months when I signed up in July. Makes sense, certainly explains the 40 bucks thing.
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Jan 23, 2013 22:52
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User-Friendly posted:There is no "Recommended" section anymore. There's a Top 10 that surfaces every once in a while, but mine are always somewhere in the three-and-a-half range, so who knows. I'm staring at the "Suggestions for You" section on my AppleTV right now. Are you referring to something else?
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The Netflix android app is showing me films that friends on Facebook recently watched. Is there any way to turn this poo poo off? I had a look and I couldn't see it.
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Jan 24, 2013 02:21
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Monkeyseesaw posted:I'm staring at the "Suggestions for You" section on my AppleTV right now. Are you referring to something else? Is that there in the browser version? I see "Because you watched…" and my Top 10 (which for some reason contains two things I've already rated), but no dedicated Suggestions section.
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Jan 24, 2013 06:18
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Wilhelm Scream posted:I've never gotten a commercial during a Criterion movie on Hulu Plus, not sure why others are. Criterion film don't get ads. It was part of the negotiations that brought them over to Hulu. Any other movie on there gets ad breaks.
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Jan 24, 2013 06:32
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User-Friendly posted:Is that there in the browser version? I see "Because you watched…" and my Top 10 (which for some reason contains two things I've already rated), but no dedicated Suggestions section. No I only see top 10 on the website but the "suggestions" queue on my AppleTV is definitely longer than 10. I remember a similar feed on the XBox netflix app. Maybe it's only exposed on dedicated clients? Netflix's web strategy has never made any goddamn sense.
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Mescal posted:I got Apple TV and Netflix recently. There's no recommended movies section. Do I have to watch or rate a certain number of films before it recommends anything for me? Everything you see is a recommendation for you - their catalog is much bigger than the list of stuff you see there. The recommendations will start out super generic but the more you watch/rate the more specific for you it gets. Also you should go on the website and click the header that says 'Personalize' or whatever and tell Netflix how often you watch Sappy Fetish Comedies Starring Strong Female Leads or whatever.
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Magnus Gallant posted:You can do amazon prime for 40 bucks if you're signed up for amazon.com student account. Only works if you're a college student though. :/ For what it's worth, I'm signed up for Prime through my old Amazon Student account and I'm only paying $40ish. Problem is I can't share the account with my wife so she has to order through my account.
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Baron von Eevl posted:For what it's worth, I'm signed up for Prime through my old Amazon Student account and I'm only paying $40ish. Problem is I can't share the account with my wife so she has to order through my account. For me, it let me renew at $40 a total of three times (I think)...then it said "Sorry, you are no longer eligible for the student rate as you have renewed 3 times". I guess what I'm saying is, Amazon hates Doctors.
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Jan 24, 2013 17:54
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I watched all of season 1 of American Horror Story over the weekend. Nutty show. Watched season 1 and most of season 2 of Lost Girl. Also a great show.
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This may have been available for a while, but I just happened to notice that Lights Out is available on Netflix. It only made it one season, but it was one of my favorite series' from the past few years...quote:FX's gritty drama follows Patrick "Lights" Leary, a retired boxer who's suffered too many punches to the head. As much as he'd like to stay out of the ring, Leary may have to don the gloves again to support his family after landing in serious debt.
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Big money rustlas just popped up, for an icp western comedy it was actually watchable. I get that alot of people will hate it for obvious reasons, but I got the feeling that everyone involved had a great time making the movie and it shows.
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Awesome Andy posted:Big money rustlas just popped up, for an icp western comedy it was actually watchable. I get that alot of people will hate it for obvious reasons, but I got the feeling that everyone involved had a great time making the movie and it shows. It is watchable in the same way that Play-doh is edible, just because you can doesn't mean you should.
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Awesome Andy posted:Big money rustlas just popped up, for an icp western comedy it was actually watchable. I get that alot of people will hate it for obvious reasons, but I got the feeling that everyone involved had a great time making the movie and it shows. Going to watch the poo poo out of this.
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Tennis Ball posted:Going to watch the poo poo out of this. You know it's going to be a good film when you have multiple porn stars on the cast.
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Awesome Andy posted:Big money rustlas just popped up, for an icp western comedy it was actually watchable. I get that alot of people will hate it for obvious reasons, but I got the feeling that everyone involved had a great time making the movie and it shows. Our best guess for MrGreenShirt: 1 star Nice.
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How reliable is the information on instantwatcher.com? I had a (probably irrational) impulse to check out Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood since it has been in my queue forever. But, even though instantwatcher says that it should be available from Mar 06, 2012 until the year 3000, it doesn't seem to be available.
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Ohvee posted:How reliable is the information on instantwatcher.com? I had a (probably irrational) impulse to check out Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood since it has been in my queue forever. But, even though instantwatcher says that it should be available from Mar 06, 2012 until the year 3000, it doesn't seem to be available. I know for a fact I've seen it on there. Although Netflix didn't realize that the first two seasons are a remake of the original show, so it assumes that the original FMA is seasons one and two, and Brotherhood only begins at season 3.
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Crappy Jack posted:I know for a fact I've seen it on there. Although Netflix didn't realize that the first two seasons are a remake of the original show, so it assumes that the original FMA is seasons one and two, and Brotherhood only begins at season 3. I know it was up until sometime pretty recently. Though for some reason they only had the first 3 parts, so you had to get the last 2 on disc anyway.
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If it's still on there definitely watch it. It has some quality animation and the story is fantastic. I picked up all the volumes on blu ray and I re-watch it rather regularly.
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etalian posted:You know it's going to be a good film when you have multiple porn stars on the cast. Oh man. This is actually kind of good. Not in an ironic way... (Only 8 minutes in though...) Big Baby: Man, you still in love with that whore? Sidekick: I kiss a horse one time and you guys just won't let it go! Big Baby: I said whore.
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Tennis Ball posted:Oh man. This is actually kind of good. Not in an ironic way... (Only 8 minutes in though...) At this point the writers, exhausted from effort and the lateness of the hour, congratulated each other on their sterling wit and agreed to retire to the parlor and huff the last of the glue.
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A few pages back people recommended and discussed The West Wing. I started it and I'm definitely impressed. Not sure why I didn't watch it on NBC when it aired. I was completely blown away by the season 2 finale. The church scene where Bartlet walked down the aisle cursing God in Latin was amazing and executed perfectly. It's the ultimate Sorkin walk-and-talk scene.
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