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TrixRabbi posted:So much good stuff is expiring, hopefully it all gets some worthwhile replacements. I think that is precisely why people were turned off by Broken Flowers. After Lost in Translation and Life Aquatic (two films which seriously divided audiences), some may have seen Bill Murray as a one-trick, dead-pan pony. Naturally, if you hated his serene moments in the previous films, you're going to fume over Broken Flowers. I, personally, loved his performance in the movie as he hit all the right moments for awkward situations. He doesn't exactly go looking for comedy like he did in Lost in Translation nor does he have a mad mind like he did in Life Aquatic. His tone felt much more natural and real than his previous roles. Both versions of <b>True Grit</b> are now on instant. Despite the nearly unintelligible dialogue of Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon, it's one of the better Coen films of late. And grandpa hates and complains that John Wayne was better, you have that version as well. I'm also going to recommend <b>Jingle All The Way</b>. It's a bad Christmas movie, but the writing reaches a certain point of pure, unapologetic insanity that it becomes funny in an almost non-ironic sense. It doesn't make the movie good just for those moments of ridiculousness, but it does make it an odd cinematic abnormality.
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Also, I need a new show to get hooked on. My drama favorites include The Wire, LOST, Deadwood, Angel, Twin Peaks, Buffy, Breaking Bad, and I also liked Firefly, Rome, and Carnivale. My comedy favorites include Parks & Recreation, Arrested Development, Community, Louie, How I Met Your Mother, Archer, and The Venture Bros., and I used to like The Office, 30 Rock, and Scrubs, but burned out on them. For drama, I'd give Mad Men a shot. The first season is a little slow, but it is so worth it once you get to that first finale. For comedy, I'd highly recommend The IT Crowd if you haven't seen it yet. Easily the best British comedy I've seen since Little Britain.
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| # ¿ Jan 30, 2012 01:30 |
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Christoff posted:BSG is loving amazing. You don have to be into scifi to dig it at all. BSG as a whole is a great series...as long as you shut the series finale off after part 2. Seriously, for anyone who hasn't seen Battlestar Galactica yet, don't watch part 3 of the series finale. You'll be quite pleased with the ending given in part 2. I say this only because part 3 wraps everything up in a way that will most likely infuriate you. I've heard from some people who were heavily into the series regretted ever watching it after part 3. Trust me, turn it off after part 2.
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| # ¿ Jan 31, 2012 05:12 |
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Battle Beyond the Stars just came on today! Basically, Seven Samurai in space with the soundtrack from Star Trek 2. It is all kinds of awesome.
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| # ¿ Feb 18, 2012 02:48 |
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The Adventures of Tintin animated series from the 90's just came on today. And not just the first season that was released from Shout! Factory: all three seasons. These episodes are so much fun.
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| # ¿ Mar 4, 2012 05:01 |
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I don't know if anyone has posted about this yet, but I just started watching Star Trek: The Animated Series and the dialogue track is missing from the episodes. It's like they only uploaded the isolated music track. Considering this is a very dialogue heavy show and the animation sucks, I'm really disappointed.
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| # ¿ Mar 5, 2012 17:41 |
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Shanty posted:That actually sounds amazing, except SubG's been going on about how great that show is so also slightly disappointing. It actually starts at episode 11. Try loading up any episode past that if want a crappy Filmation slideshow with great music.
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| # ¿ Mar 5, 2012 21:06 |
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It's not a very good series, but I'd suggest checking out Jason of Star Command if you'd like to see James Doohan in the silliest TV series he's ever been involved with.
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| # ¿ Apr 21, 2012 13:47 |
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The original G.I. Joe, Jem and Transformers series are all on streaming now. They're worth watching not because of nostalgia, but because how ridiculously awkward the animation was. Jem is probably the worst/best of the bunch just for how warped gravity and basic human actions turn into unintentional comedic gold.
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| # ¿ Apr 25, 2012 00:09 |
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SRM posted:I got really excited when I saw the GI Joe logo pop up and found it was only the (admittedly very good) GI Joe: Renegades. I know what I'm watching every morning for the forseeable future. Unfortunately, I discovered that they only have Season 1 of GI Joe and not all the episodes either. It seems like they may be available later on, but Shout! has been very weird about releasing GI Joe. They released the complete series, but for some reason Mill Creek is releasing episodes from the first season now while Shout! continues on with GI Joe Series 2. Just seems weird to me.
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| # ¿ Apr 26, 2012 00:11 |
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The Box just came on Netflix today. No, not that movie from 2009 based on the Twilight Zone episode. This was from 2007 and its a detective movie. The film is not that great, but it's worth watching for Giancarlo Esposito (Gus Fring from Breaking Bad) delivering this one line: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOmp3HpAGgM
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| # ¿ Aug 13, 2012 13:11 |
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If you're looking for some true nostalgia, Netflix just uploaded Sesame Street Classics. Right now, it seems to only be episodes from the Sesame Street Old School Vol. 2 DVD which features episodes from the 1970's. Still, it's neat to see some classic SS episodes with Jim Henson present.
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| # ¿ Nov 4, 2012 17:09 |
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Der Shovel posted:How often do they add new seasons to old shows? I'm totally hooked on Law & Order (yes the original) and suddenly realized to my great horror that they only have 8 out of the show's 20 seasons available. I'm almost half through that already! Usually Netflix uploads the complete series of TV shows up to the last/current season and keeps them for quite awhile. It depends on who they're getting the rights from and how much they're willing to negotiate. For instance, you can watch all of the new Doctor Who up to the current season on DVD, but only a few of the original serials. Sometimes Netflix will only buy a handful of episodes and slowly upload the rest like they did with G.I. Joe. And sometimes they'll just randomly take certain seasons down and put them back up again like what they did with The IT Crowd. Normally I'd say just wait for Netflix to buy the rights, but it seems like they've been stuck with 8 seasons for quite sometime. It's possible that Netflix will renegotiate for episodes when the contract expires, but I wouldn't hold my breath on that. If you're in serious need of Law & Order, I'd either seek out the DVDs at a cheap price or buy the remaining seasons digitally on Amazon.
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| # ¿ Nov 4, 2012 20:48 |
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I just wanted to mention this little documentary that popped up called Cleanflix, focusing on the business in Utah of editing R-rated movies for Mormons. I found it interesting to see how Mormons attempt to work around their strict rule for no R-rated movies by participating in funding an essentially illegal process. You also get to see first hand the footage that was cut in comparison to the original version. One thing that bothered me about the whole concept that was never addressed in the film is that if Mormon aren't supposed to watch R-rated movies aren't the editors cutting out the naughty bits technically viewing an R-rated movie? Or is there some loophole for this I'm not aware of?
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| # ¿ Dec 16, 2012 02:21 |
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WickedIcon posted:Why do Mormons take the "no R-rated movies" thing that seriously? Who honestly gives that much of a poo poo? Most Mormons take that kinda stuff way too seriously. There was this one movie made for Mormon in which their idea of man going down the wrong path was drinking beer and watching MTV.
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| # ¿ May 23, 2013 03:47 |
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SirPhoebos posted:I saw 'The Hobbit' last night, and it put me in the mood for rewatching Fellowshiip. So I go looking for it on Netflix Streaming...and see that it's not available. This seems like the modern age equivalent of getting angry at the video store for not having the movie you want in stock. Except you're paying far less for this instantly available service that spends millions of dollars just so they can acquire some big titles and TV shows. If you're really that cheap, you can rent it off Amazon Instant for a dollar.
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| # ¿ Dec 16, 2012 04:06 |
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