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veni veni veni
Jun 5, 2005


I did the free week of Cinemax to watch Contagion and forgot to cancel it so now I paid 10 bux for another month of this crap. Anything worth watching on there in the meantime to not feel l just flushed a tenner down the toilet?

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anatomi
Jan 31, 2015

I don't have Cinemax, but both the Knick and Quarry were produced by them so they should be on there.

Excellent shows, though it's only fair to warn you that Quarry was cancelled after one season and it's gonna leave you wanting more.

nate fisher
Mar 3, 2004

We've Got To Go Back

veni veni veni posted:

I did the free week of Cinemax to watch Contagion and forgot to cancel it so now I paid 10 bux for another month of this crap. Anything worth watching on there in the meantime to not feel l just flushed a tenner down the toilet?

Quarry (shame no season 2) and Banshee if you haven't seen it yet. Outcast had a decent season 1, but it took so long for season 2 to come out I forgot all about it until now. Also that Mike Judge tour bus show is good. My 2 favorite episodes were the George Clinton and Waylon Jennings ones (that said I am a big fan of both artist).

I do plan to get HBO Max when it comes out, and I have The Knick and Warrior on my list to watch from Cinemax.

Edit: Am I wrong to assume that all the Cinemax shows will be available to HBO Max subscribers? I haven't read about HBO Max in awhile, but I assume it is HBO Now + All CInemax content + Warner Brothers content + stuff HBO bought the rights to (like Friends) + new original programming (like the Anthony Bourdain documentary). Is this correct?

nate fisher fucked around with this message at 13:49 on Apr 28, 2020

crimedog
Apr 1, 2008

Yo, dog.
You dead, dog.
Thanks for The Lighthouse recommendation, I saw The VVitch for the first time a few months ago. I'm not that good with words but cinematography good

Humbug Scoolbus
Apr 25, 2008

The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.
Clapping Larry

veni veni veni posted:

I did the free week of Cinemax to watch Contagion and forgot to cancel it so now I paid 10 bux for another month of this crap. Anything worth watching on there in the meantime to not feel l just flushed a tenner down the toilet?

Banshee?

punk rebel ecks
Dec 11, 2010

A shitty post? This calls for a dance of deduction.
I really enjoy Curb. It's one of my favorite series. Unfortunately I am uncomfortable how they depict Muslims, even relative to how they portray other minority groups.

Jose Oquendo
Jun 20, 2004

Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a boring movie

veni veni veni posted:

I did the free week of Cinemax to watch Contagion and forgot to cancel it so now I paid 10 bux for another month of this crap. Anything worth watching on there in the meantime to not feel l just flushed a tenner down the toilet?

Do they still have softcore porn?

LemonLimeSoda
Jan 23, 2020

punk rebel ecks posted:

I really enjoy Curb. It's one of my favorite series. Unfortunately I am uncomfortable how they depict Muslims, even relative to how they portray other minority groups.

Are you talking about Season 9 with the fatwa?

punk rebel ecks
Dec 11, 2010

A shitty post? This calls for a dance of deduction.

LemonLimeSoda posted:

Are you talking about Season 9 with the fatwa?

That and Season 8.

Deadite
Aug 30, 2003

A fat guy, a watermelon, and a stack of magazines?
Family.
An update on the Midsommar prop auction, the Queen May dress is already up to $30,000

https://a24auctions.com/auctions/midsommar-harga-collectibles/may-queen-dress

But the mallet is only going for $8,500!

Inspector Hound
Jul 14, 2003

Deadite posted:

An update on the Midsommar prop auction, the Queen May dress is already up to $30,000

https://a24auctions.com/auctions/midsommar-harga-collectibles/may-queen-dress

But the mallet is only going for $8,500!

You just know they'll never wear it

Is that "coronavirus: explained" piece on Netflix a pretty good source if information for someone who might be majorly freaked out by the current situation, sort of a knowledge-is-power thing, or is it a politics thing, or is it just all about the gore it does to people

Inspector Hound fucked around with this message at 19:10 on Apr 29, 2020

B-Rock452
Jan 6, 2005
:justflu:

veni veni veni posted:

I did the free week of Cinemax to watch Contagion and forgot to cancel it so now I paid 10 bux for another month of this crap. Anything worth watching on there in the meantime to not feel l just flushed a tenner down the toilet?

Banshee and Strike Back

Punkin Spunkin
Jan 1, 2010
This is a difficult ask but what would people say are the next best Netflix drama series after Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul? Foreign or domestic.
I was rolling my eyes and shutting poo poo off 5 minutes into Ozark/House of Cards, and the same by the end of episode 2 of Halt and Catch Fire.

Weaponized Cum
Aug 31, 2004


This post brought to you by the finest Miami cocaine money can buy ----->
Top Boy kicks rear end

Deadite
Aug 30, 2003

A fat guy, a watermelon, and a stack of magazines?
Family.

Punkin Spunkin posted:

This is a difficult ask but what would people say are the next best Netflix drama series after Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul? Foreign or domestic.
I was rolling my eyes and shutting poo poo off 5 minutes into Ozark/House of Cards, and the same by the end of episode 2 of Halt and Catch Fire.

Might be the obvious choice but Mad Men, if you haven't watched it. It's not a crime drama but it's great and on Netflix. Other than that I think the Sopranos is on Prime and it's in a very similar vein.

Bayham Badger
Jan 19, 2007

Secretly force socialism, communism and imperialism types of government onto the people of the United States of America.

Speaking of Netflix crime dramas, I think it might have been mentioned before but I watched Giri/Haji, a Japanese-British show about a Tokyo detective sent on a clandestine mission to London to find his estranged criminal brother, who has run afoul of the Yakuza. It's ultimately a character-driven piece about people trying to figure out what it means to "do the right thing." Quite touching by the end.

On top of that, Kelly MacDonald stars :swoon:

Max
Nov 30, 2002

Hubbardologist posted:

Speaking of Netflix crime dramas, I think it might have been mentioned before but I watched Giri/Haji, a Japanese-British show about a Tokyo detective sent on a clandestine mission to London to find his estranged criminal brother, who has run afoul of the Yakuza. It's ultimately a character-driven piece about people trying to figure out what it means to "do the right thing." Quite touching by the end.

On top of that, Kelly MacDonald stars :swoon:

I just finished this, it's very good!

BaldDwarfOnPCP
Jun 26, 2019

by Pragmatica

Deadite posted:

Might be the obvious choice but Mad Men, if you haven't watched it. It's not a crime drama but it's great and on Netflix. Other than that I think the Sopranos is on Prime and it's in a very similar vein.

Sopranos is not very good which is why I keep asking myself why oh why I watched all of it.

Punkin Spunkin
Jan 1, 2010
I could probably watch Sopranos again since i saw it as a teen and remember basically ZERO except "I liked the one episode in a wintery forest with a foreign guy???" and the ending.
It would basically be like watching it for the first time at this point.

I should probably watch Mad Men, yeah. I know the greater plot points/ending and have seen maybe 4-5 eps

Top Boy is intriguing, I'm diving right in. Picks like this are much appreciated since the stuff whose quality i know least about are netflix originals and international shows and this is both

beanieson
Sep 25, 2008

I had the opportunity to change literally anything about the world and I used it to get a new av

Hubbardologist posted:

Speaking of Netflix crime dramas, I think it might have been mentioned before but I watched Giri/Haji, a Japanese-British show about a Tokyo detective sent on a clandestine mission to London to find his estranged criminal brother, who has run afoul of the Yakuza. It's ultimately a character-driven piece about people trying to figure out what it means to "do the right thing." Quite touching by the end.

On top of that, Kelly MacDonald stars :swoon:

Does this have a lot of subtitles? I watch a lot from the home gym but find it hard to follow shows with subtitles while I’m working out.

Punkin Spunkin
Jan 1, 2010
[kisses teeth]

tweet my meat
Oct 2, 2013

yospos

Punkin Spunkin posted:

This is a difficult ask but what would people say are the next best Netflix drama series after Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul? Foreign or domestic.
I was rolling my eyes and shutting poo poo off 5 minutes into Ozark/House of Cards, and the same by the end of episode 2 of Halt and Catch Fire.

Ozark is just straight up better than Breaking Bad imo. It's incredibly good and deserves more than 5 minutes of your time.

veni veni veni
Jun 5, 2005


BaldDwarfOnPCP posted:

Sopranos is not very good which is why I keep asking myself why oh why I watched all of it.

:lol: loving goons sometimes, man.

Field Mousepad
Mar 21, 2010
BAE

tweet my meat posted:

Ozark is just straight up better than Breaking Bad imo. It's incredibly good and deserves more than 5 minutes of your time.

I wouldn't say it's better than BB but it is really good. Definitely worth the time investment

FLIPADELPHIA
Apr 27, 2007

Heavy Shit
Grimey Drawer
Ozark is more cynical / nihilistic. It is not better than BB, especially since BB completely stuck the landing and we have no idea if Ozark will follow suit.

veni veni veni
Jun 5, 2005


Yeah Ozark is pretty drat good but saying it’s better than Breaking Bad is just bonkers to me.

Class Warcraft
Apr 27, 2006


veni veni veni posted:

Yeah Ozark is pretty drat good but saying it’s better than Breaking Bad is just bonkers to me.

Yeah seriously. Breaking Bad had half a dozen characters developed and interesting enough that they could have their own spin-off and it would stand up.

Ozark's bench of supporting characters is far weaker and I don't think Marty and Wendy even come close to Walt and Jesse.

FLIPADELPHIA
Apr 27, 2007

Heavy Shit
Grimey Drawer
I weep for the Skinny Pete spinoff that will never be.

Punkin Spunkin
Jan 1, 2010

Midgetskydiver posted:

I cheer for the Daniel Wormald spinoff that will soon be.

Medullah
Aug 14, 2003

FEAR MY SHARK ROCKET IT REALLY SUCKS AND BLOWS

Class Warcraft posted:

Yeah seriously. Breaking Bad had half a dozen characters developed and interesting enough that they could have their own spin-off and it would stand up.

Ozark's bench of supporting characters is far weaker and I don't think Marty and Wendy even come close to Walt and Jesse.

Counterpoint, Ruth.

Class Warcraft
Apr 27, 2006


Medullah posted:

Counterpoint, Ruth.

Her and Helen are really the only stand-out supporting characters. Everyone else (which isn't that many considering the life-span of most Ozark side characters is one season) is pretty meh.

veni veni veni
Jun 5, 2005


Medullah posted:

Counterpoint, Ruth.

Ruth is A BB tier character but no one else on the show is, and there are like 15 characters that good on BB.

FLIPADELPHIA
Apr 27, 2007

Heavy Shit
Grimey Drawer
I would say that honestly, Ruth is the only character on Ozark that would negatively impact the show if she left / died. None of the other characters stand out in any real way. They are all pretty much complete shitbags with no redeeming qualities and very little to say as they try to ratfuck one another.

Egbert Souse
Nov 6, 2008

Just a heads up that The Criterion Channel is now available on the XBox One

wormil
Sep 12, 2002

Hulk will smoke you!

Punkin Spunkin posted:

This is a difficult ask but what would people say are the next best Netflix drama series after Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul? Foreign or domestic.
I was rolling my eyes and shutting poo poo off 5 minutes into Ozark/House of Cards, and the same by the end of episode 2 of Halt and Catch Fire.

Glow.
I thought I would hate it and it would turn out to be overhyped, I was wrong.

Teriyaki Hairpiece
Dec 29, 2006

I'm nae the voice o' the darkened thistle, but th' darkened thistle cannae bear the sight o' our Bonnie Prince Bernie nae mair.
Ozark is better than Breaking Bad which in no way holds up today.

Also Halt and Catch Fire never gets the love it should because of a weak first season and that's depressing.

Superrodan
Nov 27, 2007

Punkin Spunkin posted:

This is a difficult ask but what would people say are the next best Netflix drama series after Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul? Foreign or domestic.
I was rolling my eyes and shutting poo poo off 5 minutes into Ozark/House of Cards, and the same by the end of episode 2 of Halt and Catch Fire.

Halt and Catch Fire gets really good. It starts out kinda trying too hard to go all in on a specific aesthetic and doesn't quite make it. But by the end of the first season and onward I was very invested.

Martman
Nov 20, 2006

Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:

Also Halt and Catch Fire never gets the love it should because of a weak first season and that's depressing.
Also I think people didn't watch it 'cause it has a dumb name.

Mr Shiny Pants
Nov 12, 2012
After Life is so great, Ricky Gervais is just awesome.

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Medullah
Aug 14, 2003

FEAR MY SHARK ROCKET IT REALLY SUCKS AND BLOWS

Class Warcraft posted:

Her and Helen are really the only stand-out supporting characters. Everyone else (which isn't that many considering the life-span of most Ozark side characters is one season) is pretty meh.



veni veni veni posted:

Ruth is A BB tier character but no one else on the show is, and there are like 15 characters that good on BB.

Oh definitely, I'm definitely not saying that Ozark is even close to BB, just pointed her out as an example of a great character.

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