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Lechtansi posted:There's a funny anecdote where the HQ showrunners specifically asked WB how many fucks they could have per episode and WB wouldn't give them a concrete answer, so they just put in an over the top amount. Finally WB got back to them and was like "ok, you can have 8" What a great anecdote, lmao. I love this.
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LemonLimeSoda posted:The Astronomy Club sketch show on Netflix had some really solid sketches Never heard of it, but the first two episodes are really funny. Thanks!
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Did anyone see the Polish movie The Hater on Netflix? I was pretty impressed by it. Thematically it's a weird mashup between Parasite, Taxi Driver, and The Social Network (?) or something, addresses social media manipulation, neoliberalism, class-consciousness and hate groups in a pretty substantial way.
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I watched An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn on Netflix having never heard of it. Don't watch this movie, it was terrible. They basically got a great cast of funny people, put them in funny looking costumes, and forgot to write any jokes. I guess it's supposed to be a David Lynch pastiche (it certainly felt much longer than it actually was). Matt Berry comes close to rescuing the movie at points through his sheer strength of Matt Berry-ness, Jemaine Clement has one funny joke, but overall a big whiff.
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I loved Beverly Luff Linn, that said I also love Greasy Strangler from the same director. They are pretty similar tonewise.
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I'm in the middle. I loved Greasy Strangler and felt like Beverly Luff Linn was a little too toned down on the weirdness which left a hole for me. I liked the over the top performances, but could have used just a little more of everything. I think if you like Greasy Strangler it's worth a watch.
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Project Power was... okay. I enjoyed the first half where it was random fights involving people who swallowed a pill that gave them a roulette wheel of random powers or death a lot more than the second half. I thought the movie was over and then there were 45 minutes left where the real villains were revealed to be a shadowy conspiracy group - and a criminal, a cop, and a kid were going to team up to take them down and it went downhill fast from not even a super high point. It tries to tackle some racism and classism issues but doesn't succeed because the only times they're brought up are when characters are giving a monologue about them, after which it's back to power pill fights.
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Unmature posted:I'm in the middle. I loved Greasy Strangler and felt like Beverly Luff Linn was a little too toned down on the weirdness which left a hole for me. I liked the over the top performances, but could have used just a little more of everything. I think if you like Greasy Strangler it's worth a watch. I loved Greasy Strangler, so thank you, that's what I needed to know. BULLSHIT ARTIST
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Tokelau All Star posted:I watched An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn on Netflix having never heard of it. Don't watch this movie, it was terrible. They basically got a great cast of funny people, put them in funny looking costumes, and forgot to write any jokes. I guess it's supposed to be a David Lynch pastiche (it certainly felt much longer than it actually was). Matt Berry comes close to rescuing the movie at points through his sheer strength of Matt Berry-ness, Jemaine Clement has one funny joke, but overall a big whiff. My gf and me watched it dead sober and laughed like idiots. It's a really polarizing movie apparently but I loved it.
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Tiny Creatures on Netflix might be the most dramatic nature show I’ve ever seen. This kangaroo rat episode has some real An American Tale energy Edit: oh poo poo this rat just engineered a showdown between a hawk and the snake that killed the rat’s mom Deadite fucked around with this message at 03:31 on Aug 15, 2020 |
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LifeLynx posted:Project Power was... okay. I enjoyed the first half where it was random fights involving people who swallowed a pill that gave them a roulette wheel of random powers or death a lot more than the second half. I thought the movie was over and then there were 45 minutes left where the real villains were revealed to be a shadowy conspiracy group - and a criminal, a cop, and a kid were going to team up to take them down and it went downhill fast from not even a super high point. It tries to tackle some racism and classism issues but doesn't succeed because the only times they're brought up are when characters are giving a monologue about them, after which it's back to power pill fights. Agreed pretty much 100%. It's kinda fun, effects range from pretty neat to kinda lovely.
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Watched Richard Jewell last night, overall I really enjoyed it. Great performances by everyone involved, Kathy Bates again shows she's great in drat near everything she's in.
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I watched it yesterday also and thought it was well made but really mundane. The story was so straight forward that it felt like a 2 hour retelling of the trailer with no new information revealed. Performances were good. Sam Rockwell always does a great job. Overall the movie just felt really flat to me.
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I enjoyed it but the FBI and Journalist characters felt so one-note and cartoonishly evil that it took me out of the movie This is a dumb note but did anyone notice in the scene where the FBI are taking away boxes of evidence from the Jewells' apartment, the same agents just kept going in circles around the breakfast bar??
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LemonLimeSoda posted:This is a dumb note but did anyone notice in the scene where the FBI are taking away boxes of evidence from the Jewells' apartment, the same agents just kept going in circles around the breakfast bar?? Side effects of Eastwood’s legendary laziness and disregard for detail (see: the American Sniper doll/baby)
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BisterdDave posted:Watched Richard Jewell last night, overall I really enjoyed it. Great performances by everyone involved, Kathy Bates again shows she's great in drat near everything she's in. It's by far Clint Eastwood's best movie and it's probably the best exploration of white american decline by anyone not named Alexander Payne.
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Was Downton Abbey consistently good? I'm thinking about starting to watch it.
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:Was Downton Abbey consistently good? I'm thinking about starting to watch it.
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Yeah once you feel like it is getting too soapy then just stop watching because it doesn’t get any better.
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The first season of Downton Abbey that's all but a series adaptation of Gosford Park is fine television and you can stop watching after that.mcmagic posted:It's by far Clint Eastwood's best movie and it's probably the best exploration of white american decline by anyone not named Alexander Payne. Are you just counting his modern output (say, post-Unforgiven), or are you including the westerns in this "best movie" bit.
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Sir Kodiak posted:Are you just counting his modern output (say, post-Unforgiven), or are you including the westerns in this "best movie" bit. No, it's my favorite movie of anything he's directed. Though I was never a huge fan of his older westerns. Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:Was Downton Abbey consistently good? I'm thinking about starting to watch it. The class politics of that show are highly problematic and the show doesn't realize it like, AT ALL.
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Interesting. Paul Walter Hauser was quite good in I, Tonya, so that has me curious. Is it funny at all?
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Sir Kodiak posted:Interesting. Paul Walter Hauser was quite good in I, Tonya, so that has me curious. Is it funny at all? No it's very dark.
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withak posted:Yeah once you feel like it is getting too soapy then just stop watching because it doesn’t get any better. I watched all of Poldark.
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mcmagic posted:No, it's my favorite movie of anything he's directed. Though I was never a huge fan of his older westerns. it genuinely took me like three episodes to realize 'oh, no, these showrunners GENUINELY think I'm emotionally invested in 'the lord of the house has a servant with a cane, and that's rather embarrassing for HIM', amazing'
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:I watched all of Poldark. Sounds like you have already developed a tolerance then.
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:I watched all of Poldark. Then Downton Abbey owns. Signed George Warleggan
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Alec Eiffel posted:Then Downton Abbey owns. Signed George Warleggan You monster! You'll never own Poldark's rock orchard!
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I keep forgetting that Don't Trust the B in Apt 23 goes harder than Always Sunny sometimes.
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Inspector Hound posted:I keep forgetting that Don't Trust the B in Apt 23 goes harder than Always Sunny sometimes. shockingly good show
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Inspector Hound posted:I keep forgetting that Don't Trust the B in Apt 23 goes harder than Always Sunny sometimes. It really does feel like it belonged more on basic cable than on ABC. Such a weird, goofy little show.
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LifeLynx posted:Project Power was... okay. I enjoyed the first half where it was random fights involving people who swallowed a pill that gave them a roulette wheel of random powers or death a lot more than the second half. I thought the movie was over and then there were 45 minutes left where the real villains were revealed to be a shadowy conspiracy group - and a criminal, a cop, and a kid were going to team up to take them down and it went downhill fast from not even a super high point. It tries to tackle some racism and classism issues but doesn't succeed because the only times they're brought up are when characters are giving a monologue about them, after which it's back to power pill fights. This is pretty spot on. Felt like the movie couldn't decide if it wanted to focus on social issues or be an action flick, and it didn't do awesome at either one.
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Mescal posted:Looking for good sketch comedy TV shows on US Netflix, Amazon, Youtube. I like Key & Peele, Mitchell & Webb, WKUK, Mr Show. Astronomy Club e: beaten so bad but leaving here for others! Inspector Hound posted:I keep forgetting that Don't Trust the B in Apt 23 goes harder than Always Sunny sometimes. I come back to this show every few years and am always surprised again at how good it is. Someone (I believe on the forums) described Ritter's character as a live action Roger from American Dad and I think that's pretty accurate. Chaotic Flame fucked around with this message at 12:56 on Aug 16, 2020 |
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Chaotic Flame posted:I come back to this show every few years and am always surprised again at how good it is. Someone (I believe on the forums) described Ritter's character as a live action Roger from American Dad and I think that's pretty accurate. Fitting since the showrunner was one of the leas writers for American Dad. Every time I watch it through I still get a little weirded out by how subdued Eric Andre is in it.
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ccubed posted:If you haven't already seen it, Dolemite Is My Name also has a wonderful Wesley Snipes performance (Eddie Murphy and everyone else in it is great too.) It's a fantastic movie in general. Eddie Murphy is amazing as Rudy Ray Moore, and the whole movie has this genuine but loving tone. It's funny, has a ton of heart, and is really well made. I hadn't seen any Rudy Ray Moore movies prior to watching Dolemite is My Name and I loved it regardless, and have since gone to watch a couple of Dolemite movies as well as Petey Wheatstraw. All also very good, you know... considering.
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Yeah if you haven't seen Dolemite is My Name get on that poo poo. Just an all around great flick
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How did people like I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (NETFLIX)? I appreciated the Shirley Jackson vibes and brevity, tho parts of it did come off as silly, unpolished (like the shocked death of Lily is really frightening and affecting imo but then that last glimpse of Polly after she "spooks" Lily to death was just kinda...stupid-looking) and overwritten at parts (but hey it revolves around a novelist so i get it, just a lil much esp at the end). Ruth Wilson's performance was sometimes odd and child-like to the point where I assumed for a second there that she was just a fake person Polly was pretending to ghost-be as an excuse for still lingering/cuz she forgot her own death Punkin Spunkin fucked around with this message at 19:43 on Aug 16, 2020 |
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Also enjoying Pose (NETFLIX) halfway through the second season. Some great acting and messaging, tho sometimes the script feels a bit unsubtle, repetitive, or dumbed down for "epic" moments. I do recommend the show. Like, I love Candy's star episode but you didnt need her literally appearing before like ALL THE CHARACTERS to provide them easy catharsis. Her ghost was so overused, and in such a simple cliche way that i thought it almost (ALMOST) removed from the fantastic moments like her "final" ball and her interacting with her parents Sometimes it also feels too...modern in sensibility? But I'm not informed enough to really talk on that. It's just like, would Blanca really have an epic moment flustering that evil landlord lady or would she not have just been "we don't have a contract and you're a trans woman of color, im just calling the cops on you" Earlier the same woman literally goes "EVER HEARD OF GENTRIFICATION??" i appreciate the white devils represented on the show like her and the Trump guys, but boy do they get unsubtle sometimes. Punkin Spunkin fucked around with this message at 19:43 on Aug 16, 2020 |
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sexpig by night posted:it genuinely took me like three episodes to realize 'oh, no, these showrunners GENUINELY think I'm emotionally invested in 'the lord of the house has a servant with a cane, and that's rather embarrassing for HIM', amazing' The other thing about Downton is that the stakes are literally non existent.
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I remember enjoying the first season enough, then got one episode into the second season and just realized it was going to be melodramatic misery porn and wondered what I'd been thinking.
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