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Tagichatn posted:Agreed. I watched season 1 two years ago and I'm just starting season 2 and I'm struggling to remember who is who. I read a text recap and then realized that I definitely needed a video one because it actually shows the characters. You’ve seen the official guide site, right? You put in what episode you’re up to so there’s no spoilers.
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I'm going to put in a plug for Bob's Burgers on Hulu being the funniest cartoon I've seen in ages and topical https://y.yarn.co/d8e4484e-2b27-434f-99c9-0f612426d960.mp4?1598071596631
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Aug 22, 2020 05:47
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Every now and then Bob's Burgers leans a little too hard into formulaic things like Gene being "the loud and random one who makes references to pop culture from before his time," but honestly it's one of the most consistently good and funny shows ever imo
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Aug 22, 2020 09:27
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Aw man, Netflix canceled "I Am Not Okay With This."  https://www.slashfilm.com/i-am-not-okay-with-this-canceled/
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Pretty dick move after not only the cliffhanger end of season 1 but actually having loving renewed it
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Just finished Giri/Haji. Anyone have recommendations for more Yakuza or Triad movies/shows on Netflix?
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Ran thru The Last Narc on Prime today. Inexplicably, I hate Reagan and his cronies even more and I'm ACAB as hell.
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10 Beers posted:Aw man, Netflix canceled "I Am Not Okay With This." If it was faithful to the comic you probably would've despised the ending.
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10 Beers posted:Aw man, Netflix canceled "I Am Not Okay With This." gently caress this
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I'm a little late to the Ramy talk but it's one of my favorite TV shows of all time so I figure I should say that yes, it's sort of a BoJack thing where the protagonist is a deeply awful person, but unlike BoJack Horseman, which is interested mostly in like, fame and Hollywood and existential crises and stuff, Ramy is interested in things like conservatism and liberalism, religion and sexism, Islam, America and immigration and racism, etc. If you go in looking for a redemption story you'll end up so frustrated that you write an interminable screed which is effectively just a plot summary without failing to realize that, yes, you are just describing the TV show you watched, not actually explaining what's ostensibly wrong with it. It's also often hilarious (especially S1) and season 2 episode 9 made me cry harder than any piece of media since Schindler's List. So, I would recommend it wholeheartedly as long as you aren't turned off by shows about bad people. (For what it's worth, I think the show is very good about, on the one hand, exploring why Ramy is such a terrible person, and on the other hand, not being at all didactic. It's a very compassionate, nuanced, subtle exploration about the ways in which someone like Ramy can end up deeply hosed up and terrible because of who he is and the cultures he belongs to. In two entire seasons there's only one tiny part where the show gets very slightly didactic, and that's when Mia Khalifa, a Muslim former porn star, cameos as herself, so I can forgive the show for being a little less subtle when it's dealing with a real person's life.)
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TychoCelchuuu posted:If you go in looking for a redemption story you'll end up so frustrated that you write an interminable screed which is effectively just a plot summary without failing to realize that, yes, you are just describing the TV show you watched, not actually explaining what's ostensibly wrong with it. It was a post just to vent about my frustrations. I posted it in the official Reddit page and it is extremely controversial with the community split into two (though slightly in favor of my opinion). TychoCelchuuu posted:So, I would recommend it wholeheartedly as long as you aren't turned off by shows about bad people. (For what it's worth, I think the show is very good about, on the one hand, exploring why Ramy is such a terrible person, and on the other hand, not being at all didactic. It's a very compassionate, nuanced, subtle exploration about the ways in which someone like Ramy can end up deeply hosed up and terrible because of who he is and the cultures he belongs to. In two entire seasons there's only one tiny part where the show gets very slightly didactic, and that's when Mia Khalifa, a Muslim former porn star, cameos as herself, so I can forgive the show for being a little less subtle when it's dealing with a real person's life.) Yeah, the show is all in all pretty good. And it is fantastic with the episodes that don't focus on Ramy (except the dumb Evil Eye episode). I agree that S2E9 hits HARD. I also enjoy how the show touches on a lot of topics that aren't normally touched in media such as growing pains still existing in your early 30s, the delicate balance of traditionalism, identity, and liberalism when in a conservative culture where you want to retain your roots, how personal code, even if toxic, may have a foundation for better character than one with no code at all, etc.
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Watched Project Power on Netflix last night. It was, not good. I enjoyed the effects and ideas, but I just could not get behind the writing and characters.
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BisterdDave posted:Watched Project Power on Netflix last night. It was, not good. I enjoyed the effects and ideas, but I just could not get behind the writing and characters. I watched this last weekend and agree. I also thought the 2-3 rap segments seemed like a weird afterthought that someone thought was a great idea, but just ended up out of place and cringe-tastic.
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Like imagine if Live Free or Die Hard had a scene like this. *Bruce Willis after sliding over the hood of a cop car to take cover from gunfire, motions to Justin Long to join him. *Bullets are flying and Justin runs and slides behind the cop car. His backpack gets caught on the tailpipe and just as he grabs it, a bullet strikes the pipe. * Bruce, sweaty and bleeding from the shoulder says, "Days like this will really make you reevaluate your life choices. You're young, what do you have planned for yourself?" *Justin Long responds, "I'm going to be a world famous guitarist." *Bruce Willis rolls his eyes *Justin Long reaches into his backpack and pulls out a bright yellow Ibanez, a battery-operated amp and a pack of cigarettes. He stands up, lights up a cigarette, takes a big drag, and then he proceeds to play VH's Eruption note for note and just when you think he's finished, he breaks into Hendrix's version of the Star Spangled Banner as a bullet-ridden American flag flaps in the courtyard of a nearby skyscraper. *Bruce nods approvingly *scene returns to shooty shooty action The rap scenes in Project Power are possibly more out of place.
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that sounds like it would vastly improve live free or die hard
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BisterdDave posted:Watched Project Power on Netflix last night. It was, not good. I enjoyed the effects and ideas, but I just could not get behind the writing and characters. Yeah I gave it a shot last night as well. I was in the mood to watch anything. I didn't finish it.
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It's very strange to me that you reach for "Live Free or Die Hard" out of all the action movies out there.
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God Hole posted:that sounds like it would vastly improve live free or die hard You mean it would take it from a 9/10 to a 10/10, right?
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Aug 23, 2020 18:03
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Lovecraft County is scary as poo poo and ridiculously violent.
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Aug 24, 2020 05:09
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Inspector Hound posted:Lovecraft County is scary as poo poo and ridiculously violent. Loved the first episode. The second episode was sloppy as gently caress, and made me question my enjoyment of the first.
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Nihonniboku posted:Loved the first episode. The second episode was sloppy as gently caress, and made me question my enjoyment of the first. In this process now. One day, one day, I'll wait for the second episode of a show. e yeah this is just crashing further and further down, what a bizarre wreck Inspector Hound fucked around with this message at 05:59 on Aug 24, 2020 |
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This is your obligate reminder that Hot Rod is on prime video and it's still pretty decent.
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:This is your obligate reminder that Hot Rod is on prime video and it's still pretty decent. It's on Hulu as well. It'd be nice if Pop Star would show up on something. Haven't seen that since it first came out.
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Inspector Hound posted:In this process now. One day, one day, I'll wait for the second episode of a show. It's kinda bad... I liked the first like 35 mins of the first episode but it gets really really dumb and the CGI is distractingly bad.
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Inspector Hound posted:Lovecraft County is scary as poo poo. IMO it is not remotely scary.
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Just finished watching Fury of the Demon which is a fun little documentary about a supposedly cursed silent movie short "Rage of the Demon". The film has only been screened 3 times (the last time in 2012 according to the documentary) because each time the audience as flown into a sort of madness which caused them to start beating each other. You get to learn about George Melies and the overlap in early Parisian filmmaking and ghost mediums and seances. I got a bit of an F for Fake vibe off the documentary in that the subject is presented as a combination of fact, rumor, and even some fiction without really bothering to state where one ends and the others begin. If you like old-timey movies, occultism, and mass hysteria this might be a great way to spend an hour.
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It’s 100% fiction, the short film doesn’t exist
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Raskolnikov2089 posted:It's very strange to me that you reach for "Live Free or Die Hard" out of all the action movies out there. i don't think it was reached for as the best so much as an example of an ISO-standard Generic Action Movie
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vivat virtute posted:It’s 100% fiction, the short film doesn’t exist a.) You mean a film that totally drives anyone who watches it insane isn't real!?!?! b.) Do yourself a favor and watch F for Fake c.) They worked really hard to keep their tongues firmly in their cheeks, the least you could do is not spoil it for everyone.
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Aug 25, 2020 00:41
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I'm at the halfway mark with HBOs Perry mason and I can't decide if I like it or not.
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Aug 25, 2020 00:43
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Der Shovel posted:Possibly here, or possibly on one of the other 5000 streaming threads, someone described a show as being "like Band of Brothers in World War I". Can anyone remember what that show was, or identify it based on that description? Probably Gallipoli on Amazon Prime (US at least).
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Aug 25, 2020 01:11
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https://twitter.com/rob_sheridan/status/1297580532142751744
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Midgetskydiver posted:I'm at the halfway mark with HBOs Perry mason and I can't decide if I like it or not. I got like 3 episodes in and decided I didn't like it.
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Midgetskydiver posted:I'm at the halfway mark with HBOs Perry mason and I can't decide if I like it or not. I felt the same at about that point, stuck it out, and now that I've finished it, I'm still not sure if I feel like it was worth watching or not.
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I loved Perry Mason from start to finish, but it is truly my jam. I wish someone would do James Ellroy’s L.A. Quartet into a series.
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Aug 25, 2020 13:30
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Oh hell yes! I think I know what I'm doing tonight instead of playing Stellaris on my Playstation again.
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I wish they'd do that with more stuff. Nice little time capsule
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Thom and the Heads posted:IMO it is not remotely scary. The racism is scary. The monsters not so much.
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Medullah posted:I wish they'd do that with more stuff. Nice little time capsule I mean, YouTube is free.
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Streaming rights are insanely stupid. The sixth season of Bosch came out on Amazon Prime Video in April... except not in Finland. Over here it does turn up in searches, but is not available for viewing, because HBO have it on their streaming platform. The Expanse is available in 4K Ultra HD on Amazon Prime... except not in Finland. We just get the 1080P of seasons 3+. Presumably the 4K version is available on some other streaming platform for a time.
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