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feedmyleg posted:Crosspost from TVIV just because. in fairness aren't there, like, thousands of years of events between Foundation books that are only kinda loosely sketched in? if you're gonna write loosely-inspired-by fanfiction about a sci-fi series you could do a lot worse
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HBO Max and Criterion Channel are all you need, maybe Hulu if you're interested in their movie lineup.
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Jun 28, 2021 22:24
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Shudder is all you need
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Jun 28, 2021 22:30
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Shudder is all you need I agree but also surprised you didn't include criterion channel.
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Jun 28, 2021 22:31
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MacheteZombie posted:I agree but also surprised you didn't include criterion channel. What am I made of money? I did get suckered into getting HBO because I wanted to see Mortal Kombat and Godzilla vs Kong, turns out both of those movies sucked rear end by the way
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Jun 28, 2021 22:32
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Lol fair
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Jun 28, 2021 22:38
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lol i totally forget i use my mums sky go account to watch stuff so yea having a premium streaming service is nice as long as you aren't the one paying for it
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Jun 28, 2021 22:58
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:What am I made of money? I think the TCM poo poo is enought to justify HBOMax, and if I had kids who were too young to be begging me for Disney I'd get it over Disney+ because if I have to watch kids shows on repeat I'd much prefer Looney Tunes and Sesame Street over the Disney stuff.
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Jun 28, 2021 22:58
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i get hulu for free with spotify and as i mentioned before, now that i'm a convert to the Real Housewives fandom, i call that a win. art of the deal.
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Jun 28, 2021 23:00
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Gripweed posted:If you really like all of them enough to subscribe to a service it would probably be cheaper in the long run to just buy copies. It's like, what, 20 movies? If that, since I don't think anyone even likes all the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies Lmao don't let this get lost on the end of last page please
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Jun 28, 2021 23:05
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:What am I made of money? Watch Raised By Wolves and Gomorrah.
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:in fairness aren't there, like, thousands of years of events between Foundation books that are only kinda loosely sketched in? if you're gonna write loosely-inspired-by fanfiction about a sci-fi series you could do a lot worse Between some of them, and I think the first Foundation book takes place over 100 or more years. The first book is kinda like I, Robot where there's this basic idea that Asimov wants to poke at (instead of the three laws it's "psychohistory," a sort of statistical analysis model that lets you accurately predict societal patterns on a large scale over thousands and thousands of years) and then it's just a bunch of short stories where they introduce some kind of angle that would cause an issue but hey guess what *thing* caused it to not even be an issue. "Oh, there's a problem with this plan to preserve humanity and it's all going wrong! Oh wait, no, because Hari Seldon used psychohistory he actually knew this was going to happen and it's all okay." As I said earlier, this looks to be more of an adaptation of at least the first Foundation prequel book which is a single simple narrative of this guy figuring out that the galactic empire is collapsing and trying to convince the emperor of his plan that could prevent tens of thousands of years of dark ages, but meanwhile shadowy forces are trying to stop him. Maybe they'll get to things like The Mule and Second Foundation and all the tie ins to the Empire and Robot books later but I kinda doubt it.
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Jun 28, 2021 23:41
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ruddiger posted:Watch Raised By Wolves and Gomorrah. Gomorrah the movie? Good flick. I'm not currently interested in tv shows other than Real Housewives, The X-Files, and occasionally Frasier.
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Jun 28, 2021 23:44
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Gomorrah the movie? Good flick. Gomorrah the tv show!!! It’s very good.
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So a lot of you probably know that Tarantino signed a book deal and the first one is a novelisation of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Well, it’s out in the UK now, so I snagged the Kindle edition and thought I’d read a few pages before bed. It is safe to say Tarantino’s skill does not translate to prose. The whole thing is so ridiculously amateur. I’m just gonna post one tiny excerpt: quote:Then there’s a small tap on the office door, just before the miniskirt-wearing Miss Himmelsteen enters the office, carrying two cups of steaming coffee for Rick and Marvin. She carefully hands the hot beverages to the two gentlemen. Just imagine that every sentence is like this and you get the gist. If there’s anything else worth posting about I’ll update you all e: one sentence ends with “and lights both smokes in his cool-guy way” Escobarbarian fucked around with this message at 01:25 on Jun 29, 2021 |
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Jun 29, 2021 01:21
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Escobarbarian posted:e: one sentence ends with “and lights both smokes in his cool-guy way” That's how people describe most of my actions too.
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Escobarbarian posted:
Lol yes share more
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Jun 29, 2021 01:27
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Another piece of evidence that Rob Zombie is the good Tarantino: his novelization of Lords of Salem whips rear end.
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Jun 29, 2021 01:27
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Baron von Eevl posted:HBO max has a good chunk of TCM stuff and is really your only option for Studio Ghibli in the US beyond physical media. I keep it around for that. DOOM. PATROL.
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Jun 29, 2021 01:34
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Yeah but I already watched doom patrol and god only knows when the next season is happening.
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Jun 29, 2021 01:42
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Baron von Eevl posted:Yeah but I already watched doom patrol and god only knows when the next season is happening. It's out in August.
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Jun 29, 2021 01:44
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More people should check out Arrow's streaming service
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Jun 29, 2021 02:28
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I got Disney +, HBO Max, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Criterion.
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Jun 29, 2021 03:03
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I mock streaming services but I probably am gonna get the year subscription to Warhammer+ when that starts up
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Jun 29, 2021 03:05
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Tubi has a ton of the boutique label titles for streaming which saves me a ton because I would’ve totally blind bought Doom Asylum on Blu-ray.
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Cursed.
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Who among us can say that they have not carefully handed the hot beverages to the two gentlemen?
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Grendels Dad posted:A cursory Google search has not turned up any merchandise featuring the gray gentlemen from Momo, and that's some bullshit. I had just explained to my son that I felt a bit like a gray gentleman from time to time and then rushed to the computer to look at all the ironic t-shirts they must surely be on, but I found nothing. Hey, I read that book when I was little - didn't expect anyone to post about it though. I was reminded of this book when The Good Place had a scene where demons from the bad place snort time like it's cocaine.
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therattle posted:Have any of you watched Small Axe, the Steve McQueen series? We have watched three of the five (The Mangrove, Lovers Rock, and Education), and they are amazing. McQueen must be the best British director around (or one of them at least), and he is dealing with a subject matter that is evidently close to his heart and that of his extraordinary cast, so you get a real sense of depth, feeling, commitment and and sincerity, executed with his skill and craft. The Mangrove bears numerous parallels to the Trial of the Chicago 7 (which I liked), but it better in pretty much every respect. They are must-sees, I think. I haven't heard of Small Axe 'til now, but it sounds right up my street. Thank you for the recommendation!
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ynohtna posted:I haven't heard of Small Axe 'til now, but it sounds right up my street. Thank you for the recommendation! We just watched Red, White and Blue, our fourth. They are phenomenal. More than that: they are important.
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Roth posted:More people should check out Arrow's streaming service I know the DC TV shows are quite expansive but having their own streaming service seems excessive.
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Gripweed posted:I'm constantly surprised by how passionate some Westerners are in their support of Taiwan's claim to be the legitimate government of China They're told to and that's good enough. These are the same people who apparently never noticed that the villains of HK action films are British and Australian businessmen more often than not. therattle posted:Have any of you watched Small Axe, the Steve McQueen series? We have watched three of the five (The Mangrove, Lovers Rock, and Education), and they are amazing. McQueen must be the best British director around (or one of them at least), and he is dealing with a subject matter that is evidently close to his heart and that of his extraordinary cast, so you get a real sense of depth, feeling, commitment and and sincerity, executed with his skill and craft. The Mangrove bears numerous parallels to the Trial of the Chicago 7 (which I liked), but it better in pretty much every respect. They are must-sees, I think. It's incredible, just leave Steve McQueen alone and let him do whatever he wants. HUNDU THE BEAST GOD fucked around with this message at 16:06 on Jun 29, 2021 |
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Escobarbarian posted:So a lot of you probably know that Tarantino signed a book deal and the first one is a novelisation of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Well, it’s out in the UK now, so I snagged the Kindle edition and thought I’d read a few pages before bed. Please god post more excerpts.
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Tarantino is an intelligent guy but you could tell early on in his career that he'd been brain poisoned by all the people he encounters constantly worshipping him and treating him like a god. He's the type who would be insufferable at parties because he'd be like "I'm the most interesting person in this room, you know it and I know it, so I'm gonna just yap all night and you can absorb my genius". So I doubt there would ever be a point where it would even occur to him that maybe he's not a great technical writer.
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Basebf555 posted:Tarantino is an intelligent guy but you could tell early on in his career that he'd been brain poisoned by all the people he encounters constantly worshipping him and treating him like a god. He's the type who would be insufferable at parties because he'd be like "I'm the most interesting person in this room, you know it and I know it, so I'm gonna just yap all night and you can absorb my genius". I mean pulp fiction was really really good (and true romance is underrated!)
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JollyBoyJohn posted:I mean pulp fiction was really really good (and true romance is underrated!) Yea I mean that's just a thing that happens when you make a pop culture phenomenon like Pulp Fiction and it comes completely out of nowhere. In the mid to late 90's Tarantino was basically treated like the Messiah returned to Earth.
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I think Tarantino would write some great film history books. Say what you will about him, the dude loving loves movies and knows his poo poo about them too. And y’know, understands how to craft a compelling and satisfying story.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:They're told to and that's good enough. These are the same people who apparently never noticed that the villains of HK action films are British and Australian businessmen more often than not. In small fairness, Brits are frequently the bad guys in American films too, and if you're watching a dub then god knows what accent the bad guy will have, regardless of what their nationality is supposed to be.
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Basebf555 posted:Yea I mean that's just a thing that happens when you make a pop culture phenomenon like Pulp Fiction and it comes completely out of nowhere. In the mid to late 90's Tarantino was basically treated like the Messiah returned to Earth. Then he gave us kill bill volume 2 to remind us he's still human! Jokes aside its a hell of a filmography he has when you count writing credits. Saying that I've not yet watched his 3 last films yet!
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