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doctorfrog posted:yep. I was even in the mood for a dumb movie and it was just so boring. Try again but with Army of Thieves, also on Netflix. You want a dumb heist movie? Oh buddy, it's a dumb heist movie. I honestly liked it better than Army of the Dead, to which it is a prequel/sidequel.
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This thread has had a lot of people who are very vocal about hating comic book movies always commenting about how surprised they are that they didn't like the latest comic book movie. Like, if you know you don't like it, why are you putting yourself through it and then commenting it like your opinion on them has changed? It's like what Einstein said, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." Like, I don't like football, which is why I don't comment on football games.
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Goddamn. Another Netflix price hike. $9.99/$15.49/$19.99
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Nihonniboku posted:This thread has had a lot of people who are very vocal about hating comic book movies always commenting about how surprised they are that they didn't like the latest comic book movie. Like, if you know you don't like it, why are you putting yourself through it and then commenting it like your opinion on them has changed? It's like what Einstein said, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." Like, I don't like football, which is why I don't comment on football games. I liked Blade e and Watchmen was a good movie/series. Inspector Hound fucked around with this message at 04:35 on Jan 15, 2022 |
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Jose Oquendo posted:Goddamn. Another Netflix price hike. $9.99/$15.49/$19.99 Gotta pay Gal Gadot's salary somehow.
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Inspector Hound posted:Try again but with Army of Thieves, also on Netflix. You want a dumb heist movie? Oh buddy, it's a dumb heist movie. I honestly liked it better than Army of the Dead, to which it is a prequel/sidequel. Can do. I like a heist, even sometimes when it's shite.
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Finally got around to watching "The Big Short." I found it amusing that even the most "cynical" people were at shock and awe that the top bankers knew they'd get bailed out by the government.
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Archive 81 on Netflix is giving me some Candyman and Overlook Hotel vibes. Might be good enough for me to avoid this thread a week or so, since I tend to just do one ep a night.
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Inspector Hound posted:I liked Blade How is the watchmen series? Is it a prequel? Sequel?
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Jose Oquendo posted:Goddamn. Another Netflix price hike. $9.99/$15.49/$19.99 Time to quit. Can't think of a show I watch on there
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Nihonniboku posted:This thread has had a lot of people who are very vocal about hating comic book movies always commenting about how surprised they are that they didn't like the latest comic book movie. Like, if you know you don't like it, why are you putting yourself through it and then commenting it like your opinion on them has changed? It's like what Einstein said, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." Like, I don't like football, which is why I don't comment on football games. I like comic book movies, but I also think a lot of the recent MCU stuff (mainly anything Avengers related) is just bad. So it is not as black and white as you are making it. A person can say that the latest Spider-Man movie is great, but Endgame is a bad movie (I would say that to be clear). Shageletic posted:Time to quit. Can't think of a show I watch on there There are still good shows on Netflix (The Crown, Witcher, Umbrella Academy, and whatever series Mike Flanagan is doing), but there are getting less and less. Not as bad Prime, but still I’m thinking about canceling for a few months for the first time in years. nate fisher fucked around with this message at 15:15 on Jan 15, 2022 |
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Field Mousepad posted:How is the watchmen series? Is it a prequel? Sequel? It's a sequel to the comic book--if you haven't read the comic all you really need to know is that it ended differently from the movie: instead of doing the kind of vague energy explosion things to make people hate him, Dr. Manhattan created and teleported gigantic alien looking squids into multiple cities, killing thousands of people and uniting humanity against the threat of aliens. In the series, these attacks "continue" in the form of small rains of alien squids that keep people paranoid. The Boys is also good, kind of a similar vein of cynicism.
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Field Mousepad posted:How is the watchmen series? Is it a prequel? Sequel? Sequel. I thought it started off pretty interesting and had some really cool stuff, but ultimately the ending was something of a letdown. Overall I'd recommend it just because it's at least trying some relatively new stuff. It's a bit disappointing but only in light of how it seemed like it might've been able to achieve something really great.
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Guess I will see whether I notice a difference with regular Netflix vs 4K HDR. lament.cfg posted:Eternals opens with a wall of text That was very ridiculous. Not even a voiceover, just text on a black background.
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Umbrella Academy is the worst comic book show I have seen last year, yes I saw Justice League
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Oh poo poo, I had no idea they made the podcast Archive 81 into a show! Considering how loving weird it gets, I am excited!
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Field Mousepad posted:How is the watchmen series? Is it a prequel? Sequel? As others have said it's a sequel. I think it's fantastic until the last episode which is just an uninteresting damp sponge. Definitely worth a watch if you're interested in the source material.
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PTizzle posted:As others have said it's a sequel. I think it's fantastic until the last episode which is just an uninteresting damp sponge. Definitely worth a watch if you're interested in the source material. This. The last episode isn't necessarily bad, for me it was more that the entire series unpacks and dodges a lot of the super hero tropes (including tropes that Moore kicked off by subverting older tropes) in an interesting way, but then the last episode leans right back into them in a way that feels rushed and deflating.
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Inspector Hound posted:It's a sequel to the comic book--if you haven't read the comic all you really need to know is that it ended differently from the movie: instead of doing the kind of vague energy explosion things to make people hate him, Dr. Manhattan created and teleported gigantic alien looking squids into multiple cities, killing thousands of people and uniting humanity against the threat of aliens. In the series, these attacks "continue" in the form of small rains of alien squids that keep people paranoid. The Boys is also good, kind of a similar vein of cynicism. Just a minor correction Dr. Manhattan didn't create the squid, Adrian did.
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The Modern Leper posted:This. The last episode isn't necessarily bad, for me it was more that the entire series unpacks and dodges a lot of the super hero tropes (including tropes that Moore kicked off by subverting older tropes) in an interesting way, but then the last episode leans right back into them in a way that feels rushed and deflating. This is exactly my sentiment too. Was great, but the ending failed. I don’t think it ruined everything that came before it. It was just a let down. It’s a great and weird show.
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Just burned through the first three episodes of Peacemaker and I'm digging it. I legit laugh through the credits each time.
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10 Beers posted:Just burned through the first three episodes of Peacemaker and I'm digging it. I legit laugh through the credits each time. The opening credits are legit great. I found the first episode to be a boring slog though, and have no interested in continuing.
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doctorfrog posted:yep. I was even in the mood for a dumb movie and it was just so boring. I watched the Netflix movie Love and Monsters yesterday. I think it would fit the bill. I went into it not expecting much, but it was surprisingly entertaining. Also bonus points for being around 1 hour 40 minutes. Not every movie needs to be > 2 hours.
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Nihonniboku posted:The opening credits are legit great. I found the first episode to be a boring slog though, and have no interested in continuing. I could watch John Cena doing that goofy march in the first eight seconds forever.
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Turambar posted:I watched the Netflix movie Love and Monsters yesterday. I think it would fit the bill. Snapping up another rec, thanks
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I was surprised with The Last Duel because I thought it would be about two sides of a story but when it gets to Jacque he's just like "yeah so then I raped her". Like there's no gray area. Jacque's a piece or poo poo rapist who should die, the end.
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I think the point is that by the (horrible) ethical standard of the time, it wasn't rape because she acted wantonly enough that he couldn't resist her. Jacques truly believes that she wanted it and was only protesting out of a sense of decorum. So yeah, it was 100% rape but the gender dynamics were so hosed back then (and honestly we haven't evolved much past it) that many people, including the rapist, wouldn't really have thought of it as rape.
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Yeah that makes sense. I do appreciate that in Jacque's story he's also just like also i came in 5 seconds because i am very bad at loving.
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Only if Dolph Lundgren punches someone hard enough to send them to the hospital during filming.
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Punkin Spunkin posted:Yeah that makes sense. I do appreciate that in Jacque's story he's also just like also i came in 5 seconds because i am very bad at loving. Alot of it was like the other poster said the fact that women were literally property but also we see that scene earlier where Adam "gently caress Stallion" Driver is having a bawdy time with the courtesans who all are engaging in fashionably naughty grey areas of consent, and he thought that's what was going on... which is, obviously, quite stupid if we believe her (as the movie and common sense say we should) since she was screaming etc and not being like "tee hee oh no don't mount me adam driver" gently caress it's such a good movie! edit: i loved how stupidly obvious the symbolism was with the BIG BLACK HORSE coming in to gently caress THE WHITE MARE and matt damon going NO YOU DON'T gently caress MY MARE YOU STUPID STALLION lmao
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Turambar posted:Not every movie needs to be > 2 hours. I struggled to find something worth watching on recent flights and ended up watching 3 count 'em 3 musical (or musical-adjacent) movies In the Heights... 2.5hrs Respect... 2.5hrs Dear Evan Hansen... 2.5hrs I know it's a well-worn complaint these days but 2.5 hours is a long time for any movie, feels much longer when it's a musical, and even when I'm a captive audience, stuck in an airplane seat, I still can't help but think: why am I putting myself through this???
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So I'm watching Archive 81, I'm not a big fan of changing the cult to be a christian cult instead of being its own thing. That has already been done to death and its just not very interesting.
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They should make the canticle of Leibovitz book into a show. Post apocalypse with some hopefulness. Actually station eleven reminds me a lot of that book. I’m watching the last ep now
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Turambar posted:I watched the Netflix movie Love and Monsters yesterday. I think it would fit the bill. 90% of movies do apparently.
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