haha ya
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
It's a south london thing
― hbo with a shotgun (admrl), Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, it took me a while to get past all of the region-specific references to things like stuck keys and closet frottage, but I persevered.
― Soggy Cheeseburgers (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
... "closet frottage"?
― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
I now see the UK in a whole new light
bullshit POV camera stuffisn't this carried on throughout the whole series? maybe it gets more subtle, but i think every shot is supposed to be POV.
― tylerw, Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
the first few episodes (and the first especially) are particularly bad though, like "breaking the waves" bad
― Wesley Crusher: Teenage F#ck Machine (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
I was surprised by the proportion of references to American culture to region-specific ones. In UK The Office and Ab Fab I felt like even with a better than average American's knowledge of UK culture, I was missing quite a few references. I wondered if they were trying to make it more American-accessible.
― free societies must let drunken gay Texans have sex (Je55e), Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
― Wesley Crusher: Teenage F#ck Machine (forksclovetofu), Thursday, March 15, 2012 3:53 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is wrong in a number of interesting ways
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 15 March 2012 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
I like the massive fisheye closeups of the first few eps - enter the pit of sarlacc, little crisps!
they started throwing more establishing shots into later eps, maybe because this
Producer Andrew O'Connor cited the POV filming style as the reason for the low ratings: "It made it feel original and fresh and got it commissioned for a second series, but it stopped it from being a breakout hit and stopped it finding a bigger audience."[35] Bain and Armstrong agreed that the POV style stopped it from becoming mainstream.
but I'm glad they never abandoned the POV stuff
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Thursday, 15 March 2012 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
United Red Army (overlong and starts slowly and confusingly, but still well worth it your time--definitely of a piece with Carlos and Baader Meinhoff Complex and Che.)
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Sunday, 18 March 2012 03:28 (twelve years ago) link
just finished still bill, in part due to bill withers thread revival this week. recommended.
― Playoff Starts Here (san lazaro), Sunday, 18 March 2012 03:48 (twelve years ago) link
my favorite movie theater's twitter feed informs me that the 1990 tv movie leona helmsley: the queen of mean is now streaming.
http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Leona_Helmsley_The_Queen_of_Mean/70108619?trkid=2361637
― the kids of boris midney high (get bent), Sunday, 18 March 2012 05:18 (twelve years ago) link
Cool, gonna start that tonight.
― free societies must let drunken gay Texans have sex (Je55e), Sunday, 18 March 2012 05:35 (twelve years ago) link
Watching Stir Crazy. Forgot this movie used to be a thing. It's like watching some alternate universe comedy.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 18 March 2012 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
what's also interesting about stir crazy -- it was directed by Sidney Poitier.
― kurwa mać (Polish for "long life") (Eisbaer), Sunday, 18 March 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
Sir Crazy.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 18 March 2012 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Sunday, 18 March 2012 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, shit, Jonathan Banks has a tiny role in Stir Crazy! That makes two random Netflix movies I've seen in a row (the other being Buckaroo Bonzai) to have a bit of Banks!
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 18 March 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
Cannot stop watching The Killing.
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Sunday, 18 March 2012 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
Good thing it ends!
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 18 March 2012 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
They have like ten movies now. You guys should have some dignity and cancel.
― bamcquern, Sunday, 18 March 2012 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
? don't get it ?
― Wesley Crusher: Teenage F#ck Machine (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 18 March 2012 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
My neighbor insists he can't find anything to watch on Netflix. I find that so hard to believe. My queue is something like 50 films long!
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 18 March 2012 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
xxp no idea what you are talking about.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Sunday, 18 March 2012 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
They only have 10 movies if you look through their filmstrip-layout suggestion menus. Instantwatcher.com or die.
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Sunday, 18 March 2012 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
If anything the problem I have is that there is TOO MUCH to watch and I find myself spending a lot of time deciding what to actually start.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Sunday, 18 March 2012 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
ya me too then i watch an episode of cheers and fall asleep on my couch
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Sunday, 18 March 2012 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
I mean that recently searching by director or actor, I could see that their catalog had been heavily cut back. They have one Lubitsch on instant watch. No Mamoulian. For everything I could think of to watch, Netflix shut me down. I never use the filmstrip layout.
― bamcquern, Sunday, 18 March 2012 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
it changes all the time, stuff goes and comes back, just like life
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Sunday, 18 March 2012 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
If you're looking for a mythically comprehensive service, you're pretty screwed. What I like about Netflix i actually its limitations, since it somewhat ameliorates the paralysis of choice.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 18 March 2012 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
watched buck rogers with the kidz this morning. erin gray 4ever.
― scott seward, Sunday, 18 March 2012 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
I never have trouble finding stuff to watch. And when there's a specific thing I want to watch I get a disc in the mail instead of having it magically beamed into my apartment.
― polyphonic, Sunday, 18 March 2012 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
What I like about Netflix i actually its limitations, since it somewhat ameliorates the paralysis of choice.
this, very much so
― the kids of boris midney high (get bent), Sunday, 18 March 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
Watched Humanoids from the Deep. Second best fish rape movie I've seen.
― NWOBHamster (J3ff T.), Sunday, 18 March 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
oh nice, didn't know the killing was on there, interested in that. its not just a twin peaks rip? just saw that the jarmusch/neil young movie year of the horse is now streaming. it ROCKS.
― tylerw, Sunday, 18 March 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
bam, the criterion stuff mostly went to hulu. Between both services, you'll have most of what you need but you also must have a computer to browse. The xbox/ps3/wii/roku OS for the service is for shit.
― Wesley Crusher: Teenage F#ck Machine (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 18 March 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
only one lubitsch and no mamoulian, count me out
― max, Sunday, 18 March 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
I said good DAY sir
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 18 March 2012 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
Netflix may not have the criterion stuff anymore, but they DO have the Jean-Claude Van Damme-Scott Adkins vehicle Assassination Games, which is way better than you would expect from a Jean-Claude Van Damme movie from 2011. Has some boring bits, but it's made up for with some pretty rad moments.
― NWOBHamster (J3ff T.), Sunday, 18 March 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
I went to the Criterion Facebook page, which is very active, and asked how long the Hulu deal is for. If I get any response I'll report it back here. It looks like they're making a few films per week free to watch without needing Hulu Plus -- I watched The Exterminating Angel a couple of weeks ago. Last week was debut films; this week is a selection of final films: L'Atalante, Confidentially Yours, Street of Shame, L'Argent and An Autumn Afternoon.
― any major prude will tell you (WmC), Sunday, 18 March 2012 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
The xbox/ps3/wii/roku OS for the service is for shit.
yeah, with roku OS, the best method (or at least my method) is to add stuff via computer, rather than search via roku. I think I spent like 5 minutes on the Roku getting it to select Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me which I had started watching the night before and didn't finish.
― sarahell, Sunday, 18 March 2012 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
are you being sarcastic there, max?
― sarahell, Sunday, 18 March 2012 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
there are still some criterion-licensed titles there...
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Sunday, 18 March 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
my local library has a huge selection of criterion dvds -- wonder if this is true at other libraries that aren't smack-dab in the middle of a movie-industry city.
― the kids of boris midney high (get bent), Sunday, 18 March 2012 20:32 (twelve years ago) link
nah, my local library out here in colorado has a ton of criterion titles -- i think it's probably the media librarian's go-to for "classy" DVDs at this point.
― tylerw, Sunday, 18 March 2012 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
my local library also has a huge criterion dvd collection -- but it's also in the 6th borough.
― kurwa mać (Polish for "long life") (Eisbaer), Sunday, 18 March 2012 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
xxxxxpost Tyler they are making it look like a twin peaks ripoff but it's absolutely nothing like twin peaks. If it's trying to bit anything it's the Wire, with all its attn to ~ripples~ and ~layers~
(just finished episode 8)
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Sunday, 18 March 2012 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
my queue is at just under 250, half are either films I've already seen or TV shows. And of the 120 or so films I haven't already seen, two are by Uwe Boll. So my net may be wider than most.
― da croupier, Sunday, 18 March 2012 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
my instant queue is @ 500 -- FEEL THE WEIGHT OF MY MOVIE-GEEKNESS
― kurwa mać (Polish for "long life") (Eisbaer), Sunday, 18 March 2012 20:47 (twelve years ago) link