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
s1ocki, I think as the Criterions' contracts with Netflix expire, they're not being renewed, and they'll switch to Hulu under that contract. (2 by Buñuel expire on April 1st)
― any major prude will tell you (WmC), Sunday, 18 March 2012 20:51 (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, March 18, 2012 2:38 PM (7 hours ago)
you're doing it wrong. instant is such a small percentage of films, you've gotta surf the instant-only list and pick things out you want. once you find a couple titles you're interested in it's pretty easy to build out an instant queue, since every time you add something it suggests similar titles.
I've got over 300 titles in my instant queue and this is the first 10, it's not exactly a wasteland of crap
The ReturnUntold Scandal Code UnknownThe Third ManFilm Noir Collection: Scarlet Street Lust, CautionThe Baader Meinhof ComplexTogetherBrother's Keeper: 10th Anniversary EditionThe Red BalloonThe Age of Innocence
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Monday, 19 March 2012 02:16 (twelve years ago) link
Those may not be 10 objectively "bad" movies, but seriously, I wouldn't waste your time with any of them. Life's short, man.
― killa amc (admrl), Monday, 19 March 2012 04:47 (twelve years ago) link
The Third Man dog.
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 19 March 2012 04:49 (twelve years ago) link
Life's too short for the number of times you should watch that movie.
The Third Man Dog is lesser Mamoulian
― killa amc (admrl), Monday, 19 March 2012 04:51 (twelve years ago) link
There are about 4 good movies on Netflix, and they are all nature documentaries
― killa amc (admrl), Monday, 19 March 2012 04:52 (twelve years ago) link
fie on the man that disses Scarlet Street
― Nhex, Monday, 19 March 2012 04:52 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, there's a lot of great stuff still on Instant View ... depends on yer taste, of course, but Instant has a pretty good selection of really good recent Korean and Japanese films for instance.
― kurwa mać (Polish for "long life") (Eisbaer), Monday, 19 March 2012 04:52 (twelve years ago) link
You're a nature documentaries
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 19 March 2012 04:52 (twelve years ago) link
Oh wait, it does have Peep Show, I'll give it that.
― killa amc (admrl), Monday, 19 March 2012 04:53 (twelve years ago) link
if i may get film-snobby here, i think that getting rid of the lion's share of Starz films got rid of a lot of the crap that was available via Netflix Instant.
― kurwa mać (Polish for "long life") (Eisbaer), Monday, 19 March 2012 04:57 (twelve years ago) link
― killa amc (admrl), Monday, March 19, 2012 12:47 AM
if I had wasted my time on them they wouldn't be in my queue now would they PARADOX
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Monday, 19 March 2012 05:07 (twelve years ago) link
Netflix Instant has all the orig Twilight Zone. Nuff said
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 19 March 2012 05:09 (twelve years ago) link
why after midnight does ilx film threads get all morbz-ed out?!?
― kurwa mać (Polish for "long life") (Eisbaer), Monday, 19 March 2012 05:09 (twelve years ago) link
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 19 March 2012 05:24 (twelve years ago) link
I don't necessarily watch "criterion stuff," forks. Some of the movies I want to watch are on Image, Alpha Video, VCI or some other no budget publisher. Instant didn't even have Ghostbusters or Role Models. I mean, when you guys mention Netflix dropping Starz - that's the caliber of movie I think of when I think of Netflix Instant.
― bamcquern, Monday, 19 March 2012 05:37 (twelve years ago) link
You're the calibre of movie I think of when I think of Netflix Instant
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 19 March 2012 05:40 (twelve years ago) link
silver lining to starz getting pulled is no more pan & scan surprises on my fucking laptop monitor in fucking 2012 [/whitewhine]
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Monday, 19 March 2012 05:42 (twelve years ago) link
god p&s on netflix instant is so inexcusable
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 19 March 2012 05:44 (twelve years ago) link
"You're a nature documentaries" was better, but I like the format of this joke.
― bamcquern, Monday, 19 March 2012 06:01 (twelve years ago) link
Anyway, you guys pay for this, enjoy it, that's cool. I don't enjoy it, don't pay for it, that's cool too.
― bamcquern, Monday, 19 March 2012 06:02 (twelve years ago) link
After watching TV mostly via Netflix and HuluPlus lately, it feels like an imposition to have to put in a disc to watch the first season of Justified.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 19 March 2012 07:14 (twelve years ago) link
yo where that first world thread at
― j., Monday, 19 March 2012 11:34 (twelve years ago) link
bam, there's certainly a number of streaming indy film services if that's more your cuppa.i tended to torrent for that stuff meself.
― Wesley Crusher: Teenage F#ck Machine (forksclovetofu), Monday, 19 March 2012 12:11 (twelve years ago) link
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this wasnt a joke haha
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 19 March 2012 13:37 (twelve years ago) link
tbf its probably the most embarrassing thing you've ever said
― max, Monday, 19 March 2012 13:43 (twelve years ago) link
then i'm doing pretty darn good
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 19 March 2012 13:44 (twelve years ago) link
Durn tootin' even
― aka vanilla bean (remy bean), Monday, 19 March 2012 13:49 (twelve years ago) link
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i LOVE a nature documentaries! of the four, what is the best one on netflix? that's what i want to know.
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Monday, 19 March 2012 13:54 (twelve years ago) link
I know it's a derail, but did you watch Frozen Planet last night?
― any major prude will tell you (WmC), Monday, 19 March 2012 14:02 (twelve years ago) link
what are the best naytchdocs on netflix
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 19 March 2012 14:03 (twelve years ago) link
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, March 19, 2012 1:09 AM (9 hours ago)
started watching twilight zone, og star trek, and mission impossible on netflix in HD recently. they all look fantastic, and the latter two were shot on 35mm. some of those star trek episodes look like they were made by bava with their freaky alien planet color schemes.
the thing about instant is I probably wouldn't have bothered getting a gazillion discs of those shows but if they're streaming hey why not.
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Monday, 19 March 2012 14:26 (twelve years ago) link