Phase IV is pretty great (trypophobia alert)
― los blue jeans, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 01:32 (nine years ago) link
xpost to Darin
also watched The One I Love the other night, odd film, had a kind of indie Truman Show quality to it
― Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 02:42 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I went into it knowing nothing which probably helped.
― Darin, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 02:44 (nine years ago) link
The One I Love is one of best movies of the year.
― xelab, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 02:52 (nine years ago) link
Milius is good. Not as hagiographical as I worried it would be, and I didn't see the twist at the end coming.
― you fuck one chud... (stevie), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 10:13 (nine years ago) link
yeah the one i love was really great!
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 4 December 2014 23:00 (nine years ago) link
Norte, The End of HistoryTest
^^ watch'em
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 December 2014 23:03 (nine years ago) link
los angeles plays itself is great, but i keep stopping to read up about the movies it covers, and see if they're on netflix/youtube. its taken me two nights so far and i'm barely halfway through. also i'm desperate to see the exiles.
― Nixon head is essential. (stevie), Friday, 5 December 2014 10:32 (nine years ago) link
does that black mirror show get better after the first one about the prime minister and the pig? because that one is really dumb.
― scott seward, Thursday, 11 December 2014 16:55 (nine years ago) link
I really liked the second one. Only seen the first two. Didn't dislike the first one as much as you though. Thought it was fun if stupid.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 11 December 2014 17:11 (nine years ago) link
yeah, the second and third eps were better.
― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 11 December 2014 17:40 (nine years ago) link
just seemed...completely...implausible. i mean i have no problem with mostly implausible scenarios. i watch a lot of t.v.
― scott seward, Thursday, 11 December 2014 17:42 (nine years ago) link
I hear the pig grows up to be Batman
― ancient texts, things that can't be pre-dated (President Keyes), Thursday, 11 December 2014 17:45 (nine years ago) link
a batman that is tortured because his batarang is too powerful
― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 11 December 2014 17:46 (nine years ago) link
he longs for the simpler times with simpler villains that he'd plonk on the head with his simpler batarang.
― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 11 December 2014 17:47 (nine years ago) link
then the batarang AI becomes envious of batman and once manages to sleep with batman pig's wife before returning to him. batman pig never trusts batarang or his wife again.
― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 11 December 2014 17:50 (nine years ago) link
watched the first two of BM and i thought the pigfucker one was way better than the idol show matrix commodify your dissent one
― goole, Thursday, 11 December 2014 18:22 (nine years ago) link
third one is better than both of those
― ancient texts, things that can't be pre-dated (President Keyes), Thursday, 11 December 2014 18:28 (nine years ago) link
yeah, the media thing in the first one...made me yawn a little. made me want to go back to the good wife and chumhum.
― scott seward, Thursday, 11 December 2014 18:28 (nine years ago) link
all art about present and future bad effects of TECH on SOCIETY feels a bit hacky tbh
― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 11 December 2014 18:29 (nine years ago) link
i just get the feeling that some people think they are being zippy and clever with ideas that were well-worn sci-fi cliches in the 50's.
― scott seward, Thursday, 11 December 2014 18:32 (nine years ago) link
all art about present and future bad effects of TECH on SOCIETY feels a bit hacky tbh― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, December 11, 2014 12:29 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, December 11, 2014 12:29 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I get a different vibe from it, that the tech isn't inherently bad, it's just that people generally suck and ruin everything fun. One of the reasons I like the show so much.
Also I want to live in the world where I can get credits and by pointless stuff by riding an exercise bike.
― Jeff, Thursday, 11 December 2014 18:36 (nine years ago) link
i really liked the pigfuck episode for how they played it so straight instead of doing it as some rollicking farce
every episode of black mirror has this really hand-wringy quality that i had to try really hard to ignore but once i did i really enjoyed them
― gr8080, Friday, 12 December 2014 16:53 (nine years ago) link
there's probably some tech that helps you ignore hand-wringiness
― ancient texts, things that can't be pre-dated (President Keyes), Friday, 12 December 2014 16:56 (nine years ago) link
like if you approach them as meditations on the conflicting and daunting task of constantly squaring lizard-brain instincts with a rapidly changing world instead of oh-so-scary technology i think they're really poignant and effective
― gr8080, Friday, 12 December 2014 17:04 (nine years ago) link
yeah, and I think it's easiest to view the 3rd ep like that.
― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 12 December 2014 17:35 (nine years ago) link
i might try a couple more. i was just thinking of that s.h.i.e.l.d. thread where someone says once you get past the first 11 horrible episodes it gets really good. (!!!!) #wehavewaytoomuchtimeonourhands
― scott seward, Friday, 12 December 2014 17:40 (nine years ago) link
let's not say 'really'... but it becomes pretty fun to watch
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 12 December 2014 17:47 (nine years ago) link
well there's only 6 of black mirror so
― gr8080, Friday, 12 December 2014 17:51 (nine years ago) link
what are the best five?
― ancient texts, things that can't be pre-dated (President Keyes), Friday, 12 December 2014 17:53 (nine years ago) link
episode 2 is the least good imo
― gr8080, Friday, 12 December 2014 17:56 (nine years ago) link
off topic but Fruitvale Station is the best thing I've seen on Netflix, or anywhere, in a long time
― Brio2, Friday, 12 December 2014 17:58 (nine years ago) link
3 and 4 were the best episodes.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Friday, 12 December 2014 18:20 (nine years ago) link
I watched the first 3 and don't know if I'll watch the next 3.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 12 December 2014 18:53 (nine years ago) link
Thought the first two eps of BM were kinda... dumb. And a little smug and self-impressed with its own ~piercing satire of these times~. Ep 3 seemed promising but turned it off because it was probably a bad thing to watch when hungover and feeling a little anxiety.
― circa1916, Saturday, 13 December 2014 18:54 (nine years ago) link
it definitely wouldn't help anxiety, but it's good!
― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 13 December 2014 18:56 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, will at least give that ep another run at a better time.
― circa1916, Saturday, 13 December 2014 18:57 (nine years ago) link
went into How to Survive a Plague preparing for a complete bummer, but found it to be really inspirational. glad I watched it.
― Darin, Sunday, 14 December 2014 15:16 (nine years ago) link
I really want to see that
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 14 December 2014 15:55 (nine years ago) link
a number of ACT UPers dispute that doc, say it distorts in favor of the whitest and richest members
but y'know, "print the legend"
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 14 December 2014 16:02 (nine years ago) link
fwiw I liked it, but I wasn't there
seems like there's always been that gap for them. kinda wish that they had something to hang their hat on & proud of, but also from what i gather they, as in act up, are kinda difficult to please collectively?
or is that not true
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 14 December 2014 16:47 (nine years ago) link
charles willeford fans may be interested to know that there is an adaptation of "The Woman Chaser" on Netflix now. Relatively close to the book & stars Seinfeld's David Puddy.
― ian, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 06:00 (nine years ago) link
You guys are nuts that pickfucker episode was hilariously fun.
Thank you to whoever tipped this show upthread! Just cuz they're timeworn dystopias doesn't make them irrelevant.
― Hadrian VIII, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 02:14 (nine years ago) link
Beyond the Hills
― a stupid red mute juggalo (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link
why isn't the Americans on Netflix?
― akm, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 21:17 (nine years ago) link
^^Amazon exclusive
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 21:20 (nine years ago) link
it's on amazon; FX has a deal with them for content.
― a stupid red mute juggalo (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 21:20 (nine years ago) link
bah. looks like season 2 is going to be on there come dec 29th though.
― akm, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 21:22 (nine years ago) link
oh wait no, that's still just on amazon. well then.