i think the shield might work better streaming, a common complaint i heard of it while it was on the air really didn't come into play as much for me when i could just blow thru it in a few weeks
― balls, Sunday, 23 August 2015 21:18 (eight years ago) link
Shield is one of my top 3 shows of all time.
― Jeff, Sunday, 23 August 2015 21:52 (eight years ago) link
Shield finale a gold standard serial payoff.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 23 August 2015 22:17 (eight years ago) link
The first ep/pilot is definitely all like trying to hard to SHOCK YOU with all the CRAZY ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN DEATH, but it does get a lot more nuanced after that. Stick with it, right to the end.
― Jeff, Sunday, 23 August 2015 23:44 (eight years ago) link
Also, events of the very first episode haunt and affect the series right up until the end.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 24 August 2015 02:22 (eight years ago) link
daredevil is fun btw
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Monday, 24 August 2015 06:09 (eight years ago) link
milo have you seen Carnivale or The Comeback or Oz? they are all HBO and excellent and slightly underrated compared to like The Wire/Sopranos/6FU
― Y Kant Max Read (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 24 August 2015 20:21 (eight years ago) link
the comeback is incredible.
― you too could be called a 'Star' by the Compliance Unit (jim in glasgow), Monday, 24 August 2015 20:23 (eight years ago) link
Pretty upset that, after it being on there constantly since probably the whole streaming aspect of Netflix started, Magnum P.I. has been removed. Oh my GOD!* It was my go-to. I could shell three pounds of purplehull peas in an episode. I didn't binge watch or whatever. Just spread em out over a few years there. I was working through season 4 when it happened. It was a shit season so far, to be far. Far too many silly episodes and not enough 'Nam flashbacks or other serious troubles, but still. Pretty bummed. Rockford Files will take over that slot in my life.
*Higgy Baby voice of course
― andrew m., Monday, 24 August 2015 20:46 (eight years ago) link
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― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, August 23, 2015 10:22 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah i think the death in the pilot was just great storytelling....it's a gunshot to the stomach that all of the main characters slowly bleed out from for the entire series, and it definitely felt like it was planned that way by the writers. i also think the first season is really strong, tense genre fiction and i don't get why it's always dismissed by fans of the show.
― slam dunk, Monday, 24 August 2015 22:29 (eight years ago) link
I am currently 3 eps into Narcos - the P Escobar series, it is decent so far.
― xelab, Sunday, 30 August 2015 12:32 (eight years ago) link
so they're apparently losing a huge chunk of their streaming movie selection and pivoting hard to Original Programming.
― Why because she True and Interesting (President Keyes), Monday, 31 August 2015 14:00 (eight years ago) link
These streaming services are clearly gonna have to balkanize themselves into near-nonexistence before they realize that joining forces is the only way to survive.
― Herbie Mann's Push Push Pops (Old Lunch), Monday, 31 August 2015 14:11 (eight years ago) link
they've been moving away from films for a while. expensive, model of couple of expensive films+batch of crap inefficient in terms of viewer retention. long haul series, esp exclusive ones, best model for them. self-made presumably cost-efficient for them, tho i find it quite hard to see how. bought stuff usually cheaper idve thought. daredevil and HoC were both fairly set-heavy (compared to the extravagantly expensive GoT or even Sopranos or Breaking Bad or something insanely wanton and decadent like Deadwood). Always feel crap generic theme music/credits for netflix originals is an example of shaving costs.
exclusivity plus revenue on non-subscriber sales must make it worthwhile I guess.
― Fizzles, Monday, 31 August 2015 15:22 (eight years ago) link
gotta give 'em credit for that ridiculous Kimmy Schmidt opening theme
amazon is stepping up a little better, adding to their movie library, but it's still weak (and annoying due to being mixed in with rent/ppv options)
― Nhex, Monday, 31 August 2015 15:25 (eight years ago) link
so they're apparently losing a huge chunk of their streaming movie selection
!?!
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 31 August 2015 15:36 (eight years ago) link
oh ok, this clears it up. basically their deal with Epix is expiring, and they're not renewing. i didn't know about this deal, sounds similar to what Netflix used to do with Starz/Encore networks.http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-30/netflix-to-drop-epix-channel-in-push-to-develop-original-films
― Nhex, Monday, 31 August 2015 15:43 (eight years ago) link
also noted - Epix switched m/l the same deal over to Huluhttp://news.yahoo.com/epix-reaches-multiyear-hulu-deal-ends-netflix-agreement-122208374--finance.html
― Nhex, Monday, 31 August 2015 15:45 (eight years ago) link
gotta give 'em credit for that ridiculous Kimmy Schmidt opening themeamazon is stepping up a little better, adding to their movie library, but it's still weak (and annoying due to being mixed in with rent/ppv options)
haven't seen kimmy schmidt yet - but will be listening out!
otm about amazon.
― Fizzles, Monday, 31 August 2015 16:12 (eight years ago) link
I have Netflix, Amazon Prime, and HBOGO, and am mostly watching HBOGO. They have about 100 movies at a time, but it's a good selection I'm not finding elsewhere. Netflix for me is best for arthouse/documentary movies from the past few years, and with Amazon it's more their streaming music library and free shipping.
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 31 August 2015 16:29 (eight years ago) link
Amazon seems to get a lot of the high profile new stuff that Netflix gets--along with shows like Hannibal, The Americans, Justified etc. that Netflix doesn't have
― Why because she True and Interesting (President Keyes), Monday, 31 August 2015 16:35 (eight years ago) link
The interface is a little annoying though
But man, Netflix used to at least recommend some stuff I had interest in. Nowadays the recs list is full of Netflix originals and Bill Burr stand up deals
― Why because she True and Interesting (President Keyes), Monday, 31 August 2015 16:37 (eight years ago) link
yeah, netflix recs have kinda gone down the tubes. but then again, i haven't put in ratings in a while. i wonder if they even use that data mine anymore
― Nhex, Monday, 31 August 2015 16:52 (eight years ago) link
we pay for netflix and hulu and i kinda feel like that's all i need even though i don't get to see hbo stuff. you can pay 8 bucks a month on hulu for showtime but i would only really do that to see ray donovan and i feel like i can live without it.
― scott seward, Monday, 31 August 2015 17:03 (eight years ago) link
The most irritating thing about, well, all of them, is the way they encourage bin viewing, but then don't catch up with completed series. So, like, The Americans S1 and S2 are up on Amazon, but not 3 (I'm talking not as PPV streaming). Or Archer on Netflix, there is always a long lag for it to catch up. Very frustrating.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 31 August 2015 17:50 (eight years ago) link
generally the last season doesn't go up until the new season starts
― Why because she True and Interesting (President Keyes), Monday, 31 August 2015 17:54 (eight years ago) link
All you have to do is to pay for hundreds of different services so you can watch the shows when they air. Problem solved!
― polyphonic, Monday, 31 August 2015 17:55 (eight years ago) link
xpost I get that, but I don't get that. I want to catch up *in time* for the new season, dammit!
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 31 August 2015 18:04 (eight years ago) link
I'm ok watching everything a year after everyone else.
― Jeff, Monday, 31 August 2015 19:15 (eight years ago) link
narcos seems p good so far. in a kind of mindless way. the odd bit of bad writing or cringey line in the voiceover, but enjoyable.
― doing my Objectives, handling some intense stuff (LocalGarda), Monday, 31 August 2015 19:20 (eight years ago) link
I am 3/4 way through it now and it doesn't get much better - but like you say mindless + enjoyable and Pedro Pascal is as reliably good as usual. The voiceover is a pain at times and it seems overdone to counter the Spanish language segments..
― xelab, Monday, 31 August 2015 19:52 (eight years ago) link
shows/movies like that always make me want to do coke really bad. and i don't have any!
― scott seward, Monday, 31 August 2015 19:57 (eight years ago) link
feel like narcos is pretty good overall but there are one or two lines that are just horrendous.
like in the voiceover, and they repeat this one even though it's so awful, something like: "one thing you learn in columbia is that good and bad are just... relative concepts"
― doing my Objectives, handling some intense stuff (LocalGarda), Thursday, 3 September 2015 10:34 (eight years ago) link
hah!
― Nhex, Thursday, 3 September 2015 14:13 (eight years ago) link
started watching Person Of Interest. so far so ridiculous. but i dig it. in a comic book way. whatshisface really does sound like he's auditioning for Batman.
― scott seward, Friday, 4 September 2015 12:32 (eight years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/sep/02/beasts-of-no-nation-review-brutal-epic-opens-awards-season-in-style
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Friday, 4 September 2015 12:51 (eight years ago) link
haven't watched it yet & it's prob not revelatory or anything but I see they added larry clarks Marfa girl fyi which was previously p much completely unavailable iirc
― johnny crunch, Friday, 4 September 2015 13:29 (eight years ago) link
i've never even heard of the tea leoni show that is on netflix now. sounds action-packed:
Elizabeth and Dalton scramble to save face when a former U.S. Treasury secretary undermines their negotiation of the Greek debt crisis.
― scott seward, Friday, 4 September 2015 21:27 (eight years ago) link
i always forget it exists until i'm reminded. there are a stunning number of shows that i'll have never heard of that are in like their fifth season. and i don't just mean reality shows.
― balls, Friday, 4 September 2015 21:31 (eight years ago) link
enjoyed grace and frankie but whoo boy is it schlocky. there's literally a flashback episode spurred by the characters getting stuck in an elevator.
― balls, Friday, 4 September 2015 21:34 (eight years ago) link
Really liked the Bob Weir documentary, which led to the Muscle Shoals documentary, which led to I Dream Of Wires, which led to Spinal Tap. Haven't finished Wires yet because my wife wasn't into it as it focused too little on people and was just about "the blip blap machines".
The Muscle Shoals one kind of blew my mind a couple of times - I had no idea Donna Jean Godchaux sang backup on "When a Man Loves a Woman" and "Suspicious Minds", nor that the Swampers played on "Sitting In Limbo" (which of course makes sense when I listen to it again).
I also dug the Antarctica: A Year On Ice documentary, at least for the visuals. As someone who grew up on in cold and remote location I had a real feeling that you know, I could totally live there over the winter...
― joygoat, Friday, 4 September 2015 21:44 (eight years ago) link
this is old news for most people, but the Wrecking Crew documentary is oh so good.
― Darin, Saturday, 5 September 2015 01:53 (eight years ago) link
Studio 4°C put up a bunch of movies this week: the kinda Ghibli-esque Princess Arete, the two Genius Party anthologies which are hit or miss but each has at least one killer short (Masaaki Yuasa's "Happy Machine," Koji Morimoto's "Dimension Bomb") and most importantly MIND GAME, which is one of the best goddamn animated films ever.
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Saturday, 5 September 2015 02:13 (eight years ago) link
oooh sounds good
― Nhex, Saturday, 5 September 2015 06:40 (eight years ago) link
― johnny crunch, Friday, September 4, 2015 9:29 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i watched this, not bad, larry clark is always out in front of trends w the blue waffle refs circa 2012 when this was made
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 5 September 2015 21:18 (eight years ago) link
The Guest was bonkers- loved it.
― a silly gif of awkward larping (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 7 September 2015 18:21 (eight years ago) link
like in the voiceover, and they repeat this one even though it's so awful, something like: "one thing you learn in columbia is that good and bad are just... relative concepts"― doing my Objectives, handling some intense stuff (LocalGarda), Thursday, September 3, 2015 10:34 AM (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
they say that come a nuclear holocaust the only things that will survive are... the cockroaches
― hot doug stamper (||||||||), Monday, 7 September 2015 21:04 (eight years ago) link
"until i got to columbia, the phrase 'drugs can lead to a cycle of violence" was just something i had heard once"
― doing my Objectives, handling some intense stuff (LocalGarda), Monday, 7 September 2015 21:09 (eight years ago) link
"one thing you learn in columbia is that there is a drug problem there."
― doing my Objectives, handling some intense stuff (LocalGarda), Monday, 7 September 2015 21:10 (eight years ago) link
"the cops in medellin have an old saying 'be careful when you work here because lots of people get shot in drug-related crimes'"
― doing my Objectives, handling some intense stuff (LocalGarda), Monday, 7 September 2015 21:11 (eight years ago) link