I got through two episodes of High Castle and then binged through the rest by reading their Wikipedia summaries instead. Good time saver. Was good on atmosphere but v. dull leads.
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 21 February 2020 23:53 (four years ago) link
the ad for hunters had me laughing.
pacino in his very arch, late period style:
"it's not murder...
it's mitzvah"
― frederik b. godt (jim in vancouver), Saturday, 22 February 2020 00:38 (four years ago) link
I’m not sure what the origin story of Undone is
It's an Amazon commission - notable that for their first animated series they went for a cosign from the creator of Netflix's first animated series.
― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Saturday, 22 February 2020 00:40 (four years ago) link
Man In The High Castle was a big disappointment after the pilot episode, they should have just made it a two hour movie
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Saturday, 22 February 2020 00:53 (four years ago) link
might have been one of those “gets good mid second season” shows tbhthey do kill Frank eventually and keep him offscreen enough before they do lol
― mh, Saturday, 22 February 2020 01:41 (four years ago) link
The shows I watch or have watched on Amazon are all really high quality imo --- Man In High Castle, Expanse, Red Oak, even the dumb Jack Ryan show is watchable (the dumbness is kind of inherent to Tom Clancy imo)
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 22 February 2020 18:26 (four years ago) link
Goliath, as I seem to be saying into the void, is fucking incredible
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 22 February 2020 18:29 (four years ago) link
I liked the first season of Goliath a lot, the second started strong but was awful by the end, and couldn't make it through the premiere of the third.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 22 February 2020 20:12 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I'm having trouble finishing the second season. First season was aces.
― whistling (brownie), Saturday, 22 February 2020 20:13 (four years ago) link
many xps but yes: undone is also quite good.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 22 February 2020 20:15 (four years ago) link
S2 of Goliath is absolutely nauseating but also brilliant imoS3 gets the balance between gonzo batshit and, like, “serious drama” a bit righter but it’s still pulp at heart. I missed the daughter a lot but she gets an extremely satisfying payoff.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 22 February 2020 21:02 (four years ago) link
Does Man in the H Cast.get better?
No. The show runner left midway through the first season, the second season had no exec producer, and the new one brought in for the third didn't have a clue.https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/man-high-castle-renewed-taps-new-showrunner-season-3-960304
It gets worse: PKD's daughter was sexually harassed by Amazon's programming chief.https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/amazon-tv-producer-goes-public-harassment-claim-top-exec-roy-price-1048060
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:38 (four years ago) link
yikes
I thought it ended... ok-ish, but the rudderless nature of the middle was clear
― mh, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:50 (four years ago) link
I really didn't like hunters (the how I met your mother guy hamming it up saying corny as fuck lines = not a good time, macabre fictional holocaust scenarios also not my favourite thing), and only saw about half of it, but the ending was wild and al overacts delightfully
― frederik b. godt (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 18:55 (four years ago) link
idk if we talked about this already but this was my EXACT trajectory.
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 18:59 (four years ago) link
third season was fucking great. i guess you really have to like ultra-pulp maybe.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 19:07 (four years ago) link
Tracer's enthusiasm is infectious and I agree about season 3
― mh, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 19:17 (four years ago) link
I watched the first ep of Hunters & wow this show is def Not For Me™️Pacino as the headlining Jewish Person while Saul Rubinek is a minor costar feels so fucking wrong on so many levels. Also kind of surprised that Rubinek would be on board? idk. the tone of this thing was my biggest problem. that and wtf shit like concentration camp human chess i understand it from Pacino being a huge draw but still i am very O_o about the whole thing
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:23 (four years ago) link
yeah it looked fuckin’ gross so i skipped it
― force ghost bg (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:27 (four years ago) link
my parents highly recommended it to me but i couldn't bring myself to watch it glad veggrrl who ime generally has impeccable tv taste has validated my laziness
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:40 (four years ago) link
yeah Mordy i would approach w extreme caution
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:13 (four years ago) link
Anyone seen Tales From The Loop yet? I was surprised to learn it had been made into a TV series.
― ☮️ (peace, man), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:17 (four years ago) link
I’m still watching me some Maisel but I still have the same problems w/it, that it’s trying to force comedy through tone and not content. The show looks incredible and generally is “likable” but it’s kind of astonishing at how there’s nothing particularly hilarious going on, it’s just this constant banter that’s supposed to make you feel like something hilarious is going on. It’s a shame bc i certainly prefer it in theory over yet another “people doing very bad things and caught in a vise-like plot” show.
― omar little, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:23 (four years ago) link
xpWe watched the first episode last night. Very slow and pretty. Not sure if I liked it enough to go back for ep 2. Probably will at some point since I'm a shut-in now.
― DJI, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:24 (four years ago) link
No but I am intrigued by the fact that Shane Carruth apparently makes an appearance
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:26 (four years ago) link
best thing on Prime for me continues to be The Expanse (on the tail end of S3 now), which is just phenomenal. My platonic ideal of a sci-fi show (great plot, plenty of mystery, little in the way of soap opera level bad TV acting, zero new agey bullshit the likes of which sank BSG).
― omar little, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:28 (four years ago) link
I watched the first ep of Hunters & wow this show is def Not For Me™️
Pacino as the headlining Jewish Person while Saul Rubinek is a minor costar feels so fucking wrong on so many levels. Also kind of surprised that Rubinek would be on board? idk. the tone of this thing was my biggest problem. that and wtf shit like concentration camp human chess
i understand it from Pacino being a huge draw but still i am very O_o about the whole thing
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, April 8, 2020 10:23 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
I ended up watching about half of this, including the finale, because my gf watched it and I just thought it was horrendous.
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:34 (four years ago) link
watched the first two episodes of ZeroZeroZero and so far it's just OK. very nicely shot but so far I don't give a shit about any of the characters. not sure if I want to carry on with it but I probably will eventually out of sheer boredom.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:46 (four years ago) link
if ppl forgot abt like i did the series finale of transparent, i recommend it; also the lil peep dochunters seems vile i would never
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 19:51 (four years ago) link
I just watched Dragged Across Concrete and need a shower. Zahler makes me feel grubby as all hell. (This will stay with me and I need to pick apart why - for good and ill.)
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 22:01 (four years ago) link
stay with ZeroZeroZero! The characters develop imo but most of what they do is not get in the way of a show about systems. It's very well done I think, and yeah, it looks and sounds great esp. by shit streaming-original standards
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 22:32 (four years ago) link
I watched Brawl in Cell Block 99 and washed my hands of that dude for good. He hasn't got the visual or storytelling chops for me to put up with his not-even-really-winking chud politics.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 22:56 (four years ago) link
agreed.
― Nhex, Thursday, 9 April 2020 02:05 (four years ago) link
I like both of those movies a lot :/
I even started a thread about him
the degenerate nu-pulp movies of S. Craig Zahler
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Thursday, 9 April 2020 02:06 (four years ago) link
We've been enjoying Tales From The Loop. Have seen first 5 of 8 episodes so far. It's beautifully filmed, interesting storylines, excellent acting, setting is mysterious & not explained (this is good). Pace is slowish & contemplative. Fits really well for the times. We're watching 1 episode per night, not binging.
― that's not my post, Thursday, 9 April 2020 03:59 (four years ago) link
Hey Joe Dante fans! Explorers and Eerie, India season 1 both free to stream with Prime atm
― Deflatormouse, Thursday, 9 April 2020 04:46 (four years ago) link
I think that's understandable with Zahler but I think he's interesting enough to stick with. I have *thoughts* but I'll have them on Simon's thread.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Thursday, 9 April 2020 08:43 (four years ago) link
It looks like the Cadfael mysteries are available via Prime without extra subscriptions finally
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Thursday, 9 April 2020 17:40 (four years ago) link
are they good.
― Fizzles, Thursday, 9 April 2020 17:47 (four years ago) link
I haven’t seen them in a long time but I have fond memories of them being “Masterpiece Theater Name of the Rose” so take that as you will.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Thursday, 9 April 2020 17:49 (four years ago) link
i think i will take that as a yes and now start binge watching.
― Fizzles, Thursday, 9 April 2020 19:47 (four years ago) link
thanks milo z. (i have no control over these things - you are entirely responsible if i go on a cadfael-induced rampage in a month’s time.
― Fizzles, Thursday, 9 April 2020 19:48 (four years ago) link
I don't know what day it was added but The Lighthouse is up.
― herds of unmasked cletuses (WmC), Saturday, 18 April 2020 15:22 (four years ago) link
hell yes, going to wait until it gets dark out and spend some time in THE LIGHTHOUSE
― mh, Saturday, 18 April 2020 15:30 (four years ago) link
A bunch of Soviet films from the Ruscico vaults that appear worth a look have just been added to Prime:
Adventures of the Yellow Suitcase (1970)Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair (1970)A Captain at Fifteen (1945)Commissar (1967)Evdokiya (1961)Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka (1962)The Golden Horns (1972)Happy Go Lucky (1972 )Holy Moly! (1988)The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin (1965)I Am 20 (1964)Kaschey the Immortal (1944)Morozko (1965)Night Witches in the Sky (1981)Once 20 Years Later (1980)School Waltz (1978)Science Fiction Dilogy (1974)The Secret of the Iron Door (1970)Through the Thorns to the Stars (1980)
― punning display, Tuesday, 21 April 2020 15:27 (four years ago) link
I am asking a Russian friend of mine which of these to see :)
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 15:39 (four years ago) link
One more that I missed: Father of a Soldier (1964)
That and Commisar, which I've long been wanting to see, are the only ones I've heard of before.
Also added to Prime but not Russian: 10 Rillington Place (1970), true crime thriller with Richard Attenborough playing a creep.
― punning display, Tuesday, 21 April 2020 16:07 (four years ago) link
ooh thx! i want to see that Christie movie
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 18:00 (four years ago) link
Hard to find classic just added to Prime: The Go Between (1971)
The transfer looks good, although the sound could be better.
― punning display, Saturday, 16 May 2020 14:12 (four years ago) link
I haven't checked it out yet, but apparently the original theatrical cut of Altman's California Split was added recently: https://theplaylist.net/california-split-robert-altman-amazon-prime-20200512/
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 16 May 2020 14:54 (four years ago) link