Mr. Luchador
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Popcorn movie. Put on it, turn your mind off and enjoy.
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Netflix |OT| Where Binge Watching is Encouraged
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Popcorn movie. Put on it, turn your mind off and enjoy.
It is also a news/update thread. Reason you see many posts on what's been added/removed.
I haven't seen it in awhile, but I remember liking it. De Niro was top notch.
One of the best opening scenes ever. Its been far too long since I last watched it.
Nizz
Member
I stopped watching this when it originally aired around the fourth season I think. But I have it queued up, just haven't gotten to it yet.
On the other hand, although I've only watched the pilot and the second episode (hardly time to really get a feel for the show) first impressions of Fringe are really good. I have no idea how I never watched this show before. It's a little like X-Files (which I loved) and I like all the characters so far.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Nah, there's more to it than that. It just has it's highs and lows of discussion and recommendations. Regardless though, GK88 keeps us all up to date on what is going on with Netflix, which I'm grateful for.
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I would like to go on record and recommend 'A Boy and His Dog' post apocalyptic movie, which is basically the inspiration behind Fallout as far as I can tell. Was expecting very little going in, but came away glad to have seen it.
Watched it all. Enjoyed it for the most part, but by the end was basically just watching it because I had already invested my time watching the previous seasons. Basically, this was a forewarning to the atypical JJ Abrams bullcrap we all have to put up with today - great premise, interesting mythos, but too drawn out and at times very directionless/trading on past glory.
UK update:
Charlie's Angels
Desperado
Dogtown and the Zboys
Eight Crazy Nights
Expendables
Halloween: H2O 6/H2O
Hollow Man
Jerry Maguire
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Musketeer
She's All That
Smokey and the Bandit
Starsky & Hutch
Dogtown and the Zboys is a nice little movie. Monty is a must watch. Desperado is a fantastic action flick. Plus it has Salma Hayek.
Charlie's Angels
Desperado
Dogtown and the Zboys
Eight Crazy Nights
Expendables
Halloween: H2O 6/H2O
Hollow Man
Jerry Maguire
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Musketeer
She's All That
Smokey and the Bandit
Starsky & Hutch
Dogtown and the Zboys is a nice little movie. Monty is a must watch. Desperado is a fantastic action flick. Plus it has Salma Hayek.
BertleTheTurtle
Member
I'm putting a bunch because I don't know what you've already seen.
Scrubs
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
Parks and Recreation
The Office (US)
Community
How I Met Your Mother
Arrested Devleopment
Psych
30 Rock
That 70's Show
or if you meant movies
Liar Liar
The Dictator
Goon
Scary Movie
Rat Race
Tommy Boy
Meet The Parents
any of the Jackass movies
Super Troopers
Bl4ckSunsh1n3
Member
Yeah. Don't expect your mind to be blown but, they are entertaining.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Good recommendations. I watched Super Troopers today and enjoyed it way more than I anticipated I would. I watched The Dictator last week and enjoyed that too. Thanks for these.
I've been wanting that to come to Netflix.
Mr. Luchador
Member
I don't mind that about Netflix. Bouncing between UK and US Selection is great, as US Netflix seems to have a ton of TV shows, while UK Netflix has a ton of movies.
The extra $5 for Unblock has been worth it. The only thing it is a pain in the butt keeping track of everything because you can't Q up stuff. But other than that, it has been a god send.
I think Sweden is where its at for movies.
BlackGhost
Banned
It's been like that forawhile for me, occasionally I'll see a movie I want to watch. Or I'll check out the other regions.
Netflix is really just about the tv shows for me
BertleTheTurtle
Member
There's gotta be some extension or plugin that could make this possible.
It's really annoying.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Outside of clicking on a program/movie I'm interested in and letting it play for a second or two, I have no other idea for 'queuing' up items.
What I have done is bookmarked the movie/show, and placed it into a folder labeled from whatever region its from. Easiest solution for me.
I've discovered a ton of great foreign films during the last week or so. Mesrine Parts 1 and 2, Carlos, and Tell No One are the best films I've watched in a very long time.
BertleTheTurtle
Member
Mr. Luchador
Member
UK Netflix has 'Hard Boiled', which is a later John Woo Asian Cinema movie. Well worth the watch. I'm hoping for Infernal Affairs to make an appearance soon.
WAS IST DAS?!
WAS IST DAS?!
It's out June 11th. The ad is also alongside an announcement touting a new deal for Amazon Prime streaming with Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., MTV and Comedy Central.
I was just reading this a few minutes ago. Netflix made a huge mistake.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Silly Netflix.
Indeed, also all this fracturing is pissing me off
Edit; With the loss of the warner stuff and viacom.. that frees up a lot of cash i bet.. we better be seeing that in new content deals or ima rage
RedAssedApe
Banned
Don't really care about the kids stuff but I guess there are families who do. My nieces binge watch those shows on their ipads like crazy. lol
Is this an Arrested Development reference?
Is this an Arrested Development reference?
Yep. My kids are going to start firing up the PS3 Amazon Video Player instead of Netflix for a while...I wonder what deal Amazon cut that Netflix didn't.
Recently saw Pearl Harbor again (Sweden), and man, the love story still sucks. Great action scenes wrapped around a boring love triangle. I would recommend watching it for the Pearl Harbor scene, as I think it is pretty well shot. Just skip to the beginning of it, and pretend that is the start of the movie.
RedAssedApe
Banned
that love triangle was so dumb.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Yeah, the fracturing is a pain in the arse. Spreading all the content thin across several different providers isn't what I want. I want to be able to pay 1 platform a decent fee for a ok-good selection. Not several platforms a fee for poor-ok selection.
I know that's common sense, but hey.
All that you can do as a consumer is hop between content providers. Move from Netflix to Hulu Plus to Amazon Prime, consuming their content one by one for a few months each before returning and consuming their new fresh content.
BertleTheTurtle
Member
Nope, watching Alias now.
BlackGhost
Banned
Watching Weeds right now, been thinking about starting this. How is it ?
BertleTheTurtle
Member
The overall arc's are good but the single episode storylines kind of get old.
It's a good show but not my favorite.
I keep it on one monitor while I browse the web on the other.
Working on my end.
Has anyone watched Falling Skies? I'm three episodes in, and I'm still on the fence with this one.
BlackGhost
Banned
Wait it's on Netflix? Just started it on Amazon prime, only half way in episode 1. Didn't really pull me in right away like other shows.
If it turns out good I'd like to finish the first two season before s3 starts
Sorry, watching on Sweden's stream. Yeah, it didn't pull me in either. But I thought the premise was interesting enough to keep going.
I got maybe near the end of season 1 of Falling Skies before I gave up on it. I know this is the point of the show, but it focuses too much on the human struggle and not enough on the alien occupation. That's kind of the problem with non humanoid aliens who seem to have no interest in communicating.
I think they're trying to change that a bit with the connection with the kids later in season 1, but it's too little too late IMO. I think it is trying to capitalize on how Battlestar Galactica focused on the human struggle, but we always knew what the Cylons were about and eventually the series became as much about them as it was the humans.
I think they're trying to change that a bit with the connection with the kids later in season 1, but it's too little too late IMO. I think it is trying to capitalize on how Battlestar Galactica focused on the human struggle, but we always knew what the Cylons were about and eventually the series became as much about them as it was the humans.
I was afraid of that since the opening scenes (spoiler? I guess)
when they just quickly jump into this world where aliens have taken over, and explain the situation in 3 minutes. Episodes 2 and 3 have been focusing on getting back his son, and I'm already thinking 'geez, get the kid and move on already.'