Haven't seen much mention of The Illusionist - kind of got lost in the buzz around The Prestige (which I agree is the superior film), but a decent piece of work in its own right. Ed Norton delivers a good performance, per usual, and it has one of the few Phillip Glass scores I honestly like. There are some pretty interesting narrative techniques as well.
I also watched Transsiberian based on the recommendations here, and was pleasantly surprised. It has something of a slow burn to its pace, but if you stick with it, it gets really interesting.
I started watching the first season of Dr. Who on the instant. It's pretty good.
Yes, yes it is. I prefer Tennant but it's all pretty good. You have to be willing to go with the madcap, low-budget style, which is really pretty integral to the franchise anyway.
For Doctor Who, what's available via Instant seems pretty random. Only about half of season 1 is available, then none of season 2 is, but all of season 3 is (except for the Dr Who Confidential), and finally none of season 4 is. Of the individual episodes, there's no rhyme or reason that I can see. But it does includes a lot of Tom Baker eps, plus a smattering of the others (include The Three Doctors).
But hey, I grew up watching the Doctor at random times on public TV with bad reception, and then later on lousy VHS tapes, so DVDs and this newfangled Internet streaming is like heaven, even if the availability isn't perfect.
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Back to the Future I, II, & III are up for insta-watch. Timeless.
Also, Find Me Guilty is one I would've easily passed up, but Vin Diesel reveals that he's a flexible actor as a fat mob gangsta with hair who is his own lawyer in a trial. Based on a true story, and a surprisingly good movie.
Supercop and Last Action Hero: Two heroes who you can't understand but kick ass. Watch just for the line by Ah-nald:
"To be or not to be....not to be." [cue explosions and cigar-chewing]
Haven't seen much mention of The Illusionist - kind of got lost in the buzz around The Prestige (which I agree is the superior film), but a decent piece of work in its own right. Ed Norton delivers a good performance, per usual, and it has one of the few Phillip Glass scores I honestly like. There are some pretty interesting narrative techniques as well.
I thought The Illusionist was play-it-safe Hollywood garbage of the worst sort.
The "twist" invalidates the entire story for the sake of a sugary-sweet happy ending. Somewhere along the line, screenwriters got it in their heads that star-crossed lovers don't make for a good romance story.
Hello? Romeo & Juliet, anyone? Romance and tragedy go quite well together, in the film world as well as the literary one.
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Anyone notice how some things (mattresses and the copy machines in Highrise) are totally impenetrable? A steel wall, yeah that makes sense, but bullets should obliterate copy machines.
I don't know about you, but I always buy a bullet proof printer. Its a lot more expensive, but I think the advantages are apparent.
Jesus Camp, documentaries on Hunter Thompson and Charles Bukowski, Super Size Me, The Atomic Cafe, The Education of Shelby Knox, King of Kong, Fired!...
yeah, I've got enough material to last me a while.
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the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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Has anyone seen "Meet Bill" (the one with Aaron Eckhart with the nametag on his forehead)? Is it worth watching? I liked "Thank You For Smoking" a lot.
So have they put anything good up lately?
Also, does anyone have a link to a list of all WI titles? I don't get why Netflix doesn't just make one on their fucking site. Probably because people would watch more stuff.
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So have they put anything good up lately?
Also, does anyone have a link to a list of all WI titles? I don't get why Netflix doesn't just make one on their fucking site. Probably because people would watch more stuff.
So have they put anything good up lately?
Also, does anyone have a link to a list of all WI titles? I don't get why Netflix doesn't just make one on their fucking site. Probably because people would watch more stuff.
BACK TO THE FUTURE PARTS I II & III
Anyone who doesn't already have those on DVD is an utter failure of humanity.
So have they put anything good up lately?
Also, does anyone have a link to a list of all WI titles? I don't get why Netflix doesn't just make one on their fucking site. Probably because people would watch more stuff.
BACK TO THE FUTURE PARTS I II & III
Anyone who doesn't already have those on DVD is an utter failure of humanity.
Yeah, I started to get ecstatic when I saw the whole trilogy up on instant. Then I remembered I have the DVD box set like three feet away.
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So have they put anything good up lately?
Also, does anyone have a link to a list of all WI titles? I don't get why Netflix doesn't just make one on their fucking site. Probably because people would watch more stuff.
BACK TO THE FUTURE PARTS I II & III
Anyone who doesn't already have those on DVD is an utter failure of humanity.
Technically I do, but they're at my parents' house and my brother bought them. It's nice to have it on instant.
I wonder if they really are going to invest in bolstering Watch Instant...it would seem it's at optimal profitablility right now and is attracting as many customers as it's going to (a shit ton)
I wonder if they really are going to invest in bolstering Watch Instant...it would seem it's at optimal profitablility right now and is attracting as many customers as it's going to (a shit ton)
I check the Instant selection all the time and it seems like we get an average of at least one new movie a day.
I started watching the first season of Dr. Who on the instant. It's pretty good.
Yes, yes it is. I prefer Tennant but it's all pretty good. You have to be willing to go with the madcap, low-budget style, which is really pretty integral to the franchise anyway.
For Doctor Who, what's available via Instant seems pretty random. Only about half of season 1 is available, then none of season 2 is, but all of season 3 is (except for the Dr Who Confidential), and finally none of season 4 is. Of the individual episodes, there's no rhyme or reason that I can see. But it does includes a lot of Tom Baker eps, plus a smattering of the others (include The Three Doctors).
But hey, I grew up watching the Doctor at random times on public TV with bad reception, and then later on lousy VHS tapes, so DVDs and this newfangled Internet streaming is like heaven, even if the availability isn't perfect.
far as I know there is only 13 episodes in season 1 all of which are available for instant play.
I started watching the first season of Dr. Who on the instant. It's pretty good.
Yes, yes it is. I prefer Tennant but it's all pretty good. You have to be willing to go with the madcap, low-budget style, which is really pretty integral to the franchise anyway.
For Doctor Who, what's available via Instant seems pretty random. Only about half of season 1 is available, then none of season 2 is, but all of season 3 is (except for the Dr Who Confidential), and finally none of season 4 is. Of the individual episodes, there's no rhyme or reason that I can see. But it does includes a lot of Tom Baker eps, plus a smattering of the others (include The Three Doctors).
But hey, I grew up watching the Doctor at random times on public TV with bad reception, and then later on lousy VHS tapes, so DVDs and this newfangled Internet streaming is like heaven, even if the availability isn't perfect.
far as I know there is only 13 episodes in season 1 all of which are available for instant play.
Yeah, you're correct. I think I inadvertently included the 12 DVD extras when I did my count. But more importantly, since I posted, the availability of season 2 has changed, and it's now all available via Instant as well. Hooray!
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> turn on light Good start to the day. Pity it's going to be the worst one of your life. The light is now on.
I started watching the first season of Dr. Who on the instant. It's pretty good.
Yes, yes it is. I prefer Tennant but it's all pretty good. You have to be willing to go with the madcap, low-budget style, which is really pretty integral to the franchise anyway.
For Doctor Who, what's available via Instant seems pretty random. Only about half of season 1 is available, then none of season 2 is, but all of season 3 is (except for the Dr Who Confidential), and finally none of season 4 is. Of the individual episodes, there's no rhyme or reason that I can see. But it does includes a lot of Tom Baker eps, plus a smattering of the others (include The Three Doctors).
But hey, I grew up watching the Doctor at random times on public TV with bad reception, and then later on lousy VHS tapes, so DVDs and this newfangled Internet streaming is like heaven, even if the availability isn't perfect.
far as I know there is only 13 episodes in season 1 all of which are available for instant play.
Yeah, you're correct. I think I inadvertently included the 12 DVD extras when I did my count. But more importantly, since I posted, the availability of season 2 has changed, and it's now all available via Instant as well. Hooray!
yah, I noticed that too. very exciting to see all of dr.who in there now.
Firefly, battlestar galactica and dr.who is really turning me into a sci-fi fan. I've never been too keen on this kind of stuff before.
A great series produced by Spielberg in the '80s. Same basic concept as The Twilight Zone. And the Season 1 episode 'The Mission' more than justifies adding it to your instant queue all on its own.
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"Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are." - Bertolt Brecht
A great series produced by Spielberg in the '80s. Same basic concept as The Twilight Zone. And the Season 1 episode 'The Mission' more than justifies adding it to your instant queue all on its own.
Is that the one
where the guy imagines wheels into existence on a crippled B-52?
A great series produced by Spielberg in the '80s. Same basic concept as The Twilight Zone. And the Season 1 episode 'The Mission' more than justifies adding it to your instant queue all on its own.
Is that the one
where the guy imagines wheels into existence on a crippled B-52?
When a 4-year-old girl goes missing in Dorchester, one of Boston's toughest hoods, private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro (Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan) reluctantly agree to take the case. But the investigation proves tougher, riskier and more complex than they could have imagined. Ben Affleck's directorial debut, adapted from the Dennis Lehane novel, also stars Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman and Amy Ryan (in her first Oscar-nominated role).
Also:
Sukiyaki Western Django:
"In a strange land where East meets West, two rival gangs, the Heike Reds and the Genji Whites, are locked in a deadly feud over a fortune in gold. A lone hero (Hideaki Ito) comes to town, meets the gangs' various victims and tries to restore order to the chaos. Director Quentin Tarantino guest stars as a gunslinger in this visually stunning Japanese spaghetti Western from cult film director Takashi Miike. "
Maybe it's wishful thinking, but I wish they'd throw ST:TNG up on Instant View. I've bought most of the series anyways slowly over the years, but (A) I never could find season 4 or 5 in stores (which are two of my favorites), and (B) It's annoying to have to parse through the gigantic amount of discs just to find the show I want to watch. I guess I could rip them... meh.
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more TV shows of all stripes would be a great addition to instant view.
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I used to have it on Laserdisc.
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Yes, Minister: The Complete Collection.
Instant view. Along with a follow-up series I didn't know about. Yes, Prime Minister.
I also watched Transsiberian based on the recommendations here, and was pleasantly surprised. It has something of a slow burn to its pace, but if you stick with it, it gets really interesting.
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Yes, yes it is. I prefer Tennant but it's all pretty good. You have to be willing to go with the madcap, low-budget style, which is really pretty integral to the franchise anyway.
For Doctor Who, what's available via Instant seems pretty random. Only about half of season 1 is available, then none of season 2 is, but all of season 3 is (except for the Dr Who Confidential), and finally none of season 4 is. Of the individual episodes, there's no rhyme or reason that I can see. But it does includes a lot of Tom Baker eps, plus a smattering of the others (include The Three Doctors).
But hey, I grew up watching the Doctor at random times on public TV with bad reception, and then later on lousy VHS tapes, so DVDs and this newfangled Internet streaming is like heaven, even if the availability isn't perfect.
> turn on light
Good start to the day. Pity it's going to be the worst one of your life. The light is now on.
Also, Find Me Guilty is one I would've easily passed up, but Vin Diesel reveals that he's a flexible actor as a fat mob gangsta with hair who is his own lawyer in a trial. Based on a true story, and a surprisingly good movie.
Supercop and Last Action Hero: Two heroes who you can't understand but kick ass. Watch just for the line by Ah-nald:
"To be or not to be....not to be." [cue explosions and cigar-chewing]
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I thought The Illusionist was play-it-safe Hollywood garbage of the worst sort.
Hello? Romeo & Juliet, anyone? Romance and tragedy go quite well together, in the film world as well as the literary one.
Vegas Vacation was, though, so the service might stay. We shall see.
Edit: I've noted that generally, it's the crappy sequels to movies available in the insta-queue. Dumb and Dumberer, Caddyshack 2 are prime examples.
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Besides, I use the DVD service, as well. So it stays.
Holy shit there's a ton of good stuff in there.
Jesus Camp, documentaries on Hunter Thompson and Charles Bukowski, Super Size Me, The Atomic Cafe, The Education of Shelby Knox, King of Kong, Fired!...
yeah, I've got enough material to last me a while.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Looks like we can all instantly not watch Postal now.
Thanks Netflix, you sure know how to welcome your new avalanche of 360 customers.
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I consider this customer service of the highest quality.
Was just about to say the same thing.
See? I just instantly didn't watch Postal right now, in my chair. You can do it too!
So now I can satisfy my morbid curiosity about Boll movies at absolutely no extra cost? Hells yeah!
WTF stop doing that!
(Added the movie to my instant queue. Might watch it on Friday since no one will be here in the office.)
Also, does anyone have a link to a list of all WI titles? I don't get why Netflix doesn't just make one on their fucking site. Probably because people would watch more stuff.
BACK TO THE FUTURE PARTS I II & III
Anyone who doesn't already have those on DVD is an utter failure of humanity.
Yeah, I started to get ecstatic when I saw the whole trilogy up on instant. Then I remembered I have the DVD box set like three feet away.
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Technically I do, but they're at my parents' house and my brother bought them. It's nice to have it on instant.
I check the Instant selection all the time and it seems like we get an average of at least one new movie a day.
far as I know there is only 13 episodes in season 1 all of which are available for instant play.
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Yeah, you're correct. I think I inadvertently included the 12 DVD extras when I did my count. But more importantly, since I posted, the availability of season 2 has changed, and it's now all available via Instant as well. Hooray!
> turn on light
Good start to the day. Pity it's going to be the worst one of your life. The light is now on.
yah, I noticed that too. very exciting to see all of dr.who in there now.
Firefly, battlestar galactica and dr.who is really turning me into a sci-fi fan. I've never been too keen on this kind of stuff before.
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A great series produced by Spielberg in the '80s. Same basic concept as The Twilight Zone. And the Season 1 episode 'The Mission' more than justifies adding it to your instant queue all on its own.
Is that the one
Indeed it is, but he
LOVED that show as a kid.
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I just watched James and the Giant Peach. Sweet, and fun movie. I completely forgot that Jack Skellington (of Nightmare Before Christmas) had a cameo.
Spoiler that shit!
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I've also been watching Star Trek: TOS. It would be great if there were a way to queue up multiple episodes of a series.
"It's 2054 Paris, and a megacorporation called Avalon dominates contemporary life and sells eternal youth and beauty to the citizenry in this animated sci-fi thriller. When promising young Avalon scientist Ilona Tasuiev is kidnapped, the company hires top detective Barthélémy Karas (voiced by Daniel Craig) to find her. As he investigates, Karas discovers others on the hunt for Tasuiev -- along with a trail of witnesses that keep turning up dead."
Also:
Sukiyaki Western Django:
"In a strange land where East meets West, two rival gangs, the Heike Reds and the Genji Whites, are locked in a deadly feud over a fortune in gold. A lone hero (Hideaki Ito) comes to town, meets the gangs' various victims and tries to restore order to the chaos. Director Quentin Tarantino guest stars as a gunslinger in this visually stunning Japanese spaghetti Western from cult film director Takashi Miike. "