I like watching series TV without the cable:
Deadwood, awesome western, great staging, thick Edwardian dialog with "fuck" approx every third word
The Killing, typical murder mystery whodunit, only seen a few episodes but pretty good
Damages is good too, Glenn Close, Ted Danson; lawyers/backstabing/psycodrama
And of course Mad Men, probably the main reason for the popularity of "Mid-Century Modern" style
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Re: Netflix Instant Recomendations
by Pops » Fri 09 Jan 2015, 20:37:53
The legitimate object of government, is to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done, but can not do, at all, or can not, so well do, for themselves -- in their separate, and individual capacities.
-- Abraham Lincoln, Fragment on Government (July 1, 1854)
-- Abraham Lincoln, Fragment on Government (July 1, 1854)
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Re: Netflix Instant Recomendations
by Sixstrings » Fri 09 Jan 2015, 22:00:48
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MD', 'A')ll the staff can view reports.
I might have to warn withnail for making spurious reports and thus wasting our time.
I might have to warn withnail for making spurious reports and thus wasting our time.
Thank you, that's all I'd care about is if when that report button gets hit that it goes to someone that reads the forum and knows everyone.
And I don't mean to call him out and have him run off the forum either, I shouldn't be run off and neither should anyone else, but you just have to accept some times that someone is not going to agree with you and you have to respect differences of opinion. If I bother someone too much, with just how I write, then what I do is I just lay off them because I don't want strangers on the darn internet having high blood pressure or disliking me. It's bad karma.
The people that are fun and informative and a good brain exercise to debate with, are those that do not take it personally and get the "someone is wrong on the internet" syndrome.
What I NEVER do is follow that person on any other topic they talk about, and continue to "bully" with the report button / snide remarkes that are about Russia or whatever in a thread that's not about Russia. If someone wants to fight the war in Ukraine that much, then there's a war over in Ukraine and you can go pick a side and enlist but that ain't me, and if that's anyone else on this forum and they're that attached to the issue then go enlist already or have some detachment about it.
Now, back to tv. Maybe I should turn the computer off and go watch some tv. At least the tv lets me watch other channels, this Russia stuff won't let a person go.
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Re: Netflix Instant Recomendations
by Sixstrings » Fri 09 Jan 2015, 22:15:53
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', 'I') like watching series TV without the cable:
Deadwood, awesome western, great staging, thick Edwardian dialog with "fuck" approx every third word
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And of course Mad Men, probably the main reason for the popularity of "Mid-Century Modern" style
Deadwood, awesome western, great staging, thick Edwardian dialog with "fuck" approx every third word
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And of course Mad Men, probably the main reason for the popularity of "Mid-Century Modern" style
We have similar tastes there, Deadwood and Mad Men. I love Deadwood, one of my favorite shows. Have you ever seen Carnival, another old HBO series? (available on netflix by mail, kaching endorsement where is my check).
You might like Maran, Pops, give that a try. I'll have a look at Damages.
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Re: Netflix Instant Recomendations
by radon1 » Fri 09 Jan 2015, 22:34:39
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I've never seen a Russian movie. Are there any Russian movies like that, like something that may be shown at Cannes or Sundance over here, indie type stuff.
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I've never seen a Russian movie. Are there any Russian movies like that, like something that may be shown at Cannes or Sundance over here, indie type stuff.
This year's Cannes winner is Russian Leviathan movie, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_%282014_film%29
Didn't watch it, don't know, there is some political motivation behind the nomination apparently. But it may be good.
Otherwise Russian movies are a disaster, almost nothing worth of attention outside what is called "art-house" genre.
The only good ones that come to mind are The Island by Lungin, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8bcGrQf ... GpWVV-xgvd.
And couple military ones: 9th company, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2YAEbDX ... GpWVV-xgvd or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKOkjbQAsZA.
About Afghanistan, based on real story. Couple tasteless moments, couple "citations" from American movies, but otherwise a good original story. They tried to get it into the Oscar foreign film nomination, but were not let through. Interestingly, the Afghan part was screened in Crimea.
And 72 meters, http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q ... ters+movie, no decent English subtitle version unfortunately. Touches upon Crimea, among other things.
Then there are good Soviet-time movies, but they are old.
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Re: Netflix Instant Recomendations
by Sixstrings » Fri 09 Jan 2015, 23:14:50
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('radon1', 'T')his year's Cannes winner is Russian Leviathan movie, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_%282014_film%29
Ok, that's the kind of indie films I watch, that looks good:
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A modern reworking of the Book of Job, the film is set on a peninsula by the Barents Sea and tells the story of a man who struggles against a corrupt mayor who wants his piece of land. The film is adjudged the best film of the 45th International Film Festival of India. The producer Alexander Rodnyansky has said: "It deals with some of the most important social issues of contemporary Russia while never becoming an artist's sermon or a public statement, it is a story of love and tragedy experienced by ordinary people".[5]
The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[6] Zvyagintsev and Negin won the award for Best Screenplay.
For anyone that has netflix, this Leviathan movie has a "save" option so I think that means they will be carrying it in the future at some point.
What I like about foreign films by the way is that besides the fact there are SO MANY good films out there in the world, once you get used to subtitles, you also learn so much about another culture and I just find that interesting.
I'd say half the best movies I've ever seen were foreign. Netflix has been great for this because otherwise being in most of America there is no other way to ever see any of these movies. Youtube has a lot of this too, for free, except when the copyright nazis make them remove it.
Your other suggestions look good, thank you.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')hen there are good Soviet-time movies, but they are old.
The only Russian movie I had ever heard of is some silent film epic from the revolution, that's famous in film circles, if I recall.
Thank you for the suggestions. I don't know if I mentioned this in an old good movie thread on this forum, but anyhow this is a good one:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'K')-19: The Widowmaker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-19:_The_Widowmaker
For anyone that thinks all western media has always been russophobe, this movie was out in '02 -- before the decline in relations, when Russia was viewed as a friend -- and it's a favorable / positive portrayal.
