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Post by Bongo Heracles on Oct 27, 2021 7:19:31 GMT
I never envisioned Spike to be 50, which is going to take some getting used to. But, to be fair, there are only two Asian actors working in Hollywood, John Cho and that Japanese guy who plays The Japanese Guy in everything and he's even more elderly.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Oct 27, 2021 7:34:01 GMT
I never envisioned Spike to be 50, which is going to take some getting used to. But, to be fair, there are only two Asian actors working in Hollywood, John Cho and that Japanese guy who plays The Japanese Guy in everything and he's even more elderly. I was going to say "Hey, what about..." then realised I was thinking of John Cho. |
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Post by darkling on Oct 27, 2021 9:19:14 GMT
A new bunch of Movies That Made Us is up. Halloween specials it seems. Aliens is in there. There is Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Halloween, Aliens, Coming to America, Robocop, Elf and The Nightmare before Christmas. I've already watched Aliens and Robocop which were interesting, but jeez, episodes of The Movies That Made Us are always a challenging watch, with the quick-fire, schizophrenic editing and an annoying narrator. It's a shame 4 of the 8 episodes this series are about films in the horror genre, which I have zero interest in. I suppose the stop-motion animation in The Nightmare Before Christmas could be interesting (although I assume it was just a painstaking, arduous process) but I'll happily watch any of the horror episodes if certain facets of the production were interesting in and of themselves. |
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Post by スコットランド on Oct 27, 2021 9:24:21 GMT
I never envisioned Spike to be 50, which is going to take some getting used to. But, to be fair, there are only two Asian actors working in Hollywood, John Cho and that Japanese guy who plays The Japanese Guy in everything and he's even more elderly. Ken Watanabe? |
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Post by darkling on Oct 27, 2021 9:30:00 GMT
I'd recommend Untold: Crime and Penalties, a documentary about the Danbury Trashers ice hockey team owned by a mob boss and managed by his son. Really interesting story.
There are other episodes in the Untold documentary series, but I haven't watched them yet.
In the same vein, there's the Bad Sport documentary series. I've watched the first 3 episodes and they were pretty interesting (especially the first episode about college basketball match fixing) but I enjoyed Untold: Crime and Penalties way more.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Oct 27, 2021 12:49:20 GMT
I never envisioned Spike to be 50, which is going to take some getting used to. But, to be fair, there are only two Asian actors working in Hollywood, John Cho and that Japanese guy who plays The Japanese Guy in everything and he's even more elderly. Ken Watanabe? Hiroyuki Sanada |
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Post by 😎 on Oct 27, 2021 17:24:11 GMT
Benedict Wong is the one for me. He randomly crops up in major blockbusters, and now a fairly major character in the MCU, and then also he shows up in The IT Crowd and Peter Serafinowicz's stuff.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2021 18:06:02 GMT
Honestly, Spike never came off as Asian to me. I know there's the thing about Asian representation in Hollywood, and there was the backlash about them not casting an Asian actor for Iron Fist, but I think the major issue in that case is that they just stunt-cast a GOT supporting actor for the clout, and he was neither good at kung fu nor very charismatic as a performer. Had they hired a young Van Damme type, I think a lot of the backlash would've been diminished. Also, the scripts for those were pretty problematic as well, with Danny Rand studying kung fu in China, then coming back and teaching Collen about her own culture. Okay guy. But Spike. His name is Spike Spiegel. He's thin and has a jewfro. I always pictured him as a Jewish guy from Brooklyn. Jet could've been the Japanese representation to tie it to the source material. There's no cultural markers for that character. In fact, Ken Watanabe mentioned above would've been perfect in the role. He's older, taller, muscular, and wouldn't have to do much physical action. Faye always seemed more Asian to me too, but that one could be because she had a very 90s anime look to her, which just reads Japanese to me.
EDIT: Having said that, I just watched the trailer at the end of the last page, and it's a lot more promising than the preview teaser. I'm back onboard.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2021 12:55:04 GMT
Watching s3 ep12 of Archer, and had to google 'Moab'. Given the context, laughed so hard I've got a stitch. I ignored Archer for years but that was a mistake, it is consistently brilliant, pretty much from the first episode. Highly recommended.
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Post by jono62 on Nov 3, 2021 13:07:40 GMT
Watching s3 ep12 of Archer, and had to google 'Moab'. Given the context, laughed so hard I've got a stitch. I ignored Archer for years but that was a mistake, it is consistently brilliant, pretty much from the first episode. Highly recommended. Series 3 is the last good one if I remember correctly. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2021 16:52:24 GMT
 I'll give 4 a try anyway, it has been awesome so far. |
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Post by ignatiusjreilly on Nov 3, 2021 22:34:47 GMT
Archer is still great up to season 7. S8 onwards they try a few different things, still good.
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Post by Gruf on Nov 7, 2021 16:39:54 GMT
It shocks me to say it but Arcane:League of Legends is absolutely terrific stuff.
Outstanding animation style, tied to coherent and plausible writing.
I have no clue about League of Legends myself, never played it, but this stands on its own.
Terrific, 3 episodes available.
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Post by PazJohnMitch on Nov 7, 2021 18:31:50 GMT
I thought the trailer looked good but thought it would be trash when I saw it was LoL.
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Post by simple on Nov 7, 2021 19:06:17 GMT
Was Another Life shite?
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Post by Lukus on Nov 7, 2021 20:44:27 GMT
Very, but I watched the entire first season in spite of it being shite, so I must have got something out of it. I felt the same about Snowpiercer and watched it all. Both watchable shite. |
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Post by Techno Hippy on Nov 8, 2021 17:21:34 GMT
I tried several times, but never managed to last a full episode of Another Life.
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Post by Gruf on Nov 12, 2021 23:00:40 GMT
Red Notice 7/10 Quite enjoyed it, formulaic stuff yes (with a nice twist).
Ryan Reynolds, does his thing, i.e. a toned down Deadpool, and has some chucklesome quips. Dwayne is thankfully not asked to be funny, just play the beefcake, and Gadot is fine, mighty fine.
It all moves along at brisk pace not really dragging anywhere. Just what I was looking for.
Better than I expected given the sniffy previews I had seen
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Post by gammonbanter on Nov 12, 2021 23:27:11 GMT
Seinfeld on Netflix is such an awesome addition, however, is anyone else getting a really grainy image, almost looks like a filter - it's distracting sometimes. I'll put up with it. Season 5 is the perfect place to step back in.
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Post by Techno Hippy on Nov 14, 2021 18:33:46 GMT
I've been watching a lot of Netflix's (and Amazon's) stand up selections, and most of it is pretty average, but have to say that I enjoyed Marcus Brigstocke's Devil May Care - the Devil schtick works well, and I like the caustic style.
Bah, I'm an idiot - this was on Prime.
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Post by probablymuttler on Nov 15, 2021 7:31:58 GMT
Surge
A British film of a guy who goes nuts in his boring job and then goes on an unhinged journey across London.
It's Falling Down UK edition. A bit too much annoying shakey cam, but quite good and I thought pretty funny.
8.5/10
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Nov 15, 2021 8:58:05 GMT
Seinfeld on Netflix is such an awesome addition, however, is anyone else getting a really grainy image, almost looks like a filter - it's distracting sometimes. I'll put up with it. Season 5 is the perfect place to step back in. I think they did an AI upscale on the old 1080p one and fucked up the DNR. I dont think thats grain, I just think thats noise from the AI trying to decide whats there. Its horrible. That and the fact that it looks like its been upscaled from the cropped 16:9 version rather than the original film means things like the infamous missing pothole from the episode 'pothole' will still be missing. I dont like to use the word unwatchable but its really not good. |
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Post by Sharzam on Nov 16, 2021 12:03:11 GMT
Very, but I watched the entire first season in spite of it being shite, so I must have got something out of it. I felt the same about Snowpiercer and watched it all. Both watchable shite. Snowpiercer actually gets better though, where a s Another Life actually gets worse as it goes on yes finished all episodes of both of those series... not sure why. Keep on with Snowpiercer especially if Sean Bean chewing scenary is your thing he has lots of fun. |
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Post by robthehermit on Nov 16, 2021 12:42:10 GMT
"Movies that made us" is fun viewing for anyone of a certain age (so most of us here).
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Post by Lukus on Nov 16, 2021 14:04:52 GMT
Very, but I watched the entire first season in spite of it being shite, so I must have got something out of it. I felt the same about Snowpiercer and watched it all. Both watchable shite. Snowpiercer actually gets better though, where a s Another Life actually gets worse as it goes on yes finished all episodes of both of those series... not sure why. Keep on with Snowpiercer especially if Sean Bean chewing scenary is your thing he has lots of fun. They were all on 4OD a few months ago, not sure if they are still, but potentially a better option for anyone wanting to watch. |
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Post by simple on Nov 16, 2021 14:36:41 GMT
I complain about Prime having this problem but 4OD might be the worst for discovering new content.
If its not Bake Off, Gogglebox or Made In Chelsea good luck
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Post by Warrender on Nov 16, 2021 23:47:07 GMT
Only 6 episodes in but Arcane has to be the best video game adaptation I've ever seen. Every animated frame looks like it could be a painting. Writing and VA is top-notch as well.
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Post by simple on Nov 16, 2021 23:54:25 GMT
Better than Dad of Light?
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Post by Lukus on Nov 16, 2021 23:57:48 GMT
Snowpiercer actually gets better though, where a s Another Life actually gets worse as it goes on yes finished all episodes of both of those series... not sure why. Keep on with Snowpiercer especially if Sean Bean chewing scenary is your thing he has lots of fun. They were all on 4OD a few months ago, not sure if they are still, but potentially a better option for anyone wanting to watch. I've quoted the wrong post here. This was meant to be about Seinfeld 😅 |
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Post by Dougs on Nov 17, 2021 7:11:58 GMT
They were all on Prime too and didn't seem to have been fucked about with.
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I'll give 4 a try anyway, it has been awesome so far.
