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Post by harrypalmer on Feb 13, 2024 21:07:21 GMT
I can’t wait to enforce family movie nights! My 6yr old is still reluctant. I do enforce Saturday morning cartoons though, currently it’s Batman the animated series.
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Post by rawshark on Feb 13, 2024 21:19:20 GMT
I just noticed YouTube is doing the sub aggregation thing now too under the banner of YouTube Primetime.
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Post by simple on Feb 14, 2024 0:25:16 GMT
Reality Bites (amazon rental)
Gen X week continues and this is probably the least interesting film so far. Everyone in Slackers was a true outsider weirdo, in Singles you had an ensemble of recognisable archetypes with real zeitgeist style and here you’ve mostly just got Winona Ryder whose character actually has it pretty good but whinges about it anyway. There’s some good stuff in here but I never really bought Ben Stiller and Ethan Hawke as credible love rivals.
Most of the best stuff was when the whole gang got involved and it feels like maybe the film was intended to be more of an ensemble piece and there’s a load of cut scenes with Janeane Garofalo and the other guy doing more stuff somewhere. Its like it doesn’t quite know whether it wanted to be another Singles or if its embarrassed by that or if it was made by people who didn’t quite get it. Its solidly ok but I’m not sure it feels like much than that today.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Feb 14, 2024 5:24:57 GMT
We do the family movie nights as well, though we're also running into the issue where the eldest wants to watch 15s that the youngest can't watch. That and the difficulty of dragging them away from more immediate forms of screentime to get them to commit to something for 2 hours.
Still worth it though.
IMHO the best thing about LoveFilm was getting home from work and finding the package, and then opening it while not knowing what was going to be inside.
Plus the somewhat random nature of it meant that I actually watched some of those more obscure or deep movies that I put on my watchlist, rather than just defaulting to whatever cool popcorn flick took my fancy
(default blockbuster and streaming behavior. Spent 45 minutes in Blockbuster trying to decide between Schindler's List and A Beautiful Mind, then just grab Underworld!)
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Post by britesparc on Feb 14, 2024 7:52:27 GMT
All the Madame Web chatter reminded me that Morbius is on Netflix so I whacked it on last night. I was hoping for something really cheesy. Maybe so bad it's good.
It was just bad.
It was dull was the main thing. Bad script, boring story, a really cynical feeling that it had been reassembled from parts to fit changing executive whims. Leto rather subdued and lacklustre in the role. Matt Smith was having more fun at least.
So sadly I did not like it.
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Post by rawshark on Feb 14, 2024 8:46:20 GMT
Reviews for Madam Web have been terrible too. Cynically spinning out semi-big budget films based off of a very limited IP… sounds like the kind of AA project Fincher could get his teeth into.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Feb 14, 2024 8:59:53 GMT
3000 Years Of Longing - A genie tells Tilda Swinton his Tinder bio in a Moroccan hotel room. Guest stars Madge From Neighbours.
Genuinely lovely stuff.
8/10
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Post by mikeck on Feb 14, 2024 9:07:23 GMT
Yeah really enjoyed watching that last year, Miller has a knack for making lovely looking films.
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Post by harrypalmer on Feb 14, 2024 9:28:30 GMT
I still can't get over Fincher as a AA level director. So I ranked his films for fun. S | The Social Network | S | Zodiac | S | Gone Girl | A+ | Seven | A | The Killer* | A | Fight Club | B+ | Mank* | B | Dragon Tattoo* | C+ | The Game | C+ | Panic Room | C- | Alien 3 | D- | Ben Button* |
Guy's a fucking monster. *Only seen one time, I think Killer and Mank could go higher on re-view.
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Post by zisssou on Feb 14, 2024 9:37:26 GMT
Regarding the streaming/physical media. I've noticed that some 4K releases have a limited release, and haven't been re-printed. For example Spirits Within is sold out everywhere, unless you want the US import. I assume these are available to buy/rent digitally, but then for me I don't really want to buy/rent digital, and would probably wait for it to hit a streaming service...
Similar sort of thing happening with vinyl. There's been some album reissues, then they disappear... never to be reprinted again.
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Post by kal on Feb 14, 2024 9:51:55 GMT
Every single vinyl release is effectively a limited edition. Every pressing has its own idiosyncrasies. It’s one of the great pleasures of record collecting, the research and comparing and debating over which version is best etc. That’s the culture.
It’s kind of why I sneer a bit over people’s love for “physical media” when they’re actually talking about digital media (DVDs etc). That super special edition box set taking pride of place (and most of the space) on your bookshelf is exactly the same 0s and 1s you’d get from watching it on Netflix. Yes I’m aware it’s compressed and all that, but still, the way that the culture of collecting has moved from analogue to digital with very little change in behaviour makes me laugh.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Feb 14, 2024 9:58:48 GMT
It is absolutely infuriating to think 'I fancy listening to that', finding the disc went out of print six months ago and the Discogs vultures have cornered the market on it, though. The speculators market takes the pleasure out of that side.
Tbf, that's the same with anything that passes from mass consumption and into the 'enthusiast market'. Fucking eBay.
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Post by rhaegyr on Feb 14, 2024 10:01:08 GMT
There are other advantages people appreciate of physical media (beyond audiovisual quality) that Netflix and the like don't offer, such as special features, commentaries, deleted scenes, interviews, availability etc.
Image quality from physical media can still be superior to streaming if your internet isn't up to snuff either.
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Post by simple on Feb 14, 2024 10:02:32 GMT
Every single vinyl release is effectively a limited edition. Every pressing has its own idiosyncrasies. It’s one of the great pleasures of record collecting, the research and comparing and debating over which version is best etc. That’s the culture. It’s kind of why I sneer a bit over people’s love for “physical media” when they’re actually talking about digital media (DVDs etc). That super special edition box set taking pride of place (and most of the space) on your bookshelf is exactly the same 0s and 1s you’d get from watching it on Netflix. Yes I’m aware it’s compressed and all that, but still, the way that the culture of collecting has moved from analogue to digital with very little change in behaviour makes me laugh. I think the distinction I usually draw is that some Tech Valley nerd can’t turn off my access to the box of DVDs in the loft the way a license can run out or a service close and I lose access to a virtual subscription or purchase.
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Post by technoish on Feb 14, 2024 10:08:07 GMT
At some point you'll just always get a proper quality streaming/download version straight from the studio, with full back catalogs available. Ultraviolet was a bit like that - in that you had your ownership of a Blu-ray registered there and then you could choose which service to access it from. I chose YouTube - all the UHD Blu rays I bought in US are still sitting there ready to stream when I want to.
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Post by geefe on Feb 14, 2024 10:14:14 GMT
Every single vinyl release is effectively a limited edition. Every pressing has its own idiosyncrasies. It’s one of the great pleasures of record collecting, the research and comparing and debating over which version is best etc. That’s the culture. It’s kind of why I sneer a bit over people’s love for “physical media” when they’re actually talking about digital media (DVDs etc). That super special edition box set taking pride of place (and most of the space) on your bookshelf is exactly the same 0s and 1s you’d get from watching it on Netflix. Yes I’m aware it’s compressed and all that, but still, the way that the culture of collecting has moved from analogue to digital with very little change in behaviour makes me laugh. I read a thing once that suggested that music made past the early 60s technically isn't the capture of a real performance, as it's multi tracked. It's kind of mind boggling to think but it's true due to tape cutting, digital inserts, snapping to a grid, etc. Music and visual media hasn't been "real" for a long time.
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Post by kal on Feb 14, 2024 10:15:17 GMT
I understand of course there are actual benefits to physical digital media, although I strongly suspect many of them are perceived rather than real world ones.
It’s more how the ‘analogue versus digital’ debate has shifted seamlessly into the ‘physical versus cloud’ debate without people really realising or understanding the difference or what’s been lost.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Feb 14, 2024 10:18:21 GMT
Boringly, its one of the reasons I don't really like spatial audio/atmos music. Ive never been to a gig where the drummer is hung from the ceiling and the keyboard player is whizzing around on a magic carpet.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2024 10:19:22 GMT
You've never done shrooms at a gig then?
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Feb 14, 2024 10:21:14 GMT
The highest ive ever been at a gig was seeing spiritualised and I was basically laid on the floor the entire time so, yeah, having the noise come from above me would be accurate.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2024 10:24:23 GMT
I went to see Method Man & Redman before and you couldn't actually see them on stage the smoke was that thick.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Feb 14, 2024 10:27:59 GMT
Yeah, I saw Kool Keith a few years ago in similar circumstances. At least I think I saw him.
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Post by kal on Feb 14, 2024 10:31:02 GMT
I think the distinction I usually draw is that some Tech Valley nerd can’t turn off my access to the box of DVDs in the loft the way a license can run out or a service close and I lose access to a virtual subscription or purchase. Fair. My experience is that I have a collection of VHS but no telly I can watch them on. A collection of DVDs (featuring many of the same films that I bought on VHS) that looks shite on any modern telly. A collection of Blu-ray (featuring many of the same films I bought on VHS and DVD) that I resent how quickly they were surpassed by 4K formats and a very small collection of 4K Blu-ray (of my absolute favourite films that I have already bought many times before). I’ve also lost or broken more than I can remember, and all of these real world issues have caused me far more grief than one of my Apple purchases that’s never had access turned off by a nerd ever.
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Post by drhickman1983 on Feb 14, 2024 10:38:21 GMT
Main benefits to physical media is that it won't just disappear due to licenses expiring and that they're not subject to dodgy internet.
I don't buy physical releases anymore but do still see the appeal.
Plus, if I ever get a place of my own (lol) I like the idea of having a wall of DVDs (and books etc).
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Feb 14, 2024 10:39:05 GMT
I think we had this conversation before but, yeah, I took stock a while ago and chose Apple as the basket to put my eggs in, too. The fact they update releases is the kind of frictionless experience a lot of companies could learn from.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Feb 14, 2024 10:43:00 GMT
My library has a weirdly great DVD and Blu-ray collection, lots of criterion releases and all that. It's inspired me to dust off the Blu-ray player, because a lot of this stuff isn't even on streaming platforms.
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Post by mrpon on Feb 14, 2024 10:44:08 GMT
Guess what I dusted off the other day? My HD-DVD player!! Still works. Check me out.
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Post by Leolian'sBro on Feb 14, 2024 10:44:29 GMT
I regret ditching a lot of my CDs a few years back - some of those tunes are gone from my life forever now. Plus there’s stuff like Director’s Commentary tracks on DVDs or the UK TV Tangerine Dream cut of Legend which are tough / impossible to find online, so I’ll never get rid of my DVDs.
Totally agree with kal on vinyl.
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Post by Gruf on Feb 14, 2024 10:45:14 GMT
3000 Years Of Longing - A genie tells Tilda Swinton his Tinder bio in a Moroccan hotel room. Guest stars Madge From Neighbours. Genuinely lovely stuff. 8/10 I think is one of those films that passed people by. Lucky people, they get to discover a hidden gem. You get lost in the the storytelling for a couple of hours. Put me in mind of The Fall in some ways
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2024 10:45:45 GMT
Guess what I dusted off the other day? My HD-DVD player!! Still works. Check me out. You backed the wrong horse at first too, then?
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