Octopus Overlords

hepcat wrote:A new season of I Think You Should Leave has arrived. Comedy....gold.

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 3:57 pm I wonder if they're going to half-ass it during the final season? Game of Thrones showrunners to adapt sci-fi epic The Three-Body Problem into Netflix series:

The duo are teaming with writer-producer Alexander Woo (True Blood) to tackle Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem trilogy, which depicts humanity’s first contact with an alien civilization. The saga's debut book was published to considerable acclaim in China in 2008, while an English translation by Ken Liu became the first Asian novel ever to win a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2014. The New Yorker dubbed Liu "China's Arthur C. Clarke," referring to the 2001: A Space Odyssey screenwriter.

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The cost of the series is sure to be substantial. In 2018, the Financial Times reported that Amazon Studios was making a heavy play for the rights to the novels, looking into potentially making a deal worth $1 billion — a figure that would even dwarf the company's initial investment in its upcoming The Lord of the Rings series. That the project ended up at Netflix despite such numbers floating around is really saying something (though one source described the $1 billion figure as overblown).

Kraken wrote: ↑Thu Jul 13, 2023 10:31 pm I’m going to assume that “65” is a Netflix original movie. It’s got spaceships AND dinosaurs, Adam Driver and little kids, and was probably written by an AI. It was “meh” even by mindless popcorn flick standards. You can find better ways to waste 90 minutes of your life.

Zaxxon wrote: ↑Thu Jul 13, 2023 10:35 pm

Kraken wrote: ↑Thu Jul 13, 2023 10:31 pm I’m going to assume that “65” is a Netflix original movie. It’s got spaceships AND dinosaurs, Adam Driver and little kids, and was probably written by an AI. It was “meh” even by mindless popcorn flick standards. You can find better ways to waste 90 minutes of your life.

It is not.

Kraken wrote: ↑Thu Jul 13, 2023 10:43 pm Well if it had a theatrical release it deserved to bomb. But it probably didn’t because it ticked a lot of formulaic boxes.

Zaxxon wrote:Speaking of Chris Hemsworth, we watched Extraction 1 & 2 this weekend. Boy, if you like the shooty-shooty, stabby-stabby, well... There's a lot of that.

Speaking of Arnold, we started watching the aptly-named Arnold last night. Dude has led an interesting life.

hepcat wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 12:10 pm Yeah, I watched it and didn't feel the need to pay attention to the story most of the time. It's serviceable, and I did like the concept that

Spoiler:

they were actually aliens on Earth during the time of dinos

but then they never really did anything with that.

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 4:56 pm FUBAR is on my short list, but subscribing to Netflix right now (I'm not currently) feels... icky.

Zaxxon wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 5:04 pm

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 4:56 pm FUBAR is on my short list, but subscribing to Netflix right now (I'm not currently) feels... icky.

General streaming-strike issues or something I've missed?

Jaymann wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 3:46 pm

hepcat wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 12:10 pm Yeah, I watched it and didn't feel the need to pay attention to the story most of the time. It's serviceable, and I did like the concept that

Spoiler:

they were actually aliens on Earth during the time of dinos

but then they never really did anything with that.

Except they spoke English!

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 5:34 pm

Zaxxon wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 5:04 pm

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 4:56 pm FUBAR is on my short list, but subscribing to Netflix right now (I'm not currently) feels... icky.

General streaming-strike issues or something I've missed?

General streaming-strike issues. It would feel off to subscribe to what is reportedly one of the worst offenders just as people are risking their homes to stand up against them.

As of now, neither SAG-AFTRA nor the WGA have demanded a boycott of movie theaters, TV networks, or streaming services. Writer Neil Gaiman, himself a striking member of the WGA, addressed the question of boycotting and canceling streaming services in a July 12 post on his Tumblr, saying:

The WGA has not called for anyone to boycott any of the streamers or to stop their streaming services yet. It's not "crossing the picket line" to watch something on a network that we are striking against. ("Crossing a picket line" is a very real, specific thing with a real meaning.)

I've seen it being discussed, but until the WGA calls for it, I don't suggest doing it.

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 2:40 pm

Zaxxon wrote:Speaking of Chris Hemsworth, we watched Extraction 1 & 2 this weekend. Boy, if you like the shooty-shooty, stabby-stabby, well... There's a lot of that.

Speaking of Arnold, we started watching the aptly-named Arnold last night. Dude has led an interesting life.

Have you watched FUBAR yet? Have it in the list, but am wondering if it gets too violent/ bloody for Mrs. Kub, or if it is more traditional Arnold action comedy.

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EvilHomer3k wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 4:12 pm

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 2:40 pm

Zaxxon wrote:Speaking of Chris Hemsworth, we watched Extraction 1 & 2 this weekend. Boy, if you like the shooty-shooty, stabby-stabby, well... There's a lot of that.

Speaking of Arnold, we started watching the aptly-named Arnold last night. Dude has led an interesting life.

Have you watched FUBAR yet? Have it in the list, but am wondering if it gets too violent/ bloody for Mrs. Kub, or if it is more traditional Arnold action comedy.

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The wife and I watched the first episode. I've never seen an Arnold movie I didn't like. I don't plan on watching the rest of the show. It just didn't work for me. There is a decent amount of violence but it's not bloody. Extraction is much, much more violent/bloody.

Netflix no longer lets new subscribers select its Basic plan in the US. The $9.99-per-month plan is nixed in the UK, too, making the lowest-tier plan available for Netflix newcomers the $6.99/month one with ads and a limited library.

As spotted by UK-based cord-cutting publication Cord Busters today, Netflix's Basic plan, which was the lowest-priced tier available to those who didn't want to endure ads before or during shows and movies, has been axed. The plan allowed viewers to watch content at up to 720p resolution, supported one device, and let you download content for times when you wanted to watch Netflix sans Internet.