what's the last worthwhile thing you watched on Netflix Instant?

[KMFJD]

Dr. Stranglove

 

[JohnnyGage]

Penn & Teller Bullshizer

and

MST3k

 

[cKGunslinger]

Ip Man

 

[qliveur]

The first 2 seasons of Battlestar Galactica. It pretty much goes to hell in a handbasket after that.

 

[Ruptga]

Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog. That was the first musical I'd ever seen that I wanted to finish.

 

[Ichinisan]

yeah that movie was very...meh. i saw it in the theater and was really disappointed.

Which one? National Lampoons Christmas or D9?

 

[zinfamous]

Fucking worse-than-Transformers awful.

lol no.

Transformers is meaningless drivel. very, very poorly made meaningless drivel.

at the very least, District 9 is a satire on apartheid.

there's maybe one decent sci fi flick made every 5 years. One very, very good one made every ten years. the only 3 of merit over the previous decade or so are CoM, Moon, and District 9. everything else is pure crap.

I don't think district 9 is as good as the others, at all...but it is good fun.

 

[qliveur]

CoM...

The Children of Men?

 

[angminas]

The Secret of Kells.

 

[ViviTheMage]

prison break

 

[olds]

Restrepo 6/10

 

[BurnItDwn]

The Secret of Kells.

I watched that with my GF a week or two ago... was pretty good.




Last I watched on streaming was Exit through the Gift Shop.

 

[mesthead21]

Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog. That was the first musical I'd ever seen that I wanted to finish.

Agreed. NPH + Fillion = epic win

 

[Riverhound777]

Better off Ted if you've never seen it.

 

[scott916]

Exit Through the Gift Shop. Excellent, but I have a feeling it's all an elaborate ruse.

 

[scott916]

"The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia"

J/K

I saw it listed and thought "WTF?!"

It's actually pretty fuckin good, especially the 'Boone County mating call'.

 

[Ichinisan]

District 9

District 9

No and NO.

Great answer, now go ahead and expand.

Because you asked...

Why did MNU need his arm if they could have gotten the arm from any alien and forced it to fire the weapon just like they forced the dim-witted idiot to do?
Apparently, there was nothing special about the MNU guy either. They were going to cut the arm off before he escaped!

Christopher (the alien) said it would take longer than expected to reverse the process and turn him human again (a few years). MNU guy responds by knocking-out the alien and leaving him for the MNU guys to capture...destroying any chance he'd have of being normal again. He went to the hidden pod by himself, not knowing if he could pilot the craft. Where would he fly to, anyway?

After the pod is shot down, he runs away. Why, then, does he inexplicably fight his way back to it later on?

Gang members are holding MNU guy down on the ground so their leader can eat his alien arm. The gang leader has eaten many aliens, hoping it will give him the ability to fire the alien weapons. This has never worked and there's no indication that it ever will. MNU guy is fortunate enough to grab an alien weapon (which only he can fire). He blows away everyone around him...except the gang leader. The leader glares at MNU guy, vowing to kill him and eat the arm. Basic dialog: "I am unrelenting. I *will* kill you and eat your alien arm. You are in a position to solve the problem right now. If you don't kill me, I will kill you." Pop quiz! 1) What did MNU guy do? 2) What did Nigerian gang leader do?

After demonstrating how the mech armor is nearly invincible, why did he act conflicted about saving Christopher (the alien)? Isn't Christopher the only hope MNU guy has of being normal again? Keep in mind, Christopher wouldn't have been captured if MNU guy hadn't done something unexplainable.

Fucking worse-than-Transformers awful.

lol no.

Transformers is meaningless drivel. very, very poorly made meaningless drivel.

at the very least, District 9 is a satire on apartheid.

So, if a movie is a half-assed allegory to apartheid, the shit isn't quite as shitty? Wow. That's my ticket to making my own well-reviewed movie!

there's maybe one decent sci fi flick made every 5 years. One very, very good one made every ten years. the only 3 of merit over the previous decade or so are CoM, Moon, and District 9. everything else is pure crap.

I don't think district 9 is as good as the others, at all...but it is good fun.

I cringe to suggest this, but you should try watching District 9 again. I also liked Moon and it's absurd to see these movies compared to each other. Don't be influenced by the overwhelmingly-positive opinions this time.

My biggest pet peeve is now this: Writers just keep writing even after it stops making sense, without fixing the flaws. Then, viewers are expected to just ignore the problems. As the writing progresses, the story degrades more and more, characters change motivations with no reason, and the story goes to hell. Actually, the fact that people tolerate it bothers me even more.

Other examples:
The Simpsons Movie
Kick-Ass

I didn't even mention these problems with District 9:

Why does alien "fuel" make a human transform into an alien?

If he was sprayed in the face, why did the transformation start with his hand/arm?

The aliens were trapped in their own mothership for weeks before humans cut through the hull and released them. They were malnourished. There was no food. The ship was completely disabled. When the ship first appeared, a smaller pod craft fell out of the ship and got buried in the ground. The alien and his son scrounged for years to collect enough of their own alien "fuel" for the pod to return to the mothership. Once there, the plan was to: 1) Travel to the alien homeworld, 2) cure MNU guy, and 3) come back to rescue the other stranded aliens.

...how did they plan to leave earth in a hopelessly disabled ship that no longer has food, weapons, or provisions?

 

[ravana]

All the seasons of 30 Rock, back to back to back.

 

[thepd7]

Last week:

Zombieland
Star Trek 2008
Law Abiding Citizen
District 9

Zombieland and District 9 are both great

Just watched Boondock Saints. Meh.

You take that back. Boondock Saints is the best movie of all time. Absolutely incredible. The second one was bleh.

Why did MNU need his arm if they could have gotten the arm from any alien and forced it to fire the weapon just like they forced the dim-witted idiot to do?
Apparently, there was nothing special about the MNU guy either. They were going to cut the arm off before he escaped!

Why did he destroy any chance he would have of being normal again by knocking out the alien just because it would take longer than he expected?
He left the alien to be captured by the MNU folks and went to the hidden pod by himself. He couldn't do ANYTHING by himself and certainly couldn't pilot the pod.

After his pod is shot down and he runs away, why does he fight his way back to it?

Gang members are holding MNU guy down on the ground so their leader can eat his alien arm. The gang leader has eaten many aliens, hoping it will give him the ability to fire the alien weapons. This has never worked and there's never been any indication that it will. MNU guy is fortunate enough to grab an alien weapon (which only he can fire). He blows away everyone around him...except the gang leader. The leader looks him in the eye and vows to kill him and eat the arm. Translation: "I am your biggest, most unrelenting problem. You are in a position to solve the problem right now. If you don't kill me, I will kill you." Do you remember what MNU guy did?

After demonstrating how the mech armor is nearly invincible, why did he act CONFLICTED about saving the alien, which was his only hope of being normal again? Keep in mind, the alien wouldn't have even been captured if MNU guy hadn't done something unexplainable.

Fucking worse-than-Transformers awful.

So you're one of those people. I noticed you left out "how does the space ship fly" and "where did the aliens come from".

 

[Ichinisan]

... District 9 ... great

Look above you (2 posts). If you're serious...I have no reservations about calling you a dumbass. Can you say even one thing that was "great" about the movie? Even one?

"It was cool." Doesn't count.

So you're one of those people. I noticed you left out "how does the space ship fly" and "where did the aliens come from".

No. I actually LIKE scifi. I think I enumerated pretty thoroughly how this fails as a movie. I've only watched it once and I really don't want to watch it again.

Oh, so YOU'RE one of THESE guys:

Actually, the fact that people tolerate it bothers me even more.

Because of people like you, Transformers 2 exists.

Thanks a lot, #######.

 

[Modular]

Season 1 of 24

 

[roguerower]

Zombie Strippers. Instant classic.

 

[nickbits]

District 9 was great.
Zombieland was meh.

 

[Ichinisan]

District 9 was great.
Zombieland was meh.

I'm not hungry anymore. Save for later?

 

[Saint Nick]

I have been dominating the Law and Order series, pretty much. LOVE IT.