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Kill La Kill is amazing, especially Mako Mankanshoku, who is now one of my favorite anime characters of all time.

…it’s taking great restraint not to post a ton of Mako gifs…

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I’ve been watching Bones lately. I realize it’s been on forever, but it’s new to me. It’s fun, kind of quirky. The characters are all sort of one or two things, not quite cardboard cutouts but oddly singular in their development. Also, for a show based on science they take a lot of liberties WITH that science. Still, fun. I find I like shows with David Boreanz (sp) in them, and Emily Deschanel (again, sp) can be very entertaining at times. Actually, most of the cast has their moments.

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Can you give it a quick grade for anime vs. animation? The tropes in anime are a love/hate relationship for many.

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It’s hard to explain. It’s an over the top action comedy. It throws out a bunch of fanservice but in the service of the comedy, and it’s clearly mocking it at times. The closest thing I’d compare it to is FLCL, but with more action and more humor. Animation quality varies widely across the show, but some of my favorite episodes were also some of the most poorly animated.

3365

9 new things to watch on Netflix this month.

For those too lazy to click on the story:

  1. Ghostbusters
  2. Orange is the new Black (Season 2 just got added)
  3. Apocalypse Now
  4. Carrie (1976 original) - (I’ve only seen bits and pieces of this about 20 years ago on cable networks like USA)
  5. The Craft ('96 movie about witches?)
  6. Wayne’s World (I want to watch this again just to watch them sing along with Bohemian Rhapsody)
  7. Annie Hall
  8. This is Not a Ball (documentary about football filmed in 9 countries)
  9. World War Z
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I’ve made it this far without watching Ghostbusters, why start now?

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That’s kind of sad. :(

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It’s an amazing movie, totally worth watching. One of my all time favorites.

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It’s on my movie backlog list, of course, but at this point I think the shocked reactions I get when people find out I’ve never seen it are more entertaining than any movie could be.

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I can’t seem to find World War Z on Netflix anywhere though?

3371

The Craft was one of my favorites as a young teen. Four hot women and black magic, what’s not to like? Also a pretty decent soundtrack.

…not that it’s -good-, you understand. But eminently watchable.

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Not up yet. They stagger releases throughout the month.

3373

Thanks for that list, HepC!

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I don’t think we have an Amazon Prime Video thread so I’ll just throw these here. Cheap Thrills and A Field in England are both available free for Prime members now. I’m glad I noticed it, I was trying to track down Cheap Thrills and it’s finally at Redbox but I can skip that now.

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Whoa, wait…what??? A Field in England is up???

Thanks, I’ve been waiting on that one!

Edit: Journey to the West by Stephen Chow is up now on netflix streaming. Run, don’t walk, to see this one.

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never heard of this but will watch blind based on the boxart

3377

also not sure what i expected, but i’m becoming routinely disappointed in movies like Asian Schoolgirls that look like cheap action movies turning out to actually be softcore porn

never thought i’d be sad about that, but porn is everywhere whereas backflipping ninja schoolgirls are hard to come by

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If that movie would have been Ninja Schoolgirls, I’d be on your side. But it’s called Asian Schoolgirls, a more porn-sounding title I have never heard. I don’t even need to click that link to find that out!

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http://www.dailydot.com/entertainment/netflix-new-movies-added-streaming/

Netflix is removing a ton of movies from instant streaming tomorrow, including great ones like Wrath of Khan, Spaceballs, and Goldfinger. Also some classic bad ones like Fist of the North Star and Robinson Crusoe on Mars.

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obviously you haven’t seen Cheerleader Ninjas, which might be the worst thing on netflix to feature full frontal nudity