cryptique Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 "Recent version of Windows" damn well better not mean Vista. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a.miller Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Half the movies I get from Netflix don't work on my raggedy-cheapass DVD player, so watching movies on my iMac is a regular thing. Where did you hear that, abuharabi?Aside from Analogman's info, I think there is a link either on the Netflix homepage or within the "Your Account" area that said something like, "Want to watch movies on your computer?" or something along those lines and said it would be available starting in June. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 That is just deal I found when I did a search - there are a whole bunch of stories out there about this sort of thing. I think eventually everyone will be doing this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Eventually your tv will be controlled by your computer. Netflix is just trying to stay ahead of the curve. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Bill Gates has been talking about that very thing recently. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 My TV and my computer will never, ever have sex with each other. Verboten. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 I watch most of my dvd stuff on the compy - as a lot of times they will not play on the dvd player. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 You know what this means...movies at work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a.miller Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 You know what this means...movies at work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yermom Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Love this film. Varda peppers her homeland with vital questions, traversing the French countryside to learn why trash-pickers exist in wasteful consumer cultures. Although salvageable fruits and furniture occupy her digital viewfinder, her themes quickly swell beyond mere social protest. Recognizing how filmmaking is a form of scavenging, Varda converts into a "gleaner" herself, one in search of supple and profound images. By gathering footage that most directors would skip over--including digressions about her own aging--she creates a movie about perceiving what others willfully ignore. Did you see the followup, Two Years Later? (I think that's included on the DVD as a bonus feature.)I fell in love with her watching this. She puts just enough of herself into it. I found an old print of The Gleaners painting at a thrift shop and had to buy it & I always get the warm fuzzies when I see heart-shaped potatoes now. I did see the follow-up as a bonus feature and I recall some kind of rap video(?).And Ikiru is my favorite Kurosawa.It is incredibly good! I've not done all the Kurosawa studying that I feel I need to do in order to determine a personal favorite yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
viatroy Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Sid and Nancy Trailer Park Boys season 1-4Weeds seasons 1 - whatever Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 I fell in love with her watching this.Obviously Varda's made great films in the past--especially Cleo from 5 to 7--but I'm partial to The Hundred and One Nights of Simon Cinema, perhaps because it plays like a reverie through cinema's greatest hits. It's sentimental and sophisticated all at once. I've not done all the Kurosawa studying that I feel I need to do in order to determine a personal favorite yet.I'm sure you're already familiar with his most highly-regarded titles, so let me just put in a good word for these lesser-known, still wonderful works: Dreams, Red Beard, The Lower Depths, Drunken Angel. Most directors would kill to have made even one movie as terrific as those four. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wendy Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Weeds seasons 1 - whatever I love this show! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 You know what this means...movies at work! There are already places out there where one can watch movies - for free - but I am not telling you anything you don't already know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 There are already places out there where one can watch movies - for free - but I am not telling you anything you don't already know.Actually, you are. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 http://www.archive.org/details/moviesI should clarify and say that it's not new movies -  http://www.channelchooser.com/I don't think you can choose what you want to watch on here - but rather just a channel.    I'm sure there are those who know are more knowledgeable of such things than I am. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Actually, you are. yet another plug for a TV show that people should watch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Drazil Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 9 Songs - anyone seen that one? Awesome movie if you like music AND sex. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 9 Songs - anyone seen that one? Awesome movie if you like music AND sex.I thought it was minor Winterbottom, but some of the concert footage was memorable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kathyp Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Sid and Nancy Trailer Park Boys season 1-4Weeds seasons 1 - whatever I have Sid and Nancy on an old VHS tape with Fugazi's Intsrument. (Thank you Sundance.0 Recs? Born Into This, the Bukowski documentary.Sarah Silverman's Jesus is MagicThe Last Broadcast. (Think of it as a hipper, unknown, proto-Blair Witch.)Running With Scissors comes out next week, I think. I haven't seen the movie (actually, most people said it kind of blows), but I can't recommend the book enough. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jahilia Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Carnivale - even though it was cancelled after the second season, it's still the best HBO series I've seen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Carnivale - even though it was cancelled after the second season, it's still the best HBO series I've seen.I liked that too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 The Last Broadcast. (Think of it as a hipper, unknown, proto-Blair Witch.)I'd like to anti-recommend this one, if I may. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a.miller Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 I just went thru the second season of 24 this weekend. I can feel much more TV time in my near future, as well as upping my Netflix rental amounts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Wal-Mart launches movie download store Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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