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Re: Ask HN: What's the best thing you've watched this year?

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ndsipa_pomu wrote: post #10
mindcrime wrote: post #4

TV series: - Dark Angel. I somehow missed this during it's original broadcast run, and only just now went back and watched it. I don't think it's streaming anywhere legit, so I went the bittorrent route. I really enjoyed it. Season One is definitely stronger than Season Two, but it kept me pretty engaged for the entire series. - Max Headroom. I'd seen the entire series before, but I went back for a re-watch. I love t…

Interesting cyberpunk choices - I certainly hadn't heard of 964 Pinocchio and it's not easy to get hold of by the look of things. Also had never heard of "New Rose Hotel" which is surprising as it has A-list actors in it.

I certainly hadn't heard of 964 Pinocchio and it's not easy to get hold of by the look of things.

You'd be amazed sometimes at what one can find on archive.org. :-)

https://archive.org/details/964-pinocchio_202012

Re: Ask HN: What's the best thing you've watched this year?

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Post by ndsipa_pomu »

mindcrime wrote: post #11
ndsipa_pomu wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting cyberpunk choices - I certainly hadn't heard of 964 Pinocchio and it's not easy to get hold of by the look of things. Also had never heard of "New Rose Hotel" which is surprising as it has A-list actors in it.

I certainly hadn't heard of 964 Pinocchio and it's not easy to get hold of by the look of things. You'd be amazed sometimes at what one can find on archive.org. :-) https://archive.org/details/964-pinocchio_202012

That could explain why people don't bother to seed it, though there are some DVDrips available.

Many thanks.

Re: Ask HN: What's the best thing you've watched this year?

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Post by mindcrime »

johng wrote: post #14

I have a list of some underrated and obscure movies here, hopefully some things on that list fix what you're looking for. https://www.imdb.com/list/ls562349509/?ref_=uspf_t_1

Any particular reason that Brainscan appears twice (at #33 and #57)?

FWIW, I haven't seen that one yet, but it's on my list of "movies to watch" and I think I'll be getting to it soon.

Re: Ask HN: What's the best thing you've watched this year?

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Post by johng »

mindcrime wrote: post #15
johng wrote: post #14

I have a list of some underrated and obscure movies here, hopefully some things on that list fix what you're looking for. https://www.imdb.com/list/ls562349509/?ref_=uspf_t_1

Any particular reason that Brainscan appears twice (at #33 and #57)? FWIW, I haven't seen that one yet, but it's on my list of "movies to watch" and I think I'll be getting to it soon.

Nope, just human error :( I'll fix it.

These aren't in a serious order, just kind of ordered them how I felt at the time. It's rated somewhat as how good it is compared to how unknown or underrated it is. Some are so obscure (like "Come True") and they are so good for their budget.

That movie amazes me for what the internet says the budget is, anyway.

Re: Ask HN: What's the best thing you've watched this year?

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Post by mindcrime »

johng wrote: post #16
mindcrime wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any particular reason that Brainscan appears twice (at #33 and #57)? FWIW, I haven't seen that one yet, but it's on my list of "movies to watch" and I think I'll be getting to it soon.

Nope, just human error :( I'll fix it. These aren't in a serious order, just kind of ordered them how I felt at the time. It's rated somewhat as how good it is compared to how unknown or underrated it is. Some are so obscure (like "Come True") and they are so good for their budget. That movie amazes me for what the internet says the budget is, anyway.

It's a nice list. I've only seen a few of the movies on there. Offhand, that includes "Hotel Artemis", "Vision Quest", "Moon", "Automata", "It Follows", "Omega Doom", "Predestination", "Cube", and "Freejack". But quite a few more look very interesting and will be going on my personal "to watch" list. Thanks for sharing!

Re: Ask HN: What's the best thing you've watched this year?

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Post by johng »

mindcrime wrote: post #17
johng wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nope, just human error :( I'll fix it. These aren't in a serious order, just kind of ordered them how I felt at the time. It's rated somewhat as how good it is compared to how unknown or underrated it is. Some are so obscure (like "Come True") and they are so good for their budget. That movie amazes me for what the internet says the budget is, anyway.

It's a nice list. I've only seen a few of the movies on there. Offhand, that includes "Hotel Artemis", "Vision Quest", "Moon", "Automata", "It Follows", "Omega Doom", "Predestination", "Cube", and "Freejack". But quite a few more look very interesting and will be going on my personal "to watch" list. Thanks for sharing!

Awesome, I hope you like some of the ones you haven't seen!
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