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bostonguy [TotalFark]
2023-01-06 4:29:15 PM  
List fails without Dogma.

Luckily, it was on Israeli cable TV and I recorded it.

Fark user imageView Full Size
 
bostonguy [TotalFark]
2023-01-06 4:48:18 PM  
At some point, I want to buy the entire Babylon 5, Buffy, Angel, and Scrubs DVD box sets and just keep them in storage in mint condition.

Just in case I can no longer stream any of them for whatever reason.

(And maybe a few other shows and movies such as Empire Records and Singles.)
 
PluckYew [TotalFark]
2023-01-06 5:25:36 PM  

bostonguy: List fails without Dogma.

Luckily, it was on Israeli cable TV and I recorded it.

[Fark user image image 850x478]


It's freely available on YouTube
 
PluckYew [TotalFark]
2023-01-06 5:26:58 PM  
I bought The Wall on Prime Video.  It might not be on a subscription service, but I'm streaming it right now
 
bostonguy [TotalFark]
2023-01-06 5:28:21 PM  

PluckYew: bostonguy: List fails without Dogma.

Luckily, it was on Israeli cable TV and I recorded it.

[Fark user image image 850x478]

It's freely available on YouTube


I presume the author meant streaming something legally.

Tangent: I hate when people on YouTube post a movie, TV show, or song and state, "The copyright belongs to XXX and no infringement is intended."

Dude, you infringed the copyright when you posted it on YouTube. Your stupid disclaimer means nothing.
 
PluckYew [TotalFark]
2023-01-06 5:29:21 PM  

PluckYew: I bought The Wall on Prime Video.  It might not be on a subscription service, but I'm streaming it right now


Nope, wrong, sorry.
 
Stratohead
2023-01-06 6:24:41 PM  
huh... I just watched Pump up the Volume last summer...think it was on HBO Max.
 
thisisyourbrainonFark
2023-01-06 6:27:35 PM  
Fark those slides

1. The Abyss
2.Sleuth
3. Pink Floyd: The Wall
4. Haunted
5. Chicago Joe And The Showgirl
6. Choose Me
7. The Moderns
8. Wild At Heart
9.Scandal
10. Dawn Of The Dead
11. Cocoon
12. Ghost Brigade (1983) akaThe Killing Box,Grey Knight, andThe Lost Brigade
13. Gotcha!
14. Silent Movie
15. To Live And Die In L.A.
16. Mask
17. Pump Up The Volume
 
Magnus Eisengrim
2023-01-06 6:34:08 PM  
Strange Days should be on that list as well.
 
greatgodyoshi [BareFark]
2023-01-06 6:36:07 PM  
Couple of those I have on my server. I had forgotten about Gotcha, though. That is now on hold at the library. Thanks, article writing person with a deadline!
 
Bslim [TotalFark]
2023-01-06 6:38:56 PM  
Gotcha!
Ah, my introduction to Linda Fiorentino. Worth it just for her presence alone. An underappreciated 80s gem.

/"I'm Carlos, and I just got back from Manchuria"
 
chitownmike
2023-01-06 6:41:07 PM  
Shouldn't you just pirate Pump Up The Volume
 
Johnny the Tackling Alzheimers Patient
2023-01-06 6:42:19 PM  

Stratohead: huh... I just watched Pump up the Volume last summer...think it was on HBO Max.


TIL that the actress from "Pump Up the Volume" is the daughter of the actress that played Dr. Carol Marcus from "The Wrath of Khan"
 
jlee4677 [TotalFark]
2023-01-06 6:45:06 PM  

thisisyourbrainonFark: Fark those slides

1. The Abyss
2.Sleuth
3. Pink Floyd: The Wall
4. Haunted
5. Chicago Joe And The Showgirl
6. Choose Me
7. The Moderns
8. Wild At Heart
9.Scandal
10. Dawn Of The Dead
11. Cocoon
12. Ghost Brigade (1983) akaThe Killing Box,Grey Knight, andThe Lost Brigade
13. Gotcha!
14. Silent Movie
15. To Live And Die In L.A.
16. Mask
17. Pump Up The Volume


That's a pretty liberal use of the words "great movies".
 
Snapper Carr
2023-01-06 6:45:17 PM  

bostonguy: List fails without Dogma.

Luckily, it was on Israeli cable TV and I recorded it.

[Fark user image 850x478]


For a while, it was on youtube in its entirety.  Kevin Smith encouraged folks to watch it there as a "fark you" to Weinstein.
 
jlee4677 [TotalFark]
2023-01-06 6:46:41 PM  

Snapper Carr: bostonguy: List fails without Dogma.

Luckily, it was on Israeli cable TV and I recorded it.

[Fark user image 850x478]

For a while, it was on youtube in its entirety.  Kevin Smith encouraged folks to watch it there as a "fark you" to Weinstein.


I am sure Smith new nothing about Weinstein being a rapist when he was taking his money.
 
chitownmike
2023-01-06 6:46:48 PM  

jlee4677: thisisyourbrainonFark: Fark those slides

1. The Abyss
2.Sleuth
3. Pink Floyd: The Wall
4. Haunted
5. Chicago Joe And The Showgirl
6. Choose Me
7. The Moderns
8. Wild At Heart
9.Scandal
10. Dawn Of The Dead
11. Cocoon
12. Ghost Brigade (1983) akaThe Killing Box,Grey Knight, andThe Lost Brigade
13. Gotcha!
14. Silent Movie
15. To Live And Die In L.A.
16. Mask
17. Pump Up The Volume

That's a pretty liberal use of the words "great movies".


Nobody used that phrase...
 
Telephone Sanitizer Second Class
2023-01-06 6:47:32 PM  
I just rediscovered my small VHS collection while doing some cleaning this week. Maybe I should watch Run DMC's Tougher Than Leather this weekend.

/still in the plastic clamshell
 
jlee4677 [TotalFark]
2023-01-06 6:47:33 PM  

chitownmike: jlee4677: thisisyourbrainonFark: Fark those slides

1. The Abyss
2.Sleuth
3. Pink Floyd: The Wall
4. Haunted
5. Chicago Joe And The Showgirl
6. Choose Me
7. The Moderns
8. Wild At Heart
9.Scandal
10. Dawn Of The Dead
11. Cocoon
12. Ghost Brigade (1983) akaThe Killing Box,Grey Knight, andThe Lost Brigade
13. Gotcha!
14. Silent Movie
15. To Live And Die In L.A.
16. Mask
17. Pump Up The Volume

That's a pretty liberal use of the words "great movies".

Nobody used that phrase...


Except the title of the article.
 
Lsherm [TotalFark]
2023-01-06 6:47:46 PM  
Johnny Dangerously. Until a few weeks ago you couldn't find it anywhere on a legit service. It has since popped up on HBOMax, but who knows for how long. Best to record it if you can, it's rare that good copies come out on the internet.
 
Flowery Twats
2023-01-06 6:47:58 PM  
Pet peeve of mine. We must subscribe to 1/2 dozen streaming services. I'd happily pay for a legit version of the torrent sites, where you can find almost anything, anytime.
 
chitownmike
2023-01-06 6:48:21 PM  

jlee4677: chitownmike: jlee4677: thisisyourbrainonFark: Fark those slides

1. The Abyss
2.Sleuth
3. Pink Floyd: The Wall
4. Haunted
5. Chicago Joe And The Showgirl
6. Choose Me
7. The Moderns
8. Wild At Heart
9.Scandal
10. Dawn Of The Dead
11. Cocoon
12. Ghost Brigade (1983) akaThe Killing Box,Grey Knight, andThe Lost Brigade
13. Gotcha!
14. Silent Movie
15. To Live And Die In L.A.
16. Mask
17. Pump Up The Volume

That's a pretty liberal use of the words "great movies".

Nobody used that phrase...

Except the title of the article.


The what?
 
jlee4677 [TotalFark]
2023-01-06 6:49:20 PM  

chitownmike: jlee4677: chitownmike: jlee4677: thisisyourbrainonFark: Fark those slides

1. The Abyss
2.Sleuth
3. Pink Floyd: The Wall
4. Haunted
5. Chicago Joe And The Showgirl
6. Choose Me
7. The Moderns
8. Wild At Heart
9.Scandal
10. Dawn Of The Dead
11. Cocoon
12. Ghost Brigade (1983) akaThe Killing Box,Grey Knight, andThe Lost Brigade
13. Gotcha!
14. Silent Movie
15. To Live And Die In L.A.
16. Mask
17. Pump Up The Volume

That's a pretty liberal use of the words "great movies".

Nobody used that phrase...

Except the title of the article.

The what?


Open the article, I usually read the article before I comment on it.
 
zeroeffect
2023-01-06 6:52:09 PM  
Since Warner Brothers Discovery yanked a bunch of its content I've started buying hardcopies of my favorites again. Anyone know if Apple has ever had to contractually nuke content?
 
Capo Del Bandito
2023-01-06 6:54:14 PM  
Weird. Adblock only let me see the last two.
 
Bslim [TotalFark]
2023-01-06 6:59:56 PM  

jlee4677: chitownmike: jlee4677: chitownmike: jlee4677: thisisyourbrainonFark: Fark those slides

1. The Abyss
2.Sleuth
3. Pink Floyd: The Wall
4. Haunted
5. Chicago Joe And The Showgirl
6. Choose Me
7. The Moderns
8. Wild At Heart
9.Scandal
10. Dawn Of The Dead
11. Cocoon
12. Ghost Brigade (1983) akaThe Killing Box,Grey Knight, andThe Lost Brigade
13. Gotcha!
14. Silent Movie
15. To Live And Die In L.A.
16. Mask
17. Pump Up The Volume

That's a pretty liberal use of the words "great movies".

Nobody used that phrase...

Except the title of the article.

The what?

Open the article, I usually read the article before I comment on it.


Read the what?
 
Stratohead
2023-01-06 7:07:27 PM  

Johnny the Tackling Alzheimers Patient: Stratohead: huh... I just watched Pump up the Volume last summer...think it was on HBO Max.

TIL that the actress from "Pump Up the Volume" is the daughter of the actress that played Dr. Carol Marcus from "The Wrath of Khan"



Samatha Mathis...one of the original "manic pixie dream girls"
she was also "Daisy" in the really terrible  93 Super Mario Brothers movie.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000526/?ref_=tt_cl_t_4
 
Stratohead
2023-01-06 7:08:49 PM  
15. To Live And Die In L.A.

its been a while since I watched it like since it first hit VHS in the 80s... I remember feeling totally lied to by the trailer, and mostly being bored as shiat.
 
Johnny the Tackling Alzheimers Patient
2023-01-06 7:09:15 PM  

Lsherm: Johnny Dangerously. Until a few weeks ago you couldn't find it anywhere on a legit service. It has since popped up on HBOMax, but who knows for how long. Best to record it if you can, it's rare that good copies come out on the internet.


With or without Weird Al Yankovic singing "This Is The Life" for the opening credits?
 
drewogatory
2023-01-06 7:09:25 PM  

Stratohead: Johnny the Tackling Alzheimers Patient: Stratohead: huh... I just watched Pump up the Volume last summer...think it was on HBO Max.

TIL that the actress from "Pump Up the Volume" is the daughter of the actress that played Dr. Carol Marcus from "The Wrath of Khan"


Samatha Mathis...one of the original "manic pixie dream girls"
she was also "Daisy" in the really terrible  93 Super Mario Brothers movie.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000526/?ref_=tt_cl_t_4


She was soooooo hot in Pump Up The Volume.
 
jlee4677 [TotalFark]
2023-01-06 7:12:26 PM  

drewogatory: Stratohead: Johnny the Tackling Alzheimers Patient: Stratohead: huh... I just watched Pump up the Volume last summer...think it was on HBO Max.

TIL that the actress from "Pump Up the Volume" is the daughter of the actress that played Dr. Carol Marcus from "The Wrath of Khan"


Samatha Mathis...one of the original "manic pixie dream girls"
she was also "Daisy" in the really terrible  93 Super Mario Brothers movie.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000526/?ref_=tt_cl_t_4

She was soooooo hot in Pump Up The Volume.


Fark user imageView Full Size
 
drewogatory
2023-01-06 7:13:45 PM  

jlee4677: drewogatory: Stratohead: Johnny the Tackling Alzheimers Patient: Stratohead: huh... I just watched Pump up the Volume last summer...think it was on HBO Max.

TIL that the actress from "Pump Up the Volume" is the daughter of the actress that played Dr. Carol Marcus from "The Wrath of Khan"


Samatha Mathis...one of the original "manic pixie dream girls"
she was also "Daisy" in the really terrible  93 Super Mario Brothers movie.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000526/?ref_=tt_cl_t_4

She was soooooo hot in Pump Up The Volume.

[Fark user image 400x214] [View Full Size image _x_]


I mean, I was 25, but I did appreciate them.
 
Lsherm [TotalFark]
2023-01-06 7:16:59 PM  

Johnny the Tackling Alzheimers Patient: Lsherm: Johnny Dangerously. Until a few weeks ago you couldn't find it anywhere on a legit service. It has since popped up on HBOMax, but who knows for how long. Best to record it if you can, it's rare that good copies come out on the internet.

With or without Weird Al Yankovic singing "This Is The Life" for the opening credits?


With. I wouldn't say the video is great, but it's DVD quality at least.
 
jlee4677 [TotalFark]
2023-01-06 7:23:08 PM  

Lsherm: Johnny Dangerously. Until a few weeks ago you couldn't find it anywhere on a legit service. It has since popped up on HBOMax, but who knows for how long. Best to record it if you can, it's rare that good copies come out on the internet.


Joe Piscapo was very good in Johnny Dangerously and Wise Guys with Danny DeVito, it was all downhill from there.
 
wouldestous
2023-01-06 7:38:46 PM  

jlee4677: chitownmike: jlee4677: chitownmike: jlee4677: thisisyourbrainonFark: Fark those slides

1. The Abyss
2.Sleuth
3. Pink Floyd: The Wall
4. Haunted
5. Chicago Joe And The Showgirl
6. Choose Me
7. The Moderns
8. Wild At Heart
9.Scandal
10. Dawn Of The Dead
11. Cocoon
12. Ghost Brigade (1983) akaThe Killing Box,Grey Knight, andThe Lost Brigade
13. Gotcha!
14. Silent Movie
15. To Live And Die In L.A.
16. Mask
17. Pump Up The Volume

That's a pretty liberal use of the words "great movies".

Nobody used that phrase...

Except the title of the article.

The what?

Open the article, I usually read the article before I comment on it.


your language is strange and i do not understand
 
stuhayes2010
2023-01-06 7:47:36 PM  
Most good movies aren't available on streaming, it's almost if they know and want you to pay for it.
 
Fliegan
2023-01-06 7:47:44 PM  
I remember really liking Truly Madly Deeply but haven't been able to find it streaming anywhere.
 
tagkc
2023-01-06 8:01:23 PM  
Boys in Company Cneeds to be on the list.
 
Fireproof [OhFark]
2023-01-06 8:12:01 PM  

bostonguy: PluckYew: bostonguy: List fails without Dogma.

Luckily, it was on Israeli cable TV and I recorded it.

[Fark user image image 850x478]

It's freely available on YouTube

I presume the author meant streaming something legally.

Tangent: I hate when people on YouTube post a movie, TV show, or song and state, "The copyright belongs to XXX and no infringement is intended."

Dude, you infringed the copyright when you posted it on YouTube. Your stupid disclaimer means nothing.


Morans think it's a legally magic phrase, like others do with "Am I being detained?" or " I do not agree to Facebook's terms and conditions."

/AKA "the legal equivalent of saying 'no homo' while having sex with another man.
 
Fireproof [OhFark]
2023-01-06 8:15:08 PM  
I'm still kind of pissed off that when I really wanted to show Mrs. F Dawn of the Dead, no one was streaming it due to a legal problem, so I bought the DVD on eBay and managed to get an okay deal on it. Then like the next day I found every different cut of it on YouTube.

Then we ended up watching it on YT anyway, because my cheapass Blu-Ray player picked the night we planned to watch it to break down.
 
Xythero [TotalFark]
2023-01-06 8:34:37 PM  
I didn't know they released a version of The Abyss with an alternate ending.  I looked up that ending and apparently the aliens were intending to destroy humanity with tidal waves because we're so shiatty but decide not to because Ed Harris is so cool.  The article implies that that ending is better but it seems really stupid to me.   Besides the fact that tidal waves wouldn't destroy humanity, it's too much shift to the plot and mood the film builds up. The film is a claustrophobic interpersonal action/drama under the sea and that ending swings it too hard to being about everyone on the planet. It also removes some of the mystery and magic from the aliens.  That ending would have ruined the film.
 
Rock Krenn
2023-01-06 8:43:58 PM  

Fliegan: I remember really liking Truly Madly Deeply but haven't been able to find it streaming anywhere.



I've never been able to find it on DVD (or BluRay). A shame because it's a terrific movie.
 
Rock Krenn
2023-01-06 8:46:47 PM  
If you have a problem with the slide show in these AV articles you can simplify your life by starting the slide show then clicking the "List Slides" button on the upper right.

Fark user imageView Full Size



That will give a complete list of the slides with links to the individual slides.

Fark user imageView Full Size
 
harleyquinnical
2023-01-06 8:49:32 PM  

bostonguy: At some point, I want to buy the entire Babylon 5, Buffy, Angel, and Scrubs DVD box sets and just keep them in storage in mint condition.

Just in case I can no longer stream any of them for whatever reason.

(And maybe a few other shows and movies such as Empire Records and Singles.)


The wife has all those series in physical format.  She got tired of services removing Buffy and Angel.

She has also purchased about half the movies on the list for the sake if nostalgia and them not being available to stream.  The Wall holds extreme significance to her, but if she's watching it, I have to watch with her.
 
recondite cetacean
2023-01-06 8:56:00 PM  
I had both Netflix Streaming and Netflix DVD just because of this. Not sure if DVD is still an option.

/DVDA is always an option
 
TelemonianAjax [TotalFark]
2023-01-06 9:17:30 PM  

Flowery Twats: Pet peeve of mine. We must subscribe to 1/2 dozen streaming services. I'd happily pay for a legit version of the torrent sites, where you can find almost anything, anytime.


Listening to Spotify shuffle with my little kid the other day and she heard a song from the 2019 Woody Woodpecker movie. I could tell from the song and cover the movie would be shiat but she begged to see it.  So I went to TPB and search and there wasn't a single person seeding this movie from only 3 years ago. Now that is one shiatty movie.
 
TelemonianAjax [TotalFark]
2023-01-06 9:25:21 PM  

harleyquinnical: bostonguy: At some point, I want to buy the entire Babylon 5, Buffy, Angel, and Scrubs DVD box sets and just keep them in storage in mint condition.

Just in case I can no longer stream any of them for whatever reason.

(And maybe a few other shows and movies such as Empire Records and Singles.)

The wife has all those series in physical format.  She got tired of services removing Buffy and Angel.

She has also purchased about half the movies on the list for the sake if nostalgia and them not being available to stream.  The Wall holds extreme significance to her, but if she's watching it, I have to watch with her.


I have had those shows downloaded for a long time now. Scrubs has the original music in it. Might not be the greatest quality ever but it does the job and makes me happy.
 
jlee4677 [TotalFark]
2023-01-06 9:29:12 PM  

TelemonianAjax: harleyquinnical: bostonguy: At some point, I want to buy the entire Babylon 5, Buffy, Angel, and Scrubs DVD box sets and just keep them in storage in mint condition.

Just in case I can no longer stream any of them for whatever reason.

(And maybe a few other shows and movies such as Empire Records and Singles.)

The wife has all those series in physical format.  She got tired of services removing Buffy and Angel.

She has also purchased about half the movies on the list for the sake if nostalgia and them not being available to stream.  The Wall holds extreme significance to her, but if she's watching it, I have to watch with her.

I have had those shows downloaded for a long time now. Scrubs has the original music in it. Might not be the greatest quality ever but it does the job and makes me happy.


I believe that the reason it's nearly impossible to get WKRP in Cincinnati anywhere is because of the cost of securing music rights.
 
Joey Jo Jo Jr Shabadu
2023-01-06 9:30:50 PM  

stuhayes2010: Most good movies aren't available on streaming, it's almost if they know and want you to pay for it.


That seems pretty hyperbolic.  There are a ton of excellent movies available to stream, along with a lot of terrible ones. Same holds true for those you can only purchase.
 
DoughyGuy
2023-01-06 9:36:08 PM  
Well, TBH, back in the day there were plenty of movies that never made it to VHS for (reasons), or were released once, and never released again for (reasons). So the scarcity of certain movies isn't something new - but I think the sticking point in this day & age is the fact that it's just as simple as throwing a proverbial 'switch' in most cases as opposed to coordinating and launching a physical release. But in the end, it's all about the studios/streamers not wanting to pay rights on things they think no one wants to watch (or that they think don't fit their current marketing strategy). With many newer movies having their streaming rights set up separately right from the get-go, and older film packages having those rights added with newly negotiated contracts, it's a significant cost considering how slim the margins on streaming probably are.
 
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