RIPPA Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 17 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: I find that weird, because isn't Encore older than Starz? Shouldn't it be the other way around then? Guess it depends on who bought who. The were sister networks under the same umbrella but it is clear they thing Starz is the more recognizable brand Quote Starz announced that Encore channels will now be billed as Starz Encore channels, brought under the overall Starz umbrella. The most demonstrable change to viewers is that this rebranding also gives Encore subscribers access to Starz original series, including Outlander, Power, and Black Sails. I am happy about this because I might check those shows out now. I still find it weird that Comcast gives us Encore as part of the normal package and not as a part of the Starz package (since I don't pay for any movie channels anymore) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 I just checked and we don't get the Starz package either -- we cut our movie channel package which nixed HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, Starz but left Encore, TMC, Sundance and IMC. It's weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 Yeah - those are the same ones we get too. I guess they use those to maybe try to entice people to buy the full package. Who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 As long as we get something. I'm still pissed that we can't afford Shameless, Ray Donovan, and HBO Documentaries anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 The "gives Encore subscribers access to Starz original productions" line is bunk so far. Still have to acquire Outlander episodes for my wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zev Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 4 hours ago, J.T. said: Yes, I love the Drive soundtrack. It is the fucking bomb. TRON: Legacy maybe, but only because I am partial to Daft Punk's beats. How do you feel about the Legacy R3C0NF1GUR3D album? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Koch Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 On 5/17/2016 at 11:53 AM, Curt McGirt said: I just checked and we don't get the Starz package either -- we cut our movie channel package which nixed HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, Starz but left Encore, TMC, Sundance and IMC. It's weird. All of those channels have always been on the basic tier. IFC, Sundance, and Turner have ads, so there is no reason to have them as pay channels. Encore I figure was part of the agreement with cable companies to give content in return for promotion of their pay channels or something. Encore is all older movies so it can't cost that much. We have Charter and also get Retroplex and a couple of other movie channels on the basic tier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 18, 2016 Author Share Posted May 18, 2016 It isn't pure old movies - as about once a month there is a "newer" releases. Like that is where I first saw Captain America: Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy and both of those were within 6-8 months of being in the theater And it just debuted Ant-Man and Inside Out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Holy fuck, did we all forget Awesome Mix vol 1 in the soundtrack discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 19 hours ago, Brian Fowler said: Holy fuck, did we all forget Awesome Mix vol 1 in the soundtrack discussion. We did which is odd because I bought it when it came out and still listen to it but I guess I meant newer music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 The O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack is up there 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meltzing Pot Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 The Boogie Nights soundtrack is great, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 I haven't seen Lethal Weapon 3 in almost 20 years, so imagine my surprise when I just watched it and it's terrible. Like, one of the most insane big studio pictures ever made. It's the real life Jack Slater movie from Last Action Hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 It's kinda cheating to include jukebox soundtracks like Awesome Mix in the same discussion with original compositions like Tron: Legacy. Two completely different things. And if you think Lethal Weapon 3 is mighty stupid... well, have you ever seen part 4? Even as a 17-year-old, I damn near choked on my popcorn when the reflecting-laser gag happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 I remember enjoying the theater experience for that but when I was a kid I was a huge fucking action-adventure junkie and it saddens me that the genre has pretty much died out. I'd be about seven years old thinking Under Siege is the greatest movie ever. I no longer think Under Siege is the greatest movie ever. But it's definitely top 10. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Under Siege's awesomeness is directly proportionate to the amount that you're able to ignore just how blatantly they're ripping off Die Hard, which does all the exact same stuff but does it all better. Of course, it is the BEST of all the Die Hard ripoffs which flooded the cinema for about a decade, so at least there's that. Action films aren't COMPLETELY dead, though: check out Turbo Kid, which I just saw today, and can be succinctly described as "Robert Rodriguez directs Cormac McCarthy's script of Kick-Ass Beyond Thunderdome... music by John Carpenter, makeup by Tom Savini". It's like the greatest movie that Golan-Globus ever made, right down to having no less than Michael Ironside as the villain. And it's also got probably the funniest, least forgiving take on the Manic Pixie Dream Girl stereotype (although I'd argue that what they eventually did with that character felt rather pointlessly cruel and nihilistic for such a goofy flick). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 "I'm just the cook" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 never mind. Not paying attention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Fuck Die Hard, Under Siege has Tommy Lee Jones AND Gary Busey AND a nude Playboy Playmate AND a knife going into someone's dome. That wins any day of the year in my book. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Another connection I kind of feel like Steven Segal's body has become the physical manifestation of Bruce Willis' personality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 The Nice Guys is a great time at the movies. Gosling's performance is basically Jim Rockford by way of Lou Costello, and it's priceless. Plus, Russel Crowe throws down with Keith David! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 So somehow in my mind, American Hustle and Now You See Me had merged into being the same film (because I'd not seen either of them). But it turns out that they're completely different. Oh, and the one that's supposed to be really good is actually rubbish, while the rubbish one is actually pretty good. Why does David O Russell keep getting to direct movies? He's really not very good at it. I can see how actors like him, because he lets them improvise and create their own characters and so on... but between American Hustle and Silver Linings Playbook, he's gotten great casts together and wasted them on a boring story about terrible people. He needs to have more discipline in the editing or something, because it's just an overblown mess. Also, why does he have Jennifer Lawrence playing characters ten years older than her actual age every time? Does he think there are no talented actresses in their mid 30s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 28, 2016 Author Share Posted May 28, 2016 9 hours ago, AxB said: Also, why does he have Jennifer Lawrence playing characters ten years older than her actual age every time? Does he think there are no talented actresses in their mid 30s? No Though to be fair, I would say that this is a Hollywood problem and not one specifically with Russell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Silver linings playbook is great. American hustle is meh. Lawrence is brilliant in both of em though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 I really loved American Hustle. But then, I also liked Now You See Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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