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Late Night Open Thread

by John Cole|  May 19, 201312:35 am| 35 Comments

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I forget who suggested Old Boy for my Netflix movie, but thank you 100 times over. Not only was the movie awesome, but now I am getting the “Because you liked Old Boy” suggestions, and that is leading me to more great movies.

BTW- Why doesn’t Netflix do what pandora does and create specific channels?

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  1. 1.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    May 19, 2013 at 12:42 am

    BTW- Why doesn’t Netflix do what pandora does and create specific channels?

    Please don’t open that box, John.

  2. 2.

    karl

    May 19, 2013 at 12:43 am

    Old Boy, eh? Glad I didn’t recommend any Eric Rohmer movies for you.

  3. 3.

    aangus

    May 19, 2013 at 12:46 am

    But on the other hand….

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2wvaWTTmz8&list=PLC8AE19F91EB0D73D

  4. 4.

    lojasmo

    May 19, 2013 at 12:47 am

    Well, that was a drunken rant. I watched Django again, and it was a mastepiece. To bed with me. I must work in six hours.

  5. 5.

    NotMax

    May 19, 2013 at 12:48 am

    (repeated)

    Though it is very hit or miss, the hits are worth it.

    Venture Brothers returns June 2.

    Loves me some Doctor Girlfriend.

  6. 6.

    ? Martin

    May 19, 2013 at 12:48 am

    BTW- Why doesn’t Netflix do what pandora does and create specific channels?

    Um…

    now I am getting the “Because you liked Old Boy” suggestions, and that is leading me to more great movies.

    They did. I mean, you wouldn’t have tuned into the ‘Old Boy’ channel if someone hadn’t suggested it to you.

  7. 7.

    gussie

    May 19, 2013 at 12:51 am

    I suggested it!

    I win Balloon Juice.

    (I watched Pontypool, myself, and was impressed.)

  8. 8.

    aangus

    May 19, 2013 at 12:57 am

    @gussie:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZSIz0GW1oM

    :P

  9. 9.

    Keith

    May 19, 2013 at 12:58 am

    I still think you should have gone with “Dark City”. I’ve heard great things about “Old Boy” from a co-worker (and there’s a US remake), but DC is one of those overlooked movies that has some nice plot twists to go with really good imagery.

  10. 10.

    aangus

    May 19, 2013 at 1:01 am

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093073/

  11. 11.

    GregB

    May 19, 2013 at 1:04 am

    I’m pretty outraged that you are talking about movies instead of Umbrella-Gate. You know who else made Marines hold umbrellas? Hitler, that’s fucking who.

  12. 12.

    aangus

    May 19, 2013 at 1:06 am

    @GregB:

    : ))

  13. 13.

    aangus

    May 19, 2013 at 1:10 am

    *tap tap*
    Is this thing on?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPAmDULCVrU

  14. 14.

    Fred Fnord

    May 19, 2013 at 1:13 am

    I had high hopes for the new site, but alas, posts with embedded youtube videos are still totally unreadable when viewed on an iPhone. Just like they have been for the last two years. At least.

    Kind of surprised nobody ever noticed besides me. Maybe I’m the only Apple fan who spends any time here?

  15. 15.

    Corner Stone

    May 19, 2013 at 1:13 am

    @GregB: Point of order! Point of order, old chap!
    The reference here is to be specifically left unstated. That allows others to insert random names/themes so as to greatly amuse themselves.
    If, for example, you boldly state the answer is “Hitler”, then I am prohibited from stating my preference which may or may not be Sir John Gielgud. And since FYWP did not even attempt to re-spell my spelling of Sir John’s last name then I know I am intensely correct in my assertion.
    So, in sum, you fucking douchecanoe, I will thank you kindly for leaving the “you know who else” meme to be left unanswered in the future.

  16. 16.

    aangus

    May 19, 2013 at 1:16 am

    @Corner Stone:

    Fuck off, asshole.

    That is all!

  17. 17.

    aangus

    May 19, 2013 at 1:19 am

    Dear Asshole:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuk8AOjGURE

  18. 18.

    ? Martin

    May 19, 2013 at 1:21 am

    @Fred Fnord: Lots of Apple folks here. But it’s WordPress. What are you going to do?

  19. 19.

    Yatsuno

    May 19, 2013 at 1:23 am

    @? Martin:

    Lots of Apple folks here. But it’s WordPress FYWP.

    Fixteth.

  20. 20.

    mouse tolliver

    May 19, 2013 at 1:27 am

    @GregB:

    I’m pretty outraged that you are talking about movies instead of Umbrella-Gate. You know who else made Marines hold umbrellas? Hitler, that’s fucking who.

    Also, too…

    According to Spartacus, slave owners made people hold umbrellas. Which proves liberals are the real hypocrites.

  21. 21.

    aangus

    May 19, 2013 at 1:28 am

    Ya never know…..

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_12IyhedQs

  22. 22.

    Suzanne

    May 19, 2013 at 1:36 am

    The iPad site sucks. Can’t highlight text, can’t click links, can’t respond to posts. However, the full site on the iPad still looks fucked up when in portrait mode because the center column compresses rather than the right column.

    This redesign has been total fail so far. Site now functions dramatically worse for iPad users.

  23. 23.

    Elias

    May 19, 2013 at 1:42 am

    Old Boy was the best film of the bunch, but it’s part of a trilogy on revenge. The other two were Sympathy for Lady Vengeance and Sympathy for Mr Vengeance.

  24. 24.

    Steeplejack

    May 19, 2013 at 1:56 am

    @Cole:

    Since you liked Oldboy, check out Audition (streamable on Netflix) or The Good, the Bad, the Weird (coming up at 6:00 a.m. EDT Thursday on IFC).

  25. 25.

    LandoBlackFeet

    May 19, 2013 at 2:52 am

    I love Korean thriller movie. Watch The Chaser and The Yellow Sea. The Chased is a better movie, but some of the scenes in The Yellow Sea are amazing.

  26. 26.

    Arclite

    May 19, 2013 at 4:18 am

    BTW- Why doesn’t Netflix do what pandora does and create specific channels?

    Probably not enough content? Pandora has 10s of 1000s of songs. Netflix only has 100s of shows and movies.

  27. 27.

    FridayNext

    May 19, 2013 at 6:47 am

    @Arclite:

    BTW- Why doesn’t Netflix do what pandora does and create specific channels?

    When I sign on I get lists of movies with headings like “Dark Cerebral Movies of the 1970’s” That isn’t a channel per se, but close enough for me.

  28. 28.

    tofubo

    May 19, 2013 at 7:17 am

    forget who suggested Old Boy for …

    hopefully i was one of many who did, https://balloon-juice.com/2013/03/14/open-thread-1571/#comment-4285485

    here’s another: the best offer

    not on streaming on netflix tho, http://www.movie2k.to/The-Best-Offer-watch-movie-2969921.html

  29. 29.

    Tbone

    May 19, 2013 at 8:58 am

    That movie is fucked up! Fucked up.

  30. 30.

    Tokyokie

    May 19, 2013 at 9:15 am

    Oldboy is from Park Chan-wook, and I pretty much think you can’t go wrong with any of his films. His English-language debut, Stoker, wasn’t all that well received, but I liked it a lot, but then, I even liked Thirst. And I believe that Quentin Tarantino considers his J.S.A.: Joint Security Area to be the best film of recent years. You might also check out the films of Kim Jee-woon (The Good, the Bad, the Weird; A Tale of Two Sisters; I Saw the Devil, but avoid his English-language debut, The Last Stand and be advised that I Saw the Devil is the most disturbing film since Audition) or Bong Joon-ho (Mother, The Host, Memories of Murder, the last of which I consider the best movie of recent years). Or just look for movies starring Song Kang-ho (the actor who plays “The Weird” in the Kim film); I think he’s the most interesting actor in movies these days, and he shows up in many of the aforementioned titles. But, as you can probably figure out, I think Korean movies these days are far better than what I see coming out of Hollywood or anywhere else.

  31. 31.

    tofubo

    May 19, 2013 at 9:50 am

    @tofubo:

    a: don’t install the codec
    2: click the ‘X’ in the upper right of the ‘advertisement’ window saying ‘play now’

    then hit the lower left play button

  32. 32.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    May 19, 2013 at 11:01 am

    @LandoBlackFeet: You have good taste! I have to say this the South Koreans know movies!

  33. 33.

    maye

    May 19, 2013 at 11:14 am

    Netflix recommendation for you: Map of the Human Heart

  34. 34.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    May 19, 2013 at 11:51 am

    @Corner Stone: I’m not sure these people recognized the brilliance of that.

  35. 35.

    Rathskeller

    May 19, 2013 at 12:40 pm

    Although it is the opposite of high-tech recommendations or a curated video channels, I really enjoy the suggestions on reddit in http://www.reddit.com/r/NetflixBestOf/.

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