The instant download function has saved me from having to sit through chick filcks several times. I love this service. Let's make a list of the best titiles available so we don't have to browse so long. I'll start:
- A River Runs Through It, about Montana fly fishing and brothers
- Power of One, about apartheid
- No Reservations, the Anthony Bourdain TV show
- This American Life, the radio show becomes a tv show, seasons 1 and 2
- The Great Outdoors, John Candy and Dan Ackroyd hilarity
What you got?
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10-06-2009, 04:35 PM #1
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Best Netflix Instant Downloads
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10-06-2009, 06:30 PM #2
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Zach Galifianakis
Daniel Tosh
Traitor looks to have potential, but they don't include the fucking subtitles.Remind me. We'll send him a red cap and a Speedo.
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10-06-2009, 07:31 PM #3
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I've been tearing through Dexter lately. I find it hard to watch just one episode. Speaking of which, why am dicking around here...
I'm definitely going to start in on No Reservations next.
Great thread, BTW.If you've never seen an elephant ski, you've never been on acid.
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10-06-2009, 09:11 PM #4
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First 2-3 seasons of Weeds.
Fire On The Mountain... badass documentary about the 10th Mountain Division.
Friday Night Lights... the show
The Tudors
Michael Collins
Rob Roy
(^^^ I like Scottish/Irish/Welsh/English history.)
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10-06-2009, 10:56 PM #5
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I found some in my list of rated movies that aren't too bad:
The Big Lebowski
Caddyshack
Blazing Saddles
Das Boot
Dr. Strangelove
Forrest Gump
Gosford Park
On the Waterfront
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Psycho
The Princess Bride
Slap Shot
Taxi Driver
Unforgiven
Barry Lyndon
Becket
Being There
Best in Show
Bottle Rocket
Casablanca
Cool Hand Luke
A Clockwork Orange
Dangerous Liasons
Deliverance
Dog Day Afternoon
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Ghostbusters
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Grosse Point Blank
Groundhog Day
In Cold Blood
The Killing Fields
Miller's Crossing
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
The Motorcycle Diaries
The Wind that Shakes the Barley (some Irish history for you SCUTSKI)
That's nearly everything I rated 4 or more stars that you can watch instantly. I left off a few 3 hour movies though because who wants stare at their computer for that long.If you've never seen an elephant ski, you've never been on acid.
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10-07-2009, 12:24 AM #6
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^^^ FKNA. I'd seen a few of those on there, but that is a solid list. Your recco looks good NS. I'll check it out.
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10-07-2009, 11:33 AM #7
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Joe Rogan Live. Watched about once a week. FUNNY!
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10-07-2009, 11:57 AM #8
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Shit, they are adding stuff every day. Definitely getting better all the time.
Check out "Nerdcore Rising". Originally Posted by bptempleton
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10-07-2009, 09:59 PM #9
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10-08-2009, 01:28 AM #10
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The office(lots of seasons)
Bridge on the River Kwai
Unforgiven
No Country for old men
Braveheart
Cocaine Cowboys
Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale
Man on Wire
Wall-E
Shawshank Redemption
Full Metal Jacket
Die Hard
Caddy Shack
A Christmas Story
The Fugitive
Sling Blade
Clear and Present Danger
Clash of the Titans
Arachnaphobia
ill think of more...Last edited by dynodonkeyaltabird; 10-08-2009 at 01:39 AM.
Perhaps you'd be more comfortable on epicski or Paula's Ski Lovers, AltaNancy.
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10-08-2009, 02:02 PM #11
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I appreciate this thread.
The Van Halen Story: The Early Years - good if you like VH, but kind of funny b/c they couldn't use any of their music in it.
LoudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies
Notorious BIG: Bigger Than Life
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10-08-2009, 05:42 PM #12
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It's great for TV shows. Recently been watching Weeds and The Office via. Instant Downloads.
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10-14-2009, 09:49 AM #13
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Every season of Lost is available. Vacation, Euro Vacation, etc. Lots of good BBC documentaries (Attenborough, Michael Palin). Lots of good old war movies.
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10-14-2009, 10:47 AM #14
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What's the preferred way to get this stuff to the TV? Xbox/Tivo/Roku?
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10-14-2009, 12:36 PM #15
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Xbox has worked well for me for some of the movies, but I haven't been able to figure out how to access my entire instant queue. Is it just me, or can you only access some of the movies that are available through the PC on the Xbox. Originally Posted by PNWbrit
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10-14-2009, 03:13 PM #16
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What quality video and sound are the instant downloads?
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10-14-2009, 04:06 PM #17
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Vermillion Pleasure Night.
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10-14-2009, 05:03 PM #18
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It's connection dependent, but usually pretty good. Some even come in HD. Originally Posted by PNWbrit
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10-14-2009, 06:51 PM #19
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Originally Posted by orlowskij
Any movie that you find on the PC just add to your instant queue and it will show up on the xbox.
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I think I read somewhere that you need at least 4mbps to get DVD quality. Originally Posted by PNWbrit
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10-14-2009, 07:23 PM #21
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If you are into crazy movies this one doesn't disappoint. 3 directors direct 3 different parts of the movie. Michel Gondry, Leos Carax and Bong Joon-ho
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10-15-2009, 09:35 AM #22
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TOKYO! was whack. I liked it.
Have none of you noticed that Steep is available for instant download on Netflix?
I boiled my thermometer, and sure enough, this spot, which purported to be two thousand feet higher than the locality of the hotel, turned out to be nine thousand feet LOWER. Thus the fact was clearly demonstrated that, ABOVE A CERTAIN POINT, THE HIGHER A POINT SEEMS TO BE, THE LOWER IT ACTUALLY IS. Our ascent itself was a great achievement, but this contribution to science was an inconceivably greater matter.
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Not on mine. Originally Posted by telepariah
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10-15-2009, 10:43 AM #24
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Me either. Formats says DVD and Blu-Ray.
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10-15-2009, 03:29 PM #25
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There are movies they put on and take off the instant watch list. No country for old men used to be on there too but no longer. Steep was, but no longer.
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