Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

The production design is just utterly brilliant. When i was a kid the gross-out and/or absurdist humor was my favorite part, but now I'm jopping my draw at nearly every single frame being designed as lovingly grotesque parallel dimension 50's/60's Charley Harper/Mary Blair homages. This is from before computers took over animation, so I'm pretty curious about the techniques they used because some parts of the show are even filtered/noised-up with proto-Instagram stylization. Like the Log commercial. It looks exactly like it was made in the 60's, from the character designs down to the distorted colors and extra film grain. The music that plays when there is a giant gross close-up of something or someone makes me LOL every time.

As for the main characters and their shenanigans, they are clearly in the comedy lineage of the Marx Bros. or the Three Stooges. The dialog is as stylized as the animation, but I don't think I've seen enough episodes lately to comment on the content. The most abstract serial animation ever? David Cronenberg is a big influence? Eraserhead?

the main influence is old school warner and fleischer animation! you read john k's blog, yes?

da hip hop witch is on netflix now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tftp5xCNbw

the main influence is old school warner and fleischer animation! you read john k's blog, yes?

Tex Avery yo

MGM as well, yes

also perhaps worth noting that John K got his start with Bakshi

mighty mouse! that was a good one.

didn't they do the nu-mighty mouse together? that was a good cartoon.

yep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrYNgFdxw4g

i bought a Ren & Stimpy background and cel recently that i still need to get framed.

both characters?

<3 Valhalla Rising, way more interesting than Drive.

According to my gf, not a movie to watch if you're high.

valhalla rising is my first, and best experience with Refn. It is excellent

ren & stimpy is not available on my (us) stream for some reason

http://www.flickr.com/photos/96195697@N06/8798094976/

I just signed up for UK netflix (for Arrested Dev) - is there a UK-specific thread? The selection is pretty crappy so far. A few sitcoms I'd be interested in catching up on and they're not available.

I'd say something that lets you use other netflix regions like like unblock-us (~£4/mo, works at dns level, choice of country) or hola unblocker (free, browser plugin, I think only lets you watch us content?) is key. I don't know that I'd keep netflix if I only had access to the uk stuff, but with unblockus it's well worth it.

(UK thread would be good though!)

the fall now up

Are there any worthwhile comedies streaming right now? I know I've asked this in the past, but it's the genre I'm most afraid to dive into without having my hand held.

I think they've got some Buster Keaton on there, you might give him a try.

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lol

love this cover
http://cdn-1.nflximg.com/us/boxshots/gsd/70047801.jpg

lololol

big shock for everybody - i watched that and it was not very good

Hail Mary FULL OF BLOOD

You guys want super insane bizarro nuns, you MUST see...what's it called...i can't remember but i posted about it upthread
It's worth a try if this ^^ description appeals to you.

ok i found it
THE SINFUL NUNS OF ST VALENTINE.

it is not a comedy

whoa upstream color

huh! i guess he figured he was gonna sell as many as he could up front.
that's before the dvd release to mass market i think?

nice! streaming already?

DVD is out today, I think.

The DVD has been out for well over a month

directly through his site, yes, but not through general distribution to the best of my knowledge

i saw it on dvd through netflix about a month ago.

I almost bought it in Best Buy about 6 weeks ago. They had a bunch of them. Nice cover/artwork, too.

wow a whole lotta o.g.'s in this thread

i am shane carruth btw

http://i.imgur.com/RVbUF2H.jpg

awesome, you're learning? i bet you're gonna be great when you can figure out how to center.

hmmmmm... was just thinking to myself "re-watching primer while you list stuff on ebay is probably a good way to spend this rainy miserable day." now, a double feature.

been watching Fringe cuzza you guys. well, maybe not specifically YOU guys. ilx in general. never would have watched it otherwise probably. still on the first season. definitely gets better with every episode and all the people in it get better too.

Marley is pretty good

also watched Kagemusha, liked that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-YyEcIJzpI

did someone say the surreal-kung-fu-fantasy-dream-coma-alternate-reality-and-also-real-reality-movie "ink" was recommended and also on netflix watch instantly? cause i just saw it and i thought it was v good, like best movie i've seen this year good, you should watch it etc

Saw Cabin in Woods yesterday, pretty underwhelming. Feel like it needed the atmosphere/low expectations of a midnight movie audience.

feel like YOU nee

Yes, surprisingly movies don't work as well on my 27 inch TV that reflects the neighbour's garden wall, versus a cinema full of drunk excited people