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mrmorgan · 30-12-2018 10:53PM

Sardonicat wrote: »

ALL the endings? I just kept choosing til the credits played on their own accord. I assume that was the intended outcome. It just annoyed me really after the first few choices. And now I have to rewatch the start to see what difference the cereal choice would have made.

i made that mistake and the tapes

Sad Professor · 30-12-2018 10:55PM

pixelburp wrote: »

This "choose your own adventure" format smells awfully like Black Mirror has finally jumped the shark a little. Certainly a gimmick at best, with viral headlines the probable preferred outcome

To be fair, it's only for the one episode and (bar my aforementioned issue with the loopbacks) I think Bandersnatch does it as well as it could have been done - by making it a meta commentary on video games and Netflix itself. But yeah, branching narratives in film are definitely a gimmick. Brooker actually does a pretty good job of illustrating how even games only ever contain the illusion of choice.

Sardonicat · 30-12-2018 10:57PM

Oh yeah! I forgot about that. I wondered if I had chosen the other one if it unspooled or something. Grrr. I'm gon national have to go through the thing again. I only didn't choose it cos I actually owned the thing (on vinyl ) and really wanted to hear a bit of the other one.

mrmorgan · 30-12-2018 10:58PM

Sardonicat wrote: »

Oh yeah! I forgot about that. I wondered if I had chosen the other one if it unspooled or something. Grrr. I'm gon national have to go through the thing again. I only didn't choose it cos I actually owned the thing (on vinyl ) and really wanted to hear a bit of the other one.

did u choose kill as the options also?? LOL

Sad Professor · 30-12-2018 11:02PM

Sardonicat wrote: »

ALL the endings? I just kept choosing til the credits played on their own accord. I assume that was the intended outcome. It just annoyed me really after the first few choices. And now I have to rewatch the start to see what difference the cereal choice would have made.

Basically they designed it so that you can loopback and experience all the major branches of the story without having to start over. Once you experience all of them the credits will roll with no option to loopback. But which ending you get last will be different for everyone depending on their choices. As I said though, one ending (

the Pearl ending with Colin's daughter

) does stand out as kinda being the true ending but it's possible to get it quite early.

Sardonicat · 30-12-2018 11:03PM

mrmorgan wrote: »

Sardonicat wrote: »

Oh yeah! I forgot about that. I wondered if I had chosen the other one if it unspooled or something. Grrr. I'm gon national have to go through the thing again. I only didn't choose it cos I actually owned the thing (on vinyl ) and really wanted to hear a bit of the other one.

did u choose kill as the options also?? LOL

No! I'm a nice old biddy whose old enough to have owned a copy of Now 2 on vinyl.

Sardonicat · 30-12-2018 11:05PM

Sad Professor wrote: »

Sardonicat wrote: »

ALL the endings? I just kept choosing til the credits played on their own accord. I assume that was the intended outcome. It just annoyed me really after the first few choices. And now I have to rewatch the start to see what difference the cereal choice would have made.

Basically they designed it so that you can loopback and experience all the major branches of the story without having to start over. Once you experience all of them the credits will roll with no option to loopback. But which ending you get last will be different for everyone depending on their choices. As I said though, one ending (
the Pearl ending with Colin's daughter
) does stand out as kinda being the true ending but it's possible to get it quite early.

Nope, never got that one. Shoulda picked Now 2

kunst nugget · 30-12-2018 11:10PM

The last ending I got was where

he gets the toy back in the past and goes with his mother on the later train while dying in the psychiatrist office

. I really couldn't be arsed going through the whole thing again.

Sardonicat · 30-12-2018 11:11PM

kunst nugget wrote: »

The last ending I got was where
he gets the toy back in the past and goes with his mother on the later train while dying in the psychiatrist office
. I really couldn't be arsed going through the whole thing again.

Yup, that's the one I got

mrmorgan · 30-12-2018 11:15PM

kunst nugget wrote: »

The last ending I got was where
he gets the toy back in the past and goes with his mother on the later train while dying in the psychiatrist office
. I really couldn't be arsed going through the whole thing again.

i was trying to make sense of this ending but couldnt

Sad Professor · 30-12-2018 11:19PM

kunst nugget wrote: »

The last ending I got was where
he gets the toy back in the past and goes with his mother on the later train while dying in the psychiatrist office
. I really couldn't be arsed going through the whole thing again.

That was my favourite one. It's the

Donnie Darko

ending basically.

There's no need to go through it again really. Most "playthroughs" will give you all the major branches of the narrative. Doing it again will just reveal alternate scenes here or there. There's only 2 and half hours of unique footage.

NIMAN · 30-12-2018 11:22PM

Got about 1hr in and quit, thought it was rubbish.

And BTW, it's not a new concept, my kids have been watching a show on Netflix which allows them to choose the paths.

Sardonicat · 30-12-2018 11:24PM

But from what I've read on here, I didn't experience all endings so now I'm getting confused. I also have an episode of fortitude to watch and need to go to sleep.

Good night all..

johnny_ultimate · 30-12-2018 11:40PM

I got the same ending mentioned above, felt like the one the writers were working towards but given that the narrative was by design all over the place it didn’t feel particularly rewarding.

For those suggesting they’ve missed out - what it appeared to me is that there’s loads of ‘false’ endings which give you a chance to find a ‘proper’ one, and then there’s ‘proper’ endings which jump to the credits and dump you back to the Netflix menu rather than giving you a do-over. You need to start from scratch to get another one.

In short, I’d just recommend people play The Stanley Parable instead - it’s about as long, tackles the same sort of subject matter in a much cleverer way, and is a whole lot funnier :pac:

Dillosk412 · 30-12-2018 11:52PM

qwabercd wrote: »

You was added today aswell.

A clever bookstore manager relies on his savvy Internet know-how to make the woman of his dreams fall in love with him.

Been looking forward to this one for a while, gets good ratings. Half way through the first episode and it looks promising.

It's very good.

Ending is good too and series 2 is in production.

I read that Series 1 was coproduction between Netflix (international) and Lifetime cable channel.

Netflix have taken over entirely for season 2 and that is giving the producers more Leeway with language, episode length and storyline.

Season 1 episodes are just 42 minutes to suit the adverts of cable TV for a one hour slot and language had to suit middle America.

pixelburp · 30-12-2018 11:54PM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I got the same ending mentioned above, felt like the one the writers were working towards but given that the narrative was by design all over the place it didn’t feel particularly rewarding.

For those suggesting they’ve missed out - what it appeared to me is that there’s loads of ‘false’ endings which give you a chance to find a ‘proper’ one, and then there’s ‘proper’ endings which jump to the credits and dump you back to the Netflix menu rather than giving you a do-over. You need to start from scratch to get another one.

In short, I’d just recommend people play The Stanley Parable instead - it’s about as long, tackles the same sort of subject matter in a much cleverer way, and is a whole lot funnier :pac:

Ah yes, The Stanley Parable was one of the funniest piece of media I consumed over the last few years. Every loop revealed a new branch of hilarity I didn't expect

peteeeed · 31-12-2018 09:00AM

A few stand up specials by Sam kinison , Bill Hicks , Tim Allen and a few others

Taylor swift reputation live in Dallas

Silence of the lambs

Traffik
A couple off for a romantic weekend in the mountains are accosted by a biker gang. Alone in the mountains, Brea and John must defend themselves against the gang, who will stop at nothing to protect their secrets.

Ghost Stories (2018)
A TV host makes a living debunking the paranormal, but when challenged to investigate three unsolved cases, he begins to doubt his own skepticism

Instafamous season 1
Self-made social media celebrities share the stories of how they built their online empires and where they plan to take their unexpected fame next.

Conan without borders
Late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien hits the road in this special that brings him and his sense of humor to far-flung destinations.

Dropin cash Los Angeles season 1
This Complex series follows the paper trail of musicians and athletes in Los Angeles as they blow through stacks on the finer things in life.

Top Grier 3 seasons
Social media star Hayes Grier returns to North Carolina for a reality series packed with action sports, pranks and romantic escapades

For the win season 1
Frisbee national champion Brodie Smith challenges inventive athletes across the US to an exhibition match in the unconventional sports they've created.
Genesis
Escape plan
Every day (2018)
Death wish ( 2018)
211 ( Nicolas cage)
Dirty Grandpa
Escape Plan
The Pianist
Tim Minchin And The Heritage Orchestra Live
Tim Minchin: So F**king Rock
Whitney Cummings: Money Shot

Added today

Electric Nitwit · 31-12-2018 12:36PM

peteeeed wrote: »

Ghost Stories (2018)
A TV host makes a living debunking the paranormal, but when challenged to investigate three unsolved cases, he begins to doubt his own skepticism

That was quick! Missed this in the cinema but heard great things, will check it out

peteeeed · 31-12-2018 01:20PM

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

That was quick! Missed this in the cinema but heard great things, will check it out

Me too , got great reviews 82% on rotten tomatoes

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ghost_stories_2018/

Blanco100 · 31-12-2018 02:03PM

Knine wrote: »

Enjoying "You"

A few steps above A Bunny Boiler

"You" is absolute scutter.

Probably the most unlikeable cast in tv history

Absolutely insufferable

Franz Von Peppercorn · 31-12-2018 03:52PM

Sad Professor wrote: »

Basically they designed it so that you can loopback and experience all the major branches of the story without having to start over. Once you experience all of them the credits will roll with no option to loopback. But which ending you get last will be different for everyone depending on their choices. As I said though, one ending (
the Pearl ending with Colin's daughter
) does stand out as kinda being the true ending but it's possible to get it quite early.

My original concept of the the true ending is one where

the review is 5/5

. Then I realised there were other endings equally valid. It’s actually clever that when you get to a credits ending there are other pathways the movie helps you find.

But there’s no real proper ending. There are bad endings - basically where you have to go back because there was no story completed that way (an obvious one in the office the first day), and you dont get to seethe end credits. But all the credit endings are equally valid as the real final scene.

I think people are over analysing this. It’s designed to be like those books, and if you ever did read those books part of the fun is trying to get to all significant endings. But those books weren’t really books in the narrative sense, and neither were they games; and this isn’t a movie either nor a game. Somewhere in between.

The way it works technically is quite clever.

Btw not only did the protagonist not have free will because our choices, but obviously we are equally constrained in our choices. Which is pretty obvious in one violent scene.

Mr.Wemmick · 31-12-2018 03:53PM

Just finished Bird Box and it's all over the place. It starts off great, all the right hooks, good line up of actors, but then.. half way through it's like the writer fell asleep or gave up on the story and handed it to their teenage kids to finish.

The ending amounts to nothing. What were those things? They stopped being scary and became ridiculous.

What a waste.

Damien360 · 31-12-2018 05:10PM

Mr.Wemmick wrote: »

Just finished Bird Box and it's all over the place. It starts off great, all the right hooks, good line up of actors, but then.. half way through it's like the writer fell asleep or gave up on the story and handed it to their teenage kids to finish.

The ending amounts to nothing. What were those things? They stopped being scary and became ridiculous.

What a waste.

I liked it but I prefer a movie leaving questions rather than all answers given.

For example, the book "The Dome" by Stephen King and the subsequent series both drove me crazy. He got to the end and had to explain all, and wedged in alien nonsense right at the end without any previous hint.

You could argue similar with the Bird Box but you were fairly sure who was the cause early on and it still left questions about what next at the end. I did watch it with a lovely wine so maybe I'm missing something

Agent Coulson · 31-12-2018 05:17PM

The Bill Hicks collection Sane Man, Relentless, Reflections, Revelations & One Night Stand were all added today.

Mam of 4 · 31-12-2018 05:30PM

Murder Mountain , well worth watching imo .
Missing people , people just disappearing , murdered , illegal/legal cannabis farms , it's one fcuked up County .

Mr.Wemmick · 31-12-2018 06:21PM

Damien360 wrote: »

I liked it but I prefer a movie leaving questions rather than all answers given.

For example, the book "The Dome" by Stephen King and the subsequent series both drove me crazy. He got to the end and had to explain all, and wedged in alien nonsense right at the end without any previous hint.

You could argue similar with the Bird Box but you were fairly sure who was the cause early on and it still left questions about what next at the end. I did watch it with a lovely wine so maybe I'm missing something

Yeah, I can see why it has very contrasting reviews. To be fair, the actors were great. I've always had a high regard for Sandra Bullock. Malkovich is excellent and loved the walk in from Tom Hollander.. but

I don't get why they had that jump/skip of five years, it just wasn't grafted into the story well enough, nor her journey on the river. And the very end leaned toward the twee side, a bit too much I thought.

The first half was great, I was intrigued.. but in the end it didn't hang together well enough.

JohnCreedon81 · 31-12-2018 06:28PM

It was bang average at best. Would find it hard to recommend unless you’re a huge Sandra Bullock fan. Did absolutely nothing for me.

kunst nugget · 31-12-2018 06:36PM

Ghost Stories is great - one of the few anthology films that really worked together as a whole. I loved it.

peteeeed · 31-12-2018 06:56PM

tomorrow

A Series of Unfortunate Events: Season 3
Tidying Up with Marie Kondo: Season 1
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Comedians of the World: Season 1
Pinky Malinky: Season 1
Pacific Rim
The Witches
Hitch
Valentine’s Day
The Blind Side
The Fault in Our Stars
Escape Room
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Slasher: Guilty Party
Murder Party
Zookeeper

Charlie19 · 31-12-2018 07:37PM

peteeeed wrote: »

tomorrow

The Blind Side

Lovely I was waiting to see the first one before getting stuck into Birdbox

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