klu9
@klu9@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Mum locked up in prison after what she did with two Kinder eggs 1 week ago:
When your junk smells so strong that dogs bark at it and the fuzz stop you…
- Comment on Stupid question: how does one watch old movies? 1 week ago:
You’re welcome.
Re Peertube, I believe you can start watching without setting anything up.
Re setting up an account and choosing an instance, I’m not a content creator and just went with peertube.wtf when I saw it promoted by its admin here on Lemmy.
Handy post on Peertube instances here:
- Comment on Stupid question: how does one watch old movies? 1 week ago:
Others have already made good suggestions for older movies (libraries, Kanopy, Hoopla, Tubi, Archive.org etc). Also try buying second-hand physical media (DVDs, BDs).
Specifically re an old Kurosawa movie, there are a couple of channels on Peertube with old movies they say are in the public domain (I am not a lawyer).
A couple of such channels
- ClassX peertube.wtf/c/classx@blurt.media/videos
- Achives peertube.wtf/c/archives@vod.newellijay.tv/videos
And ClassX has Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai
There are also YouTube channels that claim to have public domain or licensed movies. I recently found an “all-in-one” site that collates movies from many such channels.
- Cinetimes cinetimes.org
If you don’t want to go via a third-party site like Cinetimes, you can try some supposedly-legally-free channels directly on YouTube:
- DDF: Reel Films www.youtube.com/channel/UCTjxrujNCF9JSQzXE3th21A
- Filmix www.youtube.com/channel/UC0igugFRsUPMvGLrv86DIog
- The Archive (nothing to do with The Internet Archive) www.youtube.com/channel/UCunMgh6zlbhjYLOoU5zKTAA (also you can watch on their own website www.thearchive.tv )
Warning: the movies on the channels are free, but not necessarily any good :) A lot of dross and only a few gems, unless you love trashy B-movies.
A couple of possibly decent films (in my watchlist, haven’t seen them yet)
- Sorcerer youtu.be/LXwfcdkhmE8
- Eight Million Ways to Die youtu.be/2G6hJJFzKxo
All the ones I’ve given above are for video on demand (VOD), i.e. you pick what you want, press play and it starts.
There are also linear channels, i.e. like old fashioned TV where things are shown according to a schedule and you see whatever’s on when you tune in. Nowadays sometimes called “live TV”, even when watching stuff made years ago. ( TheArchive.tv does both: VOD and one linear channel.)
A lot of free linear channels (including some with old movies and TV shows) are available through different ways:
- channels / apps on streaming devices like Roku, Firestick, Smart TVs etc
- an app on your phone (currently, I use Televizo on Android)
- an app on your computer (currently, I use Hypnotix on Linux)
- websites
For apps on your phone or computer, you might need to add a “playlist”: a big list of channels that you can pick from to watch. Currently, I use the English language playlist from iptv-org (over 2,000 channels from around the world).
There is also the IOTV app for Roku, which I think uses the all languages playlist from iptv-org.
Warning: using these playlists can mean a bunch of the included channels won’t work for you, e.g. because they are geoblocked to a specific country.
Some example channels with older stuff:
- Pluto TV has some channels with older stuff
- TVS watchyour.tv
- Cinevault
- FilmRise Classic
- Comment on A Black Eye at the White House: Did Somebody Punch Elon? The list of possible suspects seemed long. 1 week ago:
Our turn next?
- Comment on Speak American 3 weeks ago:
On Oxford Street in London, a tourist asked me for directions to Edgware.
At first puzzled by his interest in visiting far-off social housing and knife crime, I quickly realized by his accent what he actually meant and directed him to nearby Edgware Road.
- Comment on Me when the americans invade 3 weeks ago:
Not your usual cheery self at all.
- Comment on Labour is set to formally declare it believes trans women are men, says leaked NEC paper. 3 weeks ago:
What next, Labour? Reintroduce Section 28?
- Comment on Add who shot ya by biggie 3 weeks ago:
I heard it through the grapevine
- Comment on We gonna fight 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on What are some of the worst acted main or supporting characters in a TV series you've watched? 4 weeks ago:
And he’s had 25 years to develop and improve his portrayal of that character, still all the emotional conveyance of a breeze block.
(Will still watch 90s action movies with him, though.)
- Comment on Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature 5 weeks ago:
And getting rid of regressive VAT for progressive income tax would probably be a vote winner, too.
- Comment on Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years 5 weeks ago:
Plausible deniability for when it’s discovered her accounts are controlled from Moscow?
“Oh, I must have been hacked cuz weak passwords. That’s why my account sent our classified war plans to Putin.”
- Comment on What movies have you watched this week? 5 weeks ago:
I finally got around to seeing Forbidden Planet (1956).
I thought it would be cheesy, but it actually maintained an atmosphere of suspense, thanks not only to the great cast but also to the spooky fully-electronic score.
- Comment on Father Whose Son Was Shot by Cincinnati Police Hits Deputy With Car, Killing Him 5 weeks ago:
Chief Theetge said that city police officers responded to a residential cul-de-sac on Thursday, where they found a car that had been reported stolen in northern Kentucky.
One of the four people, identified by the authorities as Ryan Hinton, had a gun in his hand, Chief Theetge said.
the officer called out that Mr. Hinton had a gun.
Mr. Hinton fell to the ground and the responding officers provided first aid, Chief Theetge said.
A firearm was recovered at the scene, the chief added. Another gun was found inside the stolen car, the police said.
And we all know how much we can trust what the police say.
- Comment on does patrick stewart’s head look like a football with a face? 1 month ago:
- Comment on Star Of ‘Six Million Dollar Man’ Lee Majors Celebrates His 86th Birthday 1 month ago:
As a kid, used to watch him in The Six Million Dollar Man, and then as The Fall Guy. But I just want to remind everyone who hasn’t seen it yet, you should go watch Ash vs Evil Dead. (From the beginning, although Lee doesn’t show up until season 2.)
- Comment on Did the western world just suddenly go back to pretending wrestling is "real" for some reason? 1 month ago:
{sneaks up behind Trump with a folding chair}
- Comment on Michael Bay And Sydney Sweeney Team On Movie Adaptation Of ‘OutRun’ Video Game At Universal 1 month ago:
{hurries to buy rights to Elevator Action}
- Comment on Michael Bay And Sydney Sweeney Team On Movie Adaptation Of ‘OutRun’ Video Game At Universal 1 month ago:
Seriously. At first I wondered if this was a gag like the Pac Man movie trailer a while back.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
whispers to border agent “Btw, I level up characters for Elon.”
Border agent waves you through.
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- Comment on Favorite B-Movies? 1 month ago:
Thanks.
LOL, just .com on the end, I wonder why my search engine just wouldn’t find it.
- Comment on Favorite B-Movies? 1 month ago:
I asked Lemmy, turns out it’s an Aerotrim
- Comment on Favorite B-Movies? 1 month ago:
Is there an effedupmovies site? All I can find are lists on other sites (Letterboxd, IMDB, Ranker etc).
- Comment on Favorite B-Movies? 1 month ago:
Jennifer’s Body was impressive enough (when I saw it on a whim years after it came out) that I looked up its writer (Diablo Cody) and what else she’d done. Which led me to Young Adult. Wow! And: Ooof! Powerful stuff.
Or as one critic put it: “Young Adult may be the year’s most engaging feel-bad movie”.
- Comment on Favorite B-Movies? 1 month ago:
Used to love watching Moviedrome, where Repo Man’s director Alex Cox would introduce some amazing cult films and what he loved about them.
- Comment on Favorite B-Movies? 1 month ago:
How did I not know this???
- Searches for “slinger” in… the usual places ;) : "Ooh boy, that’s a lot of porn!"
- Searches for “cyborg” in the usual places : “OK; now I see one or two results are ‘Director’s Cut’.”
Thanks, I’m going to check it out!
- Comment on Favorite B-Movies? 1 month ago:
During early pandemic, I watched/rewatched a whole bunch of mid-80s to late-90s action flicks (action’s heyday?) and remember Drive not just as great fun but one of a whole slew that had that same… exercise machine?
The one with three concentric rings, and you strap into the middle and spin around in all directions. I think Universal Soldier, Fortress and a bunch more had it too. I should have turned it into a drinking game, as it seemed to be crammed into every 90s sci-fi flick.
Here’s my terrible attempt at drawing what I mean.
Does anyone know what it’s called?
- Comment on Favorite B-Movies? 1 month ago:
I don’t know how Rutger Hauer went from arthouse fare like Turkish Delight to straight-to-video action flicks… but I’m damn glad he did!
Another one for the Rutger b-movie pile: Split Second.
- Comment on Favorite B-Movies? 1 month ago:
Well, there goes my next 28 free evenings!
(Well, 26. I watched Radioactive Dreams last week, and rewatched Cyborg a few months ago.)
