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Intense Sci-Fi Movie
Feb 14, 2024 07:41:02   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Imagine this realistic scenario. NASA gets its samples of Martian soil back on earth, and they start examining it for signs of life. They are able to reanimate a microbe. What could go wrong, right?

In this film, the experiments are wisely conducted on the space station to keep anything harmful far from earth. As I said, it's intense.

"Life" on Prime (now with 30-second commercials).

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Feb 14, 2024 07:47:18   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
Go wrong, go worng, ...

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Feb 14, 2024 08:15:45   #
barneyanne Loc: Alabama
 
We watched it last night (for the 3rd time). Good movie.

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Feb 14, 2024 10:25:54   #
flyboy61 Loc: The Great American Desert
 
I HATE those ***** commercials! I won't watch a movie with them, no matter how much I like it! Doesn't seem to have stunted my growth, either!

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Feb 14, 2024 11:16:19   #
PhotogHobbyist Loc: Bradford, PA
 
flyboy61 wrote:
I HATE those ***** commercials! I won't watch a movie with them, no matter how much I like it! Doesn't seem to have stunted my growth, either!


I just looked into it. I have the very basic Prime subscription and the movie is only available to buy or rent for me. If I rent it ($3.99) I would presume there are no commercials.

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Feb 14, 2024 11:29:41   #
pj81156 Loc: St. Petersburg, FL
 
Or, pay extra and get it commercial free.

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Feb 14, 2024 13:25:16   #
RiJoRi Loc: Sandy Ridge, NC
 
jerryc41 wrote:
Imagine this realistic scenario. NASA gets its samples of Martian soil back on earth, and they start examining it for signs of life. They are able to reanimate a microbe. What could go wrong, right?

Shades of "The Andromeda Strain"!
And weren't the corpses in "Night of the Living Dead" reanimated by an X-T effect?

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Feb 14, 2024 15:11:09   #
flyboy61 Loc: The Great American Desert
 
PhotogHobbyist wrote:
I just looked into it. I have the very basic Prime subscription and the movie is only available to buy or rent for me. If I rent it ($3.99) I would presume there are no commercials.


Gonna have to try that! Thanks!

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Feb 15, 2024 07:58:44   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
PhotogHobbyist wrote:
I just looked into it. I have the very basic Prime subscription and the movie is only available to buy or rent for me. If I rent it ($3.99) I would presume there are no commercials.


I find it annoying that I have to pay for Prime, and I have to buy or rent a movie, or I have to watch frequent commercials. I can't recall the last time I watched an ad-free movie on Prime. I'm certainly not going to pay more to avoid them. Of course, Amazon can do whatever it wants. For me, the main benefit of Prime is the free shipping.

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Feb 15, 2024 13:59:42   #
fantom Loc: Colorado
 
flyboy61 wrote:
I HATE those ***** commercials! I won't watch a movie with them, no matter how much I like it! Doesn't seem to have stunted my growth, either!



I tried watching something the other day and the ads were three to four minutes apart.
To heck with it, there is more to life than being scammed, used and abused by serial greednicks.

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Feb 15, 2024 15:22:08   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
fantom wrote:

I tried watching something the other day and the ads were three to four minutes apart.
To heck with it, there is more to life than being scammed, used and abused by serial greednicks.


Right, and that's the trend. Longer commercials and more of them.

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Feb 15, 2024 15:29:58   #
fantom Loc: Colorado
 
jerryc41 wrote:
Right, and that's the trend. Longer commercials and more of them.


That only works if people watch them---but consumers in the US will probably continue to be used and abused. Would be great if viewers would wake up and find other sources of amusement and eventually the Amazonians and other streamers would get the message.

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