#but like. this is not a streaming service this is an ARCHIVE it is a LIBRARY do you know how to use a LIBRARY

[hotvintagepoll]

which streaming service has the most vintage movies? If you don't know, maybe your followers could answer? 🙏

Ooh hoo hoo you asked and I'll answer!!

I actually made a post like this for the hot men tournament, but I can't find it now so I'll do it again from scratch. The short answer is that I don't know of any one streaming service that has all the old vintage movies—but most streaming services have a "classics" genre category that can get you started. Here's a small selection of what you can find on different streaming services:

TUBI (free):

The Adventures of Robin Hood (Olivia de Havilland)

A Streetcar Named Desire (Vivien Leigh)

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Jane Powell, Julie Newmar)

North by Northwest (Eva Marie Saint)

The Music Man (Shirley Jones)

The Women (Norma Shearer, Rosalind Russell, Joan Crawford, Joan Fontaine, Paulette Goddard, several other hotties in small parts)

The Philadelphia Story (Katharine Hepburn, Ruth Hussey)

Notorious (Ingrid Bergman)

Bell, Book, and Candle (Kim Novak, Elsa Lanchester)

The Talk of the Town (Jean Arthur)

Dark Victory (Bette Davis)

KANOPY (free through some libraries):

Dial M for Murder (Grace Kelly)

His Girl Friday (Rosalind Russell)

Ball of Fire (Barbara Stanwyck)

Black Orpheus (Marpessa Dawn)

Flower Drum Song (Reiko Sato, Nancy Kwan, Miyoshi Umeki)

Marriage Italian Style (Sophia Loren)

The Rose Tattoo (Anna Magnani)

Tokyo Story (Setsuko Hara)

War and Peace (Audrey Hepburn, Anita Ekberg)

Salt of the Earth (Rosaura Revueltas)

Metropolis (Brigitte Helm)

The Red Shoes (Moira Shearer)

HOOPLA (free through some libraries):

The Court Jester (Angela Lansbury, Glynis Johns)

Sunset Boulevard (Gloria Swanson)

A Place in the Sun (Elizabeth Taylor)

Barefoot in the Park (Jane Fonda)

The Barefoot Contessa (Ava Gardner)

Wings (Clara Bow)

YOUTUBE (has a lot of older movies that have slipped through copyright/are still up for some reason):

Charade (Audrey Hepburn)

Story Weather (Lena Horne)

Gilda (Rita Hayworth)

Rebecca (Joan Fontaine)

This entire playlist of Indian cinema that I just found (Madhubala, Waheeda Rehman, Nargis, Meena Kumari, etc.)

And that's just a small sample. There is also always your local library for physical DVDs, the Internet Archive, and....other methods.....if you know exactly what you're looking for.

I haven't seen all of these movies, so don't consider them personal recommendations—these are just famous movies with our hotties in them, so please be careful if you have trigger warnings. Good luck and have fun!

#asks #old movies #hotvintagethoughts

[badolmen]

“The only time it’s okay to pirate is when something isn’t available to buy. Otherwise it’s wrong and bad.” Babe how are you going to watch something when it becomes unavailable if people weren’t pirating it before it became unavailable.

#ra speaks #personal #piracy #don’t get me wrong there’s nuances to piracy but like #but like. I’m sorry pirate archiving SHOULD happen when something is still legally available. #I just. I can’t see the logic in this. maybe it’s like ‘oh the people who OWN copies they PAID for should redistribute via piracy once it’s #unavailable’ but like. the point is a lot of media isn’t OWNED anymore. you pay to rent and view it nowadays. there’s no file or dvd. #just an internet connection to some streaming service’s server. and if they decide to pull the plug you aren’t getting that media back #no matter if you paid to ‘buy it’ #I am. so eepy. ‘‘twas a long cold day of comdef monitoring. goodnight.

[ecoamerica]

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[s0fter-sin]

wow so watcher just singlehandedly killed their channel

#i get wanting to ensure your company is profitable but moving everything onto a streaming service aint it chief #we are in a cost of living crisis and you want people to pay for another service? #when most are cancelling the ones they already have? #what are they thinking #‘we wanted to keep the price low enough to make it affordable for everyone’ whos everyone? i cant afford 60-72 dollars a year #and thats in usd #for me thats 93-112 bucks a year and thats not happening #how they didnt just start with a channel membership is beyond me #this was such a short sighted and out of touch idea #and theyve already started archiving their videos which makes the whole thing feel so disingenuous #and moving everything off youtube will mean theyll have no subscriber growth bc how are people supposed to discover them? #the comments on the video are so cordial everyone is saying this stuff by the hundreds #so heres hoping they roll it back #even their reasons for it being they cant do bigger production shows bc of their budget #people dont watch you for the production #i for one was a little put out when they started overproducing their shows it felt like they were trying to hard #its always been about their personalities #i just cant believe they didnt think this through #coming out of my cage and ive been doing just fine.txt #hey there demons it’s me ya boy #watcher #buzzfeed unsolved #shane madej #ryan bergara #steven lim #ghoul boys #ghost files

[emeraldbabygirl]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT I FOUND CROWS ZERO ON INTERNET ARCHIVE @jaejoongs-nipple-piercing @straysugzhpe maybe Drop is on there both the original and the one with Binzo. Maybe I can find the other dramas I’ve been looking for there too. MAYBE THE LIVE ACTION MY HAPPY MARRIAGE IS ON THERE MAYBE

#crows zero #crows zero explode is there I think too #drop #my happy marriage #MAYBE EVEN MORE HIGH & LOW TINGZ TOO! #oh bless sites like tubi and internet archive and others that allow free watching #streaming service just ain’t it

[novantinuum]

ahhhh lmafo i see it’s once again the season of stupid ass crit posts about AO3 being run purely by donations, and also stupid ass posts that assume that people donating to AO3 because of their love and appreciation for it is somehow taking away support from other charities and donation drives

#this always gives off vibes of that meme that is just like... 'terrible! local man is having a fun time while 11 year old girl #from states away is missing' #like in my mind... #quite frankly people donating to AO3 are doing so as if they are paying for Entertainment #as if it's a podcast subscription or streaming service #they're saying thank you for the work the site owners do at keeping this archive away #this is barely an overlapping cause with charities at all in terms of where most folks are coming from... donating to it #so all these posts just come across as super bitchy to me #jen rambles

[hopecomesbacktolife]

I’m not going to reblog the post itself because I don’t want that behavior on my blog, but oh my god I just saw a post about “looking for fics about your favorite character on ao3” and good lord the amount of bad takes both in that post and in the notes?? I have to just ramble about this for a moment because oh my god. it was ludicrous.

people were complaining that, and get this, unfinished fics exist. and that if you read an unfinished fic you’ll have to, get this, wait to read more until it’s published next. they were allll up in arms that there’s fics for a character that don’t cater to their specific interests. that they involve other characters and either do/don’t put them in a romantic relationship when they want the opposite for the character.

like at this point, most of you people in the notes on that post are 1) just being mean and condescending about FREE WORKS you can, may I remind you, READ FOR FREE and EXIT at ANY time! if you don’t like it!, don’t read it!, it’s so simple!, and 2) straight up do not know how ao3 works lmao

like I saw soooo many people in the notes complaining about a certain ship, dynamic, tag, etc, and like… y’all know you can filter by romantic vs platonic pairings, by ratings, by excluding certain tags or other qualifiers, etc etc etc… you know about ao3’s actually incredibly usable filtering and searching system… right… right??

at this point I’m just convinced a lot of these people are spoiled by large fandoms with 100k+ works for their characters and have decided to just be mean and condescending for no reason on main, about literally free fan works you can read for free any time that people spend hours and hours pouring their free time into out of sheer love for their craft. cuckoo bananas behavior if you ask me 🫠

I was legit so close to commenting that maybe they should try shipping two characters with <10 fics, with 0 fics, try liking a rare pair, try hyperfocusing on a character or niche type of fandom with a tiny but lovely circle of fans, and stop treating fan works and fic as Content TM that they deserve to have handed to them that caters to exactly what they want for free and maybe they’ll calm down lmao

like y’all aren’t cool you’re just being mean. we fundamentally approach fic in wildly different ways and honestly the way you do sounds exhausting. literally could not be me, I’m to busy finding joy in shared love for characters and not flipping the table in a rage because there’s one (1) element of the fic that isn’t specifically catered to me, maybe try that and you’ll feel better, hmm?

and yeah I’m aware that last sentence is me being condescending towards them, but frankly it’s warranted when so many people are being that mean and haughty for no reason lmao but truly those takes were horrific. fellow fic writers and even fellow fic readers I interact with, am mutuals with, authors whose works I read, readers who comment and interact with my works, fans of niche fandom subsets that run in the same circles as me— I hope you know this is so wildly not how I approach fics, I love just finding fics for my characters and forming these lil communities where we share our interests and love for them and hype each other up. I love what we have in these fandom niches and I hope you know I would never dream of being so mean and condescending towards y’all. fic writers and readers and fan communities are so special and I cherish it even if clearly there’s people in the notes on that other post who don’t know how to do that lmao. I love your unfinished WIPs, I love your fics that may only partially be what I’m looking for, I love when you write characters in a way I wouldn’t expect but shows your love for your particular headcanon, I love the variety and diversity and variance in fic. I love us. genuinely. fic writer moots I am hugging all of you and I frequently reread your works, even the unfinished ones. ♡

#personal #god this turned into a rant but sometimes I’m just shocked by how.. mean and condescending and holier-than-thou some people can be about fic #about works people write FOR FREE because they LOVE a character/ dynamic/ etc so much they can’t NOT let that love pour out into a fic tjat #once again you can READ FOR FREE HELLO #like god. maybe those people need to try not being a condescending bench (to quote Eleanor) and maybe they’ll feel better and be able to ac #tually participate in the wonder and joy and delight that is fan communities and fic communities idk man #I’m convinced some of it is people being spoiled by large fandoms and also not knowing how ao3 works at all #but like. this is not a streaming service this is an ARCHIVE it is a LIBRARY do you know how to use a LIBRARY #hello??? if you don’t like a book you can return it and borrow another???? not scribble in the margins about how you don’t like it??? #like literally w h a t. #unhinged behavior and not in a cute way. #being mean isn’t cute it’s just being mean. condescension won’t magically make your dream fic scenarios appear. sorry (not sorry tho) #anyways. there was no way in hellllll! I was going to reblog that post and bring that whole mess to my blog. so instead. making my own post #(somewhat like people who can’t find fic they want could also just make their own but yknow 🤭💋) #anyways fellow fic writers and readers I interact with and am friends with ily ily and pls know I never think of your works like that in a #million years ok ❤️❣️❤️ I’m sorry some people are Mean I’m so glad the people I know who are fic writers + readers aren’t like that ty ty

[shoechoe]

i was worried my mom would find it weird that i wanted to buy DVDs in 2023 but not only did she help me out but she also bought me a new portable DVD player. neat

#rambles #not jojo related #personal #we have DVD players laying around but they are quite old and mom didn't know where they were lol #i remember having a portable DVD player when i was little. i think i got in trouble for trying to put rocks in it #i really do like DVDs and we have quite a few of them still in our shelves but my parents have streaming services now so we don't use them #i have always been sort of repulsed by the idea of using streaming services for watching anything though #i really do not like the idea of all media not being ownable and instead being on streaming services that can delete media when it wants #of course i definitely DON'T just pirate things most of the time (totally definitely not) #anyway in this particular instance i got DVDs of invader zim (shocker) #particularly because the IZ DVDs have special commentary from the showrunners and voice actors #the commentary isn't available on anything else and i could only find some of them on youtube and on internet archive #so the DVDs i will get... i need to listen to that commentary god damn it #i looked into the DVDs and not only do they have commentary but also episode animatics and even an option for IRKEN subtitles?? #i didn't even know irkens had a whole developed language tbh... #DVDs can be so cool with the artwork and custom screens and special features... so much cooler than streaming services really

[magentagalaxies]

paul bellini just sent me a full recording of the lowest show!!!!! (aka the buddy cole show scott did after he was firebombed which had a brief toronto run and was supposed to open off broadway in nyc on 9/11)

#oh i am SO excited to watch it #i considered it ''lost media'' for so long but thankfully paul bellini has a massive archive of kith related stuff he videoed over the year #and also side note apparently scott thompson is passionate about preserving lost media too which is awesome #while we were at lunch on tuesday he asked bruce and paul if they knew how to get a physical copy of the amazon season #just so there would be a record of it in case anything happens to it on the streaming service #like hell yeah we stan a media preservation KING

[thewomaninlilywhite]

broadway cast albums make me delusional because i treated myself to a $50 itunes gift card before my vacation and i was anticipating being able to get like max 2 albums but i bought a BUNCH of stuff

#ride the cyclone #hunchback musical #chromatica #diamonds and dancefloors #a bunch of non album singles so i can both support my girl ava and stop listening to them on youtube under shoddy wifi at work #we're thriving folx #also yes i still use itunes fight me it's marginally better financially for artists than streaming services plus i don't like change #and indila isn't on spotify -- or at least not parle a ta tete or ainsi bas la vida -- and neither is finding neverland ???? #and probably some other stuff i routinely listen to #ignore me #let's chat #summertime archives

[notallthosewho-wanderarelost]

Prompted by this post about the Internet Archive lawsuit and the mention of libraries and digital books:

On the subject of libraries and ebooks, something that I found so shocking when I heard about it is how ebook lending works for libraries. (Though this isn’t controlled digital lending, which was mentioned in the post. CDL is when a library basically takes a physical copy of a book, digitizes it, and loans that copy out digitally only- basically subbing in a digital book for the physical one. This is how libraries get ebooks to loan out via an app like Libby.) For libraries, ebooks don’t work like physical books. A library can’t just buy a copy of an ebook and then lend that out indefinitely like they could with a physical version of the book. For a library to be able to lend out an ebook, they pay for their patrons to be able to access the ebook, not for the ebook itself.

Usually a library pays to be able to lend out a digital copy of a book for X number of years, or for Y number of times it’s borrowed, whichever comes first. For example- and I’m spitballing here because I don’t know any numbers for ebook purchasing- for 2 years or 100 checkouts. After that, the library would have to pay again for that same ebook title (1 copy of it) to keep lending it out. And to add to the problem of having to repeatedly purchase access to ebooks, this purchase is much more expensive than buying a physical copy of the same book.

It’s kind of like an extension of the issue where subscribing to a streaming service of any kind doesn’t give you any ownership of content the way a physical copy or even a file download would. What you’re actually paying the streaming service for is access to their content- not the content itself.

#anyway. this is only slightly connected to the internet archive bc digital books but the internet archive is FANTASTIC #and now you learned a thing #should also say that I’m in the us; unsure if this applies the same everywhere around world; it may not #libraries #ebooks #all of this is why I like to own things #if you own something- it can’t be take from you just because the streaming service removes it from its catalogue or something #if you really like something- get physical copies #or at least download files if it’s something that has them and you don’t want or can’t have physical copies

[comas-are-for-sleeping]

but anyway YEAH. media is WEIRD. my brother and i were talking abt it because he's like everything just sucks now. movies. tv. nothing has the heart that all the old shows do. voltron sucked ASS mcu shows are ENTERTAINING but are bare minimum emotionally deep and often just mine comics for their storylines and graphics instead of coming up w anything innovative, etc. he's studied film since he was younger than me and has passed on the analysis but mostly his thing is just like. where is the naruto. where is the kung fu panda, three act emotional arc, leading the main character to an epic role in their world via long hardships and trials that aren't boring, and like. the Emotions. the HOPE and optimism. yk? capitalism has sucked everything dry of meaning and it absolutely monumentally sucks

yeaaaah you know what you're right about marvel shows I dont read the comics but the ms marvel show is really just a watered down version of those (I've only seen the first three episodes tho so maybe not). HER POWERS WERE SO MUCH MORE COOL IN THE COMICS???

ok ok ok but!! have you seen our flag means death?? it is. a masterpiece. well ok. my sister hated the humor but she didn't even watch a whole episode and she's very picky. and supposedly the first episode is hard to get through (I loved it though). but!! taika waititi is in it/directed it and it's really just a lovely silly show about queer pirates fucking around and getting in trouble with England. And?? I learned that it's actually vaguely based on the truth? The main character (Stede Bonnet, Gentleman Pirate) did co-captain with Blackbeard for a year?? Absolutley fascinating?

but yes capitalism is terrible that's why I only listen to podcasts

well ok and ig sometimes i binge shows like hbo's titans but. eeeeh

#and oh back on the mcu the romance between sylvie and loki? horrifying #we need more movies like the studio ghibli classics tbh #and also there are a lot of shows (like stranger things) that are really good and then they get wildly popular and start being less true #to like the characters and plot and stuff #this whole vecna megaplot seems... not like it was the original plan?? i mean. a little bit *I guess* but also #it could have been *hinted* at better I think #like in the magnus archives!! the major arc was known right from the very start and with tv shows they just. can't do that #bc streaming services don't give them an upfront amount of seasons #or they keep wanting more even if the plot lines have all been mostly tied up #like idk if you know the show elite? it's being dragged waay out and *yes* it's still enjoyable but also... the characters have changed #and not in fun character arc ways they just feel untrue #ask #caps tw #loumingju #pen and ink

[finitevariety]

this is utterly earnest nonsense but one of the best things about writing is going on a journey through old media and communities and finding entirely new stories to fall in love with

#the flickr archive trawls have been a trip #in service of one throwaway tom line i have gone down an absolute rabbithole and am having a ball #gnawing away on old and often rural lgbt history #bfo deez nuts #haarping on #i've like one and a half scenes to get out of stream-of-consciousness but im enjoying myself too much to want to stop lol

[titan-wolfdog]

to whoever archived Ergo Proxy in its entirety, in Japanese, with good Spanish subs, im gonna kiss you with tongue

#i've been planning a rewatch only to find out Netflix took it off the streaming platform #i hate streaming services so much #crunchyroll doesn't have it either and i wanted to scream #SO THANK YOU RANDOM PERSON IN LIKE 2017??? FOR ARCHIVING IT????? #my bad apparently it was in 2021 but still

[emilypemily]

I know Disney has more money than god and does whatever the fuck they want and can’t be stopped but it does seem insane to me that they would also do the ‘remove films/series from Disney+ almost immediately and wipe them from existence for probably tax reasons’ thing when it feels like to me one of the original selling points of Disney+ was that it was more like an archive than other streaming services and would keep like, all Disney content there

#i say this as someone who doesn’t pay for it but like #it seems ridiculous to me that no streaming services work like archives like there is just no media reservation in this modern age

[mortalityplays]

You need more free art.

I quit my job yesterday. Well, actually I quit my job eight weeks ago, but they finally released me yesterday for good behaviour. Don't get me wrong, I love what I do - but I do it for the wrong reasons. Working for major charities, you learn very fast that 'I want to make the world a better place' is a phrase you use to ask people for money, not to give them things. I was an ass-backwards fit for that world.

You need more free art. I need more free art. Everyone has felt the shift in our media landscape over the last ten years, away from access and towards nickel-and-diming the human experience. That lack of access is making life and culture worse for all of us, across the board. Paywalled news sites leave us less informed, attacks on the Internet Archive leave us less capable of research. Algorithmic social feeds and streaming walled gardens trap us inside smaller and smaller demographic bubbles, where we are increasingly only likely to encounter ideas that have been curated for us by marketing departments. Hasty efforts to resist AI commodification have only led to more artists locking their work away and calling for even more onerous systems of copyright law. This is not good for us.

We all need more free art.

So what am I going to do about it?

This is a question I have been asking myself for years. It's easy to sit here feeilng frustrated and thinking 'boy I hope SOMEONE does SOMETHING'. It's harder to take action in a world where I still have rent to pay. But hard doesn't mean impossible. Sometimes hard just means time-consuming, frustrating and slow. And sometimes it's worth doing something time-consuming, frustrating and slow because...I want to make the world a better place.

I'm going to do this:

1. From April 1st, I am relaunching as a freelance writer and editor.

This is the one that will (hopefully) help to pay the bills. I am a very good and experienced editor. I've worked on hollywood movies, I'm a member of the Chartered Institute of Editors and Proofreaders, I have clients who have been coming to me exclusively for more than 10 years.

Alongside bigger contract jobs, I am going to refocus on offering my services to small-press creators at a reduced rate. That means you, graphic novelists. That means you, itch and amazon writers. I want to help you develop your work, the same way I help large organisations. You can learn more about what an editor even does and what kind of pricing you can expect here.

2. I'm also going to start giving shit away. Like, constantly.

Next week I'm going to launch a new free shop. If you're unfamiliar, a free shop, giveaway shop, swap shop, etc. is an anarchist tradition of setting up a storefront where anyone can take what they like for no cost. Offline, this often means second-hand clothes, tools, furniture, food etc. Online, I am going to be giving away digital art. Copyright-free, no strings attached. It will (eventually) feature everything from print-res posters to zines, poems, tattoo flash, t-shirt designs and anything else we come up with.

Yes, I said 'we' - while this is a curated collection, it will feature work from a variety of credited and anonymous artists and activists, all of whom have agreed to give their work away to the public domain. Some of it will be practical, some of it will be political, but a lot of it will be decorative or personal. This is, in part, a response to recent difficulty I had finding somewhere that would print a one-off joke poster for a friend that featured the word 'faggot'. Enough. No middlemen - no explaining ourselves. Just print our shit and enjoy it.

I'm very, very excited about this project. I'll have more to say about it closer to the launch, but you can expect it to go live on March 27th.

2.2 I forgot to mention the ACTUAL LAUNCH GIVEAWAY

To celebrate my launch, I am going to be giving away a ton of physical prints. When I went looking for my old stock to see if it was worth setting a new (paid) storefront up, I realised I had way more old work in storage than I thought. This will be announced in its own right on Monday, but this is why I've been hinting you should go follow my Patreon.

On April 1st, I will pick 8 random patrons (from across all tiers including non-paying followers!) and mail them a bundle of assorted prints and postcards. The prize pool includes A3 and A4 posters, packs of A6 postcards, and printed minicomics that I've previously sold for up to £12 each.

You don't have to be a paying subscriber to enter - this is strictly no-purchase necessary. It is purely and entirely a celebration of the concept of GIVING ART AWAY FOR FREE.

3. PORN, YOU PERVERTS

Because I still have to pay to stay alive, I am going to be subsidising all this free art with the introduction of Fuck You Fridays. Starting from March 29th, I will drop a new 18+ short story on the last Friday of every month, over on itch.io (yes I know my page is desolate right now, don't worry I'll get there).

The first edition, Go Fuck Yourself, is about, well - telling your boss where to stick it. Julia has had it with her millionaire man-child manager, and is just about ready to let him know what she really thinks. It's a short and steamy 5k words, with a gorgeous cover illustration by @taylor-titmouse, and you can pick it up for $3 starting from March 29th.

4. ANOTHER BIG SURPRISE

I'm keeping this one under wraps for now, but April 1st will also play host to one more (FREE) launch. If you've been following me for a long time, you might remember the other significance of this date (no not April Fool's day, though that is certainly thematically relevant to this entire effort). That's all I'll say right now. Watch this space.

tl;dr: I'm sick of paywalls and career ladders. I'm literally putting my money where my mouth is. More free art for everyone and I'm not kidding around!!!

#announcement #please reblog let's make this HAPPEN

[misterradio]

this is like the sequel to the wompkees christmas special in my brain. which i watched on a vhs recording but i really have no idea how i watched farkleberry farm. maybe on a vhs but i have no idea where it would be. explodes and when the dust clears i am tucked into bed

#original nonsense #personal #gril i have never needed to watch a sh-tty kids cartoon SOOOOOO bad #wopkees is something else i agonized over for forever and then randomly found it. and then i helped someone else find it yay <3 #wah i am so excited GRRR GRRR but it is time 2 sleep and this movie is nigh ungoogleable. #< but it is on one streaming service so i will probably get a free trail of that ... soon #i would really like to put it on the internet archive but i have no video recording/ripping programs. heuuh.h.. #okay well this is problems for another day im whipping myself into a frenzy here.......................... bye