Ultrathread I: Thread of the Year - 2014

[Skinner]

Wolf creek, rogue, black water, the reef. Australian horror has had it's moments

Wolf Creek is still a cracker

 

[Rhino_NQ]

I can do his laugh pretty good. Has creeped out many

 

[Dani]

Seen Wolf Creek once. Not been able to watch it again

 

[Skinner]

Seen Wolf Creek once. Not been able to watch it again

Yep, scared the bejaysus out of me

 

[Twizzle]

and then there was that classic, Welcome to Woop Woop

 

[whall15]

Yet you have shows like:
- Game of Thrones
- The Walking Dead

Which pull in a rather good viewer base in Australia...

On PayTV they pull about 100k iirc which whilst good for Pay TV, it isn't great.

Even if you double that number through torrents, usenet and other downloads it still isn't very high.

 

[Joker's Wild]

Double? lol

The Torrents alone coming from Australia would be 10x that

 

[RHCP]

A lot of people don't have Showcase or whatever channel they play it on, it isn't one of the "basic" channels or whatever (I don't know how they do it all now).

I watch all the episodes online.

 

[Johns Magic]

Did anyone here like Snowtown?

Wolf Creek, Snowtown and Animal Kingdom...Australia's film success the last 5 or so years has been pretty reliant on "true-story" serial killer stories. Which are right up my alley to be honest but it seems to be the way to go in Aus at the moment.

 

[whall15]

Double? lol

The Torrents alone coming from Australia would be 10x that

It's nowhere near that high.

http://torrentfreak.com/game-of-thrones-premiere-triggers-piracy-craze-140407/

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Did anyone here like Snowtown?

Wolf Creek, Snowtown and Animal Kingdom...Australia's film success the last 5 or so years has been pretty reliant on "true-story" serial killer stories. Which are right up my alley to be honest but it seems to be the way to go in Aus at the moment.

Another reason I don't watch Aust films, hate horror.

 

[Johns Magic]

Another reason I don't watch Aust films, hate horror.

I don't like horror per-se but I am a pretty huge serial-killer/crime buff. Animal Kingdom is one of my very fave movies and I loved Snowtown. Wolf Creek was a bit more fictional/ridiculous so I didn't like it as much.

I watched Snowtown in the cinema with a few mates who were mostly pretty squeamish but I thought it was gripping. I'd read up absolutely everything I could about the Snowtown case for the best part of a decade so when they announced the film I couldn't wait to see it and I thought it delivered. All the local actors(a few of the main ones plucked off the streets of Snowtown itself by the director when visiting the area) did a really good job and I thought Henshall as Bunting was outstanding.

Definitely a polarising movie though so was wondering what others thought of it. As much as I loved it I don't know if I would watch it again...one of those movies where once is enough.

 

[Alba]

Look both Ways was another very good Australian film. I loved Round the Twist, fantastic show, you wouldn't get a kids show like that any more.

Speaking of early 00's SBS, Life Support, John Safrans Music Jamboree, now they were very good, clever TV shows I thought.

I LOVED Round the Twist! Now I have the song stuck in my head!

I'm not much of a fan of Australian tv, but I really enjoyed that new show Love Child. I hope it comes back for a second season.

When I was younger, Hey Dad was my fav. Also, A Country Practice! It just seems now, that most Aussie tv, is overloaded with people that cannot act. Maybe it was always like that? Maybe I just didn't notice.

 

[muzby]

the moodys, both the christmas series and the regular one, are absolute classics..

clever humour..

 

[thorson1987]

Did anyone here like Snowtown?

Wolf Creek, Snowtown and Animal Kingdom...Australia's film success the last 5 or so years has been pretty reliant on "true-story" serial killer stories. Which are right up my alley to be honest but it seems to be the way to go in Aus at the moment.

Snowtown was great IMO.

Haven't watched Animal Kingdom yet

 

[thorson1987]

I LOVED Round the Twist! Now I have the song stuck in my head!

I'm not much of a fan of Australian tv, but I really enjoyed that new show Love Child. I hope it comes back for a second season.

When I was younger, Hey Dad was my fav. Also, A Country Practice! It just seems now, that most Aussie tv, is overloaded with people that cannot act. Maybe it was always like that? Maybe I just didn't notice.

The guy who played Bronson is a massive douche now apparently.

 

[Red Bear]

there was about 3 bronsons

 

[Joker's Wild]

House Husbands is about the only Australian content I watch right now

Please dont judge me

 

[thorson1987]

there was about 3 bronsons

The first one I think it was

 

[Red Bear]

I watch Clarke and Dawe