diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/MovieLoader.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/MovieService.cs
similarity index 88%
rename from BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/MovieLoader.cs
rename to BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/MovieService.cs
index 867752e514..b29b65dd08 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/MovieLoader.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/MovieService.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ using System.Text;
 
 namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 {
-	public static class MovieLoader
+	public static class MovieService
 	{
 		public static IMovie Load(string path)
 		{
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/bk2/Movie2.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/bk2/Movie2.cs
index 494803c25d..847c58903e 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/bk2/Movie2.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/bk2/Movie2.cs
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		public string PreferredExtension { get { return "bk2"; } }
 		public bool IsCountingRerecords { get; set; }
 
+		public bool PreLoadText(HawkFile hawkFile)
+		{
+			throw new NotImplementedException();
+		}
+
 		public SubtitleList Subtitles
 		{
 			get { throw new NotImplementedException(); }
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/interfaces/IMovie.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/interfaces/IMovie.cs
index c1b3a390de..666c54274b 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/interfaces/IMovie.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/interfaces/IMovie.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 
+using BizHawk.Common;
 using BizHawk.Emulation.Common;
 
 namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
@@ -64,6 +65,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		string GameName { get; set; }
 		string SystemID { get; set; }
 		string Hash { get; set; }
+		bool PreLoadText(HawkFile hawkFile); // Movies 2.0 TODO: find a better way to not need this
+
 		#endregion
 
 		#region File Handling API
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/tasproj/TasMovie.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/tasproj/TasMovie.cs
index b105408115..407713447a 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/tasproj/TasMovie.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/tasproj/TasMovie.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
+
+using BizHawk.Common;
 using BizHawk.Emulation.Common;
 
 namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
@@ -69,6 +71,11 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 
 		#region IMovie Implementation
 
+		public bool PreLoadText(HawkFile hawkFile)
+		{
+			throw new NotImplementedException();
+		}
+
 		public TasMovie(string filename, bool startsFromSavestate = false)
 			: this(startsFromSavestate)
 		{
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Events.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Events.cs
index 8e15c87b72..357bcda462 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Events.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Events.cs
@@ -2192,7 +2192,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			}
 			else if (MovieSession.IsValidMovieExtension(ext))
 			{
-				StartNewMovie(MovieLoader.Load(filePaths[0]), false);
+				StartNewMovie(MovieService.Get(filePaths[0]), false);
 			}
 			else if (ext.ToUpper() == ".STATE")
 			{
@@ -2232,7 +2232,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				string errorMsg;
 				string warningMsg;
 				var movie = MovieImport.ImportFile(filePaths[0], out errorMsg, out warningMsg);
-				if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(errorMsg))
+				if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(errorMsg))
 				{
 					MessageBox.Show(errorMsg, "Conversion error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
 				}
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
index e36de83340..47850c897b 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					var movie = MovieLoader.Load(cmdMovie);
+					var movie = MovieService.Get(cmdMovie);
 					Global.MovieSession.ReadOnly = true;
 
 					// if user is dumping and didnt supply dump length, make it as long as the loaded movie
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					StartNewMovie(MovieLoader.Load(Global.Config.RecentMovies.MostRecent), false);
+					StartNewMovie(MovieService.Get(Global.Config.RecentMovies.MostRecent), false);
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 		private void LoadMoviesFromRecent(string path)
 		{
-			var movie = MovieLoader.Load(path);
+			var movie = MovieService.Get(path);
 
 			// Movies 2.0 TODO
 			if (!(movie as Movie).Loaded)
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/movie/PlayMovie.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/movie/PlayMovie.cs
index 10651bdc44..ff9a15f10b 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/movie/PlayMovie.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/movie/PlayMovie.cs
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 		private IMovie PreLoadMovieFile(HawkFile hf, bool force)
 		{
-			// Movies 2.0 TODO: don't cast and find a way to load this stuff with only IMovie!
-			var movie = (MovieLoader.Load(hf.CanonicalFullPath) as Movie);
+			var movie = MovieService.Get(hf.CanonicalFullPath);
 
 			try
 			{
@@ -188,10 +187,12 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			var tas = new List<int>();
 			for (var i = 0; i < indices.Count; i++)
 			{
-				// Movies 2.0 TODO: MovieLoader could have a list of valid extensiosn to match
-				if (Path.GetExtension(_movieList[indices[i]].Filename).ToUpper() == "." + Movie.Extension)
+				foreach (var ext in MovieService.MovieExtensions)
 				{
-					tas.Add(i);
+					if (Path.GetExtension(_movieList[indices[i]].Filename).ToUpper() == "." + ext)
+					{
+						tas.Add(i);
+					}
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -296,9 +297,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		{
 			var filePaths = (string[])e.Data.GetData(DataFormats.FileDrop);
 
-			// Movies 2.0 TODO: MovieLoader could have a list of valid extensiosn to match
 			filePaths
-				.Where(path => Path.GetExtension(path) == "." + Movie.Extension)
+				.Where(path => MovieService.MovieExtensions.Contains(Path.GetExtension(path).Replace(".", "")))
 				.ToList()
 				.ForEach(path => AddMovieToList(path, force: true));
 
@@ -607,8 +607,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		{
 			var ofd = new OpenFileDialog
 			{
-				// Movies 2.0 TODO
-				Filter = "Movie Files (*." + Movie.Extension + ")|*." + Movie.Extension + "|Savestates|*.state|All Files|*.*",
+				// Movies 2.0 TODO - add tasproj in addition to default, hardcoded is fine in this case
+				Filter = "Movie Files (*." + Movie.Extension + ")|*." + MovieService.DefaultExtension + "|All Files|*.*",
 				InitialDirectory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries.MoviesPathFragment, null)
 			};