Netflix recommendations

[chilango]

Worth watching it all, there's so many twists & turns, a bit of a emotional roller coaster.

Watched more of it and am still really suspicious of it (well, Gervais really - exemplified by his insistence that everybody says "cunt" at every possible opportunity) the supporting cast is good though and it is strangely watchable.

 

[Micro]

Has anyone watched Dirty John: The Dirty Truth? I know there’s a drama series but I was in the mood for a doc.

I’m a third of the way through and not getting what the big whoop is. He’s manipulated and threatened a bunch of women, which is awful, but not seeing how it’s a doc and a series worth. Is it worth sticking with?

The journalist guy is getting on my tits as well. Seems like a real snivelling little asshole.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Watched more of it and am still really suspicious of it (well, Gervais really - exemplified by his insistence that everybody says "cunt" at every possible opportunity) the supporting cast is good though and it is strangely watchable.

Things change, but I am not going to spoil it by saying more.

One thing that bugged me was it being based around a small town local free newspaper, which didn't seem to have any advertising staff, yet had a photographer, which even most paid-for weekly local papers don't have in this day & age.

 

[chilango]

Things change, but I am not going to spoil it by saying more.

One thing that bugged me was it being based around a small town local free newspaper, which didn't seem to have any advertising staff, yet had a photographer, which even most paid-for weekly local papers don't have in this day & age.

Watched it all now.

Am still very unsure about the whole. Left a pretty bad taste in the mouth overall for me

Also my fave character didn't even make to the final episode

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Watched After Life. I enjoyed it.

Had some good laughs, was maudlin and simplistic about big issues, with a healthy dose of misanthropy.

A bit like me really.

 

[sojourner]

Behind the curve: excellent documentary about the flat earth movement.

There's a cracking meme thingymabob which states that the earth cannot possibly be flat, because cats would have kicked everything off it by now

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Things change, but I am not going to spoil it by saying more.

One thing that bugged me was it being based around a small town local free newspaper, which didn't seem to have any advertising staff, yet had a photographer, which even most paid-for weekly local papers don't have in this day & age.

The other half of the room is the advertising staff, no? - philomena cunk and the others who don't speak. That bit's realistic - editorial one side of the room, sales the other, sales generally dressed a lot smarter.

I liked this a lot more than I thought I would. The dog is possibly my favourite character, mind. Gorgeous dog.

 

[danny la rouge]

Started watching something called Frequency. It’s about a New York cop who can speak to her dead Dad on CB radio. It’s like Quantum Leap does the Killing (in New York). But not done for laughs.

The set up is a bit daft. The origin story is all a bit Freaky Friday, but aside from the Zoltar-meets-Frankenstein moment, it’s an intriguing concept, and the actors play it well. The relationship between the Dad and daughter is well drawn. Her best friend is played by Lenny from Nurse Jackie.

It’s not high art, but it is high concept, it has its moments, and is an enjoyable watch. It’s binge-worthy, so long as you’re not looking for the next TV classic. (There’s only one series and it was made in 2016, so I’m guessing it was cancelled after the first run).

What can I say? 7/10, but with enough interesting ideas to keep me watching.

 

[chandlerp]

It got cancelled due to low ratings, then was reprieved and then I think it got cancelled again

 

[danny la rouge]

It got cancelled due to low ratings, then was reprieved and then I think it got cancelled again

It has the ingredients of a cult programme, so it may even get a second lease on Netflix (I don’t think it’s made-for-Netflix).

 

[chandlerp]

I just looked it up. It was cancelled and then they made a movie to give closure to the story so make sure the movie is also there.

 

[danny la rouge]

I just looked it up. It was cancelled and then they made a movie to give closure to the story so make sure the movie is also there.

Cheers. I’m afraid to Google programmes I’m currently watching in case I accidentally see spoilers.

 

[Reno]

I just looked it up. It was cancelled and then they made a movie to give closure to the story so make sure the movie is also there.

Frequency was also based on a movie from 2000. For the series they changed the son to a daughter. It was reasonably well received then, though I don’t remember much about it.

Frequency (film) - Wikipedia

 

[Orang Utan]

I just looked it up. It was cancelled and then they made a movie to give closure to the story so make sure the movie is also there.

No, the movie came first and they made a tv series from it

 

[Reno]

No, the movie came first and they made a tv series from it

They also made a TV movie to wrap up the series when it got cancelled.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Has anyone watched Dirty John: The Dirty Truth? I know there’s a drama series but I was in the mood for a doc.

I’m a third of the way through and not getting what the big whoop is. He’s manipulated and threatened a bunch of women, which is awful, but not seeing how it’s a doc and a series worth. Is it worth sticking with?

The journalist guy is getting on my tits as well. Seems like a real snivelling little asshole.

Same! I think something a bit nastier happens at the end but I got so bored of it I stopped paying attention. I got quite annoyed at the suggestion that being a drug addict was literally the worst thing anyone could possibly be.

The main woman's daughter talked in such a strange way that it really irritated me as well. They portray her as a right little stuck up rich bitch in the drama series (which I had on as background noise on Saturday).

 

[Thora]

Drama series was better than the doc (think it started as a podcast?) - the series was not at all flattering in its portrayal of the daughters

 

[Micro]

The main woman's daughter talked in such a strange way that it really irritated me as well

I knooow, right? Every word was soooo weighted. There was juust, like, nooo focuuus to what she was sayyying.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I knooow, right? Every word was soooo weighted. There was juust, like, nooo focuuus to what she was sayyying.

You should watch at least a bit of the drama series just to see what they do with her as a character

 

[Patteran]

Watched it all now.

Am still very unsure about the whole. Left a pretty bad taste in the mouth overall for me

Also my fave character didn't even make to the final episode

Agree about the lingering bad taste - not because it was pushing edgy boundaries or taboos, but because of what it revealed so shamelessly about the writer/director/star. I thought it was astonishingly narcissistic. Gervais broadcasting his unpleasant, self-centred, self-indulgent fantasies. How liberated he'd be if his partner died (featuring his real partner's name on the gravestone), how sharp his scripted responses to twitter arguments about god with scripted idiots, how butch his subtly racialised vigilanteism, how loveable he'd be once unburdened. How ruddy, bloody brave communing with prostitutes & junkies. Jesus in a girdle & a v-necked t-shirt. Worst thing I've seen since 'Brent On The Road' when he pleaded with his audience to love the musician he pretended he was parodying.

 

[Idris2002]

Agree about the lingering bad taste - not because it was pushing edgy boundaries or taboos, but because of what it revealed so shamelessly about the writer/director/star. I thought it was astonishingly narcissistic. Gervais broadcasting his unpleasant, self-centred, self-indulgent fantasies. How liberated he'd be if his partner died (featuring his real partner's name on the gravestone), how sharp his scripted responses to twitter arguments about god with scripted idiots, how butch his subtly racialised vigilanteism, how loveable he'd be once unburdened. How ruddy, bloody brave communing with prostitutes & junkies. Jesus in a girdle & a v-necked t-shirt. Worst thing I've seen since 'Brent On The Road' when he pleaded with his audience to love the musician he pretended he was parodying.

I

I hate him.

Didn't someone on here, year's ago, say she'd known him in real life, and it's not an act, he really is like that?

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Caught up with "Abducted in Plain Sight" this afternoon

Fucking hell, not sure what to say. Just so wrong and so strange in so many ways.

 

[Kaka Tim]

anyone else watching Rebellion? - drama about the birth of the irish republic. Seen first two episodes - really good - gritty, unsentimental and (to the best of my knowledge) historically accurate.

 

[Sue]

Caught up with "Abducted in Plain Sight" this afternoon

Fucking hell, not sure what to say. Just so wrong and so strange in so many ways.

Think every single person who's commented on it here has used the term 'fucking hell'. It's absolutely incredible in the unbelievable sense.

 

[campanula]

Um, would anyone mind pointing me to a couple of films for rampant insomnia...so not too thrilling, or requiring much thinking, but not dull enough so I am back where I started, chewing my fingernails at 4.15am, too knackered to do anything 'cept loll about in gloom.
Fyre was one of my insomniac choices...but as I was practically levitating in glee, there was no forty winking to be had.

 

[iona]

anyone else watching Rebellion? - drama about the birth of the irish republic. Seen first two episodes - really good - gritty, unsentimental and (to the best of my knowledge) historically accurate.

Watched the first series recently, not started S2 yet.

 

[Cid]

Um, would anyone mind pointing me to a couple of films for rampant insomnia...so not too thrilling, or requiring much thinking, but not dull enough so I am back where I started, chewing my fingernails at 4.15am, too knackered to do anything 'cept loll about in gloom.
Fyre was one of my insomniac choices...but as I was practically levitating in glee, there was no forty winking to be had.

Have you watched the Dirty Money series?
Icarus

 

[campanula]

Have you watched the Dirty Money series?
Icarus

I haven't watched anything, tbh, apart from Maniac and Hill House (and Fyre)at the behest of offspring, cos I am rubbish at sitting still and concentrating - it's only because lying still, wide-awake in the dark is worse than watching stuff on a screen...so pretty much a Netflix virgin

 

[Cid]

I haven't watched anything, tbh, apart from Maniac and Hill House (and Fyre)at the behest of offspring, cos I am rubbish at sitting still and concentrating - it's only because lying still, wide-awake in the dark is worse than watching stuff on a screen...so pretty much a Netflix virgin

Dirty money is a series of docs on major financial arsery of recent years; VW emissions, HSBC laundering, Payday loans (US), the maple syrup theft and... Trump I think. Icarus is a doc about doping in cycling which takes a fairly major turn that I won't spoil. Difficult to say why I'm recommending them, I think they just get through their subjects well. Don't take much effort to understand, but are still interesting and well made.

 

[campanula]

Thanks, Cid - both sound just the ticket.