Netflix recommendations

[Reno]

...as it's HBO, it will come to Sky at some point:

'It can't happen here': the horrifying power of The Plot Against America

In a new TV adaptation of Philip Roth’s devastating 2004 novel, an alternate vision of the US shares uncomfortable similarities with today

www.theguardian.com

 

[1927]

I watched second season of Afterlife...not as good as the first. Couldn't see the point in the brother in law and the Paul Kaye character storyline.

You're the only person I've seen anywhere either on social media or IRL who has not thought series 2 was way better than series 1.

 

[Part 2]

You're the only person I've seen anywhere either on social media or IRL who has not thought series 2 was way better than series 1.

I lost my son 18 months ago. At the point I watched it, season 1 had way more to identify with than season 2. I don't expect to agree with the opinions of the general populace on very much, nevermind on a comedy about bereavement.

The brother in law storyline served some purpose in season 1 whereas every scene with the Paul Kaye character in season 2 was filler, completely pointless. And the character was shit. Head over to the afterlife thread and you'll see there's plenty of agreement on that point.

 

[Spymaster]

...as it's HBO, it will come to Sky at some point:

'It can't happen here': the horrifying power of The Plot Against America

In a new TV adaptation of Philip Roth’s devastating 2004 novel, an alternate vision of the US shares uncomfortable similarities with today

www.theguardian.com

I've found it on Kodi.

Cheers.

 

[Spymaster]

...as it's HBO, it will come to Sky at some point:

'It can't happen here': the horrifying power of The Plot Against America

In a new TV adaptation of Philip Roth’s devastating 2004 novel, an alternate vision of the US shares uncomfortable similarities with today

www.theguardian.com

I watched the first 2 episodes of this afternoon. It's very well produced and acted but bloody hell it's slow. It probably didn't help that I had buffering issues all afternoon and I'll keep going with it because it looks like it deserves more, but I have to say I'm struggling with it a bit.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Doesn’t sound like a waste of a couple of hours to me. It’s about a man who can’t stop shoving things up his arse. Brilliant. Can’t wait to see it

I'd like to see a conflation of that and The Platform.

 

[Reno]

I watched the first 2 episodes of this afternoon. It's very well produced and acted but bloody hell it's slow. It probably didn't help that I had buffering issues all afternoon and I'll keep going with it because it looks like it deserves more, but I have to say I'm struggling with it a bit.

I felt the same and on the Video/DVD thread I also complained about the first two episodes being slow. I didn’t think it the series was amazing, but it becomes more involving as it goes on and the last episode is quite tense.

 

[T & P]

A brand new Netflix limited series called Hollywood has popped up on my Netflix home page. Based around the film industry just after the end of WWII. Just watched the trailer and it looks glossy, well produced, good cast and rather appealing. Good audience ratings but rather lukewarm Rotten Tomatoes reviews so far.

hollywood netflix - Google Search

Will watch first episode and report.

 

[Orang Utan]

A brand new Netflix limited series called Hollywood has popped up on my Netflix home page. Based around the film industry just after the end of WWII. Just watched the trailer and it looks glossy, well produced, good cast and rather appealing. Good audience ratings but rather lukewarm Rotten Tomatoes reviews so far.

hollywood netflix - Google Search

Will watch first episode and report.

that's a Ryan Murphy show - he's done some great stuff but also some awful schlock

 

[T & P]

that's a Ryan Murphy show - he's done some great stuff but also some awful schlock

Ah yeah. Just looked him up. I have already spotted actors who appeared in American Horror Story and The Politician, which he was involved in.

 

[pieandmashfirm]

You're the only person I've seen anywhere either on social media or IRL who has not thought series 2 was way better than series 1.

Got to say series one for me .but all round good watch

 

[Spymaster]

New arrival called Dangerous Lies.

Don't. Just don't.

One of those where you just get annoyed because nobody would ever do what these characters do. Dumped it after 40 minutes.

 

[Orang Utan]

Same with this ultra stupid hostage rescue action movie called Extraction. Would have been a waste of two hours, but I bailed at about 45 minutes, which I NEVER do normally

 

[Spymaster]

Same with this ultra stupid hostage rescue action movie called Extraction.

Ah, ok.

I've got that on my list because of a couple of posters here recommending it. I'll sack it off.

 

[Orang Utan]

Ah, ok.

I've got that on my list because of a couple of posters here recommending it. I'll sack it off.

You might like it. It’s the sort of thing knuckle dragging numbskulls tend to favour
And it does have well co-ordinated action in a similar way to Gangs Of London, but not quite as brutal

 

[Looby]

I couldn’t get into Extraction at all and turned it off too. I love action films and have fairly low standards.

 

[Orang Utan]

I couldn’t get into Extraction at all and turned it off to. I love action films and have fairly low standards.

Me too, I have a Steven Seagal boxset

 

[Sweet FA]

It’s the sort of thing knuckle dragging numbskulls tend to favour...And it does have well co-ordinated action in a similar way to Gangs Of London

Well I'm in then. Good sell OU

 

[Part 2]

Binged Caliphate last night/this morning. I see a few others have watched it. I thought the grooming of the girls is well portrayed, a believable process. As is the way the cell operates. The cop reminded me of The Girl with the Dragon tattoo and required a bit more stretching of the imagination. I thought it might be based on cases in Sweden but it was the 3 British girls in the media here who went to Syris who inspired the story.

 

[T & P]

Same with this ultra stupid hostage rescue action movie called Extraction. Would have been a waste of two hours, but I bailed at about 45 minutes, which I NEVER do normally

I really liked it, but then I took it as an action thriller film whereby the focus should not really be on how plausible the premise or the subplots that develop might be.

I mean, John Wick is a superb and critically acclaimed action film, but if one were to judge it solely on how plausible the action that takes place was, it would immediately become the worst film in history. Ditto the Bourne films, 007, Mission Impossible and plenty of others.

I’m not necessarily saying that Extraction is as good or better than John Wick or the Bourne franchise, but it is certainly in the same league, and AFAIAC as entertaining and thrilling as either of those. I put it on expecting to be thrilling and entertaining action film, and on that regard it was fucking spot on.

Have you seen any of the John Wick films, out of curiosity?

 

[Orang Utan]

I didn't have a problem with plausibility - it's an action film. Just thought it was dull and the characters uninteresting

 

[T & P]

Ah, ok.

I've got that on my list because of a couple of posters here recommending it. I'll sack it off.

No, don’t quite yet. In short: if you liked John Wick you are far more like it to like it than dislike it.

 

[Reno]

Watched the last two episodes of Into the Night. Good fun and one of the best things about it is that every episode comes in at under 40 minutes. It's based on a Polish science fiction novel called The Old Axolotl and reading up on it, the portion on the plane which makes up the first season, is only the start of the book. If there are more seasons (and apparently this did well on Netflix) this is going to go into a weird and interesting direction.

 

[T & P]

I didn't have a problem with plausibility - it's an action film. Just thought it was dull and the characters uninteresting

Ah, fair enough. Somehow I had interpreted it your earlier post as the plot being preposterous as the main reason.

 

[Spymaster]

Watched the last two episodes of Into the Night. Good fun and one of the best things about it is that every episode comes in at under 40 minutes. It's based on a Polish science fiction novel called The Old Axolotl and reading up on it, the portion on the plane which makes up the first season, is only the start of the book. If there are more seasons (and apparently this did well on Netflix) this is going to go into a weird and interesting direction.

We're watching it now on the strength of your earlier post. Just started episode 2 and yes, it is fun.

Worth mentioning that it's dubbed though as that might put some folk off but it is at least done well.

 

[T & P]

Watched the last two episodes of Into the Night. Good fun and one of the best things about it is that every episode comes in at under 40 minutes. It's based on a Polish science fiction novel called The Old Axolotl and reading up on it, the portion on the plane which makes up the first season, is only the start of the book. If there are more seasons (and apparently this did well on Netflix) this is going to go into a weird and interesting direction.

It was certainly engaging and it keeps your attention from one too episode to the next. Went quickly and felt too short, which is something I would very rarely say about a TV series nowadays.

 

[Orang Utan]

We're watching it now on the strength of your earlier post. Just started episode 2 and yes, it is fun.

Worth mentioning that it's dubbed though as that might put some folk off but it is at least done well.

it's not dubbed if you don't want it to be

 

[T & P]

Meanwhile we’re half way through the Hollywood mini-series. While it’s not memorable or groundbreaking, it is not bad either- certainly entertaining and visually pleasing.

The sets, soundtrack, look and production values are very good, and whereas the story is predictable the overall package is more than acceptable for me. One of those cases where I’m siding far closer to audiences’ 70%+ ratings than to the critics mid-50s scores.

 

[T & P]

We're watching it now on the strength of your earlier post. Just started episode 2 and yes, it is fun.

Worth mentioning that it's dubbed though as that might put some folk off but it is at least done well.

I’d rather watch it dubbed but the other half has a limited tolerance for subtitles, certainly when we’re binge watching a series for hours.

I don’t mind the dubbed version but sometimes it makes some of the acting look bad, which of course is not the case, or alt least not necessarily the case. This of course applies to many other series as well.

 

[Reno]

We're watching it now on the strength of your earlier post. Just started episode 2 and yes, it is fun.

Worth mentioning that it's dubbed though as that might put some folk off but it is at least done well.

All foreign language series an Netflix available in their original language with subtitles or dubbed. There should be a button on your remote to choose an option.