Netflix recommendations

[Reno]

Season 3 of DARK is out.
Looking forward to that.

Dark thread here.

Dark (On Netflix)

Or torrent if you like! I'm surprised not to see a thread for this. Anybody else seen it? It's a German series and it's fucking fantastic. People are kind of calling it a Euro version of Stranger things but I'm not having that. It's more Twin Peaks and then some. I'm currently on second...

www.urban75.net

 

[Idris2002]

Just watched Space Force, which is woeful, don't bother. . . and Republic of Doyle, which is rather good. Nothing we haven't seen before (maverick ex-cop, his wife and son run private detective agency in St. John's, Newfoundland - hijinks ensue). It's chewing gum for the brain, but done pretty well. I'd say you could do a lot worse.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Just watched Space Force, which is woeful,

Really? I didn't think it was that good.

 

[Idris2002]

Really? I didn't think it was that good.

I thought you were an "it's all good, man" man. Man.

 

[Artaxerxes]

I'd never connected that to Freaks but it's certainly a lot better.

Its the trailer "kid loves alone with creepy dad convinced the enemies are going to harm them" so I kind of just assumed.

I don't normally do superhero films (also can we not call it science fiction because no science is involved in this film)

 

[Reno]

Its the trailer "kid loves alone with creepy dad convinced the enemies are going to harm them" so I kind of just assumed.

I don't normally do superhero films (also can we not call it science fiction because no science is involved in this film)

Since when do science fiction films need to be plausible ? The emphasis is on "fiction"

 

[Spymaster]

Has anyone watched Unauthorized Living yet?

A lightweight Spanish drug baron caper that's kept us amused for a few days. It's certainly more Eastenders than Narcos but it's nicely filmed with some fun characters, and the storyline is a bit silly but quite engaging (drug lord gets Alzheimers and tries to straighten out his business affairs before he loses his faculties completely).

 

[girasol]

Very good Mexican film, broke my heart, but the ending was more upbeat than I expected...

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A terrible misunderstanding with a local gang sends 17-year-old Ulises, leader of a group hooked on cumbia music, across the border to save his life.

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In the mountains of Monterrey, Mexico, a small street gang named "Los Terkos" spends their days listening to slowed down cumbia music and attending dance parties, showing off their outfits, hairstyles and gang alliances. These different bands of disaffected youth refer to themselves as Kolombianos, combining the Cholo culture with Colombian music. Ulises Samperio (17), the leader of Los Terkos, tries to protect his friends from the nefarious elements of a quickly evolving drug/political war, but after a misunderstanding with a local cartel, he is forced to leave for Jackson Heights, Queens, a diverse immigrant community in New York City. Ulises tries to assimilate, but when he learns that his gang and the whole Kolombia culture is under threat, he questions his place in America and longs to return home.

 

[Thora]

Watched the first couple of episodes of Dark and am relying heavily on Wikipedia to keep track of who is who in which timeline and which reality. Feels like there are about 200 characters

 

[Reno]

Disclosure, documentary about the representation of transpeople on film and tv and it was very good. I hope not just people who are LGBTQ+ (and I especially mean you, dear cis heterosexual men) will watch this.

 

[Aladdin]

Deadwind season 2 coming Wednesday.

 

[Spymaster]

The Woods. New Harlen Coben series set in Poland. There are a couple of plot holes towards the end but they're not big enough to spoil the show and overall it's a very good mystery with a good twist. Darkly atmospheric Polish woodlands and towns and the main actors are outstanding. Echoes of The Break, so one for Mrs Miggins but probably not Mr.Bishie

 

[Mrs Miggins]

The Woods. New Harlen Coben series set in Poland. There are a couple of plot holes towards the end but they're not big enough to spoil the show and overall it's a very good mystery with a good twist. Darkly atmospheric Polish woodlands and towns and the main actors are outstanding. Echoes of The Break, so one for Mrs Miggins but probably not Mr.Bishie

Oooh cheers! I need something new to watch.

 

[5t3IIa]

Watched Eurovision Song Contest: Fire Saga last night. Stupid but I enjoyed it. I have a weakness for Will Ferrel

 

[LDC]

Just watched, and can recommend, Operation Finale, a film about the mission to get Adolf Eichmann from Argentina to Israel for trial.

 

[Spymaster]

Just watched, and can recommend, Operation Finale, a film about the mission to get Adolf Eichmann from Argentina to Israel for trial.

Excellent film

 

[Chz]

Watched Eurovision Song Contest: Fire Saga last night. Stupid but I enjoyed it. I have a weakness for Will Ferrel

It really gets it. The only sour note is that a real Eurovision crowd would have cheered wildly when they got back on stage, and every single performer backstage would give them a hug.

 

[5t3IIa]

It really gets it. The only sour note is that a real Eurovision crowd would have cheered wildly when they got back on stage, and every single performer backstage would give them a hug.

Oh yes, absolutely. The defeaning silence after the hamster wheel incident was 100% wrong! I loved the tiny door slam near the end

 

[Aladdin]

Dark thread here.

Dark (On Netflix)

Or torrent if you like! I'm surprised not to see a thread for this. Anybody else seen it? It's a German series and it's fucking fantastic. People are kind of calling it a Euro version of Stranger things but I'm not having that. It's more Twin Peaks and then some. I'm currently on second...

www.urban75.net

Ok.. so I know there's the other thread in another reality
But I just want to sing the praises of this series.
Really brilliant.
Best ending I've seen in a long time in sci fi.
Wish it wasn't over.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Watched Eurovision Song Contest: Fire Saga last night. Stupid but I enjoyed it. I have a weakness for Will Ferrel

Pleasantly silly, or perhaps more sillily pleasant

Not really any bad guys in it, really (apart from maybe the dude better known as the coke fiend Swedish Bond ), as this review in Forbes alludes to:

Spoiler

It’s a relatively upbeat and optimistic musical extravaganza, one that features another terrific comic turn from Rachel McAdams, offers a gif-friendly supporting role for Dan Stevens and takes the time to explicitly de-villainize both would-be romantic rivals (Stevens and Melissanthi Mahut).

 

[5t3IIa]

Pleasantly silly, or perhaps more sillily pleasant

Not really any bad guys in it, really (apart from maybe the dude better known as the coke fiend Swedish Bond ), as this review in Forbes alludes to:

Spoiler

It’s a relatively upbeat and optimistic musical extravaganza, one that features another terrific comic turn from Rachel McAdams, offers a gif-friendly supporting role for Dan Stevens and takes the time to explicitly de-villainize both would-be romantic rivals (Stevens and Melissanthi Mahut).

Oh yes, I like that review (and now I have to watch Semi-Pro) It’s hard to think of it as a musical as they kept (obvs) banging out the same song over and over but the performances were so good, and it’s the Ferrel ‘open hearted’ thing that’s so great. I mean, at least pitched perfectly for the level of it all. Amy Rachel McAdams, the Americans , the dangly bells knight from Night at the Museum It often takes an adjustment of expectations that Ferrel stuff isn’t going to be sneer-comedy and a lot of his stuff is actually joyous kid’s movies with swearing.

edit: to address your bolded bit - I was waiting for the psychosexual drama to turn dark but it turned out OK.... though I am sure they cut (for length jfc what a marathon) a few is-he-isn’t-he scenes with the backing dancers. IMO they could have kept them (or whatever my imagination has conjured up) and cut the Greek lady whispering to the Russian gentleman stuff.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

All I've got to say is....Ya ya! Ding dong!

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I can't stop singing it 5t3IIa

 

[5t3IIa]

I can't stop singing it 5t3IIa

PLAY IT I DONT CARE I HATE YOU YA YA DING DONG

 

[Chz]

Oh yes, I like that review (and now I have to watch Semi-Pro) It’s hard to think of it as a musical as they kept (obvs) banging out the same song over and over but the performances were so good, and it’s the Ferrel ‘open hearted’ thing that’s so great. I mean, at least pitched perfectly for the level of it all. Amy Rachel McAdams, the Americans , the dangly bells knight from Night at the Museum It often takes an adjustment of expectations that Ferrel stuff isn’t going to be sneer-comedy and a lot of his stuff is actually joyous kid’s movies with swearing.

I described it, in tone, as being Elf: The Musical.

 

[equationgirl]

New series of unsolved mysteries is very good -but only six episodes released just now. Another six to be released an at unspecified later date.

 

[T & P]

We finally got to start watching Giri/Haji, which I’d been told it was great by multiple sources but I’d been postponing for some reason.

Three episodes in and fucking loving it. It deserves a wider audience and greater public awareness.

 

[Part 2]

Disclosure, documentary about the representation of transpeople on film and tv and it was very good. I hope not just people who are LGBTQ+ (and I especially mean you, dear cis heterosexual men) will watch this.

Well I'm your target audience and watched it last week. My son also recommended it.

I thought it was excellent. Although I've probably had more than the average person's exposure to transpeople through work I've done the discussion has moved on so much. 20 years ago I took a lad to the Tavistock clinic when he was asking about 'a sex change'...I'll hold my hands up and say I remember having the discussion with other workers about why he felt the need to aspire to looking like a female model. The film does a really good job of answering that question.

Loads of films I've never seen and it was really interesting to hear people's experiences and see the support for others in the community. A really positive and important documentary.

 

[Aladdin]

I'm recommending DARK.
Its brilliant


Oh...repeating myself.
Must be a glitch in ze matrix.

 

[sojourner]

Watched the first couple of episodes of Dark and am relying heavily on Wikipedia to keep track of who is who in which timeline and which reality. Feels like there are about 200 characters

We're planning to watch it later so I'm about to have read up on the first 2