Netflix recommendations

[DaveCinzano]

Rake is very good. Three seasons on Netflix now

Heartily recommend, though season 3 starts a little off the boil.

 

[colbhoy]

Friday Night Lights is a great series, about the Dillon Panthers, a High School football team based in Dillon, Texas. Very engrossing teen/football drama and it is about much more than just football.

 

[Jon-of-arc]

smartflix is down - "cancelling all subscriptions" (no mention of a refund). Glad I only paid for a month.

Smartflix

 

[Spymaster]

smartflix is down - "cancelling all subscriptions" (no mention of a refund). Glad I only paid for a month.

Smartflix

I didn't do that cos I was too stoned the couple of time I responded to the pop-ups and fucked up my payment authoristion. Nice.

 

[Jon-of-arc]

I didn't do that cos I was too stoned the couple of time I responded to the pop-ups and fucked up my payment authoristion. Nice.

Had a look on Facebook and there's some talk of refunds there. Notable by its absence on the front page of their site though.

E2a, looking at the refund policy, they say year long subs will be refunded within 30days of payment, which is roughly what I heard on FB.

Scummy.

 

[Spymaster]

You get your money back but they're still wankers.

 

[Vintage Paw]

They themselves were advising people to take the monthly sub. They've been nothing but decent, is what I've seen. They were silent for a while when they first went down because it's not exactly helpful to announce to Netflix what they were doing to circumvent the latest block, or even whether they expected to be able to do it. They're caught between a rock and a hard place really.

 

[Jon-of-arc]

They themselves were advising people to take the monthly sub. They've been nothing but decent, is what I've seen. They were silent for a while when they first went down because it's not exactly helpful to announce to Netflix what they were doing to circumvent the latest block, or even whether they expected to be able to do it. They're caught between a rock and a hard place really.

It was probably just incompetence/overconfidence to think they could get away with this after netflix announced the crackdown. But until they start refunding at least a fair percentage of people who paid for a year but got 31+ days (who currently get nothing - according to their policy, at least), they are still, in my book, a bit scummy.

 

[High Voltage]

And now Netflix are putting their monthly price up - granted, it's not exactly a wallet bursting increase, but having just lost Smartflix and now being limited to UK Netflix . . . Hmmmm! Not a happy bunny

Apart from the tax dodging Amazon service and stealing - what other options are there - Now TV - limited and I'm unclear if it's in any way linked to the evil Murdoch empire

 

[chandlerp]

Now TV is very linked to Murdoch, given as it's basically Sky without the dish

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Guardians of the Galaxy is now on it for those strange people who've not see it already...


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[High Voltage]

Now TV is very linked to Murdoch, given as it's basically Sky without the dish

Thank you - I'd kind of figured that out from the "small print" on the Now TV website - Oh well, another one I won't use

 

[DaveCinzano]

Scarecrows is now on UK Netflix - first caught this about ten years back during The Great DivX Streaming Site Golden Age, and it stood out among the video nasties and generic genre hackery as something with real chops

Scarecrows (1988 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[DexterTCN]

Season 7 of Archer now available

 

[kittyP]

Anyone been watching Spotless?

Two French guys cleaning crime scenes in London.
It's a bit comedic but dark and I'm quite enjoying it.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Anyone been watching Spotless?

Two French guys cleaning crime scenes in London.
It's a bit comedic but dark and I'm quite enjoying it.

A couple of episodes in, and so far pretty enjoyable

 

[Ms T]

This is he:
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I used to change his nappies!

Wow! I love him in the show.

 

[Reno]

Stranger Things is getting great reviews and will be available from the 15th. It's a TV series done in the style of a late 70s/early 80s Spielberg/John Carpenter film, starring Wynona Ryder. Got a new Netflix trial which I will use to watch this.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

 

[kittyP]

Stranger Things is getting great reviews and will be available from the 15th. It's a TV series done in the style of a late 70s/early 80s Spielberg/John Carpenter film, starring Wynona Ryder. Got a new Netflix trial which I will use to watch this.

Really liking it so far. On episode two.
Really good retro feel.
Like if any of the Steven King stuff they made into TV in the 80s had actually been good

 

[CNT36]

Lots and lots of Star Trek.

 

[Vintage Paw]

I've watched the first 2 episodes of Stranger Things. Love the opening music and the font they used. Everyone's right when they say it feels like Spielberg, Carpenter, etc. You've got elements of ET (kids riding their bikes, and hiding eleven in the basement), The Goonies (the kids again), Nightmare on Elm Street (the teenagers, the stretchy wall - and Ryder of course!!), and all sorts of little nods to various films or at least styles of films.

The end of episode 2 was pretty scary! Looking forward to more.

 

[Orang Utan]

I've watched the first 2 episodes of Stranger Things. Love the opening music and the font they used. Everyone's right when they say it feels like Spielberg, Carpenter, etc. You've got elements of ET (kids riding their bikes, and hiding eleven in the basement), The Goonies (the kids again), Nightmare on Elm Street (the teenagers, the stretchy wall - and Ryder of course!!), and all sorts of little nods to various films or at least styles of films.

The end of episode 2 was pretty scary! Looking forward to more.

All produced by Aaron Spelling or Glenn R. Larson! I'm loving it too. Totally 80s like you say.
Loving the font of the intro titles, just like Rockford Files, Manimal, Heart To Heart

 

[Orang Utan]

Kid actors in it are wonderful

 

[fucthest8]

Stranger Things is getting great reviews and will be available from the 15th. It's a TV series done in the style of a late 70s/early 80s Spielberg/John Carpenter film, starring Wynona Ryder. Got a new Netflix trial which I will use to watch this.

It's fantastic. A complete pastiche and almost entirely predictable yet completely compelling. Pacing is perfect, actors are great, story is satisfying. There are so many ways it could have gone wrong, which makes it even more amazing that it worked. Brilliant.

As always though, I fear for Season 2

 

[fucthest8]

Oh and Finn Wolfhard. I wish I was called Finn Wolfhard.

We had a Grant Steele at work for a while. I like to think he got called back to his old 00 job.

 

[poului]

This upcoming show The Get Down looks like it could be fun.

 

[High Voltage]

Bait - British made film - revolves around a loan shark and how he terrorises the community - it's really brutal watching - I'm just hoping that there's lots of funny out takes shown as the credits roll, but somehow I don't think there will be

 

[Fez909]

This upcoming show The Get Down looks like it could be fun.

This look ace. Probably deserve its own thread for the extra HYPE

Favelado - looks right up your street this, mate.

 

[chilango]

Went to see a selection of films from the Banff Mountain Film Festival last night.

The absolute standout, and one of the best films I've seen in a long, long time was Unbranded.



I also really enjoyed A Line Across The Sky

Unbranded is now on Netflix.