Netflix recommendations

[krtek a houby]

Maybe another channel already has a Dr Who deal. Like we don't get parks and rec, because prime has it, because another channel had it before that and prime got in before netflx on re-negotiation. Japan gets adventure time season 5 and 6 and the US 1 and 2, the UK has a Cartoon Network deal with Now TV so we get nothing.

I did notice in general that western films that had a fairly wide Japanese release always seemed to come out on DVD first, and were far cheaper than usual home grown Japanese DVDs.

Prime has Doctor Who but only the first few seasons, which have watched enough over the years.

The price of DVDs is shocking, only time I buy them is old bw films which you can occasionally find dirt cheap.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Prime has Doctor Who but only the first few seasons, which have watched enough over the years.

The price of DVDs is shocking, only time I buy them is old bw films which you can occasionally find dirt cheap.

Last few years second hand book off prices (round my in-laws way anyway) have been next to nothing. 50-100 yens for a lot of stuff. . . though I have not bought anything since up on poppy hill (500yen two or three years ago).

I do remember doctor who being a bit problematic when I used to visit Japan at Christmas time. I can't remember what I did to get around it. Don't think I used a VPN, I think I just waited for it to appear (almost immediately) on one of the dodgy websites (which seemed to work far better in Japan, less pop ups and weirdness).

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Watched quite a weird thing called 'haters back off'. Comedy but quite painful to watch. I can't quite decide yet if I loved it or hated it. Seems to have been a series based on a you tuber. I thought it was Australian, (because of the look and the accents) but apparently it is American.

Also watched Tammy, which despite a nice bit of star power from Susan Sarandon as a granny to Melissa McCarthy, (if you go by their actual ages gran would have had mum at 14 and mum had Tammy at 10. . . And what with Sarandon still looking great, it's a bit unbelievable). . . . It's a bit shit.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Watched quite a weird thing called 'haters back off'. Comedy but quite painful to watch. I can't quite decide yet if I loved it or hated it. Seems to have been a series based on a you tuber. I thought it was Australian, (because of the look and the accents) but apparently it is American

Actually, five minutes into ep 2 and I'm out.

 

[Red Sky]

Just watched "Top Boy" . Pretty good. Only confusingly it turns out it's Season 3 and that seasons 1 and 2 are on Netflix as Top Boy:Summerhouse.

 

[mod]

Two good films I’d recommend....

The Endless Trench
The king of staton island

 

[Me76]

Two good films I’d recommend....

The Endless Trench
The king of staton island

Can't see the king of station island on mine. Are you out of UK or using a vpn?

 

[T & P]

Fans of Guillermo del Toro’s animated series Tales of Arcadia will be interested to know there’s a brand new spinoff mini series called Wizards available from today. Has some of the characters from the main series as well as some new ones.

 

[Orang Utan]

Can't see the king of station island on mine. Are you out of UK or using a vpn?

It's on Prime here for the price of £13.99 - I'd wait a bit

 

[8115]

I watched The King of Straten Island on Amazon for about £3-4. It's really good.

 

[Orang Utan]

It's King Of Staten Island btw

 

[Me76]

Oh. We're on a Netflix thread. So that's where I was looking.

 

[mod]

Can't see the king of station island on mine. Are you out of UK or using a vpn?

Sorry. It’s called

King Of Staten Island

 

[Me76]

Yes, that was autocorrect on my phone but I still can't see it on Netflix.

 

[8115]

It's probably not on Netflix, it's very new. It was scheduled for a cinema release during lockdown but got released on demand instead. I think people made a mistake discussing it on this thread.

 

[T & P]

Not a recommendation but a general Netflix usage comment. The built-in Netflix app that comes with our Virgin Media service has suddenly stopped working, and rather than wasting time trying to fix it we decided to access it through Now TV's built-in app.

It turns out their app is more advanced than Virgin's. It has more features/ lists, and even offers an auto play preview of any film or series you land on. So if you watch Netflix on your TV through Virgin's app, you might want to check your TV, DVD player, games console or streaming service's own Netflix app as it might be way better.

 

[Sweet FA]

Just watched "Top Boy" . Pretty good. Only confusingly it turns out it's Season 3 and that seasons 1 and 2 are on Netflix as Top Boy:Summerhouse.

The first 2 series are excellent.

 

[Reno]

Trying to get into The Umbrella Academy but not feeling it two episodes in. Is this getting better ? Even the "hip and irreverent" superhero stuff feels overfamiliar by now and I don't care much for the characters.

 

[8115]

Went excitedly to Netflix, Sex and the City! I see a long autumn stretching out ahead of me, watching all the episodes, revisiting the past. To my dismay it's only the films. Gutted.

 

[T & P]

Trying to get into The Umbrella Academy but not feeling it two episodes in. Is this getting better ? Even the "hip and irreverent" superhero stuff feels overfamiliar by now and I don't care much for the characters.

Yes, I was feeling the same way but they've saved the best bits and all the action (and the humour & light relief bits) for the latter episodes. It gets markedly better and more thrilling from the halfway mark, so stick with it if you liked S1.

 

[moonsi til]

Went excitedly to Netflix, Sex and the City! I see a long autumn stretching out ahead of me, watching all the episodes, revisiting the past. To my dismay it's only the films. Gutted.

Ooh you had me all excited there! I want to watch them all again too.

 

[8115]

Ooh you had me all excited there! I want to watch them all again too.

They're on Prime

 

[harpo]

Just binged Robert Redford's The West. Docudrama about Jesse James, Crazy Horse, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp etc. Addictive!

 

[Reno]

Yes, I was feeling the same way but they've saved the best bits and all the action (and the humour & light relief bits) for the latter episodes. It gets markedly better and more thrilling from the halfway mark, so stick with it if you liked S1.

I've only just started season 1.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Just watched "Top Boy" . Pretty good. Only confusingly it turns out it's Season 3 and that seasons 1 and 2 are on Netflix as Top Boy:Summerhouse.

All the k3wl kidz did that

 

[Chz]

Yes, I was feeling the same way but they've saved the best bits and all the action (and the humour & light relief bits) for the latter episodes. It gets markedly better and more thrilling from the halfway mark, so stick with it if you liked S1.

I got up to Ep.5 and gave up. It's not bad, it's just not interesting. At the time, I thought I'd watch it instead of Russian Doll that everyone was going on about, and that was definitely a mistake.

 

[Reno]

I got up to Ep.5 and gave up. It's not bad, it's just not interesting. At the time, I thought I'd watch it instead of Russian Doll that everyone was going on about, and that was definitely a mistake.

Yup, I think I'll skip Umbrella Academy. Doesn't help that I just watched the last season of Dark, which also is about averting an apocalypse revealed by time travel.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Yup, I think I'll skip Umbrella Academy. Doesn't help that I just watched the last season of Dark, which also is about averting an apocalypse revealed by time travel.

I gave up after a couple of episodes. It didn't grab me and I have a rule now not to persevere if things don't grab me afer a couple of episodes. Life is too short and it's only a TV show.

 

[8115]

I'm tempted by Selling Sunset. I'll report back.

 

[Lorca]

Anyone seen the new Monkey reboot - worth getting netflix for? Used to love the original with Monkey flying around on his pink cloud and the badly overdubbed sound; the book by Wu Cheng En is great as well. Suspect this new version will be poor, alas!