wiskey
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I have to have words on for BBC things because I just can't hear the dialogue over the background otherwise.
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We haven’t had S3 yet!Got to the end of Cobra Kai.
I really enjoyed this..loved all the 80s tracks.
And it looks like there will be a fourth season.
Like seemly countless other people I wasn’t even aware of this series until Netflix bought it- or of YouTube Red or whatever the fuck it’s called. Amazing how important platforms are when it comes to public awareness. You wonder how many more excellent series most of us have missed altogether because they were shown in a lesser platform.
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Finished Ratched. It’s not great, and certainly not as good as AHS, but it’s not bad, and certainly not awful as a few reviews had suggested. They did the same with Ryan Murphy’s previous series, Hollywood, which was rather meh but still okay and certainly nowhere near the unbelievably bad reviews a few of the critics gave it. Perhaps Murphy is not a likeable guy in person or something
The cast is great and the show is visually stunning, amazingly so, and that alone makes it worthwhile. I was surprised with the overall plot and the tone though. Although there is of course some, it is far less gory or violent than the trailer hinted at. And humorous at times. There’s also a lot of secondary character development and screen time. I was rather underwhelmed by the ending though.
The cast is great and the show is visually stunning, amazingly so, and that alone makes it worthwhile. I was surprised with the overall plot and the tone though. Although there is of course some, it is far less gory or violent than the trailer hinted at. And humorous at times. There’s also a lot of secondary character development and screen time. I was rather underwhelmed by the ending though.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
I got a months free youtube premium trial to watch the first series then used my brothers details to have a second free trial for series 2. None of the other content was worth paying for. Premium removes ads, but you can do that for free with adblock plus anywayWe haven’t had S3 yet!
Like seemly countless other people I wasn’t even aware of this series until Netflix bought it- or of YouTube Red or whatever the fuck it’s called. Amazing how important platforms are when it comes to public awareness. You wonder how many more excellent series most of us have missed altogether because they were shown in a lesser platform.
FridgeMagnet
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After a while of finding everything on Netflix slow and dull, I've been really enjoying Cobra Kai. The central conceit is funny, the performances are good, and I like the structure which is both a parody of and a homage to the 80s films (sure that's been done before but they do a decent job mixing the two aspects up - it's not as straight as, say, Stranger Things).Got to the end of Cobra Kai.
I really enjoyed this..loved all the 80s tracks.
And it looks like there will be a fourth season.
The main thing though is that it feels like one of the few Netflix shows where they actually have enough plot to fill all the episodes, as opposed to the usual "Netflix sag" that happens after a few where it's clear they're just stretching things out until maybe something interesting happens at the end of the series if you can be arsed to watch that long. I've found it so common - and friends of mine agree - that I was wondering whether I should even bother watching anything any more as maybe I wasn't the target audience.
Absolutely.
You've put that very well.
I just couldnt stop watching. Went through all 3 seasons in 4 days.
It was great
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TBF to Netflix they’re by no means the only ones to do this. Funny how many TV series (or seasons thereof) all happen to have 10 episodes, and how often at least a couple of them in the middle feel like inconsequential fillers.
I know the financial pressures of the TV series are a primary factor in that industry, but the drive to commit to a certain minimum amount of episodes must impede the true creative flow of scriptwriters. Imagine if writers were forced by their publishers to make every book they wrote 500 pages long come what may.
Reno
The In Kraut
Anyone remember when all US TV seasons used to run for around 24 episodes and half of them were crap ? I recently tried to rewatch all of The X-Files, one of my all time favourite shows, but I found it hard going because of all the episodes which were filler. After two seasons I just skipped through my favourites.
The current model of 6 to 13 episodes is a lot better. I generally don't find modern drama series too slow, apart from the ones which are rubbish anyway.
The current model of 6 to 13 episodes is a lot better. I generally don't find modern drama series too slow, apart from the ones which are rubbish anyway.
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Enjoying it a lot as an entertainment vehicle. Not quite a kiddies film but not a proper grownup film either. Lots of fourth wall breaking a la Fleabag, which perhaps was a bit heavy at the beginning but then quietens down.
Millie Bobby Brown is great in it, what bright future in acting surely awaits her. Sherlock Holmes however was the most insipid, boring portrayal of the character ever, even if admittedly he was a minor character in this story.
But overall a perfectly enjoyable film.
That's how the modern novel was invented (basically). e.g. Charles Dickens' novels first came out serialised in magazines so he just had to fill x amount of words every 2 or 4 weeks.
Serial (literature) - Wikipedia < early Netflix boxsets
Technology always drives the form of creative works, not the other way around!
(I knew an english degree would come in useful at some point in my life)
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girasol
Addicted to handstands!
I didn't really like Ratched. Just didn't click, despite beautiful interiors and costumes, or the cast. It was like a lame AHS and the music was too much at times (they toned it down as it progressed).
It just made me think of 50s and Hitchcock but not in any enjoyable way.
Edit: I deliberately didn't come here or read others' opinion on Ratched until after I watched and wrote this. Interesting others commented on the excessive dramatic music, it was the first thing that spoiled it for me and, yeah, the characters just didn't click somehow. It felt forced. AHS Asylum did it much more gripping and visceral. A real shame.
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It is definitely better in that respect now. But now that streaming platforms- which of course don’t rely on advertisements for income- are ever more prominent, I would also like to see slightly shorter episodes than 50- 55 minutes.
Not for every series of course, but depending on the pace and genre in question. I find 55-minute episodes of a lot of good series, even those of genuine quality and well written, a tad too long and sometimes a drag.
And just as series with seasons of 20+ episodes often had filler episodes as you pointed out, such long episodes sometimes have scenes that don’t advance the story, are irrelevant and seem to be there to fill some time.
editor
hiraethified
I've just watched it. It's as light as a piece of airborne fluff, but a pleasant enough ride nonetheless.
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For much of it, certainly at the beginning, it felt like a kiddies’ film. But apart from the fact that it is not marketed as that there is some violence later that while not particularly bad at all for adults or even teens, would certainly be out of place in a children’s film.
Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
Have you heard of www.justwatch.com ? It basically aggregates listing for all (legal) streaming services. The filter for genre and year are pretty good, and you can sort by 'newest additions'. Tbh when I'm in a dedicated film zone, I only ever browse justwatch.
I think I've mentioned it before, but I find the (seemingly) fragmentation of threads on here a touch sub optimal (Netflix vs BBC vs Prime...). If you have access to multiple streaming services, then its like having a separate thread per 'TV channel'
Harks back to the era of separate Radio (BBC) and TV (ITV) Times magazines!
There is a slight joy in the 'shit UI's' of streaming services, in that it reminds me of Saturday nights in the video rental shop. Purely judging what to watch that night on the strength of the back cover blurb...That, in modern money, is a textbook 3.5/10 on IMDB (but with one recognisable actor in). And boy did I rent some crap films (amongst the good stuff!)
If you're disciplined (i.e. don't check imdb/rotten toms), and turn off the alarm bells/spider senses that ring 'hmm, I've not heard of this film, despite the stellar cast, surely it can't be that bad, maybe its an undiscovered gem...'
...followed up with 'when will I learn?' two hours later
passenger
up and down...
Really good film mad, nuts, and crazy loved it.Brand new film The Devil all the Time has just landed after a short limited cinema release. Good cast and generally favourable reviews but it sounds grim as fuck (also part of the professional reviewers’ criticisms of it). Has anyone checked it out yet?
The Devil All the Time (film) - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
Thanks for the heads up.
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
It’s a film for the youngest fringe of the YA audience, and some older children. 10-15 year olds. Particularly clever, slightly geeky girls.
I found it refreshingly so.
It certainly was different and not what I expected. Definitely not heavy weight stuff but yes, enjoyable.
It felt like the start of a series to me...maybe it will progress to being one.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Here, you might know the answer to this one. Was there ever an X-file episode dealing with cattle mutilation?
I know this is a "niche" question, but I was just thinking the other day about how the cattle mutilation mythos was comparable to (or even homologous with?) witchcraft beliefs of the kind Evans-Pritchard documented among the Azande.
Reno
The In Kraut
Not that I remember, though cattle mutilation is of course part of UFO-lore (alongside anal probes).
There was an 80s science fiction film called Endangered Species, about a male and a female cop investigating cattle mutilations. It had a bit of an X-Files vibe.
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Finally got to watch it. I’d been putting it off because it sounded properly fucked up, but whereas there are of course some dark themes and violence, it’s not nearly as bad as I’d thought it was going to be.
Pretty good overall and good performances. Keeps you guessing as to the direction it’s taking for much of the film.
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