Netflix recommendations

[spanglechick]

Yebbut. Naked Sean Bean.

 

[Epona]

I am vaguely aware that the film divides opinion, but I finally got around to watching Ready Player One and thoroughly enjoyed it, just the sort of nonsense I love

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I enjoyed The Dig but I did think it suffered a little from trying to shoehorn drama into what is a pretty dry subject.

 

[Epona]

I enjoyed The Dig but I did think it suffered a little from trying to shoehorn drama into what is a pretty dry subject.

How in the motherloving hell do you think archaeology and Sutton Hoo is "a pretty dry subject"?

And yes, this is the hill/barrow/burial mound I am prepared to die on

 

[krtek a houby]

How in the motherloving hell do you think archaeology and Sutton Hoo is "a pretty dry subject"?

And yes, this is the hill/barrow/burial mound I am prepared to die on

Needs more Indiana Jones?

 

[Mrs Miggins]

How in the motherloving hell do you think archaeology and Sutton Hoo is "a pretty dry subject"?

And yes, this is the hill/barrow/burial mound I am prepared to die on

Don't get me wrong - I am very interested in it but it is a pretty dry subject for a film - hence all the drama that had to be shoehorned in. I would have loved to have seen more about the actual archaeology.

 

[krtek a houby]

I enjoyed The Dig but I did think it suffered a little from trying to shoehorn drama into what is a pretty dry subject.

Dusty, too. But if its like The Detectorists, might just dig it.

 

[chandlerp]

No-one does.
you turn the VPN OFF to watch Netflix.
But remembering to do that (after killing your torrent programme) before watching, is the issue here.

You don't need a VPN on to use torrents, once you've grabbed the torrent file from any blocked sites you no longer need the VPN

 

[fishfinger]

You don't need a VPN on to use torrents, once you've grabbed the torrent file from any blocked sites you no longer need the VPN

You don't need to use a vpn when torrenting, unless you want to avoid getting copyright infringement notices from your isp.

 

[Stig]

You don't need a VPN on to use torrents, once you've grabbed the torrent file from any blocked sites you no longer need the VPN

Snotty letter from Virgin Media would disagree.

 

[Stig]

You don't need to use a vpn when torrenting, unless you want to avoid getting copyright infringement notices from your isp.

Yep. That.

 

[rubbershoes]

Tried watching Rebellion, set in 1915 Dublin.

I couldn't manage the first episode. I know i hadn't really given it or them a chance but I didn't care about any of the characters

Is it worth persevering with?

 

[trashpony]

I just got a message saying they’re putting my sub up to £10/month

I’m going to have to start turning things off and on. Some months I watch nothing

 

[Boudicca]

I just got a message saying they’re putting my sub up to £10/month

I’m going to have to start turning things off and on. Some months I watch nothing

I'm turning to mine down to 'only one person at a time' which is £5.99.

 

[trashpony]

I'm turning to mine down to 'only one person at a time' which is £5.99.

Ooh thanks - didn’t know that was an option. I am typically only one person at a time

 

[chandlerp]

You lose HD at that price point though

 

[Elpenor]

I did the same as I suspect I rarely have internet speed good enough to get HD quality, at my previous home I couldn’t get any HD channels.

 

[belboid]

I am more and more infuriated by inaccuracies in The Dig.

The trowels they use weren’t made for another forty years! Shameful

 

[Sue]

I'm turning to mine down to 'only one person at a time' which is £5.99.

That's all I've ever had.

 

[T & P]

I know one can’t really recommend a film until fully watched, but half way through the brand new Space Sweepers and fucking loving it.

It’s a South Korean near-future sci-fi-comedy-drama flick, and bloody entertaining so far. I know comparing series to films is kind of pointless, but I wish the last two seasons of The Expanse were half as enjoyable as this.

 

[Epona]

I know one can’t really recommend a film until fully watched, but half way through the brand new Space Sweepers and fucking loving it.

It’s a South Korean near-future sci-fi-comedy-drama flick, and bloody entertaining so far. I know comparing series to films is kind of pointless, but I wish the last two seasons of The Expanse were half as enjoyable as this.

Thanks for the recommendation, just watched it and it's wonderful - a bit sci-fi, a bit sappy, would recommend (it is also fairly family friendly for older kids, I'd recommend it to my parents who don't like nudity and excessive gore in films for example but it has a bit of profanity and space battles type stuff).

Added bonus for people who struggle with subtitles for whatever reason - the dubbing on the English audio track is good and the voice actors do a great and convincing job. (I know dubbing is an emotive subject, but plenty of people struggle with subtitles for a whole variety of reasons, so when it is done well it is worth mentioning).

 

[rubbershoes]

The Vanished

I watched it so you don't have to. It's like a Channel 5 TV movie. Plot holes. Unconvincing emotional responses. Plenty of misery.

The worst of it is that is set in 2018 and someone rents some videos. Or rather, rents some empty video boxes. Just see how she carries three of them in one hand. Or don't, as you'd have to watch the film, and you don't want to do that.

 

[chemn]

Be warned: it gets really, really annoying.
...

The Rain... yeah.... Though watch til the very end for the most wtf-deus ex machina-CGI extravaganza .... if you're into that sort of thing!

 

[og ogilby]

I just got a message saying they’re putting my sub up to £10/month

I’m going to have to start turning things off and on. Some months I watch nothing

I pay £3 a month for mine. All you need to do is get a VPN and then sign up from Turkey and that's it, you can then turn your VPN off and watch as normal. I've had my Turkish sub for over a year with no problems.

 

[moonsi til]

I’m enjoying ‘Firefly Lane’ , an easy watch.

 

[danny la rouge]

Ragnarok looks quite entertaining, on episode 2 and we've gone from bog standard plot (city kids move to small town with a big secret, with the obligatory rich industrialists poisoning the river) to some proper Neil Gaiman shenanigans.

I think the opposite. I’m on episode two, and from my perspective what started off well has turned into Twilight. It’s terrible. It veered from a promising start into some sort of teen romance supernatural cheese.

Spoiler

And they’ve already killed off the best character.

 

[nottsgirl]

I am not ok with this, Superstore are both good. Disenchantment looks good but not started it yet.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Invisible City - Rivers of London/American Gods/Neverwhere style series set in Brazil with Brazillian gods and goddesses.

3 episodes in and its worth a punt

 

[wayward bob]

I enjoyed The Dig but I did think it suffered a little from trying to shoehorn drama into what is a pretty dry subject.

secrets of the saqqara tomb overplays the dramatic music but otherwise utterly un-dry, despite egypt (nicely done doc of 2018 dig)

 

[campanula]

um, can anyone suggest something for the terminally bored with dodgy attention spans....which only lasts for one or 2 (max) series. If I can manage to sit through a whole episode of something, I can go straight onto the next episode without having to get through the 15 minute twitching. finger tapping and jumping up and walking about...which every screen relationship starts off with. So far, have managed the Serpent (although it took 2 episodes of intense concentration before I got locked in), Giri haji (8 episodes is ideal for me)...and an entire dull Saturday watching both seasons of Mindhunter (although I did do a bit of fast-forwarding by the middle of S2. It's all a bit feast or famine for me and I have to really work quite hard to get my screen head on. I think I have found an ideal balance with the single season series.(films are much too demanding). It is a source of misery for me, that so much good stuff seems to be beyond my twitchy inability to get into it if I have to keep stopping and starting. Doesn't seem to apply to books (thank fuck, or I would be mistreating the sweetheart and dog).