Netflix recommendations

[danny la rouge]

Ok, I've watched a couple more episodes of Community.

It is growing on me

We've got to the end of S:2 EP:2 now. Still enjoying it. My favourite part so far is when Abed became a version of himself that would approach women. I laughed for ages.

Breaking Bad, we've just finished S:4 EP:1. Woah.

 

[DotCommunist]

they've got chomskys 'Requiem for the American Dream' there as well now. YMMV but I found it interesting enough

 

[pengaleng]

IRIS

also 'attacking the devil: harold evans and the last nazi war crime' - it's about the newspaper campaign that uncovered the thalidomide scandal

DotCommunist

 

[chilango]

Must resist the temptation to watch the Gilmore Girls.

 

[magneze]

I got Designated Survivor on my list, anyone seen it yet? worth watching?

 

[Orang Utan]

I got Designated Survivor on my list, anyone seen it yet? worth watching?

There's a thread about it somewhere

 

[Opera Buffa]

The Crown is really good.

I know it doesn't sound very Urban.


But I enjoyed it a lot. It's got John Lithgow in it playing Winston Churchill; half of the show is a biopic of his mental decline.

Prince Philip is well written, funny and dare I even say likeable, as is Princess Margret.

And there is a hyper-competent fixer, Tommy Lascelles, who earns every inch of his very Victorian mustache.

 

[DotCommunist]

I got Designated Survivor on my list, anyone seen it yet? worth watching?

its like the anti- House of Cards. Played straight faced, incredibly patriot cheese. I like it though, it has a certain niave charm to it.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

The Crown is really good.
I know it doesn't sound very Urban.
But I enjoyed it a lot. It's got John Lithgow in it playing Winston Churchill; half of the show is a biopic of his mental decline.

Lithgow's casting as Churchill was inspired, truly, and he should be showered with awards.

I didn't realise how much Princess Margaret was utterly shafted by the establishment wrt her relationship with Group Captain Townsend. Fucking hell, that's cold.

 

[pengaleng]

(Dis)Honesty: the truth about lies

DotCommunist

 

[bi0boy]

I didn't realise how much Princess Margaret was utterly shafted by the establishment wrt her relationship with Group Captain Townsend. Fucking hell, that's cold.

I don't think it is historically accurate

For a start the smog certainly wasn't such big thing until after the event when they realised lots more people died than usual during that period and it wasn't due to flu.

 

[Jon-of-arc]

(Dis)Honesty: the truth about lies

DotCommunist

Ace. Been trying to find a decent YouTube video about the science behind lying. Looks like this will meet my needs.

All the YouTube stuff tends to focus, primarily, on how to spot a liar, with a few stats chucked in about how much we lie, the age we learn to lie etc. Which is interesting, but only a part of what I want to know.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

What's the best and most accurate site for seeing what you can stream on Netflix (if you're not yet a member)?

 

[DaveCinzano]

What's the best and most accurate site for seeing what you can stream on Netflix (if you're not yet a member)?

I use this one:

Search the Full Netflix UK Catalogue - NewOnNetflixUK

 

[Johnny Vodka]

I use this one:

Search the Full Netflix UK Catalogue - NewOnNetflixUK

Looked at that site the other day. According to them, they don't have Jessica Jones anymore.. is that right enough?

 

[DaveCinzano]

Looked at that site the other day. According to them, they don't have Jessica Jones anymore.. is that right enough?

That's odd - just checked and you're right, though Jessica Jones is still on UK Netflix. But they do have new additions like The Crown and The Wheelchair President and True Memoirs Of An International Assassin (picked these as they are on the ‘Recently Added’ section).

 

[Jon-of-arc]

Looked at that site the other day. According to them, they don't have Jessica Jones anymore.. is that right enough?

I just found it, one word search for "Jessica".

Anyway, it's a Netflix original, so it won't be going anywhere any time soon, if ever.

 

[DaveCinzano]

I just found it, one word search for "Jessica".

Anyway, it's a Netflix original, so it won't be going anywhere any time soon, if ever.

Ah, yes - it just doesn't show up if you search ‘J’ because it's listed as Marvel's Jessica Jones

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Ah... It's "Marvel's Jessica Jones".

 

[pengaleng]

'the mask you live in' - it''s about men how toxic male culture is and how to build boys up to become better men.

 

[pengaleng]

Ace. Been trying to find a decent YouTube video about the science behind lying. Looks like this will meet my needs.

All the YouTube stuff tends to focus, primarily, on how to spot a liar, with a few stats chucked in about how much we lie, the age we learn to lie etc. Which is interesting, but only a part of what I want to know.

it goes into the economy a lot, I learned something. youtube is a bit dry for lies because it's comprised of mostly bullshit

 

[Jon-of-arc]

it goes into the economy a lot, I learned something. youtube is a bit dry for lies because it's comprised of mostly bullshit

Enjoyed that. Didn't realise, but I read the producer guy's (the burnt face professor) book in 2010. Very similar - a pop-science type thing describing various experiments he's done in behavioural economics. Loads of other stuff not directly related to cheating (tbh, its that long ago, I can't remember for sure if the cheating stuff was in it). A pretty good "airport book" with a really interesting chapter called "the power of nothing" about human behaviour when we get given something for free (in short, we love it, and will make irrational financial decisions we otherwise wouldn't have, if we feel we're getting something for nothing).

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Predictably-Irrational-Hidden-Forces-Decisions/dp/0007256531 if it sounds like something you might like.

 

[Orang Utan]

I don't trust Netflix docs - many seem to be serving a clear agenda, and can't be trusted, though that probably applies to most docs.

 

[wiskey]

IRIS

also 'attacking the devil: harold evans and the last nazi war crime' - it's about the newspaper campaign that uncovered the thalidomide scandal

Not watched Iris yet but the Thalidomide one was really interesting, my friend at schools mum was a thalidomide child, had short arms. She was a vicious mean woman. Harry Evans came across as a Good Sort.

 

[danny la rouge]

We've got to the end of S:2 EP:2 now. Still enjoying it. My favourite part so far is when Abed became a version of himself that would approach women. I laughed for ages.

Breaking Bad, we've just finished S:4 EP:1. Woah.

On the final series of Breaking Bad now. I think it's a series too far. It should have ended at the end of last series.

The acting is still first rate, but the plots are wearing thin.

Spoiler

There was always a degree of Scooby Doo in the way Walter and Jesse came up trumps in the face of adversity every time. Especially the clever science Blue Peter makes. But that was balanced with other elements, so they got away with it.

But the first episode of this series went full Mission Impossible with the giant magnet van. Over the edge, guys.

Still enjoying it. But whereas I have repeatedly re-watched The Sopranos, I can't see myself wanting to rewatch Breaking Bad.

 

[emanymton]

On the final series of Breaking Bad now. I think it's a series too far. It should have ended at the end of last series.

The acting is still first rate, but the plots are wearing thin.

Spoiler

There was always a degree of Scooby Doo in the way Walter and Jesse came up trumps in the face of adversity every time. Especially the clever science Blue Peter makes. But that was balanced with other elements, so they got away with it.

But the first episode of this series went full Mission Impossible with the giant magnet van. Over the edge, guys.

Still enjoying it. But whereas I have repeatedly re-watched The Sopranos, I can't see myself wanting to rewatch Breaking Bad.

I agree, I liked, but felt it was somewhat overrated.

Eta - I think I actually laughed out loud at the stupidity of the magnet bit

 

[danny la rouge]

I agree, I liked, but felt it was somewhat overrated.

Eta - I think I actually laughed out loud at the stupidity of the magnet bit

Did you know there's an episode of Happy Days where a guy actually jumps a shark?

Gus had great taste in music, though. I recognised Jimmy Raney and Nat Adderley playing on the stereo at his house at different times.

 

[danny la rouge]

Breaking Bad:

Spoiler

The more this final series goes on, the more sorry I feel that I'm still watching. It's doing real damage to its former self. Just as Walter should have called it quits long before the pile of cash in the lock up, so the programme makers should have. Maybe that's what the writers were telling the network.

The acting is still first rate. But they've taken the story and characters way beyond credulity. And as for the Micheal Corleone sequence with the implausible prison killings? That's a whole Evel Kneival at Wembley of sharks.

Really, the programme never lived up to its pilot episode. There was enough good acting and clever direction and editing to let us overlook the Scooby Doo nature of the stories, but they overstepped that and really should have walked away after the super lab fire.

It was an enjoyable watch, certainly, but I really don't think it will be looked back on like the Sopranos or the early series of Mad Men, say.

I'm probably years behind with this viewpoint, but I thought I'd share anyway.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Breaking Bad:

Spoiler

The more this final series goes on, the more sorry I feel that I'm still watching. It's doing real damage to its former self. Just as Walter should have called it quits long before the pile of cash in the lock up, so the programme makers should have. Maybe that's what the writers were telling the network.

The acting is still first rate. But they've taken the story and characters way beyond credulity. And as for the Micheal Corleone sequence with the implausible prison killings? That's a whole Evel Kneival at Wembley of sharks.

Really, the programme never lived up to its pilot episode. There was enough good acting and clever direction and editing to let us overlook the Scooby Doo nature of the stories, but they overstepped that and really should have walked away after the super lab fire.

It was an enjoyable watch, certainly, but I really don't think it will be looked back on like the Sopranos or the early series of Mad Men, say.

I'm probably years behind with this viewpoint, but I thought I'd share anyway.

I watched the final season with half opened ears and eyes....I found myself doing other stuff when it was on because it wasn't engaging enough.

Better Call Saul is a better watch IMO

 

[sojourner]

Breaking Bad:

I'm probably years behind with this viewpoint, but I thought I'd share anyway.

I never got past the first series to be honest. Everyone I knew was raving about it. I really didn't think it was that good.