Netflix recommendations

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Nothing wrong with cartoons.
Close Enough or The Midnight Gospel are two excellent cartoons on Netflix. . . Though there are a far number of absolutely shit cartoons on Netflix.

 

[not-bono-ever]

The rain. Anothe post apocalyptic mini series. This ones danish. 2 in and enjoying so far

 

[Orang Utan]

Nothing wrong with cartoons.
Close Enough or The Midnight Gospel are two excellent cartoons on Netflix. . . Though there are a far number of absolutely shit cartoons on Netflix.

ah, i guess i do watch Rick & Morty, if that counts as a cartoon

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

ah, i guess i do watch Rick & Morty, if that counts as a cartoon

Let's call them animations or whatever if it troubles your perception of your masculinity/maturity . . . .big differences between pepper pig and superjail in the same way there is between live action shows like Mr tumble and The Boys.

 

[Orang Utan]

Let's call them animations or whatever if it troubles your perception of your masculinity/maturity . . . .big differences between pepper pig and superjail in the same way there is between live action shows like Mr tumble and The Boys.

cartoons - animated drawings in short form

 

[spanglechick]

I’ve got to come to @ATOMIC SUPLEX’s defence here. I do watch stuff while in the kitchen. Nothing of artistic high quality, but Lucifer’s a great example of a bit of fun stuff and nonsense, that doesn’t need my undivided visual attention. Or something like Supernatural / Criminal Minds / Outlander. Solid, third tier telly.

 

[Sweet FA]

I agree - some people's horses are very tall indeed.

 

[krtek a houby]

I agree - some people's horses are very tall indeed.

Not kitchen friendly, mind

 

[Orang Utan]

listen to the radio ffs, what’s the point of a visual medium if you don’t look at it. that’s not a high horse. it’s just common sense

 

[Epona]

listen to the radio ffs, what’s the point of a visual medium if you don’t look at it. that’s not a high horse. it’s just common sense

So blind people shouldn't enjoy TV shows?

Possibly starting to get onto dodgy ground here.

Most TV ain't fucking Cannes Film Festival, it's light entertainment - just saying...

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

listen to the radio ffs, what’s the point of a visual medium if you don’t look at it. that’s not a high horse. it’s just common sense

Some of these shows are so light that they are barely a visual medium. They are only on telly because that's how they are consumed in modern society. You understand this right? I'm not going to limit myself to listening to the Archers just because I have to blink and look at a cup for a millisecond.
You really are just being daft.

 

[Orang Utan]

So blind people shouldn't enjoy TV shows?

Possibly starting to get onto dodgy ground here.

Most TV ain't fucking Cannes Film Festival, it's light entertainment - just saying...

blind people don’t have a choice, so no.
i guess you’re right about light entertainment, which just shows how disposable and pointless it is cos you don’t even have to watch it or give it your full attention. background tv, ugh

 

[Orang Utan]

Some of these shows are so light that they are barely a visual medium. They are only on telly because that's how they are consumed in modern society. You understand this right? I'm not going to limit myself to listening to the Archers just because I have to blink and look at a cup for a millisecond.
You really are just being daft.

you can listen while doing something else but can’t see how you can watch while doing something else and do both properly

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

cartoons - animated drawings in short form

At what length do they stop being cartoons?

 

[Orang Utan]

this thread has reminded me how awful it is watching tv or films with other people

 

[Orang Utan]

At what length do they stop being cartoons?

dunno, but cartoons to me are either static and in a newspaper or short form like Warner Bros/Tex Avery cartoons

 

[DaveCinzano]

this thread has reminded me how awful it is watching tv or films with other people

TBF I think it simply illustrates to the rest of us why you and AS should be locked up in a soundproof room together when we're trying to watch our telly progs

 

[Orang Utan]

TBF I think it simply illustrates to the rest of us why you and AS should be locked up in a soundproof room together when we're trying to watch our telly progs

also underlines the fact that other people are wrong about everything and to be avoided if you want to relax and be entertained

 

[Sweet FA]

people are wrong about everything and to be avoided

cfy

 

[Mrs Miggins]

We watched 2 episodes of Korean drama Squid Game last night. Bizarre, brutal and completely intriguing.

Will definitely be watching another 2 tonight.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

We watched 2 episodes of Korean drama Squid Game last night. Bizarre, brutal and completely intriguing.

Will definitely be watching another 2 tonight.

I was intrigued and it Is on my list, but I've had two cracks at getting into it so far and have not managed. Family are not impressed at all so it will have to be something I do on my own when I find the time. What with it being Korean and all, it's definitely not a washer upper.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I was intrigued and it Is on my list, but I've had two cracks at getting into it so far and have not managed. Family are not impressed at all so it will have to be something I do on my own when I find the time. What with it being Korean and all, it's definitely not a washer upper.

It could be considered to be a bit slow but that's not usually a problem for me. I prefer lots of character build up to lots of rushing around.

I'm definitely going to give it a couple more episodes anyway and I rarely give up by that point unless something is absolute dogshit.

 

[Epona]

The rain. Anothe post apocalyptic mini series. This ones danish. 2 in and enjoying so far

...Razmuuuuuuus.... Razmuuuuuuuuus...

Let us know if you make it past episode 4 without that going through your head when you try to fall asleep at night

Spoiler

The premise looked really good, ok, we've had a few shows like this, but I am always up for some post-apocalyptia.

No. The Rain did not do it for me at all. It might have been OK if the plot had been good, but the plot mostly seems to involve a small group of people deciding that they need to go towards the people who have been hunting them, then they escape and try to get away from them. Then they decide they need to infiltrate them again, then they have to escape and get away from them.

I loved the idea of it and the 1st episode is really good, but the plot is utter nonsense, there is no basic application of logic wrt the storyline or the world they are in or in any of the characters' actions and it doesn't get any better if you watch it right until the end.

 

[DotCommunist]

I watched synchronic the other day, another of the miracle drug type films that I've noticed recently. Interesting twist on the theme and the whole thing feels oddly grimy, like the tonal despair is..not what I expected from this? The ER ambulance bits reminded me a lot of 'Bringing Out The Dead'

 

[DaveCinzano]

Watched V.F.W. the other day, it's sort of an Assault On Precinct 13 rip-off by way of a zombie-movie-without-proper-zombies. Sort of film that I could imagine DotCommunist recommending

Sort of interesting premise, some reliable actors (Stephen Lang, William Sadler, Martin Kove from Karate Kid, Fred Williamson, Norm from Cheers, the bad guy from The Warriors), but dull to watch.

It's not technically incompetent, but it doesn't seem to have a beating heart, there's far too much dull dialogue that thinks it's snappy, not enough effort to make the geography work or movement dynamic, lots of odd shot selections and arrhythmic editing and pointless lingering on repeated FX.

 

[Orang Utan]

I watched synchronic the other day, another of the miracle drug type films that I've noticed recently. Interesting twist on the theme and the whole thing feels oddly grimy, like the tonal despair is..not what I expected from this? The ER ambulance bits reminded me a lot of 'Bringing Out The Dead'

i really enjoyed that, made me curious to see what else they filmmakers had done

 

[nagapie]

I doubt my offerings would be of interest to the readers of this thread right now, I am watching programs about middle aged women cause that's what I am.

Didn't really fancy The Chair but I like Sandra Oh and I didn't have much else on my list at the time. Although I hate sub-plots where fucked up adults form friendships with quirky kids, I decided that it was entertaining and easy enough to watch the whole thing. And discovered that I really loved the ending which, because it's a really short series, really made it for me.

Then I watched On the Verge created by and staring Julie Delpy. It's about 4 middle aged women who although are very American (yeah I know she's French but still) and glamorous, have the same fucked up experience of mid life that is universal. I really enjoyed it. Delpy is great in it as is her horrible husband, Martin.

 

[fucthest8]

i really enjoyed that, made me curious to see what else they filmmakers had done

Resolution and The Endless are both excellent.
Spring I'm still not sure about.

 

[kittyP]

I watched synchronic the other day, another of the miracle drug type films that I've noticed recently. Interesting twist on the theme and the whole thing feels oddly grimy, like the tonal despair is..not what I expected from this? The ER ambulance bits reminded me a lot of 'Bringing Out The Dead'

I can't find that on Netflix...

 

[DotCommunist]

I can't find that on Netflix...

oh I grabbed it from torrents when I saw the trailer but according to google:
'Sorry, Synchronic is not available on British Netflix- '

further reading says its on amazon to rent or buy here. Not sure why its on netflix everywhere else but here.