Netflix recommendations

[Fez909]

We've recently got a family subscription (despite being spread around the country)... I'm therefore new to all this.
Can someone tell me if Netflix licenses for programmes are time limited... i.e. If I make a list of things to see will all that content still be on Netflix in 10 months time?

They come and go, yes. Some of the sites that keep track of Netflix catalogue well warm you when things are about to disappear

 

[girasol]

Just watched this: Divines Divines (2016) - IMDb and recommend it.

One of the reviews Cannes first-look review: Houda Benyamina’s Divines (2016) | Sight & Sound

And Shameless US, but Netflix only has up to S5, had to get the other two from other sources ;>)

 

[DaveCinzano]

And Shameless US, but Netflix only has up to S5, had to get the other two from other sources ;>)

You're a glutton for punishment

 

[girasol]

Oh, nearly forgot, Season 1 of '3%', Brazilian scifi! Don't watch the dubbed version whatever you do, watch with subtitles and in Portuguese.

 

[jjuice]

After watching 4 series of Vikings I now feel fully immersed in Viking culture. Loved it.

 

[krtek a houby]

Star Trek fans are well served by Netflix; all the series are there as well as various docs. Latest addition is the wonderful "For the Love of Spock" directed by Adam Nimoy. It's the doc that was mentioned in an ep of Big Bang Theory (Nimoy actually interviews Sheldon) and an interview with Jim Parsons turns up in the doc, as well as clips from the aforementioned ep. Kind of meta. It's a wonderful doc, a splendid tribute that made me well up a few times.

 

[danny la rouge]

Star Trek fans are well served by Netflix; all the series are there.

Is TAS there?

Cool.

 

[krtek a houby]

Is TAS there?

Cool.

It certainly is.

 

[danny la rouge]

It certainly is.

Thanks. I'm chuffed.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

I have a crush on/would like to be Sameen.

I'm only a few episodes past finding out who Sameen is and, yes, blimey. Big fan of Root, too.

 

[baffled]

Just watched the first three episodes of Hip Hop Evolution which is very good, my only minor complaint is that I'd have liked more than the couple minutes coverage some of the artists got.

 

[High Voltage]

Series 3 of Endeavour seems to have popped up on Netflix with no announcement being made

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

If you want easy viewing 'Person of Interest' is very good. It does, inevitably, tail off a bit as they made quite a lot of it.

Just completed Person of Interest (tho had to skelp season 5 off the torrents as it doesn't seem to be on Netflix yet). For something that seemed to start off as a simple procedural, albeit with an interesting premise - and on US network TV to boot - that was pretty damn great. It ended up in all sorts of of unexpected places, and drew some characters that this viewer really came to care for. Top stuff.

Spoiler

is it too much to ask for "The adventures of Shaw and Bear, with Root whispering in Shaw's ear"?

 

[T & P]

Just starting Dirk Gently (new 2016 remake). Has anyone seen it?

 

[wiskey]

Just starting Dirk Gently (new 2016 remake). Has anyone seen it?

Only the first episode.

I don't know how I feel ... it's not Douglas Adams, it just seemed a bit gory and creepy and not very thought out, I know it's hard to do wit & wordplay on screen but that's what Adams means to me. I can't see how it represents the book either, but I might watch E2 to find out.

Eta: Dirk Gently is a fool and I don't like that, he's supposed to be intelligent. And it's American, which is all wrong. And far more concerningly there is no sofa.

 

[pengaleng]

Iceberg Slim - Portrait of a Pimp

man changed his life around after going prison and becoming an author

the first black writer who wrote about how shit really is on the streets

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Watched the first two episodes of The OA, and I'm not yet sure what it is I'm actually watching. I suppose that is the point at this stage. There's been a couple of sequences of great beauty, a couple of total WTF.

 

[Dom Traynor]

Only the first episode.

I don't know how I feel ... it's not Douglas Adams, it just seemed a bit gory and creepy and not very thought out, I know it's hard to do wit & wordplay on screen but that's what Adams means to me. I can't see how it represents the book either, but I might watch E2 to find out.

Eta: Dirk Gently is a fool and I don't like that, he's supposed to be intelligent. And it's American, which is all wrong. And far more concerningly there is no sofa.

Yes only seen first episode so far and not sure what to think. I sort of like it despite the awful Frodo guy being in it, but even though it has loads of the original story in it, the tone feels so different it's better to try and imagine as a totally different story. I'll give it a chance for one more episode.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Watched the first two episodes of The OA

*googles*

The OA

The OC

The OB

 

[wiskey]

Yes only seen first episode so far and not sure what to think. I sort of like it despite the awful Frodo guy being in it, but even though it has loads of the original story in it, the tone feels so different it's better to try and imagine as a totally different story. I'll give it a chance for one more episode.

So I watched E2 until I fell asleep. It's perfectly watchable (although the Ed/Fred/Ned/Zed/Ged/etc's really freak me out) but to me it has nothing to do with DA and only a passing resemblance to the book. And DG is just increasingly useless which grates. The production values are very good, it should just be 'loosely based' on DGHDA imo.

 

[Jon-of-arc]

Watched the first two episodes of The OA, and I'm not yet sure what it is I'm actually watching. I suppose that is the point at this stage. There's been a couple of sequences of great beauty, a couple of total WTF.

Really liking it so far. Only on episode 1.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

*googles*

The OA

The OC

The OB

 

[danny la rouge]

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I've always meant to ask: who is that? What's it from? Is it real?

 

[Lord Camomile]

I've always meant to ask: who is that? What's it from? Is it real?

Character from The Fast Show aping the cringingly 'wacky' colleague in an office. Think his name was Colin Hunt.

 

[danny la rouge]

Character from The Fast Show aping the cringingly 'wacky' colleague in an office. Think his name was Colin Hunt.

Ah, OK. Cheers.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Just watched this: Divines Divines (2016) - IMDb and recommend it.

One of the reviews Cannes first-look review: Houda Benyamina’s Divines (2016) | Sight & Sound

And Shameless US, but Netflix only has up to S5, had to get the other two from other sources ;>)

I watched Divines the other day - highly recommended

 

[DaveCinzano]

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HBF

 

[Mrs Miggins]

If you like Brit detective drama, I was recently entertained by 2 x Thorne films. Great cast including Eddie Marson, Sandra Oh and David Morrissey.

On the slightly sillier, but nonetheless entertaining, side was Paranoid which is a fun if loosely plotted Brit 8 parter with Indira Varma and a few other notables including the actor whose name I always think is Lesley Joseph for some reason but it's Lesley Sharp

Just started some Icelandic darkness with Case.....good so far!

 

[Steel Icarus]

Chill with Bob Ross now on Netflix

 

[snadge]

The Expanse is on netflix now, really good near future sci-fi drama/thriller (link is to U75 thread - season 2 is on syfy in January)

If you haven't watched this yet, watch it, it is awesome.