Netflix recommendations

[Mrs Miggins]

Windfall. I love Jesse Plemons, and enjoyed the film.

I just watched that and I liked it too. Thought it was pretty engaging and I am also a Plemons fan.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

New Swedish series Clark looks like it could be good. I might binge that at the weekend.

 

[ash]

I started watching Hold Tight- Polish thriller which is looking Ok so far

 

[Supine]

After watching Valhalla Vikings then Last Kingdom I’m now watching Norsemen. Different shows but i definitely have a Viking theme going on this year. All good shows

 

[MrCurry]

I have an odd fascination with watching stuff about mountaineering (odd because I cannot go up Glastonbury Tor without laying down and clutching the ground in case I fall off...) and I enjoyed the new film length documentary, 14 Peaks.

It isn't going to be everyones' cup of tea, but it's about Nirmal Purja, a Nepalese mountaineer who decided he was going to climb all 14 mountains that are over 8,000m in 7 months - clearly slightly bonkers, but good watching. Segments about each climb were separated by biographical insights into his life, his parents, his culture, his insights into the mountaineering "business" etc.

I found it very interesting.

Nirmal - The usain bolt of 8000m

Really enjoyed 14 Peaks. Amazing mission.

I finally caught this one and agree it’s well worth watching. It’s hard to believe just how tough that guy is and how far above the previously accepted limits he set his sights.

Spoiler

The world record for climbing all 14 8,000m+ peaks tumbled from 7 years to under 7 months! Bonkers ambition to even believe he could do that - surely no one else would have tried?

The only bit which didn’t sit well with me was his occasional digs at “westerners”, when he’s clearly benefited a great deal and developed his capabilities partly through having been a member of U.K. special forces. Overall a very inspiring guy and I’m sure the Nirmal story has many highlights yet to come.

 

[T & P]

The Pentaverate. A six-part comedy miniseries about a benevolent secret society, written and starring (in many different roles) Mike Myers, as well as a number of cameos from some big name actors.

It’s heavy on stereotypical clichés and double enterdres humour, will constantly remind you of peak Austin Powers Mike Myers, and has been savaged by multiple outlets as crash and puerile garbage.

In other words, it is highly entertaining and very watchable and I am thoroughly enjoying it Recommended to all like-minded Urbanites in here. The rest of you will hate it as the stiff joyless bores you are.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

The Pentaverate. A six-part comedy miniseries about a benevolent secret society, written and starring (in many different roles) Mike Myers, as well as a number of cameos from some big name actors.

It’s heavy on stereotypical clichés and double enterdres humour, will constantly remind you of peak Austin Powers Mike Myers, and has been savaged by multiple outlets as crash and puerile garbage.

In other words, it is highly entertaining and very watchable and I am thoroughly enjoying it Recommended to all like-minded Urbanites in here. The rest of you will hate it as the stiff joyless bores you are.

I watched the first one and i'm not sure. I guess I didn't 'hate' it, which is quite surprising as the format looks very easy to criticise. However I am not sure I really enjoyed it on any level either, I'm not in any rush to watch another. I did think as soon as it finished that it deserved another chance, just not sure when that will be.

 

[T & P]

I watched the first one and i'm not sure. I guess I didn't 'hate' it, which is quite surprising as the format looks very easy to criticise. However I am not sure I really enjoyed it on any level either, I'm not in any rush to watch another. I did think as soon as it finished that it deserved another chance, just not sure when that will be.

FWIW, I had wondered what verdict you might reach if you started to watch it, and thought you would fall in the ‘biggest steaming pile of shit ever’ camp. So pleasantly surprised with the not so negative review.

Finished it now btw, and my opinion of it hasn’t changed.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

FWIW, I had wondered what verdict you might reach if you started to watch it, and thought you would fall in the ‘biggest steaming pile of shit ever’ camp. So pleasantly surprised with the not so negative review.

Finished it now btw, and my opinion of it hasn’t changed.

It was a bit boring, and the jokes were often cheap or coarse, but I appreciate that's the Mike Myers way. . . . . is it his vehicle though? I don't remember the credits saying so going in.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

The Pentaverate. A six-part comedy miniseries about a benevolent secret society, written and starring (in many different roles) Mike Myers, as well as a number of cameos from some big name actors.

It’s heavy on stereotypical clichés and double enterdres humour, will constantly remind you of peak Austin Powers Mike Myers, and has been savaged by multiple outlets as crash and puerile garbage.

In other words, it is highly entertaining and very watchable and I am thoroughly enjoying it Recommended to all like-minded Urbanites in here. The rest of you will hate it as the stiff joyless bores you are.

I am half minded to watch this as I could use something stupid and diverting. However, I cannot stand Austin bloody Powers. I'm going to hate it aren't I?

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Whatever you do, don't watch Blind Revenge. It's shit.

 

[MrCurry]

Return to Space - an Elon Musk-tastic documentary charting the preparations for the first crewed spaceX launch to the ISS. I loved it - inspirational stuff and you can’t help but take your hat off to the people thinking big and making stuff like this happen. I was impressed anyway

Not to be confused with another spaceX doc on Netflix called Inspiration 4 mission to space.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

How to Fix a Drug Scandal is an interesting story.

 

[T & P]

I am half minded to watch this as I could use something stupid and diverting. However, I cannot stand Austin bloody Powers. I'm going to hate it aren't I?

Likely so, yes.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

New Swedish series Clark looks like it could be good. I might binge that at the weekend.

Trailer popped up and I watched the trailer, it's now on my watch list, looks good

 

[rubbershoes]

Anatomy of a Scandal.

Sienna Miller is actually good in this. But overall it's pretty poor.

Sunday evening TV

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Anatomy of a Scandal.

Sienna Miller is actually good in this. But overall it's pretty poor.

Sunday evening TV

I thought Sienna Miller was good in it too. I thought Michelle Dockery was excellent. Rupert Friend made my skin crawl and reviled and infuriated me, which I guess means he was very good too.

 

[quimcunx]

I watched the first couple of episodes and spent most of them thinking that bloke from monarch of the glen hadn't aged well before googling the cast.

 

[BigTom]

Apollo 10 1/2
Richard Linklater's new film about being a 9 year old child living in Houston in the summer up to the moon landing. Rotoscoped animation is less floaty and toned down compared to Waking Life or A Scanner Darkly and is great. The film istelf is what you expect from Linklater with a decent amount of comedy and not too much drama just an exploration of that time and place through the people in the film. Really excellent, enjoyed it hugely.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Apollo 10 1/2
Richard Linklater's new film about being a 9 year old child living in Houston in the summer up to the moon landing. Rotoscoped animation is less floaty and toned down compared to Waking Life or A Scanner Darkly and is great. The film istelf is what you expect from Linklater with a decent amount of comedy and not too much drama just an exploration of that time and place through the people in the film. Really excellent, enjoyed it hugely.

I would have preferred it as a mini series.
It was a bit much for me as a film length wallpapered monologue.

 

[miss direct]

Heartstopper
a sort of gay Grange Hill

 

[Brainaddict]

I am half minded to watch this as I could use something stupid and diverting. However, I cannot stand Austin bloody Powers. I'm going to hate it aren't I?

It's awful. The same jokes he's been doing for what feels like fifty years.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Heartstopper
a sort of gay Grange Hill

My daughter is raving about it. Everyone at school is into it.

 

[T & P]

New Swedish series Clark looks like it could be good. I might binge that at the weekend.

I know many/ most people tend to watch foreign stuff in its original language, but to those who find it easier or don’t mind watching it dubbed I would urge to make an exception in this particular case at least. My OH has started watching this dubbed because she’s tired and tonight can’t be bothered to read subtitles, and the dubbing is so extraordinarily bad it makes everyone sound like porn actors.

 

[Epona]

I know many/ most people tend to watch foreign stuff in its original language, but to those who find it easier or don’t mind watching it dubbed I would urge to make an exception in this particular case at least. My OH has started watching this dubbed because she’s tired and tonight can’t be bothered to read subtitles, and the dubbing is so extraordinarily bad it makes everyone sound like porn actors.

Fantastic, I might pop that on later (dubbed).

I do tend to watch dubbed these days so I don't have to wear glasses to read subs and some stuff is really well done - obviously high production values for the VO etc. (Ragnarok was pretty good). But really badly dubbed stuff can be massively entertaining sometimes.

 

[sojourner]

I am half minded to watch this as I could use something stupid and diverting. However, I cannot stand Austin bloody Powers. I'm going to hate it aren't I?

I loathed Austin Powers, and worried about this one, soon as I realised he was so central to it, BUT I was pleasantly surprised. I did like it, and actually laughed out loud in several places. Got some clever aspects to it.

 

[Chz]

I loathed Austin Powers, and worried about this one, soon as I realised he was so central to it, BUT I was pleasantly surprised. I did like it, and actually laughed out loud in several places. Got some clever aspects to it.

I wanted to like it, Mike Myers being a hometown hoser and all. But it really didn't do it for me. Maybe the Canada jokes are funnier to non-Canadians?

 

[Storm Fox]

I really liked The Orville, but then I’m a MacFarlane enthusiast.

I have very take it or leave it with most of MacFarlane's stuff, but The Orville is great. The first 2 episodes of Season 1 aren't great for Seth haters, but after that it's a great sci-fi show with some humour. But those first episodes set up some stuff.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I wanted to like it, Mike Myers being a hometown hoser and all. But it really didn't do it for me. Maybe the Canada jokes are funnier to non-Canadians?

The Canadian stuff did go on a bit. The reason I think I'm out is because the story is so thin, which I know is not the point, but it's just not worth following for the gags. He doesn't come across as unlikeable, quite affable in fact, just not clever or funny.
The swearing American gag could have been executed far better. I would have enjoyed it if it cut together perfectly as a grotesque sexual scene rather than audio and jump cuts. Play it as sweary, get Netflix to straight cut out the profanity and watch what remains, only to discover it's even worse.

Anyway, as I said. . "I'm out".
I'm running out of things to watch on Netflix actually. I watch a bit of stand up in the morning, and Better call Saul now and then, but I have finished everything else I am interested in. I hear Osark is good, but I have no idea what it is about.

 

[Brainaddict]

The Canadian stuff did go on a bit. The reason I think I'm out is because the story is so thin, which I know is not the point, but it's just not worth following for the gags. He doesn't come across as unlikeable, quite affable in fact, just not clever or funny.
The swearing American gag could have been executed far better. I would have enjoyed it if it cut together perfectly as a grotesque sexual scene rather than audio and jump cuts. Play it as sweary, get Netflix to straight cut out the profanity and watch what remains, only to discover it's even worse.

Anyway, as I said. . "I'm out".
I'm running out of things to watch on Netflix actually. I watch a bit of stand up in the morning, and Better call Saul now and then, but I have finished everything else I am interested in. I hear Osark is good, but I have no idea what it is about.

Have you tried Green Frontier? One of their best series but obscure in this country.