Netflix recommendations

[elmpp]

Watching Trollhunters, an animated series by Guillermo del Toro. It's supposed to be for kids but it's pretty enjoyable for grown ups too, especially if you like the kind of universes Guillermo Del Toro or Neil Gaiman are known for.

Gaiman

 

[girasol]

Starting 12 Monkeys (the series). Only half way through the first episode but seems good so far. Anyone seen it?

Watched up to episode 5... Meh. Can take it or leave it.

The People vs. OJ, on the other hand...Mega grip, despite knowing the ending.
Might give a go at the documentary, OJ: Made In America – the Oscar winner that's the most in-depth look at race in America yet - on iPlayer

 

[chandlerp]

The Made In America one is fine if you skip to episode three I think. I just wasn't interested enough in his earlier life. Would probably be very different to an American who enjoyed what they call Football though.

 

[snadge]

Gantz:0

Japanese Maya animation, not really recommending it at all, I couldn't get past the RIDICULOUS TITS imagine one of those peado type japanese games with a tit slider all the way to 11, they had a fucking life of their own, worth a view just for the ridiculousness of it all.

Defending myself, I love checking out Maya animation to see how far they have come out of the uncanny valley, in that regard, it is pretty good, motion and expression is good, realism good but the fucking tits man.

 

[chainsawjob]

Two recent things.

London Spy. (Short series.)

I won't give away the plot and will leave you to decide upon it. The performances are fantastic and the portrayal of relationships, both sexual and platonic, are superb. Worth the watching just for that. Jim Broadbent is, as ever, the best thing in it.

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Really enjoying this, yes great portrayal of relationships, and all round good acting. Very intriguing. Thanks for the recommend.

 

[chandlerp]

Rejoice! There are now twenty episodes of the original run of Mystery Science Theater 3000 on Netflix in the UK.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Rejoice! There are now twenty episodes of the original run of Mystery Science Theater 3000 on Netflix in the UK.

Yebbutt it won't be as good as back in the day

 

[Nine Bob Note]

Nine whole series of Always Sunny sunk inside two weeks

Couple of nine history docs I watched recently: She-Wolves and Secrets of Great British Castles.

 

[girasol]

The Made In America one is fine if you skip to episode three I think. I just wasn't interested enough in his earlier life. Would probably be very different to an American who enjoyed what they call Football though.

Ended up watching the whole thing. Could have done without Episode 2 as it was all about the trial and I had just watched that in the drama version. Episode 1 is interesting because I knew very little about OJ's youth and also how he related (OR NOT AT ALL) to the civil rights movement. I could understand how he wanted to rise above skin colour but given what has happening at the time, he was in denial and living in a white, rich bubble. A lot of history on episode 1, including Eulia May Love's shooting and Rodney King's beating and the riots.

Episode 3, well what happened to him after the trial is interesting and sad, what a shit father he is, though (telling his kids Nicole's parents were only interested in them for the money, for starters, and stopping them from seeing each other). Very tragic story, especially for his kids.

 

[DexterTCN]

Yebbutt it won't be as good as back in the day

More are coming...including brand new ones

Anyway for people that have not watched mst3k I urge them to give it a try.

 

[girasol]

BTW, If anyone missed it at cinema.or DVD, the movie The Big Short is a recent addition to UK Netflix. Starts out like some kind of wolf of wall Street clone, but moves away from that to comment on the greed, corruption and the real human impact the subprime mortgage bubble caused. Told from the PoV of some of the stock brokers who shorted the hoUsing market in America, 2 years before the problem became widely known. A very human telling of the story, with Bale giving the standout performanc, imo.

Just watched The Big Short. How long until it happens again, is the question... Hadn't even heard about this film before, but it popped up on my recommendations list recently. Yeah, I recommend it too.

 

[High Voltage]

Just watched The Big Short. How long until it happens again, is the question... Hadn't even heard about this film before, but it popped up on my recommendations list recently. Yeah, I recommend it too.

Without doubt one of my favourite films on Netflix. I must have watched it 5 or 6 times and I think I've got my head around what was going on but I've yet to understand the levels of greed and stupidity that could allow it to happen let alone mostly likely happen again

There really should be bankers and politicians being strung up in the streets

 

[souljacker]

Nine whole series of Always Sunny sunk inside two weeks

I finally finished the lot the other day. 11 series in total. I'm told series 12 will be there shortly and can't wait. Best sitcom ever.

 

[chilango]

127 Hours is on now. It's pretty good.

 

[DaveCinzano]

127 Hours is on now. It's pretty good.

Armless entertainment, for sure

 

[chilango]

Armless entertainment, for sure

Cut off at the crucial moment.

 

[DaveCinzano]

A definite amput8/10

 

[chilango]

A definite amput8/10

Only 5/10 if we're being blunt.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Only 5/10 if we're being blunt.

Harsh

 

[chilango]

Harsh

I thought the closing scenes where people tried to lend a hand undermined it a bit...

 

[DaveCinzano]

I thought the closing scenes where people tried to lend a hand undermined it a bit...

Made a bit of a fist of it you could say

 

[Nine Bob Note]

Accidently spent all day watching the Miss Fisher Mysteries

 

[dervish]

Been watching Iron Fist. Up to ep 3 and I'm still not sure what to think, it's very good in places, but then there are parts that are so clunkily written you just want to cringe. I'll probably keep watching it for a bit though.

 

[rutabowa]

Jim Norton's new stand up special is really good, best special so far this year I reckon.

 

[DexterTCN]

Jim Norton's new stand up special is really good, best special so far this year I reckon.

Until tomorrow when Chappelle's stuff comes out.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Until tomorrow when Chappelle's stuff comes out.

Speaking of which, Neal Brennan's Netflix special 3 Mics is pretty good.

 

[Nine Bob Note]

Accidently spent all day watching the Miss Fisher Mysteries

Someone was just in an awful pickle over at evening gown that turned out to be off peg

 

[DexterTCN]

Iron Fist. I would rank this as least good of the Netflix MCU series.

Basically because it steals its idea from The Champions....plane crashes in Tibet, secret powers given to survivors. Episode 12 is quite good. The fighting is a bit rubbish for a martial arts based show. They keep changing the baddies and none are as good as Kingpin or Killgrave.

It does have David Wenham though, who was in 300, LOTR and Moulin Rouge. He's not great in this.

 

[dervish]

Iron Fist. I would rank this as least good of the Netflix MCU series.

Basically because it steals its idea from The Champions....plane crashes in Tibet, secret powers given to survivors. Episode 12 is quite good. The fighting is a bit rubbish for a martial arts based show. They keep changing the baddies and none are as good as Kingpin or Killgrave.

It does have David Wenham though, who was in 300, LOTR and Moulin Rouge. He's not great in this.

I'm up to about ep6 on this now, and it's not really getting much better. Claire is the only good thing in it at the moment, but I will persevere.

 

[T & P]

I've just binge-watched most of "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend". Love it.

I've just put this on for my other half, who I figured would like it as she loves musical comedy, and I must admit to enjoying the first episode as much as her