Netflix recommendations

[tommers]

The whole thing feels cheap, poorly written, ill thought out.

Well yeah, I think Jessica Jones & Daredevil probably set the bar a bit high.

Have they dumped anybody into a vat of acid in order to soften their skin enough to get out the magic bullet but "oh no! the acid is too acidy! and we're losing him! but it's OK supernurse has saved the day again!" yet?

 

[flypanam]

The characters are weak, the story is all over the place, the writing is poor, there's no one - not hero, anti-hero or villain - who you feel is compelling enough to root for.

How many times do they have to replay the plane scene? And why are there next to no flashbacks of the FIFTEEN years he spent in whats-it-called in the mountains?! The whole thing feels cheap, poorly written, ill thought out.

That's how I feel I want my superheroes to be earths saviours not defenders of the status quo. If it was a political show, Iron Fist would be Hilary fucking Clinton.

 

[DexterTCN]

Just finished Iron Fist.... it starts off moderately promisingly, begins to lose its way fairly early on, gets steadily worse, ends in a rather confused, anticlimactic way.

My prediction: There will not be a second series.

It's a bit like Kung Fu crossed with Dallas...but nowhere near as cool as that sounds.

 

[DotCommunist]

I wanted to like Iron Fist but could not see the journey through. The lead character actor rolled out two excuses for its unpopularity in contrast to the other maevel/netflix shows, niether of which endear me to him. The first is that its 'for the fans' I.E pompous critics don't get it. Old and lazy excuse. The other is that super-rich succesful white men are not popular atm because of Trump. Thats right, a whiff of MRAism and dumping your failure on Trump. Totally makes sense.

 

[EastEnder]

I wanted to like Iron Fist but could not see the journey through. The lead character actor rolled out two excuses for its unpopularity in contrast to the other maevel/netflix shows, niether of which endear me to him. The first is that its 'for the fans' I.E pompous critics don't get it. Old and lazy excuse. The other is that super-rich succesful white men are not popular atm because of Trump. Thats right, a whiff of MRAism and dumping your failure on Trump. Totally makes sense.

The excuse about people not liking super-rich successful white men is total BS - the Tony Stark character is a mega rich, white billionaire businessman and is one of the most popular of the Marvel characters. Maybe that's cos Downey Junior is a genuinely charismatic actor who plays the part brilliantly. The bloke from Iron Fist comes across as a naive, petulant, ineffective, banal child...

 

[DotCommunist]

The excuse about people not liking super-rich successful white men is total BS - the Tony Stark character is a mega rich, white billionaire businessman and is one of the most popular of the Marvel characters. Maybe that's cos Downey Junior is a genuinely charismatic actor who plays the part brilliantly. The bloke from Iron Fist comes across as a naive, petulant, ineffective, banal child...

you could believe he was just back from a gap year in goa. An ancient city of warriors from legend...eh no

 

[tommers]

As Davos said "you are the worst iron fist ever."

 

[magneze]

Couldn't get through the first episode. Total shit.

Just finished Helix though. What a great series. Left me wanting more but on the other hand countless series have been ruined by that.

 

[EastEnder]

Couldn't get through the first episode. Total shit.

Just finished Helix though. What a great series. Left me wanting more but on the other hand countless series have been ruined by that.

I think you might be overestimating your influence on TV shows.....

 

[Orang Utan]

There's a new Louis CK special. I almost signed up again to watch it as it took too long for a torrent to appear.

 

[DexterTCN]

There's a new Louis CK special. I almost signed up again to watch it as it took too long for a torrent to appear.

First few topics in general order...abortion, suicide, beheading, eugenics, xianity, abused dogs, racial stereotypes....

I thought it lagged a little in the second half but Louis is very good at taking dangerous subjects and making fun of them. Check out his SNL monologue.

 

[bimble]

watched the oj simpson drama over the past few days, actually really good and not really about man

Just coming to the end of this and it is one of the best things I've ever seen on tv. Brilliantly acted* and yep not about the man himself at all, more about America. Much more than a courtroom drama but probably the best one of them since 12 angry men too.
(American crime story: the people versus O J Simpson, ten episodes).
*apart from John travolta who is rubbish

 

[danny la rouge]

Just finished through to S2:E8 of Always Sunny in Philadelphia. It passed the time, but I'm pretty bored of it now. It's not what you'd call laugh out loud funny. Or even smile a little to yourself funny.

 

[DaveCinzano]

*apart from John travolta who is rubbish

What are you on about , he's great, especially when he plots to escape his posting to Earth by getting the humans to work in the radioactive gold mines.

 

[oneflewover]

Anne, of the Anne of Green Gables. Total schmaltz but beautifully shot and well acted. Only one episode in but loving it

 

[EastEnder]

Anne, of the Anne of Green Gables. Total schmaltz but beautifully shot and well acted. Only one episode in but loving it

Sounds like chick-lit. Are there any explosions?

 

[High Voltage]

Gratuitous lesbian scenes?

 

[oneflewover]

Heathens you are, heathens I say!

 

[BigTom]

am watching Colony, reasonably decent near future dystopic sci-fi. Decent setup/premise, good cast, decent production but just isn't quite doing it for me for some reason. I'm still going to watch it all, and seasons 2 and 3 when they become available, maybe it'll come together a bit more. DotCommunist worth a look I reckon as I think you (like me) have a soft spot for most sci-fi dystopia stuff.

 

[chilango]

Just finished through to S2:E8 of Always Sunny in Philadelphia. It passed the time, but I'm pretty bored of it now. It's not what you'd call laugh out loud funny. Or even smile a little to yourself funny.

Yeah. Enjoyed S1, and maybe at a push S2, to a point but gave up soon after that.

 

[danny la rouge]

Yeah. Enjoyed S1, and maybe at a push S2, to a point but gave up soon after that.

I liked the bit where they're coaching basket ball for community service and Denis chooses all the black kids. The others say "you know what you've done" and he's like "what? What have I done?"

I don't know quite what it is, but I just lost interest.

 

[DotCommunist]

am watching Colony, reasonably decent near future dystopic sci-fi. Decent setup/premise, good cast, decent production but just isn't quite doing it for me for some reason. I'm still going to watch it all, and seasons 2 and 3 when they become available, maybe it'll come together a bit more. DotCommunist worth a look I reckon as I think you (like me) have a soft spot for most sci-fi dystopia stuff.

2nd recc I have had for this. I shall have to give it the obligatory three eps fair shake then and see how it go

 

[DaveCinzano]

Yeah. Enjoyed S1, and maybe at a push S2, to a point but gave up soon after that.

I don't know quite what it is, but I just lost interest.

You chaps have given up before you've got to Lethal Weapon 5, Lethal Weapon 6, the implication, the Nightman, the road trip...

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Hinterland (2013) dark mystery case cop stuff in Wales, not bad so far / one & a half in.

 

[danny la rouge]

You chaps have given up before you've got to Lethal Weapon 5, Lethal Weapon 6, the implication, the Nightman, the road trip...

I've never seen Lethal Weapon, so I wouldn't get the jokes.

On another matter, you can get Modern Family on Netflix in Portugal. Quite like it.

 

[T & P]

On another matter, you can get Modern Family on Netflix in Portugal. Quite like it.

I was in Spain last week and they get Black Sails over there, which was recommended to me, but I was surprised to find out it's not available here. I thought Netflix content would be the same everywhere...

 

[Cheesypoof]

The Young Offenders - brilliant Irish comedy. I was a bit sceptical at first but loved it. Beautifully shot too.

 

[Spymaster]

I was in Spain last week and they get Black Sails over there, which was recommended to me, but I was surprised to find out it's not available here. I thought Netflix content would be the same everywhere...

The content differs significantly by country because of licensing/copyright. This is why VPNs were useful until they were blocked.

Black Sails is available on Amazon Prime, btw.

 

[chandlerp]

Black Sails is on Amazon Prime in the UK

 

[EastEnder]

The content differs significantly by country because of licensing/copyright. This is why VPNs were useful until they were blocked.

There was talk of forcing online streaming providers to normalise their content across the whole of the EU, on the basis that they can't discriminate within the common market. Don't think this has been enforced yet, and we may end up losing out anyway on account of Brexit....