Netflix recommendations

[BoxRoom]

I kept thinking that something mind blowing must be just around the corner .... nope!

I thought "Well, it looks like my partner is going to insert the telly up me if I don't turn it off. I'll watch it when I'm hungover or something."
Ain't gonna.

 

[BoxRoom]

Of course it's nonsense.

That's the point.

Are you not paying attention to ol' Slavoj?

Aye but I found it really dull. Sorry

 

[Spymaster]

Of course it's nonsense.

That's the point.

Are you not paying attention to ol' Slavoj?

Yes but, but ...

What he said^^^

 

[BoxRoom]

Not kidding, my partner had a look that said: So THIS is how you test my love!?

 

[Spymaster]

Not kidding, my partner had a look that said: So THIS is how you test my love!?

I just couldn't understand what the point of it was.

 

[chilango]

Ah well. I liked it.

I enjoyed the made-up Yugoslav space program. I enjoyed the faked footage. I especially enjoyed the far too seamless transition from archival to contemporary footage. I enjoyed the wheelchair. I enjoyed Tito watching telly. But, perhaps it is kinda niche?

 

[DotCommunist]

Put it this way. I didn't even check the IMDB for this because Chilango suggested its better taken at face value and despite the zizeck warning/allusions to the nature of belief in history (and his purple socks) etc I wanted to believe. Its well done in that regard, the bit about Yugo cars is inspired.

 

[DotCommunist]

PD should be well behind such authoritative historical investigations as this

 

[BassJunkie]

We're currently halfway through the second series of Master Of None. It's been hilarious, stimulating and original with likeable characters. I'd recommend that.

 

[Spymaster]

Ozarks decent enough . Watched all the episodes thus far .

We're half way through Ozark. It's pretty good.

 

[Idris2002]

This was meant to go in the DVD thread!

 

[felixthecat]

Icarus is a good watch - a documentary about the state sponsored doping in Russian sport.

It's particularly poignant with the athletics going on atm.

 

[danny la rouge]

We're currently halfway through the second series of Master Of None. It's been hilarious, stimulating and original with likeable characters. I'd recommend that.

I like Aziz Ansari, and I love his real parents playing his parents (his mum is a spectacularly bad actor), but I've been underwhelmed by series two. I'm about half way through but in comparison to series one, which I loved, the second seems much more slight. I don't need things to be overwritten, but I do need a little bit of writing. The episode where he's dating a load of women from a dating app, for example. It's just a string of very underwhelming vignettes.

Dev's very likeable and can carry a lot of dead screen time, but I'm missing the wit of series one. Hope it picks up.

 

[8den]

Has no one any thoughts on Marvel's Defenders?

 

[BigTom]

I like Aziz Ansari, and I love his real parents playing his parents (his mum is a spectacularly bad actor), but I've been underwhelmed by series two. I'm about half way through but in comparison to series one, which I loved, the second seems much more slight. I don't need things to be overwritten, but I do need a little bit of writing. The episode where he's dating a load of women from a dating app, for example. It's just a string of very underwhelming vignettes.

Dev's very likeable and can carry a lot of dead screen time, but I'm missing the wit of series one. Hope it picks up.

I felt the same, it's worth watching through but I didn't feel like it got better, I also really didn't like that episode, it made very little sense to me. I really like series one - I didn't realise those were his actual parents! I love the scenes where they are showing their old life and the sacrifcies they made to get to the USA and how the kids now take it all for granted, it's really nicely done.

 

[dervish]

Has no one any thoughts on Marvel's Defenders?

Watched the first one the other night, it was ok. I will be watching more. I really hope that Danny Rand isn't in is as much though, I can't stand him, the actor is crap and wooden, the character is such a whiney little bitch and a really shit superhero. He comprehensively failed at everything he did in the Iron fist series and I doubt he's going to do any better in this one. But hey, Claire and Jessica Jones are in this one so I'll watch it. (Not hugely keen on Luke Cage either but he's better than bloody iron fist)

 

[8den]

Watched the first one the other night, it was ok. I will be watching more. I really hope that Danny Rand isn't in is as much though, I can't stand him, the actor is crap and wooden, the character is such a whiney little bitch and a really shit superhero. He comprehensively failed at everything he did in the Iron fist series and I doubt he's going to do any better in this one. But hey, Claire and Jessica Jones are in this one so I'll watch it. (Not hugely keen on Luke Cage either but he's better than bloody iron fist)

Yeah just watched the opening scene

Spoiler

All Iron Fist, and the I thought to myself, do I need to know and or care about this shit to watch this.

I gave up on Iron Fist after less than 1 Ep, really Marvel in 2017 you're going to do a show about a rich white guy learning kung fu?

 

[DexterTCN]

Has no one any thoughts on Marvel's Defenders?

Iron Fist is younger and pretty naive. Although annoying on his own his interplay does actually work with the others...mainly them thinking he's an idiot tbf.

But yeah, watched the whole thing over the weekend. Enjoyable.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Watched the first one the other night, it was ok. I will be watching more. I really hope that Danny Rand isn't in is as much though, I can't stand him, the actor is crap and wooden, the character is such a whiney little bitch and a really shit superhero. He comprehensively failed at everything he did in the Iron fist series and I doubt he's going to do any better in this one. But hey, Claire and Jessica Jones are in this one so I'll watch it. (Not hugely keen on Luke Cage either but he's better than bloody iron fist)

Defenders at least managed to make a plot point out of Rand being a stupid, privileged little twat. Doesn't change the fact that the actor is rubbish and the character a massive bummer every time he appears on screen.

Bored of Daredevil too now tbh. More Jessica Jones please.

 

[danny la rouge]

Wasted hours of my life on series one of sense8. I got pulled in and knew it was deteriorating but the series finale put the nail in the coffin. Not only did it turn into a very bad action movie, like the A Team multiplied by Night Rider, it is seriously bigoted. Every character is an ethnic, sexual orientation, or gender stereotype. The Indian woman is a scientist (and into peace); the Korean woman is a martial arts expert; the Kenyan man has a sunny disposition and "sees the world simply" (an actual line of dialogue); men "can't stand seeing an expensive car in distress; it's like a primal instinct". And so on and so on. It's a terrible, terrible heap of divisive shite, masquerading as a positive message for diversity.

 

[DotCommunist]

I watched defenders and can't say I was overly impressed. it was quite good but somehow not brilliant

I lolled hard in the ep where Cage gets out of Jail, goes straight home to see his woman and bangs so hard the furniture is all over the shop.

as we established on another thread danny spent a gap year in goa, not a lifetime in a secret martial arts city

annoying convo between JJ and LC about how 'I don't believe in this shit man, do you' when confronted by the mystic stuff. Well you, matey, are bullet proof. You , Jones are super strong. Don't tell me magic ninjas is a bridge too far now
writer obviously wanted to find a way to show them as the more down to earth pair. Could have done better

Jessicas sly digs were funny. Moggy needs to pull that marrow out of his arse then he can remove that pained expression from his boat. He's been wearing it since daredevil 2.

deberoah anne woll was...ok? Apparently there is a well loved Daredevil comic that may be the backbone of the next DD series. In the comic Karen Page gets into acting then develops a heroin addiction and starts doing porn to pay her habit.

Would anyone care to guess which well known comic book writer decided to write that character arc?

 

[magneze]

I'm 2 episodes into Iron Fist. Was expecting it to be crap based on all the reviews. Not too bad so far - does it get exponentially worse?

 

[The Octagon]

5 episodes into The Defenders, it's maintaining my interest with some decent set pieces and moments of character -

Spoiler: Episode 3

Luke comforting the mother who loses all her children was a surprisingly powerful scene

Danny Rand doesn't seem as bad to me because I didn't watch Iron Fist in the end (will get to it eventually), it's all a bit sub-Arrow angst on his side though (has he mentioned how his parents died yet? ), but he's funny in an earnest way.

Great to see JJ and Daredevil back though, I've missed Krysten Ritter and her supporting cast in particular (Patsy, Malcolm).

Sigourney Weaver decent so far (although doesn't look to be overly stretching herself), will probably finish it today or tomorrow.

 

[emanymton]

I watched defenders and can't say I was overly impressed. it was quite good but somehow not brilliant

I lolled hard in the ep where Cage gets out of Jail, goes straight home to see his woman and bangs so hard the furniture is all over the shop.

as we established on another thread danny spent a gap year in goa, not a lifetime in a secret martial arts city

annoying convo between JJ and LC about how 'I don't believe in this shit man, do you' when confronted by the mystic stuff. Well you, matey, are bullet proof. You , Jones are super strong. Don't tell me magic ninjas is a bridge too far now
writer obviously wanted to find a way to show them as the more down to earth pair. Could have done better

Jessicas sly digs were funny. Moggy needs to pull that marrow out of his arse then he can remove that pained expression from his boat. He's been wearing it since daredevil 2.

deberoah anne woll was...ok? Apparently there is a well loved Daredevil comic that may be the backbone of the next DD series. In the comic Karen Page gets into acting then develops a heroin addiction and starts doing porn to pay her habit.

Would anyone care to guess which well known comic book writer decided to write that character arc?

The prick who did 300? Whose name I can't remember and can't be arsed to Google.

 

[DotCommunist]

The prick who did 300? Whose name I can't remember and can't be arsed to Google.

the very same Frank Miller

 

[sojourner]

Gave up on The Expanse. Boring.

Halfway through The Cuba Libre Story, which is interesting in parts, but they made a pig's ear of the actual revolution part of it. Loads of stuff missing, glossed over. Disappointing.

The Hard Stop was excellent, but made us fucking really angry again.

 

[DexterTCN]

Death Note. The TV series not the movie. Apart from the intro theme tune I'm really enjoying it. Episode 7 is incredible.

Teenager finds a note book. If you write someone's name in it they die. A demon looks on. Things progress.

 

[Dom Traynor]

White Gold is pretty good so far

 

[krtek a houby]

The Expanse. Best sci-fi on the telly in years. Kept putting off watching it but yeah, totally into it.

 

[danny la rouge]

I like Aziz Ansari, and I love his real parents playing his parents (his mum is a spectacularly bad actor), but I've been underwhelmed by series two. I'm about half way through but in comparison to series one, which I loved, the second seems much more slight. I don't need things to be overwritten, but I do need a little bit of writing. The episode where he's dating a load of women from a dating app, for example. It's just a string of very underwhelming vignettes.

Dev's very likeable and can carry a lot of dead screen time, but I'm missing the wit of series one. Hope it picks up.

Meant to say, I've watched more. And one episode in particular was very good. I should also have mentioned the music, which is well thought out and chosen.