Netflix recommendations

[Threshers_Flail]

I gave The Good Place a go but didn't think much of it tbh, might try again later.

If you like Ted Danson I'd recommend Bored To Death, that was well good.

 

[The Fornicator]

I thought it was terrible - really shitty denouement that did not reward my patience and I think it made me laugh just once or twice.

wot's netflix

 

[gentlegreen]

I'm dipping into "Limitless" - mostly I avoided it because of potential violence, but it's quite interesting - and the CSI science is a bit less silly than CSI / NCIS.

Not exactly high art, but entertaining enough ...

 

[gentlegreen]

wot's netflix

I actually fired up BBC Iplayer the other night and almost found myself watching a hideous documentary about a psychopath ...
I'm really not sure what purpose that sort of programme serves ...

Give me bland, polished fantasy every time ...

 

[T & P]

I gave The Good Place a go but didn't think much of it tbh, might try again later.

If you like Ted Danson I'd recommend Bored To Death, that was well good.

How many episodes did you watch? It gets better with every one, and if by the fifth or sixth one you are not thinking it is at least very good, I fear you might be as much of a miserypants as Orang Utan

On the back of this we’ve started watching Parks and Recreation (available on Amazon) as it is by the same writers, and is also fucking brilliant, though it doesn’t really take off until season 2.

 

[Mogden]

Everyone else is giving highly cultural reviews and recommendations for Netflix programmes. I'm posting to say watch Big Mouth cos it's funny and gross. Only two episodes in but I really like it

 

[gentlegreen]

I think I'll give "Big Mouth" a pass - only watched a bit - I'm not nostalgic for teenage angst !

 

[Threshers_Flail]

How many episodes did you watch? It gets better with every one, and if by the fifth or sixth one you are not thinking it is at least very good, I fear you might be as much of a miserypants as Orang Utan

On the back of this we’ve started watching Parks and Recreation (available on Amazon) as it is by the same writers, and is also fucking brilliant, though it doesn’t really take off until season 2.

I think I've watched three, and yes I may very well be a misery pants.

 

[danny la rouge]

How many episodes did you watch? It gets better with every one, and if by the fifth or sixth one you are not thinking it is at least very good, I fear you might be as much of a miserypants as Orang Utan

On the back of this we’ve started watching Parks and Recreation (available on Amazon) as it is by the same writers, and is also fucking brilliant, though it doesn’t really take off until season 2.

Didn't know The Good Place was by the same writers as P&R (though now I know I can see that. And certain casting). I like the Good Place. I predicted much of the reveal (like Doug Forcett did), and I hope they can keep the ideas coming.

I liked a lot of P&R but I think it went on two seasons too long. And if you want to retain a high opinion of it you won't watch the last 'season' at all. It had come to a natural end the 'season' before, which although suboptimal was at least not the travesty of the last series.

 

[danny la rouge]

Are we saying "season" now? I can't get used to it.

 

[gentlegreen]

Just watched the pilot of "night shift" - a fairly middle of the road ER drama series - not "House", but after watching that 2 or 3 times, maybe I needed a milder antidote ...

 

[DexterTCN]

This List of Unused Food Puns From <em>The Good Place</em> Is Pretty Forking Amazing

 

[BigTom]

Are we saying "season" now? I can't get used to it.

If it's from the US, it's season because they are 12 or 13 episodes (1 per week = 1 run per season / 4 per year). If they are from the UK they are 6 or 7, so series.
Although I find myself saying season more and more often for everything, which is annoying.

 

[Orang Utan]

The Good Place is terrible, but Master Of None is brilliant.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Started watching The Making of the Mafia which is done in a docu-drama style. Thoroughly enjoyable and interesting so far.

 

[cybershot]

 

[hammerntongues]

Divines , Low budget French drama , 2 young girls from poor a background making their way through their teens and getting enticed into low level drug world to get them out of their slum existance . Funny , Sad and excellently acted from 2 unknowns

 

[souljacker]

I am seriously enjoying Narcos Season 3. Not quite as good as 1 & 2 but still very entertaining. The way they capture the mood of a cartel falling from power is very believable. I've got 3 episodes left and I'm already concerned about how I'm going to fill the void it will leave.

However, there is something called Suburra coming tomorrow which looks good. Crime, religion and politics in Italy. Usually a good mix.

 

[Chz]

I'm enjoying The Good Place as fluff. I needed something I could watch and enjoy without having to pay a lot of attention to it. It's perfect for that, and it's less manic than Kimmy Schmidt so I can relax a bit. So far as fluff goes, I think it's very, very good. Much better than our old "watch fluffy thing and relax" show - TBBT. (you may begin casting stones for ever enjoying it now)

I'll grant that it's still pure fluff though, so I can see why someone wouldn't like it. I'm just annoyed Mrs.C doesn't enjoy Cowboy Bebop to relax to.

 

[Nine Bob Note]

 

[The Octagon]

Just caught up with episode 2 of The Good Place, that was brilliant.

A season or two's worth of plotlines blown through in 20 mins, with fantastic attention to detail and an intriguing ending.

It may be fluffy, but it's well executed and funny.

Also the first 20 mins of Star Trek Discovery, but I lost interest and now not sure if I'll pick it back up unless I hear it's improved beyond the first 3 episodes. The main actress was pretty poor at times on The Walking Dead and she's not much better here unfortunately.

 

[marshall]

Started watching The Making of the Mafia which is done in a docu-drama style. Thoroughly enjoyable and interesting so far.

Agree, quite a bit I didn't know, there were some sharp thinkers in that original crew. Interesting.

 

[Vintage Paw]

Watched the first episode of The Expanse and really didn't enjoy it. Him indoors persevered and said it gets lots better but I just wasn't feeling it.

Started watching The Good Place last night and absolutely love it.

Of course been watching Star Trek: Discovery. Enjoying it, but it doesn't quite feel like I like my Trek to feel. Will keep watching. Because it's Star Trek.

Also been watching the original House of Cards. Never seen it before. The first series is exceptional. Only seen the first episode of the second series so far and it doesn't seem as good.

 

[Nine Bob Note]

Just as I bought the bloody thing

 

[BigTom]

Watched the first episode of The Expanse and really didn't enjoy it. Him indoors persevered and said it gets lots better but I just wasn't feeling it.

Started watching The Good Place last night and absolutely love it.

Of course been watching Star Trek: Discovery. Enjoying it, but it doesn't quite feel like I like my Trek to feel. Will keep watching. Because it's Star Trek.

Also been watching the original House of Cards. Never seen it before. The first series is exceptional. Only seen the first episode of the second series so far and it doesn't seem as good.

First series of HoC is by far and away the best, it goes downhill rapidly. Worth watching it all as the story as a whole is good but neither of the next two (?) series come anywhere near the level of the first and it drags on a bit. I much, much prefer it to the US version but that may be because I don't know US politics so well, or because the actor who plays Urqhuart is truly brilliant, better than Kevin Spacey imo.

The expanse is clearly the best sci-fi tv series for ages and you are deeply, deeply wrong not to like it

 

[DotCommunist]

Watched the first episode of The Expanse and really didn't enjoy it. Him indoors persevered and said it gets lots better but I just wasn't feeling it.

I'm not a fan of the phrase 'world building' because it sounds wrong to me, but thats just moaning on my part- thats whats going on for a good 3 eps. Series one I watched once a week because its good enough and intriguing for what it is. But it seriously kicks into gear down the line.

 

[dervish]

I'm not a fan of the phrase 'world building' because it sounds wrong to me, but thats just moaning on my part- thats whats going on for a good 3 eps. Series one I watched once a week because its good enough and intriguing for what it is. But it seriously kicks into gear down the line.

Especially the second series that really ramps it up.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Here Alone - a perfectly good, low budget, zombie flick which would slot perfectly into the Walking Dead universe.

Follows a woman who is living in the woods post zombie-apocalypse. It's a slow moving film, with a few flashbacks, a couple of zombie encounters. She meets a couple of other survivors who she helps out a bit...it's a quiet film, intense film, and well worth a watch.

Lucy Walter, the lead actor, was great. She makes the housewife to wilderness survivor story believable.

Won Narrative Feature Audience Award at The Tribeca Film Festival.

 

[Poi E]

Fuck bollocks to Netflix. Got my proxy unblocking Amazon US but set to UK Netflix region yet they are still blocking me saying I am using a proxy

 

[DexterTCN]

Fuck bollocks to Netflix. Got my proxy unblocking Amazon US but set to UK Netflix region yet they are still blocking me saying I am using a proxy

You'll be losing US Amazon then?