Netflix recommendations

[The39thStep]

Yup definitely hooked on Manhunter now, aside from the breakthrough research and the diversion into investigation it's the little nuances about the main characters lives outside of their employment that draws me in.

 

[Leafster]

Has anyone watched Frontier?

I keep dabbling with it but not sure.

I've watched the first season. It's OK but not something I felt I needed to watch the next episode straight away. The Captain's English accent has to be an homage to Dick van Dyke though.

 

[Spymaster]

I've watched the first season. It's OK but not something I felt I needed to watch the next episode straight away. The Captain's English accent has to be an homage to Dick van Dyke though.

Yes, that’s it. It’s not particularly compelling and the acting is pretty poor but it’s a good romp and a genre I like so I’ll probably just dip in and out of it.

The captain’s English accent is diabolical. I googled the actor to see if he had Australian/South African/Cockney/French/German ancestry but he’s American.

 

[DotCommunist]

I watched about 4 maybe 5 eps of frontier and may go back to it at some point. Its OK, I'd put it on the 'rattling yarn' take as well, many buckles swashed. Thats what carries it. A sharpe or a hornblower perhaps (although hornblowers naval battles were the tits iirc)

 

[Spymaster]

A sharpe or a hornblower perhaps (although hornblowers naval battles were the tits iirc)

Long John Silver with shagging and swearing.

 

[Mation]

Just finished The Punisher. Liked it lots though JJ and LC are my favourites of this Marvel batch. Had to look away and hold my hands in front of my face just to be on the safe side for much of episode 3 and some bits of two later episodes as the violence got too grim to see. But I can't help but like the character and all the raaaaaaaaaaar was quite cathartic.

I also watched the Elon Musk vehicle, Mars. Anyone seen that? Weird, propagandist docudrama type stuff. Fascinating and entertaining and manipulative, with (deliberately?) sloppy editing.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Just finished The Punisher. Liked it lots though JJ and LC are my favourites of this Marvel batch. Had to look away and hold my hands in front of my face just to be on the safe side for much of episode 3 and some bits of two later episodes as the violence got too grim to see. But I can't help but like the character and all the raaaaaaaaaaar was quite cathartic.

I also watched the Elon Musk vehicle, Mars. Anyone seen that? Weird, propagandist docudrama type stuff. Fascinating and entertaining and manipulative, with (deliberately?) sloppy editing.

I really enjoyed Punisher. I started watching Mars yesterday, but fell asleep. Science makes me sleepy.

 

[dervish]

Just started Mars, it's about half a drama about colonists landing on Mars to start a colony in the year 2033 and half interviews with Elon Musk and associated people about where we are now, (well 2016) it's very interesting. Shame they only made 6 episodes and then canned it.

 

[ice-is-forming]

The Black List. 7 seasons , 20+ episodes a season

 

[trabuquera]

I've sat through all of both series of Frontier ... think s2 was a bit of a waste of time though as neither its plot nor its scope expand very interestingly. Pete Postlethwaite has a bit more fun in s2 being even more repugnant than before. There's a bit of anachronistic trans politics over a woman on a ship's crew and a great deal of ladies' clothing unsuitable to the period. The accents get worse and worse. Jason Momoa rucks a bit. It passes the time but I'm pretty sure you could catch something more worthwhile elsewhere.

 

[DotCommunist]

I've sat through all of both series of Frontier ... think s2 was a bit of a waste of time though as neither its plot nor its scope expand very interestingly. Pete Postlethwaite has a bit more fun in s2 being even more repugnant than before. There's a bit of anachronistic trans politics over a woman on a ship's crew and a great deal of ladies' clothing unsuitable to the period. The accents get worse and worse. Jason Momoa rucks a bit. It passes the time but I'm pretty sure you could catch something more worthwhile elsewhere.

choice last night was 'continue frontier, or watch Nazi Supergirl get killed in Legends of Tomorrow'

Nazi Supergirl it was

 

[Spymaster]

Does anyone know if there's a way to stop the annoying video preview pop-ups when browsing Netflix now? I can't find anything in settings. You can mute the volume but the videos still play. Annoying me.

 

[T & P]

I have just discovered Always Sunny.

Properly funny. DeVito is excellent.

I love that series, and just at the weekend we binge watched the entire S12. I am happy to report that great as all the seasons had been so far, S12 for me is even greater and then some. Absolute vintage stuff

 

[rutabowa]

I know we are quite saturated with series concerning narcotrafficos but the recent "El Chapo" is the best of the lot imo. It is less filtered through the yankee perspective anyway (it is still funded by US money I think, but it definitely feels more like a mexican production).

 

[rutabowa]

Never really liked Sean Pean, and he comes out of this looking like a major arsehole with little regard for a woman's safety...

How a Mexican soap opera star became an political exile and human rights activist. Quite gripping, I thought. It's so new there are no comments/reviews on imdb yet! It all started with a tweet...

The Day I Met El Chapo: The Kate Del Castillo Story

Sean Pean tried to stop it from being aired because he's shitting himself. But even in the documentary the only thing he's accused of is not giving Kate the same journalist status he afforded himself and his cameramen, which would have meant she would have protected from prosecution by the government just like he was.
Sean Penn lawyers warn Netflix over El Chapo documentary

... and this was well worth a watch too I thought. Quite melodramatic and soapy, but I guess that is appropriate to the story.

 

[Hellsbells]

We just finished watching It's the end of the Fxxxing world. Quite quirky with dark humour. Really liked it.
It ended too soon

 

[Threshers_Flail]

I really liked American Vandal, funny take on Serial type shows and life in American high school.

 

[Spymaster]

I know we are quite saturated with series concerning narcotrafficos but the recent "El Chapo" is the best of the lot imo. It is less filtered through the yankee perspective anyway (it is still funded by US money I think, but it definitely feels more like a mexican production).

All subtitles though, right?

 

[rutabowa]

Yeah, the guy didn't need to bother learning english.

 

[chilango]

I’ve just binged S1 of Detectorists.

It’s a rather lovely thing isn’t it?

 

[Oldboy]

I’ve just binged S1 of Detectorists.

It’s a rather lovely thing isn’t it?

Watched the finale last night, all 3 series have been perfect - it'll be much missed.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

I am kind of liking Glitch in a 'it's something - can watch while cooking' kinda way

 

[Opera Buffa]

Just finished Manhunt: The Unabomber. Very cheesy cliched start (nearly gave up on it after 15 mins) but thankfully stuck with it as it improves and then some. It follows the (somewhat fictionalised) attempt to catch a man who fastidiously left no forensic evidence in his bombs by instead looking at patterns and similarities in the language of his letters and writings.

It even pulls off a rare feat of humanising the Unabomber, not sure how I feel about that TBH.

For those who have watched it I was surprised at how certain outlandish scenes in the series seem to be basically true, according to Ted Kaczynski's Wiki.

I would give it 8/10.

 

[danny la rouge]

Been catching up with Season 2 of Travelers (sic). I'm a sucker for a time travel caper, and I enjoy this. But can I ask one thing, please? Can the writers just calm down about how pretty Marcy is? Yes, yes, she's very pretty, but how many men do we have to have that are unable to function in her presence? The nice social worker guy, OK. (Though I do think he needs to get a grip). But now the Doctor with the extremely well-groomed beard? It's a bit over done now, cheers.

 

[keybored]

Edit: This no longer works.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

The Sinner. Good show. Bill Pullman was great. Plot tie up was ok, but left a couple of glaring questions that I can not ignore.

I suspect a follow up show with Pullman's character will be commissioned soon.

 

[Mordi]

I enjoyed GLOW, but not sure I'll bother with another season. Was expecting it to broaden out a little and maybe develop more of the character's frustration with the sexism and power imbalance in their work. Which doesn't really happen. The costumes are great though and it's entertaining.

 

[magneze]

Been catching up with Season 2 of Travelers (sic). I'm a sucker for a time travel caper, and I enjoy this. But can I ask one thing, please? Can the writers just calm down about how pretty Marcy is? Yes, yes, she's very pretty, but how many men do we have to have that are unable to function in her presence? The nice social worker guy, OK. (Though I do think he needs to get a grip). But now the Doctor with the extremely well-groomed beard? It's a bit over done now, cheers.

It's great, but there was no Series 1 synopsis! Had to trawl YouTube to remind me WTF went on before.

 

[wayward bob]

Actually I've seen a few really interesting climbing docs, so I guess I do find it interesting ... but from the comfort of my own home

i'm a climbing movie junkie and just watched meru again

iirc it's one of a series of equally wtf climbing docs - hopefully they'll get the others up too

 

[danny la rouge]

It's great, but there was no Series 1 synopsis! Had to trawl YouTube to remind me WTF went on before.

I'm still trying to remember!