Netflix Suggestions?

duff · Post by **duff** » Sat Feb 13, 2021 11:53 am

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 11:49 am Then again, I found Stranger Things to be stupid. So file my opinion accordingly.

I love Arrested Development, but I agree with you on Stranger Things.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat Feb 13, 2021 12:12 pm

duff wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 11:53 am
EnochRoot wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 11:49 am Then again, I found Stranger Things to be stupid. So file my opinion accordingly.
I love Arrested Development, but I agree with you on Stranger Things.

I agree with Duff.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Sat Feb 13, 2021 3:08 pm

Hot Take: Arrested Development is... fine.

I'm not one to react negatively to overhype, but I'm deep into S2 and it's just... fine.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat Feb 13, 2021 3:41 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 3:08 pm Hot Take: Arrested Development is... fine.

I'm not one to react negatively to overhype, but I'm deep into S2 and it's just... fine.

One things about rating shows from days of yore. It's impossible to put your viewing experience into the context of what it was like at the time. Back in the TV stone age when Arrested Development was new, it was unlike anything else on TV. It was so refreshing for its time. It's style has been imitated by other shows, so now it doesn't have the impact on a viewer it used to have. Kind of like when a kid nowadays listens to the Beatles or the Stones, and says such and such new band plays that kind of music and does it better.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sat Feb 13, 2021 6:48 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 3:08 pm Hot Take: Arrested Development is... fine.

I'm not one to react negatively to overhype, but I'm deep into S2 and it's just... fine.

I've seen about a half dozen episode, and agree that it's... fine.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Sat Feb 13, 2021 7:00 pm

Pruitt wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 6:48 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 3:08 pm Hot Take: Arrested Development is... fine.

I'm not one to react negatively to overhype, but I'm deep into S2 and it's just... fine.
I've seen about a half dozen episode, and agree that it's... fine.

Same boat. I watched the first few episodes years back and didn't hate it, but I didn't get why so many raved over it.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sat Feb 13, 2021 7:26 pm

San Carlos nailed it. No one else was doing that meta stuff then.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Sat Feb 13, 2021 9:12 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 7:26 pm San Carlos nailed it. No one else was doing that meta stuff then.

And the absurdity and fast paced I acknowledged jokes thrown in. The witty play in words. There is so much there, and it was such a departure from anything else on TV. Shows like Parks and Rec, 30 Rock, Good Place and so many others have followed, that it doesn’t seem so ground breaking or bizarre if you are watching it for the first time now. I still love it, but I think part of it is the nostalgia aspect. If I was seeing it for the first time now, I wouldn’t like it nearly as much. Yes, it’s too much of everything, but that’s the point.

I watched the first season of Stranger Things. It was ok. I liked it, but I haven’t even considered watching season 2. My sons friends were all obsessed.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Sun Feb 14, 2021 12:56 am

No offense, but I'm pretty capable of going back and watching "ground-breaking" shows and recognizing that it's "out there" and factoring that into my viewing experience.

I ABSOLUTELY see that the show was different and all that. And I will ABSOLUTELY give it points for being a different flavor.

But it's just not that funny. Sorry, not sorry. Hits the same notes over and over and over.

/asshole

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Sun Feb 14, 2021 12:58 am

But, I fully acknowledge that it's kind of bullshit to critique it retroactively.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Sun Feb 14, 2021 10:47 am

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Sun Feb 14, 2021 12:56 am No offense, but I'm pretty capable of going back and watching "ground-breaking" shows and recognizing that it's "out there" and factoring that into my viewing experience.

I ABSOLUTELY see that the show was different and all that. And I will ABSOLUTELY give it points for being a different flavor.

But it's just not that funny. Sorry, not sorry. Hits the same notes over and over and over.

/asshole

Feel same.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sun Feb 14, 2021 12:04 pm

BSF21 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 14, 2021 10:47 am
Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Sun Feb 14, 2021 12:56 am No offense, but I'm pretty capable of ... "ground-breaking" sh...it's ...

I ABSOLUTELY ... sh...i...t and all that. And I will ABSOLUTELY give it points for being ...r...

...unny. Sorry, ... s...Hits ... over and over and over.

/asshole
Feel same.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:37 pm

God almighty that makes me laugh every time!

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 10:17 am

I'm not sharing anymore I thought this was a safe space.

(that was A+ work)

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 12:12 pm

kim's convenience is fun. we started watching that during the rain delay last night

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sat Feb 20, 2021 11:56 pm

They Shall Not Grow Old is incredible.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Mar 03, 2021 1:41 pm

Not sure if this should go to the netflix, or soccer, or some other place...

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Mar 03, 2021 1:53 pm

He was so great. Probably my first favorite soccer player. Once the US was out of US94, I adopted Italy as my favorite team, based greatly on Baggio.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:44 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2020 2:34 pm Even though I have no interest in motor sports, I've gotten sucked into the 'Formula 1: Drive to survive'. I've got one episode left of season 1, and its really interesting.

Bronto: From watching this, it seems like every race just has an enormous cock-up in the first turn after the start. Why don't they do a rolling start like Indy Car or Nascar? Just tradition?

This show has completely captured me. I definitely feel like watching more F1.

Tom 1860 · Post by **Tom 1860** » Sun Mar 07, 2021 8:50 am

So Terriers was never available on UK Netflix, but is now on Star within Disney +

Is this still highly recommended?

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sun Mar 07, 2021 9:45 am

My god yes.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Sun Mar 07, 2021 9:46 am

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 9:45 am My god yes.

Seconded.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Sun Mar 07, 2021 2:22 pm

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:44 pm
DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2020 2:34 pm Even though I have no interest in motor sports, I've gotten sucked into the 'Formula 1: Drive to survive'. I've got one episode left of season 1, and its really interesting.

Bronto: From watching this, it seems like every race just has an enormous cock-up in the first turn after the start. Why don't they do a rolling start like Indy Car or Nascar? Just tradition?
This show has completely captured me. I definitely feel like watching more F1.

Just started it and really enjoying it.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Sun Mar 07, 2021 2:53 pm

BSF21 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 2:22 pm
govmentchedda wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:44 pm
DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2020 2:34 pm Even though I have no interest in motor sports, I've gotten sucked into the 'Formula 1: Drive to survive'. I've got one episode left of season 1, and its really interesting.

Bronto: From watching this, it seems like every race just has an enormous cock-up in the first turn after the start. Why don't they do a rolling start like Indy Car or Nascar? Just tradition?
This show has completely captured me. I definitely feel like watching more F1.
Just started it and really enjoying it.

As noted on the VRRRROOOMMMM thread, that show got me, my daughter and wife all into the sport to varying degrees. I even went out and bought the (very difficult) PS4 game.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:23 am

Watching BlackAF. Really enjoying it so far. It's a fake reality show starring Kenya Barris playing himself and actors playing his family. If you are doing that, might as well cast Rashida Jones as your wife, right? I love the vehicle they used to frame the show, one of his daughters is directing the reality show, or more like a documentary, so they alternate between being behind the camera and occasionally showing from behind the scenes, or the daughter directing the cameramen. It has a similar feel to Curb, but it's actually funny and not painfully awkward at all times. And did I mention Rashida Jones?

Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:27 am

The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:23 am Watching BlackAF. Really enjoying it so far. It's a fake reality show starring Kenya Barris playing himself and actors playing his family. If you are doing that, might as well cast Rashida Jones as your wife, right? I love the vehicle they used to frame the show, one of his daughters is directing the reality show, or more like a documentary, so they alternate between being behind the camera and occasionally showing from behind the scenes, or the daughter directing the cameramen. It has a similar feel to Curb, but it's actually funny and not painfully awkward at all times. And did I mention Rashida Jones?

We've discussed it here before and yes, it's really good. The next-to-last episode when they (very mild spoiler here, but just in case)

[+] spoiler: go to Fiji together as a family and had a bit when Kenya is talking about how he feels like actual Africans are judging him for being the ancestors of "one of the ones that got caught" had me laughing out loud harder than anything in years.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:34 am

brian wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:27 am
The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:23 am Watching BlackAF. Really enjoying it so far. It's a fake reality show starring Kenya Barris playing himself and actors playing his family. If you are doing that, might as well cast Rashida Jones as your wife, right? I love the vehicle they used to frame the show, one of his daughters is directing the reality show, or more like a documentary, so they alternate between being behind the camera and occasionally showing from behind the scenes, or the daughter directing the cameramen. It has a similar feel to Curb, but it's actually funny and not painfully awkward at all times. And did I mention Rashida Jones?
We've discussed it here before and yes, it's really good. The next-to-last episode when they (very mild spoiler here, but just in case)
[+] spoiler
go to Fiji together as a family and had a bit when Kenya is talking about how he feels like actual Africans are judging him for being the ancestors of "one of the ones that got caught" had me laughing out loud harder than anything in years.

Barris either has very little ego, or his insecurities are off the charts, as the show so far is all about him looking like a fool while worrying about looking like a fool, which makes him do foolish things.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:47 am

Yeah, it was great. Not sure how a second season will hold up as it really seemed to finish the cycle all in one year.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 7:30 pm

I started watching 'Murder Among The Mormons' yesterday morning.

Its pretty strange...I was living in Salt Lake when all that went down (I remember there was slew of White Salamander costumes for Halloween one year), and its crazy seeing all the news reports with anchors and hosts that I totally remember.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 7:39 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 7:30 pm I started watching 'Murder Among The Mormons' yesterday morning.

Its pretty strange...I was living in Salt Lake when all that went down (I remember there was slew of White Salamander costumes for Halloween one year), and its crazy seeing all the news reports with anchors and hosts that I totally remember.

How is that? I know the guy who prosecuted Hoffman fairly well, plus I've used the document guy as an expert witness to prove a forgery. So I want to watch it, but not if it's too annoying with stuff about the Mormons.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 7:39 pm

Watched that also. We moved out of Utah in 84, so I had never even heard of these events until this doc. But yeah, I had the same reaction to the newspeople.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 7:48 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 7:39 pm
DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 7:30 pm I started watching 'Murder Among The Mormons' yesterday morning.

Its pretty strange...I was living in Salt Lake when all that went down (I remember there was slew of White Salamander costumes for Halloween one year), and its crazy seeing all the news reports with anchors and hosts that I totally remember.
How is that? I know the guy who prosecuted Hoffman fairly well, plus I've used the document guy as an expert witness to prove a forgery. So I want to watch it, but not if it's too annoying with stuff about the Mormons.

So far its pretty good...I've only watched 1 1/2 episodes so far.

Post by **brian** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:23 pm

I really, really liked it. Same as most docs these days they could have easily cut it down into a really good two-hour movie, but it's not padded out as egregious as most these days.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:56 pm

Brontoburglar wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 12:12 pm kim's convenience is fun. we started watching that during the rain delay last night

very much love these korean canadians

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 9:54 pm

brian wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:23 pm I really, really liked it. Same as most docs these days they could have easily cut it down into a really good two-hour movie, but it's not padded out as egregious as most these days.

I’m an episode in and looking forward to finishing it.

Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:56 am

A_B wrote: ↑Mon Dec 28, 2020 9:50 pm
sancarlos wrote: ↑Fri Dec 25, 2020 9:27 pm
DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 12:41 pm We watched the remake of 'Rebecca' on Saturday night. And it looked great...with a good cast (Armie Hammer, Kristen Scott Thomas, and Lily James). But wow...was it bad. Stick to original with Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine (and directed by Hitchcock).
Good to know. The original old one is excellent.

Also, We greatly enjoyed The Queen’s Gambit
I watched the first episode of gambit about a month ago with the woman and we were not hooked. Started second today and that was probably the best episode of drama tv I’ve seen this year. So we ended up finishing two more episodes. Not sure where it’s going but digging it now that I got past the dourness of first episode.

We watched this last week and while I really like it I have to say it's one of the more predictable shows I've ever seen. (At least, if you've ever seen a sports movie.)

Reaper · Post by **Reaper** » Thu Mar 18, 2021 10:02 pm

Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Dec 11, 2018 7:26 am
EnochRoot wrote: ↑Mon Dec 10, 2018 11:15 pm Damn - love me some Boosh. Stupid, ‘Young Ones’ type humor. Gets me every time.

I was told the, um, thing on the beer I drank last night looked like Old Gregg, and now I've gone down a Mighty Boosh rabbit hole.

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Post by **brian** » Thu Mar 18, 2021 10:17 pm

After movie night, watched "Relaxing Old Footage With Joe Pera" on HBOMax and it's brilliant. Almost like a lost episode of "Joe Pera Talks To You".

If I had a few million bucks, I'd go to Joe Pera and tell him I'll produce anything he wants to make. There needs to be more shows like Joe Pera Talks To You.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 5:07 pm

I trust Rian Johnson, but not sure if I trust him that much. Wow.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:16 pm

brian wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 10:17 pm After movie night, watched "Relaxing Old Footage With Joe Pera" on HBOMax and it's brilliant. Almost like a lost episode of "Joe Pera Talks To You".

If I had a few million bucks, I'd go to Joe Pera and tell him I'll produce anything he wants to make. There needs to be more shows like Joe Pera Talks To You.

Loved that.

If you are in the mood for something stupid and crude, Eric Andre's "Bad Trips" has a couple of scenes that made it hard for me to breathe. (My wife wet her pants)