Netflix - What gems have you found? (NO SPOILERS) (Vol. 2)

[pidsy]

Sweet Tooth


Finished the final season - carries on in the same vein as before and has a fitting end.

[C5_Steve]

Smollet said:

0ddball said:

C5_Steve said:

If anyone wants a palette cleanser that isn't Jaws and is on Netflix, The Shallows is a very good one. More suspenseful and in the Jaws vein than say The Meg or Deep Blue Sea.

You sure about that chief? Can't find it in mine.

Nor I

st sorry, quickly Googled it but Google (as always) lied and said it was Netflix when it's not. No idea why it does that.

[Red6]

A bit late to the party, but watching Orange Is The New Black. I cannot remember the last time I've cussed at characters or loathed their traits. It's so well written, funny, and tragic.

I also discovered Midnight Diner - Tokyo Stories and House Of Ninjas.

Rewatching Star Trek Voyager too.

[Smollet]

pidsy said:

Sweet Tooth


Finished the final season - carries on in the same vein as before and has a fitting end.

The first series was good, but the second one so far after one episode seems to full of Ewoks. I hope it gets better.

[Doofus]

Smollet said:

pidsy said:

Sweet Tooth


Finished the final season - carries on in the same vein as before and has a fitting end.

The first series was good, but the second one so far after one episode seems to full of Ewoks. I hope it gets better.

Series two lost me completely. My wife still watches, but it just turned into a junior version of Negan & The Saviours vs the Good Guys.

[C5_Steve]

Red6 said:

A bit late to the party, but watching Orange Is The New Black. I cannot remember the last time I've cussed at characters or loathed their traits. It's so well written, funny, and tragic.

I also discovered Midnight Diner - Tokyo Stories and House Of Ninjas.

Rewatching Star Trek Voyager too.

I really enjoyed House of Ninjas and I'm glad they're doing more of it. Great show.

I enjoyed rewatching Voyager, much more than I did on the first go around.

[rider73]

C5_Steve said:

Red6 said:

A bit late to the party, but watching Orange Is The New Black. I cannot remember the last time I've cussed at characters or loathed their traits. It's so well written, funny, and tragic.

I also discovered Midnight Diner - Tokyo Stories and House Of Ninjas.

Rewatching Star Trek Voyager too.

I really enjoyed House of Ninjas and I'm glad they're doing more of it. Great show.

I enjoyed rewatching Voyager, much more than I did on the first go around.

me too - especially when listening to The Delta flyers podcast (free version + paid) is fantastic to back up the Voyager series - even when its now quite old.
Amazing the details of filming - like how they had stand ins, back doubles, hand doubles, constantly having to redbub (ADR) the speaking, and their own ratings of each episode. they also are quite careful not to criticise too much Paramount... some great guest stars too....

They are currently doing DS9 with (original) Dax - and Quark - again its fascinating listening to them both too..... Terry Farrell is really quite funny and down to earth!

[C5_Steve]

rider73 said:

me too - especially when listening to The Delta flyers podcast (free version + paid) is fantastic to back up the Voyager series - even when its now quite old.
Amazing the details of filming - like how they had stand ins, back doubles, hand doubles, constantly having to redbub (ADR) the speaking, and their own ratings of each episode. they also are quite careful not to criticise too much Paramount... some great guest stars too....

They are currently doing DS9 with (original) Dax - and Quark - again its fascinating listening to them both too..... Terry Farrell is really quite funny and down to earth!

I've never listened to their podcast but I was aware of it, thanks for the recommendation I'll give it a listen/watch.

[Al Gorithum]

I found The Hour to be decent. Some nice classic cars too.Just finished both seasons.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

warp9 said:

Clockwork Cupcake said:

JoshSm said:

Scavengers Reign

Animated sci-fi thing, lots of weirdness. Did well with critics, very strong style to it, apparently similar to Moebius' work but also reminded me of some Japanese stuff.

You had me at Moebius. I will have to watch this

It's got a very Japanese vibe to it. I find it strangely unsettling, but is compulsive viewing, although I can only watch 2 episodes at a time.

This is very very odd. I'm getting Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind vibes from the strange flora and fauna. And, yes, also Moebius.

It is all very odd. And intriguing. And I am captivated.

example of Moebius' work for anyone not familiar:
https://www.iamag.co/the-art-of-moebius/

Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Thursday 20th June 10:49

[Red6]

Not Netflix but enjoyed the following -

Channel 4 - Alice and Jack.
Channel 4 - Cacciatore (still watching)
iPlayer - Superman and Lois (watching S3)

[rider73]

C4 player is awful sometimes, so many ad's and cuts out so often for us...."network error"

[JagLover]

WrekinCrew said:

We're re-watching Dexter too - just as good second time around. Nearly at the end of S3 but from memory I'd rank S4 (Trinity killer / John Lithgow) no.1
Also the title sequence (theme and cinematography) is still one of the best of all time.

Just re-watched S4 and it confirmed me in my original thoughts, though of course everyone is different and will like different things. I think S4 is a very good season but I would rank it below S1 & S2.

I think people remember Lithgow's awesome performance and the ending but forget some of the flaws in S4.

For starters some of the side plots are simply awful. Secondly it suffers from the frequent problem of Dexter seasons (which 1 & 2 had much less of imo) in the mid season lull. Episodes 5-8 really drag at times, particular when we are with the side characters, and then it explodes into life again with Thanksgiving. Finally the writing is starting to deteriorate, imo, and many of Dexter's actions and motivations are dubious.

On another positive note Jennifer Carpenter really came into her own in S4 and she had become a very good performer in that role, who also carried the show somewhat in later seasons.

[Davie_GLA]

Have we had Archive 81 yet?? Ffs!

I suspected that ending quite quickly and when I learned it hadn’t been renewed I should have bailed but noooo….

it was all a fking dream and took place in the 90s. The last scene had the twin towers still up.

[fatbutt]

Davie_GLA said:

Have we had Archive 81 yet?? Ffs!

I suspected that ending quite quickly and when I learned it hadn’t been renewed I should have bailed but noooo….

it was all a fking dream and took place in the 90s. The last scene had the twin towers still up.

Really?! That's not the ending I remember! I thought it was pretty good and lined itself up with some cliff hangers for a second season

[The Conflated Outlier]

The Revenant (2015) with Tom Hardy and DeCaprio.

Long, and very good. What you'd expect from them really.

[Legacywr]

Car Crash: Who’s Lying.

Documentary focusing on a fatal car crash Portsmouth way in 2016.

A good watch.

[TopTrump]

Thought on 'Eric'? It's ok but nothing special IMO

[Davie_GLA]

TopTrump said:

Thought on 'Eric'? It's ok but nothing special IMO

I loved it. Thought it was really well written and enjoyed the character development. I’m not a huge fan of cumberbatch but thought this was great.

[Davie_GLA]

fatbutt said:

Really?! That's not the ending I remember! I thought it was pretty good and lined itself up with some cliff hangers for a second season

It was the only explanation if you take the story at its face value. The whole thing was summarised in the final three scenes. I guess they could have gotten a second season from it but Netflix canned it.