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

[Smollet]

carlo996 said:

Looks like total ste tbh.

I wouldn’t watch it again tbh.

[some bloke]

Has Last Stop Larrimah been mentioned? It's a story of a guy who goes missing in Larrimah (population 11 10) in the NT, in Australia. I wasn't sure if it was a mockumentry at first, but they are real people. fuggen.

[beagrizzly]

American Nightmare

Three part documentary about a reported home invasion and kidnapping of a young woman in California, and the st-show of a police and FBI non-investigation that follows.

Trying to avoid spoilers, so can't say much else, but it's definitely gripping.

[carl_w]

Smollet said:

Just watched it. 6/10 and that’s being generous

I thought it was OK. Two hours of brain out action.

[C5_Steve]

There's no seperate thread for it but as it's now on Netflix thought it worth commenting on here, the new series of Star Trek: Prodigy dropped this week on Netflix.

Both seasons are now on here (after Paramount binned it off). At first glance it appears to be made for kids but, I cannot stress this enough, if you're a fan of any Star Trek (especially the older series' like TNG or Voyager) this is a brilliant show. I'd dare say if Disco wasn't your thing you'd also have a much better time with this.

Much like Lower Decks, as it's animated they get to do a lot more with creating new worlds/aliens/ships etc that budgets would prevent in live action, I'm 4 eps in on Season 2 and it's brilliant. Season 1 takes a bit to get going but there are 20 eps so they're good runs. Season 2 has even more callbacks and direct links to earlier Trek stuff so it really is a lot of fun.

[ATM]

I'm just watching The OA again. Its brilliantly crazy. I forgot so much after the first viewing. You need to see it or see it again.

[rider73]

ATM said:

I'm just watching The OA again. Its brilliantly crazy. I forgot so much after the first viewing. You need to see it or see it again.

It never got finished iirc? Cancelled? Unless I'm mistaken and another series got made!?

[ATM]

rider73 said:

ATM said:

I'm just watching The OA again. Its brilliantly crazy. I forgot so much after the first viewing. You need to see it or see it again.

It never got finished iirc? Cancelled? Unless I'm mistaken and another series got made!?

There are 2 series. Just number 1 is good. I'm now on number 2.

[I-am-the-reverend]

DoctorX said:

carl_w said:

Isn't Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F out today?

Yes. The Guardian didn’t rate it so it may have potential.

Not great but certainly watchable.

[Pistom]

beagrizzly said:

American Nightmare

Three part documentary about a reported home invasion and kidnapping of a young woman in California, and the st-show of a police and FBI non-investigation that follows.

Trying to avoid spoilers, so can't say much else, but it's definitely gripping.

Thanks for this.

Wow. Unimaginable but partly understandable.

I wonder what influence works of fiction had on the line of thinking by the Police.

Excellent documentary. Certainly gripping.

[Richtea1970]

I-am-the-reverend said:

DoctorX said:

carl_w said:

Isn't Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F out today?

Yes. The Guardian didn’t rate it so it may have potential.

Not great but certainly watchable.

Yeah, same.
Not a classic but thought it captured the spirit of the original very well. And the music is still great.

[easytiger123]

The Footballer, His Wife and the Car Crash. Documentary about the life and death of Jlloyd Samuel. Incredibly sad and utterly batst crazy. I wasn't expecting much but it's well worth a watch and not at all what I imagined.

[mickythefish]

i liked axle F, it is comfort film, nothing new just same old but newer.

[Prolex-UK]

mickythefish said:

i liked axle F, it is comfort film, nothing new just same old but newer.

I agree.

Quite agreeable really

[PRO5T]

easytiger123 said:

The Footballer, His Wife and the Car Crash. Documentary about the life and death of Jlloyd Samuel. Incredibly sad and utterly batst crazy. I wasn't expecting much but it's well worth a watch and not at all what I imagined.

We watched that when it was first on ITV4 or somewhere-it's an amazing tale!

[ajprice]

Terminator Zero. Anime series out on August 29th. Set in Japan, no Arnie. It will apparently lean more into the sci fi horror of the first and second film. This one might be good?!

https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/terminator-...

[toasty]

Thumbs up for Axel F. Nothing new, more of the same, exactly what I wanted.

A couple of years back it’d have been remade with Axel being out of time and making a dinosaur of himself in a modern woke world. Glad that st is mostly over.

[suffolk009]

toasty said:

Thumbs up for Axel F. Nothing new, more of the same, exactly what I wanted.

A couple of years back it’d have been remade with Axel being out of time and making a dinosaur of himself in a modern woke world. Glad that st is mostly over.

Generously I'd score Axel F a 4/10. And half of that is for the music.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

ajprice said:

Terminator Zero. Anime series out on August 29th. Set in Japan, no Arnie. It will apparently lean more into the sci fi horror of the first and second film. This one might be good?!

https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/terminator-...

Sounds good; thanks for the tip-off. I'll look out for that.

Did you watch Pacific Rim: The Black? An anime set in the Pacific Rim universe. Wasn't too bad.

[Oakey]

The Man with 1000 Kids

Jesus fking christ, wtf is wrong with this dude. He's single handedly trying to fk up the entire gene pool