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

[Legacywr]

Oakey said:

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

wk up, surely?

[Oakey]

Well, he was shagging some of them too

[I-am-the-reverend]

Have we mentioned 'Living' (2022) with Bill Nighy yet?

It's very good.

[SlimJim16v]

Just finished Sense8, very good. My thanks to whoever recommended it on here somewhere.

Disney could learn how to do diversity properly from this. Well written diverse characters that you actually care about.

[DodgyGeezer]

Masterminds - so-so comedy based on a true story. Won't set the world alight but harmless enough

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2461150/

[matrignano]

Under Paris

What in the actual fking fk did I just watch?!?

0 shark soups out of 2 million TNT tsunamis

Edited by matrignano on Monday 8th July 00:49

[oobster]

ThomW said:

Watched the first episode of Supacell tonight. South london based thing (ting?) where six people seemingly randomly get super powers.

Shows promise, but much like when I watched the Marvel show Luke Cage, I feel far too white watching this. Very much aimed at black audiences - that’s not a bad thing but I felt very lost at times with the language and references.

We watched the first two episodes of Supacell this evening and think we’ll continue with it but agree with you about the language and references, not got a clue some of the time.

[pidsy]

oobster said:

ThomW said:

Watched the first episode of Supacell tonight. South london based thing (ting?) where six people seemingly randomly get super powers.

Shows promise, but much like when I watched the Marvel show Luke Cage, I feel far too white watching this. Very much aimed at black audiences - that’s not a bad thing but I felt very lost at times with the language and references.

We watched the first two episodes of Supacell this evening and think we’ll continue with it but agree with you about the language and references, not got a clue some of the time.

Enjoyed this.
There is definitely an element of Topboy-lite about it but a good premise and comes together in the last few episodes.

[cobra kid]

pidsy said:

Enjoyed this.
There is definitely an element of Topboy-lite about it but a good premise and comes together in the last few episodes.

I'm 1.5 episodes in and think it's a great combo of superhero + Topboy so far.

[Tycho]

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.

It was OK but I thought they did make a bit deal out of him leaving the daughter, needing therapy, the new guy being sensitive and in touch with his feelings etc. I just jarred a bit but apart from that it was a reasonable effort that was totally predictable.

[C5_Steve]

SlimJim16v said:

Just finished Sense8, very good. My thanks to whoever recommended it on here somewhere.

Disney could learn how to do diversity properly from this. Well written diverse characters that you actually care about.

Couldn't agree more, I thought Sense8 was excellent and I was really happy they got to finish the story off.

[Black can man]

pidsy said:

oobster said:

ThomW said:

Watched the first episode of Supacell tonight. South london based thing (ting?) where six people seemingly randomly get super powers.

Shows promise, but much like when I watched the Marvel show Luke Cage, I feel far too white watching this. Very much aimed at black audiences - that’s not a bad thing but I felt very lost at times with the language and references.

We watched the first two episodes of Supacell this evening and think we’ll continue with it but agree with you about the language and references, not got a clue some of the time.

Enjoyed this.
There is definitely an element of Topboy-lite about it but a good premise and comes together in the last few episodes.

We Started this last night & tbh I'm really enjoying it, Could well be that I am pretty much familiar with all the locations & I find myself saying, Burgess park, The Blue, Peckham high street , Brixton etc.

Got two more to watch, It's really silly tbh but a bit of fun & trying to decipher what the young black dudes are saying is a challenge .

7/10 Innit Fam,

[psi310398]

I-am-the-reverend said:

Have we mentioned 'Living' (2022) with Bill Nighy yet?

It's very good.

It is, isn’t it? Lovely, well observed and understated performance by him.

[GetCarter]

Pistom said:

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.

Another vote for this. Falls into the WTF category.

[Mars]

Black can man said:

pidsy said:

oobster said:

ThomW said:

Watched the first episode of Supacell tonight. South london based thing (ting?) where six people seemingly randomly get super powers.

Shows promise, but much like when I watched the Marvel show Luke Cage, I feel far too white watching this. Very much aimed at black audiences - that’s not a bad thing but I felt very lost at times with the language and references.

We watched the first two episodes of Supacell this evening and think we’ll continue with it but agree with you about the language and references, not got a clue some of the time.

Enjoyed this.
There is definitely an element of Topboy-lite about it but a good premise and comes together in the last few episodes.

We Started this last night & tbh I'm really enjoying it, Could well be that I am pretty much familiar with all the locations & I find myself saying, Burgess park, The Blue, Peckham high street , Brixton etc.

Got two more to watch, It's really silly tbh but a bit of fun & trying to decipher what the young black dudes are saying is a challenge .

7/10 Innit Fam,

I watched it all and found it really tiresome. Characters who wouldn't listen to other characters. Characters who wouldn't tell their partner the most important information. Everyone seemingly overly antagonistic and dramatic - it was like an episode of Eastenders (which I haven't had to watch for 35 years - thankfully). It was just really irritating. Every spoken interaction seemed to be a challenge, a threat, or some other shouted instruction. Couple that with the inner city gangster bullst and I realised early-on that I wasn't the target audience, despite usually liking superhero/mutant SciFi nonsense like that.

[raceboy]

ThomW said:

Watched the first episode of Supacell tonight. South london based thing (ting?) where six people seemingly randomly get super powers.

Got half way through it last night, can only make out about half of the dialect, and Mrs Race even less
But my biggest gripe, and this happens is a lot....how do the characters finances work?
A delivery driver and a social worker living in central London can afford an 840i Convertible
A single nurse living with her sister is wearing Louboutins and driving an Audi electric Q4

The only believable one is the weed seller's battered 206

[Radec]

raceboy said:

ThomW said:

Watched the first episode of Supacell tonight. South london based thing (ting?) where six people seemingly randomly get super powers.

Got half way through it last night, can only make out about half of the dialect, and Mrs Race even less
But my biggest gripe, and this happens is a lot....how do the characters finances work?
A delivery driver and a social worker living in central London can afford an 840i Convertible
A single nurse living with her sister is wearing Louboutins and driving an Audi electric Q4

The only believable one is the weed seller's battered 206

EastEnders has done this for years with most of the square living off selling cheap clothes/fruit and veg and other cheap tat from market stalls or working in a cafe or launderette, yet living comfortably.

[C n C]

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C5_Steve said:

ajprice said:

Heads up for Godzilla Minus One https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81767635?s=a&...

Can't believe they dropped this with no fanfare or anything, didn't even show in the new section for me I had to search for it!

Glad it's on there though, amazing film.

+1 it's a really great film, well worth a watch.

I fell asleep for 30 minutes in the middle of Atlas, which was definitely a better use of my time.

Perfect Sunday Afternoon Film.

Really enjoyed that - had no idea what to expect. Certainly didn't disappoint.

I am a sucker for Japanese films. Didn’t disappoint.

I enjoyed it, beacame hilarious the more you watched it, gotta love Japanese over acting

We watched G-1 on Saturday night. Didn't do much for me, though it was better than the Hollywood films of late.

Felt annoyed I didn't watch the original version with subtitles, felt the dubbing was pretty dreadful, and really took something away from the film for me.

I really don’t like watching dubbed films. I am very used to reading subtitles. Often we have them on during English language programmes and films too.

For me it changes the feeling completely, particularly Japanese. It just sounds wrong.

I'm a bit late catching up (only pop in to this thread once in a while), but I watched G-1 last night after seeing it mentioned in this thread and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Like C5_Steve said, it never appeared on my Netflix suggestions, so thanks for the heads-up here.

With regard to subtitles, I was glad to watch the subtitled version, as I usually prefer to hear the original dialogue - to me, it makes a film "feel" more authentic - something about seeing the disconnect between the actors' mouths and the sound I'm hearing often makes dubbed films seem strange - especially if dubbed in a non-matching accent (and there have been some pretty badly dubbed films as well)..

Having said that, ideally it's good if there's a choice, as I can also understand how reading subtitles can be off-putting for some people.


I also saw the latest Beverley Hills Cop - which was very predictable, but fun for the nostalgic element and the music.

[Composer62]

I-am-the-reverend said:

Have we mentioned 'Living' (2022) with Bill Nighy yet?

It's very good.

Yes, I mentioned it a while ago. I thought it was an excellent, low key film.

[lornemalvo]

I've been watching the first series of KIN and it gets better as it goes along. It's about power struggles in and outside a family. It's a bit like Game of Thrones except it's contemporary and filmed in Ireland.

Edited by lornemalvo on Wednesday 10th July 13:16