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gucci

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peteeeed wrote: »

season 2 of the very pretentious but very good chef's table added today

These shows are visually stunning, the food looks like an amazing blend of art/ science and food!

Noggle

I'd like to see Fargo S2, The Bridge S3, Narcos S2 and True Detective S2 anyone think they'll ever appear on Irish Netflix, my US mates have seen them all also people who get to watch Regular TV have seen The Bridge and True Detective.

Agent Coulson

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Noggle wrote: »

I'd like to see Fargo S2, The Bridge S3, Narcos S2 and True Detective S2 anyone think they'll ever appear on Irish Netflix, my US mates have seen them all also people who get to watch Regular TV have seen The Bridge and True Detective.

True Detective won't be on Netflix as it's a HBO show and they don't deal with Netflix also SKY Atlantic have exclusive rights to HBO shows over here.

Narcos season 2 is being filmed at the moment so it won't be out for a while.

Fargo season 2 will arrive at some stage.

No Idea about The Bridge.

Frank O. Pinion

Noggle wrote: »

I'd like to see Fargo S2, The Bridge S3, Narcos S2 and True Detective S2 anyone think they'll ever appear on Irish Netflix, my US mates have seen them all also people who get to watch Regular TV have seen The Bridge and True Detective.

The Bridge (US) was cancelled after season 2, and Narcos season 2 hasn't been released yet, so I highly doubt your "US mates" have seen them. Also, True Detective is a HBO show, so it won't be available on Netflix.

Noggle

Frank O. Pinion wrote: »

The Bridge (US) was cancelled after season 2, and Narcos season 2 hasn't been released yet, so I highly doubt your "US mates" have seen them. Also, True Detective is a HBO show, so it won't be available on Netflix.

I meant the Scandi The Bridge, Fargo S.2..............wasn't sure about TD and I must have mistaken what the guys were telling me re: Narcos ..........

Whats the story about watching HBO in Ireland?

Ageyev

Noggle wrote: »

I meant the Scandi The Bridge, Fargo S.2..............wasn't sure about TD and I must have mistaken what the guys were telling me re: Narcos ..........

Whats the story about watching HBO in Ireland?

HBO shows appear exlusively on Sky. Sky Atlantic afaik. In the US HBO is a premium channel sans ad breaks with its own streaming service called HBO Go (available only to US customers afaik). Few of their shows have appeared on streaming services. The Sopranos, The Wire, Game of Thrones are some of their big ones.

Agent Coulson

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Titanic & Dirty Rotten Scoundrels added to Netflix Ireland this morning.

Edward Hopper

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Titanic & Dirty Rotten Scoundrels added to Netflix Ireland this morning.

Why is there a cork on his fork?

fin12

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Agent Coulson wrote: »

Titanic & Dirty Rotten Scoundrels added to Netflix Ireland this morning.

Yay I love the Titanic, went to see it 3 times in the cinema when it came back in to celebrate the centenary.

gucci

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Agent Coulson wrote: »

Narcos season 2 is being filmed at the moment so it won't be out for a while.

It is supposed to be released in August.

arcticmonkeys

Detectorists added today staring Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones. Can anyone recommend it ? Looks like an interesting show.

peteeeed

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arcticmonkeys wrote: »

Detectorists added today staring Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones. Can anyone recommend it ? Looks like an interesting show.

its really good , there's a season 2 and a Christmas special too

donfers

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arcticmonkeys wrote: »

Detectorists added today staring Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones. Can anyone recommend it ? Looks like an interesting show.

I'm afraid I can't recommend it - shoddy production values, the least handsome leading men you'll ever find and a slow-moving script. As usual these kind of weird, non-descript shows are filed under "quirky" by the more euphemistic critics but avoid and go for something more stylish and glam like pretty little liars. You may not be the cool kid at the hipster party but you'll be entertained, damn it, and in these short meaningless lives of ours, what more, pray, can we ask for?

Mickeroo

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It's brilliant, tv equivalent of a warm bath imo. Music, characters, writing, humour all top notch without the awkwardness of something like the office.

donfers

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Mickeroo wrote: »

It's brilliant, tv equivalent of a warm bath imo. Music, characters, writing, humour all top notch without the awkwardness of something like the office.

but... would you not go along with my earlier post?

kunst nugget

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donfers wrote: »

but... would you not go along with my earlier post?

Don't watch it because the men are ugly, watch Desperate Housewives: The Teen Years instead? Nah, I'm grand… Looking forward to the Dectectorists but that's because I have a fierce euphemistic critic hipster head on me. It looks Picasso's earlier work.

tigger123

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Noggle wrote: »

I'd like to see Fargo S2, The Bridge S3, Narcos S2 and True Detective S2 anyone think they'll ever appear on Irish Netflix, my US mates have seen them all also people who get to watch Regular TV have seen The Bridge and True Detective.

Fargo S2 was massively overrated IMO, in fact I thought it was pretty awful.

(Apart from Kursten Dunst, who's a stone cold fox).

arcticmonkeys

tigger123 wrote: »

Fargo S2 was massively overrated IMO, in fact I thought it was pretty awful.

(Apart from Kursten Dunst, who's a stone cold fox).

I thought the second season was great up until the second to last episode or thereabouts with the introduction of

the UFOs

at the motel. Then I just about gave up. Got the impression the writers had no idea how to wrap it up.

Jean Smart and Bokeem Woodbine were great in there supporting roles.

tigger123

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arcticmonkeys wrote: »

I thought the second season was great up until the second to last episode or thereabouts with the introduction of

the UFOs

at the motel. Then I just about gave up. Got the impression the writers had no idea how to wrap it up.

Jean Smart and Bokeem Woodbine were great in there supporting roles.

Yep, I totally agree;

the flying saucer was just ridiculous, but also the native American character that randomly turns on the family, and who's actions drive the second half of the season, had no motivation whatsoever. They narrator even referred to it.

Totally let the whole thing down. Season 1 was amazing though.

Also, I watched a few episodes of True Detective Season 2 and abandoned it. Just wasn't for me.

peteeeed

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arcticmonkeys wrote: »

I thought the second season was great up until the second to last episode or thereabouts with the introduction of

the UFOs

at the motel. Then I just about gave up. Got the impression the writers had no idea how to wrap it up.

Jean Smart and Bokeem Woodbine were great in there supporting roles.

100% agree

Fysh

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tigger123 wrote: »

Yep, I totally agree;

the flying saucer was just ridiculous, but also the native American character that randomly turns on the family, and who's actions drive the second half of the season, had no motivation whatsoever. They narrator even referred to it.

Totally let the whole thing down. Season 1 was amazing though.

Also, I watched a few episodes of True Detective Season 2 and abandoned it. Just wasn't for me.

I liked the second series of Fargo, it had some great performances in it and the spoilered bits above felt to me to fit in with the theme of events going out of anyone's control such that the best they could do was to try and keep up. The main thing I thought was disappointed by was

Kieran Culkin's character being killed off so quickly.

johnny_ultimate

Fargo season two gave me lots of hope for the future of television. The thing was a formal marvel, full of incredibly well considered visual motifs, themes and flourishes - all, of course, tied to a twisting, deep narrative. It's one of the few series I've ever watched that felt like it could compete with great cinema. Particularly fascinating to watch the AV Club's 'polite fight' video series where they took deep dives into what made the show so special (ditto Better Call Saul) - if you want to see some brilliant, probing but accessible television criticism that's the place. I was so-so about the first series, but have nothing but unreserved praise for the second, and would easily put it in the upper echelons of all-time great television.

Also, it has an awesome Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter homage.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

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I hated the Fargo film. Didn't see the first TV series. Loved the second one.

UFO

and all. For what it's worth.

Band of Robbers, a sort of modern day Huck Finn/Tom Sawyer added a few weeks ago, actually reminded me a little of Fargo S2.

tigger123

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TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I hated the Fargo film. Didn't see the first TV series. Loved the second one.

UFO

and all. For what it's worth.

Band of Robbers, a sort of modern day Huck Finn/Tom Sawyer added a few weeks ago, actually reminded me a little of Fargo S2.

What did you hate about the Fargo film do you mind me asking? I don't think I've ever come across someone who didn't enjoy it

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

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tigger123 wrote: »

What did you hate about the Fargo film do you mind me asking? I don't think I've ever come across someone who didn't enjoy it

Hate is probably too strong a word. I just found it very dull and boring. I had this discussion before and came to the conclusion that I'm just not a fan of the Coen Brothers. My favourite film of theirs is Intolerable Cruelty, which seems to be one most people are not fans of.

tigger123

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TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Hate is probably too strong a word. I just found it very dull and boring. I had this discussion before and came to the conclusion that I'm just not a fan of the Coen Brothers. My favourite film of theirs is Intolerable Cruelty, which seems to be one most people are not fans of.

Different strokes and all that.

If you enjoyed season 2 of the TV show, you'll love season 1, well worth it.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

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tigger123 wrote: »

Different strokes and all that.

If you enjoyed season 2 of the TV show, you'll love season 1, well worth it.

It was purely the cast of S2 that made me watch it. I'd probably give S1 a go off the strength of it.

I read they've cast Ewan McGregor as two brothers for S3. Sounds interesting, and possibly needlessly complicated.

tigger123

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Burning Love is on the Irish Netflix, it's very funny. It's a spoof reality tv show produced by Ben Stiller. I think it was originally a web series and they've (for some strange reason) put all the separate episodes into one 3 hour long episode. If you watch it in 15 or 20 minute stints it works best.

Well recommended though, I'm on season 2.

Agent Coulson

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The Martian has been added to Netflix Canada.

Bret Hart

Im looking for a new tv show too binge watch on Netflix after I spent the last few days watching all of Bates Motel season 4. Theres been a show Happy Valley added and I would just like too get a few posters thoughts on the show. Cheers.