Living With Yourself - Netflix - (**Spoilers**)

Agent Coulson

Starring Paul Rudd & Aisling Bea.

Miles Elliott, a man struggling in life, undergoes a novel spa treatment that promises to make him a better person, only to learn he's been replaced - literally - by a better version of himself. Living with Yourself premieres October 18 on Netflix

pixelburp

Aisling Bea co-starring in this is a bit of a surprise; hadn't thought her star had risen that much.

Also, Paul Rudd is 50. I want his genes.

JP Liz V1

Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine) are directing

Unearthly

Watched the first few eps. It's decent. Paul Rudd is being Paul Rudd. Only 8 eps at around 25 mins each so won't take long to get through

pixelburp

pixelburp wrote: »

Aisling Bea co-starring in this is a bit of a surprise; hadn't thought her star had risen that much.

Well I think she's a good actor, over and above her comedic talents, and I'm looking forward to seeing both of them (or should I say all three of them?) in Living with Yourself

antodeco

5 episodes in. Really enjoying it so far. There's enough of a balance of nothing happening mixed with wanting to see what's going to happen next.

Unearthly

Finished it now. Got better as it went on. Really liked it

antodeco

antodeco wrote: »

5 episodes in. Really enjoying it so far. There's enough of a balance of nothing happening mixed with wanting to see what's going to happen next.

Me too, to coin a phrase. Five episodes down, very clever (and developing) plot, nice twists, good acting - He’s very good and it must have been some task; she is excellent, totally believable and such nuanced acting. Looking forward to the next episode

antodeco

Finished it last night. I can't help but feel it ran out of steam for episode 8. It's almost as if the writers didn't know whether to finish the story or keep it open for more. I'm also slightly disappointed I watched the final episode.

Johner

I really enjoyed it although I’d agree about the last episode.

bnt

The soundtrack music is by Scottish composer Anna Meredith, whose electronic work is pretty weird but good overall. This is the piece used in the scene where Miles is digging himself out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vajhs2wBeCU

Though I don't know if the Enya is some kind of joke for Aisling's benefit, since it's reasonable to think it would wind her up something fierce ..!

Mad_maxx

Two episodes in, it better improve

Frank O. Pinion

Writer: I have this idea for a clone comedy/drama with Adam Scott, maybe Paul Rudd, around 5 or 6 episodes.
Netflix: Mess around with editing, throw in a flashback episode, and we can make it 8 episodes easy.

Every damn time. Ozark, DareDevil, Netflix loves its filler flashback episodes.

This was a load of sh*t really. It felt off from the start with the little black bars, just make it a full screen picture.

The characters made unbelievable choices. $50,000 ($50,000!) for a spa that you don't really know what they do.

The clone deciding to kill the original in episode 7, but original Rudd gets taken away in a van. The clone can't believe his luck, he goes into the house with a plan to pretend to be the original. Okay, what if it works and the original comes back in a day or a week whatever? He can prove who he is because of the appendix scar. Then the Kate character is going to be pissed at the clone because of the deception. He didn't see the original get killed, just taken away in a van. What a silly plan.

Banging a clone because he looks like your husband, but has a different personality...what? How incredibly shallow of her. Did she marry him just because of his looks? What's the message here, be careful cloning yourself, you might just get cuckolded by...yourself. Hard to like the Kate character after this plot.

The ending...the three of them laughing like absolute dorks because "they" are having a baby. I'm so tired of this cliché of a woman announcing she's PREGNANT during an argument in a big dramatic scene. Every time all the characters go silent like the woman just announced she's the second coming of Jesus. You're having a baby, great, who cares.

The editing...the horrible, repetitive editing. Like I said, should have been six episodes at most. Every "important" scene, phonecall, etc., shown from another point of view...ugh. It was mildly okay in the first few episodes, but became so tiring by the end. Did we have to see and hear every original/clone interaction, every phonecall, from both sides, twice? "Did you f*ck my wife!?"..."Yes". We get it, we heard him respond on the phone, but now we're seeing him respond on the phone. Nauseating.

"Was that the credenza?" Oh shut up.

Well, I don't need to watch the last three episodes now (which I was kinda looking forward to). Thanks!

pixelburp

mod: given this is only out a few days, it's a simple ask to wrap comments about later episodes and twists in spoiler tags.

s8n

last episode was, um, interesting ??

Frank O. Pinion

Deleted User wrote: »

Well, I don't need to watch the last three episodes now (which I was kinda looking forward to). Thanks!

s8n wrote:

last episode was, um, interesting ??

walshb

Almost finished. Is it just me or is it pointless and boring?

Mc Love

Can't stand Bea so I'm going to give this a miss

antodeco

Mc Love wrote: »

Can't stand Bea so I'm going to give this a miss

She's actually very good in this in fairness. I was never her biggest fan, but managed her in this.

d8491prj5boyvg

Aisling bea is very good in it. It's very good for a Netflix Show, better than most casual watches. Not gonna blow you away. I was pleasantly surprised by it, wasn't expecting much.

There are plot holes and i don't like the ending and where a second series will go. Seems predictable.

Bea really hits it home. She was decent in this way up but only just (i think Sharon Horgan was the real weak link in that show - her performance seemed rushed). But this got all the thought and attention it needed to ace it

Always Tired

Sounded and started really promising but got worse and more predictable towards the end. Was pleasntly surprised to see an Irish actress as co lead, tho her being from Ireland was weirdly never mentioned or referenced at all in the show.

The dance routine was so cheesy and cringey and the ending was so cliche. I didn't realise it was meant to be a multi season series until that final scene, I won't be watching Season 2 though.

yerwanthere123

Watched this over the last 2/3 days. Overall it was good but fizzled out a lot over the final two episodes.

Mad_maxx

Mc Love wrote: »

Can't stand Bea so I'm going to give this a miss

Actually thought she was very good in this, she's a better actress than stand up

yerwanthere123

I had... never heard of Aisling Bea before this. Agree with those who say she's good in this though.

Luap

Just finished this - expected more but will watch Season 2.

I now have a crush on Aisling Bea

Luap

Luap wrote: »

Just finished this - expected more but will watch Season 2.

I now have a crush on Aisling Bea

“Scuse me, there’s a queue here - and you ain’t at the front!

Sudden Valley

Enjoyedthe series. Rudd and Bea were excellent the plot though was just okay. Still prefer how cloning was dealt with in Multiplicity no matter how naff it was.

sok2005

I like both main actors on this show so I watched all 8 episodes, kept thinking it would improve, it didn't. A thoroughly underwhelming series. Neither humorous nor serious enough.

Luap

sok2005 wrote: »

I like both main actors on this show so I watched all 8 episodes, kept thinking it would improve, it didn't. A thoroughly underwhelming series. Neither humorous nor serious enough.

Have to agree here - but plenty of scope for improvement in Season 2 I hope.

Just finished it today (3-8) and enjoyed it for the most part, but the ending is horrendous.