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Netflix Recommendations 2.0 *READ FIRST POST*

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  • #1352
    TherapyBoy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 4,710 Mod ✭✭✭✭TherapyBoy


    km79 wrote: »
    The sinner or alias grace
    Which is more worth a watch first ?

    Haven't seen 'The Sinner' yet but watched 'Alias Grace' last week & loved it. It's pretty short so it doesn't take long to get through, but when it finished I couldn't help wishing there was more to come.

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  • #1353
    Sixtoes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 736 ✭✭✭Sixtoes


    TherapyBoy wrote: »
    Haven't seen 'The Sinner' yet but watched 'Alias Grace' last week & loved it. It's pretty short so it doesn't take long to get through, but when it finished I couldn't help wishing there was more to come.
    On Ep 3 os the sinner and it's great.


  • #1354
    ShamoBuc
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 36,194 CMod ✭✭✭✭ShamoBuc


    Finished season 1 of stranger things, most enjoyable.


  • #1355
    ILikeBoats
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,009 ✭✭✭ILikeBoats


    Just finished season 3 of Line of Duty. It is outstanding imo, edge of your seat stuff!!


  • #1356
    peteeeed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,563 ✭✭✭✭peteeeed


    Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
    https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jim_and_andy_the_great_beyond_featuring_a_very_special_contractually_obligated_mention_of_tony_clifton/

    the punisher season 1
    http://www.metacritic.com/tv/marvels-the-punisher

    mudbound
    http://www.metacritic.com/movie/mudbound

    added today


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  • #1357
    Fian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,205 ✭✭✭Fian


    km79 wrote: »
    The sinner or alias grace
    Which is more worth a watch first ?

    Both are excellent. Quite different but both really good, hard to recommend since it is so much an individual preference thing.

    I preferred Alias Grace, but i had read the novel and I love anything by Margaret Atwood, so that was almost an inevitability.


  • #1358
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 24,016 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    peteeeed wrote: »

    mudbound
    http://www.metacritic.com/movie/mudbound

    Disappointed this isn't in any cinemas here. They seem to be doing bare minimum to qualify for Oscars with about 20 cinemas in the US showing it. Still looking forward to seeing it though.


  • #1359
    StringerBell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,487 ✭✭✭✭StringerBell


    Really enjoyed The Sinner and would recommend it, the only thing I felt was it was a little drawn out in parts. Other then that a really good series!

    "People say ‘go with the flow’ but do you know what goes with the flow? Dead fish."



  • #1360
    Shred
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,606 ✭✭✭Shred


    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    I actually read an interesting article about how Stranger Things kept it's 4 female characters completely separate for 99% of season 2 and how it's a habit a lot of genre TV/films have. Even shows that have multiple female leads rarely let them interact.

    I came across this recently, it's called the 'Bechdel Test'


  • #1361
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 24,016 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Shred wrote: »
    I came across this recently, it's called the 'Bechdel Test'

    I've heard of that, it's not the most accurate of things but it does point out how many films and TV shows are really bad at having female characters interact with each other. I'll see if I can find the Stranger Things article but it makes an interesting point about Guardians of the Galaxy 2. The director of that said the film was going to destroy the Bechdel Test because they had so many "strong female characters" in it but when the person who wrote the article timed the female screen time, in a 2 hour film, there was only about 2 minutes that passed it.

    Anyway, my only point about iZombie was they had a female lead who never interacted with any other women. Her police partner, the lab guy or the initial bad guy could easily have been a female character.

    And again, just to be clear, it's not a slight on the characters or the actors paying them, it was just something that really stood out to me, more so than it did in anything else.


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  • #1362
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,707 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    Always thought the Bechdel test was a pretty brain dead concept. Whether a film passes it or not doesn't make it any more likely the female characters will be weak or strong really.


  • #1363
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 24,016 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    Always thought the Bechdel test was a pretty brain dead concept. Whether a film passes it or not doesn't make it any more likely the female characters will be weak or strong really.

    Exactly. For me it served more as a tool for showing how many films don't have them interact at all. There are plenty of films that would pass the test but are still rubbish. Likewise there are plenty of films that wouldn't pass but still have well written female characters and are good films.


  • #1364
    FunLover18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,793 ✭✭✭FunLover18


    I look at the bechdel test as more of a test of representation. I mean women make up 50% of the population so when a movie has female characters that never interact it's just not a fair representation. Whereas if you did a similar test with male characters pretty much every film/TV show ever made would pass with flying colours. Of course there are films where I think it's acceptable that it doesn't pass eg war films or prison films where it's accurate that the vast majority of characters will be male.


  • #1365
    kunst nugget
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭kunst nugget


    FunLover18 wrote: »
    I look at the bechdel test as more of a test of representation. I mean women make up 50% of the population so when a movie has female characters that never interact it's just not a fair representation. Whereas if you did a similar test with male characters pretty much every film/TV show ever made would pass with flying colours. Of course there are films where I think it's acceptable that it doesn't pass eg war films or prison films where it's accurate that the vast majority of characters will be male.

    It's a very blunt tool though. If two woman talk about defeating a male antagonist to save the world, that fails the test but if they talk about how nice their shoes are, that passes the test.


  • #1366
    fin12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭fin12


    Alias Grace is pretty good.


  • #1367
    server down
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,611 ✭✭✭server down


    mel123 wrote: »
    Ive never seen ANY line of duty, ill try and episode tonight.

    Happy Valley is up there in my top ten, i loved it.

    Here’s the thing about line of duty. It’s a police procedural. And a good one. The acting is good to great (the female guest stars being the greats). It’s got the twists you would expect in a modern police drama. It’s got detective work and car chases. It deals with elite corruption, coverups, and other weighty themes.

    What’s going to keep you coming back though is the episodes (most of them) when 4 people go into a room and have an interview.


  • #1368
    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,360 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    Disappointed this isn't in any cinemas here. They seem to be doing bare minimum to qualify for Oscars with about 20 cinemas in the US showing it. Still looking forward to seeing it though.

    Mudbound was excellent, thanks for the heads up.


  • #1369
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 24,016 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Gloomtastic! wrote: »
    Mudbound was excellent, thanks for the heads up.

    Glad to hear that. It's getting great reviews, has a real chance of being Netflix's first Oscar contender.


  • #1370
    Bus Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 313 ✭✭Bus Boy


    Thought 'The Sinner" was so contrived in the end but entertaining.
    'Alias Grace', entertaining but too short. Loved 'Unhappy Valley'. It's hard to please everyone(looking at myself).


  • #1371
    Charlie19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,004 ✭✭✭✭Charlie19


    Sinner was the greatest load of
    Best TV show for a while
    .
    Fantastic writing throughout and excellent acting from the cast. 10/10


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  • #1372
    flazio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,886 ✭✭✭✭flazio


    Does anybody know where the forum for the online TV programmes went to? Was looking to see what the early reactions to The Punisher were like.

    This too shall pass.



  • #1373
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 24,016 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    flazio wrote: »
    Does anybody know where the forum for the online TV programmes went to? Was looking to see what the early reactions to The Punisher were like.

    https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057591620/1/#post99556590


  • #1374
    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,360 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    1922. Another Netflix/Stephen King adaptation about the gruesome year in the life of a farmer in middle America. If you have a phobia about rats, avoid. Otherwise a good story.


  • #1375
    pilly
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,005 ✭✭✭pilly


    Anyone recommend a good thriller movie that'll have me on the edge of my seat?


  • #1376
    Mantis Toboggan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,300 ✭✭✭✭Mantis Toboggan


    pilly wrote: »
    Anyone recommend a good thriller movie that'll have me on the edge of my seat?

    American gangster or Green Room or captain Phillips!

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  • #1377
    Marje
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 862 ✭✭✭Marje


    pilly wrote: »
    Anyone recommend a good thriller movie that'll have me on the edge of my seat?

    I'm hoping to watch The Invisible Guest sometime soon.

    It seems to have a good reviews, not too sure if it's edge of my seat stuff.


  • #1378
    peteeeed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,563 ✭✭✭✭peteeeed


    Just finished first EP of shot in the dark , pretty gripping stuff , the real life night crawlers


  • #1379
    nocoverart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭nocoverart


    peteeeed wrote: »
    Just finished first EP of shot in the dark , pretty gripping stuff , the real life night crawlers

    Yeah, just finished the first EP myself. Definitely going to binge watch the sh1t out of this when I get time.


  • #1380
    al87987
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 742 ✭✭✭al87987


    Marje wrote: »
    I'm hoping to watch The Invisible Guest sometime soon.

    It seems to have a good reviews, not too sure if it's edge of my seat stuff.

    It is. You won't regret it.


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  • #1381
    brianregan09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,503 ✭✭✭brianregan09


    Watched the Jim Carey/ Andy Kauffman doc fantastic stuff well worth checking out


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