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peteeeed · 01-07-2019 11:22AM

https://twitter.com/NewOnNetflixUK/status/1145651352724545537?s=20

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Couples Retreat
In Bruges
The Pursuit of Happyness
Red Dawn (2012)
Jackass 3
White House Down
Mama
Miss You Already

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pixelburp · 01-07-2019 02:29PM

Is Firefly itself on the service? Feels a bit pointless to have the "sequel" film and not the precursor series if not.

gmisk · 01-07-2019 02:45PM

stranger things season 3 early reviews....VERY promising!

Gloomtastic! · 01-07-2019 02:56PM

The Pursuit of Happyness is one of my favourite films ever. Never, ever, give up!

gmisk · 01-07-2019 03:01PM

pixelburp wrote: »

Is Firefly itself on the service? Feels a bit pointless to have the "sequel" film and not the precursor series if not.

I never watched tv show, I enjoyed the film so I dont think its a must

FunLover18 · 01-07-2019 03:03PM

gmisk wrote: »

I never watched tv show, I enjoyed the film so I dont think its a must

Same, I watched the film without having seen the series and loved it. It jumped into my favourite films.

cdgalwegian · 01-07-2019 03:17PM

gmisk wrote: »

I never watched tv show, I enjoyed the film so I dont think its a must

It's not a must. The series felt fresh at the time, great fun. A lot of series have borrowed from its tone and conceits, so it may suffer from a feeling of being old hat at this stage. It was great fun though. It's worth watching the first one or two to see what a gem it was, and if it still has the charm it had way back when.

peteeeed · 01-07-2019 03:35PM

https://twitter.com/rottentomatoes/status/1145716130218037248?s=21

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 01-07-2019 04:33PM

gmisk wrote: »

stranger things season 3 early reviews....VERY promising!

Looking back, season 2 was a bit of a let down after season 1. Season 3 won't have to try that hard to top it.

Tony EH · 02-07-2019 03:39AM

Yeh. After S2, I'm done with Stranger Things. For me it's going to be a one series show. Though S2 was pretty poor.

peteeeed · 02-07-2019 07:13AM

fresh prince of bel air (6 seasons )
District 9

added yesterday also

Earthhorse · 02-07-2019 07:59AM

I must be one of the few who thought Season 2 was better. More brisk, less faffing about.

It's not a great show overall though, definitely way overhyped (like everything these days

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peteeeed · 02-07-2019 08:09AM

Earthhorse wrote: »

I must be one of the few who thought Season 2 was better. More brisk, less faffing about.

It's not a great show overall though, definitely way overhyped (like everything these days ).

nope , ive stayed in the background during this debate , i loved 1&2

pixelburp · 02-07-2019 08:11AM

Earthhorse wrote: »

I must be one of the few who thought Season 2 was better. More brisk, less faffing about.

It's not a great show overall though, definitely way overhyped (like everything these days ).

Less faffing? Season 2 literally halted its story to spend a whole episodes on a backdoor pilot featuring some really terrible "80s goth-punk kids" characters.

The pacing of Season 2 was terrible IMO

Earthhorse · 02-07-2019 08:30AM

The goth punk kids weren't as terrible as everyone makes out (but yes, not a great storyline) but nevertheless Season 2 got to the action a lot faster than Season 1 which was more of a slow (too slow) build.

Mickeroo · 02-07-2019 08:58AM

Earthhorse wrote: »

The goth punk kids weren't as terrible as everyone makes out (but yes, not a great storyline) but nevertheless Season 2 got to the action a lot faster than Season 1 which was more of a slow (too slow) build.

As a stand alone episode in a different show/season maybe it was fine but in terms of season 2 itself it was straight up bad story telling to have a segway like that. Don't get me wrong though, I still enjoyed season 2 a lot despite it and didn't think it was far off the quality of 1.

It's actually something I've noticed in a few Netflix shows that they will have a random flashback/side track episode right when everything is coming to a head. Daredevil season 3 did too and it was even worse.

Sixtoes · 02-07-2019 09:41AM

Inside Number 9 is brilliant.
It's not Sci-Fi but if you like Black Mirror you'll love it.

TerrorFirmer · 02-07-2019 09:55AM

Sixtoes wrote: »

Inside Number 9 is brilliant.
It's not Sci-Fi but if you like Black Mirror you'll love it.

Only watched the first episode but thought it was absolute crap.

howamidifferent · 02-07-2019 10:02AM

Shaft was absolutely awful muck!

Franz Von Peppercorn II · 02-07-2019 10:04AM

anybody watch The Wandering Earth. Any comments before I spend two hours on it this Friday.

Reviews are mixed but some of it might be general upset that it’s not a US sci fi movie.

gmisk · 02-07-2019 10:10AM

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Only watched the first episode but thought it was absolute crap.

Inside no 9 is a bit uneven but the good ones are very good IMO.
"A quiet night in" and "the 12 days of christine" are probably among my favorites.

kunst nugget · 02-07-2019 10:23AM

12 Days of Christine is probably the best episode I've ever seen in any anthology series.

Fysh · 02-07-2019 04:01PM

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Only watched the first episode but thought it was absolute crap.

The first episode, "Sardines", is a good introduction to the type of humour in the show, but not a good barometer for the variety of tones it hits - it varies this a lot, with some episodes being extremely well-crafted and dark horror.

If you want to get a sense for the full spectrum of the show, I would say watch the second ("A Quiet Night In") and sixth ("The Harrowing") episodes of the first series, and the second episode ("The 12 Days Of Christine") of the second series. Between them you get (IMO) three great episodes, as well aa a sense of the show's tonal range.

Fans of horror film history should also take a look at "The Devil Of Christmas", the first episode of the third series. I shan't say more as it's an episode best enjoyed by going in blind.

Fysh · 02-07-2019 04:09PM

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

anybody watch The Wandering Earth. Any comments before I spend two hours on it this Friday.

Reviews are mixed but some of it might be general upset that it’s not a US sci fi movie.

It's visually spectacular but dumb as a big box of rocks. Think Roland Emmerich. Great fun if that's what you're expecting, but it's in no way even attempting to be hard sci-fi or anything like it.

tigger123 · 02-07-2019 04:23PM

Fysh wrote: »

The first episode, "Sardines", is a good introduction to the type of humour in the show, but not a good barometer for the variety of tones it hits - it varies this a lot, with some episodes being extremely well-crafted and dark horror.

If you want to get a sense for the full spectrum of the show, I would say watch the second ("A Quiet Night In") and sixth ("The Harrowing") episodes of the first series, and the second episode ("The 12 Days Of Christine") of the second series. Between them you get (IMO) three great episodes, as well aa a sense of the show's tonal range.

Fans of horror film history should also take a look at "The Devil Of Christmas", the first episode of the third series. I shan't say more as it's an episode best enjoyed by going in blind.

The Devil of Christmas is particularly good.

el Fenomeno · 02-07-2019 04:45PM

gmisk wrote: »

Inside no 9 is a bit uneven but the good ones are very good IMO.
"A quiet night in" and "the 12 days of christine" are probably among my favorites.

Is it like Black Mirror in that you don't have to watch them in order?

kunst nugget · 02-07-2019 04:49PM

el Fenomeno wrote: »

Is it like Black Mirror in that you don't have to watch them in order?

Yeah, it's an anthology series with no connection between the stories.

Knine · 02-07-2019 09:24PM

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

The Pursuit of Happyness is one of my favourite films ever. Never, ever, give up!

Mine too

peteeeed · 03-07-2019 09:23AM

Knine wrote: »

Mine too

i hated it but each to their own

peteeeed · 03-07-2019 09:24AM

stranger things season 3 is up tomorrow at 8am

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