Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

joeguevara · 14-08-2020 08:21AM

Heard Misfits is going to be added to Netflix soon.

peteeeed · 14-08-2020 08:30AM

joeguevara wrote: »

Heard Misfits is going to be added to Netflix soon.

sept 15th series 1-5

Higgins5473 · 14-08-2020 09:42AM

sheroman01 wrote: »

I liked it but...(unpopular opinion here) a 'tad' bit overrated. I thought 10 hours was a bit too much for it. Jordan's constant redemption stories were too much at times - "He did something I didn't like. And that made me MAD. So I went out for payback! [Jordan wins the game for the Bulls]".

I neither liked, nor disliked it. Thought it was watchable. The comeback redemption stories were tiring and so American in how they were constructed in the documentary, it was movie like Rocky stuff. It was also a very long drawn out puff piece on Jordan, didn't seem like a genuine account of the man or his life, I think this is fair enough to say after all that has come out from his ex team mates being so unhappy with the documentary. I'm sure the mans sh*t stinks like our own too but the impression given was that he was God. Am baffled by all the ridiculous adulation for the show.

TCDStudent1 · 14-08-2020 10:07AM

joeguevara wrote: »

Heard Misfits is going to be added to Netflix soon.

Good at the start. Rubbish by the end.

bogmanfan · 14-08-2020 10:19AM

I couldn't get into The Last Dance at all, and only watched the first 3. I really like sports documentaries, but there was something about this that just didn't work for me at all. Unlikeable people, and not very many surprises. The actual game footage was great, but otherwise it left me cold.

Last Chance U, on the other had, is great.

NIMAN · 14-08-2020 10:21AM

bogmanfan wrote: »

I couldn't get into The Last Dance at all, and only watched the first 3. I really like sports documentaries, but there was something about this that just didn't work for me at all. Unlikeable people, and not very many surprises. The actual game footage was great, but otherwise it left me cold.

Last Chance U, on the other had, is great.

I enjoyed it, but like most TV shows these days, could have been edited down to half the number of episodes.

FullBack Jam · 14-08-2020 10:48AM

bogmanfan wrote: »

I couldn't get into The Last Dance at all, and only watched the first 3. I really like sports documentaries, but there was something about this that just didn't work for me at all. Unlikeable people, and not very many surprises. The actual game footage was great, but otherwise it left me cold.

Last Chance U, on the other had, is great.

You cannot really give a credible opinion on something where you watch 3 episodes out of 10. Watch it all and then give your opinion.
For someone that knows very little about the history of the club, there are plenty of surprises. i.e. that's the way it was for me.
It's like watching 20 minutes of a film and then concluding that it is no good.
Doesn't work like that.
Surely with a 95% score on Rotten Tomotoes, 91% on Metacritic and 4.5 out of 5 on amazon - and the acclaim that it received; would you not think to yourself that it must be worth persevering with, that maybe it's a slow burner.

Fysh · 14-08-2020 11:58AM

peteeeed wrote: »

sept 15th series 1-5

Tbh I'd just suggest watching S1 & 2 (including the Christmas special). At that point cast departures start to affect it as well as a decline in the quality of the writing, and by the end it becomes a sort of sad parody of itself.

joeguevara · 14-08-2020 12:30PM

Fysh wrote: »

Tbh I'd just suggest watching S1 & 2 (including the Christmas special). At that point cast departures start to affect it as well as a decline in the quality of the writing, and by the end it becomes a sort of sad parody of itself.

Are the first two seasons good though? I am not really a fan of sci fi but heard its really good so thought Id give it a go when it arrives.

bogmanfan · 14-08-2020 12:45PM

flasher0030 wrote: »

You cannot really give a credible opinion on something where you watch 3 episodes out of 10. Watch it all and then give your opinion.
For someone that knows very little about the history of the club, there are plenty of surprises. i.e. that's the way it was for me.
It's like watching 20 minutes of a film and then concluding that it is no good.
Doesn't work like that.
Surely with a 95% score on Rotten Tomotoes, 91% on Metacritic and 4.5 out of 5 on amazon - and the acclaim that it received; would you not think to yourself that it must be worth persevering with, that maybe it's a slow burner.

Not intended as a full review - just my experience of it. I do love a slow burner (Better Call Saul for example), but there has to be something in the first few episodes. It just wasn't for me.

joeguevara · 14-08-2020 12:47PM

bogmanfan wrote: »

Not intended as a full review - just my experience of it. I do love a slow burner (Better Call Saul for example), but there has to be something in the first few episodes. It just wasn't for me.

I might go back to breaking bad. Stopped after 6 or 7 episodes as to me was more about an illness than the crime element.

Started Sons of Anarchy. Fcucking brilliant.

Osmosis Jones · 14-08-2020 01:21PM

Misfits definitely has a huge tone change with the cast departures but only watching Seasons 1 and 2 means you're depriving yourself of some excellent Joe Gilgun content.

Lisha · 14-08-2020 01:29PM

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Misfits definitely has a huge tone change with the cast departures but only watching Seasons 1 and 2 means you're depriving yourself of some excellent Joe Gilgun content.

Had no interest in watching misfits until you said Joe Gilgun is in it, thanks

FunLover18 · 14-08-2020 01:36PM

joeguevara wrote: »

Are the first two seasons good though? I am not really a fan of sci fi but heard its really good so thought Id give it a go when it arrives.

I don't know if I'd call it sci fi, certainly not in the traditional sense. It's about a group of teens on community service who get superpowers but they absolutely don't become superheros. I would agree with previous posters not to watch past series 2, I wouldn't even watch the Christmas special which is good but ends in a way that sets up series 3 whereas the actual series 2 finale is much more ... Well, final. Joseph Gilgun is great in later series but for me the writing around him isn't near good enough.

munster87 · 14-08-2020 02:26PM

NIMAN wrote: »

Next Team Wins

Next goal wins?

Full_Circle_81 · 14-08-2020 03:56PM

Lisha wrote: »

Had no interest in watching misfits until you said Joe Gilgun is in it, thanks

He was brought on board with some of the cast changes and from that point on I couldn't see him as anything other than a "replacement" for certain members that left. Also, some of the newer characters were really really unlikable.

Over the years I've really warmed to Joe though, and think hes fan-flipping-tastic in Brassic on Sky.

But for Misfits, its 2 seasons then tap out for sure :pac:

SusieBlue · 14-08-2020 07:19PM

I spent this week binging all 3 seasons of Selling Sunset. It was a lovely easy watch, and each episode is only 30 minutes which I like.
I was watching it more for the real estate than anything else and it didn’t disappoint - the wealth in LA is absolutely eye watering.
I also find it mind blowing that an estate agent over there can make $150,000+ commission on a 2 million dollar house, there is serious money to be made in that business over there. A good estate agent can easily make seven figures a year just by selling a few properties.
Very entertaining and I’d recommend it.

twirlagig · 14-08-2020 07:27PM

Has anyone watched ‘Downsizing’? I watched it late last night, loved it at the start but lost interest 2 thirds in or thereabouts

14-08-2020 08:14PM

twirlagig wrote: »

Has anyone watched ‘Downsizing’? I watched it late last night, loved it at the start but lost interest 2 thirds in or thereabouts

I had the misfortune of watching it in the cinema.

gmisk · 14-08-2020 08:18PM

munster87 wrote: »

Next goal wins?

It's an excellent doc the film version should be interesting! Michael Fassbender in the lead!
Taika Waititi directing as well

Fysh · 14-08-2020 08:54PM

twirlagig wrote: »

Has anyone watched ‘Downsizing’? I watched it late last night, loved it at the start but lost interest 2 thirds in or thereabouts

I saw it at the cinema and it had a dreadful hum of something whose script went through at least half a dozen rewrites, with the final version featuring bits of all of them regardless of whether they fit together coherently. There are some good ideas in it, but it is definitely not the Honey I Shrunk The Kids style comedy adventure it was marketed as.

Fysh · 14-08-2020 09:07PM

joeguevara wrote: »

Are the first two seasons good though? I am not really a fan of sci fi but heard its really good so thought Id give it a go when it arrives.

Imagine the x-men as a bunch of working-class no-hopers without a Charles Xavier figure, just trying to get through each day in an estate somewhere in England - that's basically the pitch for the first two seasons. To be honest the tone of the first episode will tell you if you're going to like it or not.

Joseph Gilgun was good with what he was given to do, but for me his character never moved beyond being a replacement for the person who leaves at the end of the S2 Christmas special, and it wasn't helped by other characters leaving (in ways that felt distinctly more like "the actor wants to be done with this role" than "this is a natural and satisfying conclusion for this character's arc"). Like, it doesn't immediately piss the bed at the start of S3, but there's a definite sense of gradually decreasing returns from there onwards, albeit with occasional highlights like

the social worker who, upon finding the group in suspicious circumstances, comments "it's five o'clock and I don't give a sh*t", or the social worker karaoke scene.

PsychoPete · 14-08-2020 09:27PM

joeguevara wrote: »

Rewatching Brooklyn nine nine for the umpteenth time. God it is brilliant.

Sitcoms like B99, Parks & Rec, IASIP, The Office etc you can just rewatch countless times

munster87 · 14-08-2020 09:43PM

The peanut butter falcon is an easy watch

joeguevara · 14-08-2020 09:49PM

PsychoPete wrote: »

Sitcoms like B99, Parks & Rec, IASIP, The Office etc you can just rewatch countless times

I’ve finished all 6 seasons on Netflix twice in the Last fortnight of B99. In the last 6 months I’ve watched every episode of always sunny at least 9 or 10 times

Caranica · 15-08-2020 12:18AM

SusieBlue wrote: »

I spent this week binging all 3 seasons of Selling Sunset. It was a lovely easy watch, and each episode is only 30 minutes which I like.
I was watching it more for the real estate than anything else and it didn’t disappoint - the wealth in LA is absolutely eye watering.
I also find it mind blowing that an estate agent over there can make $150,000+ commission on a 2 million dollar house, there is serious money to be made in that business over there. A good estate agent can easily make seven figures a year just by selling a few properties.
Very entertaining and I’d recommend it.

I loved it. Counted down the days to Season 3 and binge watched it all in one night!!

peteeeed · 15-08-2020 08:41AM

gmisk wrote: »

It's an excellent doc the film version should be interesting! Michael Fassbender in the lead!
Taika Waititi directing as well

Wow a movie version , the doc is available on sky

peteeeed · 15-08-2020 08:49AM

Ackley Bridge season 1-2
After years of segregation, two Yorkshire schools merge into one, leading to some intense culture clashes and, just maybe, some unexpected friendships.

Drifters seasons 1-4
After graduating from university, Meg, her cousin Bunny and their friend Laura share a flat and face the ups and downs of real life together.

Jackass the movie

Rita season 5
Independent, outspoken and adored by her students, schoolteacher Rita fares less well with adults in this comedy-drama from Denmark.

Star Boot Sale season 1
To win money for their favorite charities, a group of celebrities compete against each other to sell memorabilia at "car boot" sales.

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JP Liz V1 · 15-08-2020 09:11AM

Nathan (Misfits) is Klaus 4 now still on Netflix

CastorTroy · 15-08-2020 10:36AM

Misfits also gives us a slightly different side of Ramsay Bolton

Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

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