Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

Hercule Poirot · 30-12-2020 01:53PM

What is this Wipes everyone keeps talking about in relation to Death to 2020?

Synode · 30-12-2020 01:56PM

Have to say I enjoyed Death to 2020. Each to their own

gmisk · 30-12-2020 01:57PM

Hercule Poirot wrote: »

What is this Wipes everyone keeps talking about in relation to Death to 2020?

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/apr/22/charlie-brooker-to-return-to-bbc-with-lockdown-special-antiviral-wipe

He did a series of shows weekly wipe etc, brought back recently enough with antiviral wipe in may.
They are really funny imo.
There have also been spin offs for the Philomena Cunk character (the Christmas one is particularly fun)

pixelburp · 30-12-2020 01:57PM

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Think that might show how poor Wipes have become.

Or (imo) the decline of Brooker's output generally.

He lamented the demise of meh in previous show, think meh suits his stuff to a tee these days.

Couldn't give any timelines but I've wondered if marriage and having children took some of the teeth from Booker's work; hard to channel the whole Last Angry Man routine when living in marital happiness...

gmisk · 30-12-2020 02:19PM

pixelburp wrote: »

Couldn't give any timelines but I've wondered if marriage and having children took some of the teeth from Booker's work; hard to channel the whole Last Angry Man routine when living in marital happiness...

I don't agree to be honest.
Antiviral wipe was out this year and it had teeth imo.

Tom Mann Centuria · 30-12-2020 02:22PM

pixelburp wrote: »

Couldn't give any timelines but I've wondered if marriage and having children took some of the teeth from Booker's work; hard to channel the whole Last Angry Man routine when living in marital happiness...

Wouldn't be beyond the bounds of possibility. He also incredibly comfortable financially now (not that he was ever exactly scrapeing by).

He's still better than an awful lot on TV, just not a patch on what he once was.

pixelburp · 30-12-2020 02:32PM

gmisk wrote: »

I don't agree to be honest.
Antiviral wipe was out this year and it had teeth imo.

Never said it was a scientific theory like, just a personal hunch: his form seems less consistent than fadó; so while simpler that it's hard to keep any one idea going indefinitely anyway, it's easier to be performatively angry when you ain't got much else on - sure look at half of Boards

yabadabado · 30-12-2020 03:14PM

Turquoise Hexagon Sun wrote: »

Some of the jokes on Death To 2020 were just downright corny. Really poor form for Brooker. You'd expect more from him.

The part about the origin of Covid. Paraphrasing.

"We believe the disease was transmitted because a man had sex with a bat and he got batjuice in his pee pee hole. We tried to recreate this in the lab but with limited success.. because.. well, the bat kept flying away."

Isn't that moreorless an episode of South Park. Randy and Mickey Mouse in China .

PsychoPete · 30-12-2020 03:18PM

yabadabado wrote: »

Isn't that moreorless an episode of South Park. Randy and Mickey Mouse in China .

Randy and Mickey Mouse had sex with a bat then Randy brought the disease back to America with him

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 30-12-2020 03:34PM

It's possible Brooker's style of comedy is just harder to do nowadays. The combination of so many high profile people being so ridiculous they're beyond satire coupled with the way social media allows people to make all the jokes immediately kind of makes it harder to do these wrap up things. A lot of events and jokes around them have been done to death by the time December rolls around.

Like I saw the bit with Cristin Milioti being a racist housewife and none of it was funny because I've seen the same bit done to death since May or June. "Karen" jokes have run their course.

RandomViewer · 30-12-2020 04:09PM

Watched "A Dogs Way Home" last night, harmless wee film but the CGI is terrible,

Hurrache · 30-12-2020 06:21PM

alchemist33 wrote: »

My wife absolutely loved it and stayed up way past 1am a couple of nights watching it. I watched it in passing while doing other things

I'm worried I may have some form of multiple personality syndrome as I don't recall posting the above but it's literally a reflection of my household.

gmisk · 30-12-2020 09:03PM

I am very very late to it...but....the queen's gambit...wow...really is fantastic. It looks brilliant, acting is excellent, the story is really very compelling
Mad to think the main producer behind it has been trying to get it to the screen since 1992.

appledrop · 30-12-2020 09:12PM

gmisk wrote: »

I am very very late to it...but....the queen's gambit...wow...really is fantastic. It looks brilliant, acting is excellent, the story is really very compelling
Mad to think the main producer behind it has been trying to get it to the screen since 1992.

One of best series ever made. Id say reason never got to screen till now is that on paper just about girl who plays chess. Sounds boring but obvious way its made was unbelievable.

gmisk · 30-12-2020 09:18PM

appledrop wrote: »

One of best series ever made. Id say reason never got to screen till now is that on paper just about girl who plays chess. Sounds boring but obvious way its made was unbelievable.

Id say it is definitely in my top 5 for this year.
I think I need to still let it digest.

I guess it could be an awkward enough one to sell as you say. But if something like Mrs Maisel can get made, as well as being critically acclaimed no reason why something like this couldn't have been made before now.

Mehaffey1 · 30-12-2020 09:26PM

Seven is a classic film, doubt there's many that haven't seen it.

Really love Still Game but do yourself a favour and go back to Season 1 when it's all fresh, been a long run.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 30-12-2020 10:39PM

gmisk wrote: »

I guess it could be an awkward enough one to sell as you say. But if something like Mrs Maisel can get made, as well as being critically acclaimed no reason why something like this couldn't have been made before now.

Mrs Maisel getting made could have more to do with the people behind it having produced several successful shows prior to pitching it. The guy behind The Queens Gambit had nothing big to his name, production wise, before Godless.

peteeeed · 31-12-2020 08:35AM

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Part 4
Netflix’s wonderfully dark reimagining of the teenage witch returns for its fourth and final chapter.

Best of Stand-Up 2020
From Jerry Seinfeld to Leslie Jones, Kevin Hart to Hannah Gadsby, laugh along with the funniest bits from Netflix's 2020 stand-up comedy specials.

Uncle Buck

Bridget Jones's Diary

Babyteeth
Seriously ill teenager Milla shocks her overprotective parents when she falls for Moses, a drug-dealing dropout who's surprisingly good for her

100% Wolf
Instead of turning into a werewolf on his 13th birthday, Freddy became a poodle. Now he's out to prove he's fierce enough to keep up with the pack.

Safe House Season 1
A couple planning to open a quiet B&B find themselves drawn into a web of danger and lies when they agree to use the property as a safe house instead

Abe
Through the mentorship of a local chef, an aspiring teenage cook believes he can find the right recipe to mend the fences between his divided family.

HOPE GAP
In a tranquil coastal town, a couple treads on rocky terrain as their son visits for their 29th wedding anniversary and their marriage unravels.

Proxima
A French engineer sets out on a yearlong space mission as her daughter grapples with her impending absence.

Rev
A shifty car thief becomes an informant to avoid jail and help the police take down an auto-theft ring with ties to a crime syndicate.

Saint Frances
Feeling adrift and unfulfilled at 34, Bridget lands a job as a nanny to Frances, a strong-minded, six-year-old girl who helps turn her life around.

Savage
Torn between his birth family and the street gang he calls his own, a man becomes a live-wire enforcer with fierce allegiances. Inspired by true events.

Spree
Thirsting for social media fame that eludes him, a ride-share driver livestreams a killing spree from his car in this satirical horror thriller.

The Vigil
A former member of Brooklyn's Hasidic Jewish community reluctantly agrees to keep vigil for a recently deceased man but encounters a demonic spirit.

Shaun of the Dead

Snatch

Les Misérables(French 2019)
In a Parisian banlieue, a new cop in the anti-crime unit witnesses community tensions mounting amid poverty, police violence and power abuse.

Alaska Is a Drag
Tormented by bullies, an aspiring drag star working at an Alaskan cannery becomes a skilled fighter and is tapped for competition by a boxing coach

Casper

Are We There Yet?

Evan Almighty

Leap Year

Balto
Balto, who is half wolf and half dog, endures the taunts of disapproving humans as he guides a precious cargo of medicine through the Alaskan winter.

Step Up

Step Up 4: Miami Heat

Hulk (2003)
The Incredible Hulk (2008)

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Dracula Untold

Ouija (2014)

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km79 · 31-12-2020 09:44AM

Uncle Buck YES
I nearly paid for it on prime !

iamwhoiam · 31-12-2020 11:00AM

Elisa Shapely Scatterbrain wrote: »

Two episodes left and it’s so so good!!!

Well after a day of doom and gloom I decided to watch Bridgerton with a whole different outlook ! I just relaxed and saw past the awfulness and actually enjoyed it .!! Its so bad its quite good!!

31-12-2020 11:16AM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Well after a day of doom and gloom I decided to watch Bridgerton with a whole different outlook ! I just relaxed and saw past the awfulness and actually enjoyed it .!! Its so bad its quite good!!

Yay I knew you wouldn’t leave me down!!!

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 31-12-2020 02:19PM

Considering Equinox.

Danish "Dark"-esque supernatural missing-hippies-cult-suspicion thriller.

Trailers look intriguing...

S.M.B. · 31-12-2020 03:01PM

Not sure if there's many who are fond of reality competition shows but not fond enough to go out of their way and watch these shows as they first air but The Circle US is coming to UK Netflix tomorrow (assume the same in Ireland) and its well worth a watch if that's your thing.

Basq · 31-12-2020 03:27PM

S.M.B. wrote: »

Not sure if there's many who are fond of reality competition shows but not fond enough to go out of their way and watch these shows as they first air but The Circle US is coming to UK Netflix tomorrow (assume the same in Ireland) and its well worth a watch if that's your thing.

Is that season 1 of the US series? A full year after it's US premiere on Netflix? Took it's time.

S.M.B. · 31-12-2020 03:36PM

Basq wrote: »

Is that season 1 of the US series? A full year after it's US premiere on Netflix? Took it's time.

Yeah, should probably have explicitly stated that. Assume it's something to do with Channel 4 UK rights to The Circle but no idea what sort clauses would be in the Netflix deal.

Taiga · 31-12-2020 04:13PM

As a Karate Kid fan waaayyy back I can't believe I left it so long to watch Cobra Kai. I LOVE IT!!! Myself and the youngest just watched 6 episodes in a row there. It's like a big 80's hug with trimmings of nostalgia wrapped up in lots of cheeeessse.

gmisk · 31-12-2020 04:43PM

Death to 2020 is....awful.
Just doesn't work at all

ShineOn7 · 31-12-2020 09:31PM

peteeeed wrote: »

Uncle Buck

I rewatched Planes, Trains and Automobiles this week on All 4. What a classic

It's the perfect running time and the chemistry between Martin and Candy is amazing. But what really stood out on this viewing was Candy's acting chops. The guy was excellent

I'm not really sure Uncle Buck is in the same realm and we might be remembering it through rose tinted glases

There was a few stand out moments, but I don't remember it been anywhere near as strong as Planes, Trains

Lisha · 31-12-2020 09:39PM

gmisk wrote: »

Death to 2020 is....awful.
Just doesn't work at all

Might be a sign of how bored I am, I got a laugh from it.

Capt'n Midnight · 31-12-2020 09:42PM

km79 wrote: »

Uncle Buck YES
I nearly paid for it on prime !

It was on Christmas Eve on ITV2

Netflix isn't doing it for me on films at the moment.

Far too many of the good old films are on at the same time as broadcast.

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) ITV4 last night Wed 30 Dec 11:45pm-12:50am

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