Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

gmisk · 17-12-2022 08:17PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120005289#Comment_120005289

Only watched ep1 but really enjoyable!

appledrop · 17-12-2022 10:55PM

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I'm on 2nd episode an easy watch, love the reference to Ireland being 1st country in world to introduce smoking ban🤣

SCOOP 64 · 17-12-2022 11:51PM

just watched 2 as well, spotted the Ireland ref too and laughed, not a bad watch after.

appledrop · 18-12-2022 12:28AM

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Well it worked out as a film for me, I've just watched 6 episodes in one go!

Loved it❤.

FunLover18 · 18-12-2022 08:06AM

I was enjoying Storm for Christmas but the ending really did become over saccharine for me with everything tied up a bit too neatly. Pretty much the Norwegian Love, Actually

peteeeed · 18-12-2022 08:10AM

Inkheart (2008) Unbeknownst to his 12-year-old daughter, a bookbinder has a secret ability to bring characters to life by reading their stories out loud.

Rainforest First: Climate Protection in Central Africa (2021) This documentary focuses on the Green Gabon program in the Congo Basin and explores rainforest conservation efforts as a way to stem climate change

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18-12-2022 10:31AM

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Bah humbug 😂

appledrop · 18-12-2022 11:09AM

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Funlover come on there is no such thing as an over saccharine Christmas film, impossible 🤣.

peteeeed · 18-12-2022 12:21PM

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that would be 'the holiday'

gmisk · 18-12-2022 04:49PM

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https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120005289#Comment_120005289

Finished it....loved it.

Obviously some storylines more gripping than others but that is the nature of these kind of programmes.

peteeeed · 19-12-2022 09:35AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyS5tjdJh80

Coming Jan 13th

peteeeed · 20-12-2022 08:25AM

A Not So Merry Christmas (2022) (Spanish) A curse is placed on grinchy Chuy, who wakes up to find he's lived a full year, but is doomed to remember only Christmas Day. Every year. From now on.

The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 1 (2022) (Japanese) When sinister forces threaten the peace of Britannia, a young prince embarks on a perilous journey to save his loved ones and discover his true powers.

Mothering Sunday (2021) In 1924, a housemaid meets the son of her employers' wealthy neighbors for a secret tryst that will reverberate through her later life as a writer.

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peteeeed · 21-12-2022 08:18AM

I AM A KILLER season 4 (2022) Death row inmates convicted of capital murder give firsthand accounts of their crimes in this documentary series..

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) Katniss Everdeen and her allies bring their fight to the Capitol, as they aim to liberate all of Panem by assassinating the dictator President Snow..

Emily in Paris season 3 (2022) After landing her dream job in Paris, Chicago marketing exec Emily Cooper embraces her adventurous new life while juggling work, friends and romance.

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pixelburp · 21-12-2022 08:27AM

I never really liked the two-part Hunger Games finale, maybe I should go back and reassess them. Looking back on the fadó of ... JFC, only 2015???... they're both really odd fish as blockbusters go. They had angry & overt ideas about (absolute) power, the fog of war, the morality of rebellion movements; lots of really interesting material among the set-pieces and "which hottie do I want" emotional conflict within Katniss - who herself is possibly the most intentionally unlikeable protagonist of a mainstream crowdpleaser in the last 20 years. She's supposed to be a total dose. Like, this is a blockbuster series where the last act is about

The supposed hero rebels herding scared refugees towards the Presidential Palace, then bombing them so it looks like the old regime murdered its own citizens - the victims including our hero's kid sister. All of which rendered unflinchingly and as far one could with what I presume was a PG-13

They're really exceptional curios now, insofar as the blockbuster landscape now exists.

The Black Oil · 21-12-2022 08:48AM

JUNG_E arrives on January 20. Stylish and intriguing teaser, this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQjLp1uvQb8

gmisk · 21-12-2022 01:13PM

https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a42205378/netflix-bastard-son-and-devil-himself-cancelled/

Only just saw this...real shame enjoyed the first season

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 21-12-2022 01:15PM

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That's like 4 cancellations ago, keep up 😉

Agent Coulson · 21-12-2022 05:37PM

Netflix moving into the Fitness business.

Netflix Aerobics? Streamer Tests Fitness With Nike Training Club Workout Videos

Some 40 years after Jane Fonda launched her first workout video, Netflix is getting in on the game.

The streamer is launching a series of workout videos from the Nike Training Club. It will launch 30 hours of sessions across two parts on December 30, just in time for that post-Christmas fitness push.

The unusual move is the latest departure from Netflix’s core business of original series and films and comes after it dipped its running shoes into the video game market with a range of online games.

Is it a precursor to taking on Peleton or just helping its subscribers lose a bit of post-Turkey weight?

Over 90 Nike Training Club workouts will be available across all fitness levels and they will be available in 10 languages. There’s plans to launch more throughout 2023.

The training programs include 13 episodes of Kickstart Fitness with the Basics, seven episodes of Two Weeks to a Stronger Core, six episodes of Fall in Love with Vinyasa, 14 episodes of HIT & Strength with Tara and six episodes of Feel-Good Fitness.

Nike Training Club is best known as an app that people use to track their own running and exercise workouts.

https://deadline.com/2022/12/netflix-tests-fitness-with-nike-training-club-work-out-videos-1235204314/

pixelburp · 21-12-2022 06:26PM

I mean they could just focus on better quality programming and movies but sure that's crazy talk.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 21-12-2022 06:47PM

I cancelled my Netflix subscription last week. This doesn't make me regret it. There's probably thousands of versions of those same workouts available for free on YouTube. They've made so many dumb decisions of late and yet its still surprising when they make another one.

jj880 · 21-12-2022 07:02PM

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Getting very close myself. Movies like The Big Short being removed (tomorrow in this case) 😭 I always liked sticking it on every now and again.

Then you see them throwing cash at absolute tripe. Anyone ever watch the movie Idiocracy? Prophetic before its time

silliussoddius · 21-12-2022 07:03PM

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Isn’t running out of content the inevitable problem for streaming services that dump series that are ready to watch in one night? Terrestrial tv can drag it out for six months or so and even then they have other shows on the go for filler. What was the name of that song? 200 channels and nothing to watch.

Agent Coulson · 21-12-2022 07:14PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120022916#Comment_120022916

A good reason to post this..57 Channels (And Nothin' On)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAlDbP4tdqc&ab_channel=BruceSpringsteenVEVO

pixelburp · 21-12-2022 07:18PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120022916#Comment_120022916

Indeed, which is probably why Prime, Apple et al have pivoted back towards weekly episode release. Or the middle ground of the first 3 at once, then weekly. As you say there's less risk of running out of output and you can stagger interest, extend subscriber lifespans and it's bizarre Netflix won't even try a weekly release for their marquee stuff.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 21-12-2022 07:22PM

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I just found I was watching it less and less. The odd film they'd have exclusively might draw my eye, but they've cancelled most of the shows I enjoyed, or ironically, kept some of them going too long, and now I don't care about them anymore. It's also the most expensive of the streamers here, and lately it feels like I'm paying them to churn out complete ****, so I've have enough for now.

pixelburp · 21-12-2022 07:34PM

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I'm kinda keeping it for the films and occasional TV pearl but the disparity in quality between Netflix's TV output and Apple is embarrassing at this stage. I honestly had the latter set to fail but it's arguably the market leader IMO. Meanwhile Netflix is burning cash on Russo Bros dross, Gal Gadot vehicles, Harry & Megan rubbish and the utterly insane amount spent on the Knives Out sequels.

I will still say the service's quality is not in the English language material anymore. All the good stuff is coming from Spain, Germany, South Korea etc.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 21-12-2022 07:44PM

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I feel like with films I can watch them whenever, whereas with TV stuff it's increasingly hard to avoid spoilers, so they're somewhat time sensitive. So as appealing as some of the films may be, I can watch them all in a year's time when I subscribe for a month to see the end of Stranger Things.

I had until now kept Netflix as the one permanent and rotated through the other services every few months depending on what was on where. But it's become the one I use least, and quite often if I do watch something on there it's more a case of watching it because it's there, rather than actually wanting to watch it.

I've still got it until the middle of January so I am trying to squeeze in anything I did want to see before then. But even then there's only a hand full of things.

Agent Coulson · 21-12-2022 08:03PM

First look at Luther from the Netflix film.

Luther: The Fallen Sun due to drop March 2023

S.M.B. · 21-12-2022 09:18PM

I'm a Peleton subscriber and Netflix would have to heavily invest in their underlying platform to become a legit alternative.

I definitely agree with those who feel that the Netflix offering is lagging behind others as it appears like their first to market headstart has come to an end.

Still happy to hand them my cash given what I've committed to paying for a yearly subscription and given I no longer really consume media in any other way (eg cinema, rental vod).

silliussoddius · 22-12-2022 07:20AM

Spending almost a billion on a studio.

https://deadline.com/2022/12/netflix-studios-fort-monmouth-new-jersey-production-studio-1235203997/amp/

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