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Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

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  • #15182
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,624 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123557931#Comment_123557931

    yeah I remember from the time but I’d forgotten how actually nuts it was. I’ve watched this, I watched the titan documentary, I found the lead engineer came across poorly. Him laughing at something so tragic was in poor taste.



  • #15183
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,252 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123557931#Comment_123557931

    Its a rare Netflix doc that I wouldn't mind if it had more episodes and was longer! It's just 50 minutes! Bonkers.

    There are other "Train wreck" docs just not more on Rob Ford



  • #15184
    appledrop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,242 ✭✭✭appledrop


    Dept Q, just watched the first episode, brilliant so far.

    Matthew Goode is a very handsome actor, they have done a very good job of scuffing him up!



  • #15185
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 13,100 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123558933#Comment_123558933

    Four episodes in, really enjoying it 🙂



  • #15186
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,355 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    I just watched Straw


    suberb writing and acting and I sobbed my heart out



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  • #15187
    Gremlinertia
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 62,093 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    Dept Q has me smiling multiple times an episode - all because of the Ford Sierra and it's known glitch of over running for a second when the ignition is switched off.

    Biggest unexpected nostalgia blast in aaaaages



  • #15188
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,264 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    I watched the first episode of The Waterfront, it was watchable summer evening viewing but didn't grab me enough to continue with the rest of the series.
    Blurb: As their storied North Carolina fishing empire decays, the damaged Buckleys grapple to revive their imperiled maritime heritage

    It's from Kevin Williamson (Dawsons Creek, Scream, Vampire Diaries) and it's like you took Pacey and put him into a crime plot while all the slice of life soap stuff with exs is going on also. Only the actor is no Pacey!

    I like that it's a bit "knowing", postmodern sortof, typical of Williamson. And Holt McCallany is very good as the family patriarch. Nice scenic setting in coastal North Carolina. If it was a film I would have gladly watched to the end but not 7 more episodes.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #15189
    appledrop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,242 ✭✭✭appledrop


    DEPT Q is brilliant, 4 episodes in.

    I actually get lots of laughs in every episode because he us just so caustic!



  • #15190
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,252 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123565983#Comment_123565983

    It gets even better as it goes imo



  • #15191
    appledrop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,242 ✭✭✭appledrop


    Finished Dept Q, it was absolutely brilliant but it did annoy me over who did it, if I guessed in episode 2 who it was then surely Meritt should have!



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  • #15192
    jj880
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,130 ✭✭✭jj880


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p81PafZ2d_8

    Trainwreck: Poop Cruise

    Grim but fascinating. Great watch.

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  • #15193
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,252 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123579921#Comment_123579921

    Fun watch.

    A cruise would be my hell on earth TBH and that was before things went to sh1t lol

    Deciding to open a free bar in the middle of that disaster?!? Ha ha



  • #15194
    jj880
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,130 ✭✭✭jj880


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123586877#Comment_123586877

    Ive been on 1 cruise and it was very enjoyable (which I didn't expect). It was with Royal Caribbean though. After watching this I'll never set foot on a Carnival cruise ship 🤣

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  • #15195
    furiousox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,254 ✭✭✭furiousox


    Surviving Black Hawk Down

    US soldiers and Somali fighters recall the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu and the now-famous downing of three Black Hawk helicopters.

    A mix of interviews, archive footage, and reconstructions of what happened on the day.

    A very well made 3 part series, highly recommended!

    https://youtu.be/Jq-WbXY9K3E?si=wJz7UkKrvjLgXhsS

    You are a khaki coloured bombardier, it's Hiroshima that you're nearing.



  • #15196
    amber2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,659 ✭✭✭amber2


    Not too sure if it’s been mentioned but Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue is watchable, bit of a Lost who did it.



  • #15197
    samo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,222 ✭✭✭samo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123557931#Comment_123557931

    this was a good watch for 45 mins one-off docu. Unbelievable the stuff people can pull and still be re-elected.



  • #15198
    Earthhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,724 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    Surprised to see so much praise for Dept Q here.

    It was decent enough but pretty silly and a lot of “edgy” swearing in place of decent dialogue.



  • #15199
    budgemook
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭budgemook


    Just finished Dept Q myself. Solid show, will watch a second season.



  • #15200
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,282 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123563439#Comment_123563439

    We finished this, decent enough though not earth shattering or special. Fairly gorey in part. Better than average Americana soundtrack, must find a playlist somewhere.



  • #15201
    mykrodot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,099 ✭✭✭mykrodot


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123636734#Comment_123636734

    Yup I watched The Waterfront over the last few nights. Light entertainment, gory in places, a lot of murders (!) but very good in a "not too serious" way. The character Grady was both likeable and hateable in equal measures! I really liked Harlen (Holt McCallany) as head of the family and the empire. He reminded me of someone from an old Western, very macho, seen it all/done it all type/hard living/hard drinking type. You felt he could fix anything.

    A good watch.



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  • #15202
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,355 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    I loved 1883 so was looking forward to 1923 . I have watched it but my god its brutal , I had to fast forward some of scenes with the nuns in the school



  • #15203
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,941 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    2/3 of the way through Oppenheimer. Went to bed after 2 hours, but it is pretty good. Honest thief with Liam Neeson also pretty good too.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #15204
    silliussoddius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,013 ✭✭✭silliussoddius


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123636862#Comment_123636862

    Just started it, seems to be a bit like Ozark set in the Carolinas.



  • #15205
    Charlie19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,998 ✭✭✭✭Charlie19


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123642186#Comment_123642186

    Reminded me of Bloodline, the show set in the Florida keys.



  • #15206
    bogmanfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,738 ✭✭✭bogmanfan


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123635461#Comment_123635461

    I watched 2 episodes and stopped. Dreadful stuff.



  • #15207
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,304 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    watched a documentary called ConMum. It’s the tinder swindler type scam but it was the guys mum. Loved it. Absolutely nuts.



  • #15208
    youcancallmeal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,166 ✭✭✭youcancallmeal


    The Old Guard 2 is awful, first one was okay. Script for the second one is like some edgy teenagers wrote it, awful waste of talent and a half decent concept. Also ends unresolved which makes it even worse as I'd doubt they'll make a 3rd one and if they do I won't waste my time



  • #15209
    TheIrishGrover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,664 ✭✭✭TheIrishGrover


    H-Pop Demon Hunters.

    Enjoyable Korean animation. Does exactly what it says on the tin. K-pop stars who are also demon hunters. Beautifully animated. Fight sequences fun and you are actually able to follow what's happening. Might need to turn on subtitles for some of the songs. Especially as they are bilingual like every good anime song 😀. Nice integration of songs and fight choreography/design. Obviously western money and aimed at a western audience (Main cast is Korean but English speaking). But good fun and at least has a pulse which is more than can be said for other hyper-expensive straight-to-streamer fodder that is basically just content for Streaming platforms. I mean is anyone expecting the next Bond movie to be any good? Even though Vilneuve is (currently) attached? Anyway.

    Might be surprising to some how important music can be to eastern animation (Japanese especially). There are many shows out there that revolve around music. From "Boochi The Rock", "Beck - mongolian chop squad", "Carole and Tuesday", "Kids on the slope", "Ongaku" which at least partially revolve around music to the likes of Cowboy Bebop where music is integral to the tone of the show. And this is just regarding songs as opposed to background music.

    While Cowboy Bebop is famous for having an excellent dubbing, I would tend to stick to original languages



  • #15210
    appledrop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,242 ✭✭✭appledrop


    Jaysus just got round to watching the Cruise Ship thing.

    For feck sake if that is what cruises are like I never want to set foot on one!

    It was bad from start even before the fire on ship! All the people drinking and partying at the start on deck wtf are they trying to relive their spring break years🫣.

    Who in their right mind would bring children on a party cruise like that!



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  • #15211
    jj880
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,130 ✭✭✭jj880


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123657146#Comment_123657146

    The right ship / locations / cruise company can make a family cruise enjoyable.

    But yeah feck Carnival. They can keep their dodgy sewage boats.

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