Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

El Duda · 24-02-2020 2:02pm

The Stranger is up there with the dumbest TV series I've ever seen. The acting was almost as bad as the writing.

Just plain awful and a reminder of why I prefer films.

shrapnel222 · 24-02-2020 2:10pm

finished locke and key. Decent teen supernatural series, well set up for season 2

irishchris · 24-02-2020 4:29pm

peteeeed wrote: »

Better Call Saul season 5 ep 1

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Strange, my Netflix says new episode "magic Mike" coming on Tuesday?

Pacifico · 24-02-2020 4:31pm

Magic Man is S5E1 and is definitely up on UK/Ireland. Think is out on Tuesday's from now on

RocketRaccoon · 24-02-2020 4:41pm

New episode today and another tomorrow and then its every Tuesday going forward.

seligehgit · 24-02-2020 5:25pm

appledrop wrote: »

Just finished The Devil Next Door.

Really compelling viewing. 5 episodes but only about 40 mins each so you fly through it.

Ridiculously good.

Thanks for the recommendation.

kookiemonster · 24-02-2020 5:27pm

El Duda wrote: »

The Stranger is up there with the dumbest TV series I've ever seen. The acting was almost as bad as the writing.

Just plain awful and a reminder of why I prefer films.

Agreed, if it was RTE/ITV there wouldn't even be a review for it, really disappointing to hear the buzz out there on recommendation lists for it.

I could take a little bit of plot stretching or some minor stuff, but in combination with the acting....nope!

Slattsy · 24-02-2020 5:47pm

I also got sucked into The Stranger hype train. Tis awful

irishchris · 24-02-2020 6:01pm

Pacifico wrote: »

Magic Man is S5E1 and is definitely up on UK/Ireland. Think is out on Tuesday's from now on

Cheers, cleared cache and restarted app and it's showing episode one now but still says that episode called magic Mike out on Tuesday even though that's the name of episode one. Either way I'm happy out now can watch episode one. Thanks everyone :-)

FixitFelix · 24-02-2020 6:02pm

Slattsy wrote: »

I also got sucked into The Stranger hype train. Tis awful

Absolutely woeful

irishchris · 24-02-2020 6:02pm

Slattsy wrote: »

I also got sucked into The Stranger hype train. Tis awful

Actually thought it was decent

Computer Science Student · 24-02-2020 6:05pm

Thinking of cancelling my subscription. Not a whole lot going on there tbh.

km79 · 24-02-2020 6:24pm

brooklyn 99 AT LAST
God I am so happy

pixelburp · 24-02-2020 6:28pm

km79 wrote: »

brooklyn 99 AT LAST
God I am so happy

This passed me by actually, with that large list a few pages back; I'd actually given up checking if B99 Season 6 might turn up on Netflix.

NOICE.

FunLover18 · 24-02-2020 6:43pm

km79 wrote: »

brooklyn 99 AT LAST
God I am so happy

Doesn't it air on Channel 4 here before arriving on Netflix, hence the delay.

km79 · 24-02-2020 7:17pm

FunLover18 wrote: »

Doesn't it air on Channel 4 here before arriving on Netflix, hence the delay.

Yeah but it is handier to watch on netflix
Also waiting for line of duty s5

Augme · 24-02-2020 9:04pm

I thought the stranger started very well and had a lot of promise. But quickly went downhill and then the finish was ridiculous.

They tried to tell far too big story too small a tine frame.

PsychoPete · 24-02-2020 10:49pm

km79 wrote: »

brooklyn 99 AT LAST
God I am so happy

cool cool cool cool cool

budgemook · 24-02-2020 11:29pm

Half way through the stranger so I suppose I'll finish it now but it is crap and reminds me why I don't really watch many series. Back to the wire or the deuce for me next I'd say.

peteeeed · 25-02-2020 9:27am

Pete Davidson: Alive From New York
Comedian and "SNL" star Pete Davidson drops a candid and intimate stand-up special shot live in New York City.

Every Time I Die
After a paramedic's violent death during a weekend trip, his spirit inhabits his friends' bodies in an effort to save them from a similar fate.

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El Duda · 25-02-2020 10:07am

Augme wrote: »

I thought the stranger started very well and had a lot of promise.

This is the thing with TV. Getting off to a good start seems to be the easiest thing in the world. Coming to a satisfying conclusion seems impossible.

Shows like Lost, Flash Forward, Heroes, The Stranger, The recent BBC Dracula, Walking Dead, Peaky Blinders etc.. all started off great and fell off a cliff.

brick tamland · 25-02-2020 12:35pm

I didn't mind The Stranger. Wasn't great or anything but having watched safe and read one of Harlan Corbins books before I knew what I was getting into. His stories follow his style. I imagine we'll get more of his stuff to with the popularity of it (amount of people watching rather than good reviews).

Great stuff with S6 of Nine9. A great show

cdgalwegian · 25-02-2020 12:44pm

El Duda wrote: »

This is the thing with TV. Getting off to a good start seems to be the easiest thing in the world. Coming to a satisfying conclusion seems impossible.

Shows like Lost, Flash Forward, Heroes, The Stranger, The recent BBC Dracula, Walking Dead, Peaky Blinders etc.. all started off great and fell off a cliff.

Yeah- puzzlebox approach, rather than 'know your ending approach'. I really hope Westworld is the latter.

peteeeed · 25-02-2020 1:54pm

https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1231995044699099136?s=20

camz09 · 25-02-2020 4:52pm

Hi, is there somewhere I can find out what titles just left / is leaving Netflix? Cos I for sure saw Arrival and Blue Is The Warmest Colour a few weeks ago but now it's gone! Can anyone confirm?

Lionbacker · 25-02-2020 5:09pm

Yeah, there is..
Here's a handy one, that I sometimes use.

https://uk.flixable.com/leaving-netflix/

Caranica · 25-02-2020 5:15pm

peteeeed wrote: »

https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1231995044699099136?s=20

That's there since the weekend. Means you have to scroll down to get to "continue watching". Annoying

DVDM93 · 26-02-2020 12:29pm

https://twitter.com/HarlanCoben/status/1231616325723623424?s=20

boccy23 · 26-02-2020 1:06pm

Can't recommend Fauda highly enough.

Set in the West Bank and illustrates the struggle between the Israeli Defence forces and Hamas (PLO).

Two seasons which link well together. A third one is due at the end of March or April I think.

kerplun k · 26-02-2020 1:18pm

DVDM93 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/HarlanCoben/status/1231616325723623424?s=20

Shocking, the author of the book is recommending the show.

If its anything like The Stranger, this will be mostly trash.

The only way I can describe Stranger is that if all of the UKs top gossip magazines pooled their resources together and made a TV show, this would be it. Think footballers Wives, but worse :eek:

peteeeed · 26-02-2020 3:21pm

I Am Not Okay With This season 1
Angsty Syd navigates high school awkwardness, family drama and an unrequited crush on her best friend while trying to rein in her budding superpowers

The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez
A boy's brutal murder and the public trials of his guardians and social workers prompt questions about the system's protection of vulnerable children.

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Jack43 · 26-02-2020 3:41pm

Sons of anarchy well worth a watch

Electric Nitwit · 26-02-2020 3:58pm

peteeeed wrote: »

I Am Not Okay With This season 1
Angsty Syd navigates high school awkwardness, family drama and an unrequited crush on her best friend while trying to rein in her budding superpowers

Same director and source author as End of the F***ing World, and that was brilliant. I've got high hopes for this

DVDM93 · 26-02-2020 4:39pm

Confirmed: Season 2 of Top Boy is happening. Dushane, Sully, Jamie and Shelley will return. Stay tuned.

Charlie19 · 26-02-2020 6:17pm

DVDM93 wrote: »

Confirmed: Season 2 of Top Boy is happening. Dushane, Sully, Jamie and Shelley will return. Stay tuned.

Season 2?

It must be on the third now.

Gadgetman496 · 26-02-2020 6:25pm

Charlie19 wrote: »

Season 2?

It must be on the third now.

S3 is well finished on other mediums

santana75 · 26-02-2020 6:43pm

Jack43 wrote: »

Sons of anarchy well worth a watch

I've been meaning to start this for ages now. Is it that good?

shrapnel222 · 26-02-2020 7:07pm

Gadgetman496 wrote: »

S3 is well finished on other mediums

when netflix acquired the series, they called it top boy season 1. the older channel 4 top boy (series 1 and 2) are now called top boy summerhouse (1 and 2) both also available on netflix

ShamoBuc · 26-02-2020 7:09pm

boccy23 wrote: »

Can't recommend Fauda highly enough.

Set in the West Bank and illustrates the struggle between the Israeli Defence forces and Hamas (PLO).

Two seasons which link well together. A third one is due at the end of March or April I think.

Really enjoyed Fauda, most enjoyable.
Looking foward to season 3.

santana75 wrote: »

I've been meaning to start this for ages now. Is it that good?

Sons is legendary. Must have watched it in its entirety at least twice if not 3 times.

Charlie19 · 26-02-2020 7:42pm

Gadgetman496 wrote: »

S3 is well finished on other mediums

Oh nevermind, Shrapnel 222 explains it.

Man Vs ManUre · 26-02-2020 7:45pm

santana75 wrote: »

I've been meaning to start this for ages now. Is it that good?

I’ve watched every season.
There are moments where you think this sh1t is just way too stupid and corny, but then there is moments of such brilliant violence and brutality, and the stories around it play out so well.
You have to watch it from season 1 and not skip through any. The ending of the 2nd last season was so violent and tragic it left me in shock, in a good way. But you got an awful lot of minutes to get through to get to that stage.
The 2nd season is probably best of all seasons.

DVDM93 · 26-02-2020 7:49pm

shrapnel222 wrote: »

when netflix acquired the series, they called it top boy season 1. the older channel 4 top boy (series 1 and 2) are now called top boy summerhouse (1 and 2) both also available on netflix

this.

have lost count at this stage the amount of people who've watched Top Boy on Netflix only to later find out/not find out at all about Summerhouse. I'm glad it did happen to me, pain in the arse I'd imagine.

Netflix should probably merge them, if they're allowed of course.

DVDM93 · 26-02-2020 7:53pm

Jack43 wrote: »

Sons of anarchy well worth a watch

one of my work colleagues watched it all the way to the very last episode & pulled the plug there & then.

I couldn't figure out for the life of me how he'd committed so far only not even to be tempted to see out the last episode.

My experience, I should have stopped watching it after the 2nd season.

I got as far as half way through the 7th season but it was painful & a lot of them latter episodes/seasons would have been when I couldn't decide on what else to watch.

started off great tbh but imo it just died an absolute death & ended up being total sh1te in the end.

I still can't understand how he didn't just finish off the last episode mind but I can relate & reason a little more to & with his decision after watching it myself.

Fysh · 26-02-2020 11:55pm

santana75 wrote: »

I've been meaning to start this for ages now. Is it that good?

It has some really good stuff, and some properly poor stuff. The good stuff is basically "Hamlet with bikers" and done well, but the bad stuff involves an entire season (season 3) set in Northern Ireland where the casting seems to have been "anyone who has, or can imitate, what they think is a Northern Irish accent". And the ending is dragged out (like so many shows are) in the final 2 seasons, though there are still some great individual episodes along the way.

I don't know if I'd be arsed watching it all again, tbh, though there are a few episodes I'd rewatch happily and, if you enjoy the first 3 or 4 episodes you'll probably enjoy most of it.

peteeeed · 27-02-2020 9:46am

Altered Carbon season 2

Followers Season 1
When an aspiring actress hits it big thanks to a candid Instagram post, the lives of several Tokyo women cross as they struggle to define happiness IRL.

Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution
After accepting an invitation from a mysterious trainer, Ash, Misty and Brock meet Mewtwo, an artificially created Pokémon who wants to do battle.

Thriller
When a prank goes wrong, a shy kid from Compton is sent away for murder. Four years later, he's back and out for revenge on homecoming weekend.

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RocketRaccoon · 27-02-2020 9:47am

peteeeed wrote: »

Altered Carbon season 2

Followers Season 1
When an aspiring actress hits it big thanks to a candid Instagram post, the lives of several Tokyo women cross as they struggle to define happiness IRL.

Pokn: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution
After accepting an invitation from a mysterious trainer, Ash, Misty and Brock meet Mewtwo, an artificially created Pokn who wants to do battle.

Thriller
When a prank goes wrong, a shy kid from Compton is sent away for murder. Four years later, he's back and out for revenge on homecoming weekend.

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And of course the final episode of Love is blind added this morning.

Sugarlumps · 27-02-2020 10:06am

santana75 wrote: »

I've been meaning to start this for ages now. Is it that good?

Best thing about it is Jax's walk.

DavyD_83 · 27-02-2020 10:30am

Sugarlumps wrote: »

Best thing about it is Jax's walk.

I loved Sons of Anarchy, but it does lose its way a bit, and they get a bit too fond of A-team style shoot outs towards the end too

DVDM93 · 27-02-2020 10:53am

The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez, looking forward to watching this one over the weekend.

https://www.netflix.com/title/80220207?s=a&trkid=13747225&t=cp

Ikozma · 27-02-2020 10:55am

Yea looks good alright

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