Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

The Man in the High Castle - we have a thread on this or just thoughts? I enjoyed it, but kind of ran out of episodes when I wanted more.

i was wondering why we didn't have a thread, wanted to start one last week

anyway, yeah, i liked it too but agree that it stopped just as the hook was really getting set for me

thought the production value was very impressive

ppl in our imagined alternate realities, imagining us over here

speaking of sundance, anyone watch the Red Road series? Lisa Bonet! Tom Sizemore!

― scott seward, Monday, March 23, 2015 2:20 PM (8 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Did you watch this, Scott?

This is a HUGE sleeper. The plotting is increasingly complex but it's so tightly written that you don't realize how much info is coming on board. I started inhaling episodes before realizing the two seasons are only six episodes ea. Maybe it'll take a nosedive (I have four episodes to go) but for me this is easily up there with the consensus "best" cable dramas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Huu_dLA5hGk&index=78&list=PLfJMfBbRvIsgmvEp9upKV-EK1v4gvq0Ir

The first few eps of Man in the High Castle have been interesing, definitely great production values and an engaging story, but it has plot hole that just feel massive. I almost have a hard time giving it my full attention because I spend so much time thinking about all the inconsistencies and things that are under-explained or just implausible about their alternate reality.

I watched the first two episodes of the man in the high castle. I found it mostly enjoyable, but yeah, lots of stuff which doesn't make sense.

It particularly bothers me that "the grasshopper lies heavy" is a movie. What a completely inefficient way of distributing subversive material in 1960s America.

Still <3 MASH.

I've been rewatching Family Ties on Amazon Prime. I'm impressed by how funny it still is, and how in amongst the corny stuff they handle heavy stuff (mostly) pretty well.

cannot rave abt "Rock This Boat: New Kids On The Block" enough, nine 19-minute episodes of a reality show abt NKOTB superfans on the NKOTB cruise. It is so OTT manufactured and ridiculous (also: sloppy and horribly edited) on top of its already batshit premise and so-bad-its-good and I am having too much fun watching it.

filing under: things i would never watch unless stevie recommended them

I can only imagine what the passenger list is like for a NKOTB cruise, will give it a look

enjoying Detectorists.

detectorists is great

"Did you watch this, Scott?"

finished the first season of red road and moving on to the second. too bad it got cancelled. i really like it. so far sundance channel is 2/2 with me cuz i really like this and rectify.

Good! I liked the second season even more I think. The Jean storyline really opens up in season two—not sure I've ever seen such a harrowing and convincing (?) portrait of a schizophrenic.

second season was way better than the first: Jean is more tolerable, and less time spent on boring Harold

cannot rave abt "Rock This Boat: New Kids On The Block" enough, nine 19-minute episodes of a reality show abt NKOTB superfans on the NKOTB cruise. It is so OTT manufactured and ridiculous (also: sloppy and horribly edited) on top of its already batshit premise and so-bad-its-good and I am having too much fun watching it.

― cory artangel (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, December 7, 2015 11:56 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Woah what year was the cruise? PP's sister somehow fenagled her way onto a NKOTB cruise back in the day.

of course she did, being his sister

Best of Enemies, the Buckley vs. Vidal doc, is up.

Limmy's Show is on U.S. Netflix. Glaswegian absurdist sketch-comedy. He has a strong accent so maybe strictly 4 my scotophiles.

true crime thingy Making a Murderer up Friday

http://nyti.ms/1T2MVjw

it looks like king of the family guy but i'll probably watch it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFzrvMS6P8g

I dunno, it seems like it might have actual jokes instead of winking offensive references ala Family Guy.
That 70s Show + All In The Family + King of the Hill isn't a bad starting point for a sitcom.

bill burr is generally okay. I dunno about that though.

it kind of already exists too.

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

netflix has been overrun by scottish people! someone call donald trump. they make t.v. shows in scotland?

rab c. nesbitt! limmy's show! empty! burnistoun!

okay, maybe that isn't exactly an invasion...

Guys, "Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films" is a blast.

Seconded

started watching helix which is actually not that bad for a syfy show and billy campbell's raspy whisper just gets raspier and whisperier over time.

i hear *making a murderer* is supposed to be really good/intense/nuts. true crime doc mini-series. my tolerance for true crime kinda low though. 10 episodes and 10 years of filming. went up today.

netflix has been overrun by scottish people! someone call donald trump. they make t.v. shows in scotland?

rab c. nesbitt! limmy's show! empty! burnistoun!

okay, maybe that isn't exactly an invasion...

― scott seward

the only one I can really recommend whole-heartedly is limmy's show. it's a sketch show and episode 5 is probably the highlight of that season, though it may help to watch one or two episodes before it so you get the general feel of the show. he has a thick Glaswegian accent.

burnistoun is a decent enough sketch show, also with reasonably thick Glaswegian accents (actually all of these shows are Glasgow-based). I straight up recommend you don't watch either rab c nesbitt or empty - although if you watch and enjoy burnistoun then empty is a sitcom by the same writers.

this making a murderer show is p good i like watching old depositions of ppl trying to squirm out of past statements its a+ entertainment

Looking forward to that one.

damn the turn this takes and the timing is amazing, better than fiction could come up w believably

theres some killer audio/video footage in this omg, reminds me some of capturing the friedmans already

wow @ someone making this
https://twitter.com/RealStevenAvery

I'm intrigued by that cause i lived in a market that got network TV out of Green Bay when that all happened and it was constantly on the local news and was super crazy.

Only watched the 1st ep (which is on YouTube) but I'm intrigued, the case reminds me of Rectify

if this shit was fake it would be a massive work of art; its still wildly well constructed to the extent its documented & edited & assembled

credit info online on this is not easy to find, its makers have 71 and 91 twitter followers respectively rn, im gonna make a thread for this

https://twitter.com/allHs
https://twitter.com/filmgreek

I liked "A Very Murray Christmas" a lot. Looking forward to the next full-length Sofia Coppola joint.

Best Of Enemies is good but I'm finding Buckleys preening, affected manner and risible politics very hard to stomach.

i really liked the first season of Helix more than i thought it would. such a crazy show. but very entertaining. only watched the first episode of season two and that episode alone is completely nuts. also has a weird alternate timeline thing going on a la Lost in season two. i guess it stems from Lost. back and forth in time. and they are on an island.

anyway, if you like madcap scifi virus shows, you should check it out. also if you like the arctic circle. and sorta zombies but not really zombies. just viral people. i give it an A for effort given that they didn't have a ton of money to work with.

Watch Amour Fou and Tangerine, thread!

4 episodes into Making a Murder and this is FUCKING UNBELIEVABLE.

Netflix show Making a Murderer - Steven Avery case, etc

Guys, "Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films" is a blast.

― circa1916, Thursday, December 17, 2015 11:12 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Seconded

― Are you fondeling the computer. (stevie), Friday, December 18, 2015 4:21 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Watched this last night. It was fun, but I wish they would've slowed it down at some point. Clips, interviews, etc all just kept coming too fast and I was never really able to settle in to it.

4 episodes into Making a Murder and this is FUCKING UNBELIEVABLE.

I had no idea Electric Boogaloo was on Netflix. The DVD is still sadly sitting unwatched on my shelf, and if I get the Cannon box set I've been strongly hinting for Christmas, I'm about to have two copies.

If you're feeling like you didn't quite scratch the Golan & Globus surface, keep in mind that there were two Cannon docs released this year!