Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

all art about present and future bad effects of TECH on SOCIETY feels a bit hacky tbh

― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, December 11, 2014 12:29 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I get a different vibe from it, that the tech isn't inherently bad, it's just that people generally suck and ruin everything fun. One of the reasons I like the show so much.

Also I want to live in the world where I can get credits and by pointless stuff by riding an exercise bike.

i really liked the pigfuck episode for how they played it so straight instead of doing it as some rollicking farce

every episode of black mirror has this really hand-wringy quality that i had to try really hard to ignore but once i did i really enjoyed them

there's probably some tech that helps you ignore hand-wringiness

like if you approach them as meditations on the conflicting and daunting task of constantly squaring lizard-brain instincts with a rapidly changing world instead of oh-so-scary technology i think they're really poignant and effective

yeah, and I think it's easiest to view the 3rd ep like that.

i might try a couple more. i was just thinking of that s.h.i.e.l.d. thread where someone says once you get past the first 11 horrible episodes it gets really good. (!!!!) #wehavewaytoomuchtimeonourhands

let's not say 'really'... but it becomes pretty fun to watch

well there's only 6 of black mirror so

what are the best five?

episode 2 is the least good imo

off topic but Fruitvale Station is the best thing I've seen on Netflix, or anywhere, in a long time

3 and 4 were the best episodes.

I watched the first 3 and don't know if I'll watch the next 3.

Thought the first two eps of BM were kinda... dumb. And a little smug and self-impressed with its own ~piercing satire of these times~. Ep 3 seemed promising but turned it off because it was probably a bad thing to watch when hungover and feeling a little anxiety.

it definitely wouldn't help anxiety, but it's good!

Yeah, will at least give that ep another run at a better time.

went into How to Survive a Plague preparing for a complete bummer, but found it to be really inspirational. glad I watched it.

I really want to see that

a number of ACT UPers dispute that doc, say it distorts in favor of the whitest and richest members

but y'know, "print the legend"

fwiw I liked it, but I wasn't there

seems like there's always been that gap for them. kinda wish that they had something to hang their hat on & proud of, but also from what i gather they, as in act up, are kinda difficult to please collectively?

or is that not true

charles willeford fans may be interested to know that there is an adaptation of "The Woman Chaser" on Netflix now. Relatively close to the book & stars Seinfeld's David Puddy.

You guys are nuts that pickfucker episode was hilariously fun.

Thank you to whoever tipped this show upthread! Just cuz they're timeworn dystopias doesn't make them irrelevant.

Beyond the Hills

why isn't the Americans on Netflix?

^^Amazon exclusive

it's on amazon; FX has a deal with them for content.

bah. looks like season 2 is going to be on there come dec 29th though.

oh wait no, that's still just on amazon. well then.

All of Sweden is supposed to be undergoing a heat wave on this ep of Wallander and yet everyone is still wearing coats and cotton cableknit sweaters. And looking sweaty. HAVE THEY NO OTHER CLOTHES?

lol i thought the same thing watching that episode

god the americans is great.

i'm too scared to watch django and wolf of wall street. leo's face bugs me so much these days...he's such a dope. plus just the whole american badass/excess thing...

I'm not watching either of those movies either, although if I were forced to choose I'd prob go with WoWS.

Leo's smarminess plays well into the Django character, IMO

also plays well into the wolf of wall street character tbh. he should just embrace being a shitbag from now on

wolf of wall street is pretty solid, django is a bit of a letdown

wolf of wall street is redundantly putrid after the first 40 minutes

can't do too many cocaine booby rock montage scenes these days. spring breakers might have lasted me a lifetime.

and as far as the idea of tarantino and slave trading goes....i'll stick with the nazis.

I dare you to watch both.

Unless you are chicken.

i've watched both, would recommend watching neithre

get two tvs, watch them both simultaneously

Pee Wee's Playhouse... every episode and the Christmas Special.
Big news IMO!

Hated Django, loved Wolf. Leo is fine in both. Latter has better set pieces, former probably the worst Tarantino.

the worst Tarantino is actually Quentin

I laughed out loud at that, then watched the first hour of Nymphomaniac + now I am back on the Official ILX Netflix Instant Watch Recommendations thread

btw I watched Django Unchained for the first time recently & found it fun (if occasionally burdened by cringeworthy contemporary resonances)

speaking of Tarantino in the same post-cluster as Nymphomaniac: Kill Bill is another two-parter I never saw prior to its appearance on Netflix Instant Watch (saw the 1st in theaters, but missed the 2nd and couldn't decide how best to arrange an at-home viewing)