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netflix’s app is kind of resource intensive on the platforms I’ve used

Netflix is the only service where I get degraded resolution often

Was there any discussion of 'The Dropout' anywhere? just finished it, thought it was well done except for the usual thing of glossing over details that I would've found interesting (e.g. what they were actually doing/working on for all those years, what tests they were faking, what specific lies they were telling - a few examples were given then never gone back to. I have read the book which is why I remember the list being endless).

i was surprised by how much I liked it!

Yes! It was exciting! I have adopted <that voice> permanently now btw

yes the Dropout was easily the best of these scammer docudramas that have been on recently (I liked the WeWork one too)

i think they were smart to focus in more on elizabeth herself, since the source podcast does seem to do that - that way it doesn’t retread the detailed ground of the documentary series & book, you just get a slightly shifted, zoomed in version

plus more room for drama

casting naveen andews as sunny was great but also sooo upsetting! that he has to play that dickwad after me crushing on him in Lost so many moons ago

also Seyfried was pretty amazing. I didn't even recognize Andrews at first

seyfried was great, i was v impressed

yes the Dropout was easily the best of these scammer docudramas that have been on recently (I liked the WeWork one too)

Thought the Dropout was great, attempted to watch Super Pumped (about Uber) - I lasted about 15 seconds, was literally unwatchable to me.

casting naveen andews as sunny was great but also sooo upsetting! that he has to play that dickwad after me crushing on him in Lost so many moons ago

I'm enjoying Daisy Jones and the Six which manages to be both stupid and watchable at the same time

agree!

I've actually waited my whole life for History of the World Part 2, and now my penis itches.

i havent watched it all yet & it’s kinda 50/50 but seeing Lincoln yell “STEPHEN DOUGLAS’ DICKHOLE” was v worth it

Cocaine Bear, which I guess is just for rent now, thoroughly entertaining and a surprise reunion of three stars of the Americans.

I'm enjoying Daisy Jones and the Six which manages to be both stupid and watchable at the same time

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Indeed. Also the oldest 20-somethings I've ever seen.

billy is such a self-defeating dork, it is very enjoyable to watch him grump through every story beat

This Lindelhof 'nun vs the big bad Algorithm' show on Peacock looks fun, too bad I won't have Peacock

Anyone else here want to join in on a watch of Three-Body: a 30-episode adaptation of Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem? I was completely pulled in by episode 2 - the first 20 minutes of which spin through existential physicists, pool balls that leave the solar system, someone shooting at two-dimensional life, and turkey scientists. Much of this is in the book, but I think I might like this more.

Non-committal NYT review: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/03/arts/television/three-body-review.html
Watch for free on Rakuten Viki: https://www.viki.com/tv/39255c-three-body

Is there a hate-watch thread for Daisy Jones and the 6 yet? The comedy stylings of Timothy Olyphant alone should require one.

didn't know about Mrs. Davis. I'm down for it.

xpost i’ll start one!

ok go here for Daisy Jones talk

Fever Dogs and Tambourines maaan - Discuss DAISY JONES AND THE SIX here

I'm intrigued by Three Body, but that is a lot of hours.

Been paying for YoutubeTV for my mom and they just raised the price to $73+tax and stripped out yet another channel recently (MLB Network), she asked me to cancel. Downloaded Comet TV, Tubi and Pluto for her afternoon background noise needs and I'm surprised at how not bad the offerings are on those.

FreeVee is not bad in that regard too

Australian streamer BINGE just decided to introduce ads for paying customers, so fuck them

Britbox has just updated its Goodies catalogue to now include all episodes. Including some rather risque scenes I swear I dont recall seeing on the ABC in the 70s. Mind you, I dont know how it ever flew as a kids show down here to start with.

I love how the shows come with a "comedy standards were different back then lol sorry if this shit's offensive" warning at the start.

A big feature of the Goodies' first tour was showing scenes that had been cut out of the episodes in Australia thirty-five years earlier.

Ha, thats a great set of info!

NEWSREADER: Its speed was estimated by various witnesses to be somewhere between twenty and six thousand miles per hour. [These pictures were taken by a Swedish amateur photographer. (shot of nude girl)]

This was the one I watched this morning. I was like WOAH I do not recall a naked lady in any episode before.

um...

#45, Cunning Stunts - 5 cuts.

Loved "Cunk on Earth," which will forever have a place in my heart for calling the Titanic the world's first single-use submarine. Haven't checked to see if any of her other series' are streaming here ...

I watched a bootleg YouTube of "Cunk on Britain" last night and it was equally or more amusing despite my unfamiliarity with that country.

maybe TED LASSO (2020-) has the weight of expectation on it now which is not a good place for such a slight show but i was not in love with S03E01. i could see the writing on the page. everyone little quip machines. the conflict spelled out in mile high letters.

To me the episode felt like an unnecessary "welcome back" episode. Like, here are these people and what they have been up to, as if anyone watching the third season of the show needs that. But it was otherwise fine.

I got an ad for Ted Lasso on YT the other day and literally the only dialogue was someone saying "I love you guys so much", show sure ain't shy about leaning into its reputation.

I wish these shows would stop leaving it so long between seasons. I stop caring! Ted Lasso, and also Shadow and Bone which I have desperately tried to follow S2 of, and have ZERO idea what the fuck is going on (and dont want to have to rewatch S1 to fix this).

Its one thing to have a break when you had a 20-episode season that went most of the year, but when a season is 5-10 eps dropped all at once, and you watch the lot over a weekend or 2 in march, then wait 2 years for the next? Fuckin.

Is Shadow & Bone worth watching. Netflix is promoting it hard to me (because I watched the Last Kingdom I guess)

idk i quite like Ted Lasso s3 but i feel like one of the few ppl who wasnt disappointed in s2 either

i don’t really need the show to be anything more than what it laid out in s1 and it continues to do that in various forms & i like it

I keep getting ads for VIAPLAY, which is promising me plenty of Nordic noir. I can barely keep up with the Nordic noir on Netflix and Amazon.

Speaking of which, just started s3 of Trapped which is now called Entrapped (and on Netflix.) Still good.

Watched the Bordertown: Mural Murders movie on Netflix, then followed it going back to the original 3 season series. Watched the first series’ first two mysteries (5 eps). Finland set, on the town near Russian border, with an enjoyable Hannibal-esque brilliant investigator who uses a memory house technique to gather and connect facts. First two mysteries are remarkably grim: teenage sx trafficking then teenagers setting up a lethal druggy rave. Need a breather before watching more.

Is Shadow & Bone worth watching.

First season was mostly pretty fun (outside of the superficial treatment of racism), but the finale was particularly momentum-killing. I don't have Netflix anymore so can't say anything about the second season.

I also thought the first season of Shadow and Bone was enjoyable fantasy, aimed at a teenage audience but not cringy like a lot of shows in that vein are. will report back on S2 soon

Halfway through the second season of Shadow & Bone and it's still fun but they definitely seemed to have upped the violence this season

Thought Shadow and Bone S2 was a bit slower but picked up in the last three episodes. And yes, more violent

The Billy Crudup retro-futurist show on Apple+ - 30 minutes that feels like two hours.

Anybody try that new Great Expectations adaptation? I was prepared to skip but then I saw Olivia Colman is in if so now I’m curious