Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

haven’t seen it but: apparently has a full-on conclusion but has also been recommissioned

Sex Education renewed for 2nd season!

just watched the school dance episode and at the end said "damn this is one really fantastic tv show"

I see a sliver of a way Russian Doll could go for a S2, but tbqh I'm not sure I like any of the potential options. Perfect as is.

very good use of chloe sevigny

also metatextually fascinating to see Sevigny as Lyonne's mother

Sex Education renewed for 2nd season!

Russian Doll is fantastic

Velvet Buzzsaw was very underwhelming.

russian doll amazing. natasha lyonne deserves many awards.

love Russian Doll! mr Veg watched 2 eps and was underwhelmed “she’s dumb and she says stupid shit” ... more bingeing for me!!

and i love Brendan Sexton III

I liked Russian Doll a lot though Netflix and its UI kinda stepped on the final shot

Lyonne is a great example of someone with no range but a fantastic presence just doing her thing

that is v wrongheaded to me but ok

I agree with that. I disagree with "she’s dumb and she says stupid shit" though. She says a lot of great shit in this show! off the top of my head I can't remember any of it but I was consistently amazed by some of her lines last night while I watched this high as fuck.

i fkn love Natasha, i have loved her since Detroit Rock City and I want to hi five her for boning down with Edward Furlong before he spiralled

idk why mr veg had such a bee in his bonnet abt her character tho. *shrug*

One of my friends randomly appeared in the first episode of Russian Doll so A+.

Yeah, wonder were they got the background partygoers.

She had like two lines! (throwing her out of the bathroom)

Oh that was your friend?

I've never seen Natasha in anything since "...Cheerleader" and I love her so much in this

natasha lyonne is the goat, can't wait to see this show

she was good on Orange is the New Black before I gave up watching that show (not because of her, it just got boring)

She's been a consistent bright spot in OITNB, but she's only on the show in waves.

she is Natasha turned up to 11 in Russian Dolls - ie fkn magic

my favorite line “I’m like if Andrew Dice Clay and the little girl from Brave had a baby”

also this post from Jake Fogelnest on IG the other day is pretty cool

https://i.imgur.com/azFB33I.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/MCFMLrZ.jpg

aww

Kingdom episodes 2-6 brought out more excellent headwear and the rest was entertaining enough too

So I've been to the cinema about 3 times in the past 4 years (babies) and there are definitely a few mainstream films I'd like to see that normally would be 'at the video shop' by now (we do actually have a decent local one but it's now a pain to get to) but none of them are streaming on Netflix! I appreciate it's allowed loads of decent TV to be made but I also want it to replace regular DVD rental places as it was SUPPOSED TO DO. Stuff like "I, Tonya" and "Moneyball". I can't be arsed paying for two subscription services or having to spend time searching to see which service has which movies (increasingly difficult to do). Do I need to switch to Amazon Prime?

In the UK at least, neither Prime or Netflix have many recent movies. There's the odd one but most appear on Sky's subscription Movies packages first.

Prime will have (some) newer movies but they won't be included in your subscription and you'll have to pay extra to "rent" them so I guess that's closer to the traditional video shop model.

In the UK, these people still offer a DVD rental service by post, I guess including new releases:

https://www.cinemaparadiso.co.uk/

That Jake Fogelnest thing is so cute

kinder - you might want to try your library? ours seems to get everything, and makes it easy with holds. interlibrary loan for more obscure and older titles.

ahh thanks! I had actually clocked dvds in our local library, made a mental note and promptly forgot. you've made my day!

another big vote for Russian Doll here; do we have a thread yet?

finished it last night - pretty good, held my interest at least even though it didn't turn out to be much more than a riff on Groundhog Day (frankly I thought it was a little weird that this was never acknowledged/directly referenced). Lyonne is great, even if she does tend to chew the scenery she is a lot of fun to watch, and the rest of the cast was very solid too. also nice that, like Maniac, it hinged on a relationship that was deeply empathetic but essentially non-romantic.

When I can’t find something streaming I’ve rented a movie through iTunes - do people not do this anymore? I did feel kind of old when I did it last week...

Russian Doll is so good. I watched it all last night and am so tired - but invigorated by good tv! - right now. Clever writing, top-notch casting, just enough creepiness just enough NYC 30something normalcy.

oh man, i think the groundhog day comparison is only skin deep. totally different themes, conclusions, ideas at play. love the video game theory explanations as to how THE EVENT is working. Satisfying ending.

"narcissist is stuck in repeating events until they learn to empathize with others" seems to cover both p well

ooh this sounds up my bag. thread delivers.

with, ultimately, no explanation given beyond the one the characters manage to figure out for themselves

xp

spoilidad, I guess

Russian doll thread here: “Hey Birthday Baby!” Talk about Russian Doll on Netflix

have at it

xp to shakey: yeah, that's the skin deep thing i was talking about.

"Abducted In Plain Sight" is like some perverse Christopher Guest parody on some levels. You just can't believe Middle America could get this...not surreal but just *plain fucking weird*. Jaw dropping stuff.

Still wanna punch Jan's parents.

ENBB, I’m in love w Derry Girls & I’m only 10 minutes in. I had two Irish roommates back when I first left uni and everything abt these girls is reminding me of them (so they are) :D

I'd say Velvet Buzzsaw was properly rubbish rather than merely underwhelming. A shame given those involved.

Erin and the bossy one w dark hair strongly remind of two people I have to work with irl that I absolutely loathe--in a school that's supposed to be resolving our reputation for bullying among students, they ARE the bullies. They lash out, preferring to solve problems with force and threat. It's causing me serious mental health problems to be in this environment.

Show-wise, the only person who seems reasonable/logical is the English cousin, who was the butt of every senseless cruelty in ep 1. No can do.