Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

i understood the ~idea~ but the visual? talk about barfo-rama

it's more like a dare than an actual menu item.

def

it would have actually made more sense to me if the granita was on an oyster shell with some oyster on top. on ice. presentation-wise. then you could just slurp it down and get oyster + almond iciness. which....might not be bad? i was totally down with the idea of brioche and granita for breakfast though.

see, something like this makes more sense. even though i don't want to eat it.

http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/oysters-green-apple-and-wasabi-granita

i'm not a big shellfish person though. i like mussels...

Anyone watching Aggretsuko, the Japanese anime about a red panda who's stuck in a dead-end office job by day and is a death metal karaoke singer by night? Feels tailor made for ilxors tbh.

Only two episodes in and I love it already. Really nails the drudgery and pathos of corporate life - shitty boss, annoying co-workers and all.

^^^ I watched 3 episodes last night. Love it. The subtitles are so off from what is being dubbed though, it's funny.

I need to check that out after I get through "lost in space" w/ Parker Posey as evil Dr. Smith, which I'm enjoying thoroughly.

The subtitles are so off from what is being dubbed though, it's funny.

oh in what way? i'm guessing the lyrics aren't generally so on the nose?

i watched the first ep of that last night on my brother's recommendation. he sold it as "it's about heavy metal" and i was like "is it like metalocalypse?" and he said "close enough" but it's really nothing like it but that's fine bc it's really good anyway.

It's Sanrio! I am now realizing that not everyone watches netflix with the closed captioning on (I do because we get a lot of random street noise and I exercise while watching stuff). The lyrics are pretty much right but 60% of the dialogue is off. I can't explain it. Watch one episode with closed captioning on.

Finished all Chef's Table Pastry. If the last episode hadn't been set in Bali it would've been a dud. I couldn't stand that guy.

Money Heist also had that problem of the dubbed dialogue not matching the closed captioning at all.

oh you're talking about closed-captioning, sorry i thought you meant the translations were off. I watch it in Japanese with English subs.

I am watching it dubbed in English with the english subtitles on (I guess subtitles would be the right since it's controlled fromthe netflix subtitle menu). It definitely does not match. The english dub is much smoother.

xpost Yerac i thought the same thing abt the Bali guy! “If you’re not using REAL chcolate you should quit being a pastry chef.” Ugh.
Pretty sure the reason he’s holed up in Bali is because everyone hates him. He came off as a total choad.

It's Sanrio!

sanrio actually bought aggretsuko after it was a few years old iirc

so it is but it also isn't is i guess my point

I finally watched Chefs Table France. Loved that Couillon guy with the fish restaurant, esp at the beginning when he tells the supplier the scallops are “SHEET” <3

He's holed up in Bali because he would otherwise fall off the wagon (good for him for knowing his limits, I guess) and get fired from another job. He concoctions were cringey, art school project I am now googling Will Goldfarb so I can hate on him more. I do like that WaPo pointed out that there are more women in pastry yet Chef's Table focused on men.

BTW, I don't know if he had alcohol /drug issues, I was just guessing by those terrible pics and his demeanor.

too many shots of Jeff Daniels saggy old arse pumping away

The one scene in the first ep was enough to get me to tap out on The Looming Tower. Ew ew ew

Liking AggRetsuko a lot. Sanrio type animals doing death metal karaoke to escape corporate life? Yes, please.

We have been watching the new Lost in Space. I am a little bleh about it but I love Parker Posey and the spouse is into the nostalgia.

I'm a big Toby Stephens fan.. is it worth checking out? (Lost in Space)

Haven't finished Lost in Space yet but I'm not sure I want to continue. It's so dreary and unimaginative - they're on an alien planet (which looks like Canada) and all they can think about is their own family drama. Parker Posey's character is the only interesting person in the whole ensemble.

Yeah, I am not sure either. I am barely watching it at this point but again if you're into the nostalgia or like to watch anything spacey...

Helen watched Lost in Space and really enjoyed it, but it seemed wack to me.

Yerac, stop watched dubbed television.

For some weird reason Ru Paul Drag Race season 8 (only season 8!) is dubbed in Spanish and doesn't have any english subtitles.

We have now watched 4 seasons of Archer in 5 days.

new life goal is to determine if I’m a helen or an ian

I wonder if Ian (& Hellen) would like Terrace House...

They should, it's very soothing. And impossible to watch dubbed, so Ian should be thrilled. THRILLED!

:-D

someone tell me if that scandihoovian apocalypse show is any good cuz i'm kind of apocalypsed out. The Rain.

It's quite good, but the ending is unsatisfying.

The new something of Monkey is basically an Asian-Australian version of Hercules TLJ but with Sun Wukong instead of Hercules and Tripitaka instead of Iolaus. It’s very dumb but that makes it good Sunday afternoon TV imo.

i want to watch it but i know it’s just gonna make me want to watch the original series so idk

I watched so much monkey magic as a kid

Monkey seemed quite magical to me back in the 70's, even on an old b/w tv.

We didn’t have it here! Lol wtf that explains the “new adventures” bit I guess

Can't wait to watch Ricky Gervais honour his imaginary dead wife's memory by being racist pic.twitter.com/Pk02nYzJ0o

— RopesToInfinity (@RopesToInfinity) May 8, 2018

that would be a funny premise for a show if it weren't ricky gervais pitching it

^^^

people being assholes kinda the premise of every new comedy.

thanks to asshole pioneers like ricky.

I watched two episodes of the new David Letterman. Holy crap has be fallen out of touch. I just doublechecked to see when he retired, thinking it was 8-10 years ago. It was mid 2015.

Just out of curiosity, what led to the recent boom in Gervais hate?

Ricky Gervais