A few episodes into Umbrella Academy, which has that perfect Netflix-series quality where it's very watchable and yet obviously not very good? The soundtrack choices and dialog are especially disappointing. Still, there's something refreshing about a comic adaptation that neither takes itself hyper-seriously nor as a Whedon-y smirkfest.
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Saturday, 16 February 2019 17:18 (five years ago) link
I'm having that classic streaming dilemma where I'm just piqued enough to find out what happens and I have to decide whether it's worth the time investment or if I should just head to wikipedia.
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Saturday, 16 February 2019 17:24 (five years ago) link
Good background material while doing the dishes imo
― mh, Saturday, 16 February 2019 17:31 (five years ago) link
**def the quality level we're talking about here
always happy to see homegirl get paid tho
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Saturday, 16 February 2019 17:31 (five years ago) link
very watchable and yet obviously not very good
this should be the tagline for netflix originals
― ||||||||, Saturday, 16 February 2019 17:33 (five years ago) link
the kid and the monkey are the obvious stars which is....not a great sign
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Saturday, 16 February 2019 17:40 (five years ago) link
Kinda funny how similar the set-up is to The Haunting of Hill House
Algorithm-guided no doubt
― Number None, Saturday, 16 February 2019 18:55 (five years ago) link
Not sure, might be taken verbatim from the comics? But I see what you mean.
Went the "skip to the spoilers" route, stopped even being passably entertaining by the midway point.
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Saturday, 16 February 2019 21:49 (five years ago) link
I've been watching a lot of trailer park boys
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Saturday, 16 February 2019 22:27 (five years ago) link
It had some funny moments, but The Breaker Upperers felt like half a film stretched rather thin. Needed slightly more of an actual plot.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 17 February 2019 06:27 (five years ago) link
hasan minhaj’s show is about prescription drug prices this week. there’s a gag about supreme getting into insulin that is largely funny because of how plausible it is
― maura, Sunday, 17 February 2019 14:42 (five years ago) link
Dragon Prince is so much better in its second season! Some really mature storytelling, both in subject matter and narrative choices.
― A Grape Ape Agape (Leee), Monday, 18 February 2019 21:23 (five years ago) link
Amanda Knox doc was very interesting. Less the whodunit side, more the awfulness of the Italian detective and Nick Pisa
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Tuesday, 19 February 2019 23:59 (five years ago) link
Is anybody watching One Strange Rock?
It is spectacular.
― Rhine Jive Click Bait (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 20 February 2019 01:11 (five years ago) link
Yes, big step up from S1 on many fronts. The animation seemed noticeably better too. I hope they can keep up the pace of a new season every few months
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 20 February 2019 03:50 (five years ago) link
Re One Strange Rock, the combo of Darren Aronofsky & Will Smith is not a promising one, but I will give it a go.
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Thursday, 21 February 2019 04:45 (five years ago) link
For a popular science documentary abt life on our planet it's as elucidating as any I've seen. Neatly organized and creatively edited and full of whoa! moments
― Rhine Jive Click Bait (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 21 February 2019 05:31 (five years ago) link
Netflix destroy instantly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIGGKSHMQOM
― Number None, Sunday, 24 February 2019 12:14 (five years ago) link
Cor blimey that Ricky Gervais and his dark twisted sense of humour, eh?
― . (Michael B), Sunday, 24 February 2019 12:52 (five years ago) link
lol
― Only a Factory URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 February 2019 15:06 (five years ago) link
he says what we're all thinking!
― Number None, Sunday, 24 February 2019 15:07 (five years ago) link
lol again
― Only a Factory URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 February 2019 15:08 (five years ago) link
Third season of The Magicians is a big improvement on an already-decent-enough show. When I finish I've got to figure out a way to watch S4.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Sunday, 24 February 2019 22:15 (five years ago) link
So we watched the first season and it was just such a troubling show (using rape and molestation in gratuitous cheap ways) we stopped there. Does it actually get better? Bc misanthropic Harry Potter really does feel a little shallow as a premise
― Mordy, Sunday, 24 February 2019 22:21 (five years ago) link
When I finish I've got to figure out a way to watch S4.
The internet?
S4 has been excellent so far too
― groovypanda, Monday, 25 February 2019 07:59 (five years ago) link
not netflix but hulu: PEN15 is ok. not hysterically funny but I liked the three episodes I watched last night.
― akm, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 16:38 (five years ago) link
Just finished Umbrella Academy. It was kind of fun. Some of the casting was bad and some special effects, especially at the end, were really cringey. I didn't realize until after that this was a Gerard Butler graphic novel so more of the stylization made sense.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 16:49 (five years ago) link
gerard way! his tone is evident from the moment ellen page starts playing phantom of the opera songs on violin
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 17:03 (five years ago) link
hahahaha! Gerard Butler has so many surprising hobbies!
― Yerac, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 17:08 (five years ago) link
I was never a fan of his band so I only was going by surface visuals.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 17:09 (five years ago) link
you can def feel it immediately even with an only passing familiarity with mcr
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 17:17 (five years ago) link
yeah, all those heavily stylized, emo-adjacent bands from that era completely passed me by.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 17:20 (five years ago) link
I liked the entire UA although the last episode was really bad.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 17:22 (five years ago) link
Gerard Way, isn't it? Unless you're all just making a terrible joke
― Nhex, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 18:41 (five years ago) link
Yeah, it was a mistake that I was laughing at while envisioning gerard butler's mcr side project.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 18:48 (five years ago) link
2nd season of Suburra is up.. i'm gonna rewatch the first seasons so i'm refreshed.
― ian, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 21:15 (five years ago) link
ian, there's going to be a new season of money heist. bella ciao bella ciao
― Yerac, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 21:18 (five years ago) link
NICE. DETECTIVE PIRAS IS BAE
― ian, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 21:21 (five years ago) link
oops,not Piras, she's the detective in a book I read. Raquel!
― ian, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 21:22 (five years ago) link
i watched BODYGUARD. pretty solid, very much like a UK 24 i guess except w/better performances. A million red herrings, which didn't bother me too much. Keeley Hawes and Gina McKee were the standouts in the show, and I liked Stuart Bowman as the glowering MI5 prick. pretty racist at the end there, though!!
― omar little, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 21:36 (five years ago) link
Such a bad ending! Other than that I enjoyed it. Similar to other British mystery/thriller shows where they are so involved in having a twist at the end that the ending can feel cheap or unearned. See: Broadchurch.
― DJI, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 22:41 (five years ago) link
Thought Umbrella Academy was patchy and mostly bad but Ellen Page in full Gerard Way drag at the end almost made it all worth it. But yeah, it was very, very MCR.
Did not realise until it was over that Klaus was played by Nathan from Misfits!
― Roz, Thursday, 28 February 2019 02:30 (five years ago) link
this makes me happy that i know 0 about MCR.i couldn't even name a song that Gerard Butler wrote.
I feel like Ellen Page was over the nonsense midway through and just phoned in the rest or else was badly miscast. I can't decide about her. I still thought the whole thing was overall fun though.
― Yerac, Thursday, 28 February 2019 02:35 (five years ago) link
I thought Umbrella Academy was a little overstuffed w/the time travel agent subplots but actually liked the ending. They fully committed to the season being a story about getting the band back together
― mh, Thursday, 28 February 2019 15:09 (five years ago) link
half way through the UA and it and i rather like it , granted i had very low expectations going in.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 28 February 2019 16:14 (five years ago) link
I just started watching 'you' but saw everyone upthread ditched it. It's trashy but I quite like it so far? Apart from the voiceover reminding me of Dexter's smuggest moments. The main girl's face is incredibly irritating though.
― kinder, Thursday, 28 February 2019 22:00 (five years ago) link
very Dexter .it's pretty silly but we watched it
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 28 February 2019 22:02 (five years ago) link
Oh, I thought most of the people here watched it (you). It was ridiculous but fun.
― Yerac, Thursday, 28 February 2019 22:06 (five years ago) link
i loved it a lot but i'm a big fan of ridiculous trash
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 February 2019 22:10 (five years ago) link
^^same
― Roz, Thursday, 28 February 2019 22:39 (five years ago) link