Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

xpost I've never heard of that series, but was thinking of watching the Die Hard episode. Except ... there's no way Willis contributes, and Alan Rickman is dead, and John McTiernan is in jail ...

Oh, wait, they did get McTiernan, I guess he didn't serve long.

I also enjoy Castle Rock

Thirded. The two recent backstory episodes have been superb.

Can I watch Castle Rock season 2 without having watched the first season?

Yes, entirely new cast and storyline.

There was one payoff in a recent episode that wouldn't mean anything if you haven't watched the first season but other than that you're good.

The episode of The Movies That Made Us I saw kind of sucked. In another time it would have been a 10 minute VH1 segment.

The Politician is bonkers. I'm not sure I mean that in a good or a bad way; leaning towards the latter--Ryan Murphy strikes me as a self-righteous faux liberal in the Paddy Chayefsky mode--but I did keep watching. I legitimately laughed out loud once it was revealed what the Judith Light character's "skeleton" is.

xpost, yeah I only cared about Dirty Dancing. I am not into anything else.

do we have a separate thread for rhythm + flow or is no one watching?

Totally liking Castle Rock so far, 2.5 eps in, thanks everybody

I had some doubts about the second season of End of the Fing World but once I learned to enjoy the extremities to which the show is being pushed, it is indeed quite fun.

A Christmas Prince Baby was so boring. The prince is even more bland than usual. Netflix needs to do better with their casting in these movies. This guy is like, Deloitte-level hot.

Dolemite movie was a lot of fun despite a rough start. Wesley Snipes is sooooo good in it.

Also the new Michelle Wolf and Tiffany Hadish specials are really good.

xpost Is Rhythm + Flow good? I was wavering between that and Nasty Cherry but I hadn't read anything interesting about either yet.

i loved it tbh.

if “the British Baking Show, but hip-hop” sounds good to you then yeah, it’s fantastic. no “I didn’t come here to make friends” fake drama, some genuinely exhilarating moments, great hosts, and great guests.

The episode of The Movies That Made Us I saw kind of sucked.

Same format as The Toys That Made Us, which is also corny as hell (and also has a recent third series).

I’ve watched a lot of those over family gatherings. I admit to be interested in the content but damn are they obnoxiously put together. Least favorite quirk is replaying a snippet from an interview like 13 times an episode.

Key Grip: “We had no idea what we were doing!”

*re-run that clip twice every time in the story the production seemed dicey*

i don’t imagine I’ll ever watch any ____ That Made Us. Just seems like “those terrible VH1 talking head shows, but with better production values”...

but with better production values

That's generous.

Toys That Made Us is really quite good!

I only watched the GI Joe one but it wasn't bad. Definitely felt like it was made for cable with all the repeating clips (to catch people up between commercial breaks)

i thought the he-man one was really revealing! same for barbie and TMNT. I appreciate how annoying the editing can be but the intelligence behind it is real.

The toys series makes more sense. Haven’t really heard those stories before. The movies series seemed somewhat redundant. Like surely there are DVD extras that tell the same story? Didn’t feel like there was a lot I didn’t already know.

yeah, i'm not bothering with it; none of those are movies i need to know anything more about.

6 Underground is better than I would have expected.

Very Tony Scott circa Domino

I watched 6 Underground and have no clue what it was about. The best thing about it is that a Franco character gets violently killed at the start. I also think I may not like Ryan Reynolds.

but his teeth are so white

someone needs to count the shots in that thing

i made it through 20 min before turning it off. that chase was a coke-fuelled nightmare to watch

idk how michael bay manages to make me hate car chases, explosions & ryan reynolds (all things i normally love unconditionally) but he succeeded

finished "Black Spot" yesterday.
bloody loved it.
definitely something to watch during the dark autumnal season.

Veg, if you like Tony Martin & Ed Kavalee chatting, there’s an absolutely gold Michael Bay anecdote on last week’s Little Dum Dum Club

ooooh thx sic!

Tried to cure a small bout of insomnia last night with "Don't Fuck With Cats"... man, that is some fucked up shit. Do not recommend.

Why? What's it like?

It's a 3ep true crime series about internet obsessed types trying to track down a guy who posts videos of him killing cats(++) online.

Yeah I watched the preview thinking it was something lighter and yeah, no thanks.

i saw the splash and assumed that was what it was about and so didn't watch it. i would watch a video of that man being killed tho

ugh, nope, not what I was hoping for

Yeah, I watched the preview and then had to look up who it was about. I don't know how I missed the news about that guy.

Couple of "Witcher" reviews I've read have been "Cats"-level negative.

There is a Top Boy thread on its own but Top Boy (everyone compares to The Wire) is really good. I didn't know it was a netflix reboot from a Channel 4 show so I ended up starting with season 3 and then 1, 2. Just finished it.

xp

weirdly pleased about this because i'm sick of the eternal internet gamer circle jerk to The Witcher

I think it's a dumb game so am likewise heartened.

it is sorta weird to be pleased that a tv adaptation of a video game is bad bc you didn't like the [critically acclaimed] game it was based on, but i liked witcher 3 so what do i need

know

Watched the first episode and not sure why it would get Cats level reviews. Bit of a Vikings/Last Kingdom vibe but with added monsters & magic - big, gory hand to hand battles and court politics & intrigue (and a few cheesy/bad monologues)

Maybe it goes tits up in subsequent episodes

a tv adaptation of a video game is bad bc you didn't like the [critically acclaimed] game it was based on

I've actually since seen a few more balanced reviews. One big complaint is how, at least at the start, it goes full GoT in the boobs and blood department.