On Prime Now That You Could Be Watching:
Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)Transit (2019)Hale County This Morning This Evening (2018)One Child Nation (2019)Fast Color (2019)Gloria Bell (2019)
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 22 December 2019 18:28 (four years ago) link
Good list: thank you.
― Alba, Sunday, 22 December 2019 20:16 (four years ago) link
After the first 35 minutes of sappy Tollywood, the Telegu film Eega / Fly (2012) opens up into the most fun I've had watching a CGI-heavy action film in years.
― The dead swans lay in the stagnant pool (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 08:05 (four years ago) link
can't recommend transit highly enough
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 08:31 (four years ago) link
it's very good!
― Nhex, Wednesday, 1 January 2020 08:52 (four years ago) link
Eega/fly was a lot of fun, but yeah, waiting for it to get going was tough.
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 09:04 (four years ago) link
Ash Is Purest White now up.
― Miami weisse (WmC), Sunday, 19 January 2020 20:30 (four years ago) link
Midsommar is up too.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 19 January 2020 21:14 (four years ago) link
saw this post on twitter from Darren Hughes: “FYI, there's a bunch of '80s and '90s Taiwan stuff on Prime: The River, The Sandwich Man, Dust in the Wind, The Time to Live and The Time to Die, The Terrorizers, Growing Up.”
― Dan S, Monday, 20 January 2020 01:03 (four years ago) link
They're really pushing that "Hunters" show, which looks like "The Boys" with, um, Nazis.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 February 2020 14:19 (four years ago) link
reviews suggest it suffers from "Amazon syndrome" which has affected everything they've produced except Catastrophe: it's... okay?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 21 February 2020 16:05 (four years ago) link
Catastrophe not produced by Amazon, they just bought US transmission rights & then co-funded later seasons (it's produced by mega-agency Avalon for Channel 4)
― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Friday, 21 February 2020 18:33 (four years ago) link
what exactly is Amazon syndrome / what are the symptoms? I associate Netflix syndrome w/ general mediocrity, poor pacing, and trend-hopping.
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Friday, 21 February 2020 18:34 (four years ago) link
otm about netflix. amazon seems like it hasnt set any type of standard yet.
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 21 February 2020 18:44 (four years ago) link
Netflix seem to be just about churning out new content these days (most of which is mediocre).Saw a few articles after BoJack's finale about how it would have been very unlikely to get a second season if it had debuted now rather than five years ago
― groovypanda, Friday, 21 February 2020 22:24 (four years ago) link
i consider amazon originals to consistently be subpar to netflix originals... which are mostly subpar to Hulu/HBO i guess
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 21 February 2020 22:45 (four years ago) link
this is Bosch slander
― mh, Friday, 21 February 2020 22:46 (four years ago) link
I’d rate Man in the High Castle over 90% of what I’ve watched on Netflixboth companies are shady about what qualifies as “original content” and like to blur the line by badging things as original to their service when they’re really just exclusive in one region, though. Fleabag wasn’t amazon’s, You wasn’t Netflix’s (and some people were very o_O when they figured out the latter aired on Lifetime of all places)
― mh, Friday, 21 February 2020 22:49 (four years ago) link
i tried to watch bosch but it was too stupid. and i was hoping it would be kind of stupid
― frederik b. godt (jim in vancouver), Friday, 21 February 2020 23:35 (four years ago) link
Does Man in the H Cast.get better? I watched all of the first season and it was fine at first, had a dip and then??? I didn't feel like continuuing. I was really meh about the three leads that I recall were supposed to be a love triangle?
― Yerac, Friday, 21 February 2020 23:40 (four years ago) link
I’m not sure what the origin story of Undone is - it’s on amazon - but it’s up with netflix’s best stuff (Russian doll, and the first seasons of glow and american vandal imo)
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 21 February 2020 23:42 (four years ago) link
It's been a while, but I think we made it through ... 2 episodes of "High Castle?" 3? Then we kind of looked at each other and said, you know, why are we watching this? Same thing with "Handmaid's Tale," tbh.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 February 2020 23:47 (four years ago) link
I got through two episodes of High Castle and then binged through the rest by reading their Wikipedia summaries instead. Good time saver. Was good on atmosphere but v. dull leads.
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 21 February 2020 23:53 (four years ago) link
the ad for hunters had me laughing.
pacino in his very arch, late period style:
"it's not murder...
it's mitzvah"
― frederik b. godt (jim in vancouver), Saturday, 22 February 2020 00:38 (four years ago) link
I’m not sure what the origin story of Undone is
It's an Amazon commission - notable that for their first animated series they went for a cosign from the creator of Netflix's first animated series.
― Fantastic. Great move. Well done (sic), Saturday, 22 February 2020 00:40 (four years ago) link
Man In The High Castle was a big disappointment after the pilot episode, they should have just made it a two hour movie
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Saturday, 22 February 2020 00:53 (four years ago) link
might have been one of those “gets good mid second season” shows tbhthey do kill Frank eventually and keep him offscreen enough before they do lol
― mh, Saturday, 22 February 2020 01:41 (four years ago) link
The shows I watch or have watched on Amazon are all really high quality imo --- Man In High Castle, Expanse, Red Oak, even the dumb Jack Ryan show is watchable (the dumbness is kind of inherent to Tom Clancy imo)
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 22 February 2020 18:26 (four years ago) link
Goliath, as I seem to be saying into the void, is fucking incredible
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 22 February 2020 18:29 (four years ago) link
I liked the first season of Goliath a lot, the second started strong but was awful by the end, and couldn't make it through the premiere of the third.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 22 February 2020 20:12 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I'm having trouble finishing the second season. First season was aces.
― whistling (brownie), Saturday, 22 February 2020 20:13 (four years ago) link
many xps but yes: undone is also quite good.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 22 February 2020 20:15 (four years ago) link
S2 of Goliath is absolutely nauseating but also brilliant imoS3 gets the balance between gonzo batshit and, like, “serious drama” a bit righter but it’s still pulp at heart. I missed the daughter a lot but she gets an extremely satisfying payoff.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 22 February 2020 21:02 (four years ago) link
Does Man in the H Cast.get better?
No. The show runner left midway through the first season, the second season had no exec producer, and the new one brought in for the third didn't have a clue.https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/man-high-castle-renewed-taps-new-showrunner-season-3-960304
It gets worse: PKD's daughter was sexually harassed by Amazon's programming chief.https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/amazon-tv-producer-goes-public-harassment-claim-top-exec-roy-price-1048060
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:38 (four years ago) link
yikes
I thought it ended... ok-ish, but the rudderless nature of the middle was clear
― mh, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 22:50 (four years ago) link
I really didn't like hunters (the how I met your mother guy hamming it up saying corny as fuck lines = not a good time, macabre fictional holocaust scenarios also not my favourite thing), and only saw about half of it, but the ending was wild and al overacts delightfully
― frederik b. godt (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 18:55 (four years ago) link
idk if we talked about this already but this was my EXACT trajectory.
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 18:59 (four years ago) link
third season was fucking great. i guess you really have to like ultra-pulp maybe.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 19:07 (four years ago) link
Tracer's enthusiasm is infectious and I agree about season 3
― mh, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 19:17 (four years ago) link
I watched the first ep of Hunters & wow this show is def Not For Me™️Pacino as the headlining Jewish Person while Saul Rubinek is a minor costar feels so fucking wrong on so many levels. Also kind of surprised that Rubinek would be on board? idk. the tone of this thing was my biggest problem. that and wtf shit like concentration camp human chess i understand it from Pacino being a huge draw but still i am very O_o about the whole thing
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:23 (three years ago) link
yeah it looked fuckin’ gross so i skipped it
― force ghost bg (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:27 (three years ago) link
my parents highly recommended it to me but i couldn't bring myself to watch it glad veggrrl who ime generally has impeccable tv taste has validated my laziness
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:40 (three years ago) link
yeah Mordy i would approach w extreme caution
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:13 (three years ago) link
Anyone seen Tales From The Loop yet? I was surprised to learn it had been made into a TV series.
― ☮️ (peace, man), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:17 (three years ago) link
I’m still watching me some Maisel but I still have the same problems w/it, that it’s trying to force comedy through tone and not content. The show looks incredible and generally is “likable” but it’s kind of astonishing at how there’s nothing particularly hilarious going on, it’s just this constant banter that’s supposed to make you feel like something hilarious is going on. It’s a shame bc i certainly prefer it in theory over yet another “people doing very bad things and caught in a vise-like plot” show.
― omar little, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:23 (three years ago) link
xpWe watched the first episode last night. Very slow and pretty. Not sure if I liked it enough to go back for ep 2. Probably will at some point since I'm a shut-in now.
― DJI, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:24 (three years ago) link
No but I am intrigued by the fact that Shane Carruth apparently makes an appearance
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:26 (three years ago) link
best thing on Prime for me continues to be The Expanse (on the tail end of S3 now), which is just phenomenal. My platonic ideal of a sci-fi show (great plot, plenty of mystery, little in the way of soap opera level bad TV acting, zero new agey bullshit the likes of which sank BSG).
― omar little, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:28 (three years ago) link
I watched the first ep of Hunters & wow this show is def Not For Me™️
Pacino as the headlining Jewish Person while Saul Rubinek is a minor costar feels so fucking wrong on so many levels. Also kind of surprised that Rubinek would be on board? idk. the tone of this thing was my biggest problem. that and wtf shit like concentration camp human chess
i understand it from Pacino being a huge draw but still i am very O_o about the whole thing
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, April 8, 2020 10:23 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
I ended up watching about half of this, including the finale, because my gf watched it and I just thought it was horrendous.
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:34 (three years ago) link
watched the first two episodes of ZeroZeroZero and so far it's just OK. very nicely shot but so far I don't give a shit about any of the characters. not sure if I want to carry on with it but I probably will eventually out of sheer boredom.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:46 (three years ago) link