Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

I've just got into Rick and Morty for the first time this weekend. Alternate realities, a jellybean paedophile, Cronenberg Rick ... well la di da!

Is Time Trap actually good? It popped up on my Netflix and I spent far too long debating whether to watch it. Went for Breakdown (1997) instead as I hadn't actually seen it. Kevin Wachtell from BCS is the Sheriff.

I recommend seeing Psycho II (1983) but you have to play the Psycho II (1983) drinking game, where each time the character portrayed by Dennis Franz is murdered you raise a foaming glass of beer and cry “so long, DENNIS FRANZ” in a Lenny voice

ymmv of course re: time trap but i went from "hmm this could be annoying" to "ok I've figured it out but I'll stick with it" to "directly into my veins please doc".

also it's less than 90 minutes \o/

It's going on the list

Just started Giri/Haji, I'm into it.

Handy chart for categorising space-based SF films/shows based on posters/thumbnails:

https://jalopnik.com/this-chart-will-tell-you-what-kind-of-space-based-sci-f-1842248368

For the other Kipo fan: https://www.polygon.com/2020/4/20/21227968/kipo-and-the-age-of-wonderbeasts-netflix-watch-party-writers-directors

I've been meaning to check out Unorthodox, anyone have opinions?

If you like goofy time loop/other shenanigans films then drop everything and watch Time Trap immediately.

― a slice of greater pastry (ledge), Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:25 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink

YES -- can't believe how satisfying this was (though not "good" in any standard sense)

new alert! the midnight gospel from adventure time's pendleton ward

watched the first ep, it's a blunted podcast with Dr Drew. not good.

thought Time Trap was going to be awful from the first 20 mins or so. it was great in its simple concept though, I enjoyed it.

Unorthodox was pretty good, I thought.

we watched the first ep of midnight gospel last night. i understand why some wouldn't like it but i found the animation charming + amusing and i have fond memories of loveline in my teenage years so dr drew is not an instant turnoff for me. i was also extremely celebratory of the festival yesterday so i may have been in the right mood to hear a blunted podcast about drugs backtracking psychedelic + weird imagery.

unorthodox i probably won't watch but it's worth doing a little independent research since the source material from a number of years ago already was already contentious for not being a fully honest narrative and i hear the show is even worse at flattening the characters + community.

It's true that the orthodox community (and the male members in particular) is portrayed as almost cartoonishly oppressive and clueless. OTOH...

otoh who cares if we stereotype orthodox jewish men bc they're not real people anyway?

OTOH this is a story about an abused woman escaping a shitty situation and I'm willing to allow that maybe her experience was real, and maybe it's ok that she didn't have as much sympathy for her abusers as you seem to think she should.

anyone else watching zerozerozero?

Unorthodox looked bad. Apparently Luzer Twersky (aka the guy from that one episode of High Maintenance) and Moshe Kasher were working on a show with similar themes that would have been more comedic, I wish they would have made that one instead.

(otoh, my experience of the Orthodox community has been on the side of cartoonishly oppressive and clueless, though most of the actual people are good & smart & well-meaning. I don't want to derail the Netflix thread though.)

agree it looks like and from what i've read of it sounds like exploitative crap but u know a woman claimed to be oppressed in a 2012 book and then sold the rights to a media company who made a shallow tv show out of it so we probably shouldn't criticize it too much

Re zerozerozero: I don't think it's for me but C has been praising it for DAYS. He said it's possibly the best tv he's ever seen? Which makes sense to me bc it's a Saviano production iirc? Not that I watched Gomorrah either although I do have the book from like 10 years ago.

what's the thread for other streaming services that are not netflix?! i want to talk about the NIGHT FLIGHT app!!!

But Is It on Netflix? - Streaming Video Service Thread: Hulu, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, Disney+, Peacock, YouTube TV, AT+T Watch, Philo, Playstation Vue, HBO Max, HBO Now, Facebook Live and many more

thank u

You didn’t even watch it, Mordy! Didn’t realize you were such an orthodox religion fan. Sorry to offend you.

update yr xls

(Mordy is an Orthodox Jew fyi...so is my mother, though I wasn't raised in it)

I was boosting zerozerozero on the general streaming thread last month, it is fantastic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UYGmqsIFIM&feature=youtu.be

unorthodox is quite bad, pedestrian at best, but reasonably even-handed. the husband is a rounded character who is not unsympathetic

I was boosting zerozerozero on the general streaming thread last month, it is fantastic

― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Friday, April 24, 2020 10:53 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

it really is, one of the best tv shows i've seen in a long time, way better than narcos (which i liked!)

alright, i'll bite.

yeah I'm pretty burnt out on trafficking narratives in general—it's not something which really interests me after so many shows—but this is worth it

I have found it's easy to get conditioned to shit production values w/ most streaming content, but this also looks and sounds great, which is refreshing

drug trade stories are totally uninteresting to me so i really need this to be strong. will report back.

I watched the first Middleditch & Schwarz special at lunchtime & it’s v funny

Co-sign I laughed a lot

Holy shit I haven’t laughed like that in months. I’m kind of a sucker for decent improv as well as people breaking and this just killed me.

Holy shit I haven’t laughed like that in months. I’m kind of a sucker for decent improv as well as people breaking and this just killed me.

Have mixed feelings about Midnight Gospel, but I’m burning through this show. Get the metaphysical/LSD/psych-spiritual podcast audio being off-putting at first, but the animation is amazing and I’m enjoying the juxtapositions. It’s kinda like nothing else I’ve ever seen and I appreciate it for that alone.

I would keep going after the Dr. Drew 1st ep. Probably used because he’s the most recognizable guest.

Reminded me of Waking Life. A bit too chattery and not enough plot to really keep my attention.

I liked the visuals but a lot of the chat is like what I imagine the Joe Rogan show sounds like (and then I find out it's from a podcast and the dude is a frequent rogan guest lol)

I've enjoyed Duncan Trussell's podcast over the years

This was a really heavy one with his mom just before she died

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGeISXwC_pQ

I feel bad, my friend did the music but I have zero interest on this one.

via Vulture:

Another big takeaway from Tuesday’s earnings report was that Netflix is not currently planning to change much of its 2020 programming schedule in response to COVID-19. It’s had to shut down most of its scripted productions just like the rest of the global entertainment business. But “one thing that’s maybe not widely understood is we work really far out relative to the industry because we launch our shows all episodes at once,” Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos said. “So our 2020 slate of series and films are largely shot and are in postproduction remotely in locations all over the world. And we’re actually pretty deep into our 2021 slate … So we don’t anticipate moving the schedule around much, and certainly not in 2020.”

Loved Midnight Gospel! Got better as it went along, at first I wasn't sure about it. Definitely not for everyone though.

Loved Midnight Gospel! Got better as it went along, at first I wasn't sure about it. Definitely not for everyone though.

Hurrah! https://io9.gizmodo.com/exclusive-netflixs-excellent-kipo-and-the-age-of-wonde-1843028327?_ga=2.105768967.566665040.1588099343-66200155.1528932709