Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

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

watched the first 45 minutes of chris hemsworth forearm-definition showcase extraction and while it's pretty boilerplate in plot and dialogue there is a children of men-inspired single-shot action sequence that winds its way through multiple vehicles and buildings for no less than TEN MINUTES and it's pretty amazing

obviously it's not really a single shot but the edits are mostly pretty slick

the director of Extraction is a stunt coordinator who got the gig after writing, choregraphing, training and camera operating a seven minute fake-one-shot fight in Atomic Blonde

aha, that makes sense

it’s a technically impressive sequence, with hemsworth doing lots of fighting with multiple opponents in tight spaces with the camera weaving around them, must have been a bastard to shoot

has anyone done a listicle of all the Netflix tricky action single takes yet

I still think about Haunting of Hill House ep 6 a lot.

in addition to being a stunt coordinator, Hargrave was Chris Evans' stunt double in Winter Soldier
https://www.menshealth.com/fitness/a31024424/chris-evans-stunt-double-workout/

hmm I’m going to have to watch Extraction, now

Watched it last night after the zoom session. It's the kind of action trash I always look forward to and then feel bad for watching afterward.

Extraction def sounds like my bag

it's so good and well paced + one tracking shot gives Russian Ark a run for its money.

I'm just not up for that kind of unrelenting terrible violence, it seemed closer to torture porn at times. Like I get in doses but why does anybody need *that* much of it?

yeah, that's the line i don't cross

did you start zerozerozero yet?

xp Are we talking like, "The Raid" or "Escape from Cell Block 99" violence?

I haven't seen either of those but it has to average a decapitation/disembowelment/brain-splattering head shot per minute

xp yeah

i did start zerozerozero... i didn't like it? I got halfway into the second ep and it just missed me.

:(

Yeah at one point in Extraction I was like, Yes I know these are the bad guys, I don't need to see them do (unthinkably cruel, evil thing) to make the point. Who is this for?

zzz was slick and impressive looking but in service of something i really really don't care about. bad dialogue and pretty predictable over two eps and lots of unnecessary glossy violence. dunno, i don't think i'm down for it. NB: I fucking hated Sicario and Traffic.

i have loved Money Heist (who knew it could ever get to a 4th season !).
completely ridiculous, and silly, but very very watchable.

yeah i really enjoyed the new season of Money Heist. just as silly as always. What would your code name be?

creator of Money Heist has a new show on Netflix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj7uyeaJjFQ

yeah i really enjoyed the new season of Money Heist. just as silly as always. What would your code name be?

Scunthorpe.

Godmanchester.

I think I would go with Norfolk. Has the 'fuck' joke already in there.

xp Midnight Gospel is great despite association with things that are dumb

specifically rogan

for teen movies, "The Half of It" was surprisingly very sweet and quiet and wholesome.

Ryan Murphy’s Hollywood series is very good, also kinda bad at times, overall very on-brand w some good performances & a lot of heart

All the classic Hollywood nerds I follow on Twitter are livid about that show, though I haven’t even figured out what it’s about yet

it’s a fantasy of golden age of Hollywood
takes some actual stories (Rock Hudson, Anna May Wong, Peg Entwistle) and gives them a “better” story — what if Rock got to be openly gay, what if Anna May Wong wins her Oscar, and Peg is referenced & inspires a Hollywood movie starring a young black actress who almost jumps off the Hollywood sign but doesnt

there is a lot good about it, but the anachronisms & youthful “what if the olden times but BUT BETTER” is weird & a bit grating

again, it’s Ryan Murphy - he always swings for the fences