Streaming or currently airing TV shows (AKA Netflix thread) (11 Viewers)

[Statorama]

I would say Under the Dome was worse.

Great premise that took every wrong turn it possibly could.  Horrible TV and a complete waste of time for all involved.

 

[urbanhack]

did anyone who watched Dirty Money ep 2 feel any sympathy for Scott Tucker, et al?  Seems like they tried, but I didn’t.  These payday loan predators make me sick.

#### no.

They tried, but there was no convincing reason why.  "We're doing what everyone else does."  "There was nothing illegal about using a native american reservation to cover our ### legally in certain states."

#### this guy and his lawyer.

 

[snogger]

Definitely a "Love it!" or "Hate it!" show, and I'm on the "Love it" side of things..

Season 2 of Santa Clarita Diet coming!

I'd link to the trailer, but DEFINITELY Not safe for work parts.. YouTube is your friend "Santa Clarita Diet | Season 2 Official Trailer"

 

[tommyboy]

I was scared off, thinking it starred one of the Olsen twins, then googled it and saw she’s actually the younger sister of the Olsen twins.  Might give it a chance now. 

Just watch it immediately. You'll love it.

 

[Bull Dozier]

did anyone who watched Dirty Money ep 2 feel any sympathy for Scott Tucker, et al?  Seems like they tried, but I didn’t.  These payday loan predators make me sick.

#### no.

They tried, but there was no convincing reason why.  "We're doing what everyone else does."  "There was nothing illegal about using a native american reservation to cover our ### legally in certain states."

#### this guy and his lawyer.

I'm not even sure they tried to make him seem sympathetic.  Maybe it was because I knew the story already, but I felt like they were highlighting was a doosh he was when they were talking to his daughter in the kietchen and she was saying how good of a person he was.  Then they pan to him and he has this smile on his face.  Maybe we are supposed to think he was this proud pappa or something, but all I could imagine going through his weasley little brain was "ahh, another one duped."

Plus, that poem she was reading that she apparently wrote about her dad was completely her talking herself into being able to still believe in him.  Poor kid.

 

[TobiasFunke]

Yes, these studies were also wildly unethical.  Anyone trying to replicate these studies would be sued into the ground.  

To be clear, I'm not saying that I'm surprised people went along with it (the Holocaust and the Milgram experiments have shown that), I'm saying that I'm shocked this guy is getting away with it.  It's so harmful to do this to people.  It's disgusting.

I wasted a half-hour last night watching the first half of The Push.  It was terrible and mostly made me want to punch Derren Brown. It's everything that's bad about reality tv (exploitative, feels fake) with none of what's good (the people being exploited kind of deserve it, boobs).

Spoiler

I googled today to see how it ends and the article made the point that the process kind of misleads viewers by winnowing out all the people who aren't highly susceptible to peer pressure.  They showed some of it, but you caught up in the story and forget that the guy (people, apparently) they picked wasn't random but is there because they did a bunch of work and figured out he (they) would be likely to go along. Brown pretends he's making a point about human nature generally but he's actually just making a point about certain people who are susceptible to peer pressure, which is a lot less interesting.

 

[northern exposure]

I loved Top Gear, but the guys were trying too hard in the first couple of episodes of the Grand Tour and it turned me off a little. I’m sure it gets better and I’ll check it out again at some point. 

We recently got Amazon Prime and checked out The Grand Tour. My sons and I love it. My oldest enjoys playing sports, but not watching them. So, usually it is just my youngest son and I watching sports together. The Grand Tour is something all 3 of us enjoy and it is a great male bonding experience. My wife walked into the room while we were watching, watched for a bit and then left the room shaking her head. 

 

[EYLive]

New season of Terrace House available this Sunday.

 

[RC94]

Have you guys seen/heard anything about the 2nd season of Shooter becoming available on Netflix? 

 

[sports_fan]

I've been meaning to watch The Office in it's entirety for a while and finally finished. Really enjoyable up until the last couple seasons which were pretty rough

 

[Rove!]

I made it through five minutes of Everything Sucks. If you're going to rip off Freaks and Geeks you have to do better than this.

Stick with it a bit more....like I said, 1st ep is a little tough, but the series gets better

 

[Daywalker]

Counterpart

Everyone should be watching this.

After tonight's episode you can hand the Emmy to JK Simmons.

Nice eye candy too.

It's on Starz.

 

[tommyboy]

Just watched riot in cell block 99 on Amazon prime. Maybe the most disgustingly violent movie I've ever seen. I mean I like Vince Vaughn and his character is badazz but there's really no point to this movie other than him crushing people with his bare hands

 

[GroveDiesel]

I watched "Tucker and Dale vs. Evil" this weekend. It isn't some award winning movie or anything, but it's a lot of fun and made me laugh. Takes the horror genre and turns it on its head.

 

[snogger]

I watched "Tucker and Dale vs. Evil" this weekend. It isn't some award winning movie or anything, but it's a lot of fun and made me laugh. Takes the horror genre and turns it on its head.

Enjoyed it enough that I'll probably re-watch it again.

 

[Hector Salamanca]

I watched "Tucker and Dale vs. Evil" this weekend. It isn't some award winning movie or anything, but it's a lot of fun and made me laugh. Takes the horror genre and turns it on its head.

Great flick. 

 

[saintfool]

Mr. Robot second season is on Prime. I liked S1 well enough but, three episodes into S2, I'm dying. Please tell me it picks up steam because Malek's deadpan delivery makes it a challenge to enjoy it when nothing is happening.

 

[mr. furley]

Making a Murderer?  Is there some big twist/controversy/cover up coming that I don't know about?   

how much do you know about the story?

if you haven't watched it yet... do.  it's a compelling watch.

 

[Statorama]

Just watched riot in cell block 99 on Amazon prime. Maybe the most disgustingly violent movie I've ever seen. I mean I like Vince Vaughn and his character is badazz but there's really no point to this movie other than him crushing people with his bare hands

It was like it couldn't decide if it wanted to be a full-blown 'Machete' style parody or not.  It was not a fun watch, which made it's running time seem even longer.

 

[El Floppo]

Mr. Robot second season is on Prime. I liked S1 well enough but, three episodes into S2, I'm dying. Please tell me it picks up steam because Malek's deadpan delivery makes it a challenge to enjoy it when nothing is happening.

Stay with it.

 

[belljr]

Watched Trevor Noahs stand up last night.

It was decent.  You can tell hes still "raw" with his stand up.   Some bits drug on far too long.

Overall though I enjoyed the hour

 

[Gr00vus]

I watched Jim & Andy over the weekend. It was fascinating.

 

[mr. furley]

I watched to whole thing.  It's a pretty good show, just didn't like the Making a Murderer comparison.  I wouldn't call it a must watch like MaM. 

gotcha. i didn't follow the quote chain back far enough. thought you were wondering if MaM was worth watching.

 

[shadyridr]

Mr. Robot second season is on Prime. I liked S1 well enough but, three episodes into S2, I'm dying. Please tell me it picks up steam because Malek's deadpan delivery makes it a challenge to enjoy it when nothing is happening.

the show is amazing although season 2 was the slowest of the 3 seasons. Season 3 was amazing.

 

[cockroach]

Mute: WTF was this crap!?!!

One of the most messed up deaths I can remember from any movie though.  Haunting. 

 

[jdoggydogg]

Stick with it a bit more....like I said, 1st ep is a little tough, but the series gets better

Thanks for that. Glad to hear it.

 

[tommyboy]

It was like it couldn't decide if it wanted to be a full-blown 'Machete' style parody or not.  It was not a fun watch, which made it's running time seem even longer.

Honestly it's a good movie in that you'll remember it. You have Vaughn out of character, Don Johnson siting and a straightforward storyline with an odd musical theme. It's just soooooooooo violent, and realistic. You literally think you saw him kill the guy in person

 

[Daywalker]

the show is amazing although season 2 was the slowest of the 3 seasons. Season 3 was amazing.

Season one was an all-timer.  Had huge buzz and a critical darling.

Which made it odd when it completely fell off the pop radar in season two.  Even I just stopped watching after the season two premier.  

Good to hear it got better.  Will pick it back up.

 

[Hector Salamanca]

Watched Trevor Noahs stand up last night.

It was decent.  You can tell hes still "raw" with his stand up.   Some bits drug on far too long.

Overall though I enjoyed the hour

I think he's painfully unfunny on The Daily Show but is somehow worse as a standup.

 

[belljr]

I think he's painfully unfunny on The Daily Show but is somehow worse as a standup.

Never watched the daily show

 

[Statorama]

I think he's painfully unfunny on The Daily Show but is somehow worse as a standup.

I gave the Daily Show a week to see his take on it, and yeah, I just didn't dig it.  I'd seen his standup prior, and I agree he's terrible at that. Self-important in a condescending Terence Trent D'Arby kinda way.

For some reason that reminded me that there's a funny standup on Netflix called "Everybody Calm Down" or something like that.  He's not a belly-laugh guy like Maniscalco, but I was amused.

Also, I accidentally clicked on a spanish speaking standup once and now I'm bombarded with "because you watched 15 seconds of this person you can't understand, you might like this!" suggestions 

 

[The Gator]

Mute: WTF was this crap!?!!

One of the most messed up deaths I can remember from any movie though.  Haunting. 

barely made it through that one. pretty weak

 

[mr. furley]

Self-important in a condescending Terence Trent D'Arby kinda way.

not every day you see a Terence Trent D'Arby reference

 

[saintfool]

not every day you see a Terence Trent D'Arby reference

was hoping for a Tevin Campbell mention maybe instead?

 

[cockroach]

Mute: WTF was this crap!?!!

One of the most messed up deaths I can remember from any movie though.  Haunting. 

barely made it through that one. pretty weak

I mean... it's the "near future" and there's flying cars and ####... but cell phones, video games and sex robots are somehow a decade+ behind our current technology?!?  That's my main WTF

 

[mr. furley]

was hoping for a Tevin Campbell mention maybe instead?

holy ####

now i just need someone to work in an Al B. Sure! reference and we can shut down the internet today

 

[saintfool]

holy ####

now i just need someone to work in an Al B. Sure! reference and we can shut down the internet today

it was either Tevin or Usher as R & B protege that culminated with a STD that hopefully ends their career. lucky for campbell, "T.E.V.I.N." got him before the herpes did.

 

[jdoggydogg]

not every day you see a Terence Trent D'Arby reference

Sign your name across my heart. I want you to be my baby.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I think he's painfully unfunny on The Daily Show but is somehow worse as a standup.

Trevor Noah seems very intelligent, and that's admirable. But he's never made me laugh.

 

[mr. furley]

Sign your name across my heart. I want you to be my baby.

the song i learned to dance (badly) to

 

[AAABatteries]

Wow is this bad.  1/5 stars.

Floppo’s post?  1/5 is pretty good for him.

 

[jdoggydogg]

the song i learned to dance (badly) to

Ugh. Dancing. I hadn't seen a live funk band in a long time. So when I went last Saturday night, I was reminded that there are people near the stage that are confused and think they are in the band. "Watch me! Love me! Call me pretty. Cover me in kisses!"

 

[tommyboy]

Music thread is down the hall on the right

 

[El Floppo]

Floppo’s post?  1/5 is pretty good for him.

Get a load of funny guy.

 

[Tick]

I watched "Tucker and Dale vs. Evil" this weekend. It isn't some award winning movie or anything, but it's a lot of fun and made me laugh. Takes the horror genre and turns it on its head.

Was this the one with the chipper shredder?

 

[Tick]

I gave the Daily Show a week to see his take on it, and yeah, I just didn't dig it.  I'd seen his standup prior, and I agree he's terrible at that. Self-important in a condescending Terence Trent D'Arby kinda way.

For some reason that reminded me that there's a funny standup on Netflix called "Everybody Calm Down" or something like that.  He's not a belly-laugh guy like Maniscalco, but I was amused.

Also, I accidentally clicked on a spanish speaking standup once and now I'm bombarded with "because you watched 15 seconds of this person you can't understand, you might like this!" suggestions 

If you log in to Netflix on PC, you can remove items from your history, and I believe remove recommendation patterns.

 

[El Floppo]

We've been watching seven seconds. Such a terrible mess, with idiotic writing and characters/motivations that gets more stupid every episode. And yet, we keep watching. 

 

[jdoggydogg]

Fans of HBO's excellent miniseries The Night Of will probably enjoy Netflix's new miniseries Collateral. Highly recommended.

 

[El Floppo]

Fans of HBO's excellent miniseries The Night Of will probably enjoy Netflix's new miniseries Collateral. Highly recommended.

*cough* *cough* 

but collateral was decent- and short. each episode moves right along... IIRC, only 4 or 6 total.

 

[Bull Dozier]

Everything sucks is growing on me.  I feel like Homer the way I look at the "popular" blonde (looked it up and she's 21 in real life, so I am actually safe).  The acting isn't the greatest but I do think the situations are well written and a couple of the actors are pretty good.