What's new
Fantasy Football - Footballguys Forums

This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

Streaming or currently airing TV shows (AKA Netflix thread) (26 Viewers)

saintfool said:
Sinn Fein said:
I was expecting a little better given the hype.
Click to expand...
I would agree. I wasn't 100% sold on the connection between the main characters. It was constructed a little bit too hastily perhaps. 
Click to expand...
It's another one like Patriot that suffers a bit from being unclear in tone. bizarro screwball to action drama extremes needs a lot of finesse to make work.

that said, I ultimately liked both- even if both are flawed.

 
Just in time for all the New Year's resolutions:

Tidying up with Maria Kondo

Watched one episode - it sparked a little joy.  (not enough to get me started, but at least think about...)

ETA - had no idea she really does not speak English, but definitely some helpful hints/suggestions on how to get rid of clutter

 
Last edited by a moderator:
Uruk-Hai said:
Anyone else here watched Watership Down? I'm 1.5 episodes in. 
Click to expand...
Yes. Been waiting to watch it and actually started watching with the kids last night.

It's still very dark, but I've got significant memories of that movie as a kid and it's one of those that holds a special spot for some reason. 

Kids are actually enjoying it after 2 episodes. I think it's well done.

 
gianmarco said:
Yes. Been waiting to watch it and actually started watching with the kids last night.

It's still very dark, but I've got significant memories of that movie as a kid and it's one of those that holds a special spot for some reason. 

Kids are actually enjoying it after 2 episodes. I think it's well done.
Click to expand...
How old are your kids? I don't have any of my own, but I was thinking last night when watching that my step-daughter at 8 (many years ago) would probably have not enjoyed some of the more violent scenes I've seen so far. She was incredibly sensitive to that kind of stuff back then, though.

Now she's a journalist,is going for a law degree, and is tough as nails.

 
Last edited by a moderator:
cockroach said:
Wow.  I get the comparison of Birdbox to A Quiet Place,  I think it's natural.  However, Birdbox can't hold Quiet's jock.  But A Quiet Place is also a masterpiece that has to be experienced in a theater full of people to fully understand it's meta qualities.  Not to mention that Birdbox's premise is wholly implausible, even in comparison. 
Click to expand...
Quietest movie experience ever. Couldn't even eat my popcorn.

 
Payne said:
Quietest movie experience ever. Couldn't even eat my popcorn.
Click to expand...
Yea, it built and magnified the connection to the characters and what they were facing increasing the empathy for them.  Not sure I've ever experienced anything like it.  Bet you tore into that popcorn ravenously during the waterfall scene. 

 
Mixed emotions with Bird Box. Started really strong. But didn't care for the ending. After reading how the book ended, I would have "enjoyed" that more. 

All I wanted was an explanation of why "Team B" was immune sort of speak. 

 
Payne said:
Mixed emotions with Bird Box. Started really strong. But didn't care for the ending. After reading how the book ended, I would have "enjoyed" that more. 

All I wanted was an explanation of why "Team B" was immune sort of speak. 
Click to expand...
is team b bullock and co (since they all saw the same stuff at the beginning before going inside) or the crazies?

 
Really enjoying "Homecoming" on AP. Julia is perfectly fine in this - maybe some of the best work she's done in years - but really it's all about Esmail. If you liked S1 of "Mr Robot" then you'll enjoy this. It's a masterclass, imo, in the efficient storytelling. I'm 4 episodes in - roughly halfway through the series - and it's just terrific. all the little touches - sound design, music, camerawork - are throwbacks to a style of storytelling, moviemaking that you don't see much anymore. Made me think of classics from Schlesinger, Pakula, and the occasional TV show episode from the 70's.

 
saintfool said:
Really enjoying "Homecoming" on AP. Julia is perfectly fine in this - maybe some of the best work she's done in years - but really it's all about Esmail. If you liked S1 of "Mr Robot" then you'll enjoy this. It's a masterclass, imo, in the efficient storytelling. I'm 4 episodes in - roughly halfway through the series - and it's just terrific. all the little touches - sound design, music, camerawork - are throwbacks to a style of storytelling, moviemaking that you don't see much anymore. Made me think of classics from Schlesinger, Pakula, and the occasional TV show episode from the 70's.
Click to expand...
I gave up after feeling like it wasn't going anywhere. "Efficient" isn't how I'd ever describe the story telling here, even though as you say, the craft is top notch.

 
El Floppo said:
I gave up after feeling like it wasn't going anywhere. "Efficient" isn't how I'd ever describe the story telling here, even though as you say, the craft is top notch.
Click to expand...
oh see, for me, i can see things being constructed or coming into focus in the episodes. this is especially evident in the short form (30 mins) format. it's tidy and a thrilling bit of storytelling for me.

 
saintfool said:
oh see, for me, i can see things being constructed or coming into focus in the episodes. this is especially evident in the short form (30 mins) format. it's tidy and a thrilling bit of storytelling for me.
Click to expand...
I concur that it reveals a bit each episode. but still feels looong getting to any of it to me- even though only 30mins. I think I caved after 4 or so eps.

 
I'm half way through the latest season of Travelers and enjoying it more then last season.. Last season was confusing at times with all the different timelines... I am enjoying the "slower" pace this season..

Really thought the two episodes revolving are kids(Romanian hunter and AI gone rouge )  were done exceptionally well. :thumbup:

 
snogger said:
I'm half way through the latest season of Travelers and enjoying it more then last season.. Last season was confusing at times with all the different timelines... I am enjoying the "slower" pace this season..

Really thought the two episodes revolving are kids(Romanian hunter and AI gone rouge )  were done exceptionally well. :thumbup:
Click to expand...
I was thinking about the show the other day... and I think both of those episodes ended as essentially reboots. which is interesting in retrospect, even if I thought they were wastes of time during.

 
The family is looking forward to Season 3 of A Series of Unfortunate Events.

I usually find myself laughing out loud every episode at something Count Olaf says or does.  Neil Patrick-Harris is phenomenal in that role.  I think the whole show is top notch and my entire family loves it.

 
Uruk-Hai said:
How old are your kids? I don't have any of my own, but I was thinking last night when watching that my step-daughter at 8 (many years ago) would probably have not enjoyed some of the more violent scenes I've seen so far. She was incredibly sensitive to that kind of stuff back then, though.

Now she's a journalist,is going for a law degree, and is tough as nails.
Click to expand...
I need a show to watch with my kids.  Something that will still hold the attention of a 14 year old boy but isn't too much for an 8 year old girl.  What kind of violence in this?  Just the dogs eating the rabbits?

Anyone else have any suggestions?

 
shuke said:
I need a show to watch with my kids.  Something that will still hold the attention of a 14 year old boy but isn't too much for an 8 year old girl.  What kind of violence in this?  Just the dogs eating the rabbits?
Click to expand...
That was probably the worst, though one character gets shot and another gets caught in a wire trap. Also some rabbit-on-rabbit fightin'. Oh, and some dream sequences. If you've seen the 1978 animated version, this one's no worse than that.

I thought it was pretty good, not great, but YMMV. The CGI was a little distracting and too many of the rabbits looked alike so it was hard to tell them apart. They have a murderers' row of actors providing voices.

 
Last edited by a moderator:
shuke said:
I need a show to watch with my kids.  Something that will still hold the attention of a 14 year old boy but isn't too much for an 8 year old girl.  What kind of violence in this?  Just the dogs eating the rabbits?

Anyone else have any suggestions?
Click to expand...
stranger things? how old are the younger kid(s)?

eta: :doh:  8. right. we started to watch it a bit with our 7yo... I think she chose on her own not to watch, even though she's brave with scarier things. might depend on your 8yo.

 
Last edited by a moderator:
El Floppo said:
stranger things? how old are the younger kid(s)?

eta: :doh:  8. right. we started to watch it a bit with our 7yo... I think she chose on her own not to watch, even though she's brave with scarier things. might depend on your 8yo.
Click to expand...
Way too scary for my 8 year old.

 
Jayrod said:
Then Series of Unfortunate Events is a good option, IMO.  My 12-yr old son stays engaged and enjoys them.
Click to expand...
I agree with this.   My 12 year old daughter enjoys it and an even older kid may pick up on some of the sneaky one liners.  The writing is really good for a family show.  

I really enjoy the show with my kids and Neil Patrick Harris kills it like Jayrod said.  

 
shuke said:
I need a show to watch with my kids.  Something that will still hold the attention of a 14 year old boy but isn't too much for an 8 year old girl.  What kind of violence in this?  Just the dogs eating the rabbits?

Anyone else have any suggestions?
Click to expand...
My son loves the cooking shows like MasterChef, MasterChef Jr and Nailed It. He likes Futurama and Bob's Burgers a lot too. Have you tried any of those?

 
Uruk-Hai said:
That was probably the worst, though one character gets shot and another gets caught in a wire trap. Also some rabbit-on-rabbit fightin'. Oh, and some dream sequences. If you've seen the 1978 animated version, this one's no worse than that.

I thought it was pretty good, not great, but YMMV. The CGI was a little distracting and too many of the rabbits looked alike so it was hard to tell them apart. They have a murderers' row of actors providing voices.
Click to expand...
John Hurt's reedy English voice is so closely connected with the story for me. I saw the original, in the theater no less, as a child and loved it. I saw it again in my early 20s and ready the novel even. Hard for me to imagine another actor doing it.

 
saintfool said:
John Hurt's reedy English voice is so closely connected with the story for me. I saw the original, in the theater no less, as a child and loved it. I saw it again in my early 20s and ready the novel even. Hard for me to imagine another actor doing it.
Click to expand...
I remember reading the book and then seeing the movie in the theaters, like you. loved it. remember lots of blood. haven't seen it since.

 
Sinn Fein said:
I enjoyed Springsteen on Broadway.

I suppose you have to like Springsteen, but his broadway show just ended.  This was taped last summer.  Its 2.5 hours long - typical Springsteen concert - lots of story-telling,  with some songs mixed in - but in a very intimate setting - mostly just Springsteen on an acoustic guitar or piano.  Patti Scialfa joins him for a couple of songs. 

ETA - I guess the broadway show is loosely based on his book "Born to Run"
Click to expand...
Its completely built around the book. A lot of the stories are told word for word.

 
Probably already discussed earlier but The Haunting of Hill House on Netflix rules. May be the best Netflix series yet.

 
D_House said:
Probably already discussed earlier but The Haunting of Hill House on Netflix rules. May be the best Netflix series yet.
Click to expand...
Pretty good, but I thought it tailed off.  

It seems to start as a haunted house story with good family drama at it's core then moves to a family drama with a couple random jump scares thrown in and I started losing interest in the last 1/3 of the season.  

 
The other night I watched Cargo.  I am pretty sure it's a Netflix original movie. It's a ####ed up Aussie zombie/post-apocalypse movie with Martin Freeman as the star.  Some good ideas and scenes in it, but it got a bit, uh, interesting towards the end.  Probably just for the horror junkies, not the mainstream watchers.  

 
Ranethe said:
The Last Kingdom was one of my favorite shows ever (that I've streamed), top 2-3. I like Vikings almost as much, and wouldn't fault anyone who said it is better. I like well done historical dramas.
Click to expand...
Late to the party, but agree.  The Last Kingdom was/is very enjoyable.  Top 2-3 is about right.  Characters with depth.  Good treatment of the Danes.

I now call my 2-yr-old male golden retriever "Arseling".

 
Last edited by a moderator:
proteus126 said:
Late to the party, but agree.  The Last Kingdom was/is very enjoyable.  Top 2-3 is about right.  Characters with depth.  Good treatment of the Danes.

I now call my 2-yr-old male golden retriever "Arseling".
Click to expand...
I’ve been saving the 3rd season for when I can “savor” it. I much prefer bingeing shows I like rather than hitting them piecemeal. So getting some “lesser” shows, that I liked but not quite as much, out of the way (e.g “Frontier”-just not getting into S3 as much as the first 2 seasons). Plus, I’m a little “Viking’ed” out after watching all 5(?) seasons of “Vikings” in the last year. Still, I’m really looking forward to watching S3 of The Last Kingdom. Saving the best for last I guess.

I also kind of liked the 2 seasons of “Marco Polo” I watched based on son’s recommendation, but I guess that didn’t get renewed.

 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Scoresman
The Top 300 Greatest TV Shows of All Time: FBG Consensus: 50 Lists received. 2: Seinfeld 1: Breaking Bad
145 146 147
Replies
7K
Views
453K
Gally
G
Psychopav
***Official*** Amazon Rings of Power Thread
8 9 10
Replies
453
Views
28K
Tick
Tick
GordonGekko
How Has The Widespread Normalization Of Social Media Impacted Your Life / Your Children's Lives? (22/30)
Replies
4
Views
1K
GordonGekko
GordonGekko

Users who are viewing this thread

Total: 25 (members: 0, guests: 25)
Back
Top