Streaming or currently airing TV shows (AKA Netflix thread) (14 Viewers)

[gianmarco]

Lillyhammer - this is the new Netflix show staring Steven Van Zandt. I watched the first episode. It was interesting enough that I will watch 1 or 2 more and see how it goes.

I've gotten through 5 of the 8. It's decent, but not earthshattering.

Just started watching this and actually enjoying it. It's like a Norwegian Fargo.

Oh wow I found this terrible. Felt very rushed and casting seemed so odd.

I can see how some wouldn't like it. However, I thoroughly enjoyed the entire season and looking forward to the next one. Did you watch the entire season?

 

[Steeler]

I have a question for those of you who recommended (or even watched) Pontypool. WTF? I'm not intimately familiar with the zombie apocalypse genre, so maybe I missed something:

Spoiler

What was the deal with the black and white sections of the movie (and especially the section at the end of the credits with the 2 main characters)? Was this their new reality/view of the world or something?Also, when did the radio host become a zombie? Maybe I'm looking for a deeper meaning/explanation that just isn't there :shrugs:

I just re-read this and to be clear I'm not saying WTF at the recommendation, just WTF because I didn't really get the movie.

 

[Chaka]

I am sure someone has covered this but In Bruges is fantastic and streaming. 8.5/10Ok someone sway me one way or the other. My favorite type series are The Wire, Breaking Bad, Always Sunny, Life and Times of Tim, Curb, Sopranos, FNL, Deadwood, Arrested Dev, Walking Dead, Sarah Silverman Show, The League, Workaholics, Archer, Louie, Game of Thrones. Sorry for the novel, just wanted to include all I have seen so you don't recommend something I have watched. If that helps..... should I move on to Downtown Abbey? Believe the hype? Sherlock, Damages, or In Betweeners? Other recommendations based on my likes above? ,

from the ones listed I would watch Sherlock. I am starting to watch that now, but many friends of mine have been bugging me for a while to watch that show saying how awesome it is. I think you would enjoy Boardwalk Empire

Sherlock would be my recommendation too.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

I am sure someone has covered this but In Bruges is fantastic and streaming. 8.5/10Ok someone sway me one way or the other. My favorite type series are The Wire, Breaking Bad, Always Sunny, Life and Times of Tim, Curb, Sopranos, FNL, Deadwood, Arrested Dev, Walking Dead, Sarah Silverman Show, The League, Workaholics, Archer, Louie, Game of Thrones. Sorry for the novel, just wanted to include all I have seen so you don't recommend something I have watched. If that helps..... should I move on to Downtown Abbey? Believe the hype? Sherlock, Damages, or In Betweeners? Other recommendations based on my likes above? ,

from the ones listed I would watch Sherlock. I am starting to watch that now, but many friends of mine have been bugging me for a while to watch that show saying how awesome it is. I think you would enjoy Boardwalk Empire

I gave BE a few episodes and found it ok and then discovered Breaking Bad. I take it I didn't give it long enough? Added In Betweeners, House of Cards, Primers, Damages, and DA. Going to give Boardwalk a full season I think, then Sherlock. Thanks. Any other recommendations appreciated.Damn Boardwalk no longer streaming. Saw Rose Byrne on Damages. Giving this a go.

I haven't watched season 3 yet, but like biggamer I found season 1 to just be OK and season 2 to be extremely awesome.

 

[bosoxs45]

"Life" - with Damian Lewis. Great show. Would recommend.

 

[SeaDogStat]

"Life" - with Damian Lewis. Great show. Would recommend.

Agreed... Because Damian Lewis was so good in "Life", I started watching Homeland from the beginning. After seeing so many great PAST series on Netflix all at once, I hated waiting for the next "Homeland"...

 

[Rushmore]

I am sure someone has covered this but In Bruges is fantastic and streaming. 8.5/10Ok someone sway me one way or the other. My favorite type series are The Wire, Breaking Bad, Always Sunny, Life and Times of Tim, Curb, Sopranos, FNL, Deadwood, Arrested Dev, Walking Dead, Sarah Silverman Show, The League, Workaholics, Archer, Louie, Game of Thrones. Sorry for the novel, just wanted to include all I have seen so you don't recommend something I have watched. If that helps..... should I move on to Downtown Abbey? Believe the hype? Sherlock, Damages, or In Betweeners? Other recommendations based on my likes above? ,

from the ones listed I would watch Sherlock. I am starting to watch that now, but many friends of mine have been bugging me for a while to watch that show saying how awesome it is. I think you would enjoy Boardwalk Empire

I gave BE a few episodes and found it ok and then discovered Breaking Bad. I take it I didn't give it long enough? Added In Betweeners, House of Cards, Primers, Damages, and DA. Going to give Boardwalk a full season I think, then Sherlock. Thanks. Any other recommendations appreciated.Damn Boardwalk no longer streaming. Saw Rose Byrne on Damages. Giving this a go.

From the list you provided, you seem to have similar taste to me. I really liked Damages and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it. I've never seen Sherlock, but it's definitely one that I'm really wanting to check out soon.

 

[pollardsvision]

I am sure someone has covered this but In Bruges is fantastic and streaming. 8.5/10Ok someone sway me one way or the other. My favorite type series are The Wire, Breaking Bad, Always Sunny, Life and Times of Tim, Curb, Sopranos, FNL, Deadwood, Arrested Dev, Walking Dead, Sarah Silverman Show, The League, Workaholics, Archer, Louie, Game of Thrones. Sorry for the novel, just wanted to include all I have seen so you don't recommend something I have watched. If that helps..... should I move on to Downtown Abbey? Believe the hype? Sherlock, Damages, or In Betweeners? Other recommendations based on my likes above? ,

Based on what streams and what you haven't listed as being watched, I'd order them something like this (I assume you've seen a number of these, but didn't list them. just in case)arks and RecMad MenThe OfficeFreaks and GeeksParenthoodJustifiedDamagesSons of AnarchyFirst few season of Dexter are worth checking out if they still stream (don't think so though)Still haven't seen Sherlock. Loved the first season of Downton Abbey, but the 2nd season still doesn't stream yet and the 3rd season already started, which means getting current legally is still a few years off. Not worth getting invested when there are other shows you could actually get current on pretty soon.

 

[AcerFC]

I really enjoyed The Bones Brigade

If nothing else, it shows you what a genius Rodney Mullen is.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Ok, I need Primer explained to me.

 

[biggamer3]

Ok, I need Primer explained to me.

I tried watching it, gave up after 20 minutes. Everyone was talking all at once, was getting a headache.Hope this helps you, lol

 

[joffer]

Ok, I need Primer explained to me.

I tried watching it, gave up after 20 minutes. Everyone was talking all at once, was getting a headache.Hope this helps you, lol

I loved it until the last 15 mins, then it lost me

 

[Rodeojones]

Also while you are at it, I would for sure watch the Shield if I were you. I think after all the shows I watched (almost every cable series over last 10 years), the Shield is the most memorable show and just nonstop awesomeness for 7 full seasons.

wow. Ok added. That is one I forgot all about and meant to get to. Thanks

np enjoy

The Shield is not available for streaming.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Ok, I need Primer explained to me.

I tried watching it, gave up after 20 minutes. Everyone was talking all at once, was getting a headache.Hope this helps you, lol

I was close to doing the same, but I kept watching based on reviews here. It didn't get better IMO. I'm still not really sure what happened.

 

[Chaka]

Also while you are at it, I would for sure watch the Shield if I were you. I think after all the shows I watched (almost every cable series over last 10 years), the Shield is the most memorable show and just nonstop awesomeness for 7 full seasons.

wow. Ok added. That is one I forgot all about and meant to get to. Thanks

np enjoy

The Shield is not available for streaming.

That's a bummer, The Shield was awesome.

 

[tommyboy]

Ok, I need Primer explained to me.

I tried watching it, gave up after 20 minutes. Everyone was talking all at once, was getting a headache.Hope this helps you, lol

Spoiler

two dudes invent a way to change time. One guy gets it, the other is secretely infatuated with it but doesn't let on throughout the whole movie that he has engineered a bigger faster version of the box and is frontrunning his buddy by 3 minutes. Finally the buddy figures it out, and at the end says this is the end, don't want to see you again, at which time crazy dude goes to Mexico and gets an industrial plant to build him the biggest most powerful time travel machine ever. The end

 

[jdoggydogg]

Has anyone started watching House of Cards yet? I don't have streaming right now, but I am going to add it just to see this series.

 

[EYLive]

Has anyone started watching House of Cards yet? I don't have streaming right now, but I am going to add it just to see this series.

Heard this is really good.

 

[Moe.]

Has anyone started watching House of Cards yet? I don't have streaming right now, but I am going to add it just to see this series.

I'm only 5 episodes in but I will personally guarantee you that it's worth the $7.99 or whatever it will be for you to add streaming for a month.

 

[joffer]

Has anyone started watching House of Cards yet? I don't have streaming right now, but I am going to add it just to see this series.

i like it. there's a thread on it somewhere. The wife's storyline is a little odd, but Spacey is good.

 

[Chaka]

Has anyone started watching House of Cards yet? I don't have streaming right now, but I am going to add it just to see this series.

I want to see it but I'm planning to wait until they release Arrested Development before I reup with Netflix.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Adding "Jolene" to my queue.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Has anyone started watching House of Cards yet? I don't have streaming right now, but I am going to add it just to see this series.

I'm only 5 episodes in but I will personally guarantee you that it's worth the $7.99 or whatever it will be for you to add streaming for a month.

 

[comfortably numb]

I plowed through S1 (6eps) pretty quick. Each ep is like 90 min (like Sherlock) Was worth it. Takes place in Sweeden. I was entertainedAnnika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter

 

[comfortably numb]

Also a foreign film that was fun/thrilling and action packed.

Headhunters

 

[Sup_Yo]

Has anyone started watching House of Cards yet? I don't have streaming right now, but I am going to add it just to see this series.

Excellent. Must watch.

 

[Instinctive]

Has anyone started watching House of Cards yet? I don't have streaming right now, but I am going to add it just to see this series.

Excellent. Must watch.

I watched one to see...I watched all 13 in a row. In one day. Nonstop. They're that good.

 

[Rodeojones]

Has anyone started watching House of Cards yet? I don't have streaming right now, but I am going to add it just to see this series.

Excellent. Must watch.

Agreed and I am only 3 ep's in.

 

[badmojo1006]

Ok, I need Primer explained to me.

I tried watching it, gave up after 20 minutes. Everyone was talking all at once, was getting a headache.Hope this helps you, lol

Spoiler

two dudes invent a way to change time. One guy gets it, the other is secretely infatuated with it but doesn't let on throughout the whole movie that he has engineered a bigger faster version of the box and is frontrunning his buddy by 3 minutes. Finally the buddy figures it out, and at the end says this is the end, don't want to see you again, at which time crazy dude goes to Mexico and gets an industrial plant to build him the biggest most powerful time travel machine ever. The end

Just watched it, wow. I got that there are 2 of each of the characters running around. And that drove Abe crazy.Another weird thing, I was watching with Closed Captioned and the closed Caption would freeze for 5 seconds, then unfreeze and then speed up to catch up with the dialogue. It did it 3-4 times. Never have seen that before. If it was streaming issues, eh, but if done on purpose, trippy

 

[comfortably numb]

The Next Three Days was very good. Russell Crowe was solid.

I thought this was a very good movie. Not sure why it flopped.

Watched it last night, I have no clue why....but I couldnt sleep after it...the whole kid part of it gets to me as i have little ones myself.ETA: liked it alot though

caught this last night. thought it was very entertaining.liam did a good job too

 

[cobalt_27]

Has anyone started watching House of Cards yet? I don't have streaming right now, but I am going to add it just to see this series.

Excellent. Must watch.

I just finished episodes 1 and 2 from S1 and absolutely love it. Witty, intelligent, of the caliber that rivals any of HBO's best original programming. Instant fan.

 

[biggamer3]

Adding "Jolene" to my queue.

 

[Rushmore]

Also a foreign film that was fun/thrilling and action packed.Headhunters

 

[badmojo1006]

Doomsday Book - A Korean Sci-Fi trilogy. Part I - Brave New World. Shows the beginning of the Zombie Apocalypse. B+Part II - The Heavenly Creature. A Robot achieves consciousnesses. Very Touching and Moving. APart III - Happy Birthday. About a young girl who tries to cover up her screwup and it has catastrophic effects for the entire world. Silly, but the Home Shopping Network parody and the newscast at the end are worth it. B+Just added, well worth the watch if you are a Sci-Fi Fan

 

[Statler & Waldorf]

Safety Not Included was just added which I thought was really good.

 

[Juxtatarot]

Safety Not Included was just added which I thought was really good.

I think you mean Safety Not Guaranteed. I thought it funny. Worth watching but

Spoiler

the ending was kind of stupid.

 

[shadyridr]

This is worth it alone for the kids programs. But breaking bad and house of cards makes it a freakin bargain

 

[thecatch]

house of cards ranks right up there with the best seasons of any tv show I've ever watched. Just fantastic.

 

[32 Counter Pass]

Agree. Outstanding!

 

[The_Man]

GoonUnderrated comedy here. Potential for cult following.

Just watched this at my son's demand. Outstanding. Surprised I had never heard of it

 

[Chaka]

GoonUnderrated comedy here. Potential for cult following.

Just watched this at my son's demand. Outstanding. Surprised I had never heard of it

I also saw this very recently. I was pleasantly surprised. It wasn't a particularly deep character, in fact it was a very simple one, but I enjoyed seeing Seann William Scott play something off type.

 

[Balco]

This is worth it alone for the kids programs. But breaking bad and house of cards makes it a freakin bargain

I am catching up on alot of tv. Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy. Breaking Bad is next on the list.

 

[valence]

Safety Not Included was just added which I thought was really good.

I think you mean Safety Not Guaranteed. I thought it funny. Worth watching but

Spoiler

the ending was kind of stupid.

In my top 5 movies of 2012 for sure.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

This is worth it alone for the kids programs. But breaking bad and house of cards makes it a freakin bargain

My kid gets confused when she's watching standard TV and a commercial comes on.Pocoyo's really good. Eps are only 7-8 mins long, so they're good to throw on when you have to unload groceries or somesuch.

 

[comfortably numb]

Couple of more foreign films worth checking out with good suspense and mystery.Just another love storyThe Hidden Face

 

[bigbottom]

Also a foreign film that was fun/thrilling and action packed.Headhunters

Thanks for the rec on this one. Fun, sometimes grisly, and pretty damn entertaining in a bleak sort of way.

 

[comfortably numb]

Also a foreign film that was fun/thrilling and action packed.Headhunters

Thanks for the rec on this one. Fun, sometimes grisly, and pretty damn entertaining in a bleak sort of way.

And you get to see the Scandinavian steve buscemi

 

[badmojo1006]

Cashback - Very good. Thought it would be strictly a drama, but the soccer match had me in stitches. It only scratched the surface of Time Stoppage, I am curious what happened with the grey hoodie who was in the same freeze as Ben

 

[Rodeojones]

In the 30 for 30 series, There's No Place Like Home is excellent. I thought I had seen all the episodes in the series but somehow missed this one.

Story about a man trying to purchase John Naismith's original handwritten rules at an auction and return them to Lawrence Kansas.

 

[badmojo1006]

Vanishing on 7th Street...That could have been a really good movie.

But that was awful. W T F was it about? Why did the two kids survive? And the Animals?

I almost thought they were supposed to be Adam and Eve...

Avoid this movie at all costs