Streaming or currently airing TV shows (AKA Netflix thread) (31 Viewers)

[Chaka]

Europa Report (was probably already mentioned at some point).

I do like the found footage stuff when done well. Ending maybe silly, but meh, was good overall.

Really? Thought it wss lame

If you aren't big on found footage stuff, I could see how it would be lame.

I think they did a good job on the claustrophobic out in the middle of space all alone thing fairly well with decent acting. Coulda been better, but is RIPE for a big budget sequel

I'm overly critical of found footage movies because some of them don't follow it accurately but I thought Europa Report was pretty good.

Agree about the ending too.

Curious as to what you mean by "dont follow it accurately"

Probably when the film breaks the theme and uses perspectives that can't really be viewed as found footage.

 

[Insein]

Europa Report (was probably already mentioned at some point).

I do like the found footage stuff when done well. Ending maybe silly, but meh, was good overall.

Really? Thought it wss lame

If you aren't big on found footage stuff, I could see how it would be lame.

I think they did a good job on the claustrophobic out in the middle of space all alone thing fairly well with decent acting. Coulda been better, but is RIPE for a big budget sequel

I'm overly critical of found footage movies because some of them don't follow it accurately but I thought Europa Report was pretty good.Agree about the ending too.

Curious as to what you mean by "dont follow it accurately"

Probably when the film breaks the theme and uses perspectives that can't really be viewed as found footage.

Like how Rec3 inexplicable changed from found footage to cinema midway through?

 

[saintfool]

Bloodline is awesome

eh, i liked it over all but found it overlong. it lost some momentum here and there for me. i liked the performances overall. the writing and plot could have been much, much tighter (which is what i expected from the Damages pedigree). mostly i was glad when it ended. i might give it a chance in S2 but on a very short leash.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Is sense8 worth finishing?

I am about four episodes in, and so far it feels like pro-gay/pro-transgender propaganda disguised as sci-fi. I say that as a bleeding heart Liberal. So I can't be the only one annoyed by this show.

 

[jamny]

Europa Report (was probably already mentioned at some point).

I do like the found footage stuff when done well. Ending maybe silly, but meh, was good overall.

Really? Thought it wss lame

If you aren't big on found footage stuff, I could see how it would be lame.

I think they did a good job on the claustrophobic out in the middle of space all alone thing fairly well with decent acting. Coulda been better, but is RIPE for a big budget sequel

I'm overly critical of found footage movies because some of them don't follow it accurately but I thought Europa Report was pretty good.

Agree about the ending too.

Curious as to what you mean by "dont follow it accurately"

Probably when the film breaks the theme and uses perspectives that can't really be viewed as found footage.

Exactly. Some of them cheat and will slip in a couple of scenes that don't make sense.

eta: I thought End of Watch, while a good movie, was distracting in it's uneven use of found footage to tell the story.

 

[El Floppo]

Is sense8 worth finishing?

I am about four episodes in, and so far it feels like pro-gay/pro-transgender propaganda disguised as sci-fi. I say that as a bleeding heart Liberal. So I can't be the only one annoyed by this show.

had the same take-away after watching the entire season- and from the same Liberal place.

kind of lost steam for me as the season went on, even though it was more positive than negative bottomline. but I grew to dread any time the trans actor appeared- a real weak spot in the cast... or maybe just poorly written "nobody understands me [sulk]" ad nauseum... dunno. definitely felt like trans-wochowski had some axes to grind though.

eta: I think it is worth finishing- you're already halfway through IIRC... and just from the locations alone, it has a grand/epic quality to it that makes it worthwhile.

 

[RC94]

I thought Hector and the Search for Happiness was a good movie. I don't normally watch movies like it, but I highly recommend it. It starts a little slow, but it's worth finishing. http://www.netflix.com/title/80014728

 

[rascal]

wife and kids going on a trip...what should i watch?

 

[Homer J Simpson]

wife and kids going on a trip...what should i watch?

The main stage at the titty bar.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

wife and kids going on a trip...what should i watch?

This guy ####s.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Is sense8 worth finishing?

I am about four episodes in, and so far it feels like pro-gay/pro-transgender propaganda disguised as sci-fi. I say that as a bleeding heart Liberal. So I can't be the only one annoyed by this show.

had the same take-away after watching the entire season- and from the same Liberal place.

kind of lost steam for me as the season went on, even though it was more positive than negative bottomline. but I grew to dread any time the trans actor appeared- a real weak spot in the cast... or maybe just poorly written "nobody understands me [sulk]" ad nauseum... dunno. definitely felt like trans-wochowski had some axes to grind though.

eta: I think it is worth finishing- you're already halfway through IIRC... and just from the locations alone, it has a grand/epic quality to it that makes it worthwhile.

Cool thanks.

 

[Scoresman]

Saw Europa Report last night on recommendations here. It was just ok.

The Abyss is still the king of the 'underwater alien life discovery' genre.

 

[JoeSteeler]

The Skeleton Twins - just realized this is on Netflix. I watched it when it first came out on DVD and thought it was great.

 

[On The Rocks]

The Skeleton Twins - just realized this is on Netflix. I watched it when it first came out on DVD and thought it was great.

Watched it last night and enjoyed it.

 

[El Floppo]

Watched The True Cost documentary about "fast fashion" (H&M, Gap, Uniqlo, etc), the shift to disposable fashion/clothing and what that means globally. Raised some interesting questions, but didn't get too much into trying to answer them, other than throwing out some lefty buzzwords about social responsibility. The wife was in the industry for 20 years and has seen a lot of this first hand- questioned where the governments' roles should be instead of putting the honus mostly on the corporations and (predominantly) US end-user. Definitely left-leaning, but worth the watch IMO- politics aside. I had no idea the scale of this, and hadn't really thought about what faster/cheaper actually meant across the board for the clothes we wear.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Is storage expensive? Is that why movies go away so fast?

yep, you got it

Plus the studios have gotten wise and are charging them more for the rights to movies. Can only afford to have so much at a time.

Soon people will need subscriptions to 4-5 things to get all the #### they want, especially with each outlet producing their own content now.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Another movie I will never get the love for = Beautiful Girls.

 

[Chaka]

Watched The True Cost documentary about "fast fashion" (H&M, Gap, Uniqlo, etc), the shift to disposable fashion/clothing and what that means globally. Raised some interesting questions, but didn't get too much into trying to answer them, other than throwing out some lefty buzzwords about social responsibility. The wife was in the industry for 20 years and has seen a lot of this first hand- questioned where the governments' roles should be instead of putting the honus mostly on the corporations and (predominantly) US end-user. Definitely left-leaning, but worth the watch IMO- politics aside. I had no idea the scale of this, and hadn't really thought about what faster/cheaper actually meant across the board for the clothes we wear.

John Oliver killed it on this topic a few weeks ago.

 

[saintfool]

Another movie I will never get the love for = Beautiful Girls.

It's has its moments for sure but it doesn't ever seem to rise above itself. I used to really like Hutton and kept expecting him to take off as a leading man. It hasn't happened.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

I have the 1 dvd plus streaming option. I also have Amazon prime.

I'm seriously considering canceling Netflix. The DVDs nice to have for new releases, but my queue is so long and the DVDs I get collect dust for a while before I watch them. Often times things in my queue are on HBO before they get to the top of my list.

I'm watching less and less steaming on there. Recently I've been watching Hannibal on prime. The selection between Netflix and Amazon is pretty similar, no? Netflix does have the much better interface and search though.

Not sure what to do. Feel like I'm wasting $20/month now.

 

[igbomb]

I have the 1 dvd plus streaming option. I also have Amazon prime.

I'm seriously considering canceling Netflix. The DVDs nice to have for new releases, but my queue is so long and the DVDs I get collect dust for a while before I watch them. Often times things in my queue are on HBO before they get to the top of my list.

I'm watching less and less steaming on there. Recently I've been watching Hannibal on prime. The selection between Netflix and Amazon is pretty similar, no? Netflix does have the much better interface and search though.

Not sure what to do. Feel like I'm wasting $20/month now.

Netflix original programming. Smartest thing they have done in the last five years. Their originals are great and getting better. That's enough to keep me subscribing even if their streaming movie selection sucks.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I have the 1 dvd plus streaming option. I also have Amazon prime.

I'm seriously considering canceling Netflix. The DVDs nice to have for new releases, but my queue is so long and the DVDs I get collect dust for a while before I watch them. Often times things in my queue are on HBO before they get to the top of my list.

I'm watching less and less steaming on there. Recently I've been watching Hannibal on prime. The selection between Netflix and Amazon is pretty similar, no? Netflix does have the much better interface and search though.

Not sure what to do. Feel like I'm wasting $20/month now.

Netflix original programming. Smartest thing they have done in the last five years. Their originals are great and getting better. That's enough to keep me subscribing even if their streaming movie selection sucks.

 

[thecatch]

I have the 1 dvd plus streaming option. I also have Amazon prime.

I'm seriously considering canceling Netflix. The DVDs nice to have for new releases, but my queue is so long and the DVDs I get collect dust for a while before I watch them. Often times things in my queue are on HBO before they get to the top of my list.

I'm watching less and less steaming on there. Recently I've been watching Hannibal on prime. The selection between Netflix and Amazon is pretty similar, no? Netflix does have the much better interface and search though.

Not sure what to do. Feel like I'm wasting $20/month now.

I'm very close to canceling the DVDs. They collect dust at our house most of the time as well. That said, part of the reason they collect dust is that there's so much good streaming content now. Plus, my son has already gotten hooked on Daniel Tiger's neighborhood so we'd probably have to maintain the streaming option just for that.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Another movie I will never get the love for = Beautiful Girls.

Personal top 10 for me. Love it.

 

[jamny]

I change my DVD and streaming plan every few months. Right now I get 2 DVD's a month and no streaming. Normally in the summer I would get streaming but there doesn't seem like enough to draw me into it. In another month, a lot of shows will be back along with football, so I'll probably keep it like this until the winter or maybe even after the Super Bowl.

 

[Nick Vermeil]

Another movie I will never get the love for = Beautiful Girls.

Personal top 10 for me. Love it.

Hmmmm... Wonder why?

 

[McGarnicle]

Watching History of the Eagles (band) right now. Goes all the way back to the L.A. scene before they were famous, living in a crappy apartment with Jackson Browne. Insanely good doc so far.

 

[Hov34]

The Wrecking Crew

Great Doc about session musicians that played a ton of the popular music of the 50s 60s 70s.

 

[ConnSKINS26]

Another movie I will never get the love for = Beautiful Girls.

Are you from a small town?

 

[ConnSKINS26]

Another movie I will never get the love for = Beautiful Girls.

Personal top 10 for me. Love it.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Another movie I will never get the love for = Beautiful Girls.

Personal top 10 for me. Love it.

Hmmmm... Wonder why?

Another movie I will never get the love for = Beautiful Girls.

Personal top 10 for me. Love it.

IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE OF HER, JERKFACES!!!!

 

[saintfool]

Watching History of the Eagles (band) right now. Goes all the way back to the L.A. scene before they were famous, living in a crappy apartment with Jackson Browne. Insanely good doc so far.

terrible, terrible band. strangely, they are one of those rare instances in the arts when you are arguably *not* better than the sum of your parts.

 

[On The Rocks]

Watching History of the Eagles (band) right now. Goes all the way back to the L.A. scene before they were famous, living in a crappy apartment with Jackson Browne. Insanely good doc so far.

terrible, terrible band. strangely, they are one of those rare instances in the arts when you are arguably *not* better than the sum of your parts.

Terrible? Now I think you're just being silly.

 

[McGarnicle]

Watching History of the Eagles (band) right now. Goes all the way back to the L.A. scene before they were famous, living in a crappy apartment with Jackson Browne. Insanely good doc so far.

terrible, terrible band. strangely, they are one of those rare instances in the arts when you are arguably *not* better than the sum of your parts.

Can't say they're one of the first bands that comes to mind when I think of my favorite 70's bands, but to call them terrible is kind of nuts. They wrote a lot of great songs and had a really diverse sound. They had major hits with like 5 different guys singing lead.

 

[Mister CIA]

Pretty sure someone mentioned Third Rock from the Sun recently. Slow burning through season one right now. I had filed away in my memory that Lithgow was very good... No, he's great! Love what he did here.

 

[Hov34]

It's cool to hate the Eagles.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

It's cool appropriate to hate the Eagles.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Another movie I will never get the love for = Beautiful Girls.

Are you from a small town?

From Wi- grew up in a town of 4000, currently living in a town of 2500.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

I have the 1 dvd plus streaming option. I also have Amazon prime.

I'm seriously considering canceling Netflix. The DVDs nice to have for new releases, but my queue is so long and the DVDs I get collect dust for a while before I watch them. Often times things in my queue are on HBO before they get to the top of my list.

I'm watching less and less steaming on there. Recently I've been watching Hannibal on prime. The selection between Netflix and Amazon is pretty similar, no? Netflix does have the much better interface and search though.

Not sure what to do. Feel like I'm wasting $20/month now.

Netflix original programming. Smartest thing they have done in the last five years. Their originals are great and getting better. That's enough to keep me subscribing even if their streaming movie selection sucks.

True. House of Cards and maybe Dare Devil are worth it. But they are gone until next year.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I have the 1 dvd plus streaming option. I also have Amazon prime.

I'm seriously considering canceling Netflix. The DVDs nice to have for new releases, but my queue is so long and the DVDs I get collect dust for a while before I watch them. Often times things in my queue are on HBO before they get to the top of my list.

I'm watching less and less steaming on there. Recently I've been watching Hannibal on prime. The selection between Netflix and Amazon is pretty similar, no? Netflix does have the much better interface and search though.

Not sure what to do. Feel like I'm wasting $20/month now.

Netflix original programming. Smartest thing they have done in the last five years. Their originals are great and getting better. That's enough to keep me subscribing even if their streaming movie selection sucks.

But if you are just in it for the shows, would it be cheaper to buy those when they come out + trade them in vs spending the $240/yr he said he was?

I guess you would have to wait for the dvd release though.

 

[saintfool]

Watching History of the Eagles (band) right now. Goes all the way back to the L.A. scene before they were famous, living in a crappy apartment with Jackson Browne. Insanely good doc so far.

terrible, terrible band. strangely, they are one of those rare instances in the arts when you are arguably *not* better than the sum of your parts.

Can't say they're one of the first bands that comes to mind when I think of my favorite 70's bands, but to call them terrible is kind of nuts. They wrote a lot of great songs and had a really diverse sound. They had major hits with like 5 different guys singing lead.

they were/are a terrible band but then i don't like 70's FM country-fied twaddle. they were far more interesting as solo artists, imo. their hits - and if FM radio taught us anything back in the day it was the Eagles were big - were just boring. to their credit, they seemed to avoid the ridiculous studio navel-gazing that a lot of their contemporaries did (I'm looking at you Steely Dan, Floyd, etc) and actually showed an aptitude for decent songwriting.

 

[igbomb]

I have the 1 dvd plus streaming option. I also have Amazon prime.

I'm seriously considering canceling Netflix. The DVDs nice to have for new releases, but my queue is so long and the DVDs I get collect dust for a while before I watch them. Often times things in my queue are on HBO before they get to the top of my list.

I'm watching less and less steaming on there. Recently I've been watching Hannibal on prime. The selection between Netflix and Amazon is pretty similar, no? Netflix does have the much better interface and search though.

Not sure what to do. Feel like I'm wasting $20/month now.

Netflix original programming. Smartest thing they have done in the last five years. Their originals are great and getting better. That's enough to keep me subscribing even if their streaming movie selection sucks.

But if you are just in it for the shows, would it be cheaper to buy those when they come out + trade them in vs spending the $240/yr he said he was?

I guess you would have to wait for the dvd release though.

If you go streaming only, it's $8 a month.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I have the 1 dvd plus streaming option. I also have Amazon prime.

I'm seriously considering canceling Netflix. The DVDs nice to have for new releases, but my queue is so long and the DVDs I get collect dust for a while before I watch them. Often times things in my queue are on HBO before they get to the top of my list.

I'm watching less and less steaming on there. Recently I've been watching Hannibal on prime. The selection between Netflix and Amazon is pretty similar, no? Netflix does have the much better interface and search though.

Not sure what to do. Feel like I'm wasting $20/month now.

Netflix original programming. Smartest thing they have done in the last five years. Their originals are great and getting better. That's enough to keep me subscribing even if their streaming movie selection sucks.

But if you are just in it for the shows, would it be cheaper to buy those when they come out + trade them in vs spending the $240/yr he said he was?

I guess you would have to wait for the dvd release though.

If you go streaming only, it's $8 a month.

He said he was wasting $20/month. I assume that is the streaming + 1disc price then?

 

[Rayderr]

I have the 1 dvd plus streaming option. I also have Amazon prime.

I'm seriously considering canceling Netflix. The DVDs nice to have for new releases, but my queue is so long and the DVDs I get collect dust for a while before I watch them. Often times things in my queue are on HBO before they get to the top of my list.

I'm watching less and less steaming on there. Recently I've been watching Hannibal on prime. The selection between Netflix and Amazon is pretty similar, no? Netflix does have the much better interface and search though.

Not sure what to do. Feel like I'm wasting $20/month now.

Netflix original programming. Smartest thing they have done in the last five years. Their originals are great and getting better. That's enough to keep me subscribing even if their streaming movie selection sucks.

But if you are just in it for the shows, would it be cheaper to buy those when they come out + trade them in vs spending the $240/yr he said he was?

I guess you would have to wait for the dvd release though.

If you go streaming only, it's $8 a month.

He said he was wasting $20/month. I assume that is the streaming + 1disc price then?

Maybe. There are different streaming plans. Basically how many simultaneous streams you have. 1 stream and 1 disc is $16. You could actually lower that to 1 stream and 1 disc (max of 2 discs per month) for $13.

 

[(HULK)]

Anyone watch Maggie yet? I remember when it initially came out it had decent reviews.

 

[trogg78]

Binge watched the Young Doctors notebook. It was really good. Hamm and Harry Potter were excellent along with the rest of the cast. I really like the setting during the Russian revolution.

What happened to Ms Simone was enjoyable. A really sad story with a lot of great music.

Austin to Boston. Watched this in the background. A few good bands but was mostly a snooze fest for me.

 

[saintfool]

Binge watched the Young Doctors notebook. It was really good. Hamm and Harry Potter were excellent along with the rest of the cast. I really like the setting during the Russian revolution.

i watched the first episode and was entertained. i'll keep watching it when i have the time.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Pretty sure someone mentioned Third Rock from the Sun recently. Slow burning through season one right now. I had filed away in my memory that Lithgow was very good... No, he's great! Love what he did here.

Hilarious show.

 

[D_House]

The Guest: http://www.avclub.com/review/guest-expertly-blends-everything-terminator-hallow-209230

You're Next: http://www.avclub.com/review/youre-next-101925

These two movies are not fine cinema but they are well above average genre (indie horror) films from the same director, Adam Wingard.

The Guest is the more recent film and the AV club review is pretty spot on.

You're Next was less stylish but more entertaining IMO, a solid horror/thriller with a good lead actress.

4/5 stars for both

 

[Homer J Simpson]

The Guest: http://www.avclub.com/review/guest-expertly-blends-everything-terminator-hallow-209230

You're Next: http://www.avclub.com/review/youre-next-101925

These two movies are not fine cinema but they are well above average genre (indie horror) films from the same director, Adam Wingard.

The Guest is the more recent film and the AV club review is pretty spot on.

You're Next was less stylish but more entertaining IMO, a solid horror/thriller with a good lead actress.

4/5 stars for both

Loved the lead chick in You're Next. So badass.