Streaming or currently airing TV shows (AKA Netflix thread) (30 Viewers)

[snogger]

Just Finished Santa Clarita Diet .. It is probably going to be one of those shows where you either enjoy it a lot, or hate it immensely.. I'm not usually one who enjoys "Quirky" humor but I enjoyed the series as a whole.

I found myself many times throughout and am looking forward to season 2.

 

[AAABatteries]

New Netflix original series Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events came out yesterday. My boys have read most of the books, looking forward to binge watching this with them.

Pretty sure I'm enjoying this more than my kids.

 

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Not yet  

Well I think you know what your first responsibility is here.

 

[beercat]

Watched this a long time ago, one thing that always comes to mind when I think of that series is how much the Holder character rubbed me the wrong way at first but after season one - he became one of my all time favorite TV characters.

I enjoyed the first two seasons of this. Has anyone watched seasons 3 and 4 and if so is at as good as the first two?

 

[On The Rocks]

I enjoyed the first two seasons of this. Has anyone watched seasons 3 and 4 and if so is at as good as the first two?

I had watched the entire series.

It's all very good.  If I remember correctly the final season has some sort of story line that has a murder tied to a young man that comes from a wealthy family, and it takes away from the primary story line from the series.  That and the personal depressing story line of the character Det. Linden....I kept waiting to see her hanging from the rafters.  Outside of that again, it's all very good.

 

[Beef Ravioli]

Watched this a long time ago, one thing that always comes to mind when I think of that series is how much the Holder character rubbed me the wrong way at first but after season one - he became one of my all time favorite TV characters.

Favorite line of the series thus far (season 2 - episode 6). Jasper to Holder -"Has anyone ever told you you are white?"

Funny! 

 

[comfortably numb]

I had watched the entire series.

It's all very good.  If I remember correctly the final season has some sort of story line that has a murder tied to a young man that comes from a wealthy family, and it takes away from the primary story line from the series.  That and the personal depressing story line of the character Det. Linden....I kept waiting to see her hanging from the rafters.  Outside of that again, it's all very good.

I was curious how this show be looked at after Netflix picked it up and added 2 seasons.
Those who watched from the beginning were sorely disappointed after being essentially lied up til the conclusion of S1.
The show started off great but after the final episode of S1 there was a huge drop in viewership but those who now are binge watching i'd be interested in hearing if they enjoyed the show as a whole without the constant teases of "find out who killed ...i forgot her name...."

I thought the final 2 seasons were worth the watch.

 

[On The Rocks]

I was curious how this show be looked at after Netflix picked it up and added 2 seasons.
Those who watched from the beginning were sorely disappointed after being essentially lied up til the conclusion of S1.
The show started off great but after the final episode of S1 there was a huge drop in viewership but those who now are binge watching i'd be interested in hearing if they enjoyed the show as a whole without the constant teases of "find out who killed ...i forgot her name...."

I thought the final 2 seasons were worth the watch.

Best Holder Quotes:

My favorite:  "Ease up, son. Minimum wage ain´t worth fighting the popo."

There are many more listed here - many of which are really great.

http://www.belovedtigersharks.de/quotes10.htm

 

[JoeSteeler]

Best Holder Quotes:

My favorite:  "Ease up, son. Minimum wage ain´t worth fighting the popo."

There are many more listed here - many of which are really great.

http://www.belovedtigersharks.de/quotes10.htm

There was one (season 1 I think) where he was helping Jack with homework that was great...I will have to see if I can find it.

 

[Beef Ravioli]

Almost done with season 2 of The Killing. Pretty much hooked on it now, Holder is growing on me as well. 

 

[saintfool]

Not on Netflix but I'm really enjoying "The Path" on Hulu. It's really well done. Great project for Aaron Paul post-Breaking Bad. Solid cast with Hugh Dancy ("Hannibal") and Michelle Monoghan (who I think is Ellen Pompeo from "Gray's Anatomy" apparently) with a fun plot. I'm almost done with Season 1 and it's done good work to this point.

 

[Beef Ravioli]

I had watched the entire series.

It's all very good.  If I remember correctly the final season has some sort of story line that has a murder tied to a young man that comes from a wealthy family, and it takes away from the primary story line from the series.  That and the personal depressing story line of the character Det. Linden....I kept waiting to see her hanging from the rafters.  Outside of that again, it's all very good.

Just finished season 2. I was into it but there were to many twists and turns for my liking. 

Are seasons 3&4 that way?

 

[Hov34]

check out The Wailing...from the Horror Movie thread and courtesy of Scoresman:

The Wailing - Amazon Rental (ETA-now available on Netflix) - This is one to add to your watchlists.  A Korean movie about a village undergoing random deaths and illness after a suspicious Japanese man moves into town.  First off, this movie is in Korean and subtitled, AND it's 2.5 hours long so there's a bit of effort required here.  You will be rewarded for the effort, however.  Paraphrasing from an IMDB review that put it best, "by slowly unveiling the real nature of certain characters, the last 45 minutes of the movie will change your perspective on the whole thing. Every few minutes you will switch sides when trying to determine whom to trust and only when the big reveal comes do you realize how detailed the setup to get there was.".  This movie will stick with you, having you asking lots of questions about the characters and their motivations.  The characters are portrayed well, especially the dad and his daughter.  I put this on my best of 2016 list.

Put something in spoilers explaining it.  Just watched and was like whatever.  Long and boring... but it started pretty good.  End was zzzzzzzzzzzzz. 

Yeah, I gave it a shot a pretty much agree.  Keystone cops for the first half of the movie then it got "serious" and then intentionally misleading and then a cluster#### of an ending.  Not worth the 2.5 hours imo.

 

[cockroach]

check out The Wailing...from the Horror Movie thread and courtesy of Scoresman:

The Wailing - Amazon Rental (ETA-now available on Netflix) - This is one to add to your watchlists.  A Korean movie about a village undergoing random deaths and illness after a suspicious Japanese man moves into town.  First off, this movie is in Korean and subtitled, AND it's 2.5 hours long so there's a bit of effort required here.  You will be rewarded for the effort, however.  Paraphrasing from an IMDB review that put it best, "by slowly unveiling the real nature of certain characters, the last 45 minutes of the movie will change your perspective on the whole thing. Every few minutes you will switch sides when trying to determine whom to trust and only when the big reveal comes do you realize how detailed the setup to get there was.".  This movie will stick with you, having you asking lots of questions about the characters and their motivations.  The characters are portrayed well, especially the dad and his daughter.  I put this on my best of 2016 list.

Put something in spoilers explaining it.  Just watched and was like whatever.  Long and boring... but it started pretty good.  End was zzzzzzzzzzzzz. 

Yeah, I gave it a shot a pretty much agree.  Keystone cops for the first half of the movie then it got "serious" and then intentionally misleading and then a cluster#### of an ending.  Not worth the 2.5 hours imo.

I  looked up an explanation and I couldn't even read through that it was so boring.  I like ambiguity in a film and stuff you need to interpret for yourself and non linearity.  IDK, maybe just all asian people look alike to me so it's harder to follow.

 

[jamny]

Made it 30 minutes into the first episode, and if not for my appreciation for the Tim Olyphant catalog, I would have turned it off after 15. Awful IMO. 

We didn't make it through the first episode.

 

[On The Rocks]

Just finished season 2. I was into it but there were to many twists and turns for my liking. 

Are seasons 3&4 that way?

I don't remember the specifics but somewhere along the way, the story line turns toward street kids and I thought that was really good.  No doubt the series has ups and downs, but in my opinion, it's worth sitting through a relatively short series to get to the final. 

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Not on Netflix but I'm really enjoying "The Path" on Hulu. It's really well done. Great project for Aaron Paul post-Breaking Bad. Solid cast with Hugh Dancy ("Hannibal") and Michelle Monoghan (who I think is Ellen Pompeo from "Gray's Anatomy" apparently) with a fun plot. I'm almost done with Season 1 and it's done good work to this point.

I watched the first episode and havent gone back. I should?

 

[beer 30]

Talk to me about The 100. Watched first episode based on friends recommendation, need some feedback on whether to pursue or walk away. I'm interested but at the same time can see this becoming cheesy pretty quick. All the beautiful people are already kinda turning me off but I can get past it

 

[Nick Vermeil]

Talk to me about The 100. Watched first episode based on friends recommendation, need some feedback on whether to pursue or walk away. I'm interested but at the same time can see this becoming cheesy pretty quick. All the beautiful people are already kinda turning me off but I can get past it

Terribly cheesy, but also awesome and violent and full of hot ladies.  What's not to like?  I have to admit that the new season does not hold my attention when I watch at home. But it was great when I burned through all of the available episodes during my train commute over a few weeks.

 

[Hov34]

Talk to me about The 100. Watched first episode based on friends recommendation, need some feedback on whether to pursue or walk away. I'm interested but at the same time can see this becoming cheesy pretty quick. All the beautiful people are already kinda turning me off but I can get past it

Terribly cheesy, but also awesome and violent and full of hot ladies.  What's not to like?  I have to admit that the new season does not hold my attention when I watch at home. But it was great when I burned through all of the available episodes during my train commute over a few weeks.

My 14 year old daughter loves it, so there's that.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

(10/10)
Les Revenants 
Band of Brothers
--------------------
("New Golden Age of TV" stuff)
Call My Agent
Broadchurch
Stranger Things
Happy Valley
---------------------
(low end of "good TV")
The Fall
Peaky Blinders
--------------------
(watchable, but can't recommend)
Poldark
--------------------
(didn't care for it)
Jessica Jones


Updated to include Band of Brothers (watched previously), downgrade of Peaky Blinders (last season was close to shark jumping territory), and add Call My Agent (very good) and Jessica Jones (which had some good stretches but was pretty meh overall IMO).

On to The Americans, The Crown or Wolf Hall I think.

 

[mr. furley]

On to The Americans

 

[jamny]

Watched the first 2 episodes of The Crown and really love it so far. Very well done.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

people watching The Killing can just skip the final season.

 

[dgreen]

Watched all of the latest Jim Gaffigan stand up a while ago. I think I only laughed a few times. Made it through about 30 minutes of the new Bill Burr special and slightly chuckled once. I've really enjoyed previous acts by both of them, but thought these latest Netflix exclusive performances were pretty bad.

 

[Rove!]

I was curious how this show be looked at after Netflix picked it up and added 2 seasons.
Those who watched from the beginning were sorely disappointed after being essentially lied up til the conclusion of S1.
The show started off great but after the final episode of S1 there was a huge drop in viewership but those who now are binge watching i'd be interested in hearing if they enjoyed the show as a whole without the constant teases of "find out who killed ...i forgot her name...."

I thought the final 2 seasons were worth the watch.

I always felt the show was a combination of pretentious garbage and grief porn.

The "mystery" seemed like something they made up as they went along and occasionally pulled things out of their ### to make the plot work, moving from one preposterous set piece to the next...often sacrificing logic and characterization to induce forced melodrama...

 

[El Floppo]

(10/10)
Les Revenants 
Band of Brothers
--------------------
("New Golden Age of TV" stuff)
Call My Agent
Broadchurch
Stranger Things
Happy Valley
---------------------
(low end of "good TV")
The Fall
Peaky Blinders
--------------------
(watchable, but can't recommend)
Poldark
--------------------
(didn't care for it)
Jessica Jones


Updated to include Band of Brothers (watched previously), downgrade of Peaky Blinders (last season was close to shark jumping territory), and add Call My Agent (very good) and Jessica Jones (which had some good stretches but was pretty meh overall IMO).

On to The Americans, The Crown or Wolf Hall I think.

I only caught about half of the Crown... Enough to think it's right up there with The Returned.

I like the Americans a lot too, but a tier below imo.

 

[LAUNCH]

March 1

 
 

• Angry Birds: Season 2 (2013)
  
• Blazing Saddles (1974)
  
• Chicago (2002)
  
• Deep Run (2015)
  
• Dirt Every Day: Season 1 (2013)
  
• Epic Drives: Season 2 (2015)
  
• Friday After Next (2002)
  
• Head 2 Head: Season 2 (2013)
  
• Hot Rod Unlimited: Season 1 (2013)
  
• Ignition: Season 1 (2013)
  
• Impossible Dreamers (2017)
  
• Jurassic Park (1993)
  
• Jurassic Park III (2001)
  
• Kate and Mim-Mim: Season 2 (2015)
  
• Know Your Enemy – Japan (1945)
  
• Kung Fu Panda (2008)
  
• Let There Be Light (1946)
  
• Memento (2000)
  
• Midnight in Paris (2011)
  
• Nacho Libre (2006)
  
• Nazi Concentration Camps (1945)
  
• Roadkill: Season 2 (2013)
  
• Rolling Stones: Crossfire Hurricane (2012)
  
• San Pietro (1945)
  
• Singing with angels (2016)
  
• Sustainable (2016)
  
• Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)
  
• The Craft (1996)
  
• This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
  
• Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny (2006)
  
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
  
• The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944)
  
• The Negro Soldier (1944)
  
• Thunderbolt (1947)
  
• Tunisian Victory (1944)
  

March 3

• Greenleaf: Season 1 (2016)
  

March 4

 

• Safe Haven (2013)
  

March 5

• Señora Acero: Season 3 (2016)
  

March 7

 
 

• Amy Schumer: The Leather Special—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  

March 8

• Hands of Stone (2016)
  
• The Waterboy (1998)
  

March 9

 

• Thithi (2015)
  

March 10

• Buddy Thunderstruck: Season 1—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  
• Burning Sands—NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
  
• Love: Season 2—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  
• One More Time: Season 1—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  
• The Boss’ Daughter (2016)
  

March 13

 
 

• Must Love Dogs (2005)
  
• Million Dollar Baby (2004)
  

March 14

• Disney’s Pete’s Dragon (2016)
  
• Jim Norton: Mouthful of Shame—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  

March 15

 

• Disney’s The BFG (2016)
  
• Notes on Blindness (2016)
  

March 16

• Beau Sejour: Season 1 –NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  
• Coraline (2009)
  

March 17

 
 

• Deidra & Laney Rob a Train—NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
  
• Julie’s Greenroom: Season 1—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  
• Marvel’s Iron Fist: Season 1—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  
• Naledi: A Baby Elephant’s Tale (2016)
  
• Pandora—NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
  
• Samurai Gourmet: Season 1—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  

March 18

• Come and Find Me (2016)
  
• The Vampire Diaries: Season 8 (2016)
  

March 20

 

• El Reemplazante: Season 1-2 (2012)
  

March 21

• Ali & Nino (2016)
  
• Another Forever (2016)
  
• Evolution (2015)
  
• Fire at the Sea (Fuocoammare) (2016)
  

March 23

 
 

• How to Get Away with Murder: Season 3 (2016)
  
• Welcome to New York (2015)
  

March 24

• Bottersnikes & Gumbles: Season 2—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  
• Déjà Vu (2006)
  
• Felipe Neto: My Life Makes No Sense—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  
• Grace and Frankie: Season 3—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  
• Ingobernable: Season 1—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  
• Spider (2007)
  
• The Square (2008)
  
• The Most Hated Woman in America—NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
  
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
  

March 25

 

• The Student Body (2017)
  
• USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016)
  

March 26

• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
  

March 27

 
 

• Better Call Saul: Season 2
  

March 28 

• Archer: Season 7 (2016)
  
• Jo Koy: Live from Seattle—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  

March 30

 

• Life in Pieces: Season 1 (2015)
  

March 31

• 13 Reasons Why: Season 1—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  
• Bordertown: Season 1—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  
• Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life: Season 1 (2016)
  
• Dinotrux: Season 4—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  
• FirstBorn (2016)
  
• Five Came Back—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  
• GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (2012)
  
• Rosewood: Season 1
  
• The Carmichael Show: Season 1-2
  
• The Discovery—NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
  
• Trailer Park Boys: Season 11—NETFLIX ORIGINAL
  

 

[beer 30]

My 14 year old daughter loves it, so there's that.

Kinda how I'm feeling about the show, 2 episodes in and I get the feel it's not focused at an overweight, out of shape 50 something year old

 

[El Floppo]

Kinda how I'm feeling about the show, 2 episodes in and I get the feel it's not focused at an overweight, out of shape 50 something year old

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Kinda how I'm feeling about the show, 2 episodes in and I get the feel it's not focused at an overweight, out of shape 50 something year old

I tapped out at the 2nd or maybe early in the 3rd episode.  Floppo loved it, just sayin.

 

[El Floppo]

Kinda how I'm feeling about the show, 2 episodes in and I get the feel it's not focused at an overweight, out of shape 50 something year old

I tapped out at the 2nd or maybe early in the 3rd episode.  Floppo loved it, just sayin.

Loved it? I LOVE it.

meh. I'm a sucker for post-apoc stuff and enjoy it for what it is- tip-top tv this ain't. definitely a guilty pleasure with just enough (if I squint) of BSG in it to turn my crank.

neil vermeil, otoh... he LOVES it.

 

[snogger]

Finally got around to watching "The OA" and really enjoyed it.. Loved how they built the backstory line, intertwined with current day...

Guessing those that had an issue with the Finale was due to how much it correlated to a past event( aka Colorado)??

Still a lot of question left on Hap, Homer, etc... so looking forward to Season 2..

 

[tommyboy]

Watching Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child.

Unbelievable. Amazing

 

[saintfool]

Watched Polanski's "Ghost Writer" with Ewan MacGregor, Pierce Bronson and Olivia Williams. Political thriller that feels a lot like an homage to Hitchcock.

 

[saintfool]

Also a few episodes into "Manhattan" which is a interesting retelling of the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos. It's surprisingly good tv. Not perfect but for a fan of the history it's fairly gripping. 

 

[Brownsfan]

Also a few episodes into "Manhattan" which is a interesting retelling of the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos. It's surprisingly good tv. Not perfect but for a fan of the history it's fairly gripping. 

I really enjoyed this series. From what I read they took some liberties with the facts. I didn't know much about the story to begin with so that didn't lessen my enjoyment 

 

[saintfool]

I really enjoyed this series. From what I read they took some liberties with the facts. I didn't know much about the story to begin with so that didn't lessen my enjoyment 

oh definitely but it's fine.

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Well, my kids discovered Ultimate Beastmaster ("Am Ninja Warrior ON STEROIDS!!") over the weekend, so I guess I've got that in my routine the next couple weeks. Its not something I'd spend my own time on, but is fun when the kids are into it.

 

[dgreen]

I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore

Really enjoyed it. Kind of Blue Ruin-y with some laughs. 

 

[EYLive]

Terrace House. It's like a japanese "Real World" but with 6 houseguests that are relatively mellow and respectful. It's an oddly fun and therapeutic show with the best segments coming from a commentary panel that discuss the show. It's a show within the show.

I even learned a few Japanese phrases... after like 33 episodes   

 

[JoeSteeler]

Watched Polanski's "Ghost Writer" with Ewan MacGregor, Pierce Bronson and Olivia Williams. Political thriller that feels a lot like an homage to Hitchcock.

have had this on my watch list for several years but never got around to watching it...need to make time to finally see it

 

[El Floppo]

Terrace House. It's like a japanese "Real World" but with 6 houseguests that are relatively mellow and respectful. It's an oddly fun and therapeutic show with the best segments coming from a commentary panel that discuss the show. It's a show within the show.

I even learned a few Japanese phrases... after like 33 episodes   

every japanese show has a commentary panel... it's uncanny.

 

[cockroach]

Easy

The new Netflix series is uneven, but the good ones are pretty darn good - particularly the Marc Maron episode.

Just watched this and enjoyed it.  Though I thought the Maron one was probably the worst.  Some of the sex scenes were really hot to me.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Terrace House. It's like a japanese "Real World" but with 6 houseguests that are relatively mellow and respectful. It's an oddly fun and therapeutic show with the best segments coming from a commentary panel that discuss the show. It's a show within the show.

I even learned a few Japanese phrases... after like 33 episodes   




 

Where is that at?  I just see NYC and Aloha state on Netflix?

 

[jdoggydogg]

have had this on my watch list for several years but never got around to watching it...need to make time to finally see it

I remember liking Ghost Writer.

 

[EYLive]

Where is that at?  I just see NYC and Aloha state on Netflix?

The season (2nd) we're watching is Boys & Girls in the City. Aloha is season 3 I think.

 

[trogg78]

I started watching "The Road" on Netflix.  It was an amazing book by Cormac McCarthy  so I had to watch it.  I'm only half way through it and I am very pleased with what I have seen so far.  Father and Son navigating starvation/survival about a decade after the Apocalypse.

 

[JoeSteeler]

I started watching "The Road" on Netflix.  It was an amazing book by Cormac McCarthy  so I had to watch it.  I'm only half way through it and I am very pleased with what I have seen so far.  Father and Son navigating starvation/survival about a decade after the Apocalypse.

great film

 

[jdoggydogg]

I started watching "The Road" on Netflix.  It was an amazing book by Cormac McCarthy  so I had to watch it.  I'm only half way through it and I am very pleased with what I have seen so far.  Father and Son navigating starvation/survival about a decade after the Apocalypse.

This book is very dear to me.

Considering how great the book is, I think this is one of those rare times where the film adaptation was true to the book.