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Streaming or currently airing TV shows (AKA Netflix thread) (35 Viewers)

ComfortablyNumb said:
For those who don't have time to browse the 259 pages of this excellent thread, I thought I'd take a cut at summarizing at least the last 8 pages of it. I'm listing the shows in rough order of FBG preference with IMDB scores and, for the ones I've watched, my personal thoughts:

Peaky Blinders, 8.8, excellent show
Narcos, 8.9, excellent
Justified (A-Prime), 8.6
Wild Wild Country, 8.5
Babylon Berlin, 8.5
Money Heist, 8.8
Halt and Catch Fire, 8.3
Wind River, 7.8, very good movie
Dark, 8.7
Black Mirror, 8.9, Watched several, mostly great but a couple strange episodes
Ozark, 8.3, great, love Linney and Bateman
The Punisher, 8.7, great show
Mindhunter, 8.6
The Crown, 8.7, very good
The Take (A-Prime), 7.9, watched first two episodes - great so far
Stranger Things, 8.9, starts great but fades a little
The Terror, 8.6
Godless, 8.4, very good
Bosch (A-Prime), 8.3
Jessica Jones, 8.1, great, season 1 is better
Daredevil, 8.7, very good
Sneaky Pete (A-Prime), 8.3
Bloodline, 8.1, very good, fades a little
Collateral, 6.7, solid show
Into the Badlands, 8.1
The Iron Giant, 8.0
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, 7.6
Icarus, 8.0
Santa Clarita Diet, 7.8, I like it
Flint Town, 8.1
The Tunnel (A-Prime), 7.8
Luke Cage, 7.5, liked it
The Alienist, 7.8
Doctor Foster, 7.8
Seven Seconds, 7.7
Iron Fist, 6.8, weakest Marvel show

DO NOT WATCH:
Under the Dome, 6.7
The Mist, 5.4
The Titan, 4.9
 
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Some good shows missing:

Broadchurch, The Fall, Happy Valley, River

 
Psychopav said:
I am surprised at how little known this is.  I was in my early teens when that all went down and I remember being very intrigued by the whole thing.  I remember the huge lines of people all dressed in orange or pink or whatever and the line of rolls royces driving down the road between them.  At the time I thought this guy must be a huge charlatan and all those people must be brainwashed.  After watching the documentary, I actually now have a different opinion about the whole thing.

Don't get me wrong, I still think they're nuts...but now I kind of look at them more like a bunch of hippies than a bunch of brainwashed prisoners.
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I just watched the first episode and thought it was incredibly boring. It gets better?

 
Does Amazon Video have any customer service at all?  I am getting fed up with Netflix but when I look at Amazon Prime, it looks like a big mess and I can't find anywhere to contact customer service if there is a problem or questions.  At least with Netflix you can call them and talk to someone.

 
RC94 said:
Does Amazon Video have any customer service at all?  I am getting fed up with Netflix but when I look at Amazon Prime, it looks like a big mess and I can't find anywhere to contact customer service if there is a problem or questions.  At least with Netflix you can call them and talk to someone.
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How often do you have to call customer service?  :confused:

 
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RC94 said:
Does Amazon Video have any customer service at all?  I am getting fed up with Netflix but when I look at Amazon Prime, it looks like a big mess and I can't find anywhere to contact customer service if there is a problem or questions.  At least with Netflix you can call them and talk to someone.
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Can you call to complain about the Lifetime shows on Netflix?

 
El Floppo said:
We watched both seasons of The Frankenstein Chronicles w Sean Bean. Pretty good overall with some quality acting and period art direction plus interesting take on the subject. Kept getting it mixed up with The Alienist, which was also a decent watch (on TV now)
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After the Fawlty Towers talk just above this, I read this as Mr. Bean at first.  That sounds like fun.

 
saintfool said:
Kid movie review here after Saturday night family movie. "The Adventures of Tintin" is one of the more interesting animated kid movies I have seen. Spielberg directed it and it obviously is a labor of love for him. It's the kind of classic, globetrotting action adventure that he relished as a child. It's a bit of that for me, too, because I grew up reading the comics. Good cast - Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig - lending their voices to digital animation that captures the style of the comic books but is also very lifelike. Definite, discernible upgrade over Polar Express. Supposedly there is a sequel planned with Peter Jackson giving it a go. 
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Peter Jackson produced the first.  I thought it showed with the completely over-the-top crane fight.

 
Lost in Space is a pretty good watch....not excellent...but enjoyable. I would have enjoyed MUCH more had I not gone into watching it with the pre-knowledge of what I remembered from the 60's series that I grew up watching in syndication. I spent quite a bit of the watch trying to figure out how they were going to do this for Character X, Y, and Z INSTEAD OF just enjoying it as a series all on it's own. 

 
Tick said:
Peter Jackson produced the first.  I thought it showed with the completely over-the-top crane fight.
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true enough but i would expect something like that for a light, action romp for families. 

We watched "Speed Racer" over the weekend. It's maybe 10 years old now but doesn't really show the age. good cast, i suppose, but they're all obviously cashing in here. John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox , and Christina Ricci (who maybe never looked better) round out the cast. It's a crap film that can't build anything off the nostalgia and kitsch of the animated series. The problem with the film - aside from the script - is that it *never* stops moving. It's not a feast for the eyes with the look and feel of it all but rather a distraction. It's cinematic ADD .

 
peaces said:
Very raunchy, but good.  The main actress/creator of Fleabag has another brand new show on BBC America if you have access to it (I get it via sling). She's not in it but created and writes for it called "Killing Eve". First episode was very good imo... It's about a female cop and the female assassin she's after. It's on Sundays but I saw on demand thru sling. 
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Second episode was also pretty good. Again on BBC America, but if you get it and dig shows/movies like the Americans, Patriot, bourne, BBC cop shows, etc I recommend checking it out. Never heard of that actress before Fleabag and Killing Eve, but based on those two shows I think she's a talent.

 
Lost in Space hits the same demo as Ready Player One for me - It doesn't hold up as adult-level entertainment on its own, and I'd not recommend it to anyone for that purpose, but if you've got a 13 year old boy like I do, its wonderful. I always love finding shows we can enjoy together, even if he'd probably rather be bingeing Fortnite on his xBox if given the choice ...

 
The Tunnel  (season 1 on Amazon Prime)

The first 15 minutes into this and I was hooked.  The two main detective characters are really good and the dialogue between the two is great through out the entire season. If you can't do subtitles, don't hate it without giving it a chance.  There are only a handful of scenes with a heavy dose of subtitles.  Parts of this story line are a little hard to follow because sometimes they start talking about a character and you have no idea who they're talking about until an episode later. Well worth your time to watch. The best compliment I can give it, is that It's not predictable.

From IMDB:

The Tunnel is set against the backdrop of Europe in crisis. When a prominent French politician is found dead on the border between the U.K. and France, detectives Karl Roebuck (Stephen Dillane, "Game of Thrones") and Elise Wassermann (Clémence Poésy, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II") are sent to investigate on behalf of their respective countries. The case takes a surreal turn when a shocking discovery is made at the crime scene, forcing the French and British police into an uneasy partnership. As the serial killer uses ever more elaborate and ingenious methods to highlight the moral bankruptcy of modern society, Karl and Elise are drawn deeper into his increasingly personal agenda.
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still watching and enjoying "Ugly Delicious". Finished the Viet-Cajun episode. It was less entertaining somehow but still pretty good.

Started an episode of the Fx version of "The Bridge". An episode in, I'm not blown away by Diane Kruger but the other cop is pretty interesting.

 
On The Rocks said:
The Tunnel  (season 1 on Amazon Prime)

The first 15 minutes into this and I was hooked.  The two main detective characters are really good and the dialogue between the two is great through out the entire season. If you can't do subtitles, don't hate it without giving it a chance.  There are only a handful of scenes with a heavy dose of subtitles.  Parts of this story line are a little hard to follow because sometimes they start talking about a character and you have no idea who they're talking about until an episode later. Well worth your time to watch. The best compliment I can give it, is that It's not predictable.

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Is this just another country's take on The Bridge?

 
saintfool said:
Started an episode of the Fx version of "The Bridge". An episode in, I'm not blown away by Diane Kruger but the other cop is pretty interesting.
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We watched that one live... like it ok, but hated asberger character. Tried the Tunnel afterwards, but too much the same.

 
El Floppo said:
We watched that one live... like it ok, but hated asberger character. Tried the Tunnel afterwards, but too much the same.
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i'm torn about it. i think it has potential but the border town dynamic is kind of played out for me. "Sicario" most recently and with mixed success. I may give "Legion" another go because I like the pedigree. First episode reminded me a little of the old Prisoner show. I might have spoiled it by watching a lesser show that is too much like it in "Dirk Gently's Holisitic Detective Agency". 

 
Maik Jeaunz said:
Peaky Blinders - I've tried this a couple times, but just can't seem to get into it, which is weird because I like organized crime stuff. maybe I need to devote a few hours and get through a few episodes at once. but I really don't like Cillian Murphy, so maybe he's bringing it down for me.
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so I finished the first season over the weekend, and yep...I'm hooked. when I was finally able to devote some time to it, I loved it, and ready to move on to season 2. probably couldn't have done it without closed captions, some of those accents are pretty thick.

getting a kick out of Evil Dr. Grant from Jurassic Park.

 
saintfool said:
i'm torn about it. i think it has potential but the border town dynamic is kind of played out for me. "Sicario" most recently and with mixed success. I may give "Legion" another go because I like the pedigree. First episode reminded me a little of the old Prisoner show. I might have spoiled it by watching a lesser show that is too much like it in "Dirk Gently's Holisitic Detective Agency". 
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Bridge was decent. Wish we had watched it's progenitor, Tunnel, first- seemed a bit better...if only for lack of or better handling of asberger detective.

I really liked S1 of Legion. First episode of S2 was so head trippy, I had to stop watching (tired, late at night). need to power through.

 
El Floppo said:
Bridge was decent. Wish we had watched it's progenitor, Tunnel, first- seemed a bit better...if only for lack of or better handling of asberger detective.

I really liked S1 of Legion. First episode of S2 was so head trippy, I had to stop watching (tired, late at night). need to power through.




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this is my concern with the series. it's not  built as a narrative but rather a gimmick?

 
saintfool said:
this is my concern with the series. it's not  built as a narrative but rather a gimmick?
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There's a dedicated thread....iirc, I wrote my thoughts about that there in better way. But didn't feel gimmicky- everything felt integral and appropriate.

 
Psychopav said:
I am surprised at how little known this is.  I was in my early teens when that all went down and I remember being very intrigued by the whole thing.  I remember the huge lines of people all dressed in orange or pink or whatever and the line of rolls royces driving down the road between them.  At the time I thought this guy must be a huge charlatan and all those people must be brainwashed.  After watching the documentary, I actually now have a different opinion about the whole thing.

Don't get me wrong, I still think they're nuts...but now I kind of look at them more like a bunch of hippies than a bunch of brainwashed prisoners.
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I haven't seen the show, but I'm guessing this is the same cult that the podcast The Dollop did an episode on... weird stuff.

 
Maik Jeaunz said:
so I finished the first season over the weekend, and yep...I'm hooked. when I was finally able to devote some time to it, I loved it, and ready to move on to season 2. probably couldn't have done it without closed captions, some of those accents are pretty thick.
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Love Peaky Blinders. Probably one of the best dramas ever made.

 
CletiusMaximus said:
Lost in Space hits the same demo as Ready Player One for me - It doesn't hold up as adult-level entertainment on its own, and I'd not recommend it to anyone for that purpose, but if you've got a 13 year old boy like I do, its wonderful. I always love finding shows we can enjoy together, even if he'd probably rather be bingeing Fortnite on his xBox if given the choice ...
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About to start it with my boys (10&14).  Thanks for the recommendation.

 
saintfool said:
this is my concern with the series. it's not  built as a narrative but rather a gimmick?
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Gimmicky might be too pejorative but it’s definitely style over substance. 

 
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jdoggydogg said:
Someone recommended The Santa Clarita Diet last week.

I lasted three minutes.
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1st episode wasn't my favorite.. But loved the rest and season 2 is VERY good, so far.. The :X is way over the top

 
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jdoggydogg said:
Someone recommended The Santa Clarita Diet last week.

I lasted three minutes.
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jamny said:
I made it about 10 minutes.
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You know, I hate when these streaming shows try to use sex and nudity to draw people in.  What ever happened to good, old fashioned, clean storytelling?

 
Yeah. I just fell for watching a whole season of that Dr Foster crap. I watched an episode or two of Santa Clarita and thought is was uncomfortably unfunny. Fool me once, shame on Gators mom.

 
So, go or no go on Dr. Foster?  I put it in my list based on some posts in this thread, but the premise is really not interesting to me so I have been reluctant to put any time into it.

 
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