Streaming or currently airing TV shows (AKA Netflix thread) (19 Viewers)

[acarey50]

Any Harley Quinn fans in the thread?  Best animated show going AND best DC Comics content yet, IMO. The Bane character alone is worth the price of admission.

If anyone else is a fan, HBO Max is picking up a spinoff featuring Kite Man as the owner of a sleazy bar for supervillains.

Guilty pleasure - looking forward to season 3 when it finally gets here - may rewatch as it's an easy watch

 

[Toby2ElectricBugaloo]

Guilty pleasure - looking forward to season 3 when it finally gets here - may rewatch as it's an easy watch

Rewatching is worthwhile IMO.  

 

[El Floppo]

The creator was on Reddit the other day. He said he has the ending mapped out already. 

So season 2 or just sometime in the future?  I think I'm through all of season 1 unless I'm missing something.

there has to be at least a S2, unless it gets canned. the story seemed directed towards something else...

 

[Capella]

there has to be at least a S2, unless it gets canned. the story seemed directed towards something else...

Oh yea they’re already started on season 2. 

 

[FatMax]

I just got Hulu free through my phone.  What shows and zombie movies should I watch on there?

Here's what I have so far:

TV: Fargo (I've seen the first 3 seasons)

Movies:

• Prisoners
  
• Another Round
  
• Memories of Murder
  
• The Raid 2 (rewatch)
  
• Pig
  
• Parasite
  
• Little Monsters (zombies)
  
• Deadpool (rewatch)
  
• Deadpool 2
  
• Moon
  

11.22.63 ... a time travel, science fiction-ish series based on the Steven King's book of the same name.

Its the series that got me to buy Hulu in the first place after listening to coworkers.  I liked it.  In fact, I may need to rewatch

 

[Tick]

Great call. 

Also if you like *very strange* superhero tales I'd recommend Legion (show not movie), which always felt like if Marvel went  art house. 

I watched the first episode when it came out, it seemed bonkers and worth watching, then I never followed up.

 

[Tick]

11.22.63 ... a time travel, science fiction-ish series based on the Steven King's book of the same name.

Its the series that got me to buy Hulu in the first place after listening to coworkers.  I liked it.  In fact, I may need to rewatch

Hmm - not a Kennedy assassination guy, but I'll give it a shot.

 

[TLEF316]

Just watched the 2nd to last episode of Severance.

The Waffle Party was NOT what I was expecting.....

 

[FatMax]

Hmm - not a Kennedy assassination guy, but I'll give it a shot.

Time travel show are like catnip to me. The subject matter doesn't matter as much.

 

[El Floppo]

Just watched the 2nd to last episode of Severance.

The Waffle Party was NOT what I was expecting.....

Ain't no party like a waffle party.

 

[simsarge]

11.22.63 ... a time travel, science fiction-ish series based on the Steven King's book of the same name.

Its the series that got me to buy Hulu in the first place after listening to coworkers.  I liked it.  In fact, I may need to rewatch

Read the book and thought it seemed like it would make a good miniseries. I'm in

 

[Gilroy34]

Tapped out on S2 Russian Doll. It lost me. Kept multi-task-watching out of disinterest and going back to see what I missed. Really enjoyed S1 too. Oh well.

Binging Outer Range thanks to the thread. Like it. 

Me too.  I honestly have no idea what is going on and lost interest in season 2.  Too bad, season 1 was decent.

 

[falguy]

Hmm - not a Kennedy assassination guy, but I'll give it a shot.

I see what you did there 

 

[jamny]

The Man That Fell to Earth.  Ep1.

Wasn't sure I was going to like it, but through 1 it's pretty good.  Also didn't know it's a remake of a David Bowie movie until I just googled it just now.

Bowie's version was really bizarre. I wonder how close this is to the original. I'm guessing it's more conventional.

 

[Osaurus]

I’m half way through From and I have to say it’s not bad. 

 

[foxco]

I’m half way through From and I have to say it’s not bad. 

It got renewed for a second season.

 

[JB Breakfast Club]

Undone. Prime. 

WOW. 

Season 2 now available. I think I need to scan through season 1 again before picking it up. 

 

[El Floppo]

I’m half way through From and I have to say it’s not bad. 

It got renewed for a second season.

I know other people have talked about it in here.

the wife and floppinha (10) watched the first couple eps and want me to watch with them. do I need to watch those, or can I just jump in.

 

[El Floppo]

Season 2 now available. I think I need to scan through season 1 again before picking it up. 

oh wow... I totally forgot about Undone. I flat out loved that... thanks for letting us know about S2!

I'm with you- definitely need to review S1 first.

 

[Osaurus]

I know other people have talked about it in here.

the wife and floppinha (10) watched the first couple eps and want me to watch with them. do I need to watch those, or can I just jump in.

Probably not if you get the gist of it. 

 

[foxco]

I know other people have talked about it in here.

the wife and floppinha (10) watched the first couple eps and want me to watch with them. do I need to watch those, or can I just jump in.

I'd highly recommend watching the episodes to catch up -- it's serialized, kinda like Lost where they set up the mythology/character dynamics.  If someone explains the premise I guess you could jump in late though.

 

[El Floppo]

I'd highly recommend watching the episodes to catch up -- it's serialized, kinda like Lost where they set up the mythology/character dynamics.  If someone explains the premise I guess you could jump in late though.

Too late!

 

[El Floppo]

Probably not if you get the gist of it. 

btw... we don't have Epix- we have Amazon, which has the show up on their platform... the first 3 eps. you need to subscribe to Epix to watch the rest. 

and that's how they getcha.

the wife signed up for a free week to try to finish this thing up. gotten.

 

[El Floppo]

and btw- it's fun (From). I see the Lost influences- mysterious place with lots of questions... purgatory or no, how do they have food, power, etc.. even the score sounds identical.

but some of the writing is pretty dreadful...and doesn't help the boy in particular, who is all kinds of awful "child-actor". they should have sat him down to watch Sixth Sense and Osmott's performance first. the rest just propels plot points forward by having characters act in somewhat irrational ways or through the "omission" technique... wait- what's that thing? character- not now/I can't talk about that/etc. tip-top this ain't.

 

[roadkill1292]

Under the Banner of Heaven is almost culture shock for someone like me (unchurched lefty). Is anyone else watching and can attest to how accurately it portrays life in a small Mormon-dominated town?

 

[El Floppo]

and btw- it's fun (From). I see the Lost influences- mysterious place with lots of questions... purgatory or no, how do they have food, power, etc.. even the score sounds identical.

but some of the writing is pretty dreadful...and doesn't help the boy in particular, who is all kinds of awful "child-actor". they should have sat him down to watch Sixth Sense and Osmott's performance first. the rest just propels plot points forward by having characters act in somewhat irrational ways or through the "omission" technique... wait- what's that thing? character- not now/I can't talk about that/etc. tip-top this ain't.

a couple from the end now. the writing is legit really bad.

but the overall show is still fun enough to look forward to getting through to the end.

 

[Nick Vermeil]

Under the Banner of Heaven is almost culture shock for someone like me (unchurched lefty). Is anyone else watching and can attest to how accurately it portrays life in a small Mormon-dominated town?

I am an unchurched lefty who grew up in a small Mormon town. I haven’t seen the show but the book is a pretty accurate depiction of pockets of the Mormon community. 

 

[roadkill1292]

I am an unchurched lefty who grew up in a small Mormon town. I haven’t seen the show but the book is pretty accurate. 

In some other future thread I think it would be really interesting to read your recollections of this period of your life. I hope that opportunity comes up.

 

[Nick Vermeil]

In some other future thread I think it would be really interesting to read your recollections of this period of your life. I hope that opportunity comes up.

We’ve had a few Mormon threads over the years with resident Mormons Mad Cow and Pick (? I think) chiming in.  A lot of the Mormon stories like this one that reach cultural recognition are certainly rooted in the religion, there are some real doozies in the teachings. But I think it’s important to note that most Mormons I’ve known are good people. And the church certainly looks after their own, sometimes to a fault. 

 

[wikkidpissah]

Bowie's version was really bizarre. I wonder how close this is to the original. I'm guessing it's more conventional.

couldnt help but be closer. i knew a lot of people who crewed the original cuz i lived where it was shot a couple yrs after and they said all the director wanted was the premise & the title and pretty much he and Bowie & Candy Clark made it up as they went along.

 

[Tick]

Little Monsters - Hulu: Aussie zombie movie!  Lupita Nyongo is really good as a kindergarten teacher during a zombie outbreak doing her best to shield the kids from trauma.  The rest of the actors were pretty poor, I thought - when the main kindergartener is better than the male lead, it's not a great sign.  The zombies are slow and pretty ineffective and ridiculously overdone makeup-wise given the time scale of the movie (about 24 hours).  There were some amusing parts, but I don't really recommend this one.  It's one of those movies that wanted to be a comedy, but decided to turn into an action movie for the last few minutes, but did it poorly... nothing new here, even with Lupita Nyongo doing a good job.

 

[foxco]

a couple from the end now. the writing is legit really bad.

but the overall show is still fun enough to look forward to getting through to the end.

Pretty much how I feel. Not in love with some of the characters either, feel like they are legit annoying. Still, the premise is fun so I'll give it another season. 

 

[El Floppo]

Pretty much how I feel. Not in love with some of the characters either, feel like they are legit annoying. Still, the premise is fun so I'll give it another season. 

we wrapped it up (From- Netflix... ETA- not Netflix- it's on Epix).

the writing makes the characters idiotic and annoying just to move some plot points. but yeah- the Lost "I want to know wtf is going on" aspect is compelling enough to have made us binge it (even while rolling our eyes at most of it) and have us watch S2 when it comes out. 

I was really hoping the kid would get shredded. fortunately, he became more minimized as the show progressed... but damn, in all of the world- they couldn't find a better kid actor? (and again- the writing did him no favors).

 

[foxco]

we wrapped it up (From- Netflix... ETA- not Netflix- it's on Epix).

the writing makes the characters idiotic and annoying just to move some plot points. but yeah- the Lost "I want to know wtf is going on" aspect is compelling enough to have made us binge it (even while rolling our eyes at most of it) and have us watch S2 when it comes out. 

I liken it a bit to Invasion on Apple TV+. Characters are annoying and some of the plotlines are just dopey but the premise is enough to keep me to see how it develops and where they go with the story. Wish I had more willpower to just let go but I'm a sucker for sci-fi/horror type stuff. 

 

[Tick]

Making my way through Fargo season 4. I think Fargo might be my favorite series.

 

[whoknew]

Bosch: Legacy debuts on Friday. Looking forward to it. I very much enjoyed the original series.

 

[jamny]

Has anyone started We Own This City yet?

The Staircase, coming to HBO this week, looks like it could be good.

 

[BeTheMatch]

Has anyone started We Own This City yet?

I like it. How many parts are there going to be?

 

[jamny]

I like it. How many parts are there going to be?

Imdb says 6 episodes. Not sure if it's just one season.

 

[Gally]

Bosch: Legacy debuts on Friday. Looking forward to it. I very much enjoyed the original series.

I assume it's on Amazon Prime?  The link says something about some freevee or something like that.  I hope it's not on some new service only

 

[jamny]

I assume it's on Amazon Prime?  The link says something about some freevee or something like that.  I hope it's not on some new service only

I noticed this morning that the imdb.tv app is now called freevee. hth

 

[whoknew]

I assume it's on Amazon Prime?  The link says something about some freevee or something like that.  I hope it's not on some new service only

As jammy wrote, I think its on freevee - which is imdbtv. But you get freevee through Prime. So it will be like watching prime except I think there may be a couple of commercials. 

 

[whoknew]

Has anyone started We Own This City yet?

The Staircase, coming to HBO this week, looks like it could be good.

Look forward to We Own This City. 

As for Staircase ... I'm just not sure I need that. The documentary was really good, though too long as so many are. But just. not sure I need a dramatization.

 

[jamny]

As for Staircase ... I'm just not sure I need that. The documentary was really good, though too long as so many are. But just. not sure I need a dramatization.

I didn't know it was a doc. I don't think I even know the story it is based on.

 

[FatMax]

I didn't know it was a doc. I don't think I even know the story it is based on.

If interested ...

https://www.netflix.com/title/80233441

It was good, but as whoknew said, it could have been much shorter.

 

[Tick]

Night if the Living Deb - Amazon: zomcom. I made it about 30 minutes in before giving up. The main character is supposed to be quirky but is just awful and annoying. I can recognize the things that are meant to be funny, but they fail. Avoid this movie.

 

[Tick]

Night if the Living Deb - Amazon: zomcom. I made it about 30 minutes in before giving up. The main character is supposed to be quirky but is just awful and annoying. I can recognize the things that are meant to be funny, but they fail. Avoid this movie.

I ended up finishing this. It got better and the ending was kind of a neat difference from most zombie movies, but still not worth it.

 

[Tick]

Afflicted - Amazon: Really interesting movie, I’m glad I found it. I went in thinking it was a zombie movie, then decided it was a buddy travel movie, with some health scares thrown in.  Then it took a turn.  Hard to say much without giving it away, but this was really well done in my opinion.

 

[Hawks64]

Any Harley Quinn fans in the thread?  Best animated show going AND best DC Comics content yet, IMO. The Bane character alone is worth the price of admission.

If anyone else is a fan, HBO Max is picking up a spinoff featuring Kite Man as the owner of a sleazy bar for supervillains.

It's amazing, can't wait for the next season!

 

[Toby2ElectricBugaloo]

Finally watched the Season 2 Finale of For All Mankind last night. I'd been putting off the final episode for a week or two bc I'd heard somewhere it was pretty intense and I wanted to block off 90 uninterrupted minutes to watch.

This was the right move. Holy cow, that was ... a lot. My description to my wife after: "It was like the Mad Max Fury Road of prestige drama." A well-executed, mostly uninterrupted onslaught of tension and dramatic twists and turns. Not sure it's the best thing I've seen on TV since The Wire, but definitely the most ambitious + largely successful thing.