Streaming or currently airing TV shows (AKA Netflix thread) (21 Viewers)

[IvanKaramazov]

Station 11 is really bad through the 1st 5 episodes. Not sure I can continue.

It's only 10 episodes and the first 5 definitely capture the general tone and direction of the show. If you don't like it at this point, you're not going to like it. I'd pull the ripcord and move on.

Nothing wrong with people liking or disliking different stuff. Back in the olden days of only three networks, four if you count PBS, everything had to appeal to the lowest common denominator. Things are much better now that you can viably make shows for nice audiences.

 

[facook]

We finished up Welcome to Wrexham and really enjoyed it and I'm not a big soccer fan. It definitely could have been trimmed down a couple of episodes though. And some of the in game editing made it a little obvious what was going to happen. The music and some of the comments leading up to big moments kind of gave away how some games were going to end. Overall well worth the watch and now I'm actually looking to see how they're doing this season, lol. Kudos to Rob and Ryan.

Funny you mentioned this. We finished this up a couple months ago and are doing the same thing. Wrexham just had a really, really big game on Sunday.

It's a fun story. And their games in the FA Cup are auto overs, so easy $.

 

[Zow]

We finished up Welcome to Wrexham and really enjoyed it and I'm not a big soccer fan. It definitely could have been trimmed down a couple of episodes though. And some of the in game editing made it a little obvious what was going to happen. The music and some of the comments leading up to big moments kind of gave away how some games were going to end. Overall well worth the watch and now I'm actually looking to see how they're doing this season, lol. Kudos to Rob and Ryan.

Yep, it was enjoyable. Sutherland 'Til I Die is way, way, better done and I wish Wrexham took a cue for the way Sunderland was done (e.g. more focus on the actual soccer) but Wrexham is still a good, fun watch (especially compared to Sunderland where, spoiler alert, it doesn't go well for the team).

 

[Zow]

Finally got apple TV. Watching Severance. Fascinating show. I can watch it for hours.

I really enjoyed Severance. First few episodes were top notch TV.

 

[CletiusMaximus]

We finished up Welcome to Wrexham and really enjoyed it and I'm not a big soccer fan. It definitely could have been trimmed down a couple of episodes though. And some of the in game editing made it a little obvious what was going to happen. The music and some of the comments leading up to big moments kind of gave away how some games were going to end. Overall well worth the watch and now I'm actually looking to see how they're doing this season, lol. Kudos to Rob and Ryan.

For me, Sunderland 'Til I Die on Netflix was better, but I loved both. Sunderland is less polished, less Hollywood, more raw and doesn't feature any American television or movie stars. The difficulty with both is we know the ending before it happens, so its really the behind-the-scenes stuff that makes it interesting. Kind of like the Netflix F1 show - a season in review, but lots of stuff we didn't see or hear about and great footage of the locals in their natural habitat.

 

[jamny]

We finished up Welcome to Wrexham and really enjoyed it and I'm not a big soccer fan. It definitely could have been trimmed down a couple of episodes though. And some of the in game editing made it a little obvious what was going to happen. The music and some of the comments leading up to big moments kind of gave away how some games were going to end. Overall well worth the watch and now I'm actually looking to see how they're doing this season, lol. Kudos to Rob and Ryan.

For me, Sunderland 'Til I Die on Netflix was better, but I loved both. Sunderland is less polished, less Hollywood, more raw and doesn't feature any American television or movie stars. The difficulty with both is we know the ending before it happens, so its really the behind-the-scenes stuff that makes it interesting. Kind of like the Netflix F1 show - a season in review, but lots of stuff we didn't see or hear about and great footage of the locals in their natural habitat.

I had no idea if Wrexham was going to succeed in moving up or not so that helped.

 

[Osaurus]

Just finished season 2 of Dark. What an intense show.

 

[BladeRunner]

Lockwood & Co. is pretty awesome.

Cool. Wasn't sure if this was going to be yet another dreadful young adult crap series.

 

[Tick]

Just finished season 2 of Dark. What an intense show.

Are you making diagrams?

 

[fatness]

Just finished season 2 of Dark. What an intense show.

Are you making diagrams?

Using the old ones you made for Zork doesn't work too well for Dark.

 

[Zow]

Just finished season 2 of Dark. What an intense show.

Are you making diagrams?

Yeah I had to follow along with an Internet cheat sheet

 

[Scoresman]

The Dark family tree you can find on the internet is nuts.

 

[The Gator]

The Dark family tree you can find on the internet is nuts.

So wild, and that the writers actually made that make sense is amazing. After my most recent re-watch I found a podcast about Dark. It's a guy who's already seen it multiple times, rewatching it with his buddy who's seeing it for the first time. The new guy is very sharp and it is a fun ride listening to the, chat about it and hearing this guys theories. Very fun imo

 

[The Gator]

The Dark family tree you can find on the internet is nuts.

Also, it's one of my favorite things that Magnus and Franziska have the most sex in the series, by far, and have zero kids. Well done, Mags

 

[Moe.]

The Dark family tree you can find on the internet is nuts.

So wild, and that the writers actually made that make sense is amazing. After my most recent re-watch I found a podcast about Dark. It's a guy who's already seen it multiple times, rewatching it with his buddy who's seeing it for the first time. The new guy is very sharp and it is a fun ride listening to the, chat about it and hearing this guys theories. Very fun imo

What is the podcast called?

 

[The Gator]

The Dark family tree you can find on the internet is nuts.

So wild, and that the writers actually made that make sense is amazing. After my most recent re-watch I found a podcast about Dark. It's a guy who's already seen it multiple times, rewatching it with his buddy who's seeing it for the first time. The new guy is very sharp and it is a fun ride listening to the, chat about it and hearing this guys theories. Very fun imo

What is the podcast called?

The After Dark Podcast

with Anthony James and Konrad, there's a few out there.

 

[Tick]

The Dark family tree you can find on the internet is nuts.

Have to be careful that you don’t get one with spoilers. I was able to regroup after season 1 and 2 with family trees at those points, which was nice.

There was a cool wiki for Game of Thrones where you selected which books you’ve read and which seasons you’ve watched, and it limited the wiki scope to things you had already seen… super cool.

 

[Zow]

The Dark family tree you can find on the internet is nuts.

Have to be careful that you don’t get one with spoilers. I was able to regroup after season 1 and 2 with family trees at those points, which was nice.

There was a cool wiki for Game of Thrones where you selected which books you’ve read and which seasons you’ve watched, and it limited the wiki scope to things you had already seen… super cool.

Dark has something similar on metawitches.com.

 

[fatness]

The Dark family tree you can find on the internet is nuts.

Never saw that tree before. Holy crap.

 

[Tick]

Chronicle (Hulu for 3 more weeks): I didn’t know about this movie, but some algorithm recommended it. Dane DeHaan and Michael B. Jordan high school superhero/horror movie, I guess? Most of the movie is teenagers exploring new superpowers, and I thought that was really well done. It has a 7 on IMDB and I can see why - I enjoyed it. It tried to keep up an idea that the while movie was filmed by cameras held/controlled by characters in the movie, though I think a few scenes in the action sequence might have broken that conceit… but it was an interesting approach, not quite the same as Cloverfield shakycam.

 

[Tick]

The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (Roku): 1974 zombie movie, I made it 27 minutes in. Somehow this gets a 6.8 at IMDB, but it was terrible. Awful sound, bad zombie effects, annoying characters… nothing redeeming here. My fault for trying to watch any move that came out before Star Wars.

 

[Tick]

Black Death (Roku, Tubi, Crackle... basically all the free services): Sean Bean and Eddie Redmayne. I'll post the synopsis, because it's the right balance of intriguing without spoiling:

During the time of the bubonic plague in 14th-century England, young monk Osmund (Eddie Redmayne) is recruited by the knight Ulric (Sean Bean) to lead a group of soldiers through the marshes into a mysterious village, where rumors are spreading that a necromancer is raising plague victims from the dead. Osmund agrees, but he has an ulterior motive--to find Averill (Kimberley Nixon), a young woman who has gone missing. Along the way, the group encounters unimagined darkness.

That's pretty open-ended. Zombies? Demons? Monsters? And that's how the movie feels - you can tell something is brewing, but can never tell how far it will go. This wasn't great, but wasn't bad either. The postscript was pretty grim but good. There was some bruuutal fighting in a couple of spots. Shakycam during the fights, but they felt a bit like I was reading The Iliad. Worth watching, but don't expect to be blown away.

 

[Tick]

Narvik (Netflix): WW2 story set in Norway, with English subtitles. Good battle scenes, but something didn't land for me in this movie. Dual stories of a Norwegian soldier trying to get back to save his town and family, plus his wife trying to endure while the Nazis are occupying. I liked that the Nazis seemed human - I mean, they were the bad guys, but not pure concentrated evil. I also liked that the British weren't gleaming superheroes. I was pretty disappointed in the story when the family was reunited for the last 5 minutes of the movie... I wouldn't really recommend this. Subtitled movies have to be pretty good to recommend, and this didn't really hit that threshold for me.

 

[Tick]

I was on a work trip in Minneapolis where it was -16 degrees. Watched a lot of movies.

 

[Barry2]

finished Andor and really liked it. A smart well made show. Disappointed there will only be one more season. Something minor I couldn't piece together if anyone could explain it for me....

Spoiler

prisoners who were supposed to be released were instead moved to another floor, but the wrong floor. Why would it matter what floor they moved to, wouldn't the secret leak anyways?

 

[Schmeabs]

Started 11 Minutes on Paramount Plus. It is a documentary on the Las Vegas shooting. Hard to watch but yet I can't seem to stop watching. It focuses on the heroes if the day helping others and so far hasn't even mentioned the scumbags name.

 

[Tick]

[REC] - Tubi (free). Spanish zombie movie! I saw the American remake of this called Quarantine, but never the original from Spain. It really grabs hold of you and doesn’t let up - really well done, with mayhem almost the whole time. The main actress does a great job - as a reporter on a fluff show, then as a person reacting pretty realistically to the situation by being freaked the hell out. Definitely check this one out if you like zombie movies.

I just watched [REC]2 (Prime). Spanish with subtitles again, this picks up 15 minutes after the end of the last movie. In theory, Alien:Aliens as REC:REC2. SWAT team heads in, but not with full knowledge of what awaits them. At the end of the last one, there was a bit about someone from the Vatican studying a possession, so I guess these are possessed zombies… but it just acts like any zombie virus for the most part.

Things go awry as they always do. Nature finds a way. They made the last 15 minutes scary as hell again in a similar way to the first movie. The last couple of scenes were pretty cool, particularly the very final shot.

There was one weird thing that never made sense to me that drove the plot, which bugged me the whole time:

Spoiler: Spoiler

Why did they need a live zombie when all they needed was zombie blood? And why did they just give up on the penthouse when they knew there were 3 of them behind a grate and an area they hadn’t explored in the ducts?

Still, a good sequel.

 

[Zow]

Had sick kids this weekend so my wife and I got some TV watching in.

Snow Girl (netflix) - 6.2/10. A Spanish (subtitled or dubbed) thriller/crime drama miniseries about a kidnapping of a 5-year-old. The main character is a young female journalist with demons of her own that become tangentially related to the crime(s). Lots of focus as well on the law enforcement response and the parent victims. To me, this was the epitome of a perfectly average, fine show that was what it purported to be and was neither bad nor great. If you're completely bored and looking for a crime drama, you could do worse. It has a somewhat bleak tone with scenes that feel like Mare of Eastwick and, at times, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (though this show isn't nearly as good as those).

The Last of Us (HBO) - Wife couldn't handle the initial child death, so I've enjoyed the first three episodes by myself. Really feels like The Walking Dead but I really enjoyed the first couple of seasons the TWD so I'm enjoying this. No rating yet.

The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker (Netflix) - 7.1/10. If you remember the story about Kye, the seemingly CA carefree hitchhiker dude who helped save a girl from a crazed individual by striking the guy with a hatchet (and then gave one of the best interviews ever), then this is definitely worth the watch as it completes the story. Spoiler: it doesn't end well and even suggests that what we saw and assumed years back wasn't accurate.

Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi (Netflix) - 4/10. Interesting subject matter, but both my wife and I found the documentary confusing, hard to follow, too lengthy at time, and we quit on like episode 4. I knew going in the case hasn't been solved so that there'd be no conclusion. This documentary just posits a few of the theories with really no resolve and really no chance for the viewer to get invested despite being quite lengthy.

You People (Netflix) - 3.2/10. Both my wife and I think we are relatively "woke" or whatever and don't shy away from tough subject matters like race, but this movie was just too much and it came off flat with its humor. I wanted to like it, but I didn't and didn't argue with my wife when she turned it off ~30 minutes in.

 

[Buckna]

Finally finished Wednesday on Netflix, fun little show even if it’s more CW-esque YA than horror. The mystery I thought was a little too obvious but enjoyed the show quite a bit. Wednesday’s character started out a little too Mary Sue-ish but they highlighted how her personality flaws and selfishness eventually alienated everyone around her which balanced it out some. Hopefully they come up with a better narrative cheat than Wednesdays psychic flashes in the next season as well.

Only complaint I had was the casting of Fester, I’ve liked Fred Armisen in many things but he just didn’t fit in this IMO. Maybe just too obvious it was Fred Armisen playing Fester as opposed to the character just being Fester (he was always my favorite Addams family member.) Thankfully he’s only in one episode.

 

[phandango]

We watched the movie "Alice, Darling" on Saturday. It was 84% on RT and billed as a "taut thriller" starring Anna Kendrick, who goes on a girls weekend away from an abusive boyfriend. It was not a taut thriller, unless "taut thrillers" are supposed to be boring. (Apparently, the audience rating on RT was half that of the critics rating, which should've been a red flag, but we didn't see that until later.)

 

[Gr00vus]

Saw a couple of series on Netflix over the last couple of weeks:

Women At War - French with subtitles (unless you want to go dubbed). A drama (tragedy adjacent) set in WWI, in a town close to the France/Germany front. As the title implies, this is about the experiences of women (4 leads and several other supporting characters) trying to make it through. It definitely carries on the tradition of a distinctly French bleak outlook. But it's hard to have any other outlook dealing with what went on in that region during WWI. There are points where there's a bit too much melodrama / soap opera type stuff going on, but not enough to ruin the show. I found it pretty compelling. For those concerned about wokeness, this isn't that, there's not any grrl power happening in this one - quite the opposite in fact. Pretty depressing, but well worth the time.

There's another show this one led to in Netflix recommendations that stars several of the leads from Women At War again, I'll probably check that out soon.

Cunk On Earth - It feels like a mixture of Monty Python and Borat spoofing David Attenborough style documentainment. Diane Morgan nails playing the clueless documentary presenter, immobilizing multiple knowledge domain experts with her bizzare insights and questions as she takes us on a whirlwind 5 hour history of humanity on earth. I laughed out loud multiple times, and chuckled throughout. Much better than I was expecting, my only complaints are it was too short, and the Pump Up The Jam bit got stale pretty quick.

 

[BeTheMatch]

Gave up on the Leftovers four episodes and change into it. Seemed like it was shaping up to be another Lost or something. I have no interest in something where you are waiting and waiting to find out what the hell is going on.

 

[Tick]

Gave up on the Leftovers four episodes and change into it. Seemed like it was shaping up to be another Lost or something. I have no interest in something where you are waiting and waiting to find out what the hell is going on.

Mina Kimes always mentions this as the show with the best ending of all time. https://twitter.com/minakimes/status/1125427194073739264?s=46&t=kyXs0AnoC5BBY0WFYv6Qhw

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Gave up on the Leftovers four episodes and change into it. Seemed like it was shaping up to be another Lost or something. I have no interest in something where you are waiting and waiting to find out what the hell is going on.

Well, you do. Way later.

But that's not the point of the show. It's about what the characters do in the situation, not the situation itself.

So yeah, like Lost.

 

[Schmeabs]

Gave up on the Leftovers four episodes and change into it. Seemed like it was shaping up to be another Lost or something. I have no interest in something where you are waiting and waiting to find out what the hell is going on.

Mina Kimes always mentions this as the show with the best ending of all time. https://twitter.com/minakimes/status/1125427194073739264?s=46&t=kyXs0AnoC5BBY0WFYv6Qhw

I watched The Leftovers and I honestly can't remember how it ended. Breaking Bad had the best ending.

 

[[icon]]

I had never seen Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and found it surprisingly entertaining.

One of my favorite movies of all time

Peak Guy Ritchie

 

[jobarules]

Gave up on the Leftovers four episodes and change into it. Seemed like it was shaping up to be another Lost or something. I have no interest in something where you are waiting and waiting to find out what the hell is going on.

You never figure out what is going on. That's not the point of the show. Amazing show. It's nothing like Lost.

 

[jobarules]

Gave up on the Leftovers four episodes and change into it. Seemed like it was shaping up to be another Lost or something. I have no interest in something where you are waiting and waiting to find out what the hell is going on.

Well, you do. Way later.

But that's not the point of the show. It's about what the characters do in the situation, not the situation itself.

So yeah, like Lost.

Hahaha

They definitely never explain what happened. It's left open to interpretation.

 

[Scoresman]

Six Feet Under for best show ending of all time.

 

[northern exposure]

Is Luther worth checking out?

Yes. Idris Elba and Ruth Wilson make it really good for a TV series (and at least moderately good for a non-TV series). You do have to suspend disbelief some of the time, but it still gets pretty creepy.

I've always meant to check this show out. Now that I see she's in the cast, it's a hard pass for me.

 

[jobarules]

Just started watching Yellowjackets. Not sure how I missed this show when it came out but I'm already hooked.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Gave up on the Leftovers four episodes and change into it. Seemed like it was shaping up to be another Lost or something. I have no interest in something where you are waiting and waiting to find out what the hell is going on.

Well, you do. Way later.

But that's not the point of the show. It's about what the characters do in the situation, not the situation itself.

So yeah, like Lost.

Hahaha

They definitely never explain what happened. It's left open to interpretation.

Perhaps you skipped the final episode?

 

[fatness]

Is Luther worth checking out?

Yes. Idris Elba and Ruth Wilson make it really good for a TV series (and at least moderately good for a non-TV series). You do have to suspend disbelief some of the time, but it still gets pretty creepy.

I've always meant to check this show out. Now that I see she's in the cast, it's a hard pass for me.

Tastes differ, thankfully. I think Ruth Wilson is wonderful to look at and listen to on the screen. In Luther I thought she did a good job playing a very creepy character, which led me to watch several seasons of The Affair which I wouldn't have watched if it wasn't for her and Maura Tierney.

 

[fatness]

Six Feet Under for best show ending of all time.

I haven't seen Six Feet Under. Have you seen Sharp Objects? Best ending I've ever seen.
The ending of Mr. In-Between was pretty damn good as well ---- that smile.

 

[jobarules]

Gave up on the Leftovers four episodes and change into it. Seemed like it was shaping up to be another Lost or something. I have no interest in something where you are waiting and waiting to find out what the hell is going on.

Well, you do. Way later.

But that's not the point of the show. It's about what the characters do in the situation, not the situation itself.

So yeah, like Lost.

Hahaha

They definitely never explain what happened. It's left open to interpretation.

Perhaps you skipped the final episode?

I did not. It was completely left open to interpretation

The Leftovers Ending Explained: Nora's Comforting Story - SlashFilm

The Leftovers had a rocky start, but by the end, the HBO show had many viewers invested in Nora's quest to find answers about the missing 2%.

www.slashfilm.com

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[On The Rocks]

SHRINKING Streaming on Apple+
WOW! I love this show! Only 3 episodes currently available from Season 1.
I wish I had waited for the whole season to be available before starting it so I could binge it, But....whatever. It's a great show!

 

[On The Rocks]

The Bear Hulu

I liked it. I wanted to love it, but the intensity and yelling throughout was a bit of a turn off. I know it's an accurate depiction of a restaurant kitchen, but the show goes on and you wonder what's the point and where is this going. They wait until the final 10 minutes of the season finale to let us in on a little more of the mystery.
I really liked Jeremy Allen White as the Bear. Watching him, I felt like I was watching a documentary. He is super in this!

 

[On The Rocks]

The Last Kingdom Netflix
I struggled to get through the first season, but it grew on me. I never grew to love it, but I was disappointed when I finished it because I wanted more.
It was a cheesy production. The gore and violence was over the top, but I really liked the story and how the kingdoms battled and allied and then battled again. And while it was sometimes hard to remember who they were talking about when so many names sounded the same, I enjoyed seeing the development of Uhtred's bloodline.
If you're a fan of that time period, it's recommendable.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Gave up on the Leftovers four episodes and change into it. Seemed like it was shaping up to be another Lost or something. I have no interest in something where you are waiting and waiting to find out what the hell is going on.

Well, you do. Way later.

But that's not the point of the show. It's about what the characters do in the situation, not the situation itself.

So yeah, like Lost.

Hahaha

They definitely never explain what happened. It's left open to interpretation.

Perhaps you skipped the final episode?

I did not. It was completely left open to interpretation

The Leftovers Ending Explained: Nora's Comforting Story - SlashFilm

The Leftovers had a rocky start, but by the end, the HBO show had many viewers invested in Nora's quest to find answers about the missing 2%.

www.slashfilm.com

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Hmm.. well okay. I guess I never considered that. I don't agree either, but it's not necessary that I do.

Anyway, my point remains - shows like this aren't intending for the audience to get to the "how/why did this happen?" The point is just to put characters in interesting situations to see what they do.

Whether Nora was telling the truth or lying, the question asked is still the same, "Other people who have it worse than we do seem to get their stuff together... So why can't we//you? "

 

[Keerock]

The Bear Hulu

I liked it. I wanted to love it, but the intensity and yelling throughout was a bit of a turn off. I know it's an accurate depiction of a restaurant kitchen, but the show goes on and you wonder what's the point and where is this going. They wait until the final 10 minutes of the season finale to let us in on a little more of the mystery.
I really liked Jeremy Allen White as the Bear. Watching him, I felt like I was watching a documentary. He is super in this!

Thanks, chef.