Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

that's the only one i've seen it is v good indeed

the reggie miller one was pretty entertaining/nostalgic

Nostalgia for the Light is up

i liked the one about the cubs guy

ooh nostalgia for the light, everyone watch that.

the best one I watched was the one about the Baltimore Colts marching band.

that was good. b-levs

pretty sure i've seen all the official 30 for 30 ones, hoping the post-30 ones are in that clutch.

we discuss these in detail here: a 30 for 30 thread

http://www.streamingsoon.com/

Just found this site; was not aware that it was possible to know what was coming to Netflix streaming in advance until the mention above of forthcoming 30 on 30 docs...anyway, looks like LOTS to look forward to on 8/1!

They've got the same info as Instant Watcher: http://instantwatcher.com/upcoming_titles

If my experience with that site is anything to go by, those don't tend to be everything that gets released on instant, so it's useful to check every now and again to see what's been released over the past week in case you've missed something. If you're a nerd like me, that is.

coooool, all the new 30 for 30s too!

Didn't know about Instant Watcher either; I've been using this for recent releases and totally oblivious of upcoming releases.

just watched "resurrect dead", you guys are right. it ruled.

spoiler:

i'm in philly and kind of wanted to stake out that dude's apt. but it appears he died in 2009?

i wonder if Houston winning the NBA Finals is featured on the 30-for-30: June 17, 1994 episode ... b/c that was what i was watching when the network kept cutting in w/ excerpts of OJ and his white bronco.

The NBA finals is part of it

eisbaer have you seen the june 17, 1994 episode? cuz it is something else, difficult to call a documentary (though i did learn stuff from it as well as being reminded of a ton of stuff i'd forgotten), more a cross between a hallucination and a recreation. would love to see that approach used again.

eisbaer have you seen the june 17, 1994 episode?

no, that was why i was asking!

It is really really cool. Watch it

oj's the centerpiece obv but it also touches on arnold palmer's last ever round at the us open, the rangers victory parade, the rockets-knicks game. it's all tv footage from the day (generally) all cut up, like flipping between channels, no talking heads or narration (i believe, if so it's at the very end or beginning and i've forgotten it).

there's also some cool baseball stuff in there.

yes. seriously i loved that approach so much that if some network were to create a show where they just did that to some interesting day for every year there's enough tv footage to really do it right i would just eat it up. at the same time i'm a weirdo who gets off on watching old network bumpers and listening to real time excerpts of dallas radio the day of the kennedy assassination so the market for this sort of thing may not be huge.

watching old network bumpers is the best

yes. seriously i loved that approach so much that if some network were to create a show where they just did that to some interesting day for every year there's enough tv footage to really do it right i would just eat it up. at the same time i'm a weirdo who gets off on watching old network bumpers and listening to real time excerpts of dallas radio the day of the kennedy assassination so the market for this sort of thing may not be huge.

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this would be awesome

finally got around 2 bad boy bubby, as it's no longer streaming after 8/1 - liked it, p amazing overall

My queue is about 70% docs, 20% tv and 10% movies. Never feel like watching movies anymore.

docs/tv is the best on streaming.

I'm remembering the 80s/90s when you could see a doc in a theater maybe three times a year (if you weren't in one of the bigger cities) and the video store documentary section was like two shelves, full of movies you'd already seen.

Yeah what changed that? Was it the relative success of someone like Morris? Or something like Hoop Dreams?

michael moore, supersize me

^^Worst leaked sex tape ever.

Thanks for recommending bad boy bubby, it was quite... something. the final monologue with the little singer about societies through history cling-wrapping had me and my gf in hysterics.

if anyone wants to watch a super trashy stars wars rip off. Roger Corman's Space Crash is good fun.

Started Deadly Blessing (19981, three young women, including a young Sharon Stone, get caught on a freaky scary farm) last night but the sound was terrible! I had to turn it up like 3/4 of the way to even hear anything :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5bagblnFSY

also ernest borgnine

Wow Ernest Bourgnine was still playing young women in '81. What an actor!

yeah he is v versatile

have been eying deadly blessing for awhile b/c of cult angle.,,

a young kurt angle is in this too? man what a cast.

michael berryman of hills have eyes also in deadly blessing... what was the name of that cult? the hittites?

hutterites?

hutaree?

Or something like Hoop Dreams?

which is expiring in a week, BTW. (as much a reminder to myself as anyone else).

also glad to read of the love for bad boy bubby ... which i used to recommend to all of my cool friends back in the day :D

I've had a copy of Bad Boy Bubby sitting in my laundry room for literally six or so years at this point. It's been by the tool box, and for the life of me I haven't been arsed to either watch it (the name and cover turn me off) or move it. But the love on this thread, plus the praise on the same DVD cover, makes me curious.

Bad Boy Bubby is great. and totally indescribably bizarre.

30 for 30s are up now but it's annoying because they're up as like 30 separate movies instead of a series, so you have to go add each one individually

Any recommendations on 30 for 30?

"The Two Escobars" and "June 17, 1994"

Is this as amazing as it sounds: No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson

Lots of boring talking head interviews, but a fascinating story.

What about the Birth of Big Air?