Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

it had a profound effect on me anyway.

i still can't watch the prequel show. it just seems wrong somehow. knowing what i know.

More or less agree.

That unicorn gif is hilarious if thought as seamless.

many xposts:
no ISB content in the film iirc.

currently watching season 1 episode 4 of kids in the hall.. it's a real good episode.

Skot, I watched that whole series! Long-something. Longmire? Loved it even as I rolled my eyes.

my kids are stuck in the store all day cuz maria has jury duty any offbeat kid suggestions. they have seen so much netflix stuff already....don't judge us. they aren't really into anime. feel like that's an untapped thing. they like the moving castle dude, of course.

and they have no interest in superheroes! don't know how that happened. it wasn't anything i said...

think they are watching malcolm in the middle right now. that will probably hold them anyway.

we just finished season 7 of gilmore girls the other night. don't know how many 10 and 8 year old boys would want to watch 7 seasons of GG. i like to think they're special. took us awhile to do it. we would have binges. i kinda want to watch bad news bears with them tonight.

Did they watch Adventure Time yet?

i asked. cyrus loves it. rufus not so much.

cyrus watched a 6-part series on the history of animals on earth going back to the beginning of time. cgi extinct beasts and all that. bbc thing? pretty cool!

iirc the Nature episode on best animal friends in on netflix

REGULAR SHOW

rufus says he hates regular show and that its not as good as adventure time and that it's not very inventive or creative. i've never seen it. i am a lover of chowder and courage the cowardly dog. and flapjack. i think those three are three of the best shows i've ever seen. kid or not kid.

i only feel a little guilty about how much t.v. they've watched when i think of how many times they have seen every futurama episode. oof. but i probably saw every i love lucy episode 50 times by the time i was ten.

Regular show is a constantly repeated pattern, basically. 100+ variations on the same story. In that way, I could see it being "not creative", but it usually develops that story in a weird and fun way. Definitely not as expansive as Adventure Time, but it still has more likeable characters than most kids TV.

i love regular shows vacillation between mundane just-out-of-college soul crushing frustration and the flights of magic realism.
also the dopey meme humor shit and heavy last syllable inflection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmceJic1JhU

am a lover of chowder and courage the cowardly dog. and flapjack. i think those three are three of the best shows i've ever seen. kid or not kid.

― scott seward, Thursday, June 13, 2013 12:50 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is how I feel about Adventure Time 100%...

Though stay far away from the later episodes that focus on backstory, (most) with a relationship arc, or otherwise any attempting to overemphasize character development of any kind.

The rest are highly recommended.

reglar show's an acquired taste. also a stupid one. but i like it.

I really struggled with Venture Bros. Supposedly it gets better (in the seasons they don't have on Netflix)?

cyrus otm. sad but true: adventure time is the only TV show I go out of my way to watch.

sometimes it gets so sick & loopy it's on a jodorowsky/lynch level of wtf, and I'm like how is this even pop culture. but it's also sweet & funny, not just weird for weird's sake.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J2JhiPPdK4

There should be a thread full of those moments from popular cartoons.

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

s1 of powerpuff girls is whacked out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhtf2P6IgqA

I really struggled with Venture Bros. Supposedly it gets better (in the seasons they don't have on Netflix)?

― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, June 13, 2013 5:21 PM (21 minutes ago)

i enjoyed it from the jump, but it def gets better over time. less parodic joke, more long haul funny. it's actually got a pretty deep story arc, and they never drop that really, which for cartoon (esp adult swim) is crazy rare. it makes most scripted sitcoms look really really lazy tbh.

Only season 1 is on Netflix, right? We watched it a couple of months ago, got to the Easy Rider cliffhanger and went "NOOOOO" when there wasn't any more available.

adventure time's weirdness just doesn't click for me, feels too mannered.

i really dug adventure time's first season but i lost interest after that. regular show is good times

finn's voice is too deep now

there's a lot of gold in adventure time even still. the show hit a mature stride in S2 & S3, you should def give it another shot, H4A. some of the best are the non-finn eps, like "thank you", which is funny and heartbreaking and possessed of intrinsic goodness: https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=224753127596024

also I'm not a regular show hater, it's entertaining. but post-college was a long time ago for me. plus the art & design in adventure time are kind of incredible.

you guys ever watch the example shorts? very soothing.

right?

i think adventure time is starting to get back to its old groove! the last few episodes have been less back-story, more fun odd adventures.

I don't get the "backstory eps are bad" line of thinking, the ones with ice king & marceline are great

Guys, Miami Connection is now available. I'm stoked.

ABC's of death, John Hodgman: Ragnarok - it's a good day for streaming

I don't get the "backstory eps are bad" line of thinking, the ones with ice king & marceline are great

― truth bomb lawyer mean mean pride (Edward III), Tuesday, June 18, 2013 11:33 AM (2 days ago)

Because the core concept of the show began with a light-hearted silly/absurd feel and to suddenly try to deepen the characters (or in your example just straight drama) it really doesn't work against that original format at all like parmesan cheese on chinese food. The elements are too much at odds. Plus the evidence of the apocalypse peppered in the background of set pieces is way funnier than addressing it.

Miami Connection is next-level.

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I feel like one of the great things about adventure time is the way it addresses topics that kids will actually have to deal with but never hear about in most kid's programming - e.g. dealing with a mentally ill relative/friend, or a grandparent with dementia who isn't the person you remember. I hope they leave some of the details of the past mysterious, but I think in general the focus on serious issues has improved the show.

I felt like some of the episodes this season (like Puhoy, which I loved) did get a little far from something that kids would relate to, and seemed aimed more towards their adult audience.

Hmm but are you saying it is their intent? Because there is an episode that basically teaches that non-violence is an ineffective way to deal with bad people. Which I know they're being jokey about yet if they're aiming to expose kids to topics in life I think that one would be lost on them.

Guys, Miami Connection is now available. I'm stoked.

― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, June 19, 2013 11:02 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Miami Connection is next-level.

― JoeStork, Thursday, June 20, 2013 6:27 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is super entertaining!

I'm watching it right now and uh it's pretty damn amazing

Ok fuck it, I'm in

There's just such a sense of joy to it, like all these dudes had a blast making this mind-boggling movie.

Friends through eternity, loyalty, family

Must find soundtrack

Holy shit 7" on pink vinyl

Out of stock noooooooooo