Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

so i'm back on this ish because now i switch/choose from all the different stuff that is on all 22 countries, which basically is just about everything.

the only bad thing is the japanese shows don't have subtitles, but it's still enjoyable

have you guys watched Scrotal Recall? i watched one episode. not bad as far as brits behaving badly shows go.

the duplass brothers suck real bad.

yeah

i ctrl+f'd hola and i'm pretty surprised i couldn't find any talk of it

anyway the hola extension can get you access to every country's netflix content. that's my rec!

on amazon prime, i recommend 'nameless gangster', which is a really good Korean gangster flick and has a great central performance by choi min-sik.

(Catastrophe about to start series 2 this week)

(Proper TV though, not Netflix)

curious as to when that's on Amazon... hopefully not after the full brit run

xpost Huh. Is that the first show to make the jump from original programming on a streaming service to TV proper?

Oh, wait. I didn't realize it was already an actual TV show on actual TV.

both seasons are on amazon but only the first is prime. i loved it so much that i paid for season 2.

it's the kind of thing i totally wouldn't look twice at, since i'm not really into sitcom episode formatting and it also didn't sound all that interesting, but we were looking for an easy show to watch and just happened upon it bc amazon was doing those big banner ads.

the only show i've watched that literally makes me lol multiple times is broad city.

is 'love soup' available anywhere? slightly high-concept romcom thing. series one was particularly groundbreaking - hour long episodes... some people might like it...

(one of the freeview channels is trailing a rerun and a quick search just finds me gushing about it)

Carastrophe is so good

I think Netflix's Alias Jessica Jones and the Amazon Man In The High Castle are both releasing the same day, the week before Thanksgiving. Hurray for a reason to avoid family.

finally watching black books. thanks, netflix!

also which of these t.v. shows are good to watch:

last tango in halifax

laid

midsomer murders

still game

top boy

utopia

crikey, 16 seasons of midsomer murders.

that's a lot of murders

have heard great things about still game.

i finished season 2 of The 100 last night. i'm probably the only one here who likes it. the heart wants what the heart wants. is clarke from the 100 a big deal in Australia? Neighbours is a huge deal there, right? i've heard of it and it's an australian soap opera so it must be pretty huge.

You're not the only one, I love it too. Working my way through season 2. I like it because it just a mash up of the best elements of Lost/BSG/Earth 2, even some of the actors. Solid acting, badass female characters, interesting twists. I hope it has a good run.

it got picked up for a 3rd season.

That Aziz Ansari show is likeable but oh my god there are no jokes, no funny lines. It's like a sitcom with no "hilarious consequences". Like, the vetting procedure on Netflix and Amazon productions seems really lax.

That actually sounds like something I feel like watching right now

That's actually both a good descriptor and not a negative as far as I was concerned. I like but don't love Aziz, and don't know his standup at all. Anyway this has a bit more depth than I was expecting.

It was more of a dramedy? I didn't think the lack of punchlines seemed out of place at all.

The Man in the High Castle - we have a thread on this or just thoughts? I enjoyed it, but kind of ran out of episodes when I wanted more.

i was wondering why we didn't have a thread, wanted to start one last week

anyway, yeah, i liked it too but agree that it stopped just as the hook was really getting set for me

thought the production value was very impressive

ppl in our imagined alternate realities, imagining us over here

speaking of sundance, anyone watch the Red Road series? Lisa Bonet! Tom Sizemore!

― scott seward, Monday, March 23, 2015 2:20 PM (8 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Did you watch this, Scott?

This is a HUGE sleeper. The plotting is increasingly complex but it's so tightly written that you don't realize how much info is coming on board. I started inhaling episodes before realizing the two seasons are only six episodes ea. Maybe it'll take a nosedive (I have four episodes to go) but for me this is easily up there with the consensus "best" cable dramas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Huu_dLA5hGk&index=78&list=PLfJMfBbRvIsgmvEp9upKV-EK1v4gvq0Ir

The first few eps of Man in the High Castle have been interesing, definitely great production values and an engaging story, but it has plot hole that just feel massive. I almost have a hard time giving it my full attention because I spend so much time thinking about all the inconsistencies and things that are under-explained or just implausible about their alternate reality.

I watched the first two episodes of the man in the high castle. I found it mostly enjoyable, but yeah, lots of stuff which doesn't make sense.

It particularly bothers me that "the grasshopper lies heavy" is a movie. What a completely inefficient way of distributing subversive material in 1960s America.

Still <3 MASH.

I've been rewatching Family Ties on Amazon Prime. I'm impressed by how funny it still is, and how in amongst the corny stuff they handle heavy stuff (mostly) pretty well.

cannot rave abt "Rock This Boat: New Kids On The Block" enough, nine 19-minute episodes of a reality show abt NKOTB superfans on the NKOTB cruise. It is so OTT manufactured and ridiculous (also: sloppy and horribly edited) on top of its already batshit premise and so-bad-its-good and I am having too much fun watching it.

filing under: things i would never watch unless stevie recommended them

I can only imagine what the passenger list is like for a NKOTB cruise, will give it a look

enjoying Detectorists.

detectorists is great

"Did you watch this, Scott?"

finished the first season of red road and moving on to the second. too bad it got cancelled. i really like it. so far sundance channel is 2/2 with me cuz i really like this and rectify.

Good! I liked the second season even more I think. The Jean storyline really opens up in season two—not sure I've ever seen such a harrowing and convincing (?) portrait of a schizophrenic.

second season was way better than the first: Jean is more tolerable, and less time spent on boring Harold

cannot rave abt "Rock This Boat: New Kids On The Block" enough, nine 19-minute episodes of a reality show abt NKOTB superfans on the NKOTB cruise. It is so OTT manufactured and ridiculous (also: sloppy and horribly edited) on top of its already batshit premise and so-bad-its-good and I am having too much fun watching it.

― cory artangel (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, December 7, 2015 11:56 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Woah what year was the cruise? PP's sister somehow fenagled her way onto a NKOTB cruise back in the day.

of course she did, being his sister

Best of Enemies, the Buckley vs. Vidal doc, is up.

Limmy's Show is on U.S. Netflix. Glaswegian absurdist sketch-comedy. He has a strong accent so maybe strictly 4 my scotophiles.

true crime thingy Making a Murderer up Friday

http://nyti.ms/1T2MVjw