Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

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

it looks like king of the family guy but i'll probably watch it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFzrvMS6P8g

I dunno, it seems like it might have actual jokes instead of winking offensive references ala Family Guy.
That 70s Show + All In The Family + King of the Hill isn't a bad starting point for a sitcom.

bill burr is generally okay. I dunno about that though.

it kind of already exists too.

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

netflix has been overrun by scottish people! someone call donald trump. they make t.v. shows in scotland?

rab c. nesbitt! limmy's show! empty! burnistoun!

okay, maybe that isn't exactly an invasion...

Guys, "Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films" is a blast.

Seconded

started watching helix which is actually not that bad for a syfy show and billy campbell's raspy whisper just gets raspier and whisperier over time.

i hear *making a murderer* is supposed to be really good/intense/nuts. true crime doc mini-series. my tolerance for true crime kinda low though. 10 episodes and 10 years of filming. went up today.

netflix has been overrun by scottish people! someone call donald trump. they make t.v. shows in scotland?

rab c. nesbitt! limmy's show! empty! burnistoun!

okay, maybe that isn't exactly an invasion...

― scott seward

the only one I can really recommend whole-heartedly is limmy's show. it's a sketch show and episode 5 is probably the highlight of that season, though it may help to watch one or two episodes before it so you get the general feel of the show. he has a thick Glaswegian accent.

burnistoun is a decent enough sketch show, also with reasonably thick Glaswegian accents (actually all of these shows are Glasgow-based). I straight up recommend you don't watch either rab c nesbitt or empty - although if you watch and enjoy burnistoun then empty is a sitcom by the same writers.

this making a murderer show is p good i like watching old depositions of ppl trying to squirm out of past statements its a+ entertainment

Looking forward to that one.

damn the turn this takes and the timing is amazing, better than fiction could come up w believably

theres some killer audio/video footage in this omg, reminds me some of capturing the friedmans already

wow @ someone making this
https://twitter.com/RealStevenAvery

I'm intrigued by that cause i lived in a market that got network TV out of Green Bay when that all happened and it was constantly on the local news and was super crazy.

Only watched the 1st ep (which is on YouTube) but I'm intrigued, the case reminds me of Rectify