i'm just glad eric schaeffer came and went decades before streaming networks were around, he'd have a show right now
― nomar, Thursday, 17 March 2016 17:13 (eight years ago) link
Casual was unwatchable, love would be great if it were just about Mickey and her Australian roommate and wannabe-Woody was killed by an asteroid or something
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 17 March 2016 17:30 (eight years ago) link
p stoked for happy valley 2, i generally think uk dramas are total shit most of the time, nowadays often ineptly trying to ape golden age of tv american prestige cable programming but coming off amateur and try-hard but i just thought the first season was superbly acted, tense, beautifully shot etc. (one criticism: underclass psychopath villain was too handsome)
― uncle tenderlegdrop (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 17 March 2016 17:32 (eight years ago) link
I watched all of Nikita a few years ago because action + spiesxp
i'm curious about Happy Valley!
Has French drama Les Revenants/The Returned been mentioned yet? I watched the first season a couple of years ago, very intriguing stuff. It's on Netflix Canada right now.
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Thursday, 17 March 2016 18:13 (eight years ago) link
just showed up on netflix here, too
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 17 March 2016 18:35 (eight years ago) link
i bailed on the returned after one episode. with so much to watch i can be arbitrarily picky though. i can take all kinds of supernatural hijinx on t.v. but the reaction of the parents of the girl on that show made no sense to me and neither did the murder later. probably the first murder in that town in 500 years. like i said, arbitrary!
― scott seward, Thursday, 17 March 2016 18:48 (eight years ago) link
is the premise basically the inverse of The Leftovers? seems like there's crossover potential
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 17 March 2016 19:44 (eight years ago) link
dead people wake up and aren't dead anymore. and they don't know that they were dead. and they go about their business. and wonder what all the fuss is about. and there is this one creepy kid...
but then i stopped. i dunno, it's suitably moody. i just didn't feel like investing in it. there is an american version too.
― scott seward, Thursday, 17 March 2016 20:27 (eight years ago) link
The Returned was awesome and yes has a lot of weird similarities to The Leftovers, mostly an elk.
The american version, I watched 4 minutes. It was terrible.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 17 March 2016 20:41 (eight years ago) link
is season 2 good?
― Spottie, Thursday, 17 March 2016 20:46 (eight years ago) link
Yeah it was good. But we were hooked already. I can't remember if we were satisfied though! They rushed some revelations, but also kept a good deal of mystery (and layered onto that mystery). If you like the first season you should definitely watch the second.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 17 March 2016 20:54 (eight years ago) link
yeah i liked s1 a lot, gonna check this out
― Spottie, Thursday, 17 March 2016 20:55 (eight years ago) link
wait, did a VEGEMITEGRRL see the movie Headhunters? cuz now i'm thinking it's something you might dig. it's clever and fun and moves fast.
― scott seward, Friday, 18 March 2016 00:52 (eight years ago) link
Headhunters completely rules.
― Here, let me Danesplain that for you (jjjusten), Friday, 18 March 2016 01:08 (eight years ago) link
yr description caught my interest, i like jo nesbo a lot!
i will check it out for sure
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 18 March 2016 01:53 (eight years ago) link
i'd watch Headhunters too.the one Nesbo I read was "the redbreast" and I enjoyed it but it was a bit bogged down by having dual full-time plots.
w/e tho. scandicrime is like candy to me, i want to watch it all
― ian, Friday, 18 March 2016 03:09 (eight years ago) link
otm
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 18 March 2016 04:16 (eight years ago) link
In other Canadiana on Netflix: I finally gave Schitt's Creek a chance and it's better than I expected and pretty funny, or at least Catherine O'Hara is
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Friday, 18 March 2016 04:28 (eight years ago) link
i watched In The Loop last night. i enjoyed it though it seemed funnier in the first half. the 2nd half had me drifting a bit. also seemed like the shape of television to come. though maybe television was already like that in 2009, i can't remember.
― scott seward, Friday, 18 March 2016 12:26 (eight years ago) link
definitely gonna watch the new pee wee movie tonight.
― scott seward, Friday, 18 March 2016 14:08 (eight years ago) link
Just watched Dope -- fun flick. Some of it was a little on the nose but overall didn't take itself too seriously.
― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Saturday, 19 March 2016 02:46 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I liked Dope. I also liked Pee-Wee.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 19 March 2016 02:55 (eight years ago) link
The whole time I was watching Dope, I was thinking "jeez, this girl reeeeeally reminds me of Lisa Bonet!" and then I saw in the credits that it's Zoë Kravitz. lol
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 19 March 2016 02:57 (eight years ago) link
lol I had the exact same thought and did not see the credits. In fact I thought "Man, kinda cliche to go for the Lisa Bonet type in this role"
― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Saturday, 19 March 2016 03:00 (eight years ago) link
Dope was really good!
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Saturday, 19 March 2016 03:03 (eight years ago) link
Also noticed that that Tessa Thompson in Creed was styled and played kind of similarly.
― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Saturday, 19 March 2016 03:04 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, Dope was great.
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 19 March 2016 06:18 (eight years ago) link
Pee Wee movie was fine but it might have helped if i had known who that dude Pee Wee was in love with was. That tree house scene was super-romantic!
― scott seward, Saturday, 19 March 2016 19:36 (eight years ago) link
you would have to pay me fifty dollars to watch this movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMtNpu6xBvU
― scott seward, Saturday, 19 March 2016 20:31 (eight years ago) link
$100
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyWralJ2pkk
― scott seward, Saturday, 19 March 2016 20:32 (eight years ago) link
I assume Joe Manerinean was Channing Tatum is an early draft.
Here's his big scene in MMXXL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd8qocJNO7Y
― remove butt (abanana), Saturday, 19 March 2016 21:33 (eight years ago) link
the pee wee movie was great!!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 20 March 2016 01:01 (eight years ago) link
Results - sw0le thread + mumblecore guy directing + Robin from HIMYM + Guy Pearce = meh.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Sunday, 20 March 2016 07:43 (eight years ago) link
i kept thinking "what movie is he talking about?" when i realized the first "-" should have been an "="
― Nhex, Sunday, 20 March 2016 10:37 (eight years ago) link
i still watch pee wee's big adventure/playhouse/hbo special all the time and find them joyous and inspiring and i was really bummed out by the new pee wee movie..it felt so uninspired, and it looked cheap and ugly, like watching a bunch of webisodes. paul reubens has lost the chops to sell the weaker jokes like he used to, and he can't really do the voice anymore. it felt like nostalgia of the life-denying type to me and i felt drained and unhappy after i watched it.
― slam dunk, Monday, 21 March 2016 04:48 (eight years ago) link
Thanks for the minority report.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 21 March 2016 05:01 (eight years ago) link
i warned my 7-y-o: 'he's a lot older now..' - movie comes on, my son says 'he looks exactly the same daddy'
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 21 March 2016 10:00 (eight years ago) link
Haven't watched the Pee-Wee movie yet, but slam dunk's reaction sounds like my reaction to the new(er) Muppet movie. I still engage with the classic stuff regularly so the new version felt like a hollow simulacrum.
(I did watch the SNL episode hosted by Pee-Wee this weekend, though, which is classic and highly recommended. The only episode I can think of hosted by a character who stayed in character for every sketch.)
― Horse Throat (Old Lunch), Monday, 21 March 2016 12:28 (eight years ago) link
it felt totally 80s, same sweet vibe, same corny jokes
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 21 March 2016 13:10 (eight years ago) link
i went in expecting to have slam dunk's reaction but idk it's a blast. it misses the scale of big adventure but nails everything else. I thought I'd be bothered by the voice too but nope
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Monday, 21 March 2016 13:24 (eight years ago) link
I'll have to watch the SNL episode and maybe the movie. Paul Reubens is great, imo. He's been showing up in a handful of tv shows lately!
― μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 21 March 2016 15:21 (eight years ago) link
I had a more muted version of slam dunk's reaction. Reubens' spirit is willing, but his voice and general energy level just aren't there.
― Yoshimi P-We's Playhouse (WilliamC), Monday, 21 March 2016 15:42 (eight years ago) link
CG Herman
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Monday, 21 March 2016 15:48 (eight years ago) link
yeah, it didn't feel manic like big adventure, it just felt rushed. kind of empty? still fun to watch. his change in voice didn't really bother me, I always loved the way his face reacts to things way more expressively than anything he says, and he still nails that.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Monday, 21 March 2016 15:52 (eight years ago) link
The Pee-Wee SNL episode is from '85, btw, in case that wasn't clear.
― Horse Throat (Old Lunch), Monday, 21 March 2016 16:08 (eight years ago) link
i loved the balloon thing with the Amish just cuz it reminded me the most of old pee wee. something annoying/funny that goes on longer than you think it will.
― scott seward, Monday, 21 March 2016 17:04 (eight years ago) link
omg i loved that part
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Monday, 21 March 2016 17:06 (eight years ago) link
stuff i still want to see on netflix that i haven't watched yet:
the queen of versailles
snowpiercer
hard to be a god
goodbye to language
wetlands
tiny furniture
memphis
gomorrah
upstream color
in fear
holy motors
stuff on netflix that looks interesting that i might be too chicken to watch:
fish tank
blue car
american mary
crave
big bad wolves
― scott seward, Monday, 21 March 2016 17:54 (eight years ago) link
I might be too chicken to watch Wetlands.
― Horse Throat (Old Lunch), Monday, 21 March 2016 17:54 (eight years ago) link
it sounds so punk rock i kinda have to watch it. but we shall see...
― scott seward, Monday, 21 March 2016 18:07 (eight years ago) link