Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

Having watched the first two episodes, I think it's really good (and god knows I hate the concept of royal families as much as anyone). Well written, well acted, and a good deal more sumptuous than the usual Netflix two-people-talking-in-a-dark-room setup. I like the use of smoking and cancer, not just as a foreshadowing device, but as a mark of character: Elizabeth doesn't smoke, and the first thing Phillip does when they get married is to give it up. It's a nice bit of shorthand for their relationship. I also liked the fact that when they were on their way back from Kenya, nobody said, "while we're in the air, everything is still the way it was," even though that's obviously what they're thinking. It makes a nice change from the heavy handed DO YOU SEE writing on things like Downton Abbey and Poldark, where no scene ever carries on longer than is necessary to convey a key plot point, and nothing goes unspoken.

Also John Lithgow is an amazing Winston Churchill.

I'm not sure republicanism/pro-monarchy matters much here. I've read biographies of every monarch over the past few centuries - multiple of some - and I'm nostalgic for guillotines. They're useful for understanding history. Plus, most lives are interesting.

might wanna start a Crown thread? i dunno, it's no luke cage i guess.

liked the part with phillip being a dick in africa. it's a crown, asshole. but then he faced down a wild elephant so he's a dick and kinda foolhardy. two sides to every person.

Philip is the royals equivalent of children swearing - for some reason everyone goes 'aw, bless'.

Crown thread here:
But Will There Be Corgis? Thread Where We Discuss Netflix's THE CROWN

Trepalium is *great* SF - it's French though - probably only available in France. Find it if you can.

Premise: In the future there is only enough work for 20% of the population. A massive wall is built separating them from the other 80%. The latter live in rags and misery. The former live in sleek apartments and wear ridiculous outfits. A reforming politician strikes a deal with terrorists from the 80% who have been holding a government minister hostage for the last 10 years. They release the minister, and in exchange the elites agree to take 60,000 "non-workers" to live on the other side of the wall (doing what is not quite yet clear).

It's basically Hunger Games meets Donald Trump and I love it

also Black Book (Verhoeven) just got added

I really enjoyed the Herzog Into The Inferno doc. That French couple that liked to calmly wander next to swirling vortexes of lava death have already haunted my thoughts for years.

that colin quinn new york special made me laugh. "you sleep in the back of the hardware store and smell like cut keys."

Icelandic procedural "Case"
Started out good but devolved into predictable stupidity by the end. Hella grim tho

Are there any good Netflix kid shows?

Mine love some of the Amazon ones like Gortimer Gibbons and Just Add Magic so was wondering if Netflix have anything similar.

(They're looking forward to Lemony Snicket in January).

It's almost 100% garbage iirc

Octonauts is good

has anyone watched the OA

i was thinking about it. supposed to be pretty weird.

i'm more excited that horace & pete is on hulu.

i finally watched most of The Wave but after the wave hit i lost interest. i LOVED before the wave hit though. just because of the awesome mountain scenery. so beautiful.

oh and cyrus and i started watching Colony which isn't great but it's watchable. starring whatshisface from Lost. it's a carlton cuse thing.

Tv series:
Occupied is really good.
Also really liked Fauda.

Did anyone watch the Japanese reality show Terrace House? Six people living in a house, going to work, going on dates, etc. Each cast member is free to leave the show whenever they want, and someone new is brought in. It's not great - I couldn't see myself watching an equivalent American or Canadian show - but from a North American perspective I'm finding it interesting just because of its being from Japan. I like not getting the jokes and pop culture references.

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I liked that Okkupert series as well, if you mean the same one. Season 2 isn't coming till Fall '17 which is taking the piss a bit imo.

"the Russian ambassador to Norway, told Russian News Agency TASS that "It is certainly a shame that, in the year of the 70th anniversary of the victory in World War II, the authors have seemingly forgotten the Soviet Army's heroic contribution to the liberation of northern Norway from Nazi occupiers, decided, in the worst traditions of the Cold War, to scare Norwegian spectators with the nonexistent threat from the east."

obv the Russians are not big fans

yes, that one!

The Wailing is great!

the best horror movie of the year for me.

isn't anyone gonna watch Barry?

anyone watching or planning to watch OA?

it looks kinda interesting. I just finished Kettering Incident on Amazon Prime & the OA trailer gives me a similar vibe

Planning to watch OA here :) Anything that divides critics seems worth a shot.

it got some interesting reviews online. that made it sound interesting. and mysterious...

def planning on watching the OA

watched Spectral last night and it definitely hit a "b-list but p entertaining pulp-ish sci-fi" sweetspot for me

Has anyone been able to get through the first episode of the OA? The dialogue is particularly awful.

ok maybe i dont like the OA. dialogue is so bad... can someone else watch more eps and report back

I just noticed it's a Brit Marling joint. I really don't like the other stuff she's written that I've seen.

i liked it okay. although the most exciting part for me was when the opening credits started rolling 60 minutes into the first episode. the end of the first episode is cool. when she starts to tell her story.

xpost yeah i didnt really like The East

I like the Brit Marling stuff quite a bit so I am looking forward to watching it? idk, it's a different head space

VG, maybe you can answer my Kettering Incident question! Are the accents on the show right for that area?

I liked the show (Kettering) itself but thought it took a quick right turn toward the end into very typical science fiction ground. All that build up and then "btw it was this particular weird shit"

yeah the end felt really tacked on & rushed! i was a bit disappointed in the last episode tbh

australia doesn't have as much regionalism with accents, not like in the states . seemed p ok to me but i never spent much time in tasmania

yeah I initially was giving my friend shit because she said it was a BBC show and I was like "you have attempted to fool me, this is Australian with some BBC funding!"

I can't remember, do we have a distinct Hulu thread? That newish Hugh Laurie-as-problematic-psychiatrist show was ridiculous

i recognized quite a few of the actors, lot of legit aussies in it

i watched the first episode of the OA - agree dialogue is kind of bad but the visuals at the end were goddamn stunning. and the sheer audacity of running the opening credits an hour after it begins.

I'll prob watch a few more episodes in the next few days to see if it's worth it.

the OA is fine, you lot. I slammed down like 4 episodes yesterday

The new Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency series is now on Netflix too. I binge-watched it during the weekend and loved it so much I started a thread on it:

http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=40&threadid=105033#unread

yeah night need to check that out

It's awesome!

the 3rd episode of OA is a good one.

i actually like the fairy tale aspect of OA and i'm not big on modern fairy tale kinda things. the midnight campfire storytelling thing is cool.

ARQ was a p good way to burn a Sunday evening

Dirk Gently apparently not available in US

it's on BBC America in the US, not netflix yet

The OA is intriguing fairy-tale interrupting amateurishly bad dialogue.