Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

(The one with the pig, and the one with the people constantly rating their interactions.)

much of black mirror carries a very british sardonic quality that plays beautifully in the uk and the colonies but (i'm guessing) not so much in the us (the pig one especially was all about drawing the attention of a domestic audience when it first went to air). some episodes are far less dark/preachy/bleak and more just portraits of imagined scenarios. definitely worth persevering with.

trevor noah's new standup special is gold btw.

I like Brooker. I loved Dead Set, and Touch of Cloth was funny. Brass Eye was good, though I think of that more by Chris Morris. But the Black Mirror I saw was dumb and depressing for the wrong reasons. Maybe we'll give it one more shot.

i don't want to describe the others lest i spoil them but you've certainly seen stories on the bleaker side (although there's a series 2 episode which is super bleak to watch)

i liked the pig ep but most of s1 just made me roll mh eyes all the way back in my head & yell FUUUUCK OFFFF

ironic since that's precisely how brooker reacts to everything in the universe

the pig one was so bad i didn't have it in me to watch another one. i was kinda dumbfounded by how ludicrous it was. i guess i didn't want to keep watching to find the good episodes.

i guess i'm a sicko bc i thought it was hilarious

the "do you see" bit is intentional and meant to mock imo

Watch San Junipero in the last season, Scott.

catching up my broad city my kweens

shameless plug but the My Brother My Brother & Me podcast has a 6-ep tv show on Seeso - you can get it for a free 7day trial as an addon channel on Amazon Prime

it's v v funny & very good

is chef's table any good?

I liked Season 1 well enough, but your mileage may vary depending on how much you like looking at plated food and some of the chefs in Season 2 esp. are really annoying. Also none of the Chef's in either Season I watched are as frankly interesting as Jiro Ono so definitely watch Jiro Dreams of Sushi first before you watch the show.

xxp I would totally watch an Adventure Zone tv show, but MBMBM show sounds less exciting.

i am v interested in restaurants and food and yet i can imagine the show might be boring. i've seen jiro dreams of sushi, good doc!

Then I would say give it a shot and if you immediately find yourself getting bored by it or irritated with the chef just stop and either switch to another or give up altogether cuz it probably won't get better. :)

haha - yeah will give it a spin for sure.

I will totally stan for black mirror. Hated in the Nation (I think last ep of season 3) was amazing.

Also really enjoyed Trapped (Icelandic murder mystery).

The indomitable David Yow appears as a bad guy on your netflix in the form of a movie entitled I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore. There is a critical scene in the movie in which his character claims that eating cat meat turns you invisible. All of the other scenes in the movie are excellent as well.

yeah I enjoyed it. Pretty unique tone

i wanna watch the episode of chef's table with the woman from Prune cuz i love that restaurant.

season two of british baking show is just as excellent as season one!

we watched two episodes of ultimate beastmaster t.v. show last night. insane obstacle course show produced by sly stallone. sly had a kind of genius idea by the way. all the teams/players represent a country and there are commentators from every country who they show doing color commentary with subtitles. so, i'm guessing if you watch netflix in germany or korea you would get the show with the german and korean commentators as the stars. it's a netflix-only game/competition show. i thought that was pretty smart anyway.

UK Netflix has Lindsay Anderson's 'If...'! I imagine everyone has seen it,but it suddenly decided to recommend a bunch of classic films to me today that I didn't know were there.

An Ilxor literally wrote the book on If.

https://www.amazon.com/BFI-Film-Classics-Mark-Sinker/dp/1844570401

Yeah! We chatted about it on a thread here somewhere, a long time ago. One of my favourite films.

i haven't seen it since i was a teen.

That's the school kid revolt movie, right?

Aye. And the semi-sequel 'O Lucky Man' is great too, especially if you like Alan Price. The third, Britannia Hospital, is not so good.

I'm so IA about the PBS release of Great British Baking Show -- the season they aired as season 1 is actually season 4. There's 3 whole previous seasons that we haven't seen ggggaaaaaah

whoa what? are 2 & 3 really 5 & 6 then?

David yow movie is weird. Like a twee indie mumblecore movie where Tarantino takes over half way through.

xpost YES & it fucks me right off

I loved it but I kinda like movies with an uneven tone

Cannot recommend The Invitation highly enough; just make good and goddamn sure you go in knowing as little as you possibly can.

Is there a reason why they don't call it the "Great British Bake Off" in the US? Does "bake off" mean underwear or something?

Cannot recommend The Invitation highly enough; just make good and goddamn sure you go in knowing as little as you possibly can.

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watched this last night per yr recommendation and you are otm

wait what about baking show? i just watched season 2. what season was it really? eh, i guess it doesn't matter that much. its the only way i can watch it.

loved that season. whatever season it was. howard was my hero. and kimberly is my new role model in life. she was so awesome.

xxp

Bcz "bake off" = "weed sesh" obv

> i just watched season 2. what season was it really?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_British_Bake_Off_(series_4)

(spoilers on that page btw)

spoilers like this:

Mark Lemon and Poppy Seed Sandwich Cake 5 Chocolate Monster

sooooo many soggy bottom and bun jokes in that season.

goddess...

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/10/22/article-2472013-18E97F4300000578-624_634x467.jpg

everyone is so NICE. that's what i can't get over. such a therapeutic show.

do you guys know they broke up the band

howard's voice was so amazing.

http://i1.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article2462950.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Bake-Off.jpg

Is there a reason why they don't call it the "Great British Bake Off" in the US? Does "bake off" mean underwear or something?

Because Betty Crocker or Kraft or somebody owns "Bake Off" in the US.

Pillsbury owns the Bake Off trademark

xxpost Scott my favorite from that season is Ruby, her low self esteem makes me love her like my adopted daughter

Howard is adorable

fuckit, I'm starting a thread