The White Helmets was of course sad and horrifying but engrossing.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 18:35 (seven years ago) link
If it hasn't been recommended yet, the documentary "Finders Keepers" is pretty incredible. It's about a man that buys an old grill at auction and finds a human foot in it, and the really weird but ultimately touching events that transpire as its story is told.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 20 March 2017 03:20 (seven years ago) link
Binged 5 eps of Hotel Beau Sejour this arvo, daaaaamn it's addictive. Good dark murder mystery. And motocross, as an added bonus.
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 20 March 2017 03:58 (seven years ago) link
finished season 3 of Halt and i kinda love that show. didn't really want it to end. fell for the characters.
― scott seward, Monday, 20 March 2017 04:24 (seven years ago) link
Has anyone actually watched Iron Fist?
I don't really want to but wondering if it's needed as a lead in to The Defenders.
― groovypanda, Monday, 20 March 2017 09:42 (seven years ago) link
Latest entry in the NETFLIX MARVEL GRITVERSE: Iron Fist
― scott seward, Monday, 20 March 2017 12:10 (seven years ago) link
Has it's own thread. People seem to hate it.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Monday, 20 March 2017 12:10 (seven years ago) link
my kid likes it. he's 11 though. he has watched a lot of pokemon.
― scott seward, Monday, 20 March 2017 12:44 (seven years ago) link
imo that's the demographic they've been avoiding but probably need for a team-up show
― mh 😏, Monday, 20 March 2017 14:06 (seven years ago) link
It's pretty goofy but I binged through a few eps of Samurai Gourmet (weird translation of title "The Lonely Gourmet"), which tells the story of a recently retired 60 year old man rediscovering freedom through tales of food nostalgia in his suburban neighborhood.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 20 March 2017 15:56 (seven years ago) link
Guys, "Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films" is a blast.
― circa1916, Friday, December 18, 2015
Finally watched and totally agree. Immediately went to the Wikipedia list of films and started clicking through all the ones I'd love to see, at least once. Will probably never have a taste for some of the more pure vigilante type stuff. But yeah, loads of wild shit to watch otherwise. They definitely drove home the point about their love of packing movies with T&A. The doc itself at point feels like a supercut of Cannon T&A. A few great anecdotes aside, those interviewed didn't have a lot of insight, I thought. Lots of repetition, lots of saying the same things but in slightly different ways. You can almost just tune them out after a while and let the footage just wash over you.
― andrew m., Monday, 20 March 2017 19:46 (seven years ago) link
So embarrassing that I've owned a copy of that thing since pretty much when it came out and haven't seen it yet. And I've probably watched the masterpiece that is Cobra twice since then.
― I Ate Four Bufords (Old Lunch), Monday, 20 March 2017 19:51 (seven years ago) link
I enjoyed Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! as a kind of lazy-Sunday-evening alternative to Sherlock. It is very silly but evokes 40s Kolkata nicely.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Monday, 20 March 2017 19:56 (seven years ago) link
Xpost Crime's the disease, and I'm the cure.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 20 March 2017 20:08 (seven years ago) link
I used that line last as a joke for some reason, and was mystified about why I remembered the tag line from a 31 year old Stallone movie that I've never seen and haven't heard mentioned in forever.
― joygoat, Monday, 20 March 2017 20:34 (seven years ago) link
the thing I remember about that movie is that is was based on a book and Stallone wanted to be credited as the book's co-author when it was reissued.
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Monday, 20 March 2017 20:42 (seven years ago) link
Everything about it is batshit and beautiful (but not on Netflix, sorry folks).
― I Ate Four Bufords (Old Lunch), Monday, 20 March 2017 21:46 (seven years ago) link
Halfway thru season 2 of Love and it's pretty dece (if you like gentle lols and not much happening).
― nashwan, Monday, 20 March 2017 22:14 (seven years ago) link
if it seemed funnier i'd want to watch it more but it seems like kinda serious + maybe a bummer?
― Mordy, Monday, 20 March 2017 22:45 (seven years ago) link
Episode with mickeys dad was incredibly well written and depressing.
― chip n dale recuse rangers (Jon not Jon), Monday, 20 March 2017 23:18 (seven years ago) link
see that's what i'm trying to avoid when i watch sitcoms
― Mordy, Monday, 20 March 2017 23:43 (seven years ago) link
Season 1 of "Into the Badlands" was ~280 minutes well spent. As skot noted on the Iron Fist thread, this series has plenty of film-quality martial arts fights, plus 12 or 14 recurrent characters sufficiently attractive and developed to be kept straight throughout their constant plotting and back-stabbing. The Louisiana interiors and exteriors are also easy on the eyes.
― Brad C., Tuesday, 21 March 2017 01:57 (seven years ago) link
dave chapelle, the 60 million dollar netflix man is up today.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 13:06 (seven years ago) link
I tried Into the Badlands, and I'd be more into it if the 2nd ep hadn't opened with "sexxxy steam-cyber-punk" for the Widow and her club or wahtever. I didn't stick around for the rest of that scene.
― the world's little sunbeam (in orbit), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 13:13 (seven years ago) link
Finally started Jessica Jones last night. It's all right. Why don't I read more?
― SFTGFOP (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 13:19 (seven years ago) link
I'm not sure I made it all the way through any of the Marvel Netflix shows.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 13:42 (seven years ago) link
I get about halfway, if I start, and then lose interest. That's true of a lot of Netflix series, though - they look fantastic but the rest of it's pretty meh.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 13:44 (seven years ago) link
xp re Into the Badlands: yes, that scene gets off to a queasy start; it ends with the Widow killing all the men in the room (it's not her club, btw, though I thought so too at the beginning of the scene)
one major plotline is the feminist Widow vs. Quinn the patriarch, though any political content is strictly in the service of ultra-broad comic-book conflict ... there's plenty of dystopian sexism on display, also several different female characters kicking ass in colorful ways
the patriarchal themes are nasty, but I was even more creeped out by the new-look Louisiana plantation slavery
the bad guys are unambiguously eeeeeeevil in this show; in that respect it's like the kung fu movies it imitates
― Brad C., Tuesday, 21 March 2017 14:40 (seven years ago) link
i want to see more of the magic monks which is why i'll be watching season 2.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 15:15 (seven years ago) link
watched the first chapelle special. some funny stuff. lots of rape material and not all of it cosby-related. liked the 4 O.J. stories.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 15:18 (seven years ago) link
I made it as far as the camp gay superhero followed by the rapey superhero and then turned it off.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 17:00 (seven years ago) link
as someone who loves rape jokes let me say you guys are really selling this comedy special
― na (NA), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 17:14 (seven years ago) link
i really liked Hap & Leonard. Grifters/odd-job-doers in south texas, late eighties, lots of people get their heads blown off. Stars Omar from the Wire and Christina Hendricks (and her butt) and some other guy... i liked it!
― ian, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 19:01 (seven years ago) link
i talked about hap & leonard on here. or i just told people they should watch it. one or the other.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 20:00 (seven years ago) link
really really enjoyed hap & leonard. also just finished season 4 of rectify which i liked a bunch. it's a slow burn but the whole show reminds me of my hometown. i can't believe what a sympathetic character teddy jr became.
― dynamicinterface, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 23:31 (seven years ago) link
i should finish rectify one of these days. i did really like the first couple of seasons. daniel really is one of the weirdest characters to be the center of a t.v. show. there is something literary about him. or maybe that's just the sundance-y thing. but the whole thing reminds me of a short story writer's idea for a show.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 03:17 (seven years ago) link
it's a beautiful series, def worth finishing
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 04:07 (seven years ago) link
clayne crawford is so good
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 04:08 (seven years ago) link
Just noticed Season 2 of Hap & Leonard has started this week
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 10:07 (seven years ago) link
sad to say, but even if you like chappelle, you could miss both those specials and be fine. i had to watch them but there is some weak material that just gets by on his personality. a great comic certainly knows how to sell weak stuff. definitely don't think there was 40 million dollars worth of comedy in them.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 22 March 2017 17:39 (seven years ago) link
Samurai Gournet is an adorable addition to the Japanese food related comedy-drama, not a patch on Midnight Diner so far but good nonetheless.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 24 March 2017 11:06 (seven years ago) link
grace & frankie is bloody fantastic
― fucking pop records (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 26 March 2017 09:41 (seven years ago) link
maybe i'll watch the life aquatic? never seen it. maybe i'll see if cyrus wants to see it. it's weird because all his movies seem like kids movies that kids wouldn't really enjoy. they always feel a little too long or something as well. i thought my kids would like moonrise kingdom but they just got antsy. they can watch buster keaton or the marx brothers all day.
― scott seward, Sunday, 26 March 2017 14:12 (seven years ago) link
who recommended 'fortitude'? it rules, and is so extremely and exactly my shit that it's kinda freaking me out
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Sunday, 26 March 2017 15:29 (seven years ago) link
Scott, I reckon your lads would love "Hunt For The Wilderpeople" (its on UK/Ireland Netflix not sure if its on US versh). If I was 10, it would have probably be my favourite movie
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Sunday, 26 March 2017 17:23 (seven years ago) link
maria and cyrus went to see kong island last night at the movies. they didn't really rave about it. cyrus - surprisingly to me - really loved the movie Interstellar. it's on Hulu. i liked it and put it on for him and he flipped out. the space/time/continuum stuff blew his mind. i thought it would be too long or too slow for him. you never know with kids.
― scott seward, Sunday, 26 March 2017 18:17 (seven years ago) link
kids -- they're just like us!
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Sunday, 26 March 2017 18:33 (seven years ago) link
Interstellar is awesome - cyrus otm
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 26 March 2017 20:02 (seven years ago) link
i really liked s1 of fortitude in the end but can't really get into s2.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Sunday, 26 March 2017 21:16 (seven years ago) link
shhh it's not available here yet
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Sunday, 26 March 2017 22:10 (seven years ago) link