Just finished American Vandal, I think it might be the best thing Netflix has done. Some incredible performances too - the girl in the wayback gang, the crying scene in the last-but-one episode, whoever wardrobed Alex Tromboli - amazing.
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 6 November 2017 23:35 (six years ago) link
it's a good show!
they did a great job of showing the dynamic of high school kids and the pettiness of teachers and administrators. I remember trying to keep my head down during high school but remember hearing about beef between teachers, or between teachers and students, and trying to figure out wtf was wrong with people
there was an insanely irritating and petty science teacher at my high school, and I learned over time that a guy who did more coordination things for the district that I ended up being mentored by for science fair stuff used to be a teacher at my school until his irritation with her interest in teacher politics drove him away. the best/worst part was he ended up being in charge of science curriculum for the district, and ended up butting heads with her yet again
the subplot in Mindhunter on netflix also captured the weird teacher work dynamic pretty well
― mh, Monday, 6 November 2017 23:43 (six years ago) link
American Vandal was so superbly cast
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 05:49 (six years ago) link
re: the didion thing i'm hesitant... what will it give me that reading didion won't
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 03:35 (six years ago) link
Yeah, as much as I love Didion, I didn't enjoy it that much. If you know her story already, there is not that much to gain
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 08:43 (six years ago) link
u get to see her making cucumber sandwiches
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 15:51 (six years ago) link
Looks like a load of decent US series have been added to UK Netflix - The West Wing, The Office, Parks & Rec, Cheers, Frasier
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 16:13 (six years ago) link
decent US series [...] The West Wing
*narrows eyes*
― with your tight body and horrific androgynous monster face (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 16:14 (six years ago) link
o_o
― mh, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 16:16 (six years ago) link
Well the first couple of seasons seemed pretty decent to me the first and only time I watched them 17 odd years ago
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 16:18 (six years ago) link
you haven't been keeping it. the west wing is now responsible for all our ideological troubles.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 16:20 (six years ago) link
keeping up*
it's compelling in the really Sorkiny way, has aged really badly imo
― mh, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 16:20 (six years ago) link
actually i do wonder what the west wing looks like from the perspective of 2017 - unbearably quaint, probably
― with your tight body and horrific androgynous monster face (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 16:20 (six years ago) link
I don’t doubt that
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 16:21 (six years ago) link
I enjoy lots of television that appears to be men making forceful points in long form dialogue at each other (possibly written by someone who loves coke) but you just have to recognize for what it is
― mh, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 16:21 (six years ago) link
terrible?
― with your tight body and horrific androgynous monster face (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 16:22 (six years ago) link
i don't think i could ever force myself to watch Frasier again.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 16:32 (six years ago) link
that show is a motherfucker with secrets.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 16:33 (six years ago) link
Cheers is still good imo
― mh, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
cheers is still good.
frasier is like the original version of The Good Place. everyone is in hell.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 16:39 (six years ago) link
cheers is all-time imo
― with your tight body and horrific androgynous monster face (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 16:42 (six years ago) link
The suits in the West Wing are hilarious. Bradley Whitford looks like the kid from the end of Big half the time.
― trishyb, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 17:07 (six years ago) link
There was one good story in that Didion doc from a former housemate, about the two of them sitting at the breakfast table, Didion in shades munching on almonds and coca-cola, neither of them speaking.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 17:17 (six years ago) link
The first season of Cheers has a few duds but the scripts are amazingly good. Danson and Coach are the best together. And I have a much greater appreciation for Diane now I'm an adult (and more Diane-like).
Thanks for the HACF recommendation above. It's still heavy-handed but much improved about six episodes in.
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 20:22 (six years ago) link
Although cheers isn't on Netflix uk :/
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 20:27 (six years ago) link
Yeah that’s weird, all the ones I mentioned were on the mobile app earlier and now they’ve gone
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 20:43 (six years ago) link
They seem to have some kind of technical problem today. Site was down earlier for a little while.
― trishyb, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 21:18 (six years ago) link
And I have a much greater appreciation for Diane now I'm an adult (and more Diane-like).
OTM, we are just a few episodes into a traversal of season 1 and Diane is really great. Obv I couldn't stand her as a child.
Also, how lucky were these guys to have Rhea Perlman, holy crap
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 21:33 (six years ago) link
West Wing seasons 1-4 rule the school who wants to fite me ( s6 & 7 are very watchable , season 5 is not good & hard to watch. But non-Sorkin WW generally mishandles Toby in a way that still irks me) :D
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 9 November 2017 02:39 (six years ago) link
Fauda
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Thursday, 9 November 2017 05:41 (six years ago) link
The West Wing's handling of female characters is so bad and the politics (or lack thereof, more accurately) are lame but it's still watchable.
― louise ck (milo z), Thursday, 9 November 2017 06:11 (six years ago) link
"Thanks for the HACF recommendation above. It's still heavy-handed but much improved about six episodes in."
i don't usually do that thing that people do like: "no really it gets way better after the first 10 episodes!" because that just seems like work and life is -kinda- short but that show gets WAY better after the first season. but the first season sets all the gears in motion.
― scott seward, Thursday, 9 November 2017 13:58 (six years ago) link
also: KUNG FU YOGA was a hoot last night! one of the best recent jackie chan movies i've seen. he is not a young man anymore but he's still got it. also: full tilt jackie chan bollywood dance number at the end! kinda made me deliriously happy to see that.
loving a lot of these later in life fuck hollywood chan/yun-fat/li movies. they get the royal treatment instead of having to make timecop 6 or some shitty thing like that.
― scott seward, Thursday, 9 November 2017 14:03 (six years ago) link
I'm sure I said this already but I completely skipped s1 of H&CF and never regretted the move, it's actually kind of neat to work out the backstory shit on your own
Just finished American Vandal, I think it might be the best thing Netflix has done.
2nd only to Bojack. Really sharply written and acted, and also weirdly disturbing at the end?
― Simon H., Thursday, 9 November 2017 14:09 (six years ago) link
Was really excited about diving into American Vandal, but now I am torn, since I am not a fan of Bojack.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 November 2017 14:27 (six years ago) link
yeah i've tried to get into bojack so many times - i can't pay attention to it.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 9 November 2017 14:28 (six years ago) link
they're nothing alike afaik?
― mh, Thursday, 9 November 2017 14:36 (six years ago) link
It was a somewhat facetious comment on my part in response to anyone saying any show is second to Bojack, which I really don't like. I know Vandal is totally different.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 November 2017 14:41 (six years ago) link
3 episodes into American Vandal. It's hilarious and extremely well-done :D
― imago, Friday, 10 November 2017 16:02 (six years ago) link
i should watch american vandal with maria. i stopped after a couple of episodes.
― scott seward, Friday, 10 November 2017 16:17 (six years ago) link
Monster Hunt is excellent by the way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRXTOw1InAE
if you like quiet movies that are like plays and basically set in one room i recommend Warehoused. Mexican movie. i liked it a lot. watch it when you can be quiet. just two actors. they are both really good.
― scott seward, Friday, 10 November 2017 16:24 (six years ago) link
holy shit American Vandal expands into something incredible and way, way beyond its initial premise
― imago, Saturday, 11 November 2017 00:05 (six years ago) link
the final episode is incredibly troubling & haunting, but also contains 2017's funniest tv moment. a pause-for-ninety-seconds-while-laughing moment
― imago, Saturday, 11 November 2017 00:07 (six years ago) link
I wish it existed when I was in high school, because I feel like it’s a work where you can return to it and have a different understanding of the characters
― mh, Saturday, 11 November 2017 00:16 (six years ago) link
this Atypical show is alright. kind of cliched and stupid but the daughter saves it
― akm, Sunday, 12 November 2017 17:25 (six years ago) link
I don't think anyone's mentioned Dark Matter] yet? Production values aren't great, but it grows into its campiness and then actually becomes great.
― Entree 3000 (Leee), Sunday, 12 November 2017 18:33 (six years ago) link
this sounds like my shit but 3 seasons my god
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 12 November 2017 21:14 (six years ago) link
Finally watched Force Majeure, something I'd been meaning to watch for a while. The buzz about the director's new film helped motivate me. By focusing very closely on seemingly minor events, the film gently reminds us of some bigger truths, such as: what does it mean to be a good father? Some great acting too. I'm now eagerly looking forward to seeing The Square.
― o. nate, Sunday, 12 November 2017 21:45 (six years ago) link