Went back and watched Maniac after giving up at first (thanks to Shakey for giving me the nudge), and it was great! It was weird, but just grounded enough to still resonate with me.
― DJI, Monday, 22 October 2018 05:21 (five years ago) link
Maniac was goodMy only real complaint was the exoticism of japanese culture, which at times seemed out of place and done for its own sake
― F# A# (∞), Monday, 22 October 2018 07:07 (five years ago) link
We should do a Hill House thread tbh
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Monday, 22 October 2018 11:39 (five years ago) link
there's something about the font that norsemen uses which means every time it shows up on my netflix i can only read it as 'NOR SEMEN'
― i’ll hufflepuff i’ll blow you away (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 22 October 2018 12:11 (five years ago) link
ama
The Haunting of Hill House on Netflix (Spoilers)
― Number None, Monday, 22 October 2018 13:10 (five years ago) link
Has there been anything really, really excellent in the last few years, or just a lot of stuff that's pretty good? What are the outstanding shows since say 2015?
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Thursday, 25 October 2018 16:53 (five years ago) link
on Netflix or just in general?
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Thursday, 25 October 2018 16:55 (five years ago) link
really, really excellent imo:
Better Call SaulInsecureManiacThe TerrorGLOW
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 25 October 2018 16:59 (five years ago) link
better call saul and insecure are not netflix original programming though
for NF originals I'd say Glow, the OA, Stranger Things, Gilmore Girls reunion, Ozark, Godless, HIll House, Love, are all excellent post-2015 series. Still haven't seen Narcos. Bloodline was pretty good but just shy of excellent. And still haven't seen a bunch of the animated stuff or other comedies (like One Day at a Time). There are only a few things I've really disliked; Atypical for one, Gypsy was another.
― akm, Thursday, 25 October 2018 17:03 (five years ago) link
I kind of like House of Flowers but only got three episodes in before I got distracted.
― akm, Thursday, 25 October 2018 17:04 (five years ago) link
would submit the last two seasons of kimmy schmidt
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 October 2018 17:05 (five years ago) link
gilmore girls reunion was actively terrible (i'm a fan, i still watched it twice)
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 October 2018 17:06 (five years ago) link
for me Mindhunter has been the best original NF show, followed by GLOW.
― omar little, Thursday, 25 October 2018 17:07 (five years ago) link
Narcos is good too, some cliched bits and when they veer from the facts and into fiction it's pretty obvious but it's a good drug war thriller.
― omar little, Thursday, 25 October 2018 17:08 (five years ago) link
haven't been able to bring myself to watch the second season yet, but american vandal deserves to be on any list of the best shows of the last three years
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 October 2018 17:10 (five years ago) link
Bojack and Kimmy are outstanding. Love, Stranger Things, Glow, OITNB, Dear White People are VG+. Gilmore Girls, Ozark and Queer Eye are fun.
― Yerac, Thursday, 25 October 2018 17:14 (five years ago) link
re: American Vandal: for some reason I watched the first two eps of s2 and haven't been compelled to return. s1 is probably their best season of anything
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 25 October 2018 17:15 (five years ago) link
American Vandal should've been a lot shorter.
― Yerac, Thursday, 25 October 2018 17:17 (five years ago) link
Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor semen stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
― She Bang My Tight Tie (sic), Thursday, 25 October 2018 17:19 (five years ago) link
Netflix only:
MindhunterThe Expanse - since they are taking it over form SyFyAmerican VandalStranger Things season 1 (season 2 was bad imo)NarcosChef's TableGodless (finale fell flat but I enjoyed it overall)
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Thursday, 25 October 2018 17:20 (five years ago) link
Is Norseman good? I finally stopped watching Vikings after I realized I was only into it because Ragnar Lodbrok was crazy hot.
― Yerac, Thursday, 25 October 2018 17:22 (five years ago) link
if we're expanding beyond netflix, better call saul and good place are the best shows on television. the best show of the past however many years is hannibal, which ended in 2015 so i'm counting it
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 October 2018 17:30 (five years ago) link
otm to those three. and I'll add Rectify which is my favorite show if the decade
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Thursday, 25 October 2018 17:36 (five years ago) link
mindhunter, lady dynamite, GLOW, bojack, big mouth all good
― Mordy, Thursday, 25 October 2018 18:15 (five years ago) link
oh yeah both seasons of lady dynamite are wonderful, i forgot
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 October 2018 18:15 (five years ago) link
oh man, i have such a strong, visceral dislike of Lady Dynamite. I could not get over thinking Bamford was doing a weird Sedaris impersonation.
― Yerac, Thursday, 25 October 2018 18:17 (five years ago) link
... yeah i don't see that at all
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 October 2018 18:19 (five years ago) link
in particular i love lady dynamite for how surreal its plot movements are and how often its reality breaks down. and also how funny it is
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 October 2018 18:22 (five years ago) link
I guess if you've never seen Maria Bamford before, you might think she was a fake character in LD?
― She Bang My Tight Tie (sic), Thursday, 25 October 2018 18:23 (five years ago) link
"better call saul and good place are the best shows on television"
absolutely.
― akm, Thursday, 25 October 2018 18:23 (five years ago) link
is Spartacus still on netflix? starting near the end of s1 it's the best show ever
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 25 October 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
(pls avoid if you have no tolerance for camp, gore, or cheap digital effects)
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 25 October 2018 18:27 (five years ago) link
Expanse is going to Amazon (not Netflix). But still good!
And Big Mouth may be the best show on Netflix.
― DJI, Thursday, 25 October 2018 19:05 (five years ago) link
favorite Netflix series this year:
Big MouthThe Haunting of Hill HouseOzarkWild Wild CountryThe End of the Fucking World
non-Netflix
The TerrorBetter Call SaulDifficult People
― Darin, Thursday, 25 October 2018 19:36 (five years ago) link
non netflix totally agree with Good Place, Saul, Difficult People and strongly adding Killing Eve and Mrs. Maisel.
― Yerac, Thursday, 25 October 2018 19:45 (five years ago) link
End of the Fucking World def a fave Netflix show. A few episodes into Haunting of HIll House and not feeling it.
non netflix original, but I can't believe how good the first season of The Sinner was.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 25 October 2018 19:47 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I can't decide whether to continue with Haunting of Hill House or not. Everyone is super annoying on it.
― Yerac, Thursday, 25 October 2018 19:49 (five years ago) link
I didn't realize End of the Fing World was netflix. Agree was great.
― Yerac, Thursday, 25 October 2018 19:50 (five years ago) link
Is Norseman good?
I really like it. It's not as funny as it thinks it is, or even as good as it thinks it is, but a solid 7/10. And in a world of 2s and 3s that's a real success.
Bojack is the winner though.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Thursday, 25 October 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link
End of the Fing World was Channel 4 but Netflix picked it up immediately (or maybe a co-production?).
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Thursday, 25 October 2018 19:57 (five years ago) link
― Yerac, Thursday, October 25, 2018 2:17 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this show had some moments and even whole episodes that were just brilliant, but I ended up dropping out before the end because I just couldn't stand how over-the-top awful some of the people in her life were to her, especially her "best" friend. I mean, I know it's supposed to be "surreal" and all that, but I just kept getting turned off by watching this woman with a best friend who seemed pathologically driven to ruining her life.
― evol j, Thursday, 25 October 2018 20:00 (five years ago) link
I just watched a trailer of season 2 to see if maybe I bailed too early. Nope.
― Yerac, Thursday, 25 October 2018 20:01 (five years ago) link
Just checked, yes End of the Fing World was a Netflix co-production.
What I hadn't realised was just how bad a business model Netflix is, with operating losses of $3-4Bn. Despite this it spent $13Bn on content in 2018, or put another way TWICE THE BUDGET OF THE ENTIRE BBC.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Thursday, 25 October 2018 20:05 (five years ago) link
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, October 25, 2018 11:24 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
best show ever indeed!
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Thursday, 25 October 2018 20:51 (five years ago) link
twice the budget of the bbc but no live tv, no news operations, no radio stations, no websites
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 25 October 2018 22:54 (five years ago) link
yeah it's mind boggling to me how netflix stays in business.
― akm, Thursday, 25 October 2018 23:15 (five years ago) link
Netflix's share price is ~$300p/s with a market cap of ~$130B. It's all absurd. That said it's the only regular tv/movies I've paid for in 15 years.
― Yerac, Thursday, 25 October 2018 23:50 (five years ago) link
this is why i was on board with Moviepass this past year. i think without the relentless negative press, they would've been able to keep bilking new investors for years on their way to profitability like every other internet company more or less
― Nhex, Friday, 26 October 2018 00:32 (five years ago) link
Loved season 1 of Lady Dynamite, bailed out on season 2 after a couple of minutes. Couldn't manage the surreal awfulness (which probably says more about my tastes now than earlier).
Right now, I'm loving the non-US shows Netflix has licensed: Occupied, Suburra, Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories, Cable Girls, Gomorrah, and Fallet (a must for everyone who's burned out on Scandinavian noir)
Anyone watch any of 3% yet? It's a Brazilian show that sounds reminiscent of The Hunger Games but it's directed by César Charlone - probably best known as the cinematographer of City Of God which gets me interested.
Might start A Very Secret Service next, but waiting for reports first.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 26 October 2018 02:41 (five years ago) link