Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

Derry Girls is pretty funny and enjoyable.

Dan Levy's expressions of horror and disgust in Schitt's Creek are worth the price of admission alone. Somebody needs to do a supercut of them. They're incredible.

I compared SC and AD because of similar themes. They feel close to me at least.

I also was one that thought of Community and Parks & Rec where I didn't invest time to get past a couple of episodes but hear both shows are good. I don't know about Derry Girls, I know some people love it but I know some people who also hated it. I thought it was the accents but then again I finished all of Top Boy really fast recently.

Dan Levy is so amazing in the show. I love how characters look like they are about to laugh before some lines and I question whether that is just a choice to make the character amused by themselves. I know there is a supercut of Alexis saying 'Daavid-uh."

David, John, and Alexis are walking reaction gifs. And Moira's pronunciations are worth the cost of a Netflix subscription.

I just googled and yeah there are a bunch of articles comparing SC and AD that I am not going to read.

What you did was impulsive, capricious and melodramatic, but it was also wrong.

sorry, dumb question
what is AD?

i cant keep up with the abbreviations lol

Arrested development?

yeah, i think we all got tired of writing it out.

Xps I saw that Lexi update on Twitter this morning and am SO happy for her

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She’s back at Navarro

So how many years can they stay at a 2-year JuCo?

I started watching Cheer and found the first couple episodes suprisingly drama-free. Does it stay like that? Like, we get it for the hundredth time, it's not your mother's cheerleading, its a legit sport, these are real athletes! etc.

For juco culture clash and intense drama Last Chance U might have raised the bar too high for me...plus it was so beautifully shot and edited. If you're watching Cheer and haven't seen it yet you really should.

(FWIW I'm not the least bit intersted in football, college or otherwise, but it didn't matter)

Cheer was the same producers at Last Chance U.

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A'ight, I had been a skeptic about Schitt's Creek because it's on some no-name cable channel and because, as much as I love them, Levy and O'Hara have done their share of garbage and...that name. Started it last night, kinda ehhhhhh for a couple episodes there, not really feelin' it, but I'd come around by the end of the evening when we probably rewatched that goddamn fruit wine commercial three or four times and died every time. Seems like a pretty great ensemble, already loving Levy's son.

It’s such a smart and just freakin NICE show :) I started watching season 6 yesterday - on Canada’s national broadcaster CBC! Haha such is Canadian cultural output I guess - we’re nothing until picked up by a random US cable channel ;_; / ; )

the wine commercial is probably the turning point yes. i think that's what got me on board too.

I did think at first it was just going to be 'nasty rich people get stuck in Nowheresville and continue to be nasty and rag on the rubes' which doesn't appeal to me but I'm pleasantly surprised that they seem to be quickly moving away from that. I've been looking for a Parks & Rec replacement. Could this (already-cancelled) show be the one?

I started watching Cheer and it's very good, but its inherent dangers make the entire sport problematic. I stopped watching football because of its concussion problems, and there's one cheerleader who talks about how she's had 5 of her own.

P&R is def a good comparison for Schitts Creek, including the dramatic stakes being lowered to nearly nothing in later seasons, but by that point you just like spending time with the actors/characters

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Yeah, competitive cheerleading seems like gymnastics but without any care for the athletes (less molestation too, but that's a different issue).

Moira's John Cougar Mellencamp story killed me. her "dark corner dalliance with JCM".

My recent total guffaw moment was when Patrick came back from a coffee run at the store and had gotten a scone (to be safe) and Moira's expression and delivery on "There's nothing wrong with treating yourself, dear."

David, John, and Alexis are walking reaction gifs. And Moira's pronunciations wigs are worth the cost of a Netflix subscription.

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I think that it being low stakes like parks and Rec is spot on. Also like parks and rec (and possibly more so) none of the antagonists are nasty.

s4 of Hip Hop Evolution is up :D

nice

pretty much everyone in SC is operating at the very top of their game and the rest of the show - the writing, the direction - is just getting out of the way enough to allow us to enjoy that

ooooh i LOVE Hip Hop Evolution!!! thanks for the heads up

I worry about Lexi, but I also felt like they were engaging in some 90s-style anti-rave hysteria at the end.

Well the DJ did say, "Let's make some horrible decisions"!

Yeah the Daytona episode is riveting, I had to stop eating during the performance just from the high-wire tension. And I really appreciate how they just had scene with La'Danian's brother without comment, the image spoke so much without words.

Oh and Gabi's mom, ugh, she can at least try to pretend she's not living through her daughter so shamelessly.

There's clearly so much hot mess happening in Gabi's whole family. And the coach is a type of person that I truly loathe--control and authority OBSESSED and taking out her trauma on everyone else.

It bothers me that the kids on the squad are pretty diverse--well, the boys are, altho Coach openly admits that girls are chosen to look a "certain way" which probably explains why there are few-to-no women of any color. But the white savior force is strong with this basket base. "Some of these kids never had anyone give them any standards or structure. I'm the first one to hold them to a higher standard." <--- I've seen this movie before and it sucked the first time.

Awesome news

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-51178158

fantastic, no more need for need for my 'torrent every studio ghibli' project i was just about to embark on.

I've only ever watched the subtitled versions but assume some of these will have decent casts for the dubbed version?

(Reckon my nine year old would love some of these but isn't going to cope with subtitles)

There'll be dubs in 20 languages, with subtitles for 28.

the BBC story doesn't mention that they're only scheduled for Australian and Kiwi Netflix at the moment, seven films a month from February

Awesome news

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-51178158🕸

The films will be screened in their native Japanese with subtitles, and available globally on Netflix with the exception of the US, Canada and Japan.  xp

boooo

hbo max has the rights in america

ooooh i LOVE Hip Hop Evolution!!! thanks for the heads up

I've tended to really enjoy all the interviews/archival footage. the host/narrator guy is completely worthless tho

I was thinking of re-upping to hbo the other day and remember "oh, they also have that hbo max thing, should look into that instead" only to realize all this hullabaloo is for some service that doesn't come out until May?!

xpost agree. He gets some A+ interviews though, I love seeing all these artists onscreen again.

every episode contains at least 4 shots of him walking around looking at buildings

"So I went to Philadelphia to see if I could talk to Lady B..."

Totally -- seeing all the old timers completely warms my heart. Could take or leave the host but the interviews are really enjoyable.

definitely. the Bay Area one I found really heartwarming tbh - all these old dudes (E-40, Shock G, Too $hort, Hammer etc) all talking about how much they love the others

yes! that episode was so great!

yeah, i might do HBO Max for a month for some of that Ghibli goodness + the new Adventure Time specials

I'm watching KIPO AND THE AGE OF THE WONDERBEASTS and although a better subtitle would be AND THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP AND SONGS, I'm really enjoying it! The animation is unexpectedly wonderful, too.