Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

i was too traumatized by the i-land and the episodes that I did watch that I don't want to go to Outer Banks yet.

The Kimmy Schmidt 'interactive' movie was actually really fun, if you already like that 30 Rock joke style.

It seems you can't watch the Kimmy Schmidt thing on an Apple TV device, or not if you're me, anyway. You get a three-minute video where the robot tells you about why you can't watch it, and then Netflix sends you an email explaining the issue to you.

iirc you can stream to your apple tv from phone or ipad and do it, if it's like the Black Mirror interactive thing was

Yeah, there's a few kid ones that my son likes that don't work on our tv but are fine on laptop or tablet/phone

I mean I watched two series of You so it's not like I can discern quality anymore.

Ha this has been lurking on my 'if really desperate' list

I am watching that Belgian "the sun is going to kill everyone, fly west" new show, Into the Night. I like it so far.

2 eps in, i like the premise but i don't know how much of the awful people being awful i can take. i guess it's a standard modus operandi for disaster movies.

yeah, it's like one day in and all the dudes are jockeying for power. it's absurd. but it's only 6 episodes so it goes by quick. i would watch another season.

i like the actor playing the pilot, he was in also in french spooky shows les revenants/the returned and black spot/zone blanche.

I started Outer Banks & its decent.
Not at all believable but the kids are good & it’s not as cheesy as i expected

Is anyone watching the south Korean series Extracurricular? I'm two episodes in and loving it.

i watched Timetrap last night and fucking loved it. more B-grade bonkers shit like this please Netflix!

Is anyone watching the south Korean series Extracurricular? I'm two episodes in and loving it.

Oh I forgot to post about this but yeah it was great, went to some pretty wild places. Also impressed that it managed to tackle topics like underage sex trafficking and depression with some degree of complexity, not always a given with K-dramas.

Not familiar with k-drama but yeah I like the way Extracurricular handles those complexities. Also love the way it's shot. There's a scene in which Guery's watch ever so briefly reflects the sun in Jisoo's face, that was so casually and beautifully captured.

yeah, ryan murphy is only good for 3-4 episodes ever for me. it's like he gets tired of his 'great idea' halfway through.

Returning to Yerac's point to say damn she's right after all, at least with Hollywood. Air really came out of it in episode 4, anyway.

Oh God now I'm watching the finale. 😬

Ok I watched six episodes of Outer Banks last night and I can't say it's good at all but it was diverting enough I guess while so high I couldn't get off the couch. Then we switched over to The Great on Hulu, which really is very good.

Thanks for the extracurricular recommendation , enjoyed that

i finished into the night, it was good! clearly setting themselves up for a second season.

also finished money heist season 4, best one yet except aaaah you fuckers!

anyone doing snowpiercer (the series)?

I heard it was godawful but who knows

new Patton Oswalt special isn't funny in the slightest, at least to me. First time I've had that experience with his stand up.

Dead To Me is so great. The plot felt a little creaky this time around but was humming by the end and anyway it's not really about the plot, it's about how many times in the space of 5 minutes Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini can hate each other and befriend each other all over again. Roles of a lifetime for those two.

Can't imagine Snowpiercer being any good, given the film was rubbish and didn't have enough plot to last a couple of hours.
Love the dedication to the idea of using a train, though, possibly the form of transport least capable of dealing with adverse weather.

Can't imagine Snowpiercer being any good, given the film was rubbish and didn't have enough plot to last a couple of hours.

it's not just a straight rip of the film though. they're investigating a moider on the train. i watched the first one, it wasn't terrible even though it featured someone saying "you know how hard it is to find love on this train", don't think i can be bothered to carry on with it though.

White Lines is terrible on paper, even down to a L*wrence F*x cameo, but is in practice a total blast.

I've finished the first season of The Kingdom, and the thing I like best about it is the one guy who throws himself everywhere.

Season 2 of Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts out a week Friday

I tried one ep of Snowpiercer and couldnt get past the conceit which was bad enough in the film but at least the film had some style and balls, the TV series just made it all feel real clumsy.

Finally starting on Money Heist after grudgingly liking White Lines; Money Heist much better and more fun.

Man that Space Force show is horrible, I don't know why I should have expected otherwise...

greg daniels is not having a good year

I couldn't even make it to the end of the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q6Co-nd0lM

https://hyperallergic.com/570010/netflix-documentaries-explained-history-101

just finished the who killed malcolm x docuseries. good stuff.

Season 2 of Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts out a week Friday

After a very ho-hum start and some chronically underwhelming animation, season 2 ends up in a very powerful place.

Eurovision movie is stupid, silly & I enjoyed it immensely

2/10, plenty of fun

I love Eurovision A LOT but I could barely watch that trailer

same

ymmv but i have no regrets

I really liked the first two seasons of The Sinner but this third season is so bad, so very very bad.

Oh rly? that was going on my list but I was already half-arsed about it

I finished She-Ra and the last season is excellent -- which I say as someone who didn't like season 1-4!

yeah I gave up about halfway through s3
such a bummer bc i loved s1 and 2
I gave s3 a lot of leeway bc I love Matthew Bomer & Chris Messina, and I mean I adore Pullman of course OF COURSE who doesnt
but this season just spins its wheels for so many episodes! and i honestly dont care about this story at all. it was like a bad Bret Easton Ellis knockoff

there is going to be a season 4 in 2021 - hopefully that will be better?

(the sinner, i mean)

Super duper late to Schitt's Creek and it's enjoyable but I feel like my biggest issue is that Eugene's character kinda sucks... he doesn't seem to really have any interesting character traits. He's just mostly the straight man in every gag, and otherwise doesn't have a strong defining characteristic; a little bumbling, a bit out of touch, a little shy, kind of polite, sometimes full of himself (but always in that obvious way where it'll blow up in his face)... his only reliable quirk is the not very funny bug-eyed face he makes whenever someone opposite him does something wacky. I just wish he had more of a "thing" like the other characters. Feel like it's an acting weakness not a script one, because he's also the only character who I can imagine looking into the camera and shrugging at any given point, but everyone else is easier to believe no matter how silly they get.

I finished She-Ra and the last season is excellent -- which I say as someone who didn't like season 1-4!

― AxoLOLtl (Leee), Thursday, July 2, 2020 6:00 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

why would you watch 4 (?!) seasons of a show you don't like...

i'm guessing kids are involved

oh, that old excuse

I stalled around season 2 of Schitt’s Creek. Perfectly amiable, and I like the cast, but nothing about it was really pushing me toward wanting to see more. My sister says that season 3 is a game-changer, though, so maybe I should give it another shot.

Did Netflix pull the assortment of older MST3k’s they used to have on there? I’ve searched, and all I can find now are the two revival seasons.

I needed another cartoon to watch after I caught up on Kipo, and I also wanted to see why my favorite character on She-Ra got a haircut.