Yeah, saw it last year. I loved it. It's a bit muddled in the middle, but otherwise it's so stylish and fun I couldn't care less.Originally Posted by Honey_Badger
Yeah, saw it last year. I loved it. It's a bit muddled in the middle, but otherwise it's so stylish and fun I couldn't care less.
It's brilliant.
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Aw I watched this too, but really enjoyed it. It's getting shocking reviews though - one called it "a tragedy". Some parts were fairly corny, but there's something about the improv aspect that draws my focus to the dialogue and performance, it captivates me and makes it funnier somehow. Thinking about watching it again already. I might have terrible taste in films.
Dennis is fantastic.
Charlie is the best character.
Charlie is also great, but I just crack up at Dennis's seduction techniques and the fact he is so depraved. He's like Partridge with the narcissm turned up.
Last edited by Badger; October 15th, 2016 at 4:04 AM.
Dennis is absolutely nothing like partridge. hes a complete psychopath for a kick off.
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Well yeah obviously Dennis is more psyvhotic and extreme, but they share similar personality traits like their ego and narcissism. Although Mac shares the same tranny curiosity as Partridge.
Last edited by Badger; October 15th, 2016 at 6:27 AM.
Dennis is the least likable character on the show.
The fact he's such an asshole is why I like him.
No need for any of these last posts.
It's nothing about Badger it's about you and your act. Drop it now please.
So we now can't disagree and tell people they are wrong. Ok I'll keep that in mind.
Your first post was a disagreement which is why it wasn't deleted and kept in. Then you went into your act again.
Bored of it.
Can you process any of your own thoughts?
there was no act, you have an obsession with partridge and comparing and quoting it. You are also a big baby.
It's no secret I really like Partridgr, but this isn't a situation where I jump in and post "cashback or "Jurassic park" for no reason, I was making a small comparison in behaviour plus I haven't quoted Partridge in months so yeah you're still off base.
Aww come on Badger, you're doing it again buddy. It's almost like MikeHunt's(and others)opinons of you are so important that they effortlessly unbalance your constitution and you find it necessary to respond in order to secure an inner victory of some value.
The Siege of Jadotville is worth a watch. A bit like a modern day Zulu.
Just watched the wrestling episode of It's Always Sunny. "Trashman"
It seems like the improv trend is causing people making stuff (shows, youtube videos, whatever) to think that improv in an of itself is funny and that as long as we're doing improv, it'll be funny by default, regardless of the content. So you get all these things where it's just people having an awkward meandering conversation with no punchline. It kind of reminds me of how the handheld footage style movie became a thing and then got overdone because 'my movie will automatically be cool if I shoot it haldheld style!'. Mascots definitely had some parts that felt like they suffered from the trend.
Black Mirror, get them watched if you get the chance. Loved the original series and now they've moved to Netflix and upped the budget.
Great watch. Only 6 episodes, you can pick up at any episode!
The Expanse is now on Netflix. Watch it m
It's on my watchlist.
Has anyone been watching 'The Crown'? I'm not the biggest fan of the Royal Family, but I have to say this show is great. I only finished episode 3 last night, but it's been some of the best TV I've watched this year. Seriously the fact it's based on the Queen really put me off this, but I am enjoying this so far.
Some great stuff added to UK Netflix in the past couple of weeks.
My film highlights would be:
Green Room
Eddie the Eagle
Sing Street
Whiplash
Foxcatcher
Let the Right One In
Still to see:
Son of Saul
The Guv'nor
The Gamble
And Mark Kermode's favourite film of last year, Under the Shadow will be up on Saturday.
As for TV I have enjoyed Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and the Sense8 Christmas Special.
Good to see Let The Right One In back. The western version keeps showing up and I don't want it in my life. Will add Green Room to the list.
Can anyone recommend any of the million or so Korean films they've been adding? Most of them seem to be romance/teen films, but there are hundreds of them so surely there's one or more decent films which led to the others maybe? So many.
I'm about 3/4 through watching Star Trek: The Next Generation in it's entirety. No idea why I dismissed this growing up, it's fucking ace.
I thought Green Room was a bit shit
Anyone watched DESIGNATED SURVIVOR?
Kiefer Sutherland becomes president when everyone else in the senate is killed by a bomb. He's some lowly environmental senator or something. He's trying to piece together the government and uncover the conspiracy surrounding what happened.
Its fucking shit, so shit, so laden with cliches and bad acting - but just total trashy fun. It's like 24 without any self-awareness.
It has those really 90's action film bits of dialogue - for example
President; "Where is the suspect"
Woman: "We've lost him"
P: "What do you mean you've lost him"
W: "He's on foreign soil"
P: "But how, we took his passport, how could he get out the country"
W: "He didn't, hes right down the street"
P: "What are you trying to say?"
W: "Hes in the ecuadorian embassy"
Instead of "alright btw you know that guy hes in the ecuadorian embassy just down the road"
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After waiting for feels like an eternity for my partner to want to watch the Marvel offerings I finally gave up before Christmas and started to go through them in order.
Fuck me they're good.
What I'm really appreciating is the quality of the antagonists. On the big screen only Loki has been a truly effective villain, but every main one in the Netflix series' has been outstanding.
I'd heard not too great things about Luke Cage, but I'm finding it to be a very enjoyable change of pace.
Finished House of Cards this week. I'd say the first 8-9 episodes are just as good as the rest of the show. But Jesus does the last few episodes drop off in quality. Really didn't like the ending to Season 5.
On to watching Glow now with the Mrs., It's pretty good and because the episodes are only 30 minutes each its quite easy to binge.
Mostly agreed on House of Cards. Might start watching Glow this weekend. 30 minute episodes have convinced me.
I didn't like the first couple of episodes of House of Cards, then really got into it before it tailed away at the end. It all beingjust wasn't something I was buying.
Glow aside, are there any other recent Netflix shows worth watching? They seem to put out so much content now that I'm sure a lot has passed me by.
There is a documentary about a murder in the catholic church that is superb but I cannot remember the name of it. Worth watching for sure.
Just watched the first episode of Glow, not bad at all. My pal Kate Nash is in it too
The Keepers.
It was good, but I thought it ran out of steam.
Rogue One is coming to US Netflix on July 18.
I wonder if all the movies will be there when Last Jedi hits.
That would be nice if that happens, though does Disney have the rights to distribute the older films or does that still belong to Fox?
She gets her baps out too.Just watched the first episode of Glow, not bad at all. My pal Kate Nash is in it too
Thats the one. Yea agreed, i think it took a while to get going and then petered out but there were a couple of episodes (3 and 4 maybe?) which were genuinely gripping and chilling.
Is Bruce Grobbelaar in it?
I watching Penny Dreadful for the first time, I am almost down with season two. This show should be called Monster Fuck.
Took a couple of weekends, I binged on the 3 seasons of The Ranch. Totally not what I expected. Was pleasantly suprised on how much I liked it. Why are what's his names fingers always disgusting though. I noticed it in the first episode and it and watched for it evrrytime.
Started Glow last night, finished it tonight. Loved it. There doesn't seem to be any info on whether or not there's going to be a second season. Was it one and done?
Definitely a big thumbs up for Glow (no thread? Weird), the third episode is the most I've laughed in ages.
"I was just looking at my beaker full of science experiments"
There's a GLOW thread in the wrestling forum:
https://forums.rajah.com/showthread....etflix-June-23
I thought I'd never get into any of the many superhero tv series that are on right now. Decided to give Supergirl a shot. Enjoyed it. Even though I had to switch to the other DC shows to watch all the crossover episodes, I'm done with the superhero shows till something else catches my eye, I just can't get into the other DC shows,
Started watching the US version of Shameless. Halfway through season 1. Fucking love this show!
if you want to be depressed watch Newtown. Documentary about Sandy Hook school massacre with emphasis on impact to victim families/friends etc. Really good, but hard to watch.
Justin Timberlake & The Tennessee Kids - Last concert of his 2yr tour, in Vegas. Little behind the scenes stuff, but mostly concert. Really good, if you're a JT fan like me.
Burning Sands - Netflix original about frat hazing, also pretty solid.
My gf just finished the first season. I watched a couple of the first season when it originally aired on Showtime simply because I think Emmy Rossum is one of the most beautiful women I've seen. The show is good. Titties are much better. If you're into that sort of thing.
Just finished the second season of Shameless(US). Still enjoying the hell out of it!
Watching GLOW. On episode 5 and really enjoying it. Bit of a Mad Men reunion, which is awesome. So far awesome
Last Chance U season 2 is out today.
I logged on at 6am and it wasn't there
Supposedly it is there now but I can't check.
In the UK, 8 AM on the day of release is when stuff goes up. Usually.I logged on at 6am and it wasn't there
Suburra Season One on Netflix.
Finished it last night and it was excellent. Highly recommend.
Not watched it yet but there is a documentary called Long Shot that sounds mad - a guy accused of murder who realises the path to proving his innocence might be hidden in the background of TV show.
Last edited by Simon; October 12th, 2017 at 5:32 AM.
Just so you know I think the documentary works better if you don't know the story and what show it was that saved him.
Last edited by Marlon Dingle; October 12th, 2017 at 6:37 AM.
Ah ok, I've edited now (could you edit your quote of me so it doesn't mention it? Although it does become fairly obvious when you watch the trailer
It's quite a well known story anyway - it made the news on both sides of the ocean at the time. I'll definitely give it a watch.
I knew the story beforehand too, but my dad and my brother both didn't know it, and they watched the documentary before me.
'Big Mouth' is fucking terrific. Crude and hilarious with a lot of heart. Highly recommend.
Also just burned through 'American Vandal' over the past couple days and I see its' got a thread so I'll just go there.
Oh, and we plowed through 'Planet Earth II' recently, as well, which was terrific. I think my favorite part was that dude who fed the hyenas.
Two episodes into Mindhunter and I'm really enjoying it.
EDIT: Helps if I get the name of the show correct.
Last edited by Marlon Dingle; October 16th, 2017 at 6:09 AM.
Mindhunter?
Ha-ha yeah. Although the show does remind me a lot of Manhunter/Silence of the Lambs.
Finished Season 11 of Trailer Park Boys. It kinda dipped in form after Season 7 but this was more of a return to form. Also watched the Out of the Park Europe special which had a few good scenes like Ricky not knowing what an ice bar is, but it's not as fun as them being in the park.
Halfway through American Vandal now, really enjoying it. Cracked up at the "Case Against Peter"
Big Mouth is really great. Very easy watch with each episode being under a half hour.
Don't hang up
Walks a fine line of being too much of a copycat of other films, but does just enough to steer clear of any obvious comparison to one film. While slightly predictable, the ending managed to please me as well. One of the better horror/thrillers I have seen in a number of years.
La La Land is now on UK Netflix.
Started binge-watching Bojack Horseman, enjoying it thus far. Really touches on a lot of subjects.
In depth analysis.
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I tried it but, as with Archer, I couldn't get through more than half an episode of tired tropes and lazy sex/toilet humour.
I started watching Atypical recently - Netflix produced comedy drama about an 18 year old guy with autism traversing the changing dynamics of his family, support network and, ultimately, wanting to see boobs. Pretty good if a little derivative and, as far as I'm concerned, reductive in terms of the overall depiction of someone on the spectrum.
For the most part though Keir Gilchrist provides a very constant, measured and sensitive performance of someone on the autism/aspergers spectrum without going over the top into character acting. The girl who plays his sister has probably the toughest job of the cast and, really, the coming of age story focussed on Gilchrist's Sam becomes more of a focus on Bridget Lundy-Paine's Casey's challenges pertaining to being the 'other' child in a two kid family where, rather than being afflicted by any neuro-atypical condition herself, her life revolves around her brother, her obligations to supporting him, how that stands in the way of her own development (social, emotional...)...Jennifer Jason Leigh is great as always although the sympathy attempted to be evoked in her particular arc as a mother on the verge of losing all f the dependencies upon her could be more senitively and less stereotypically handled, imo.
Michael Rapaport is such a great actor. He's fairly typecast as an emotionally conflicted, stuttering foil to his fellow cast in a great many tv and movie vehicles, and broadly speaking the same might be said here. But for me he always manages to break with that trope and instil in the narrative and respective performance a really relate-able, everyman, touching set of nuances, affectations and characteristics. I think he's a very underrated performer and steadies the ship here from sinking into another run of the mill formulaic family drama at risk of fading into a background of so many other shows of its kind. There's a solid supporting cast with Graham Rogers measuring his performance of new boyfriend to Casey (and at times moral compass to the entire family, interestingly and in a well executed manner), Evan.
Nik Dodani provides some nice comic relief without chewing the scenery, Amy Okuda grounds the entire story and feel of the show very well by giving a very balanced, almost reality-show-like performance that prevents episodes from falling too far into a mire of either the comedy or the drama of this comedy drama.
There's also a great standout performance from an actress named Jenna Boyd who somehow makes spectral neuroses and general impacts seem so much more relate-able as a character who, while not being autistic herself, exhibits so much of the anxiety and depression and needs and desires that we all have but are often unable to properly articulate that it pulls you into the story as you identify with those character traits in her and, for me anyway, gain an appreciation of just how alike our difficulties in dealing with society/people are to people with autism.
Fucking love Bojack.
Seems like it touches on a few subjects.
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Only four episodes in so far but it seems to touch on subjects like alcoholism and depression and the fact he seems to be stuck in the past like he can't get properly over the fact his TV show is gone. He's having difficulty opening up for his biography ghost-writer but he seems to be getting there. Also he gives his guest Todd a bit of a hard time but he deeply cares for him. Self-centred somewhat but Bojack seems a good guy deep down. I look forward to seeing him progress.
it's pretty good. It's not amazing and not always realised as sensitively or accurately as it perhaps could be, but as it is I think it's nice to have the spectrum exposed a little in this type of medium and I enjoy a lot of the performances. And Bridget Lundy-Paine is so dreamy
Better.
I think its a pile of mince tbh.
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From the reviews I've read, it's more acclaimed in later seasons.Looking forward to it,Fucking love Bojack.
Also like the running joje where Princess Carolyn calls him and her secretary puts him on hold for ages
I don't really watch tv shows/series apart from Corrie (bad habit) but it sounds like something my Mrs would like. I will pass on your review.
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the best cartoon on Netflix and only one I've found that's worth watching and re-watching over and over again is Rick and Morty. I want a 4th series more than I want success health and happiness for my daughter in life.
and I want that an awful lot.
Corrie is great just now when it actually does hit form - the minor characters are the best. Mary and Dev's relationship is actually very touching and Mary's current storyline is superb, she's a fantastic actress that woman. And Eva is just an angel from heaven.
I believe I read that Always Sunny is leaving Netflix (in America at least, not sure about U.K.). Fuck. First 30 Rock now this.
They better keep The Office and Parks & Rec on there.
buy a DVD ya cheap stinker
Fuck that's horrible news.
Hopefully Kodi is not affected.
you need to get off Kodi fairly soon before they throw you in the jail Bodge. Would be an awful twist of fate to end up in Shotts for watching a Chinese bootleg of Cowboys vs. Aliens online after getting away with driving Seanny insane in real life to the point of throwing his laptop at an old lady in the Tesco car park (aiding and abetting)
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You make a fair point though, I've got Sky Sports and BT sports back legally. The Exodus add-on was convenient though.
Exodus in particular was cracked down on fairly aggressively. I know the filth aren't really after a wee hairy guy on a couch getting South American Womens U21s football matches for free particulary so much as they are the distributors and DNS server hosts, but I've heard a few mental stories of fairly innocent folk getting their arses felt all the same
Watching great British bake off
you've hooked me
I got into the habit when I was off sick for ages and just stuck with it.
The ladies are superb in it.
Dev, Steve and Tim are some of the best worst actors ive ever seen.
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I was considering atypical but fanny wrote too much. That means I’d need to pay attention.
What is a good comfort watch on Netflix? Something where I need neither brain nor soul?
Corrie
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this reminded me of a Nic Cage thread i've been meaning to post
I actually subscribed to Hulu for the sole purpose of showing 30 Rock to my lady. I've caught every other episode of Sunny for years but I'm trying to watch them in order.
So fucking of course Netflix is bailing.
Seems to happen with most shows I start watching. Find in the middle of the series that Netflix dropped them. Married with Children, Magnum PI, the X-Files, etc.
surely there's at least 7 episodes of Magnum PI on several channels of US television every afternoon?
Not the same as a Netflix binge watch but I noticed Logo shows MwC at night quite often. It's not all the time and most weeks it's not on the same nights as the one before.
I got Hulu as well, got an email for $5.99/mo for first year so I'll just watch a shitload of stuff.
Life in pieces.
I don't know if anyone has peeped Gerald's Game but it's fucking gooood. The ending sequence was as nightmarish and stomach turning as it was in the book. Great performance from Carla Gugino as well. Just dynamite.
A little weird seeing Henry "Elliot from E.T." Thomas being a cho mo though.
This looks good, hoping a UK channel picks it up:
Sadly I don't have cable. Just Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.
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