Netflix - What gems have you found? (NO SPOILERS) (Vol. 2)

[stinkyspanner]

phillip-wg3kq said:

mickk said:

Mars said:

cobra kid said:

Vipers said:

Coming out Friday, looks good, just watched the trailer.

"Comes out of retirement for one last job." Ah yes, that old chestnut.

I'll give that a miss thanks.

It's actually quite decent and not a re-run of his "Taken" character.

Just finished this, not bad and had a few nice cars in it.

Just watched this, definitely one of his better films, nicely period and lovely scenery to boot, worth the watch.

I watched this, thought it was a load of old tut. Total cliche, predictable, silly and I got the impression the Irishness was fully ramped up for the US market.. I was expecting a 'top' o the morning to ya so it is' any minute. Also the token black character shoehorned into the script just seemed a bit unlikely in a 70's Irish village in the arse end of nowhere. It's a no from me

[Al Gorithum]

Have we had a Man in Full yet?

Quite enjoyed it, and was surprised to see an erect willy for the 1st time on a TV programme.

[Smollet]

Al Gorithum said:

Have we had a Man in Full yet?

Quite enjoyed it, and was surprised to see an erect willy for the 1st time on a TV programme.

Is this the latest Jeff Daniel's series?

[Al Gorithum]

Smollet said:

Al Gorithum said:

Have we had a Man in Full yet?

Quite enjoyed it, and was surprised to see an erect willy for the 1st time on a TV programme.

Is this the latest Jeff Daniel's series?

Yes Sir.

[psi310398]

stinkyspanner said:

I watched this, thought it was a load of old tut. Total cliche, predictable, silly and I got the impression the Irishness was fully ramped up for the US market.. I was expecting a 'top' o the morning to ya so it is' any minute. Also the token black character shoehorned into the script just seemed a bit unlikely in a 70's Irish village in the arse end of nowhere. It's a no from me

I wouldn’t go that far but it was formulaic and had just about every elderly Irish actor from central casting doing a turn presumably to top up their pension funds. As noted, it almost got to the ‘Begorrah, bejaysus’ end the dialogue market and the plot was fairly preposterous.

That said, the cars were fun to see, and the rather delightful Niamh Cusack also makes an appearance.

[wombleh]

Thought the scenery was nice, great production, non existent plot, entertaining enough but doubt I’d watch it again.

[Boxster5]

Al Gorithum said:

Have we had a Man in Full yet?

Quite enjoyed it, and was surprised to see an erect willy for the 1st time on a TV programme.

We started watching it last night only because we were channel hopping - episode 3 next.
It’s OK - thought it was going to be another Succession at first.
Haven’t seen the erect willy yet though!!!

[Hub]

beagrizzly said:

ASA569 said:

Clockwork Cupcake said:

Has anyone else on the Basic plan at £7.99 pcm received an email saying it is being discontinued and you are being automatically 'upgraded' to "Standard with adverts" at £4.99 pcm, but if you want to be advert-free like before it will be £10.99 pcm?

I got this too and I'm not impressed. I don't think Netflix is worth £10.99 a month but I really dislike adverts and just won't watch at all if they're included. I may go back to Prime and pay to be advert free as at least I also get free delivery

I've got until June 7th to consider my options.

FFS. Thanks for the tip off, I'd missed the email. Grrr.

Very annoying. I've seen this before with other things - gets to a point where they've run out of ideas/not clever enough to grow the business, so instead just make you pay more for what you already have. I already have, and want, Netflix without fking adverts, but now I have to pay more for it.

Alternatively, I can have adverts, but the smokescreen of 'paying less' is still us paying more because being forced to sit through ads is us making money for them.

tts.

In the same boat here, very annoying.

Does anyone own up to running the ads plan and how insufferable is it?

[Hub]

C5_Steve said:

dxg said:

I'm making my way through Dark, as everyone seems to say it's great.

I mean, the story's compelling, but it suffers from the "too many characters" problem, compounded by different people playing the same characters. It would be alright if the various actors looked somewhat alike or if the filmakers used subtle cues like associating certain colours with certain characters, but nope...

Enjoying it, though. It doesn't seem to have quite the same amount of padding as most Netflix series do. And the subtitles force me to concentrate while watching it on the treadmill; which pushes the fact that I'm on the treadmill further back in my mind. The acid test for whether or not a Netflix series is engaging...

Dark is amazing and one of the best shows I've seen. I get your point about the characters, as someone else said it can be hard to keep track of but stick with it. It's one of the most satisfying shows because everything is there for a reason and some stuff takes the full 3 series to make sense but nothing is superfluous. It rewards your attention.

Ditto,one of the best shows I've ever seen, and I thought the casting was great too.

I remember there is a Dark website where you can put in what episode you are up to and it will give you a map of the links between all the characters up to that point.

[JagLover]

Hub said:

Ditto,one of the best shows I've ever seen, and I thought the casting was great too.

I remember there is a Dark website where you can put in what episode you are up to and it will give you a map of the links between all the characters up to that point.

Dark is definitely up there and very close to being the best show on Netflix IMO.

[Vipers]

stinkyspanner said:

phillip-wg3kq said:

mickk said:

Mars said:

cobra kid said:

Vipers said:

Coming out Friday, looks good, just watched the trailer.

"Comes out of retirement for one last job." Ah yes, that old chestnut.

I'll give that a miss thanks.

It's actually quite decent and not a re-run of his "Taken" character.

Just finished this, not bad and had a few nice cars in it.

Just watched this, definitely one of his better films, nicely period and lovely scenery to boot, worth the watch.

I watched this, thought it was a load of old tut. Total cliche, predictable, silly and I got the impression the Irishness was fully ramped up for the US market.. I was expecting a 'top' o the morning to ya so it is' any minute. Also the token black character shoehorned into the script just seemed a bit unlikely in a 70's Irish village in the arse end of nowhere. It's a no from me

Obviously each to their own, but we enjoyed it. Currently watching Killing Eve, interesting plot, bit light hearted in places, and I won’t mention the scene before a shot is of some sausages in a frying pan, if you have seen it, you will remember.

[Slowboathome]

Just watched the first episode of Life On Mars.

Really enjoyed it.

[richhead]

Watched Bullet Train last night, one of the best films ive seen in an age, very pulp fiction with a bit of kill bill , and loads of big names in it. Amazed ive never heard of it before.

[rider73]

Don't think it did great at the cinema.....I caught it free on prime, really enjoyed it too.

[sandman77]

Watched Unfrosted last night. It was terrible. An entirely made up story and poorly executed. Avoid.

[Black can man]

richhead said:

Watched Bullet Train last night, one of the best films ive seen in an age, very pulp fiction with a bit of kill bill , and loads of big names in it. Amazed ive never heard of it before.

I lasted 15 minutes before I gave up on this.

[Smollet]

Black can man said:

richhead said:

Watched Bullet Train last night, one of the best films ive seen in an age, very pulp fiction with a bit of kill bill , and loads of big names in it. Amazed ive never heard of it before.

I lasted 15 minutes before I gave up on this.

Same here

[richhead]

Smollet said:

Black can man said:

richhead said:

Watched Bullet Train last night, one of the best films ive seen in an age, very pulp fiction with a bit of kill bill , and loads of big names in it. Amazed ive never heard of it before.

I lasted 15 minutes before I gave up on this.

Same here

Admit it doesnt start well, its worth persevering with

[Doofus]

sandman77 said:

Watched Unfrosted last night. It was terrible. An entirely made up story and poorly executed. Avoid.

Disagree. It was fun. Not every story has to be true.

[Kerniki]

phillip-wg3kq said:

mickk said:

Mars said:

cobra kid said:

Vipers said:

Coming out Friday, looks good, just watched the trailer.

"Comes out of retirement for one last job." Ah yes, that old chestnut.

I'll give that a miss thanks.

It's actually quite decent and not a re-run of his "Taken" character.

Just finished this, not bad and had a few nice cars in it.

Just watched this, definitely one of his better films, nicely period and lovely scenery to boot, worth the watch.

Likewise, a very good watch, get rid of the preconceptions of Liam and watch it, not brilliant but dumbed down Liam is a better one, the irish girl in it is just brilliant! Might look up what else shes been in, good actress, i find that kind of woman very appealing.