Bump when you find something good to stream from Netflix or Amazon or whatever

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:

Rocinante wrote:

I haven't seen it but it's pretty clear they're talking about social media, no? The computer screen dude (seen in a meme) and the fact that it's called "bird box" (Twitter) and some people appear immune (trolls). I mean it's kind of on the nose.

I watched it. It wasn't that good. I have no idea why this movie is getting all of this attention.

Basically it's the Tide Pod effect.

Saw the first episode of Bodyguard last night. That first half hour was intense. Looks like there was a 6 episode season that was released last September. No idea if or when there’s season two coming.

tGreenWay wrote:Saw the first episode of Bodyguard last night. That first half hour was intense. Looks like there was a 6 episode season that was released last September. No idea if or when there’s season two coming.

I watched a couple of months ago. It was pretty good. I like how the Brits do those short 6 episode series. Perfect for my attention span.

Floyd Robertson wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:Saw the first episode of Bodyguard last night. That first half hour was intense. Looks like there was a 6 episode season that was released last September. No idea if or when there’s season two coming.

I watched a couple of months ago. It was pretty good. I like how the Brits do those short 6 episode series. Perfect for my attention span.

That works for me, too.
Although, come to think of it, I need to check to see if MI:5 is available to stream. One or two seasons of that showed up in the US several years ago, but then disappeared. The English series was on for several years. Of what I saw, it would be worth the investment of time spent watching.

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:

Rocinante wrote:

I haven't seen it but it's pretty clear they're talking about social media, no? The computer screen dude (seen in a meme) and the fact that it's called "bird box" (Twitter) and some people appear immune (trolls). I mean it's kind of on the nose.

I watched it. It wasn't that good. I have no idea why this movie is getting all of this attention.

Because someone at Netflix knew just how to play everyone.

Netflix has never (or at least very, very rarely) released actual viewership data. Then a few weeks ago, they release that 800 bazillion people or whatever have watched Bird Box (with only Netflix's word to take for that, and no mention of whether, if the number is remotely true, it counts it auto-playing for a few seconds as someone "watching" it). But, hey, the headline and the tweets said that 800 bazillion people have watched it, so people think, "OMG, it must be sooo good. I need to watch it in order to be cool."

So that viewership number, which was probably bullshit to begin with, becomes somewhat self-fulfilling.

tGreenWay wrote:Saw the first episode of Bodyguard last night. That first half hour was intense. Looks like there was a 6 episode season that was released last September. No idea if or when there’s season two coming.

"Iiiiiiieeeeiiii will always love yoooooooohhhooooo"....

Grand Tour season 3 back on Amazon but only dropping one ep a week.

Also The Kids Are Alright on Amazon. I've seen it a hundred times and now it's 101

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:Saw the first episode of Bodyguard last night. That first half hour was intense. Looks like there was a 6 episode season that was released last September. No idea if or when there’s season two coming.

"Iiiiiiieeeeiiii will always love yoooooooohhhooooo"....

It does not bode well for me that I opened with that song as Mrs. GW pressed play on the first episode of that show. That we share even a tiny slice of the same sense of humor makes me want to stab my eyes with a pen and pound my thumbs with a hammer.

Atlanta season 2 Hulu...
Tony Perkins is some weird shit.

Have you guys discovered iMDb Freedive yet?

There's a lot to watch on demand if you don't mind a few, quick commercials in your content.

Doing a trial of Youtube TV. They have the archive of every season of the Simpson available. Been revisiting the golden era and it still holds up.

Polar on Netflix. Mads Mikkelsen. Bizarre. Funny. Gory.

Floyd Robertson wrote:Polar on Netflix. Mads Mikkelsen. Bizarre. Funny. Gory.

Found it derivative, outlandish and predictable. Plus the open ended sequel bait was insulting

Dr. Strangelove wrote:

Floyd Robertson wrote:Polar on Netflix. Mads Mikkelsen. Bizarre. Funny. Gory.

Found it derivative, outlandish and predictable. Plus the open ended sequel bait was insulting

I enjoyed most of it though.

Anyway, I found another one last night. "The Angel", based on a true story of this Egyptian spy who fed secrets to the Israelis between the Six Day War and the Yom Kippur War.

DWags wrote:Abducted in plain sight. I want to hurt people.

I can't watch that stuff.

Just starting the Pacific on Amazon. never saw it when it first came out

Just got done watching that Fyre documentary. Good God, I got more anxious watching this disaster happen than I usually get at work when shit hits the fan.

The CEO of that company is a gigantic sociopath.

aualum06 wrote:Just starting the Pacific on Amazon. never saw it when it first came out

I never watched it. I was burned out after band of brothers. Let me know what you think.

Rocinante wrote:

aualum06 wrote:Just starting the Pacific on Amazon. never saw it when it first came out

I never watched it. I was burned out after band of brothers. Let me know what you think.

First two episodes are good. Not as good as Bob. Pacific is a whole different animal

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:Just got done watching that Fyre documentary. Good God, I got more anxious watching this disaster happen than I usually get at work when shit hits the fan.

The CEO of that company is a gigantic sociopath.

Fyre Festival was good. I must live under a rock cause I had never heard of this before. But one thing is for certain after watching this, I’m sure fucking glad I’m not a millennial.

If you really want to feel like a lazy ass watch "The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti" (HBO)

No one will get this if they don’t watch but I’m binge watching The Hamdmaids Tale on Hulu right now. I walk into the kitchen this morning and greet the family with “praise be” “under his eye”. I was expecting someone to say “we’ve been sent good weather, blessed be the fruit”. It’s a good watch so far if you like dystopian stories.

By-Tor wrote: No one will get this if they don’t watch but I’m binge watching The Hamdmaids Tale on Hulu right now. I walk into the kitchen this morning and greet the family with “praise be” “under his eye”. I was expecting someone to say “we’ve been sent good weather, blessed be the fruit”. It’s a good watch so far if you like dystopian stories.

Yeah, that one sticks with you.

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The punisher cancellation is likely another with the expectation that the Disney streaming channel will drive costs for Disney properties way up. I have no idea about Jessica Jones.

Rocinante wrote:The punisher cancellation is likely another with the expectation that the Disney streaming channel will drive costs for Disney properties way up. I have no idea about Jessica Jones.

Yeah never mind. JJ is also a Marvel property. Man that Disney channel is going to have a lot of content.

Finished the Pacific. I liked it

Minimalism documentary on netflix. Solid.

I started Mile 22. And then I read some reviews googling a scene. And I stopped watching it. Critics were not kind to Marky Mark.

DWags wrote:

Nordic wrote:If you really want to feel like a lazy ass watch "The Many Lives of Nick Buoniconti" (HBO)

Amazing.

So, fun story....(didn't watch the movie, but related...)
Had no idea who Nick Buoniconti was (being born in 71)... But recently I saw something on him, maybe the CTE thing. Noticed he was from the same city as my dad. So I emailed Dad saying something like did you ever know this guy. His response was... oh yeah, he and I walked to football practice together for a couple years. They paired us up in a mentor big brother roll and he was mine for while in school. He probably wouldn't remember me though....
And that's how I recently learned my dad played football with a Hall of Famer in high school.

AvgMSUJoe wrote:

DWags wrote:

Amazing.

So, fun story....(didn't watch the movie, but related...)
Had no idea who Nick Buoniconti was (being born in 71)... But recently I saw something on him, maybe the CTE thing. Noticed he was from the same city as my dad. So I emailed Dad saying something like did you ever know this guy. His response was... oh yeah, he and I walked to football practice together for a couple years. They paired us up in a mentor big brother roll and he was mine for while in school. He probably wouldn't remember me though....
And that's how I recently learned my dad played football with a Hall of Famer in high school.

Cool story.

AvgMSUJoe wrote:

DWags wrote:

Amazing.

So, fun story....(didn't watch the movie, but related...)
Had no idea who Nick Buoniconti was (being born in 71)... But recently I saw something on him, maybe the CTE thing. Noticed he was from the same city as my dad. So I emailed Dad saying something like did you ever know this guy. His response was... oh yeah, he and I walked to football practice together for a couple years. They paired us up in a mentor big brother roll and he was mine for while in school. He probably wouldn't remember me though....
And that's how I recently learned my dad played football with a Hall of Famer in high school.

That’s a pretty cool story, bro.

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:I started Mile 22. And then I read some reviews googling a scene. And I stopped watching it. Critics were not kind to Marky Mark.

You have my attention. Please go on.

Like 1 and 1/2 into "The Umbrella Academy"... Ok so far. Socks aren't knocked off or anything, but a descent waste of time.

AvgMSUJoe wrote:Like 1 and 1/2 into "The Umbrella Academy"... Ok so far. Socks aren't knocked off or anything, but a descent waste of time.

I'm watching this with my ten year-old daughter and she loves it. I guess that means I'm committed for the long haul.

Clarett's Folly wrote:

AvgMSUJoe wrote:Like 1 and 1/2 into "The Umbrella Academy"... Ok so far. Socks aren't knocked off or anything, but a descent waste of time.

I'm watching this with my ten year-old daughter and she loves it. I guess that means I'm committed for the long haul.

Is it appropriate for an 11 year old?

InTenSity wrote:

Clarett's Folly wrote:

I'm watching this with my ten year-old daughter and she loves it. I guess that means I'm committed for the long haul.

Is it appropriate for an 11 year old?

I was kind of wondering that myself.

AvgMSUJoe wrote:Like 1 and 1/2 into "The Umbrella Academy"... Ok so far. Socks aren't knocked off or anything, but a descent waste of time.

You should try an ascent to more entertaining media.