What to Watch Instantly on Netflix? (and now all streaming services)

[GrantDawg]

Enola Holmes was enjoyable. More family friendly type thing.

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[cubboyroy1826]

We really liked Enola Holmes a lot. The age of the viewers were 18, 20, 27 and 55. Really liked the job Millie Bobby Brown did.

[Suicane75]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Anyone watch I'm Thinking Of Ending Things?

Yup. It's quite good. Watch closely and be prepared to watch it a 2nd time.

[Edward64]

Wife and I were bored and re-watched "Jason Bourne" (5th in the series, 4th by Matt Damon) last night.

Writing and plot was not near as good as the first 4 IMO (e.g. Deep Dream angle was unnecessary and distracting) but enjoyed it. I know Matt Damon is at the point in his career where he can pick and choose but if I was him, I would do more Bourne movies and really milk the franchise, come out with a Bourne movie every 2-3 years. Arguably, Bourne can become/is better than the James Bond franchise and equal Wick.

My favorites of the genre are Wick > Bourne > Bond.

[Edward64]

Started watching "A Year in Space", documentary on Scott Kelly and his year on the space station. First several episodes were on training and on how his family adjusted to him leaving.

Kinda boring but fascinating also. Enjoyed the episode where he was at the Russian Star City, his quarantine, and visiting the tree that Gagarin planted which started a tradition that all the other cosmo/astronauts do also).

If you ever dreamt of being an astronaut, recommend you watch it.

[ISiddiqui]

Realised only have 1 month of free Disney+ so might as well watch those Marvel movies I never watched (I stopped using before Age of Ultron). Kind of fun they upconverted them to Dolby Vision. It definitely looks great. And it's been long enough that my fatigue with Marvel movies may be over (though I did see and enjoy the two Guardians of the Galaxy and Black Panther in the interim). Maybe it was the character of Iron Man that bored me?

[GrantDawg]

Utopia on Amazon was very strange but enjoyable. Lots of twists and turns.
Emily in Paris is good if your estrogen levels are really high.

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[Edward64]

Been watching Prime Japan on Amazon Prime. It does a deeper dive into Japanese stuff such as sushi, ramen, swordsmithing, tea ceremony etc.

It's more of a 'stylistic' documentary but enjoying the different presentation. See new and different types of sushi which was pretty cool (really want to spend a week or so in Kyoto and experience the more traditional stuff). Didn't learn too much about Ramen that I didn't already know. Creating swords was cool.

The tea ceremony episode brought me back to Ralph Macchio scene in Karate Kid II.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7azhcBE3Go

[Lathum]

Just finished Sons if anarchy. What next?

[spleen1015]

Originally Posted by Lathum

Just finished Sons if anarchy. What next?

The Wire. If you've watched it already, watch it again.
The Americans
Justified
Lost
Bosch
Ray Donovan

[Lathum]

Went with Cobra Kai and 3 episodes in extremely happy with our choice.

[ISiddiqui]

Watching Schitt's Creek. It's good, but not great. I'm not seeing why it was so amazingly lauded that they felt they needed to have it sweep all the Comedy awards at the Emmys.

[bob]

I admit I just watched the first couple eps, but it reminded me of some crappy TBS comedy that is just filler between Seinfeld reruns. I don't get it but maybe it got much better.

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

Watching Schitt's Creek. It's good, but not great. I'm not seeing why it was so amazingly lauded that they felt they needed to have it sweep all the Comedy awards at the Emmys.

Fwiw I'm at the end of season 1 and it has its moments but never seems to take off. I've heard it gets better with each season but I haven't seen enough to push forward.

We're at the end of Season 2 of The Good Place and I highly recommend it. It's from Michael Schur of The Office and FJM fame.

[ISiddiqui]

We're almost at the end of Season 3. The characters get better and more empathetic, but I am not sure why people thought it was 'due' after it's end more than The Good Place which is a far better show IMO.

[JPhillips]

We've been watching The Vow on HBO. I didn't know much about the group, only the sensationalist headlines. Keith Raniere came up with a unique blend of multi-level marketing and sex cult that focused on seemingly successful, but deeply unhappy people.

And then somehow convinced some of them to move to Albany.

[Lathum]

Watched 4 more episodes of Cobra Kai last night.

This show is borderline perfection. Hits all the right notes and brings back all the nostalgia.

[GrantDawg]

Watching Derek. My goodness, this was way more heart-wrenching than I expected.

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[PilotMan]

Derek is freaking awesome. Way better than you think it's going to be. Gervais' writing is fantastic.

We finished The Haunting of Bly Manor tonight. It's not what I thought. It has a slow burn, and very deep story that's very confusing, has a number of weak spots, character holes, and an ending I didn't care for, but I was pretty riveted for most of it.

[ISiddiqui]

Still going through the Marvel movies I missed. Age of Ultron was meh. Ant Man wasn't bad. Captain America Civil War is good so far (pro Sokovia, while I tend to dislike Stark, and I bet this series is going to do the whole oversight over vigilantes is bad thing). I enjoy watching them in Dolby Vision. But I also enjoy playing on my phone while watching them - so I'm glad I didn't pay to watch on the theater.

[Izulde]

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

Watching Schitt's Creek. It's good, but not great. I'm not seeing why it was so amazingly lauded that they felt they needed to have it sweep all the Comedy awards at the Emmys.

I got bored after the first couple episodes when I tried it before. Felt no desire to push through like I did with Community, which also had a creaky start.

[JPhillips]

Started The Expanse tonight.

[Critch]

Finished season 1 of Raised By Wolves. I enjoyed it, I'll be back for season 2, but it's already got the feeling of something that'll be canceled before it reaches a proper ending.

[spleen1015]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

Started The Expanse tonight.

This is pretty decent. I've started reading the books.

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by Izulde

I got bored after the first couple episodes when I tried it before. Felt no desire to push through like I did with Community, which also had a creaky start.

My wife is a Schitt's Creek fanatic. Has watched the whole series at least 10 times. Yet I haven't really found it to be amusing when I'm in the room.

Tried Community as well, but it wasn't doing it for me.

[PilotMan]

Did anyone else see that Netflix cancelled the final season of GLOW?

Considering it only had one season left and was well loved, it leaves a sour taste in my mouth.

[spleen1015]

Yeah, kinda lame.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by PilotMan

Did anyone else see that Netflix cancelled the final season of GLOW?

Considering it only had one season left and was well loved, it leaves a sour taste in my mouth.

NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

[molson]

Originally Posted by PilotMan

Did anyone else see that Netflix cancelled the final season of GLOW?

Considering it only had one season left and was well loved, it leaves a sour taste in my mouth.

They had started filming the final season in February but it got COVID'd and everything got shut down. It was an expensive show to produce and COVID restrictions were going to make it even more expensive because of the large cast, the physicality involved, etc. There's been a few other Netflix show cancellations for the same reasons. Another COVID culture blow.

I know there's some push for a wrap-up movie down the road, and Netflix has the flexibility to do something like that if there's enough support for it.

[ISiddiqui]

Teenage Bounty Hunters also got canceled for COVID reasons.

Glow had the other issue of the characters have to be physically close to each other during filming. So keeping the actors on the payroll to not film anything would have been prohibitively expensive.

I'm curious about how 2021 is going to go, re: TV shows. Nothing is being filmed right now. And the things that have come out where filmed pre-COVID and have just been being edited during the last few months.

[JPhillips]

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

Teenage Bounty Hunters also got canceled for COVID reasons.

Glow had the other issue of the characters have to be physically close to each other during filming. So keeping the actors on the payroll to not film anything would have been prohibitively expensive.

I'm curious about how 2021 is going to go, re: TV shows. Nothing is being filmed right now. And the things that have come out where filmed pre-COVID and have just been being edited during the last few months.

Actually, there's a lot of filming right now. I was just approached this week for a location rental for shooting a CBS show in early November.

But things are going to look different. SAG is pretty strict on physical separation at all times.

[NobodyHere]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

Started The Expanse tonight.

I really need to sit down and watch that.

[ISiddiqui]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

Actually, there's a lot of filming right now. I was just approached this week for a location rental for shooting a CBS show in early November.

But things are going to look different. SAG is pretty strict on physical separation at all times.

Huh. I wasn't aware studios had begun filming again. I remember everything was shut down for months... but I wonder if it's just because some studios are filming in safer areas and not places like Georgia...

[molson]

I know Yellowstone is filming now just across the border from here in Montana. You can Airbnb a place on that ranch when they're not filming.

But everything is just more tenuous and expensive, so it's probably the stuff on the fringes that is the most impacted, and the stuff that already has strikes against it - like bigger casts, indoor sets, scenes requiring close contacts. And the set can be shut down at any time. I know the new Jurassic Park was filming and got shut down over some positive tests.

[JPhillips]

I think the studios are just willing to take the risk because they are running out of material. I was approached by a show that mostly films in NYC and the surrounding areas. There are a lot of new procedures that I'm sure slow things down and add costs, but networks need the content.

[JPhillips]

Originally Posted by NobodyHere

I really need to sit down and watch that.

I'm only two episodes in, but I'm definitely still on-board at this point.

[ISiddiqui]

The Expanse is great, though Season 4 was pretty bad (of course Book 4 is pretty bad as well). Season 5 should be much better (the book is fantastic).

[stevew]

I read about that GLOW cancellation on sportsdigs.

[Dodgerchick]

Thoroughly enjoyed Schitt's Creek <3

[ISiddiqui]

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

Still going through the Marvel movies I missed. Age of Ultron was meh. Ant Man wasn't bad. Captain America Civil War is good so far (pro Sokovia, while I tend to dislike Stark, and I bet this series is going to do the whole oversight over vigilantes is bad thing). I enjoy watching them in Dolby Vision. But I also enjoy playing on my phone while watching them - so I'm glad I didn't pay to watch on the theater.

Well Captain American Civil War was mindless fun, but there are a few things that just make little sense to me:

Spoiler

If the Avengers haven't been protected by any government, how have they not been sued to the end of the world and back? I mean really, all that destruction, people are going to sue and the Avengers would not have been protected by sovereign immunity. That ALONE is a reason to join on Sokovia - that way they are legally protected. Would have been something Stark may have thought of.

[GrantDawg]

I had heard about Glow, but Teenage Bounty Hunters? They show was such fun. That just sucks.

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[Atocep]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

I had heard about Glow, but Teenage Bounty Hunters? They show was such fun. That just sucks.

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I passively watched Teenage Bounty Hunters as my wife binged through it and it was almost shockingly not awful at all. Actually quite entertaining at times.

[molson]

Dexter's coming back for another season with the original show runner.

I don't watch much TV these days, and I don't watch anything weekly as it comes out - I think Breaking Bad and Dexter were the last two shows I remember looking forward to the night they aired.

[stevew]

maybe they can retcon the last 4 seasons?

[stevew]

Watching Moneyball again on Netflix. Kinda went down the rabbit hole a bit and reading about the proposed Stephen Soderbergh version is insane.

Steven Soderbergh's planned film adaptation of Moneyball would have featured an animated version of James as a "host".[32] This script was discarded when director Bennett Miller and writer Aaron Sorkin succeeded Soderbergh on the project.

[Lathum]

Just finished Cobra Kai, man, took a direction I did not expect,

[Groundhog]

Halfway through the Haunting of Bly Manor. Enjoying it quite a bit, a more subtle type of horror than you normally get in these shows (so far, at least).

[Lathum]

E! has been running Las Vegas reruns after years of NBC not releasing it. I love it, this show is the perfect guilty pleasure. It is so good.

[tarcone]

Amazon Prime has The World Wars on now.

It was on the History channel I believe. Tells the story of the great WW2 leaders from their roles in WW1 through the end of WW2. Great show.

It is a 3 part series. Each part is 1 1/2 hours long.

[NobodyHere]

I'm actually pretty excited about this one.