I enjoyed it, too. Overall it was pretty entertaining and funny. I liked a lot of the soundtrack, too.

When I saw the trailer I thought it was going to be terrible, but last weekend I was in bed most of it with a migraine and had nothing else to watch. Ended up binging the whole series.

I still wouldn't say I loved it (gave it 3/5 on Netflix), but it exceeded my expectations.

And I finally got around to watching BoJack Horseman. Glad I waited so that I had 3 seasons of content. Took a few episodes to get going for me, but I loved it and each season was better than one before. It certainly doesn't pull any punches.

BoJack Horseman is the best thing Netflix has ever done. It's utterly brilliant.

Absolutely agree. Love this!

Funniest episode by far is the one with Patton Oswald playing the navy seal that accuses bojack of stealing his muffins. However, the show really really explores adult depression and selfdestructiveness in its many forms in very touching ways. Of course surrounded by really funny writing and performances. And that 4th episode of season 3. Where he's underwater and doesn't talk for the entire episode...is....wow phenomenal.

Agree so hard

ok, ok, i'll pick it back up :D

I think I'm near the end of season 2? start of season 3? I was really enjoying it but just set it aside while doing all the crap I had to for moving.

Indeed. Though the 2nd to last episode of Season 3 is pretty amazing as well.

Tried to watch Ultimate Beastmaster to tide my daughter over until Ninja Warrior is back. Such a bad show. Talk about taking a simple concept and needlessly complicate it. Plus you only really get to see the last 1-2 obstacles of a person's run. So bad.

Interestingly, the Oscar Winning short document "The White Helmets" is a Netflix original. Had no idea until last night.

It's a great show. Watched it a few weeks ago. Amazing what they do right in the middle of a war zone.

DAVE CHAPPELLE IS BACK

Watched Chappelle. Great stuff.

Also watching Santa Clarita Diet. Pretty good.

Can't wait for the 31st and 13 Reasons Why to air. The book itself is unevenly written, but I still remember it some years later.

We have trailer sign :)



Not thrilled about the music they used but I am still extremely excited about the show.

New Netflix original movie The Discovery is worth watching. A scientist has proven there's an afterlife triggering a wave of suicides by people wanting to get there.

A thinker, not an action movie, but a solid 7.5/10.

Don't know if this is on Netflix or not. The Returned or Les Revenants is an awesome show about dead people returning to their homes in a small mountain community. The Returned opens in a small mountain community which is rocked to its core when several local people who are presumed dead suddenly re-appear at their homes. Despite having passed away some years earlier, these ghostly characters appear in human form, they have not aged, and they are completely unaware of their own fatality. Determined to reclaim their lives and start over, they slowly come to realize that they are not the only ones to have been brought back from the dead. Their return augers torment for their community when a gruesome murder attempt bears a chilling resemblance to the work of a serial killer from the past. This is a homecoming like no other. Awesome show so far!

Master of None returns for Season Two on May 12!

Louis CK is his usual horrible hilarious self in his new special.

I'm finishing up 13 Reasons Why tonight, this is the first show I've watched in a very long time that's *really* given me the urge to binge fully at the expense of almost anything else.

I thought it was okay.

First two episodes drew me in, then I thought the middle was meh. At that point I had put too much time into it not to finish, and luckily it got much better at the end. I'm curious what you think of the finish.

Yes. The ending was what you said.

Mystery Science Theater hasnt made me laugh once and thats making me really sad.

My wife watched the first couple of episodes of 13 Reasons Why over the weekend. I half tuned-in, but it didn't really grab me. It's a good idea, I just thought the execution was a bit heavy-handed.

I finished season 1 of Black Mirror over the weekend. Wow, what a headfuck that is. I thought episode 3 in particular was scary in how close we seem to be to a place where something like this could quite easily happen.

I'm really lovin the episodes so far, to each their own I guess.

I was in the same boat. I was blown away by it and it just seemed to get better and better to me.

I was surprised at how realistic it was. The debate on if it glorifies suicide is interesting as it seems to be getting some backlash

Happy Valley is a BBC police drama, with two seasons pulled over for Netflix. Pretty reminiscent of The Killing, and similarly well done. I have finished the first season (only six one hour episodes) and it was very deep and rewarding. Good stuff.

Gonna spoiler tag everything, answering the specific thing here and some quick general thoughts.

Second season isn't quite as good but still worth the time. It's actually a Netflix coproduction so we get it at basically the same time as the British.

My current watch is season two of the Great British Bake off, having watched seasons 1 and 3. It is so absolutely delightful. It's also the first show I've watched on Netflix in calendar 2017.

It's really bad.

I've really enjoyed it. Loved "Avalanche" in particular.

I've enjoyed pretty much every British crime/thriller/drama I've watched on Netflix. Didn't stick with season 2 of the Tunnel, but pretty much everything else has been ace.

MST3K will take some getting used to for me due to all the new players, but it I've enjoyed it a lot. It feels like the original with a fresh coat of a paint.

My take as well. Laughed my way through Ep 1, even though I was only half paying attention. It was good enough that the Mrs decried it the worst thing on television ever.

I've been digging the hell out of MST3K too. It's not Joel or Mike, but it's not far from that IMO. It is at least on par with Rifftrax for me.

I just rewatched both The Barkley Marathons and Inspired to Ride in the past month and still love them as much as the first time I discovered them.

I also watched Finding Traction for the first time and while I loved the concept (ultramarathoner Nikki Kimball attempts to set the Fastest Known Time (FKT) on the Long Trail in Vermont), it wasn't as compelling as I had hoped.

I wish Netflix would build out their collection of ultra-endurance documentaries beyond the handful of titles they have, but I also realize that we are talking about a pretty small niche here.

For those who haven't watched the Barkley Marathons, it is worth the 90 minutes, even if you aren't a runner, hiker, or any other sort of outdoorsman. Laz is such a compelling character and it is a great story.

+1 for all these... so +3?

Agree on The Barkley Marathons. Great documentary.

Love The Barkley Marathons. Absolutely hate 13 Reasons Why, Clay is completely obnoxious.

Our World War

Produced by BBC. It is stories of WW1 taken from actual written documents of what happened in WW1 to British soldiers.
First episode was outstanding. I cant wait to see the next. When I get time.

Thanks, added this to the list. Some of those WW1 battles rank at the very top of my "historical experiences I am forever thankful I did not have to endure" list.

Almost all the BBC stuff on Netflix is fascinating as hell. The copious amounts of nature documentaries have been basically on a loop with MST3K for me every night.

Watched the Barkley Marathons and totally agree. That was a great documentary.

I have looked up some of the race reports for previous years and the people competing in this run are officially bonkers.

House of Cards season 5 out May 30

There is a ton of good-to-great TV streaming on Netflix, but there seriously might only be a dozen movies worth watching. I'd love to know what goes into deciding what gets streamed, because it's clearly not anything obvious.

I'm guessing that streaming only people tend to either binge shows or watch something beyond the typical big budget films. I've watched a ton of documentaries and quite a few movies that I hadn't heard of before.

Season 1 of the remake of One Day At A Time. I'm not kidding. It's not great, but it is good.

Master of None season 2 next Friday. Seriously my favorite thing Netflix has done.

I didn't think I'd like this show going in but it's good. I think the best description of it is a romantic comedy for guys. It's funny and I think relatable for a lot of people.

I raced through the first 4.5 seasons of Mad Men a few years ago when the broadcast version was coming to an end, but then put it on hold until all of it came to Netflix. Finally picked it up again.

It's up there with the best binge watching tv series, level with Breaking Bad for me. Nothing much happens episode to episode, but the characters are great.

Funny, I just started Mad Men myself. I had previously gotten through about half the first season and then just stopped for some reason - so I started from scratch now. Love me some Jon Hamm.

Love it. Aziz is great.

Also - amped for House of Cards.

‘Arrested Development’ Season 5 Is Officially Happening at Netflix | Variety

Finally official - Arrested Development getting a 5th season. Season 4 was iffy, although I enjoyed it as a whole. Would have been much better had they been able to actually get everyone together, and it sounds like that is their plan for the new season, so I have high hopes.

Season 2 of Master of None is incredible. So much heart to that show. I have the season finale to watch tomorrow night, I can't wait.

Quick reviews for several shows I've watched (or tried to watch) in recent past

(Amazon) Good Girls Revolt - 7/10
First episode was heavy handed, but it found its groove in episodes 2-3. Really good show. Plot was kinda boring, but the characters were really well done. A shame it didn't get picked up for a second season, and why the season ends without tying up all of the plot, it didn't exactly end on a cliffhanger and it still works as an open-ended ending to the series IMO.

One Day At a Time - 1/10
I made it 1 episode. It was crammed with every sitcom cliche and troupe. Apparently a remake of a 1970s sitcom I never saw. I guess they thought what was original in the 70s would still fly in the 2010s. This was just plain awful.

Sense8 - 2/10*
Giving this an asterisk as I may give it one more episode before giving up on it for good. I made it 2 episodes in, and it was all exposition and sex scenes. There are way too many main characters. Shows like Lost did this well as they'd focus on one character per episode. Star Trek TNG - you'd have Data episodes, Geordi episodes, Terrible episodes (aka Worf episodes). Deep Space Nine - Dax episodes, Quark episodes, Terrible episodes (aka Worf episodes). But this show has several main characters, many of them have 1-2 scenes in the first two episodes. At least a half dozen times in episode 2, I thought "Who the fuck is this?"

And why the fuck is everyone speaking English!? Koreans (in South Korea) - speaking English. Germans (in Germany) - speaking English, Indians (in India) - speaking English. They wanted a world-wide cast to give it the story a huge scope...then shrink that scope right back down by having everyone speak English.

But...I still like the premise. Maybe I'll give it another episode or 2.

13 Reasons Why - 6/10
This show's biggest negative was Clay. They tried to get away with having two main characters (Hannah in the flash backs, Clay in the present). They gave Clay this his own story arc and it couldn't have been more boring. It really annoyed me every time Hannah's story would get interrupted to go through some of Clay's bullshit. They should have just let Clay be a Watson-type character, not give him a bunch of try-fail cycles as he tries to get through listening to the tapes.

Hannah's story - 8/10; Clay's nonsense - 3/10

Dear White People - 8/10
I was very pleasantly surprised by this series. In the back of my mind, I thought it was going to be very preachy, but it wasn't at all. Very, very good comedy.

The Great British Baking Show - 8/10
Watched season 1 awhile ago, but recently binged on seasons 2 and 3. Really love this show.



I'm a few episodes into Master of None, season 2 and have loved it so far. Also have season 2 of Documentary Now! to get to (loved season 1). As well as the new MST3K (1 episode in). I also saw that there's a documentary on Toshiro Mifune.

Its not on Netflix, it is on Amazon. Watch Sneaky Pete. This is just a fantastic show.
A con artist takes the place oif his cell mate to avoid the bad guy (Bryan Cranston) who he owes 100k. By the way, the bad guy has his brother and will cut off his fingers if the con man doesnt pay off the debt.

Great cast. Great story. Very tense. Gets you involved and on the edge of your seat.

Only made it through 2 episodes I think, but I found Sense8 an awful mix of bad acting and worse scripting.

Sense8 is one of the worst shows I've ever watched. Not sure how anyone gets through a season.

Sense8 has relatively good (if polemic) reviews, so I gave it a try and it didn't work for me either, there seemed to be a whole lot of noise disguising the fact that absolutely nothing was happening.

I'm in.

Netflix is streaming maybe two, but I was extremely surprised to discover that Amazon Prime Video has over a hundred old '70s & '80s Hong Kong kung fu flicks (mostly Shaw Brothers of course), including many that used to be considered quite rare. Buddha's Palm is my personal gold standard for batshit Shaw Bros. insanity, used to be quite hard to find, but it's on Amazon (and on YouTube for $1.99), what a time to be alive!:

Reviews are tough to take serious on some shows these days. Seems most just liked Sense8 to stay politically correct.

Yeah, to some degree it was trying to be SO pan-sexual and pan-worldly that it lapsed into unintentional satire, like a McDonald's add with 5 models-of-all-races chowing down on big macs. We're totally all hip to the kids fucking each other, right guys?!?

I made it to half way through episode 4 of Sense8. I think that's a record.

*shrug*

I guess I'm swim against the tide. Sense 8 is one of my favorite Netflix shows. I find it visually fantastic with great fight scenes (though Season 2 seems to have less of those) with a pretty interesting sci-fi premise. Almost done with Season 2.

It's visually great. And the premise of it is interesting. The characters suck and just aren't complex or interesting (this has always been a flaw with the Wachowskis). Many also just come across as fake.

I was looking forward to it since I am a fan of the Matrix films and Speed Racer. But this show is pretty bad.

Sens8 was terrible - frankly one of the most disappointing shows I ever tried watching.

In other news, I planned to watch a couple episodes of The Keepers. ...I ended up binging it and will finish it in one go. The Making of a Murderer fans will definitely be interested, I think.

The Dark Crystal teaser has me more excited than most things.

Trailer looks good. Little down on those kinds of shows after finding out how much Making a Murderer left out and skewed the story.

Wait, what? Movie or series?

series on netflix :)

I watched the entire first season and Christmas Special and can't wait for the second season. I really quite enjoy the show. It's fun. It has some great characters. Some fantastic action scenes. And it has a ton of heart.

Fun, excellent show.

Thanks, never even heard of this.

Just finished the second season - good stuff! It gets a bit slower this season because they are deepening the world and have to build up the backstory for all the stuff they did last season.

Master of None Season 2 was just brilliant. I loved every single thing about it.

Not sure what it is, but I could listen to Aziz speak Italian all day long.

"Prego mille!"

I'm so in.

My only quibble is the strange off plot episode in the middle of the season. Maybe that's a luxury of it being a binge watch show, but that was literally a throw away episode. I thought the Thanksgiving episode was one of the best 30 minutes of TV I've seen. And Allesandra Mastronardi, well, yeah.

Do you mean the I love New York one? Because I adored that episode. I was in awe that they made an episode like that.

Yep, again, I think it is the format that allows that freedom. It wasn't a bad episode; I thought some of the vignettes were fine--it wasn't my favorite episode. My point was that if it was a weekly show, you'd anger a lot of people with a totally off plot episode halfway through the season.

Absolutely loved the "New York, I Love You" episode, but I also agree that if this were a weekly show, they might not be able to get away with it. But that's what I love about Netflix shows (even the ones I hate). No TV execs there to push the show into the same format and style that all other shows have.

I think the binge format helps with an episode like that, but it also helped that the season had such a loose structure. While there was the central arc of Dev and Francesca, other stories and characters just randomly pop up here and there and then disappear. Denise was invisible for almost the whole season, but then had that amazing Thanksgiving episode. Since the whole season was like that, "New York, I Love You" felt like a more natural fit within the flow of episodes than it would've with a more traditional structure.

I definitely recommend the Keepers- it's sad, horrific, but compelling.

DO NOT WATCH RIVERDALE!

This is an updated version of the Archie comics. It has an adult theme.
Archie is sleeping with a teacher.
Veronicas dad is on trial for fraud and embezzlement. And she moved to town with Mom. Then the captain of the football team slut shames her so they get back at him. And Betty goes a little crazy.
There is a gay kid. I dont think he was in the comics. But he is the GBF.
Jughead is the local anarchist.
Oh, and there was a murder. That is the background story line.

It is just bad. So bad on so many levels. My daughter and wife are watching it. I sit here on my computer and cringe.

I watched it because it followed two Arizona prospects (one who still plays and one who graduated), but I really liked the documentary "At all costs". It's about the AAU culture and follows some kids trying to get D1 scholarships.

It's a CW show. What did you expect?

Now now - the DC shows on CW are pretty awesome.

New feature length anime "Blame!" isn't much for story (or voice acting, or creative concept) but it surely was pretty.

I've spent a lot worse couple of hours with the TV on.

Yeah, but adult themes and tons of drama are also in the DC shows.

So in back to back weeks Netflix has canceled "The Get Down" and "Sense8". Sense8's canceling has led to a TON of internet backlash, but I imagine it was really, really expensive to make and only Netflix knows the viewership models.

Anyways, I was getting excited for House of Cards, Season 5, and then I started watching it and in the first 5 minutes I felt deeply, deeply uncomfortable. It hit me like a freight train that I wasn't interested in watching a politician attempt to manipulate and maneuver to create a semi-autocratic system. Not anymore. It may sound supremely silly, but Trump ruined HoC for me. :(

The Sense8 number I heard was $9 million per episode production cost for Season 2. I can see why they cancelled it.

Same thing happened with The Get Down... it was supposedly 8 figures per episode to make.

TWIN PEAKS!

It's so great!

Stranger Things definitely took a lot of its vibe from this show.

The whole small town and everybody knows each other thing. The teengers things with rival romantic circles.

didn't watch it in high school/college

I read an interesting piece just last night (after watching the S5 finale) that went in the opposite direction about that. Can't remember where, Vox maybe? Regardless, their point was that aside from a couple of small'ish things, that this wasn't about Trump but rather about politicians in general.

edit to add: The point of the piece (apparently) was that S5 was painting all politicians as being the same, though it managed to stop short of crying about that portrayal.

here i am gushing over thin peaks and just found out they REBOOTED the series this year!!!! WITH many of the original cast!

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later Official Trailer

Coming August 4. The trailer made me happy.

I finished up Mad Men last night. My current plan for binge watching is to go back to the start of Mad Men and watch it all again. Great tv.

It appears that due to popular demand/outcry, Sense8 will be getting a 2 hour finale in 2018:

Sense8 will return from Netflix cancellation in 2018 with a surprise two-hour special - The Verge

GLOW is awesome. Kind of a Silicon Valley vibe to it in places, but it is paced pretty well and written pretty well and the subject is super interesting to me. My neighbors dad had a collection of VHS recordings of the old airings and I used to watch those when I was a kid. Digging the nostalgia.