Movies/TV shows that don't suck on Netflix

[beandemon]

The strike is kinda sick because it seems as though streaming services are adding more deep cuts and classics to pad out the offerings. Let’s be honest, 98% of series have somewhere between a few episodes to a couple seasons worth of good material. There’s too much crap being made trying too hard to build up anticipation for another season or spin-off or tie-in or whatever. 

[RCB3]

Telemarketers?  That one guy skates/skated no?

Did you watch it? I listened to a podcast where the creators talked about it and it sounded pretty hilarious/interesting. Was thinking about watching it this week.

[Atiba Applebum]

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Telemarketers?  That one guy skates/skated no?

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Did you watch it? I listened to a podcast where the creators talked about it and it sounded pretty hilarious/interesting. Was thinking about watching it this week.

I enjoyed the first 2 eps a lot.   3rd one was fine

[j....soy.....]

I was happy it was only 3 episodes…..solid 6.5/10….

There isn’t much on though so I’d still check it…

[Atiba Applebum]

I was happy it was only 3 episodes…..solid 6.5/10….

There isn’t much on though so I’d still check it…

Agreed.   I was hoping it was going to get wild like that doc on the Anarcho-Capitalist Crypto community in Mexico

[Fakie backsideflip]

Just watched HEAT on Netflix. De Niro , Al Pacino and val Kilmer 🔥
Other than that off the top of my head there’s The Departed , The cable guy , and this one series that’s kinda corny but I like it it’s called Love .

[Abyss1]

I finally got around to watching True Detectives on HBO....really liked season 1, season 2 was really different from the other seasons with the super dark end.  Season 3 was great but didn't like that end too.   

[doyle]

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Telemarketers?  That one guy skates/skated no?

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Did you watch it? I listened to a podcast where the creators talked about it and it sounded pretty hilarious/interesting. Was thinking about watching it this week.

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I enjoyed the first 2 eps a lot.   3rd one was fine

Another relation to skateboarding is the co-director Adam Bhala Lough made The Motivation and Motivation 2: The Chris Cole Story (and The Carter!).

Loved this show, agreed that it fell a little flat by the end but worth watching regardless IMO.

[Atiba Applebum]

I love the cross section of opinions and tastes I get in here and the movies thread, so I was wondering if i could pump anybody for opinions on the new Boys spin-off: Gen V. 

[Rusty Shackleford]

the live action one piece is pretty badass!!

[Abyss1]

Netflix: house and fall of usher was hella good
Hulu: impeachment - bill Clinton movie …amazing
Hulu: dopesick -  Micheal keaton killed it

Tried into the badlands since its about to get removed and season 1 and 2 are good season 3 is whack

Need some recommendations for max

[Atiba Applebum]

Netflix: house and fall of usher was hella good
Hulu: impeachment - bill Clinton movie …amazing
Hulu: dopesick -  Micheal keaton killed it

Tried into the badlands since its about to get removed and season 1 and 2 are good season 3 is whack

Need some recommendations for max

Gangs of London S1 is an AMC+ show but it’s on Max for the rest of the month.   Don’t necessarily recommend S2. 

[Painted Baby]

I love the cross section of opinions and tastes I get in here and the movies thread, so I was wondering if i could pump anybody for opinions on the new Boys spin-off: Gen V.

I haven't finished it yet but the tone is pretty much identical to The Boys. It is also technically an adaptation of the 7th story arc in the comic so it isn't strictly speaking a spin-off. No spoilers as I read the comic as it came out so it's been a while but I have the feeling that a few of these characters get merged into the main storyline.

[Atiba Applebum]

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I love the cross section of opinions and tastes I get in here and the movies thread, so I was wondering if i could pump anybody for opinions on the new Boys spin-off: Gen V.

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I haven't finished it yet but the tone is pretty much identical to The Boys. It is also technically an adaptation of the 7th story arc in the comic so it isn't strictly speaking a spin-off. No spoilers as I read the comic as it came out so it's been a while but I have the feeling that a few of these characters get merged into the main storyline.

Yeah they introduced something this week that’s def from the main run.   Do you like it as much as the main Boys show though?

[turdtastic]

Fuckin love The Boys show, don’t know the comics.
Gen V is cool so far, too new to have as much love for it as The Boys imho…

[Mr. Pickles]

the live action one piece is pretty badass!!

My kid and I really liked it too. Neither of us had seen the anime.

[Atiba Applebum]

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the live action one piece is pretty badass!!

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My kid and I really liked it too. Neither of us had seen the anime.

Like it even with being cautious about it being an anime adaption and filled with actors/creatives without much of a track record.   Still shudder a little bit at the names and “move” calling, but that all seems to be on the main guy Luffy and not the other mains

[Mean salto]

Over the last couple weeks have been rewatching fortitude and Mr Mercedes. Just season one for each, I've seen them before and they're good but really take a different direction after season one.

Also just started dark winds and it seems pretty decent so far

[Abyss1]

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Netflix: house and fall of usher was hella good
Hulu: impeachment - bill Clinton movie …amazing
Hulu: dopesick -  Micheal keaton killed it

Tried into the badlands since its about to get removed and season 1 and 2 are good season 3 is whack

Need some recommendations for max

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Gangs of London S1 is an AMC+ show but it’s on Max for the rest of the month.   Don’t necessarily recommend S2.

Gangs of London is sick, got through 5 episodes.  Also started watching Warrior on Max, action is pretty good, a bit horny at times with the sex scenes, its crazy how triggering a lot of the Chinese put downs make me even though Im not

[Atiba Applebum]

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Netflix: house and fall of usher was hella good
Hulu: impeachment - bill Clinton movie …amazing
Hulu: dopesick -  Micheal keaton killed it

Tried into the badlands since its about to get removed and season 1 and 2 are good season 3 is whack

Need some recommendations for max

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Gangs of London S1 is an AMC+ show but it’s on Max for the rest of the month.   Don’t necessarily recommend S2.

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Gangs of London is sick, got through 5 episodes.  Also started watching Warrior on Max, action is pretty good, a bit horny at times with the sex scenes, its crazy how triggering a lot of the Chinese put downs make me even though Im not

I would say Warrior gets substantially less horny after the first season to the point where there isn’t any of that really in the third.   I think it’s just the Banshee guys getting that Cinemax out of their system

[matty_c]

I been watching this show called alone they have to live out in the woods, they get a bow and arrow and knives and shit and they have to eat rats and bunnies to survive. One bloke kills a moose and he eats fuck out of that thing he even eats it’s hooves

One of them burns their shelter down by mistake and another one loses his lighter so no fire but he goes home when that happens. It’s decent

[funeral_tuxedo]

I know I’m late to the party but I just started watching High Maintenance and I’m really digging the first season.

[Jehoshaphat Augustus]

I know I’m late to the party but I just started watching High Maintenance and I’m really digging the first season.

I believe i'm up to season 3 (current) but i've never met anyone else who was watching or enjoying this show. Do you have a favorite episode? Too many for me to mention. The music, the randomness, the feels...pretty much unmatched some times. I don't know if they are going to continue making episodes.  Thank you for mentioning this!

[funeral_tuxedo]

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I know I’m late to the party but I just started watching High Maintenance and I’m really digging the first season.

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I believe i'm up to season 3 (current) but i've never met anyone else who was watching or enjoying this show. Do you have a favorite episode? Too many for me to mention. The music, the randomness, the feels...pretty much unmatched some times. I don't know if they are going to continue making episodes.  Thank you for mentioning this!

@Jehoshaphat Augustus I’m not all that far into it yet- just up to where he’s traveled upstate for the funeral, but I really like the vignette structure and the surrealism. It reminds me of the show Atlanta.
Also after having lived in NYC for over 20 years it's cool to see a program actually get so many of the uniquely/idiosyncratically weird little New York things so dead on.
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Also: the new season of 30 Coins recently dropped on HBOMax and I really enjoy it. I’ve got to say though that the actor who plays Paco desperately needs some professional training. The dude is a terrible physical actor. In the season 2 episode 1 hospital chase scene he can’t even believably look in a direction let alone move in one. I know that’s really harsh and who knows- maybe that actor has a serious equilibrium problem or something- but I was laughing my ass off during an action scene that was supposed to be suspenseful. It reminds me of that scene in 30 Rock when Alec Baldwin doesn’t know how to move on camera and he becomes so stiff and awkward that his solution is to hold a coffee mug in each hand.
Regardless I’m stoked the show back.

[easymoneysniper]

big lebowski on netflix right now go watch and rewatch

[Mr. Pickles]

I been watching this show called alone they have to live out in the woods, they get a bow and arrow and knives and shit and they have to eat rats and bunnies to survive. One bloke kills a moose and he eats fuck out of that thing he even eats it’s hooves

One of them burns their shelter down by mistake and another one loses his lighter so no fire but he goes home when that happens. It’s decent

I’ve got like 2 shows I watch for myself, and Alone is one of them. Love that shit. The last season on there with the Mexican dude was bad though. Great British Baking Show is the other show…

I can’t stand that they’re releasing episodes every Friday for the bake off. Bums me out.

Wheel of time season 2 was way better than season 1.

Goosebumps on Disney+ is good for what it is. My kid and I are watching it every Friday.

Gen V was also great.

I’m getting kind of sick of streaming. I pay so much for all of this crap and I feel like I don’t have time to watch any of it. Prime is a necessity and it sucks. Netflix keeps going up. I’ve got the Disney bundled with live hulu for sports and that shits like $90 a month now. Paramount, peacock. I get hbo from my internet provider, but I feel like I’m paying more than I ever did having cable.

[Mean salto]

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I been watching this show called alone they have to live out in the woods, they get a bow and arrow and knives and shit and they have to eat rats and bunnies to survive. One bloke kills a moose and he eats fuck out of that thing he even eats it’s hooves

One of them burns their shelter down by mistake and another one loses his lighter so no fire but he goes home when that happens. It’s decent

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I’ve got like 2 shows I watch for myself, and Alone is one of them. Love that shit. The last season on there with the Mexican dude was bad though. Great British Baking Show is the other show…

I can’t stand that they’re releasing episodes every Friday for the bake off. Bums me out.

Wheel of time season 2 was way better than season 1.

Goosebumps on Disney+ is good for what it is. My kid and I are watching it every Friday.

Gen V was also great.

I’m getting kind of sick of streaming. I pay so much for all of this crap and I feel like I don’t have time to watch any of it. Prime is a necessity and it sucks. Netflix keeps going up. I’ve got the Disney bundled with live hulu for sports and that shits like $90 a month now. Paramount, peacock. I get hbo from my internet provider, but I feel like I’m paying more than I ever did having cable.

There is no way any streaming service is worth $90 a month. My memory has turned to mush as far as remembering shows/years these days but I'm pretty sure it would be cheaper for me to just buy the couple shows and movies I liked on DVD (altho they prob don't even make them anymore) than having endless menus of shit I'd never even watch/ put on for ten mins, decide they suck and switch off

[Atiba Applebum]

If you’re paying 90/mo for Hulu Disney and ESPN, I’d question if you’re getting the bundle.   None of those services a la carte are 30 bucks a month unless you’re getting the tip top impractical level

[Atiba Applebum]

Biggest gripe with Gen V is that they never let you live in the premise of it being a school show.    There are like 4 scenes total about actually going to school (not to mention about 4 different sets).   Their dorm room could have easily been an apartment building.   

Post-credits scene was kind of shrug-worthy too, though I did like the cliffhanger the show ended on

[Mean salto]

Now I've rethought about it maybe $90 isn't that crazy.(altho I personally probably wouldn't pay for that) It's like $3 a day. Thinking back to ten years ago people would pay $3 per ep of game of thrones and Westworld etc. And I guess I bought them all on DVD so I prob payed about that too lol