The Netflix/Hulu/Prime Thread

[MechaGodzilla]

the arrested development s4 remix is a fucking travesty. they wrecked something wonderful. it's like a 12yr old kid doing a shitty sharpie gangsta tag all over a rothko. i mean the original s4 is on netflix somewhere (apparently) but this is clearly the "official" version now.

But the first season 4 was... not that great. Have only seen the odd bit of my roommate watching the remix so no comment on that, but they were hardly starting from a masterpiece.

They were tho. I didn't like it till the 2nd/3rd viewing but then it became my fav season. But not the remix.

[jrfox92]

Let's be honest, though, Arrested Development is junk food TV.
Saying regular S4 is better than remix S4 is like saying Lays chips are better than Great Value chips.

[behndy]

niiiiiiice Thor Ragnarok is on Netflix. WOOT.

Damn, not on Netflix Japan
I would have loved just watching all the Korg parts over and over again...

oof. so MUCH. love that guy.

[3205]

^Watched Ragnarok for the first time this morning. I can take or leave the superhero fad but that film is funny.

[behndy]

do we talk about Movies In The Theaters here? because Upgrade was AWESOME.

[coldbrightsunlight]

the arrested development s4 remix is a fucking travesty. they wrecked something wonderful. it's like a 12yr old kid doing a shitty sharpie gangsta tag all over a rothko. i mean the original s4 is on netflix somewhere (apparently) but this is clearly the "official" version now.

But the first season 4 was... not that great. Have only seen the odd bit of my roommate watching the remix so no comment on that, but they were hardly starting from a masterpiece.

They were tho. I didn't like it till the 2nd/3rd viewing but then it became my fav season. But not the remix.

I only watched it once because it left me with no desire to ever see it again. so...

Let's be honest, though, Arrested Development is junk food TV.
Saying regular S4 is better than remix S4 is like saying Lays chips are better than Great Value chips.

While this is true the first 3 seasons were definitely of a higher calibre than the 4th. They're still dumb comedy about dumb people, but the episodes string together better and the whole thing feels better constructed and less tired. Maybe the difference isn't as much as I remember but that's how I felt about the 4th season in a big way (while still finding it junk food entertaining enough to watch).

[behndy]

i'm not even a huge fan of AD (the wifey LOVES it), and having sort of paid attention whilst watching the first 3 with her, tired is a super accurate description of 4 and 5. everyone looks older and feels like they're just there to be there.

except Maebe. love her.

but why does she make such a yummy YUMMY old layday?

SO hawt in Transparency. THANK YOU.

[jrfox92]

everyone looks older and feels like they're just there to be there.

Yeah, they had to drag Portia de Rossi into filming, and even then it was only for 5 episodes.

[Sonaboy]

everyone looks older and feels like they're just there to be there.

Yeah, they had to drag Portia de Rossi into filming, and even then it was only for 5 episodes.

I thought I was kind of crazy because the way they shoot all of the scenes with Portia, it looks like she was greenscreened into things, and the rest was done with over-the-shoulder stand-in shots.
Like, I don't think she actually saw another cast member the entire time, other than one of the early days of shooting.

[Sonaboy]

i'm not even a huge fan of AD (the wifey LOVES it), and having sort of paid attention whilst watching the first 3 with her, tired is a super accurate description of 4 and 5. everyone looks older and feels like they're just there to be there.

except Maebe. love her.

but why does she make such a yummy YUMMY old layday?

SO hawt in Transparency. THANK YOU.

A lot of people in that original production went on to such better things, I'm pretty sure no one was excited to be making "Netflix salary" for a difficult single camera series (which means a bunch of reshoots for the same shit). I mean, Jessica Walter makes better money at Archer, and all she has to do is sit in a dim, cool room in front of a mic and read lines for a few hours during five days, and she's finished an entire season.


and yah - a few times during season 5, a few shots of Maebe in a dress here or a pair of jeans and heels there and I'm like, "whoa - nice." then I feel all creepy. lol

[friendship]

help me out why do I get really mad when Zosia Mamet shows up in any show. Like why does her face and voice make me so upset

Maybe because of the time she and her sister tried to kickstart $35,000 for a music video? (My faith in humanity was restored when they ended up with less than 5% of their goal).

ohhhhhh yeah. Haha, christ what an asshole.

[ck3]

Recently wrapped up Riverdale season 2 with the missus. Edgy Archie has to be one of the most LOL-worthy concepts in existence. We're now watching season 5 of Arrested Development, which seems good for an occasional guffaw, but has failed at rekindling the zazz of the first 3 seasons thus far. Also, Eureka (on Prime video) is proving to be an amazing family-oriented, X-files-type show. I plan to binge it along with all the recently-updated CW faves on Netflix including Flash, Arrow, and iZombie, the last of which has been taking more of a dystopian, post-apocalyptic-ish turn in Season 4.

[adamajah]

I gave Babylon Berlin a try and am loving it. It's one of those shows that's got its own original thang going on. Very cool

[Davin]

Watching Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets on Prime. Inane and bonkers. The acting is, uh, well ... I guess I have a different opinion of what acting is. So far the plot seems to center around an alien lizard anteater thing than poops out hyper-atomic pearls. But I get to watch Cara Delivigne run around in skimpy outfits shooting laser guns while the GF is out of town.

So that's a win I suppose.

Edit: Bukkake Guns!

[jrfox92]

Luke Cage S2 was alright.
The season finale was both a bit of a let down and exactly what I was waiting for.

Still waiting for Luke Cage + Jessica Jones to finally happen.