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Re: The Netflix/Hulu/Prime Thread

Posted: Thu May 09, 2019 7:47 pm
by Gone Fission
Haven’t been watching the current season but saw an apt critique of GOT books and TV pointing out that the awesome thing at first was turning the Tolkien just-universe-after-adversity thing on its head, culminating with the Red Wedding. Then the thread is lost and Jon becomes a pretty damned conventional Aragorn stand-in. Yawn. There are a couple possible saves that may have already been foreclosed by this point. The Night King wins. Circe wins. The Hound is the prince who is promised and the founder of a new Stark-esque dynasty with the Mountain as a new Night King. I dunno, just not the hereditary savior riding in to save the universe on his/her hetero dragon life mate. If that’s all we get, maybe everyone should have just died at the Red Wedding.

BTW, I’m not saying everything HBO touches is shit. I’m just saying I’ve lost faith in their management of “big” shows because I’m not sure they truly know how to do them. They still do some fucking great TV. The Night Of, Big Little Lies, Sharp Objects. Slices of more normal life they seem to have down.

Re: The Netflix/Hulu/Prime Thread

Posted: Sat May 11, 2019 12:29 am
by behndy
sooooooo..... anyone watch/subscribe to the DC Universe stuff? i am WARY. because. you know. their MOVIES.

but. they have a Doom Patrol series coming out, and i fucking LOVE DOOM PATROL.

and fuck me. Swamp Thing and Constantine are my all time favorite evah comics from the Main Two.

so. yeah?

Re: The Netflix/Hulu/Prime Thread

Posted: Sun May 12, 2019 6:51 pm
by Sonaboy
Gone Fission wrote:
BTW, I’m not saying everything HBO touches is shit. I’m just saying I’ve lost faith in their management of “big” shows because I’m not sure they truly know how to do them. They still do some fucking great TV. The Night Of, Big Little Lies, Sharp Objects. Slices of more normal life they seem to have down.
Hrrmmmm...I guess I would counter with Boardwalk Empire, Carnivàle and Deadwood that were pretty fantastic period pieces that held it together very well until it all had to end because of budget constraints or other unforeseeable conflicts. Putting together and keeping shows on the network and under budget, due to so many factors surrounding large marquee casts with fame & contracts is insanely difficult and complex. Sometimes I think NF used all the lessons HBO taught through their own failures and innovated the "3 and out" style of TV series production.

Re: The Netflix/Hulu/Prime Thread

Posted: Mon May 13, 2019 7:09 am
by coldbrightsunlight
I highly recommend I Think You Should Leave on Netflix to anyone who likes sketch comedy.

Had me rolling around laughing at points, completely absurd and wonderful

Re: The Netflix/Hulu/Prime Thread

Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 11:30 am
by BetterOffShred
Watched an episode of the outer limits last night, the one with the cyborg companion for William Sadler .. she busts out the tiddys.. wasn't expecting it on what I believe was air televisions at the time. Haha.

Outer limits is great.

Re: The Netflix/Hulu/Prime Thread

Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 11:49 am
by garyg
coldbrightsunlight wrote:I highly recommend I Think You Should Leave on Netflix to anyone who likes sketch comedy.

Had me rolling around laughing at points, completely absurd and wonderful
Totally agree. The jazz-fan boyfriend... :)

Re: The Netflix/Hulu/Prime Thread

Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 3:42 pm
by adamajah
garyg wrote:
coldbrightsunlight wrote:I highly recommend I Think You Should Leave on Netflix to anyone who likes sketch comedy.

Had me rolling around laughing at points, completely absurd and wonderful
Totally agree. The jazz-fan boyfriend... :)
I only find about 1/4th of them funny. Should I get my head examined?

I feel like Tim & Eric, Limmy, Eric Andre, etc, have pushed way past this level of bizzaro comedy making this seem outdated.

Re: The Netflix/Hulu/Prime Thread

Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 4:05 pm
by frodog
I've been thinking about watching Barry, since my friend lets me leech GoT off his account, is it as good as some say? The only other show I watch now is Chernobyl, it'sgreat.

Re: The Netflix/Hulu/Prime Thread

Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 4:12 pm
by adamajah
frodog wrote:I've been thinking about watching Barry, since my friend lets me leech GoT off his account, is it as good as some say? The only other show I watch now is Chernobyl, it'sgreat.
I've watched a few episodes of Barry and so far it's great - give it a try. Agree on Chernobyl.

Re: The Netflix/Hulu/Prime Thread

Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 5:05 pm
by coldbrightsunlight
adamajah wrote:
garyg wrote:
coldbrightsunlight wrote:I highly recommend I Think You Should Leave on Netflix to anyone who likes sketch comedy.

Had me rolling around laughing at points, completely absurd and wonderful
Totally agree. The jazz-fan boyfriend... :)
I only find about 1/4th of them funny. Should I get my head examined?

I feel like Tim & Eric, Limmy, Eric Andre, etc, have pushed way past this level of bizzaro comedy making this seem outdated.
I feel like only some of it being good is a part of sketch comedy. :idk: And I can definitely see why it wouldn't appeal to everyone. I didn't laugh at all of them but a high enough proportion I loved it overall.

Totally agree other people are doing great stuff! Limmy in particular is great.

Re: The Netflix/Hulu/Prime Thread

Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 5:21 pm
by adamajah
coldbrightsunlight wrote:
adamajah wrote:
garyg wrote:
coldbrightsunlight wrote:I highly recommend I Think You Should Leave on Netflix to anyone who likes sketch comedy.

Had me rolling around laughing at points, completely absurd and wonderful
Totally agree. The jazz-fan boyfriend... :)
I only find about 1/4th of them funny. Should I get my head examined?

I feel like Tim & Eric, Limmy, Eric Andre, etc, have pushed way past this level of bizzaro comedy making this seem outdated.
I feel like only some of it being good is a part of sketch comedy. :idk: And I can definitely see why it wouldn't appeal to everyone. I didn't laugh at all of them but a high enough proportion I loved it overall.

Totally agree other people are doing great stuff! Limmy in particular is great.
Absolutely, and of course it's subjective anyways. Definitely better than a lot of stuff out there.

Re: The Netflix/Hulu/Prime Thread

Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 6:27 am
by garyg
adamajah wrote:Absolutely, and of course it's subjective anyways. Definitely better than a lot of stuff out there.
I think the best comedy is always subjective, I laugh like a drain at Community as my wife just gives me that 'really?' face.

Re: The Netflix/Hulu/Prime Thread

Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 9:51 pm
by Gone Fission
Mini binge of Robotech because I was really impressed with the Mecha when I was seven. Horrid. Lynn Minmei is the Jar Jar Binks of Robotech.

Re: The Netflix/Hulu/Prime Thread

Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 10:01 pm
by jrfox92
Gone Fission wrote:Mini binge of Robotech because I was really impressed with the Mecha when I was seven. Horrid. Lynn Minmei is the Jar Jar Binks of Robotech.
Yep.
I remember loving that show as a kid. It really did not hold up when rewatching.
That's not even to mention how each "season" is comprised of totally different animes that have been slightly rewritten/translated to make the show seem somewhat more coherent.

Re: The Netflix/Hulu/Prime Thread

Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 11:58 pm
by ck3
Gone Fission wrote:Mini binge of Robotech because I was really impressed with the Mecha when I was seven. Horrid. Lynn Minmei is the Jar Jar Binks of Robotech.
Yellow Dancer>Lynn Minmei. Also, Prime video has all three of the original shows spliced together into Robotech in their entirety. Subtitles were a bit wonky the last time I attempted to watch Super Dimension Fortress Macross and Genesis Climber Mospeada just barely kept my interest, but I may give both another go after finishing The Tick.