The Netflix Thread

[Jinsai]

i liked the book, too. the film was just so disappointing for me. it could've been good...

I don't like Neil Strauss, but he's good at hooking you in with the gory details. His Game book also, and the Manson biography.

I think he's a fabricator and glamorizer, but I think he makes shit feel so real and believable, even when it goes to some crazy territory.
But his version of Motley Crue on paper was way more definitive and godlike in its arc... he fails at this by the way, his final chapter where he redeems his characters... At least in The Dirt he didn't really. The movie tried to, and failed miserable, and wasn't gory enough to even earn the book's exoneration.

[elevenism]

The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann

This is another great true crime miniseries/long documentary, full of (real life) plot twists.
I LOOOOVE this sort of thing.

If you like it, too, this one's for you. And, don't lose faith after watching the first episode: things are NOT what they seem.

[bobbie solo]

The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann

This is another great true crime miniseries/long documentary, full of (real life) plot twists.
I LOOOOVE this sort of thing.

If you like it, too, this one's for you. And, don't lose faith after watching the first episode: things are NOT what they seem.

[Harry Seaward]

Alert: The new nate bargatze special is on netflix
funniest stand-up working right now

[AThousandDaysBefore]

The dirt is a funny porn movie and that's all
It could be a lot better as a serie, this movie was 99 % excesses and depravity and 1% about music

[richardp]

The dirt is a funny porn movie and that's all
It could be a lot better as a serie, this movie was 99 % excesses and depravity and 1% about music

Have you read the book? The book is 99% excesses and depravity and 1% about music.

[AThousandDaysBefore]

Have you read the book? The book is 99% excesses and depravity and 1% about music.

Well that explains a lot of the movie

[MrLobster]

Finished watching The Dirt... Mick made me laugh, as another acute chronic pain person. Overall, I liked it. MGK played dorky and excessive Tommy quite well.

[chuckrh]

Finished watching The Dirt... Mick made me laugh, as another acute chronic pain person. Overall, I liked it. MGK played dorky and excessive Tommy quite well.

thought the guy who played mick looked more like glenn danzig. i'm with you in acute chronic pain club. actually, i saw the last crue show outside of LA & the band was impressive. it's vince i can't handle. i left during "home sweet home".

[MrLobster]

thought the guy who played mick looked more like glenn danzig.

i kept thinking angry hobbit... soooooo.... I won't connect the dots.

[neorev]

Watched the second season of Stranger Things for the second time and I'm finding myself enjoying it more. Sure, season one was amazing, but season 2 is still quite enjoyable. I think folks will find they like it more on second viewing. They did a better job with season two than either of True Detective's second and third seasons.

[chuckrh]

Watched the second season of Stranger Things for the second time and I'm finding myself enjoying it more. Sure, season one was amazing, but season 2 is still quite enjoyable. I think folks will find they like it more on second viewing. They did a better job with season two than either of True Detective's second and third seasons.

i thought season 1 was more stephen king, season 2 hp lovecraft.

[neorev]

i thought season 1 was more stephen king, season 2 hp lovecraft.

Next season looks like Dawn Of The Dead meets Jaws and I'm stoked!

[theimage13]

Okay everybody, I need recommendations!

I have a painful amount of flying coming up (multiple 12+ airtime hour trips in the span of a month). I need shows that will keep me distracted. Tend to prefer comedies, but it also helps if the show has a season-long story arc and not just individual episodes. Kim's Convenience and Arrested Development are good examples. Way off the comedy topic, I also plowed through an entire season of Broadchurch in one flight once, but I was also already hooked on the show. I have Amazon and Netflix available, but willing to take any suggestions.

[elevenism]

Okay everybody, I need recommendations!

I have a painful amount of flying coming up (multiple 12+ airtime hour trips in the span of a month). I need shows that will keep me distracted. Tend to prefer comedies, but it also helps if the show has a season-long story arc and not just individual episodes. Kim's Convenience and Arrested Development are good examples. Way off the comedy topic, I also plowed through an entire season of Broadchurch in one flight once, but I was also already hooked on the show. I have Amazon and Netflix available, but willing to take any suggestions.

have you seen BoJack Horseman?

[eversonpoe]

Okay everybody, I need recommendations!

I have a painful amount of flying coming up (multiple 12+ airtime hour trips in the span of a month). I need shows that will keep me distracted. Tend to prefer comedies, but it also helps if the show has a season-long story arc and not just individual episodes. Kim's Convenience and Arrested Development are good examples. Way off the comedy topic, I also plowed through an entire season of Broadchurch in one flight once, but I was also already hooked on the show. I have Amazon and Netflix available, but willing to take any suggestions.

i really, really enjoyed the new She-Ra series, but it made me cry a lot.

i second the rec for Schitt's Creek, it's fantastic.

[allegro]

@theimage13 Schitts Creek first 4 seasons? Each episode is only 30 minutes. I blew through two seasons in one night.

[bRoot]

i dont have netflix yet my account is playing up.

[MrLobster]

Watched "Highwaymen" this morning... it was enjoyable.

[richardp]

Just finished THE OA Part II and I really hope it's not another 3 years before we get the third season. What an incredible show.

[MrLobster]

I laughed.

[eversonpoe]

I laughed.

but, like...how much did you laugh? i'm looking forward to watching it.

[MrLobster]

but, like...how much did you laugh? i'm looking forward to watching it.

A decent amount. I'm fairly fussy when it comes to comedy specials... I've stopped watching so many after the first couple of jokes. This, I made it through the whole way.

[bobbie solo]

I thought that Jeong special was totally cringey. Felt like hackneyed jokes from a beginner, which I guess is b/c this is his first foray back into it after years of being away. Never found anything he said clever. We groaned a bunch, and turned it off after 15-20 minutes. Lots of obvious and low brow Asian references and jokes early on. Kept thanking all these different people for getting him to do the special, for supporting him, etc. MOVE ON AND DO YOUR ROUTINE.

[elevenism]

@theimage13 ,again: for a stunning mix of humor and emotional weight, BoJack Horseman is amazing.
@bobbie solo - RIGHT?! That was just insane.
It was like the stars aligned in some godawful way that caused...
Ah, I don't wanna spoil it. But it was nuts.

[allegro]

i liked the book, too. the film was just so disappointing for me. it could've been good...

Ugh you were right, it just sucked. No pun intended. It was just gross stupid misogyny.

The fact that none of the guys were remotely cute didn’t help. Vince looked like a shrimpy Garth in Wayne’s World.

Edit: This is a really funny review (note that he also sees the GARTH IN WAYNE’S WORLD resemblance!!)

[allegro]

I don't like Neil Strauss, but he's good at hooking you in with the gory details. His Game book also, and the Manson biography.

I think he's a fabricator and glamorizer, but I think he makes shit feel so real and believable, even when it goes to some crazy territory.
But his version of Motley Crue on paper was way more definitive and godlike in its arc... he fails at this by the way, his final chapter where he redeems his characters... At least in The Dirt he didn't really. The movie tried to, and failed miserable, and wasn't gory enough to even earn the book's exoneration.

There are a SHITLOAD of people on Nikki’s Instagram feed saying they think this movie is awesome. They’re either old and reliving the Crue days through this retarded movie or they’re young and missed the whole thing and recently discovered the Crue and they think this is like a nostalgic trip back in time.

Wtf.

What would have been WAY better is a long “Behind the Music” doc. Those things were THE BEST. *sigh*

There is a BUNCH of bullshit in this Crue movie. Like, straying from the book AND reality. Like, leaving out how Vince was TOTALLY SHITFACED HAMMERED when he wrecked the car and killed Razzle. And that Nikki wasn’t alone shooting smack when he OD’d and died; he was with a bunch of people, including Slash. And Tommy and Nikki didn’t discover Vince at a pool party in ‘81; they saw him in his band in ‘79, and it took YEARS to convince him to join their band. (And Billy Squire’s “My Kind of Lover” was released in ‘81, two years after they’d met Vince.)

[theimage13]

Season three finished last week and Netflix has already added it. And I have already plowed through all of it.

This show is seriously underrated in the states. If you guys need a good laugh, give this a shot.

[Archive_Reports]

"The Dirt" was pretty terrible, though I enjoyed MGK as Tommy Lee. Whoever said it would have been better as a mini-series was spot on. Stretch this thing out over 10 or so hours so certain things could be fleshed out and it could have been much better.

[theimage13]

The only reason I even partially enjoyed The Dirt was that it was validating to see someone like Mick. Minus the physical pain (so far), that's literally me on tour with the rest of the crew. Everyone else: getting drunk, doing stupid shit. Me: sitting nearby but not really joining them, being cynical about it but not wanting to leave.