Netflix and other streaming recommendations for the lockin?

bobblehat

I know its been mentioned before in this thread but just finished watching "The Boys" on Amazon. 
I watched the first episode when  it was released and wasn't overly impressed. Having read so many good reviews I thought I'd  give it a second chance. So glad I did , it gets better with every episode so stick with it. Only 8 episodes which is also great. I wish more series would stick to 8-10 show runs. 

TheMarlin

bobblehat said:

I know its been mentioned before in this thread but just finished watching "The Boys" on Amazon. 
I watched the first episode when  it was released and wasn't overly impressed. Having read so many good reviews I thought I'd  give it a second chance. So glad I did , it gets better with every episode so stick with it. Only 8 episodes which is also great. I wish more series would stick to 8-10 show runs. 

I liked it. Also quite enjoyed The umbrella Academy

Season 2 arrived at the end of July. 

goldtop

Wait a minute...

So bad that it's good, I presume

bobblehat

goldtop said:

Wait a minute...

So bad that it's good, I presume

No Just Good. The overacting and general cheeseyness is, I think, by design.

TheMarlin

It’s gets more interesting the deeper you go into it, an interesting take on the Superhero genre. 

Also enjoyed Chronicle. Great movie. 

Jalapeno

In case anyone's missed it - Vikings on Amazon is superb.

Peaky Blinders is a slow burn, but the awesome soundtrack makes it a must watch

Killing Eve S3 has been a bit of a holding pattern until Pheobe Waller-Bridge takes over writing duties again in S4

ToneControl

Black Sails

Preacher

Breaking Bad has to be the best ever surely

ToneControl

btw
I hope everyone knows about justwatch.com

PhilW1

Brooklyn 99 is good fun too and great for a binge.

HAL9000

DiscoStu said:

Just noticed that Tales From The Loop starts today on a Prime. Been looking forward to that for ages.

Just watched the first one. Unfortunately not particularly impressed with it.

fields5069 said:

We have Netflix. My favourite has probably been A Series Of Unfortunate Events, mainly because the acting is superb, particularly from Neil Patrick Harris.

Also:
Dark
Narcos
Better Call Saul
The 3%
Dirk Gently
Black Mirror
Lost In Space
The OA
The Umbrella Academy
Ascension
The Expanse - now transferred to Prime I think.

I don't watch many films, but I did like The Platform (El Hoyo). Quite bleak.

Just watched the first two episodes of Dirk Gently. Despite bearing little resemblance to the books (apart from having a holistic detective character named Dirk Gently) I actually enjoyed it very much.

duotone

Am halfway through Season 2 of The Bridge (Bron/Broen) which is fantastic. Available on BBC iPlayer.  Would highly recommend, if you don’t mind reading subtitles as it’s in Swedish/Danish.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1733785/

Cranky

What's an English take on Netflix's The Last Kingdom?  

I've enjoyed it myself.  I definitely think they rushed the part where Alfred invented the candle, but otherwise it's got quite a good blend of intrigue and emotion, along with the history of course.

FarleyUK

We've binged Brooklyn 99.... and I love it. Currently on Season 6, and Captain Raymond Holt never fails to make me grin.

Cowabunga, Mother.

joneve

FarleyUK said:

We've binged Brooklyn 99.... and I love it. Currently on Season 6, and Captain Raymond Holt never fails to make me grin.

Cowabunga, Mother.

Best sitcom in years. I love it. 

For anyone that’s into computer game history, the docuseries HIGH SCORE on Netflix is worth a watch. 

TheMarlin

Anyone tried season 2 of The Boys on Amazon Prime?

UnclePsychosis

TheMarlin said:

bobblehat said:

I know its been mentioned before in this thread but just finished watching "The Boys" on Amazon. 
I watched the first episode when  it was released and wasn't overly impressed. Having read so many good reviews I thought I'd  give it a second chance. So glad I did , it gets better with every episode so stick with it. Only 8 episodes which is also great. I wish more series would stick to 8-10 show runs. 

I liked it. Also quite enjoyed The umbrella Academy

Season 2 arrived at the end of July. 

For what it's worth, I detested The Umbrella Academy. 

Horrifically paced, terribly acted, and the entire plot hinges on the characters continually refusing to communicate with each other.

I wanted to like it so much but its beyond redemption for me. 

Philly_Q

TheMarlin said:

Anyone tried season 2 of The Boys on Amazon Prime?

Yep, I've watched the first 3 episodes.  New one tomorrow, I think.

TheMarlin

Philly_Q said:

TheMarlin said:

Anyone tried season 2 of The Boys on Amazon Prime?

Yep, I've watched the first 3 episodes.  New one tomorrow, I think.

The first series was pretty good, how is the second series holding up?

EricTheWeary

UnclePsychosis said:

TheMarlin said:

bobblehat said:

I know its been mentioned before in this thread but just finished watching "The Boys" on Amazon. 
I watched the first episode when  it was released and wasn't overly impressed. Having read so many good reviews I thought I'd  give it a second chance. So glad I did , it gets better with every episode so stick with it. Only 8 episodes which is also great. I wish more series would stick to 8-10 show runs. 

I liked it. Also quite enjoyed The umbrella Academy

Season 2 arrived at the end of July. 

For what it's worth, I detested The Umbrella Academy. 

Horrifically paced, terribly acted, and the entire plot hinges on the characters continually refusing to communicate with each other.

I wanted to like it so much but its beyond redemption for me. 

I wasn't very interested in season one of the Umbrella Academy, it was on and other family members were watching it. However, season two really grabbed me, I'm not really sure why but it worked a lot better. 

My son is working his way through New Girl. There are over 140 episodes I think so I see a lot of bits of that. It's a bit crap, I'm just puzzled by their idea of a British accent.

I have started on Young Wallander. Disappointingly it's not on the same time line as the novels or the TV series of Wallander so it's just a contemporary crime show with the name and some affectations borrowed from adult Wallander. However, reasonable twisty turny plot and if you like a decent crime thriller and it's probably better if either you don't know or don't care about the Wallander history. 

Karlos

This is the most heart warming 20 minutes you'll have today: