Hidden Gems of Netflix's Watch Instantly

TheHarpoMarxist wrote:

Shows about doctors will hire medical professionals to vet the scripts and make sure there aren't any obvious mistakes with how the scripts are representing the work of doctors.

They suck at their jobs then. At least according to my wife, who has been a trauma nurse and hospital supervisor for a mid sized hospital. That nursing supervisor position runs codes, and she constantly talks about how wrong the medical stuff is. Especially CPR/codes. For one thing, many people that receive chest compressions end up with lots of broken ribs.

Don't get me started about tech inaccuracies.

So I'm not too torn up when drama isn't accurate to a particular profession.

She-Ra Season 2!!!!!!!!!!!!

MannishBoy wrote:

Especially CPR/codes. For one thing, many people that receive chest compressions end up with lots of broken ribs.

I will spare you the horrifying story that was I told of what this looks like being done to an 85 year old woman.....and the aftermath.

Let me just say.....do your research.

Agent 86 wrote:
MannishBoy wrote:

Especially CPR/codes. For one thing, many people that receive chest compressions end up with lots of broken ribs.

I will spare you the horrifying story that was I told of what this looks like being done to an 85 year old woman.....and the aftermath.

Let me just say.....do your research.

Well now I’m curious... I think I can imagine well enough though, with osteoporosis coming into play and all.

I will agree though that some “medical” shows get it all wrong (I’m still pissed about that double pregnancy, Grey’s Anatomy). Some get it really right though. The first season or so of Dr House kinda nailed the medicine, though they mostly (not always) dealt with super rare stuff.

I’d rather watch a show with a tumbleweed full of zombies.

In other news, I’ve hooked my mom on Jane the Virgin, she’s binging in classic Netflix fashion. It’s a fun show if anyone fancies something of that genre (it’s fun telenovela cuckoo and it’s awesome).

Eleima wrote:

I will agree though that some “medical” shows get it all wrong (I’m still pissed about that double pregnancy, Grey’s Anatomy). Some get it really right though. The first season or so of Dr House kinda nailed the medicine, though they mostly (not always) dealt with super rare stuff.

I remember reading that Scrubs was actually the most accurate of the deluge of medical shows the last 20 years, despite being a "comedy" show.

They reviewed actual cases in the writer's room and incorporated them into the show.

Ever since I learned CPR in the sixth grade, I've always thought it was hilarious people look on shows and movies "doing" CPR. I get that it's because doing chest compressions the right way on another actor is totally not something you should do, and subbing in a fake torso so you can do them right just isn't worth the trouble but some of the faking is just hilarious. My favorite is when someone's standing way off to the side of a gurney, arms way out front, and running alongside. Just...no.

Not Netflix, but we just finished going through The Americans on Amazon. Man, that's a good show. Now we need to figure out what to watch next.

Stele wrote:

I remember reading that Scrubs was actually the most accurate of the deluge of medical shows the last 20 years, despite being a "comedy" show.

They reviewed actual cases in the writer's room and incorporated them into the show.

Accuracy notwithstanding, Scrubs was awesome.

Chaz wrote:

Not Netflix, but we just finished going through The Americans on Amazon. Man, that's a good show. Now we need to figure out what to watch next.

Actually, The Americans are on Netflix... in France! I really need to watch that.

Scrubs actually is fairly accurate, pretty much because there isn’t that much medicine in it and it’s not truly it’s primary focus. But yeah, it felt very true to life, at least from my viewpoint.

The only thing I didn't like about She Ra season 2 was that it was to short.

I loved scrubs, though I never watched the much maligned 9th season. While it did sometimes get a little schmalzy, overall the characters felt very true to life, and even the 'villains' were shown to be very human. Also, it was very, very funny.

Eleima wrote:

Actually, The Americans are on Netflix... in France! I really need to watch that.

I just finished the first season (here in the US it's available on Amazon Prime), and loved it. Need to continue with the second one!

Rallick wrote:

I loved scrubs, though I never watched the much maligned 9th season. While it did sometimes get a little schmalzy, overall the characters felt very true to life, and even the 'villains' were shown to be very human. Also, it was very, very funny.

I never watched that season either, but I watched the previous eight multiple times. It was so, so funny!

Eleima wrote:
Chaz wrote:

Not Netflix, but we just finished going through The Americans on Amazon. Man, that's a good show. Now we need to figure out what to watch next.

Actually, The Americans are on Netflix... in France! I really need to watch that.

I kind of suspected that'd be the case, which is why I put it here instead of hunting down the Amazon Prime thread. Also, I'm pretty lazy.

The wife and I fired up "Psych" yesterday and binged 3-4 episodes. Wow, did we miss out on that series. The physicality and comedic timing of the 2 leads is impeccable. I don't usually have many guffaw moments in sitcoms but there was chortling abound in the first episodes even if it was just a look or a head popping up or the lead's non sequiturs. The way they reveal his clues is brilliant too in that you know it is important but you can't make sense of it until the reveal at the end of the episode.

I loved psych the first time around. It is indeed very funny, and the conceit is great. On rewatching, I found that Shawn's character started to grate on me - he is basically a terrible person, a worse friend, and a manipulative asshole to just about everyone. My favorite character is probably the one I have least in common with - Lassiter. Timothy Omundson is fantastic in everything, and this is no exception.

I think it helps that his dad, Corbin Bernson is a bigger asshole. And Shawn has at least a few good foils: his dad, Lassiter and the "acting" police chief. Oh and his friend/partner in crime Gus(?) Plus a love interest or two seems to be a running gag. If you disrupt that network I could definitely see how he could grate on you.

So we finished the final season of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend today, finally. What a wonderful ride. I've never seen a better representation of the journey to positive mental health. Plus it's funny as hell and so well-written. I'm sad to see it go, but glad it ended on their terms.

Agent 86 wrote:
MannishBoy wrote:

Especially CPR/codes. For one thing, many people that receive chest compressions end up with lots of broken ribs.

I will spare you the horrifying story that was I told of what this looks like being done to an 85 year old woman.....and the aftermath.

Let me just say.....do your research.

Yep. It's very violent.

Veloxi wrote:

So we finished the final season of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend today, finally. What a wonderful ride. I've never seen a better representation of the journey to positive mental health. Plus it's funny as hell and so well-written. I'm sad to see it go, but glad it ended on their terms.

I only have seasons one and two here in France. I feel so robbed. What Veloxi writes is 200% true, that series is absolutely amazing and everyone should see it.
Also there's singing. <3

We rolled the dice and landed on Helix. We're approaching the latter stages of the first season and it's debatable whether we'll see it through. The gamble did not pay off. Not even in the slightest. That'll teach us.

RnRClown wrote:

We rolled the dice and landed on Helix. We're approaching the latter stages of the first season and it's debatable whether we'll see it through. The gamble did not pay off. Not even in the slightest. That'll teach us.

Check Fortitude if you can. So much better if still flawed. You get that nice, bleak, arctic, lonely vibe like in The Thing.

Edit: "No one eats the lutefisk."

tuffalobuffalo wrote:

Check Fortitude if you can. So much better if still flawed. You get that nice, bleak, arctic, lonely vibe like in The Thing.

Edit: "No one eats the lutefisk."

As it happens, my wife and I are watching Fortitude right now. We really liked the first season, but this second one (we're seven episodes in) has gone off the rails and we don't know what to make of it. Still fun to watch, but so different from the first season that I swear it could have been written as a different show they decided to adapt into another season of Fortitude. But I totally recommend the first season .

RnRClown wrote:

We rolled the dice and landed on Helix. We're approaching the latter stages of the first season and it's debatable whether we'll see it through. The gamble did not pay off. Not even in the slightest. That'll teach us.

We’ve watched through season 1, and a few eps into season 2. It’s... okay...? It feels like a show that I might have stopped on, while flipping through the channels, back in the “cable days”.

Resounding endorsement, I know.

I miss viewing-by-happenstance. “Eh,” I said. “It could be worse.”

(I bounced on it a couple years ago after the first or second episode, and I have low standards.)

Medical reviews of House MD

A doctor reviews the medicine in House episode by episode. The early reviews are brief, but as the series progresses he goes into more detail and also reviews the personal drama between characters.

Edit: Aaaaaaand the site appears to be broken currently.

Baron Of Hell wrote:

The only thing I didn't like about She Ra season 2 was that it was to short.

Same.

I've been watching Ugly Delicious and I feel like the show is somewhat misleading. They spend time talking less about food/flavor and more about the emotion that food evokes. And that's fine and dandy if that were the premise, but it's not. My favorite episodes are the ones where David Chang is secondary if barely in the episode at all.

Only watched a few episodes of Street Food but it is pretty good. Almost cried because they go into the lives of the chefs and some had some pretty sad moments in life. The rest is food porn.

The Wandering Earth

It's based on Liu Cixin's (author of the Galaxy and Hugo Award winning Three Body Problem) short story of the same name. It was released in China back in February, has become the country's 2nd highest grossing movie, and made over $700 million worldwide. I bring up the box office only because the movie is a CGI filled sci-fi action romp that rivals any Hollywood blockbuster.

If I had to compare it to another movie, I'd probably say Armageddon. Both involve deadly threats from space and humanity's reaction. Both have moments where you say, "wait, physics doesn't work that way" or you scratch your head at a plot point. Both layer on the melodrama when needed. And both are highly entertaining to watch. It's great to see how similar the movies are as well as how very different they are.

Was that one guy... shooting a minigun at Jupiter?