Hidden Gems of Netflix's Watch Instantly

LouZiffer wrote:

Kaycee and I also watched through Dark recently. Neat story arc, concepts, and great use of music. It's a show that stays on its own steady rhythm all the way through. We both liked it.

I just watched the first two episodes of Dark. It's certainly creepy and, well, dark, and the big reveal at the end of S1E2 has me giddy with excitement.

I finished season one of Dark, and holy sh*t. Hopefully season two pays off as well as one did.

I finished Dark season 2 and it has not disappointed yet. But holy sh*t what just went down in 2.8 was insane.

Spoiler:

Adam shooting Martha and then who showed up after that.

If it hadn't been after 1am when I finished that last night I would have jumped into season 3. Hard to sleep wondering what is next.

EDIT: Had my episode numbers mixed up and actually I was done with season 2.

Stele wrote:

Also, heck of a reveal with one of Charlotte's parents anyway. Did not predict that one.

Also this in late season 2 Dark, found out the other parent... Wow!

Gunpowder Milkshake

It was alright. I found it soulless, tensionless and meaningless. I'm beginning to worry I won't see another good action movie out of Netflix for a while.

I am considering canceling Netflix. They keep canceling all their good shows after a season and nothing interesting is coming out.

I know what you mean. I now only re-subscribe to Netflix when a show comes out that I want to watch. As soon as I've watched it, I immediately cancel my subscription. When I first got onto Netflix, I tried staying subscribed in the hopes that I would continually find something else to watch and justify the monthly fee. However, it turns out I wasn't interested in most of their catalog and so didn't want to keep paying for a service that I wasn't using.

SallyNasty wrote:

I am considering canceling Netflix. They keep canceling all their good shows after a season and nothing interesting is coming out.

The thought has occurred to us lately. We’re finding it increasing hard to find stuff to watch, or stuff we like has been cancelled after a season or two. That said the only reason we really have Prime video is for Prime (I know Amazon is the route of all evil, but if you need slightly obscure items, they’ve got it) and mini-sorb would be very upset if we cancelled Disney+.

Bloody lockdown. We were happy with just Netflix before hand! Now we’ve pretty much watched all we’ve wanted to from all the services……

There's plenty of stuff I'm still interested in on everything, as my "to watch" list is never-ending, but if I had to cut one, Netflix would be it.

It probably would be Disney+ since my interest in Marvel and Star Wars has deflated completely and it seems like those are the only shows they make now. But in Canada you get a lot of stuff that's also on Hulu, Fox and soon F/X as well so it makes up for it.

But yeah, regardless of the reality, I now have the perception that any Netflix show that interests me will probably be announced as cancelled the same day the second season drops. That and more than any other streaming service, a lot of their programming comes off feeling like it was greenlit by their AI algorithm measuring viewing habits. (They have so many boring cooking competition shows with a bad gimmick using the same studio and the same formula, blech.)

Netflix has the Star Treks I care about, plus Bojack Horseman, plus Breaking Bad, which are the shows that I tend to binge through every so often. So honestly any new stuff I find on there is more of a bonus than anything for me.

I think Gunpowder Milkshake was fine. I enjoyed the acting and action. IMO the music was so bad it kinda made the movie worse though. Totally out of place music during the majority of the fight scenes that affected the tone. On par with The Transporter music score.

I basically hold onto Netflix waiting for the new Kingdom episode at the moment.

I watched Gunpowder Milkshake today with my parents. It definitely cribs a lot from (if not outright parodies) John Wick and similar movies. It's pretty mindless, dumb fun, and accomplishes exactly what it set out to do. I enjoyed my time with it, but can't imagine that I'd ever want to watch it again. All of the book titles cracked us up, btw.

There still seems plenty of content on Netflix for me, much more than Prime. However, the amount of YA/superhero stuff is annoying.

Yeah there is enough on netflix to last me for years even if they never add a new show. Probably true of prime also but I mainly have that for shipping. I play the subscribe cancel game with disney and DC. I'm pretty sure I have seen every disney movie and most of the shows I care about, same with DC. Thinking about crunchyroll then what would I pirate. No no that would be wrong. Use to watch it every day almost when they had the free option. 90% of the anime I watch is on netflix now. Currently watching the reboot of sailormoon crystal. I know I'm like 3 or 4 seasons behind of Fate. New Beaststars just came out. I'm two seasons behind on troll hunters. Haven't watch the new animated godzilla yet. Want to check out that one fighting show and the one about the gambling school. I guess if I can't keep up on the netflix animated stuff I shouldn't think about crouchyroll.

kborom wrote:

There still seems plenty of content on Netflix for me, much more than Prime. However, the amount of YA/superhero stuff is annoying.

I feel exactly the same way about the amount of crime drama on the platform, so it’s swings and roundabouts really. We all like different things

I watched The Irregulars last week which was a lot more YA than I was expecting, but top end YA (as in much older teenagers)

While it had a lot of good, interesting ideas in it, the YA stuff bogged it down a lot (I really doubt the only obsession in the Youth of the Aristocracy was just sex) and the idea the Heir to the British Throne would become a Ghost hunter with a bunch of peasants was a step too far (for me)

However, I did think it’s strengths (Sherlock Holmes as a washed up Junkie, Dr Watson a man riven by jealously with questionable morals) outweighed them. Sure the acting was a little wobbly in places, but more or less it worked with some very charismatic leads

It was definitely a show with a lot going for it. So naturally Netflix have cancelled it.

Fingers crossed Shadow and Bone (good YA, imo) has a bit more luck.

slazev wrote:

Fingers crossed Shadow and Bone (good YA, imo) has a bit more luck.

We've been watching that too and it's been very good.

I though Shadow and Bone had already been renewed for a second season?

Anyways, in a pure nostalgia trip, I enjoyed Dynasty Warriors. I would have loved it more if they had featured Sun Shang Xiang. (dual chakrams ftw) However, Guan Yu, Lui Bei, Da Qiao, Cao Cao, and of course Lu Bu were fun to see. Of note, my god the battle seen between Lu Bu and Guan Yu, Lui Bei and (Zhang Fei?) was amazing! I could see people complaining that it may have been too video game like but it is a video game. (based on Chinese history) And in my mind, it was the best blend between an action movie and video game cinematic that really highlighted the strengths of both.

slazev wrote:

Fingers crossed Shadow and Bone (good YA, imo) has a bit more luck.

It was renewed in early June. There'll be 8 eppies.

I need to watch Gunpowder Milkshake only because I consider Karen Gillan to be the most attractive actress on Earth.

And I'm not even super into Marvel or Doctor Who or really any of the stuff she's been in.

Or Oculus...

Just finished season 2 of The Magicians --lots of fun!

2 episodes into season 3 of Dark. Weird twist but interesting so far.

Spoiler:

Took a little visit to Fringe apparently.

Dark is, in my considered opinion, the best time travel story ever written.

CaptainCrowbar wrote:

Dark is, in my considered opinion, the best time travel story ever written.

Agreed. Almost every episode ends on some revelation that makes it very bingeable but at the same time every season is well-paced. Acting excellent, production value awesome, sound track awesome. And every time you think "Oh, here it is, time travel paradox. I knew they'd f*ck something up." Nope, an episode or so later, it gets explained and all fits within the "rules" they establish early on. One of the few shows I wish I could forget I watched it just so I could experience it all over again.

CaptainCrowbar wrote:

Dark is, in my considered opinion, the best time travel story ever written.

I take it you've never watched Austin Powers 2 then.

Vega wrote:
CaptainCrowbar wrote:

Dark is, in my considered opinion, the best time travel story ever written.

Agreed. Almost every episode ends on some revelation that makes it very bingeable but at the same time every season is well-paced. Acting excellent, production value awesome, sound track awesome. And every time you think "Oh, here it is, time travel paradox. I knew they'd f*ck something up." Nope, an episode or so later, it gets explained and all fits within the "rules" they establish early on. One of the few shows I wish I could forget I watched it just so I could experience it all over again.

I rewatched season 1-2 before digging into season 3. Couldn't believe how many details I'd forgotten about. Not the same thing as watching it for the first time, but it wasn't too far off.

CaptainCrowbar wrote:

Dark is, in my considered opinion, the best time travel story ever written.

It's a bit on-the-nose at times, though.

Spoiler: Dark S1E8 (or 9?) spoiler

Someone goes back in time to kill a young German boy before he has a chance to grow up and become a mass murderer serial killer.

Of course, the best part about that above scenario is wondering whether...

Spoiler:

...Ulrich actually caused Helge to become that killer (or at least, complicit) in the first place, by his conversation with Young Helge behind his house.

Note: I've still only watched S1. Apologies if this is covered ground in S2-3.