Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

Is Love is Blind actually good or are people horrified by it so they are writing about it? I have pretty low tolerance for any reality show that focuses on "finding love".

Is Love is Blind actually good or are people horrified by it so they are writing about it? I have pretty low tolerance for any reality show that focuses on "finding love".

Netflix have started giving me push notifications of what's about to get released. SA Spy Drama 'Queen Sono' an J-Drama 'Followers' look good

Yeah, I got one of those for Babies and added straight to my list. They know me.

I made it 15 minutes into Love Is Blind.

Unless it swerved into being some kind of slasher movie where they're hunted down in their pods, I don't think I missed anything.

I sat through a couple episodes of CHEER (my wife was watching it) and man idk everyone involved seems like a psychopath. I just do not get the mentality that wants to participate in such an abusive, authoritarian, hyper-competitive environment, and all for the sake of performing a 3-minute routine during a football game...? I mean I get how my interests seem obscure and pointless to large swathes of the population, but I'm not whipping myself into a cult-like frenzy of devotion with athlete buzzwords and peer pressure and physically endangering myself for the sake of something that is really fucking silly and pointless on its face.

Did they just drop the second season of altered carbon and forget to tell anybody or am I just not paying attention to billboards and online advertisement

and its hilarious how they all talk about how this builds character and prepares them for the adult world etc. when a) this is clearly the peak of most of these peoples' lives/the main accomplishment they will fixate on in ensuing decades (cf the returning alum firefighter guy) and b) there is no way any of this shit would fly in the most business-places. P much all the tactics employed to bind the team together and make them perform well are the antithesis of what management gurus will recommend (and what legal departments will insist on) in terms of getting teams of people to function optimally.

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I just do not get the mentality that wants to participate in such an abusive, authoritarian, hyper-competitive environment

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xxp I got an email this morning

is altered carbon good?

First season was solidly entertaining, w/good sci-fi violence, and incredible visually, though not without its flaws. Second season reviews seem to lean towards it being better.

I'd recommend avoiding it because it's a cynical dystopian vision that traffics in misogyny and the author of the books is a shithead who got canned from twitter for being a transphobic mess

I'll probably watch it, though :/

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oh totally. and the pathological commitment to WINNING, like... why does winning this podunk thing matter to anyone at all, is it really worth giving yourself life-long brain damage? (tbf most involved seem p brain damaged already)

Well, having a ton of Insta followers can be a decent career, I guess.

I thought there was a sad air of tragedy to people implying this community college known for its cheerleading was their personal peak.

the author of the books is a shithead who got canned from twitter for being a transphobic mess

oh great

i don't recall the misogyny being particularly an issue in the first season but i could also be misremembering. unless we're talking about TK's sister, which was a character w/a lot of problems ofc.

I liked Altered Carbon S1 a lot, looking forward to S2

Altered Carbon (the book) is hot garbage

idk the book is solid dystopian trash w/a good plot and lots of memorable scenes of extreme brutality but i do now generally think everything about the story winds up being a bit more appealing onscreen in terms of just the visual lushness and some of the humor in Kinnaman's performance (referring to S1 obv, curious to see what Mackie brings to the role -- good to see him have a leading part).

Richard Morgan's written some words about the Twitter thing here:

https://www.richardkmorgan.com/2020/01/the-trouble-with-twitter-2-2020-vision/

I don't think he comes off any better there

Next In Fashion was epic! The two designers we were rooting for hard from very early on ended up being the two finalists! And really from there, whoever won was a good thing. I don't think it's a spoiler to say that they both knocked it out of the park in the finale too. Project Who?

The only problem with Altered Carbon is that in a future where body swapping is common you'd think they'd have sorted out some sort of reliable identification system, or at least not be continuously surprised when someone else doesn't look like they should, or when their own identity is questioned.

I don’t know why I read that Morgan rant as I know nothing about him aside from having watched s1 of AC, but all I could think of after doing so was: OK boomer.

Altered Carbon the show is better than the book (at least S1 vs. book 1), much more tightly plotted.

Omg Love is Blind throwing curveballs

can i please recommend that everyone please do NOT watch 'brené brown's self-help special?? unless you're ready for a special kind of hate-watch and actually i can understand that. i don't doubt there are people who feel helped by her but ooooooh fuck

my one-sentence summary of Love Is Blind: affable doormat points gun at own face and pulls trigger; bullet swerves

I'm absolutely baffled that Tracer would even attempt to watch a Brené Brown special, tbh.

i was drowsy and i thought it was standup!!

Haha! I tried to watch her special bc some of my friends love her. It was Not For Me. I like in general what she has to say about a variety of topics but her delivery makes me recoil. Also the way she kept using her kids as examples was aggravating. No thanks.

Wow, Mist the TV show is even worse than I expected

Makes the movie look like Citizen Kane

My mom loves bhenet brown

you know what folks - you need to OWN your vulnerability. live out loud

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She’s not a monster — her thoughts on the corrosive force of shame are worthy of attention — but still, generally, hard pass.

First two episodes of of Followers were pretty good. Look is great too, colour turned up to the max.

Next in Fashion is very good. So awesomd to watch established designers busting out these killer looks. Fuckin KIKI!!! Love every minute of this.

Ok I’m watching followers episode 3 and the use of colour in this show is fucking awesome.

I hadn't heard of it so thanks for that tip.

The right person won Next in Fashion and that's honestly the only positive thing I have to say about it.

There seems to be a Project Runway remix called Making the Cut coming to Amazon Prime which does have Tim Gunn in it.

yeah most things about NIF is, I hate to say it, better than PR. If they could change out Tan for Siriano I am sure that would make Jed's day.

The price point on netaporter for the winner is a somewhat higher than I expected though. But I haven't really shopped for clothes in several years so maybe that is where we are.

I hadn't seen that. It's nice if a bit (a lot) more generic than the TV show stuff. That's fairly normal pricing for that site and crazy pricing for 99% of the population.

I haven't actually seen PR since that season they picked the stupidly wrong winner (was she called Gretchen?).

It was bad and unfair on NiF to have pairs that had never met and were just thrown together and pairs that had had an established working relationship.

i guess I was expecting it to be slightly under that considering she is not a huge name yet. xpost

Netaporter is not by any means reflective of “normal” pricing imo

Oh Uncut Gems was released on netflix last month for every region outside the US for those that use VPNs.