this seems like 100% my jamtheres these books i love about Arthur Conan Doyle & Oscar Wilde solving murders together & it holds ZERO real-life water but is a great time imaginary-wise & so i would definitely be coming into this almost ready to shed what i know of Freud & go forward in life accepting this fictional Freud insteadi will def watchplus that actor is so handsome my god
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 05:08 (four years ago) link
theres these books i love about Arthur Conan Doyle & Oscar Wilde solving murders together & it holds ZERO real-life water but is a great time imaginary-wise
These sound fun - what books are these?
― Roz, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 07:34 (four years ago) link
Interpretation of Murder has Freud as a detective.
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 13:16 (four years ago) link
By Jed Rubenfeld
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 13:17 (four years ago) link
those ACD and OW books are by gyles brandreth. run away!
― koogs, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 15:01 (four years ago) link
is it just me or is the Netflix 'family films' selection - with the extremely honourable exception of the Ghibli films - total fuckin trash?
this is like....... a massive need for the world rn
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 16:16 (four years ago) link
The ones I read were by Vaughn Entwistle- The Revenant of Thraxton Hall- The Dead AssassinThey’re really good!
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 16:17 (four years ago) link
(xposts to Roz)
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 16:18 (four years ago) link
Thanks VG! Some fun AU mystery fanfic is probably just what I need in these quarantine times.
― Roz, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 03:19 (four years ago) link
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 03:36 (four years ago) link
otm
― megan thee macallan 18 year (||||||||), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 06:35 (four years ago) link
there are three ‘a christmas prince’ movies, what more do you need
― bam! Free bees! (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 07:26 (four years ago) link
Most of the decent family films they had are now on Disney+ No studio ghibli films on Netflix Canada yet, but they do still have paw patrol and peppa pig, sigh. My 5 year old is loving Bluey on Disney+ - apparently it’s a laugh riot!
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Friday, 10 April 2020 02:04 (four years ago) link
Bonus episode of Tiger King incoming Sunday
― groovypanda, Friday, 10 April 2020 16:40 (four years ago) link
If you like goofy time loop/other shenanigans films then drop everything and watch Time Trap immediately.
― a slice of greater pastry (ledge), Saturday, 18 April 2020 20:25 (four years ago) link
I've just got into Rick and Morty for the first time this weekend. Alternate realities, a jellybean paedophile, Cronenberg Rick ... well la di da!
― calzino, Saturday, 18 April 2020 20:59 (four years ago) link
Is Time Trap actually good? It popped up on my Netflix and I spent far too long debating whether to watch it. Went for Breakdown (1997) instead as I hadn't actually seen it. Kevin Wachtell from BCS is the Sheriff.
― kinder, Saturday, 18 April 2020 21:36 (four years ago) link
I recommend seeing Psycho II (1983) but you have to play the Psycho II (1983) drinking game, where each time the character portrayed by Dennis Franz is murdered you raise a foaming glass of beer and cry “so long, DENNIS FRANZ” in a Lenny voice
― Microbes oft teem (wins), Saturday, 18 April 2020 21:59 (four years ago) link
ymmv of course re: time trap but i went from "hmm this could be annoying" to "ok I've figured it out but I'll stick with it" to "directly into my veins please doc".
― a slice of greater pastry (ledge), Saturday, 18 April 2020 22:05 (four years ago) link
also it's less than 90 minutes \o/
― a slice of greater pastry (ledge), Saturday, 18 April 2020 22:07 (four years ago) link
It's going on the list
― kinder, Saturday, 18 April 2020 22:21 (four years ago) link
Just started Giri/Haji, I'm into it.
― Yerac, Sunday, 19 April 2020 01:38 (four years ago) link
Handy chart for categorising space-based SF films/shows based on posters/thumbnails:
https://jalopnik.com/this-chart-will-tell-you-what-kind-of-space-based-sci-f-1842248368
― a slice of greater pastry (ledge), Monday, 20 April 2020 14:08 (four years ago) link
For the other Kipo fan: https://www.polygon.com/2020/4/20/21227968/kipo-and-the-age-of-wonderbeasts-netflix-watch-party-writers-directors
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 00:44 (four years ago) link
I've been meaning to check out Unorthodox, anyone have opinions?
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 00:58 (four years ago) link
― a slice of greater pastry (ledge), Saturday, April 18, 2020 3:25 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
YES -- can't believe how satisfying this was (though not "good" in any standard sense)
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 00:59 (four years ago) link
new alert! the midnight gospel from adventure time's pendleton ward
― Mordy, Tuesday, 21 April 2020 02:11 (four years ago) link
watched the first ep, it's a blunted podcast with Dr Drew. not good.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 21 April 2020 02:51 (four years ago) link
thought Time Trap was going to be awful from the first 20 mins or so. it was great in its simple concept though, I enjoyed it.
― kinder, Tuesday, 21 April 2020 07:40 (four years ago) link
Unorthodox was pretty good, I thought.
― DJI, Tuesday, 21 April 2020 14:23 (four years ago) link
we watched the first ep of midnight gospel last night. i understand why some wouldn't like it but i found the animation charming + amusing and i have fond memories of loveline in my teenage years so dr drew is not an instant turnoff for me. i was also extremely celebratory of the festival yesterday so i may have been in the right mood to hear a blunted podcast about drugs backtracking psychedelic + weird imagery.
unorthodox i probably won't watch but it's worth doing a little independent research since the source material from a number of years ago already was already contentious for not being a fully honest narrative and i hear the show is even worse at flattening the characters + community.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 21 April 2020 14:41 (four years ago) link
It's true that the orthodox community (and the male members in particular) is portrayed as almost cartoonishly oppressive and clueless. OTOH...
― DJI, Tuesday, 21 April 2020 19:13 (four years ago) link
otoh who cares if we stereotype orthodox jewish men bc they're not real people anyway?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 21 April 2020 19:23 (four years ago) link
OTOH this is a story about an abused woman escaping a shitty situation and I'm willing to allow that maybe her experience was real, and maybe it's ok that she didn't have as much sympathy for her abusers as you seem to think she should.
― DJI, Tuesday, 21 April 2020 20:26 (four years ago) link
anyone else watching zerozerozero?
― gbx, Friday, 24 April 2020 07:09 (four years ago) link
Unorthodox looked bad. Apparently Luzer Twersky (aka the guy from that one episode of High Maintenance) and Moshe Kasher were working on a show with similar themes that would have been more comedic, I wish they would have made that one instead.
(otoh, my experience of the Orthodox community has been on the side of cartoonishly oppressive and clueless, though most of the actual people are good & smart & well-meaning. I don't want to derail the Netflix thread though.)
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 24 April 2020 13:41 (four years ago) link
agree it looks like and from what i've read of it sounds like exploitative crap but u know a woman claimed to be oppressed in a 2012 book and then sold the rights to a media company who made a shallow tv show out of it so we probably shouldn't criticize it too much
― Mordy, Friday, 24 April 2020 14:54 (four years ago) link
Re zerozerozero: I don't think it's for me but C has been praising it for DAYS. He said it's possibly the best tv he's ever seen? Which makes sense to me bc it's a Saviano production iirc? Not that I watched Gomorrah either although I do have the book from like 10 years ago.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Friday, 24 April 2020 14:59 (four years ago) link
what's the thread for other streaming services that are not netflix?! i want to talk about the NIGHT FLIGHT app!!!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 24 April 2020 15:02 (four years ago) link
But Is It on Netflix? - Streaming Video Service Thread: Hulu, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, Disney+, Peacock, YouTube TV, AT+T Watch, Philo, Playstation Vue, HBO Max, HBO Now, Facebook Live and many more
― Nhex, Friday, 24 April 2020 15:11 (four years ago) link
thank u
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 24 April 2020 15:13 (four years ago) link
You didn’t even watch it, Mordy! Didn’t realize you were such an orthodox religion fan. Sorry to offend you.
― DJI, Friday, 24 April 2020 15:50 (four years ago) link
update yr xls
― Mordy, Friday, 24 April 2020 15:51 (four years ago) link
(Mordy is an Orthodox Jew fyi...so is my mother, though I wasn't raised in it)
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 24 April 2020 15:56 (four years ago) link
I was boosting zerozerozero on the general streaming thread last month, it is fantastic
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 24 April 2020 17:53 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UYGmqsIFIM&feature=youtu.be
unorthodox is quite bad, pedestrian at best, but reasonably even-handed. the husband is a rounded character who is not unsympathetic
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Friday, 24 April 2020 17:56 (four years ago) link
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Friday, April 24, 2020 10:53 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
it really is, one of the best tv shows i've seen in a long time, way better than narcos (which i liked!)
― gbx, Friday, 24 April 2020 19:58 (four years ago) link
alright, i'll bite.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 24 April 2020 20:53 (four years ago) link
yeah I'm pretty burnt out on trafficking narratives in general—it's not something which really interests me after so many shows—but this is worth it
I have found it's easy to get conditioned to shit production values w/ most streaming content, but this also looks and sounds great, which is refreshing
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 24 April 2020 22:27 (four years ago) link