Streaming recommendations (including Netflix)

Start up is really good. Sorry if mentioned already I’ve just watched 2 seasons 🙂

Start Up is good. 2 seasons on Netflix and all 3 seasons are on Amazon.

Wow this brings back memories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81wyj65SJIo

Just finished season 2 of Breeders on Now/Sky. Can recommend.

Love Breeders – Martin Freeman is excellent 🙂

The Americans is now on Disney+ BTW.

In the “Star” section.

Just finished Lupin. Strangely compelling even with the plot holes you could drive a bus though. Very Sunday evening viewing type stuff and requires a fair suspension of disbelief, but very enjoyable nonetheless. Feels like it should have been made in the 70’s.

Just watched No Sudden Move on HBO. Excellent gangster movie.

Its not gritty challenging viewing but This is Us (on Prime) is good tele. Five series with about 16 episodes in each so be careful of committing to it, you will be in for the long haul.

Midsommar out today. Once upon a time in Hollywood out on Wednesday

This is Us (on Prime)

yes its good, but my god does it like to do the “catch up the catchups” – by the time you’ve got to watch the new epsidoe, you’ve re-watched the previous 3 (im sure this has something to do with the very short american attention span). i also started to find it a bit depressing as well – very melodromatic in typical US style.

another one (which falls out from this thread) https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-next-scandi-noir-stuff/

KATLA – very good icelandic series.

Has anyone else wasted any time on “The Tomorrow War” on Prime? TBF it always looked like it would be dreadful but I was hoping for at least a bit of brainless shooty fun on Sunday night. Loads of toothy (and spiky) aliens, loads of ineffectual shooting and running around along with quite the most ramshackle time-travel plot I’ve ever seen. I wasted about an hour before the tedium overcame me. Save yourself some time and just watch the “Screenrant” on YouTube. Then watch something good like “Starship Troopers” instead.

Fear Street 1994 is quite good fun slasher film if you like that sort of thing.

It’s quite Scream-esque and the soundtrack is bang on too.

If you have previously enjoyed Aziz Ansari’s Master of None, I would suggest you avoid the latest (3rd?) season, it’s just a joyless sub-arthouse A-Level film making project.

Yup, that’s a couple of hours I won’t get back 😒 On the recommendation of my BIL who said it was ‘alright’ .Wait till I speak to him next, idiot. 🙂

I had the misfortune of attempting to watch “The Tomorrow War” a few nights ago, managed to suffer about an hr before deciding my time was better spent putting a wash on. Future and more technically advanced versions of us came back in time with current issue automatic rifles that are pretty ineffective in use against the aliens.

Christ sake……….I could’ve put up a better fight as a teenager back in 80’s, we were blowing shit up on my mates farm with the aid of the cookbook and “stuff” made from various materials and fertilisers from the farm/blacksmiths.

Has anyone else wasted any time on “The Tomorrow War” on Prime?

Yeah we watched it last weekend, knew it was gonna suck so wife & I combined it with Rum cocktails & it was kindof fun

Yeah watched it last night, and was hoping for some plot twist that would explain all the huge gaping holes in the story…But no, it was exactly what you’d expect…

THIS IS A BIT SPOILERY

current issue automatic rifles that are pretty ineffective in use against the aliens

That’s why they need to develop a toxin, a WMD they can disperse that’s lethal to aliens in microscopic quantities, like some sort of nerve agent.

Or failing that, produce a marginally poisonous fluorescent liquid that has to be directly injected into each individual alien in what looks like a half-pint dose.

Anyhow, I see Logan Lucky has turned up on NowTV. That’s quite a fun caper movie if you’ve yet to see it.

The Tomorrow War isn’t unwatchable, just not very good (and about ½ hour too long). Shame as there are some good ideas buried in there somewhere!

If you have previously enjoyed Aziz Ansari’s Master of None, I would suggest you avoid the latest (3rd?) season, it’s just a joyless sub-arthouse A-Level film making project.

Often said Master of None is my favourite show to come out of Netflix, but the new season was a bit of a let down – kindda thought the first episode (which was great) was gonna be a sort of distraction opener, like the black and white Season 2 first episode (which was also great) but then eps 2 and 3 came and it was just more of the same which did feel a bit a self indulgent…

On the right in that video thumbnail – is that Mrs. Waterford from Handmaid’s Tale?

Just finished Lupin. Strangely compelling even with the plot holes you could drive a bus though.

I’m more concerned about what happened to the dog.

That’s why they need to develop a toxin, a WMD they can disperse that’s lethal to aliens in microscopic quantities, like some sort of nerve agent.

Or find out where the aliens came from originally and drop a bomb on it…without all that having to use untrained conscripts to fight a largely pointless future war…

On the right in that video thumbnail – is that Mrs. Waterford from Handmaid’s Tale?

Aye it is Dez, (Yvonne Strzechowski) she is a lot more Kickass and less Serena.:-)
You watching the new series?

I am. Kinda wish it would just end though. Damn Elisabeth Moss being so watchable 🙂

Must say Tomorrow War was far too long. Also way to slow starting. Well, the actors must have been desperate for work.

The CGI was good – seen some shocking stuff recently.

On the right in that video thumbnail – is that Mrs. Waterford from Handmaid’s Tale?

It’s Miranda Lawson from Mass Effect 2.

Or find out where the aliens came from originally and drop a bomb on it…without all that having to use untrained conscripts to fight a largely pointless future war…

Well, that and the other weaker points (to put it mildly) of the plotting are covered mercilessly in the Screenrant. Watching that will save you 2 hours unless you actually fancy spending the time shouting at the telly.

I’m ashamed to admit this but I’ve been watching (and enjoying) iZombie. Watched a couple of episodes out of boredom and now I’m on the fourth series! It’s not great but is harmless fun.

Currently enjoying ‘On Becoming a God in Central Florida’ Kirsten Dunst is brilliant and still bang tidy no matter how hard they try to make her look otherwise!

On Becoming a God in Central Florida

Yes, that was an excellent show.

I’ve think they’ve successfully pulled off S3 of Master of None – but I had to get my head round it being basically a different show.

S2 was really, really good, especially that scene where he’s sat in the taxi, but I can see that they might have felt like a change from the focus on Dev after that. And it’s possible Aziz is over-compensating for his little spot of #metoo bother.

My main issue with Tomorrow War was the entire premise.
Why did they need to come back and conscript civilians instead of spending 30 years training everyone for the war they know is coming?

No idea if that is explained further but I turned it off around 90 seconds after they scene at the World Cup final (also, only Americans would think the World Cup is ever played in December).

Thoroughly enjoyed Lupin, and loved the reference to the anime in the last couple of episodes.

The new episodes of Rick and Morty are more of the same, but that’s fine.

No idea if that is explained further

Nope, the “plot” is as dumb as you think it was…I stupidly watched on as I thought that there was bound to be some reason to be explained further into the film why they couldn’t use in the intervening 30 years to prepare a bit better, but no it’s just dumb as ****.

The new episodes of Rick and Morty

are you just catching up with Season 4 or there more since then?

Why did they need to come back and conscript civilians instead of spending 30 years training everyone for the war they know is coming?

I thought it was fun enough mindless nonsense – exactly as expected from the trailer

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Or in the existing “plot” – we’ve lost the time portal thing – we can’t get this toxin into the future…

er – bury a big box of it somewhere and it’ll magically get there itself?
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The new episodes of Rick and Morty

The real question is where is series 11 of Archer!

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The sad thing is, literally 2 minutes of casual thought while watching the future people come back in time on to the football pitch will give oohhh, about 20 different and better strategies that you would have thought might have crossed the minds of people who are clever enough to build a **** time machine.

I’m OK with wee plot holes in movies or even fantastical situations that require a bit of suspension of belief on my part to work…but this is just lazy arsed writing that makes no sense.