Netflix Recommendations

[ell]

Watching Designated Survivor on netflix. If you liked 24 then its basically the same thing - a bit cheesy but watchable.

It gets worse and worse.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

Watched every episode.
It wears you down eventually with his indecisiveness.

Its the Ying to Jack Bauer's Yang. I'm on episode 3 or 4 and no torture yet.

It gets worse and worse.

Great I look forward to it.

 

[ell]

Its the Ying to Jack Bauer's Yang. I'm on episode 3 or 4 and no torture yet.



Great I look forward to it.

I should clarify, its not bad, the quality just bombs. And the final 2 seasons are more like a not as good house of cards.

 

[Bill Walker]

Nimrod,...3rd season not showing on mine yet mate ?

Funny how the programming is different.

 

[Mancity1980]

Yes, very true. I’m far from a snowflake but I can’t see how NFL can continue in its current guise.

Yes, I have just finished watching it and you would think the NFL must change. I can’t help but think any change will be superficial, as the rookie who retired early said the ultimate attraction of the sport is violence so that won’t change. Of course many sports have varying degrees of violence, managing that risk is the responsibility of the authorities.

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

It gets worse and worse.

Yup. I thought it was quite promising for most of the 1st series, but then, as you say, it gradually got worse and worse, a nauseatingly wholesome, God Bless America, cheese fest. I abandoned ship about halfway through season 2, never to return

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

Just watched “Dead to me” (2 series, with a 3rd on the way) and “Unorthodox” (a stand alone 4 episode mini-series), both on Netflix.

“Dead to me” stars Linda Cardellini and Christina Applegate, and is billed as a black comedy, but feels more like a drama series, albeit with an increasingly farcical number of coincidental/interlinked set plays. Story line is based upon the premise of Cardellini befriending Applegate after the latter’s husband gets run over and killed whilst out jogging, but it turns out Cardellini has an ulterior motive for her kindness. Well acted by Applegate in particular and pretty watchable. Gets slightly irritating in season 2 as the coincidences start to mount up, but still a decent 7/10 job.

“Unorthodox” is about a young Hasidic Jew in New York, who one day decides to do a runner on her ultra-conservative and restrictive community and husband. She flees to Germany and tries to start a new “normal” life, but her husband’s family track her down and try to force her back to NYC. Not overly exciting, but based on a true story and an interesting look at an habitually closed community, plus Shira Haas is a riveting watch as Esty Shapiro in the lead role. Partly in English, partly in Yiddish with sub-titles. Again a 7/10 job and worth watching.

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

Finished Ozark last night, brilliant stuff.

i finished it yesterday after the recommendations on here, it was really good.

 

[bluekeith]

It is only a 15 minute documentary but John was trying to contact aliens is tremendous

 

[Stoned Rose]

How was it Stoned Rose ?

Fucked it off after 10 minutes mate.