Netflix TV Shows Recommendation Thread

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  1. Red Menace

    Red Menace Well-Known Member

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    Lol, great video, I don’t remember him screaming that much. The original tried to have a serious plot, they were in a bad situation when we think about it.

    It’s night and day Jeto, the new show is more relatable to what we know can be accomplished with science.

    Give it a shot and see, would love to get your feed back.

    There is a good movie on Netflix for sci-fi fans, it’s called Spectral.
     
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    Red Menace Well-Known Member

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    Great way of explaining Dr. Smith role!
     
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  3. jetophile

    jetophile Bruce Coslet's Daughter

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    'Lost and Space', haha, typo Queen as always, I'm leaving it for posterity. I don't think the original was actually meant to be funny per se, but hot damn, was it ever. I never saw the movie that was made in the late '90s, I just didn't care about it. Billy Mumy is actually a really cool creative guy (besides 'Fish Heads'). Just a really good perspective on life and surviving being a child actor without the usual pitfalls and making his own way. Speaking of 'The Twilight Zone', Mumy had two appearances: 'It's a Good Life', and 'Long Distance Call'. When I first joined here, I said I wished that Anthony could wish it, wish the Jets into the cornfield, son. My sentiments haven't changed all that much.
     
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    Lol, I didn't even notice your typo ... I like to live dangerously with typos as well.

    If you watch it, I would be interested in you comparing the kid in netflix show to Billy Mumy when he played the role. I just looked up those episodes and I absolutely remember "Its a Good Life", cause I wanted to be that kid with powers growing up.

    That was a REALLY good episode. Really messed with my head as a kid.
     
  5. The Waterboy

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    jetophile Bruce Coslet's Daughter

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    Hahaha, GTFO!!! Ours was more of a table top/floor thing that we played with along with Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots. Probably about 18" tall. Is that really yours or did you just track down a picture? Laughing like hell. Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots! And when the head popped off on a spring in a knockout (not electrical at all), it would go eeeeeeeeeeeooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh! And yeah, the Robot made it into the ring with Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots. They just don't make 'em like they used to.
     
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    I wish it was mine, your post just made me go searching to see how much one would cost. If only I had a spare $22,500 laying around. I think would all be multi millionaires if we held on to all the old toys we had growing up. Maybe some of these hoarders are onto something.
     
  8. jetophile

    jetophile Bruce Coslet's Daughter

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    The only thing that hoarders don't hoard are LIDS THAT FIT OTHER STUFF! Not to derail, Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots - I'LL KNOCK YOUR BLOCK OFF! We also shot some cap guns during the matches. Tom boy till the end. Yes, there are some really old people on here, probably a couple of days short of championjets69 :mad:
     
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    jetophile Bruce Coslet's Daughter

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    I'm pretty sure this is available on Netflix: 'The Alienist'. I read the book years ago, right after it came out. It was OK written, but all I would do was buy murder and horror in paperback to alleviate my torturous 4.5 hour total commute to NYC everyday. I was generally a paperback horror and true crime whore. Well, hey, the kiosk was there. It passed the time. 'Carrion Comfort' (Vincent chewing on a razor blade and then hissing without a tongue after being mind controlled was pretty wo-rad), 'Song of Kali' (cult figure gets tracked down in India, had leprosy, was resurrected from the dead, protagonist's infant daughter gets murdered, he jerks off in a sink), 'Shadow Land'. No surprise that Dan Simmons wrote the first two including 'The Terror'. 'Revenant' by Melanie Tem also has its moments. Hard to find, but it has very strong moments. More of a haunting/ghost story. If you can find it, enjoy it. She's Asian-American, and some of that Asian haunt shit is not for the nervous.

    I adore ghost/creepy stories, especially short ghost/creepy stories. A tangent, what else.

    Anyway, I liked the series, mostly because the perv pederast who was raping and killing underage male prostitutes got a bullet in the forehead before any of the main characters figured it out. It was a departure from the book, but I liked the angle. "What's wrong with your teeth?" Shivered a little. "You can't shoot me, I'm a Van Bergen!" See ya. Reminded me of some jackass years ago who wouldn't get let into an exhibit and pitched a fit on the escalator when the MOMA was 15 mins. to closing. "My mother is a patron! My mother is a patron!" Typical NYC, "My father is a mechanic. Shut up, asshole." Hot damn, I love the city of my birth.
     
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    jetophile Bruce Coslet's Daughter

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    'The Keepers'. Not sure if it's still on Netflix. Infuriating, upsetting, nauseating, yet also uplifting that ex-students cared enough to try to solve a lovely person's unsolved murder. I didn't sleep for a couple of days afterwards, but I felt compelled to watch it, and in the end, I'm glad that I did. The jury is still out on - but mostly in - on 'implanted' childhood or 'recovered' memories, but the main survivor in this documentary series, I can't help but believe her about the sexual abuse part. In a way, the murder of Sister Cathy Cesnick is a side-story.

    There are a lot of open questions and somewhat wild speculation about who actually murdered Sister Cathy, but that doesn't excuse the sexually abusive pedophile monster, Father John Maskell, who conveniently got protected and shuffled around. I wouldn't wish dementia on my worst enemy, but fukk that guy. The irony of dementia in his instance was that of course he got out of facing his victims even though the statute of limitations had long since run out. How convenient for him that dementia gave him yet another way of avoiding admitted anything he did. Just another one who got away with it sexual abuse through lies and complicity. Heh, and if you guys think Jimmy Saville is bad, take a gander at Marcial Maciel. Don't even bother with wikipedia on Maciel. It's sugar-coated.

     
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    jetophile Bruce Coslet's Daughter

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    I am Robbing Hood! I don't pay for anything! I was a guest on my friend's Netflix acct (remember share your pw?!), and I sail the high seas with a vengeance after their nonsense.

    Anyway, I'm a true crime junkie, and some of the foreign offerings are worth the ride. ‘Dig Deeper: The Disappearance of Birgit Meier'. Murder gets a little boring at times in the presentation, but it's definitely worth the watch.

    The excavation of the killer's house and how they finally found Birgit's bones buried under concrete was compelling. Unearthing a car, shoes, jewelry, and countless other trophies, it makes you wonder how many other murder victims there were.

    "Those are my boots." The guy was a collector. The perp hung himself in prison before he could be prosecuted. What a loss.
     
  12. typeOnegative13NY

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    I was out of options, and like a series to look forward to watching. Last week I started outer banks, and am pleasantly suprised. Other than the typical- normal kids become professional treasure hunters that can escape the grasp of the most ruthless organizations-.

    After this , I’ll probably watch lost for the second time as it’s now on Netflix.
     
  13. abyzmul

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    I'm about halfway through the most recent Fargo offering and it's not bad. Kind of combines elements of the original movie and Home Alone, and they do a decent job of putting Juno Temple over as the protagonist. Lots of callbacks to the Coen brothers' signature cinematography and also Jennifer Jason Leigh is a veteran of their work and her character is really similar in some ways to the one in Hudsucker Proxy.

    It's a good tight production, but somehow with all the killing it still feels like it's missing teeth. I think Jon Hamm was a poor casting choice.


    Edit: I just realized this is the wrong thread. Sorry, Youtube TV.
     
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    Just finished outer banks. That show left me with some weird anxiety hangover. I liked it a lot, but not sure if it was just so fast paced and filled with tension.
     
  15. jetophile

    jetophile Bruce Coslet's Daughter

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    Been watching 'Worst Roomate Ever' on my very newly gifted Netflix acct. SOME of my unbridled piracy has been ameliorated. And I do mean only SOME, because I was pirating Netflix before and after I was piggybacking, anyway!

    The Jamison Bachman thing was bananas. Scott Pettigrew, wtf. Dogs crapping on the floor, gaslighting the landlord, refusing to leave, that squatting shit is terrifying.

    So many landlords are for shit, but evicting a bad actor can be a nightmare. My SIL owns some Garden Apts. that her husband built some years ago They've generally gotten very lucky, but some of the stories, ooof. People are just vile.
     
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    jetophile Bruce Coslet's Daughter

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    'Dirty Pop' about Lou Pearlman, the boy band mogul. I mean, conman. I remember hearing about this guy shortly after he died. He was gross. It was gross. Him and Bernie Maidoff should have clinked glasses together.

    Someone should do an expose on Disney if you ask me. It's just weird how so many of those kids have crashed and burned, went off the deep end, lost their way, their childhoods, etc.

    Justin Timberlake, who was promoted by Pearlman with NSYNC, is pretty much a self-entitled turd, but it makes you wonder. Disney is "oddly" not mentioned. Their victim list is miles long.
     
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    jetophile Bruce Coslet's Daughter

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    I don't know much of anything about Joe Rogan except that he's somewhat controversial (?) and has a ton fan boys. I figured I'd give his comedy special a shot. I didn't last 5 minutes, he was that terrible. I couldn't believe how painfully unfunny he was. I don't understand how some people become famous.
     
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    I appreciate some of the topics he covers , but he isn’t funny at all. I won’t watch that
     
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    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 21018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    The only thing funny about Joe Rogan is that he identifies as a stand up comedian but he's only successful at things that have nothing to do with stand up comedy. He sucks at funny.
     
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    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 21018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    I just finished the Umbrella Academy and the final season was shortened to 6 episodes and had some cringy moments early, but it ended up delivering like the rest of the seasons. I didn't think I would be able to power through the Ellen-to-Elliot Page transition but it didn't stop me from watching, mainly because Elliot can still act, although it's sometimes hard to see a guy there.

    Yes it's adapted from a comic series but it's really well done.
     

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