The Netflix Thread

[Matt D 10,320]

I watched the first episode last night, got annoyed they didn't use any of the iconic music, and am probably done.

[EVA 3,515]

I thought the first 2 episodes of CASTLEVANIA were actually really, really terrible ,with bizarre choices all around.  The first scene is a rom-com meet cute between Dracula and Lisa?  Belmont doesn't even appear on screen until the very end...and even then he's just chilling in the background at a bar while some nobodies banter endlessly about nothing?  Nobody so much as cracks a whip until  almost the end of the 2nd episode?????

The last 2 episodes get quite a bit better once Belmont actually starts adventuring and fighting monsters.  

But then it ends abruptly!  They must've felt pretty confident Netflix was going to order more episodes because if you told me I've got 4 episodes to tell a kickass Castlevania story, this is not the direction I'd have chosen.

[Raziel 6,885]

I can see it as a 2 hour part 1 movie that sets the background for a longer series running the Castlevania III/Rondo of Blood/Symphony of the Night trilogy, but they did take a little too long to get going.

[Tabe 1,789]

Finished Gypsy over the weekend.  If you're wanting a show that delivers Naomi Watts looking hot while having all the sex, most of it with a woman half her age, while smoking constantly, then this is the show for you.  If you want one with a decent plot, that isn't completely pretentious and douchey, well, look elsewhere.  Watts plays a psychologist who listens to her patients complain about someone else in their life - then goes out and meets that person, not letting them know of the connection.  She's happily married but then she meets Sydney, her manic pixie dream girl, and it's all over.  I made it through the whole season but this show sucked.

[driver 306]

Really enjoyed Friends From College and enjoying Ozark.

[Captain Kronos 1,064]

@Tabe  I'm gonna need you to come out of DVD retirement and make us a comp of Naomi Watts girl-girl sex scenes, please. 

 

I have read some really rough reviews of  Friends From College. 

I still need to watch THE RANCH s3, but the pregnancy storyline doesn't interest me. Also, I only made it 3 eps into KIMMY SCHMIDT s3 - it feels stale and try-hard to me now. 

[Cliff Hanger 840]

I really need to get to that last Voltron ep before Friday.

[HumanChessgame 2,201]

I posted my thoughts on Ozark in last month's tv thread but probably should have posted here instead as it's quite good and worth checking out.  For obvious reasons it's getting a lot of Breaking Bad comparisons.  It centers around  a law abiding middle class man who uses his skill set to get in over his head with a criminal enterprise (in this case, an investment banker who winds up laundering money for a drug cartel).  There are also lots of parallel characters and plot points to BB and while it's not on the same level it's a really good show.  With only 10 episodes it's got just the right amount of time to tell a story with no extraneous filler.  The acting, even that of the kids, is quite good and all the characters are pretty well fleshed out.  Plenty of them are awful people but it does a good job of explaining or hinting at their backstories and motivations.

[Tabe 1,789]

5 hours ago, Kronos said:

@Tabe  I'm gonna need you to come out of DVD retirement and make us a comp of Naomi Watts girl-girl sex scenes, please. 

Hahaha. Not sure it's worth watching the show again for that... 

[hammerva 3,439]

This is so damn stupid that I may have no choice but to watch   

 

[Captain Kronos 1,064]

24 minutes ago, hammerva said:

This is so damn stupid that I may have no choice but to watch   

 

Trailer looks like a Funny or Die video. 

[tbarrie 549]

Is this where we discuss season one of Lucha Underground? The dedicated thread over in the lucha forum has been locked for years.

In non-lucha matters, I finally saw Arrival and it was pretty great.

 

[Tromatagon 7,904]

So this just got added to Amazon Prime

This is the most must-see trailer of anything I will ever show you guys ever.

 

[piranesi 15,496]

Is that Eric Tsang as Popeye?????

 

I'm kind of amazed they couldn't get Sylvia Krystel or at least Laura Gemser to be Emmanuelle. How much could either actually cost?

[Ace 4,433]

On 7/8/2017 at 7:55 PM, Raziel403 said:

I can see it as a 2 hour part 1 movie that sets the background for a longer series running the Castlevania III/Rondo of Blood/Symphony of the Night trilogy, but they did take a little too long to get going.

That's how Warren Ellis wrote it.

 

[Dolfan in NYC 12,307]

THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES (NEW AND SELECTED)

Starring Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman(!), and Emma Thompson (!!)

 

[Kuetsar 1,504]

The first two names do not belong in a movie with the other two names. . . .

[Robert s 95]

57 minutes ago, Kuetsar said:

The first two names do not belong in a movie with the other two names. . . .

It's not as if this were the first movie that has both Ben Stiller and Dustin Hoffman in it.

[FluffSnackwell 564]

2 hours ago, Tromatagon said:

So this just got added to Amazon Prime

This is the most must-see trailer of anything I will ever show you guys ever.

 

Well, now that clearly non-Marlon Brando (or even Brando-looking) Godfather is where I draw the line.

[S.K.o.S. 1,161]

2 hours ago, Robert s said:

It's not as if this were the first movie that has both Ben Stiller and Dustin Hoffman in it.

Or Adam Sandler and Dustin Hoffman.

I was also reminded that there's a movie with Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson that stars Will Ferrell.

[driver 306]

This looks like it might make up for Sandler's last movie. 

 

[Victator 4,635]

6 hours ago, driver said:

This looks like it might make up for Sandler's last movie. 

 

Sandy Wexler?

[driver 306]

That's the one.

 

[Victator 4,635]

I thought it was too long but a charming movie. 

[Tabe 1,789]

Watched Atypical over the weekend.  It's good - not great, but good.  Funny in plenty of spots.  If you're not familiar, it tells the story of Sam, an autistic teenager who, at 18 years of age, has decided to start growing and expanding his horizons.  There's plenty of laughs of the "Sam says something inappropriate" variety but it's never mean-spirited or overdone.  Just funny.  The rest of the case is terrific as well.  This is obviously something of a vanity project for Jennifer Jason Leigh, who is the producer of the show and cast herself as Sam's mom.  Much of the show revolves around her being the object of every man and teenage boy's desire when...uh...she doesn't look the part for that.  

Definitely worth checking out - the 8 episodes fly by.