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Re: Netflix junkie

Post by Smith1776 » Mon Oct 14, 2019 1:05 pm

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Holy fuck, guys.

That Chappelle standup is goddamn hilarious.

:P :P :P :P :P

5x :P
YES! One of my absolute favourites of all time at this point!!

The Michael Jackson bits were the best. ;D
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Post by dualstow » Wed Oct 23, 2019 6:41 pm

I know this thread is the Chappelle ‘Sticks and Stones’ thread — it’s the gift that keeps on giving — but i have to add:

I thought of it again over the weekend when I saw the news about Jussie Smollet, or should I say Joussí Smoliet ;-) about how a judge in Chicago refuses to dismiss the lawsuit, because $100K was spent investigating J.S.’s non-crime.
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Re: Netflix junkie

Post by dualstow » Sat Oct 26, 2019 7:34 pm

Unbelievable is unbelievably good.
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Post by vnatale » Sat Oct 26, 2019 9:27 pm

Agree!

I started watching it with knowing absolutely nothing about it.

I started watching it around 10:30 PM, expecting to watch just the first episode.

I could not tear myself away from it and watched EVERY episode until 5 AM! I passed it on to a few other people, some who had already seen it and some who then watched it. All agreed it was tremendous.

Now I'm in the middle of watching Breaking Bad for the first time ever. In season 2.

I LOVED Nikita!

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Unbelievable is unbelievably good.
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Re: Netflix junkie

Post by dualstow » Sat Oct 26, 2019 11:36 pm

Ah, you’re just starting Breaking Bad. I’m jealous. O0 You’re in for a treat.
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Re: Netflix junkie

Post by vnatale » Sun Oct 27, 2019 11:43 am

A friend who urged me to watch it when it first came out revealed to me yesterday that he re-watches it EVERY baseball off season!

It's quite good but I'd still rate several other TV series above it or equal to it:

24

The Killing

Unbelievable

Bosch

Nikita

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Ah, you’re just starting Breaking Bad. I’m jealous. O0 You’re in for a treat.
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Post by dualstow » Sun Oct 27, 2019 1:03 pm

The Killing is really good. I watched the original version.

Bosch- I’m looking forward to it, but I’m working my way through the novels, first. I do like the actor, Titus Welliver, whom I mainly know as the smoke monster from ‘Lost’.

I guess I watched the first 4-5 seasons of 24. Good, but not as original as BB.
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Ah, you’re just starting Breaking Bad. I’m jealous. O0 You’re in for a treat.
Watched El Camino last night and thought it was pretty good. Obviously wait until after BB before watching if you already haven't (you will probably be confused by the flashbacks if you don't). Like Better Call Saul it's the continuation of the story but featuring Jesse Pinkman's aftermath. Only one episode this time which was probably a good idea.
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Post by vnatale » Sun Oct 27, 2019 6:51 pm

Which is the original version of The Killing? The one I watched came out on Netflix in 2017?

24 was gripping. The best TV series I have EVER seen. That kept me up until 3 AM many nights. Quite difficult to ever stop watching it. I don't have the similar problem turning off Breaking Bad. But I am looking forward to starting to watch it again in a short while.

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The Killing is really good. I watched the original version.

Bosch- I’m looking forward to it, but I’m working my way through the novels, first. I do like the actor, Titus Welliver, whom I mainly know as the smoke monster from ‘Lost’.

I guess I watched the first 4-5 seasons of 24. Good, but not as original as BB.
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Post by Tortoise » Mon Oct 28, 2019 6:53 pm

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Watched El Camino last night and thought it was pretty good. Obviously wait until after BB before watching if you already haven't (you will probably be confused by the flashbacks if you don't). Like Better Call Saul it's the continuation of the story but featuring Jesse Pinkman's aftermath. Only one episode this time which was probably a good idea.
I also watched El Camino last night. Agreed, it was pretty good. Not quite in the same league as the best episodes of BB, but still very entertaining with some good action, tense moments, and a few surprising moments.
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Re: Netflix junkie

Post by dualstow » Tue Oct 29, 2019 6:56 am

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Which is the original version of The Killing? The one I watched came out on Netflix in 2017?


It’s based on a Danish show. Here, sentence 1:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Killi ... TV_series)
However, I’m starting to wonder if I didn’t just notice all the Scandinavian names, suspect that it was a remake, look up the original show, and then eventually develop a false memory that I’d seen the original show. I might have downloaded the first episode or something. I have watched some Scandinavian crime shows with subtitles, both on Netflix and downloaded, and a lot of it is a blur.
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Re: Netflix junkie

Post by Kriegsspiel » Wed Oct 30, 2019 4:56 pm

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YES! One of my absolute favourites of all time at this point!!

The Michael Jackson bits were the best. ;D
I thought the abortion part was the best. Mostly because he made my "notional abortion" idea funny. I remember talking with some guys at the gym about it, and one of them who just had a kid was kinda horrified ;D
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Re: Netflix junkie

Post by jacksonm2 » Wed Oct 30, 2019 5:41 pm

Watched the whole season of "Diagnosis" last night. Had to get past the fact that it was produced by the New York Times but I thought it was about as good as "reality TV" gets. It's basically a non-fiction version of "House" and the female doctor who wrote for the Times was actually a consultant on that show.

All 7 episodes were moving and fascinating but if I had to recommend only one it would be the one about the Iraq war veteran looking for a reason why inflammation was slowly destroying his brain and taking all of his memories with it. The most amazing part of the story was how long it took to associate his condition with with his service in Iraq when, in fact, it is a condition common to approximately 1/3 of all Iraq war veterans.
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Re: Netflix junkie

Post by dualstow » Wed Oct 30, 2019 8:11 pm

Wow, sounds interesting. Depressing, but worth a try. Netflix?
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Re: Netflix junkie

Post by dualstow » Thu Oct 31, 2019 8:35 pm

‘The Laundromat’ - I never knew the Panama Papers could be so much fun.
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Re: Netflix junkie

Post by Xan » Thu Oct 31, 2019 9:49 pm

dualstow wrote:
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‘The Laundromat’ - I never knew the Panama Papers could be so much fun.
Boy did that get preachy right at the end.
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Re: Netflix junkie

Post by dualstow » Fri Nov 01, 2019 7:29 am

Xan wrote:
Thu Oct 31, 2019 9:49 pm
dualstow wrote:
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‘The Laundromat’ - I never knew the Panama Papers could be so much fun.
Boy did that get preachy right at the end.
I think they earned it O0
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Re: Netflix junkie

Post by Xan » Fri Nov 01, 2019 8:00 am

dualstow wrote:
Fri Nov 01, 2019 7:29 am
Xan wrote:
Thu Oct 31, 2019 9:49 pm
dualstow wrote:
Thu Oct 31, 2019 8:35 pm
‘The Laundromat’ - I never knew the Panama Papers could be so much fun.
Boy did that get preachy right at the end.
I think they earned it O0
I'm not sure that's true... The story is a fascinating one, but I'm not sure it supports their final thesis. The villain of the main story is the fraudulent insurance salesman in Houston, who sold policies without any ability to back them up. The film made him such a tiny piece of the puzzle that we never even saw him, but really that's where things went off the rails, not with the offshore companies.
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Re: Netflix junkie

Post by dualstow » Fri Nov 01, 2019 8:58 am

You didn't like it overall?
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Re: Netflix junkie

Post by Xan » Fri Nov 01, 2019 9:01 am

dualstow wrote:
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You didn't like it overall?
Oh, no, I did. Entertaining and informative. Just a bit misleading in that regard, I thought.
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Post by vnatale » Mon Nov 11, 2019 5:07 pm

Finished watching Breaking Bad last night (for the first time).

I think it took about a month to watch them all?

I was led to it by the movie, which did not make a lot of sense to me in parts because I had no background or context for it.

Last night I rewatched the movie within 15 seconds after the series ended. Made far more sense this time around.

Did anyone else notice that the Todd character seemed to have put on about 50 pounds? So, the movie was expanding upon some of the scenes in the series but the character looked at least 50 pounds heavier for the same time period. It looked like he'd put on a ton of weight in the intervening five or so years.

Jesse also seemed heavier. And, his beard was definitely longer from the end scene of the series which was the beginning scene of the movie.

Jane, though, looked remarkably the same even though there was a ten year difference between her dying in season 2 and then being in this movie.

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Re: Netflix junkie

Post by dualstow » Mon Nov 11, 2019 5:52 pm

Regarding Jesse Plemon’s (Todd’s) weight, he had to gain a lot of weight for Fargo and, I think, other roles.
Great actor. I love him in one episode of Black Mirror, too.

As for Aaron Paul (Jesse), his weight might just be the result of success. O0
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Re: Netflix junkie

Post by Tortoise » Tue Nov 12, 2019 12:41 pm

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Regarding Jesse Plemon’s (Todd’s) weight, he had to gain a lot of weight for Fargo and, I think, other roles.
When he was thinner, he kind of looked like Matt Damon. Now he looks more like he ate Matt Damon.
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Re: Netflix junkie

Post by dualstow » Tue Nov 12, 2019 12:56 pm

Tortoise wrote:
Tue Nov 12, 2019 12:41 pm
dualstow wrote:
Mon Nov 11, 2019 5:52 pm
Regarding Jesse Plemon’s (Todd’s) weight, he had to gain a lot of weight for Fargo and, I think, other roles.
When he was thinner, he kind of looked like Matt Damon. Now he looks more like he ate Matt Damon.
Yes, there were some cruel nicknames on social media. Originally Meth Damon (B.B.) and then Fat Damon (Fargo).
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