Favorite Netflix Series?
12-04-16, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Wileyone
The Fall - Gillian Anderson still looks amazing.
Ripper Street
Paranoid
Broadchurch
Top Boy
The Killing
Ripper Street
Paranoid
Broadchurch
Top Boy
The Killing
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The Crown, while not (from what I understand) 100% accurate, still is an excellent story that was quite well done.
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"Black Mirror".
It is a UK show that has released only a handful of episodes over the years.
But Netflix stepped in and paid to have 6 episodes released a few weeks ago.
There are another 6 to be released next year.
It is a UK show that has released only a handful of episodes over the years.
But Netflix stepped in and paid to have 6 episodes released a few weeks ago.
There are another 6 to be released next year.
12-06-16, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by genec
None.
In fact I am sort of fed up with networks trying to do their own thing... HBO, Showtime, Netflix... in the case of the latter, I suspect that production costs have cut into capitol used to purchase streaming rights for major Hollywood pictures.
HBO seems intent on showing skin... that is their big "seller," regardless of the actual quality of the story... the modus operandi seems to be "stretch the story and show plenty of skin..."
Netflix seems to be pushing their stuff, and old TV these days... and really poor third rate hollywood pictures.
I could be wrong on this... it may be that the contracts are written by actors agents et al, to not allow streaming... and force DVD sales and rentals.
None the less, the Netflix stuff seems to rely on stretching a story line over several weeks... when it could likely be told in a 2 hour movie; the "expansive filler" is plain boring.
In fact I am sort of fed up with networks trying to do their own thing... HBO, Showtime, Netflix... in the case of the latter, I suspect that production costs have cut into capitol used to purchase streaming rights for major Hollywood pictures.
HBO seems intent on showing skin... that is their big "seller," regardless of the actual quality of the story... the modus operandi seems to be "stretch the story and show plenty of skin..."
Netflix seems to be pushing their stuff, and old TV these days... and really poor third rate hollywood pictures.
I could be wrong on this... it may be that the contracts are written by actors agents et al, to not allow streaming... and force DVD sales and rentals.
None the less, the Netflix stuff seems to rely on stretching a story line over several weeks... when it could likely be told in a 2 hour movie; the "expansive filler" is plain boring.
Face it - 'television' is dead.
12-07-16, 05:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Wilfred Laurier
I gather from your post that you have never watched a series produced by the old-guard broadcast networks. They have every flaw you described above, and have the added bonus of having anything creative or interesting removed by focus groups, lest some grumpy old man with nothing better to do writes an angry letter to an advertiser.
Face it - 'television' is dead.
Face it - 'television' is dead.
Consider though that old guard TV gave us The Twilight Zone... so it wasn't as if all old guard was bad.
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Originally Posted by genec
Consider though that old guard TV gave us The Twilight Zone... so it wasn't as if all old guard was bad.
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Longmire
Hemlock Grove
I like Amazon's. Bosch series quite a bit
Not Netflix, but sinc I watched all the current Longmire episodes, I am trying to get into Justified, -- so far it's a slow starter for me
I enjoy Westworld on hbo , but I can't sit and watch 5 straight episodes of that like I could Longmire
Hemlock Grove
I like Amazon's. Bosch series quite a bit
Not Netflix, but sinc I watched all the current Longmire episodes, I am trying to get into Justified, -- so far it's a slow starter for me
I enjoy Westworld on hbo , but I can't sit and watch 5 straight episodes of that like I could Longmire
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Narcos
Stranger Things
Gomorra
Updating with a few more:
The Toys That Made Us
Fauda
Stranger Things
Gomorra
Updating with a few more:
The Toys That Made Us
Fauda
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I thought Limitless was incredible! I don't think it was by Netflix, but I heard Netflix is producing the next season.
And Stranger Things, duh!
And Stranger Things, duh!
07-22-17, 02:26 PM
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The AMC show Turn: Washington's Spies is pretty good if you like historically based dramas. It's not perfectly accurate, but it'd be way boring if that were the case.
House of Cards is a good one to get into for a long run for sure.
Daredevil was one of my favorite Marvel shows for a while.
Arrow and the Flash have started to go the way Smallville, in that they are becoming rather soap opera-esque.
House of Cards is a good one to get into for a long run for sure.
Daredevil was one of my favorite Marvel shows for a while.
Arrow and the Flash have started to go the way Smallville, in that they are becoming rather soap opera-esque.
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I really liked Ozark. The similarities to Breaking Bad are undeniable, but it was still really good. One of the best TV shows I've seen in awhile.
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Originally Posted by tyrion
I really liked Ozark. The similarities to Breaking Bad are undeniable, but it was still really good. One of the best TV shows I've seen in awhile.
Not seen breaking bad though; just doesn't appeal to me
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Originally Posted by gabe3366
Currently Narcos, although people keep telling me to watch Stranger Things. My parents enjoyed The Crown.
