Netflix - What gems have you found? (NO SPOILERS) (Vol. 2)

[Smollet]

popeyewhite said:

UTH said:

Terzo123 said:

Yazza54 said:

Its Just Adz said:

Killer2005 said:

Griselda

A series about a female narcos and her rise to power. Its very good, Sophia Vergara is brilliant.

Just came to post the same thing, I'm 3 episodes and and it's very good.
Like Narcos, but with hot angry Latin women.

Same, enjoying it
They've done well to un-hot her !

Its an easy watch, but its no "Narcos"

Finished this last night. Pretty good, although I felt there was a bit of a lack of actual selling of the drugs/building the empire going on. I guess it was all implied, but one minute it felt like she was down and out on her own, next scene is years later and she's running Miami. I just didn't quite get the feeling she was as 'big' as she actually was.

I gave up before the penultimate episode. Promised a lot, didn't deliver.

I got as far as ep2 before losing interest.

[e600]

3 Body Problem. Intriguing sci fi.

We are not alone.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

e600 said:

3 Body Problem. Intriguing sci fi.

We are not alone.

I read the book a few years back and found it derivative and full of junk science that had me rolling my eyes. So I'm a little wary of watching the TV show.

I might give it a go though

[E90_M3Ross]

e600 said:

3 Body Problem. Intriguing sci fi.

We are not alone.

I haven't seen it but if this is about the universe, the chances of life elsewhere is very, very high. The chances of evolved, intelligent life elsewhere, is very, very small.

[Ham_and_Jam]

E90_M3Ross said:

I haven't seen it but if this is about the universe, the chances of life elsewhere is very, very high. The chances of evolved, intelligent life elsewhere, is very, very small.

It’s science fiction, so none of that matters.

Watched the first one, so far not grabbing me.

[nickfrog]

The chances of evolved, intelligent life on earth, is very, very small.

[bodhi]

nickfrog said:

The chances of evolved, intelligent life on earth, is very, very small.

Citation needed.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Ham_and_Jam said:

E90_M3Ross said:

I haven't seen it but if this is about the universe, the chances of life elsewhere is very, very high. The chances of evolved, intelligent life elsewhere, is very, very small.

It’s science fiction, so none of that matters.

Watched the first one, so far not grabbing me.

As someone once said, in Sci-Fi the science should be science and the fiction should be fiction. Once the science becomes fiction you have Fi-Fi not Sci-Fi.

Having said that, there's nothing wrong with setting out your stall and then staying consistent with it. So if you establish that intelligent aliens are a thing in this story then that's fine to have them.

[E90_M3Ross]

nickfrog said:

The chances of evolved, intelligent life on earth, is very, very small.

We have favourable conditions which have stayed pretty stable and consistent for billions of years. The latter part is critical to allow evolution time there are definitely other places suitable for life, but seemingly not having a stable, consistent atmosphere for very long.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

bodhi said:

Citation needed.

oo-wooble.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

E90_M3Ross said:

We have favourable conditions which have stayed pretty stable and consistent for billions of years. The latter part is critical to allow evolution time there are definitely other places suitable for life, but seemingly not having a stable, consistent atmosphere for very long.

This is a huge subject and pretty O/T for this thread, but in essence it doesn't really matter whether or not there is life on other planets; the sheer vastness of space and the restriction on the speed of light for even communication is such that the probability of us ever making contact is infinitesimally small.

If you want to go down a rabbit hole then have a look on YouTube for the Drake Equation and the Fermi Paradox. There are some good vids by Isaac Arthur and also Astrum, plus many others.

Here's a good starting point:

Why Any Solution to the Drake Equation is Scary No Matter the Answer
https://youtu.be/IVCYjtsxvns

[JoshSm]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

e600 said:

3 Body Problem. Intriguing sci fi.

We are not alone.

I read the book a few years back and found it derivative and full of junk science that had me rolling my eyes. So I'm a little wary of watching the TV show.

I might give it a go though

Some interesting set pieces in the books (so on screen too) but I didn't like the original story much, maybe some of it makes more sense from a different cultural background.

Concepts are interesting to a point but most of the key ideas are really nothing new.

Also it's really nihilistic, a bit like most Stephen Baxter stuff is. Lots of struggle & death to achieve little in the end.

[Vipers]

e600 said:

3 Body Problem. Intriguing sci fi.

We are not alone.

Started it earlier today, got hooked on the first episode.

[ChocolateFrog]

TopGun Maverick.

God is it st compared to the original. Still watched it all though.

[ATM]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

E90_M3Ross said:

We have favourable conditions which have stayed pretty stable and consistent for billions of years. The latter part is critical to allow evolution time there are definitely other places suitable for life, but seemingly not having a stable, consistent atmosphere for very long.

This is a huge subject and pretty O/T for this thread, but in essence it doesn't really matter whether or not there is life on other planets; the sheer vastness of space and the restriction on the speed of light for even communication is such that the probability of us ever making contact is infinitesimally small.

But isnt space infinity large and / or growing so no matter how low the chances if you have a really high number of chances it will happen. I still don't understand the whole infinite space or expanding. Expanding into what or from what? So many questions. What also intrigues me is the question around dimensions. We have 3 dimensions and you could argue time is the 4th. What if there was a life so large its idea of time was 10000x ours. Would we even realise it existed? Then when you get into extra dimensions it all gets very theoretical. Could there be life in extra dimensions we just don't understand or can not see. I think to assume there is no more life just seems arrogant or small minded.

[Baron Greenback]

ChocolateFrog said:

TopGun Maverick.

God is it st compared to the original. Still watched it all though.

Ta for heads up it's on ch4 tonight

[Clockwork Cupcake]

ATM said:

I think to assume there is no more life just seems arrogant or small minded.

I think to assume that this is what either of us was saying just seems like you misread.

As the Astrum video I linked says, the fact that life exists here means that the probability of life existing is 1 (ie, a certainty). However, the probability of us ever being able to interact with extraterrestrial life is tiny, due to distance and time lag. Like the odds of meeting someone at a train station, when the two are of you are in different train stations, in different countries, on different days, in different centuries.

Anyway, this is very off-topic for this thread and better discussed elsewhere

Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Saturday 23 March 13:46

[dudleybloke]

Baron Greenback said:

ChocolateFrog said:

TopGun Maverick.

God is it st compared to the original. Still watched it all though.

Ta for heads up it's on ch4 tonight

It's not the worst Star Wars movie!

[Clockwork Cupcake]

dudleybloke said:

It's not the worst Star Wars movie!

[Random_Person]

Spaceman

Really enjoyed watching and soundtrack was half of what kept me drawn in. Not entirely sure I understand it. But I think I do.

Was the spider god... ? Therapeutic watching and very thought provoking. I suspect most would struggle with the spider though.