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

[anonymous-user]

pidsy said:

JagLover said:

pidsy said:

anonymous said:

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6 or 8 episodes seems to be the default. I think it works well.

(Thusnelda was a positive factor) I hope it gets renewed.

Perhaps I am missing something but I thought it covered a one off event in history (battle of Teutoburg forest) so would be a one off series?

The ending leaves it very obviously for a continuation.
There has been quite a lot of speculation from the writers about where they are going if it gets renewed.

I guess they wrote it as a one off with the scope to go further if it was successful my guess Thusnelda baby arc and the fact Wolfspeer said he would sacrifice his firstborn, also Ari has another brother out there with Rome somewhere and Segestes also could cause more issues

[DocJock]

Well if they intend staying true(ish) to the actual events, over the next five or six years the Romans kick a lot of German ass, including two massive defeats for Arminius and the capture of Thusnelda,. They also recovered all three eagles.

[dirty boy]

Another glowing response to Queen's Gambit here.

Myself, wife and 14 year old son all smashed it yesterday and it's really good.

Selling the premise to my wife and son that "it's about chess" was particularly difficult, but once we did the first episode.....

[JagLover]

DocJock said:

Well if they intend staying true(ish) to the actual events, over the next five or six years the Romans kick a lot of German ass, including two massive defeats for Arminius and the capture of Thusnelda,. They also recovered all three eagles.

One problem with basing things off history is that history can be messy.

The events of those years meant that the Roman empire did not extend beyond the Rhine. In that sense it was both a strategic and tactical victory. The Roman Empire did take revenge though in the short term.

Germania then virtually vanishes from the pages of history until the sequence of events that led to the fall of the western empire. That would seem to me a more natural starting place for a continuation.

[DocJock]

I agree.

[irocfan]

Enjoyed Takers last night - total hokum really but a fun cops 'n' robbers thing

[bmwmike]

Just discovered Modern Family and finding it genuinely funny and as a parent, relatable.

[Welshbeef]

RichFN2 said:

As an Ozark fan I enjoyed these crime dramas:
Narcos & Narcos Mexico
Suburra
Sacred Games
Better Call Saul (if you can get past the very slow start)
Cocaine Coast
Top Boy (Summerhouse is the beginning)

Watched Top Boy but didn’t know about summer house.

Will add these the watch list.

I’m a fan of dark Nordic crime too - and happy with subtitles many of those are extremely good

[Murghee]

bmwmike said:

Just discovered Modern Family and finding it genuinely funny and as a parent, relatable.

It is funny until season 9 then its gets boring..less manny quirkiness and all about boyfriend girlfriend...like what happened with big bang

[MYOB]

Welshbeef said:

Watched Top Boy but didn’t know about summer house.

Will add these the watch list.

I’m a fan of dark Nordic crime too - and happy with subtitles many of those are extremely good

Have you watched Lilyhammer? Highly recommended.

[bmwmike]

Murghee said:

bmwmike said:

Just discovered Modern Family and finding it genuinely funny and as a parent, relatable.

It is funny until season 9 then its gets boring..less manny quirkiness and all about boyfriend girlfriend...like what happened with big bang

ah yeah, pity, but predictable i guess as they wring the life out of a format. Halfway thru series 2 and i can see it dropping off a bit. Didnt realise there were so many!

[Murghee]

Anyone watched american pie reunion?

Thought it was allright..nice seeing the cast many years later...especially stbreak lol

[toon10]

Just finished Suburra. Bit disappointed that someone on here suggested they don't know how the show could continue which strongly hinted that one or both of the main characters were going to get killed. I watched the last 4 episodes with this knowledge which took the edge off the powerful last episode

[FunkyNige]

Murghee said:

Anyone watched american pie reunion?

Thought it was allright..nice seeing the cast many years later...especially stbreak lol

I was 17 when the first one came out so was bang on the target age and loved the first one and also loved the Reunion - think I saw it in the cinema when it came out 8(!) years ago with a bunch of people who also saw the original when they were 17.
I think it's one of those films that is made for the fans - if you didn't like the original you won't like it, but if you enjoyed it then I think it's the best of the sequels.

[ajprice]

Good News Everyone! The Umbrella Academy season 3 starts production in February 2021.

[bing]

Just finished Haunting of Bly House. Absolutely brilliant. Can anyone recommend something similar that you can watch with a 13 year old.

[pidsy]

bing said:

Just finished Haunting of Bly House. Absolutely brilliant. Can anyone recommend something similar that you can watch with a 13 year old.

The first person with a positive review of Bly.
It took a proper hammering on here a few pages back.

I’d suggest Raising Dion.

[anonymous-user]

bing said:

Just finished Haunting of Bly House. Absolutely brilliant. Can anyone recommend something similar that you can watch with a 13 year old.

If you liked Bly, absolutely anything else on any channel will be an improvement.

“Splendidly splendid”, even..

[ben5575]

bing said:

Just finished Haunting of Bly House. Absolutely brilliant. Can anyone recommend something similar that you can watch with a 13 year old.

Locke & Key: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EonRi0yQOE

Sabrina: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oDh7nj68sg

Sex Education - maximum cringe but a love letter to John Hughes, it's absolutely brilliant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd2ldTR-WpI

And obviously Stranger Things if you haven't already watched it

[Prolex-UK]

Cargo

Low budget dystopian film set in Oz

Martin freeman stars

Well worth a watch

We don't know what caused the event that unleashed zombies

Had some nice twists on the zombie them