Amazon Prime Video, what gems have you found? (NO SPOILERS)

[DuncanM]

SFV said:

Sneaky Pete is excellent, and the story develops very nicely over the 10 episodes. Bryan Cranston is menacingly good.

Also watched Black Sails recently - most enjoyable series. An x-rated Pirates of the Caribbean, with some excellent acting by the main players.

I really enjoyed Black Sails, definitely recommend it.

Enjoying Sneaky Pete so far too

[Marty Funkhouser]

DuncanM said:

SFV said:

Sneaky Pete is excellent, and the story develops very nicely over the 10 episodes. Bryan Cranston is menacingly good.

Also watched Black Sails recently - most enjoyable series. An x-rated Pirates of the Caribbean, with some excellent acting by the main players.

I really enjoyed Black Sails, definitely recommend it.

Enjoying Sneaky Pete so far too

I started Sneaky Pete but had the feeling it was going to be 10 episodes of him almost but not quite being caught out on his memories with the grandparents.

[bingybongy]

Marty Funkhouser said:

DuncanM said:

SFV said:

Sneaky Pete is excellent, and the story develops very nicely over the 10 episodes. Bryan Cranston is menacingly good.

Also watched Black Sails recently - most enjoyable series. An x-rated Pirates of the Caribbean, with some excellent acting by the main players.

I really enjoyed Black Sails, definitely recommend it.

Enjoying Sneaky Pete so far too

I started Sneaky Pete but had the feeling it was going to be 10 episodes of him almost but not quite being caught out on his memories with the grandparents.

You are spot on.

I have given up with it after 5 episode.

Goliath is great.

[Chris Type R]

bingybongy said:

Goliath is great.

It started well, but I was disappointed with how it developed over the last couple of episodes.

[DuncanM]

Chris Type R said:

bingybongy said:

Goliath is great.

It started well, but I was disappointed with how it developed over the last couple of episodes.

Agree, Las two were dreadful, ended really poorly after a great start.

Sneaky Pete going the same way I fear.

Best by far for me has been Bosch. Both seasons were outstanding for me.

Black Sails very good too.

[anonymous-user]

I must give black sails another try. I think I started watching a while ago and something else caught my attention. It's about pirates isn't it? That's got to be great.

[DuncanM]

El stovey said:

I must give black sails another try. I think I started watching a while ago and something else caught my attention. It's about pirates isn't it? That's got to be great.

It's fun, with a decent story, and some tidy molly

[johnxjsc1985]

DuncanM said:

It's fun, with a decent story, and some tidy molly

Me thinks the Molly was his attraction

[ClockworkCupcake]

All these series are all very well, but sometimes it is nice to stumble upon one-offs. Recently I have watched "Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex" which is a documentary about the evolution of SFX in film, from stop-start animation, through animatronics, to CGI. It was very interesting.

I also watched "Back to the Present", which compares the predictions of the future in Back to the Future 2 with reality, and finally a Terry Jones (of Monty Python) history programme called "The Surprising History of Sex and Love" which is as the title suggests about the attitudes towards sex and love throughout history.

[johnxjsc1985]

ClockworkCupcake said:

All these series are all very well, but sometimes it is nice to stumble upon one-offs. Recently I have watched "Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex" which is a documentary about the evolution of SFX in film, from stop-start animation, through animatronics, to CGI. It was very interesting.

I also watched "Back to the Present", which compares the predictions of the future in Back to the Future 2 with reality, and finally a Terry Jones (of Monty Python) history piece on sex and live throughput history called "The Surprising History of Sex and Love".

there is a lot more if you are prepared to look for it.

[Cotty]

ClockworkCupcake said:

All these series are all very well, but sometimes it is nice to stumble upon one-offs. Recently I have watched "Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex" which is a documentary about the evolution of SFX in film, from stop-start animation, through animatronics, to CGI. It was very interesting.

I also watched "Back to the Present", which compares the predictions of the future in Back to the Future 2 with reality, and finally a Terry Jones (of Monty Python) history programme called "The Surprising History of Sex and Love" which is as the title suggests about the attitudes towards sex and love throughout history.

Try this
"When Star Wars landed in the theaters, it introduced audiences to a galaxy filled with heroes and villains, robots and space ships, and a dizzying variety of alien life. But when the lights came up, they all disappeared... Unless you had all the toys; then the adventure never had to end! Plastic Galaxy explores the world of Star Wars toys, their history, influence, and enduring legacy".
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01LY0ZGDE/ref...

[ClockworkCupcake]

Cotty said:

Try this
"When Star Wars landed in the theaters, it introduced audiences to a galaxy filled with heroes and villains, robots and space ships, and a dizzying variety of alien life. But when the lights came up, they all disappeared... Unless you had all the toys; then the adventure never had to end! Plastic Galaxy explores the world of Star Wars toys, their history, influence, and enduring legacy".
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01LY0ZGDE/ref...

Thanks, Cotty. That looks interesting!

[poing]

Just got a few episodes into Sneaky Pete and can't decide if I like it or if it's frustrating. If I sit and think about it then technically nothing has actually happened so I'm not sure what I did with 3 hours!

I'll stick it out though, I'm no quitter!

[singlecoil]

bingybongy said:

Marty Funkhouser said:

DuncanM said:

SFV said:

Sneaky Pete is excellent, and the story develops very nicely over the 10 episodes. Bryan Cranston is menacingly good.

Also watched Black Sails recently - most enjoyable series. An x-rated Pirates of the Caribbean, with some excellent acting by the main players.

I really enjoyed Black Sails, definitely recommend it.

Enjoying Sneaky Pete so far too

I started Sneaky Pete but had the feeling it was going to be 10 episodes of him almost but not quite being caught out on his memories with the grandparents.

You are spot on.

I have given up with it after 5 episode.

Me too. Nothing much happening, episodes are almost interchangeable.

[kowalski655]

Hardcore Henry: stupidly ridiculous OTT action movie. Like watching a play through of a parkour/SF/horror FPS!

[Tonsko]

Haha, yeh spotted that the other evening, had been meaning to watch it. It does a 'gaming' film far far better than any named franchise. It's silly, frantic and doesn't take itself seriously at all.

[ascayman]

just finished Sneeky Pete, thought it was excellent.

[tight5]

DuncanM said:

Best by far for me has been Bosch. Both seasons were outstanding for me.

Series 3 is due this year (sometime).
Series 4 has been given the green light for next year.

[Jonesy23]

kowalski655 said:

Hardcore Henry: stupidly ridiculous OTT action movie. Like watching a play through of a parkour/SF/horror FPS!

Have a look at some of the 'making of' footage of things like the bit with the van chase. All filmed on a couple of Go Pros on a mask.

From what I understand it was made on a shoestring and is basically a very expanded version of a music video a band did then thought they'd take further.

[kowalski655]

Yes, Bad Motherfker by Biting elbows, great video but a bit NSFW
$2 mil it was made for acccording to wiki,which considering the huuuuge cast of mostly stuntman, seems a bloody bargain