Netflix - What gems have you found? (NO SPOILERS) (Vol. 2)
Discussion
oobster said:
Just finished S1 of Lincoln Lawyer. Thought it was reasonable, a bit too many cliches (at least two epiphany moments) and unsure why two of the characters (or the actors playing them?) had really rough 80-cigs-per-day voices but ok enough to want to watch S2.
We got about half way through then gave up. It just felt a bit too much larger than life and we weren't able to suspend our disbelief for some reason.oobster said:
Just finished S1 of Lincoln Lawyer. Thought it was reasonable, a bit too many cliches (at least two epiphany moments) and unsure why two of the characters (or the actors playing them?) had really rough 80-cigs-per-day voices but ok enough to want to watch S2.
Season 2 is more of the same (in a good or bad way depending on whether you liked S1), think I'm up to episode 7 or 8 and the main negative is the main character's accent coming and going a bit more but it's all good fun and doesn't take itself too seriously.MesoForm said:
oobster said:
Just finished S1 of Lincoln Lawyer. Thought it was reasonable, a bit too many cliches (at least two epiphany moments) and unsure why two of the characters (or the actors playing them?) had really rough 80-cigs-per-day voices but ok enough to want to watch S2.
Season 2 is more of the same (in a good or bad way depending on whether you liked S1), think I'm up to episode 7 or 8 and the main negative is the main character's accent coming and going a bit more but it's all good fun and doesn't take itself too seriously.smn159 said:
540TORQUES said:
NGK210 said:
The Gentlemen
Familiar Guy Richie territory: geezers, geezerettes, gypsies, toffs, and weed.
First 3 episodes were quite entertaining.
4 and 5 formulaic / self-parody.
6 and 7 a bit more intriguing / menacing.
8 (final) too clever for its own good, shamelessly scrabbling for a finale that sets up sequels.
Dialogue that’s a cross between Dickensian formal and 1980s-style business-speak soon becomes very tedious.
And never, ever, ever, should one wear brown in town, innit.
First 3 were ok, it then jumped the shark, by the end i was sick of the lot of them.Familiar Guy Richie territory: geezers, geezerettes, gypsies, toffs, and weed.
First 3 episodes were quite entertaining.
4 and 5 formulaic / self-parody.
6 and 7 a bit more intriguing / menacing.
8 (final) too clever for its own good, shamelessly scrabbling for a finale that sets up sequels.
Dialogue that’s a cross between Dickensian formal and 1980s-style business-speak soon becomes very tedious.
And never, ever, ever, should one wear brown in town, innit.
kwittery from a character presented to us as a smart guy/girl and anything but a fkwit, to be extremely tedious. For which see - I've got a total fkup of a brother who has just nearly got us all killed by shooting a gangster - I know, I'll show him the weed farm, then also get him to drive me to try and steal a car from some other gangsters. What could possibly go wrong?!Lazy writing imo.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Random_Person said:
Matrix 4 on there now - won't be watching that!
Why not? It's superb. I personally think that most of the haters either a) didn't get it, b) were wanting a different sort of film and were disappointed, or c) just wanted to hate it
then watching it again and though - actually its awesome!
Random_Person said:
Which is why it's the biggest flop of all time.
As opposed to Maverick which was a sequal after along time done correctly.
For a given value of "correctly". As opposed to Maverick which was a sequal after along time done correctly.
If rehashing something in a by-the-numbers way for maximum nostalgia to bring in the money is doing something correctly, then Maverick certainly does that.
I think history will be kinder to Matrix 4 than it will be to Maverick. Although the Star Wars trench run in Fighter Jets will probably guarantee Maverick a place in history.
Matrix 4 will become a cult film. Mark my words.
Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Wednesday 27th March 09:14
Smollet said:
DE1975 said:
Finished 3 Body Problem last night.
I'll be generous and give it 7/10. It was OK but I was expecting better and had been looking forward to watching it, but ultimately felt disappointed by it.
I got as far as ep4 and gave up. Not my thing I'll be generous and give it 7/10. It was OK but I was expecting better and had been looking forward to watching it, but ultimately felt disappointed by it.
Slicing an entire ship into 1ft high slithers including all the people! Brutal!! And covering the whole PLANET in a sentient AI computer?!?! Bonkers!!
ThomW said:
I can’t understand how anyone could watch Ep4 and not want to see more!!!
Slicing an entire ship into 1ft high slithers including all the people! Brutal!! And covering the whole PLANET in a sentient AI computer?!?! Bonkers!!
Actually, the first thing you mention inside your spoiler tag is a pretty tired Sci-Fi trope that is almost a cliché now, hence my comment about the book being derivative Slicing an entire ship into 1ft high slithers including all the people! Brutal!! And covering the whole PLANET in a sentient AI computer?!?! Bonkers!!
Well, I really enjoyed 3 Body Problem and felt it was some of the most original SciFi I've seen of late - comparable with Arrival, Coherence and Tenet (even if I still get lost trying to fathom some of the details when I watch that). Additionally, I liked both the characters and the production values.
I had tried watching the Chinese TV series but it did not move along at quite the pace of the English language version although I do acknowledge it had high production values too. I gave up with it after a "few" episodes.
My concern is that this series was taken mostly from book 1 (although it spilled a little into book 2), which is by far the most interesting book. I hope the TV producers are able to lift a decent story from the remaining pages to make future series as enjoyable.
I had tried watching the Chinese TV series but it did not move along at quite the pace of the English language version although I do acknowledge it had high production values too. I gave up with it after a "few" episodes.
My concern is that this series was taken mostly from book 1 (although it spilled a little into book 2), which is by far the most interesting book. I hope the TV producers are able to lift a decent story from the remaining pages to make future series as enjoyable.
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