Netflix & streaming video stuff worth watching

Enhance said:
Will be interested to hear your thoughts after the finale. We got really into it based on the first 10 minutes and, by the time we reached mid-season, we struggled to maintain interest.
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The middle of the 1st season of Mindhunters drags a bit, but it's setting up a really good ending and the reasons for a lot of the middle part of the season become clear.

 
I am hugely disappointed to discover the Joel McHale show on Netflix is only going to have short series.  They ended this one after 13 episodes. 

This show is the only way I stay connected to pop culture. I'm never going to actually watch the Kardashians or Jersey Shore, but since everyone talks about them it's useful to have at least a little bit of familiarity with who/what they're talking about.  Plus it's funny to watch Joel skewer these people.  I really liked The Soup, and reviving it this way was something I really looked forward to.  Imagine my horror to find out it's mostly over for a while.

Apparently they're doing a short series this summer, which is good. But this is a show which really should be on every week, like John Oliver's show.

 



The Mindhunter serial killer Ed Kemper is pretty damn creepy.  The real life Ed Kemper is just as creepy.  Except real.  

 
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knapplc said:
I am hugely disappointed to discover the Joel McHale show on Netflix is only going to have short series.  They ended this one after 13 episodes. 

This show is the only way I stay connected to pop culture. I'm never going to actually watch the Kardashians or Jersey Shore, but since everyone talks about them it's useful to have at least a little bit of familiarity with who/what they're talking about.  Plus it's funny to watch Joel skewer these people.  I really liked The Soup, and reviving it this way was something I really looked forward to.  Imagine my horror to find out it's mostly over for a while.

Apparently they're doing a short series this summer, which is good. But this is a show which really should be on every week, like John Oliver's show.
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+10000000000000000000000000000000000

 
Re-watched Full Metal Jacket last night.   I think I've seen every part of that film over the years--but in pieces, not end to end.  Really, it's like two movies spliced together.  Boot camp, and then in country.  

 
NUance said:
Re-watched Full Metal Jacket last night.   I think I've seen every part of that film over the years--but in pieces, not end to end.  Really, it's like two movies spliced together.  Boot camp, and then in country.  
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Yep, I always thought it was like two movies also. I like boot camp but can do without the in country portion.

 
knapplc said:
I've started Season 5 of Arrested Development.  It's very choppy, disjointed, and seems to have very little point.  The plot seems to spin in circles.  I'm becoming very disinterested.
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I enjoyed five more than four but it's still several rungs down from the original three seasons. Bad storytelling decisions they made in S4 are being carried through S5, things that I never found funny or sensical (like the Marky Bark angle or the sudden love interest between Tony Wonder and GOB).

I do believe S5 is doing a much better job of engaging the family with one another and getting back to some of its roots, but the episodes feel largely forgettable.

 
knapplc said:
I am hugely disappointed to discover the Joel McHale show on Netflix is only going to have short series.  They ended this one after 13 episodes. 

This show is the only way I stay connected to pop culture. I'm never going to actually watch the Kardashians or Jersey Shore, but since everyone talks about them it's useful to have at least a little bit of familiarity with who/what they're talking about.  Plus it's funny to watch Joel skewer these people.  I really liked The Soup, and reviving it this way was something I really looked forward to.  Imagine my horror to find out it's mostly over for a while.

Apparently they're doing a short series this summer, which is good. But this is a show which really should be on every week, like John Oliver's show.
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John Oliver's show is starting to approach jumping the shark territory for me.  Every week it's the same thing over and over again and it's getting tiresome.  The only redeeming part of the show is their long form pieces that are hit or miss for me and when they do something absurd like the train set they sent to Scranton, PA.  I did enjoy last week's topic of rehab facilities although I saw an almost identical story on ESPN.com a few weeks ago that talked about the play by play announcer for the Red Wings who just lost a son to addiction after they shipped him to Florida for rehab.

http://www.espn.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/23053946/how-detroit-red-wings-ken-daniels-voice-hockeytown-lost-son-drugs-insurance-fraud-espn

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I've been watching the "Netflix" series Fauda.  But it's painful.  The premise of the series is interesting, and the scenery and cast are simply awesome.  But the writing is pathetically childish.  There are tons of plot errors and loose ends.  The show makes the Israeli military look like a bunch of cowboys who just wing it on every mission.  And apparently when someone goes on a mission sans any sort of disguise, none of the enemy are able to recognize them when they encounter them a short time later in a different context.   If the real Israeli military operated like this they'd all be dead within a couple months.   :facepalm:

 
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