Netflix: instaView rec's

[splat]

Been on a Hawaii 5-O binge and liking it a lot. Started out slow and really picked up second season.
Love to see the people variety of the islands and I reminisce a little, having watched Jack Lord filming on the original series in Honolulu a long ass time ago. The new cast on this redo is good.

[Tuckerman]

Watched "All This Mayhem" the other day.

Didn't know anything about the Pappas brothers. Basically they were a pair of self destructive assholes who had too much money and fame too early. But I never would have predicted they went as far as they did.

The story about Tony Hawk and the 900 was fascinating.

Good movie (documentary) but it seemed to me they were poor kids with no place to go but the ramp growing up. It did not seem like they were assholes either they had some valid points on mainstream sk8ing dicking them over at comps ect. They sure did mis manage their money.

[powpig]

Watched "All This Mayhem" the other day.

The story about Tony Hawk and the 900 was fascinating.

.....they had some valid points on mainstream sk8ing dicking them over at comps ect.

Sure made Tony Hawk look like a gutless weasel, afraid of serious & honest competiton. Maybe he's always been that way and it's common knowledge, I know very little about the guy,

[dookeyXXX]

If you dig the music of The Billy Nayer Show, Daniel Johnston, Mr. Bungle, then you may very well enjoy this flick:

FRANK




Cool article about the film, too:
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2...r-chris-sievey

[creaky fossil]

Anyone else watch Force Majeure? it's like a chunk of sodium thrown into water.

[dookeyXXX]

Anyone else watch Force Majeure? it's like a chunk of sodium thrown into water.

is that a good thing or a bad thing?


FWIW, Season 2 of Danger 5 is off-the-nuts.
They took everything from Season 1 and upped the ante (nekkid women, copious snorting of controlled substances, completely absurdist new characters, and a plot that really doesn't make much sense). The fact that the show was produced in part by the Australian government is just plain amazing.

[creaky fossil]

seriously dookey -- I'm not sure which, it's that kind of multi-layered polarizing. it's a provocative movie that picks at quite a few issues, and the pivotal event of the movie as well as the setting (skiing, and an avalanche event that may or may not be understood by the characters in the movie) are likely to be seen differently by people here who spend time in mtns in winter. if you read the discussion threads at imdb, you'll see a whole lot of what I'm talking about on polarization. when I watched it I thought it was picking on one main issue, but after thinking about it being made from maybe a different perspective, it seemed to have a lot of thorny points. I won't say more or I'll spoil it.

[mtl_ripper]

The Rover. Awesome, gritty, violent but super well done.

[skideeppow]

Watched "All This Mayhem" the other day.

Didn't know anything about the Pappas brothers. Basically they were a pair of self destructive assholes who had too much money and fame too early. But I never would have predicted they went as far as they did.

The story about Tony Hawk and the 900 was fascinating.

Also saw this. Was such a great movie. The 900 story was crazy.

[dookeyXXX]

Here ya go:

http://www.sbs.com.au/comedy/article...-diamond-girls

ish has expired, which is total BS...

[up an down]

"the trip to italy" was as good as, or better than, "the trip".. same lead actors..

[dookeyXXX]

FREQUENCIES

starts out as a sci-fi tinged innocent love story and turns into something a bit more complex.

[stuckathuntermtn]

Netflix has nothing new or good anymore (or I've seen it). Did they just give up on getting movies and shows streaming and start focusing more on their own content? Does Prime get any stuff before they do? I took a look, and it doesn't really look like it.
wtf?

[Chugachjed]

Netflix has nothing new or good anymore (or I've seen it). Did they just give up on getting movies and shows streaming and start focusing more on their own content? Does Prime get any stuff before they do? I took a look, and it doesn't really look like it.
wtf?

You're nuts. There's 7 seasons of MacGyver now on Netflix!

[boarddad]

Late to the Netfix thing but liking it so far. Love Kevin Spacey, House of Cards has not disappointed. I watched both the At Any Cost documentary on Lance Armstrong and Slaying the Badger on Greg Lamond. Lance is a bigger asshole than we ever knew, Greg is a bigger badass (which I knew - kind of a hero of mine growing up). Both are worth watching. I like that they have a decent amount of stand-up comedy. I 'm looking forward to diving into some of that.

I will say the the movie selection is s bit sparse - not exactly like the old days perusing the stacks at the local Blockbuster. It seems like every time they announce what they will be removing and what they will be adding, it gets worse. At least there is new content though - would be even worse if there wasn't.

[Flyoverland Captive]

Just finished Lillyhammer. Dark, funny, absurd, violent; quite excellent.

[boltonoutlaw]

Bloodlines

[NoPostholio]

Bloodlines

Seconded - solid cast
Set up nice for S2

[creaky fossil]

Best thing about Bloodlines is how it deals with avoidance/projection of guilt in interpersonal situations. Is Danny just an unrepentant fuckup who deserves whatever bad happens to him, since he's so "mean" to his family? A lot of what that show presents applies to the stupid-ass feuds created on TGR for the sake of venting one's own weakness-derived insecurities (hi kidwoo, hi rideit), and it's a good metaphor for the Social Justice Warrior/eternal victim perspective people like to use when they push their antipathy onto someone else.

[NoPostholio]

**cryptic spoiler alert**


I like how SS ended up being worst of bunch - that was well played.

[dookeyXXX]

If you're into indie rap and the esoteric Los Angeles music scene, then Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records is a pretty good docu hi-liting the rise/fall/rise of the venerable indie lable and head honcho DJ Peanut Butterwolf. Nice insight into the mind of Madlib and a tribute segment to J. Dilla.

[Benny Profane]

I watched a documentary the other day about winemaking that was excellent. A year in Burgandy. Nice, in depth look at the wine growing and making industry in probably the most famous region in the world, following the cycle of all four seasons.

[splat]

Buffalo Soldiers.

[Garth Bimble]

I'm no fan of ESPN but this past weekend I binged out on the "30 for 30" documentaries. Two of the best were "Of Miracles and Men" and "Slaying the Badger", but I also liked "This is What They Want"...I had no idea Jimmy Connors was such a dick.

[Grange]

I need to check out Daredevil this weekend. Seems to be getting good reviews so far.