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Ryn S said:
Omg! I binged it over the weekend! Scary mainly in showing how easily misunderstandings occur; how perspective can totally change the truth in the moment; and perhaps scariest of all….how fanaticism easily allows the warping of information to fit a specific need. Growing up Catholic I immediately recognized that the writer and/or director also grew up Catholic because a non-Catholic will never truly understand the horror aspects. I remember being totally horrified that I was expected to put Christ’s blood and flesh into my mouth and swallow them to gain everlasting life!!! (I could have joined the Cullen clan at that point!) The grownups were shocked by my disgust. I wasn’t allowed to balk. I took first communion and many more after that. I never enjoyed communion and was always grossed out by it. I denounced Catholicism many years ago, but it’s brainwashing runs deep. This series was excellent and there were concepts presented that I have believed for years now; concepts that aren’t traditional Christian views, that I’ve never been able to explain with such eloquence or beauty. I’ll be watching it again before the Vatican finds a way to get rid of it.
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Ryn S said:
You might not ‘like’ it, but I think it’s an important series to watch. I think the concepts it deals with (just below the surface) are important and powerful. I will be surprised if the Vatican doesn’t find a way to make it disappear in the near future. It really shows the power of fanaticism and how the “truth” is made relevant or irrelevant depending on your perspective at the moment. Truth isn’t always truth. I’ve only learned that in the last decade.
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I’m going to add it to my list… sounds intriguing!

I binged the entire 8 episodes of Clickbait yesterday… realllllly good mystery, and quite scary in that one can see how this could totally happen IRL.
 
I also just finished all four seasons of “Reign” - a period piece on Netflix about Mary Queen of Scots. It was good, despite quite a bit of “I AM YOUR QUEEN!!” being forcefully uttered by Mary… :rolleyes: I think it was fairly historically accurate but with some artistic liberties thrown in. The actor playing Mary is dark eyed/dark hair so not sure why they chose her as Mary was fair/red hair. The actor portraying Queen Elizabeth was quite good, and a bit more believable to me. Also the final episode felt really rushed and they should have had a few more episodes - maybe even another season - to wrap things up. What happened to the story arc of Catherine de’ Medici and Narcisse? Charles and Henry? It just fast forwarded 21 years and then The End. :triumph:

I kept thinking about the castle that JillyG has photographed in Fotheringhay where Mary was beheaded. So much history!
 
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just binged Hit & Run on Netflix. It is an Israeli series. Some dialog in English, but mainly subtitled. Set in Tel Aviv and New York.

An American dancer, married to an Israeli, is killed in a hit and run accident. But was it an accident? Fast paced thriller by the producers of Fauda. (which I plan to watch next.)
 
lkbside said:
just binged Hit & Run on Netflix. It is an Israeli series. Some dialog in English, but mainly subtitled. Set in Tel Aviv and New York.

An American dancer, married to an Israeli, is killed in a hit and run accident. But was it an accident? Fast paced thriller by the producers of Fauda. (which I plan to watch next.)
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Ahhhh, that’s on my watch list. :thumbs:
 
RoseCat said:
on Netflix
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RoseCat said:
The actor playing Mary is dark eyed/dark hair so not sure why they chose her as Mary was fair/red hair. Th
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There's a running joke in the meme community about Netflix shoehorning diversity inappropriately into everything regardless...
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Thoroughly enjoyed Fear Street. Its 3 movies all released a month apart and based on a series if books by an actual author so the writing, storyline, twists and reveals are all well done.
The second movie is almost all in flashback and the third is set in in two time frames 3 centuries apart.
Not for the squeamish but the overall feel is a bit late 80s, early 90s, a bit stranger things so its not the gore porn of saw and its ilk.
8 out of 10 from me.
Its got Britta in from off of Community as a bonus.
 
rizole said:
Thoroughly enjoyed Fear Street. Its 3 movies all released a month apart and based on a series if books by an actual author so the writing, storyline, twists and reveals are all well done.
The second movie is almost all in flashback and the third is set in in two time frames 3 centuries apart.
Not for the squeamish but the overall feel is a bit late 80s, early 90s, a bit stranger things so its not the gore porn of saw and its ilk.
8 out of 10 from me.
Its got Britta in from off of Community as a bonus.
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My kids devoured the RL Stine books. I suppose the movies are on Netflix?
 
Arcane on Netflix is excellent. Movie level production values, beautifully animated, great set peices, fab use of music and when it goes off piste it does it with such style and dexterity the impact is, well, impactful.
Good, evil, complex grey areas, touching humanity, kick ass cool violence and a steam punk futurism aesthetic. Possibly the best thing I've seen this year. Recommended.
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sinnerjohn said:
I must be in a minority, I thought Loki was awful, boring and disappointing. Not a patch on Wandavision.
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rizole said:
Wandavision lost me in the first episode. Enjoyed Loki and thought the score was strong.
Here's the theme done on trombone which does it for me.
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My youngest made me sit through Wandavision. Once I dragged myself through the first two episodes it does get very good doesn't it?
 
rizole said:
My youngest made me sit through Wandavision. Once I dragged myself through the first two episodes it does get very good doesn't it?
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Like I said before, I enjoyed Wandavision much more than Loki.

And a word for the new series of Dr Who after the dismal previous couple of series where they seem to have lost the plot entirely this new one is SO good.
 
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rizole said:
Arcane on Netflix is excellent. Movie level production values, beautifully animated, great set peices, fab use of music and when it goes off piste it does it with such style and dexterity the impact is, well, impactful.
Good, evil, complex grey areas, touching humanity, kick ass cool violence and a steam punk futurism aesthetic. Possibly the best thing I've seen this year. Recommended.
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Watching currently, not seen the newest 3 yet though. Too busy with The Wheel of Time on Amazon.
 
rizole said:
My youngest made me sit through Wandavision. Once I dragged myself through the first two episodes it does get very good doesn't it?
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Wandavision is ok, basically a set up for the next batch of marvel movies. Loki is much better, as it introduces the concept of the 'Multiverse', which is where Marvel is going next. Better yet, the animated 'What If?' series is excellent, giving alternate versions of earlier scenarios.
 
rizole said:
Arcane on Netflix is excellent. Movie level production values, beautifully animated, great set peices, fab use of music and when it goes off piste it does it with such style and dexterity the impact is, well, impactful.
Good, evil, complex grey areas, touching humanity, kick ass cool violence and a steam punk futurism aesthetic. Possibly the best thing I've seen this year. Recommended.
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Your review is excellent… I’m intrigued!
 
The Great is a lot of fun:
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The Great: Created by Tony McNamara. With Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult, Phoebe Fox, Sacha Dhawan. A royal woman living in rural Russia during the 18th century is forced to choose between her own personal happiness and the future of Russia, when she marries an Emperor.
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A period comedy drama about Catherine the Great, full of bawdy, callous debauchery and flippant cruelty. Nicely written, good characterisation, Huzzah!
 
rizole said:
My youngest made me sit through Wandavision. Once I dragged myself through the first two episodes it does get very good doesn't it?
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sinnerjohn said:
Like I said before, I enjoyed Wandavision much more than Loki.

And a word for the new series of Dr Who after the dismal previous couple of series where they seem to have lost the plot entirely this new one is SO good.
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I tried it, maybe one episode. I’m running out of things to watch. I’m inspired to give it another episode or two.
 
rizole said:
Arcane on Netflix is excellent. Movie level production values, beautifully animated, great set peices, fab use of music and when it goes off piste it does it with such style and dexterity the impact is, well, impactful.
Good, evil, complex grey areas, touching humanity, kick ass cool violence and a steam punk futurism aesthetic. Possibly the best thing I've seen this year. Recommended.
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Hmmm, I think I’ll like this. The DH hates this sort of thing but he’s away golfing for two days from tomorrow so might just binge watch it. :sneaky: Beats decluttering.
 
ImageArt said:
Hmmm, I think I’ll like this. The DH hates this sort of thing but he’s away golfing for two days from tomorrow so might just binge watch it. :sneaky: Beats decluttering.
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LOVED THIS! It’s not so much the story line, It’s the fabulous backdrops and animation. It looks to me like much of it is based around real architecture. The bridge looks a bit like London Bridge and some of the buildings and one of the rooms looks much like Gaudi’s architecture particularly the inside of the Casa Mila and the Sagrada. Finished it all in no time. Could watch it all day.
 
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