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Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online
« Reply #50 on: August 06, 2012, 03:00 PM »
I think what they're missing is the bluster and naive arrogance of the Victorian era, when men were men, women were women, and English virtues were the only virtues worth owning. It had an aura of innocence and certainty that you can't recreate in a modern setting. Nor can you duplicate the romance that the imagery of a fog shrouded horse drawn London provided. Setting and the era  are at the heart of Sherlock Holmes appeal. Much like Jules Verne and H.G. Wells needed a less technologically sophisticated world in which to create their wonders and make them believable within that context. Steampunk is trying to get some of that back, but it's still only a pastiche no matter how skillfully it's done.
This is a beautiful explanation of it, thank you.  This is also a new thing to me.  I'm starting to notice all the British influences in my life, it's interesting.  I'm definitely getting a better sense of what it means to be British specifically as opposed to American.  it's something I never understood before.

And you've now given me many hours of Holmes to look forward to.

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Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online
« Reply #51 on: August 06, 2012, 04:57 PM »
Lost is definitelly a classic, even though it got terrible somewhere in the middle (golf episode, anyone?). It did get way better towards the end :)

Also, a +1 for sherlock: great actors (I love the moriarty character), good directing and an awesome story.
If you're a fan of science fiction with a pinch of humour, I recommend the last Dr.Who season, I had a blast wathching it :)

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Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online
« Reply #52 on: August 06, 2012, 08:31 PM »
I think the new Sherlock series is excellent, but I'm with 40hz:  Jeremy Brett's Holmes is unparalleled!

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Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online
« Reply #53 on: August 06, 2012, 08:55 PM »
@SB - just in case you can't find it, here's that wonderful moment from A Scandal in Belgravia. It shouldn't spoil anything seeing it:



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Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online
« Reply #54 on: December 21, 2013, 03:54 PM »
4 seasons of the great and unappreciated Farscape sci-fi tv series are now on Netflix:

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http://movies.netfli...36110?trkid=13462057

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Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online
« Reply #55 on: December 21, 2013, 04:56 PM »
^+1 indeed a gem of a scifi series. Good arching story lines.

Don't forget about seeing the Peace Keeper wars. I'm not sure if these two episodes of Farscape are included nowadays, but they weren't around when I saw this series the first time around, years ago.

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Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online
« Reply #56 on: December 21, 2013, 05:25 PM »
According to search, Nowhere Man is available on Netflix.  I had the box set.  Very interesting show.

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Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online
« Reply #57 on: December 21, 2013, 06:39 PM »
I think what they're missing is the bluster and naive arrogance of the Victorian era, when men were men, women were women, and English virtues were the only virtues worth owning. It had an aura of innocence and certainty that you can't recreate in a modern setting. Nor can you duplicate the romance that the imagery of a fog shrouded horse drawn London provided. Setting and the era  are at the heart of Sherlock Holmes appeal. Much like Jules Verne and H.G. Wells needed a less technologically sophisticated world in which to create their wonders and make them believable within that context. Steampunk is trying to get some of that back, but it's still only a pastiche no matter how skillfully it's done.
This is a beautiful explanation of it, thank you.  This is also a new thing to me.  I'm starting to notice all the British influences in my life, it's interesting.  I'm definitely getting a better sense of what it means to be British specifically as opposed to American.  it's something I never understood before.

And you've now given me many hours of Holmes to look forward to.

I know this is a Necro Thread, but then Sherlock Holmes is a 100 year old classic, so why complain that a thread is "all of a year old"? So here goes.

I'll reverse it: What the old series had that maybe the modern takes don't (I haven't seen them) is respect for both pondering and the spoken word. I'm having trouble recalling scenes where Holmes was actually fighting - yes, he could avoid a two bit thug, but he didn't go around becoming known as the next great fighter.

Instead, he sorta just tripped-and-punched the thug, *then went home*. Then he thought a lot about what it all meant (with Watson as a sounding board.)

So in one sense, it's back to my theme this month about pacing - sometimes he sent off a letter by postal mail, and he knew there wouldn't even be an answer for about three days. That alone is way different from our hyper-speed world!


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Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online
« Reply #58 on: September 17, 2015, 09:50 PM »
New netflix original series (10 episodes): NARCOS



http://www.netflix.com/title/80025172

Absolutely 100% outstanding  :Thmbsup:

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Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online
« Reply #59 on: November 28, 2015, 09:08 PM »
The Great British Baking Show

Very sweet british amateur baking competition -- everyone is nice to each other.

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http://www.netflix.com/title/80063224

See also here for more info.

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Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online
« Reply #60 on: August 06, 2016, 08:20 PM »
On a recent 4-day trip to the hospital, I got to binge watch the entire first season of Prison Break, on a tablet, using the hospital's free wifi.  8)

https://www.netflix.com/title/70140425

https://en.wikipedia...rg/wiki/Prison_Break

Also catch Wentworth, if you have the time. (much better than Orange is the New Black.)

https://www.netflix.com/title/80013249

https://en.wikipedia...orth_%28TV_series%29


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Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online
« Reply #61 on: August 07, 2016, 10:00 PM »
Also catch Wentworth, if you have the time. (much better than Orange is the New Black.)

I was very confused for a sec.  At first, after you'd been talking Prison Break, I thought you were talking about Wentworth Miller.  ;D

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Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online
« Reply #62 on: August 10, 2016, 05:35 AM »
Also catch Wentworth, if you have the time. (much better than Orange is the New Black.)

I was very confused for a sec.  At first, after you'd been talking Prison Break, I thought you were talking about Wentworth Miller.  ;D

Strange coincidence with the name.

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Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online
« Reply #63 on: August 26, 2016, 07:06 PM »
The Last Kingdom on Netflix:
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4179452/

The first episode is just ok, and the last couple get a bit silly, but the majority of it in the middle is really quite good.

From IMDB:
"The year is 872, and many of the separate kingdoms of what we now know as England have fallen to the invading Danes, leaving the great kingdom of Wessex standing alone and defiant under the command of King Alfred. Against this turbulent backdrop lives our hero, Uhtred. Born the son of a Saxon nobleman, he is captured by the Danes and raised as one of their own. Forced to choose between the country of his birth and the people of his upbringing, his loyalties are ever tested. What is he? Saxon or Dane? On a quest to reclaim his birthright, Uhtred must tread a dangerous path between both sides if he is to play his part in the birth of a new nation and, ultimately, recapture his ancestral lands.
The setting is a historical one of England roughly around 800-900 A.D. The conflict involves the vikings who are eager to take more ground and the native English peoples or more correctly the Saxons who desire to hold the ground they have and repel the Vikings from England. The main protagonist is a fictional character although his birth place and enemies who contest him; Ubba (Ubbe Lothbrok) and Guthrum are real figures."

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Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online
« Reply #64 on: August 26, 2016, 08:03 PM »
Stranger Things

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4574334/

Very good.  I was skeptical at first, especially as you can't really explain it without giving too much away, so everyone was just saying watch it.  And now I'm just saying watch it. :)

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Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online
« Reply #65 on: August 26, 2016, 09:15 PM »
I'm in complete agreement with wraith808 regarding Stranger Things. Best to see it without knowing too much. And for some (read: me) it is a nice trip to memory lane too.

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Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online
« Reply #66 on: March 06, 2017, 07:05 PM »
Stranger Things

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Very good.  I was skeptical at first, especially as you can't really explain it without giving too much away, so everyone was just saying watch it.  And now I'm just saying watch it. :)

I missed (or ignored or forgot) the recommendation here.

I just finished watching it due to a recommendation from a friend. I liked it. I would also recommend it.

No plot spoilers, but some discussion of the ending in more detail
I didn't realize it was only 8 episodes long. I feel like we were just getting to the heart of the mystery when suddenly everything wrapped up nicely with a bow on it, and the episode was (or felt like it was) only half over. Then the red of the episode dragged on for (seemingly) another 30 minutes like it was Lord of the Rings, with a small cliffhanger or two just before the credits rolled.

In that sense, I was kind of disappointed with the ending. It just felt sudden and rushed. But rushed so much that they then had to fill the last half of the episode with boring filler stuff. My complaint here is only with the execution of the ending. As far as the plot goes, I don't really have any significant complaints over the ending.


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Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online
« Reply #67 on: March 06, 2017, 08:37 PM »
Season 2 of 'Stranger Things' is already in the making/on the editing table...  :)

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Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online
« Reply #68 on: December 30, 2017, 06:03 AM »
A new season of Black Mirror (season 4) was just released:

https://www.netflix....rch?q=black%20mirror

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Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online
« Reply #69 on: December 30, 2017, 11:01 AM »
A new season of Black Mirror (season 4) was just released:

https://www.netflix....rch?q=black%20mirror

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I just saw the 4x01.... was great!
The level of the series still outstanding!
(Star Trek fans be aware)  ;D
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Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online
« Reply #70 on: January 01, 2018, 10:10 PM »
Just saw season 4 ep 1 (star trek episode).  AMAZING.  Best episode of all 4 years by far.

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Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online
« Reply #71 on: October 30, 2018, 12:42 AM »
Norsemen: Historical Comedy -- great stuff.
https://www.netflix.com/title/80180182
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Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online
« Reply #72 on: May 03, 2019, 07:19 AM »
Shtisel:
https://www.netflix.com/title/81004164
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2 seasons (over 20 episodes) about an orthodox jewish family.  Subtitled.

It takes an episode or two before you get absorbed into the world, but after that it's extremely compelling, sweet, fascinating.  For most of us, a view into a very different culture.
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Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online
« Reply #73 on: May 03, 2019, 01:12 PM »
Tom

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Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online
« Reply #74 on: May 03, 2019, 04:11 PM »
oy vey! fixed.