Netflix Canada Discussion

[Wormius]

Slowly working my way through Shameless. Damn that's a funny show. Does it still hold up after season 1?

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Slowly working my way through Shameless. Damn that's a funny show. Does it still hold up after season 1?

Yes, it holds up all the way through. Some seasons are better than others but it is continuous hilarious and horrifying.

[northcrunk]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Slowly working my way through Shameless. Damn that's a funny show. Does it still hold up after season 1?

UK or US?

[bossy22]

Shameless is a good show. Some seasons better than others. I really liked last season.

Spoiler!

My wife loved the show, but stopped watching when Liam OD'd. That did her in.

[kermitology]

Did anyone else get a skip forward 10s button for a little bit on iOS? I had it for like a week and loved it, but now I'm back to the same old UI. I miss my experience.

[GreenLantern]

5th season of Homeland has been great, almost done, went by to fast.

[Violator]

Anybody have any issues we're you search for a movie and you can't play it .it only lets you add to your list?

[CaptainCrunch]

no, I have an issue with Netflix's where it has trouble loading movies and you have to do it twice and it has constant connection problems.

By the way, I started watching Glow tonight, what a addictive show and really well done.

While the names of the wrestlers have been changed from the original they have pretty much matched the original wrestlers.

Ruth's Zoya the Destroyer was originally Colonel Ninotchka
Liberty Belle was called Americana
Britanica is Godiva
The two older ladies that play old ladies in Glow there were two ladies that played two different tag teams. The Heavy Metal Systers and the Housewives and they were brilliant.

The other thing that I liked about this show is that we're seeing a lot of wrestlers guest starring.
John Morrison was the trainer in the first episode, Kia Steven's who plays the welfare mom in the show is more famously known as awesome kong. Alex Riley and Joey Ryan, Christopher Daniels, Brodus Clay, Frankie Kazarian and Brooke Hogan have all made appearances so far.

This show is addicting and excellent, the characters are all deep and flawed and in the grand scheme or things are determined to make Glow work. Marc Maron as Sam is the utter star of this show though, he plays a bitter former B list director who doesn't understand the business and clearly understands his personal flaws to a T.

Also Alison Brie is unrecognizable from her days in Community, and she does an amazing job as an overly obsessive failed actress who is "bought into auditions where the directors want someone new and fresh and exciting, and they don't want that anymore"

Plus in the first episode there are two nude scenes with her.

Overall this show is terrific.

[Inferno]

I watched the first four episodes today and I'll probably finish it by the end of the weekend if not tomorrow. I was going to tell my niece to watch it but with the nudity and sex scene I guess I shouldn't. lol

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by northcrunk

UK or US?

US version.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by CMPunk

I know it's probably not going to be a popular opinion, but I enjoyed the latest season of The Ranch, it's been one of my favorite Netflix shows.

I've been going through it slowly myself. Its basically 'That 70s Show' after the characters relentlessly screwed up their lives.

Spoiler!

- Kelso predictably screwed up his life in pursuit of a dream and is constantly standing in his own way and now is living off his parents.

- Hyde's lack of ambition caught up with him and now he toils at a thankless task.

- Donna is an incarcerated Lesbian. (Orange is the New Black)

- Fez is a migrant labourer.

- A disheartened Eric after learning of Donna's unrepentant homosexuality is spending his days being taught poker (badly) by a stunningly disenfranchised Tyler Durden. (Ocean's Eleven)

- Kitty and Red got divorced, Red presumably died of incurable rage and Kitty remarried the owner of a rural car dealership. The character of the unrealistically lovable 'Gruff Father' has passed to 'The Stranger' presumably after losing all faith in humanity after meeting 'The Dude.'

And ultimately they all traded lightly-urban Wisconsin for rural Colorado.

[CaptainCrunch]

Well I finished Glow, and I kind of regret plowing through it so quickly because I was looking forward to it and in the end it completely surpassed my expectations.

The show really picked up momentum over the last 4 episodes and it became this really well done character study of all of the main characters.

Lets be honest, there were no winners in this group, they all have significant problems or failings and the good thing is that even though the main characters are Ruth and Debbie there are a lot of really good characters that need to be explored.

Everything came together in the last epsiode as they filmed the first ever episode of Glow, and it was amazingly well done and the soundtrack for the final match which was Pat Benatar's Invincible was a perfect choice.

I liked the fact that they kept the wrestling moves simple in this whole thing, the temptation would have been to have these girls doing moonsaults and head scissors that we see in modern day wrestling. But by keeping the matches to simple punches and kicks really helped you to remember that these girls weren't trained professionals and Glow was all about the characters. It also really allowed the last big move in the episode to completely stand out and look amazing.

I also loved that this wasn't a WWE show with carefully crafted storylines, instead they accentuated all of the booking of the fly moments that used to happen in small regional shows, it also accentuated the con of wrestling and the term Kayfabe.

I loved to see the battling Biddies, they were really a short lived hilarious tag team in Glow, if you don't believe me go back to the old Glow matches on youtube, the actresses in the show did it perfectly. You have to wonder if they'll go through a character change later.

I also loved that they had the wrestlers talking to each other and checking on each other and talking to the ref throughout the match.

The ending was a little bit too satisfying as they got the show on the air and you have to wonder where it goes next and how they can expand the show.

But overall even if your not a fan of wrestling this is a fun and interesting show.

[jaydaybay]

Really enjoying Animal Kingdom right now. Would recommend it if you enjoy shows along the lines of Ray Donovan

[Matata]

4 episodes into GLOW and I'm ready to give it 5 stars, I have a soft spot for pro wrestling lore, combine that with an absolutely solid show and I'm hooked. The lil lady is super into it too, still has plenty to offer for the non wrestling geek crowd.

[TheFlamesVan]

Originally Posted by Matata

4 episodes into GLOW and I'm ready to give it 5 stars

You can't anymore...

But you have convince me to give it a look.

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by oilers_fan

Yeah I don't mind The Ranch. It's mindless TV when I feel like turning my brain off.

A good replacement for Oilers hockey, amirite?

[Matata]

Originally Posted by TheFlamesVan

You can't anymore...

But you have convince me to give it a look.

I have a primitive Netflix app on my phone that still uses the star rating system (Windows Phone, so it's never getting updated). How or why, I cannot say.

[Blaster86]

Glow was phenomenal.

I hope the wait for another season is not a long one.

[OutOfTheCube]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

...Alison Brie...nude scenes...

Well, I'm sold.

[GreenLantern]

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

Well, I'm sold.

Yup this work day can't end fast enough now.