Binge Worthy? Netflix/Amazon Prime

Posted this elsewhere, but if you are looking for a show with minimal commitment, and funny - W1A on Netflix is a mockumentry send-up of the BBC.

Mindhunters is fascinating. The guy who played Kemper was so good.

And the final season of Broadchurch is out. Much better than season 2.

 

The Rajneesh doc on Netflix is very well done. It's a six-hour commitment, but is so thorough. Great insight and recollections from numerous sources. There are so many levels to it.

 

My wife and I have been watching this, and it's strange that I have no memory of teenage me watching any of this as it unfolded.

Last night I also watched the two-hour A&E documentary on the Branch Davidians. It's obvious the FBI and ATF folks had a hard-on about Koresh and what may or may not have been happening inside that compound, which in hindsight made the ending predictable.

It was a little creepy how almost all of the survivors wished they had died in the fire, too.

 

I remember the 60 Minutes report on the Rajneesh, the Rolls Royce's, the Baghwan and Sheela, thought the thing was more weird than anything - wasn't familiar with the various plots etc. I was aware of Jonestown though, so I understand that as being a concern.
I've also read a bit of Mormon history and the Rajneesh story shared a lot of the same ground. Being run out of a previous place, finding an isolated location, building a new society, facing challenges from government...I always figured Rajneesh was just a hangover from the 70s.

 

We just finished Wild Wild Country. Loved it. I felt very conflicted at the end, but I think that was the point.

 

Better Call Saul. Can’t get enough of it.

 

I'm watching Versailles on Netflix. I liked The Musketeers from the BBC, and the producers behind this have done some great stuff - but it is 80 percent personal relationships and maybe 10 percent about the building of the palace.

 

Man - the latest Sandler....can't really call it an "effort" because there doesn't appear to be much involved makes some of his previous Netflix stuff look good.
Maybe Netflix should actually be more involved in the stuff they're paying for. The new Joel McHale show, the Workaholics movie, the Rogen special...not very impressive.

 

I think all of the movies/shows you listed were made for very specific audiences based on who the star(s) are for each of them. They are all basically doing the same things they have always done, and the audience that liked that will like those movies/shows. I like the Joel McHale show because I liked The Soup on E. I thought the Workaholics movie was good for a laugh because I enjoyed their show. Rogen ... well, I can't stand his stand up. But he was good on Newsradio.

 

Didn't watch West Wing when it originally aired, saw episodes in reruns from time to time. Starting watching a few days ago from the pilot. What a fantastic show.

 

My goodness, a show called "True Justice" turned up on my recs. Set in the NW, crime-drama. Only after it started did I realize Steven Seagal is the lead, playing a Southerner leading a "Seattle" undercover unit. At least I think he's supposed to be a southerner. His accent and the dialogue is all over the place and he drops articles and says "ya hear?" a lot.

 

Eight episodes into a show called Imposters which originally aired on Bravo. Its about a woman who assumes fake identities, marries people and then cleans out their bank accounts. We are snapping it up.