Re: Streaming Netflix/Hulu/etc. - what's good lately?

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andyman wrote: Tue Jun 04, 2024 10:22 am You're better watching The Night Of, which was adapted from the same author's material but much more competently (or maybe the material was just better). Along with being a good mystery thriller, it takes a kind of Wire-style view of the justice system in America and how it brutalises people and is set up to convict them. John Turturro's the co-lead (along with Riz Ahmed) and his performance is one of his best.

It's fucking stellar. I wish everyone could see it.


Me and my housemate watched the first two episodes of Scavenger's Reign last night and we're all in. Can't wait to continue it.
Already watched The Night Of, and you're right that it's great. Guess I'll skip the rest of Your Honor.

Re: Streaming Netflix/Hulu/etc. - what's good lately?

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Anonymous37 wrote: Tue Jun 04, 2024 1:45 pm
andyman wrote: Tue Jun 04, 2024 10:22 am You're better watching The Night Of, which was adapted from the same author's material but much more competently (or maybe the material was just better). Along with being a good mystery thriller, it takes a kind of Wire-style view of the justice system in America and how it brutalises people and is set up to convict them. John Turturro's the co-lead (along with Riz Ahmed) and his performance is one of his best.

It's fucking stellar. I wish everyone could see it.


Me and my housemate watched the first two episodes of Scavenger's Reign last night and we're all in. Can't wait to continue it.
Already watched The Night Of, and you're right that it's great. Guess I'll skip the rest of Your Honor.
Thanks for recommending The Night Of, which I am currently binge-watching like there's no tomorrow. Story, cast, dialogue...just wow!
Again, thank you so much.
This thread is so much better than Rotten Tomatoes or the like. Who needs that stuff when I have the mighty PRF?

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Wood Goblin wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2024 9:37 am Really liked Hit Man. It’s kind of amazing that a piece of pure entertainment could be that thought provoking, because if you take it at face value, it’s morally and ethically dubious (at best!).
"So how do you solve this problem?"
"Execution."
"That's ruthless ... but historically, potentially the right choice. There's been a lot of scholarship on this very subject recently. And the new thinking is that these kind of targeted killings actually play a larger part in our social evolution than previously thought. This impulse to weed out these destabilizing forces is likely a dark thread in our historical DNA. These killings were thought to have served a twofold purpose: they not only protected social coherence and norms, but also eliminated a certain kind of abusive and uncooperative person from the gene pool."
"Excuse me. When did our professor get hot?"
"I know."

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