Non Netflix/Amazon Streaming Recommendations & Other Random Streaming Shit

[Tylerocks 2553]

Hanna (season 3) is out on Amazon.

short 6 episode seasons

[Chopper 17241]

On 11/18/2021 at 11:08 AM, abuelo gringo said:

Acorn also has a lot of good British/Aussie/NZ detective shows/murder mysteries.

Ended up subscribing. Some solid shows. Jack Irish, and Manhunt were especially good.

[Js1 85449]

Technically it’s on network TV (ABC) but I watch on Hulu -

Abbot Elementary.  The Office x Superstore, in a school. The principal is hilarious. 

[Reynolds Woodcock 4788]

Titane is on Hulu, in case you want to have yourself a fucked up night.

[Brandywine 1316]

On 2/16/2022 at 2:21 PM, Js1 said:

Technically it’s on network TV (ABC) but I watch on Hulu -

Abbot Elementary.  The Office x Superstore, in a school. The principal is hilarious. 

I love Abbot Elementary. My wife was a teacher for over 30 years and she said this show is spot on. 

[closetohumping 17453]

Fresh prince reboot is decent 

[Chopper 17241]

Acorn - Jack Irish, a pretty dark detective show based in Melbourne starring Guy Pearce, is excellent. 3 or 4 seasons aired.

Sundance (also on AMC+) - I enjoyed The Pact. It stars Laura Fraser (Lydia on BB/BCS). Whodunnit type of murder mystery, with gorgeous filming location and scenery around Cardiff. Good show to watch with the wife.

 

 

 

[Brothahorn 10087]

1 hour ago, Chopper said:

Acorn - Jack Irish, a pretty dark detective show based in Melbourne starring Guy Pearce, is excellent. 3 or 4 seasons aired.

Sundance (also on AMC+) - I enjoyed The Pact. It stars Laura Fraser (Lydia on BB/BCS). Whodunnit type of murder mystery, with gorgeous filming location and scenery around Cardiff. Good show to watch with the wife.

 

 

 

I didn't realize guy pierce could actually act.

[Chopper 17241]

20 minutes ago, Brothahorn said:

I didn't realize guy pierce could actually act.

It's not exactly a challenging role but he's very likeable as an attorney turned private detective, somewhat of a ladies' man, who enjoys engaging in scams at the local horse track with his mates while sleuthing for bad guys.

[Texas Jeff 1945]

If you missed Whiplash, it's on Hulu.

[Brothahorn 10087]

19 minutes ago, Chopper said:

It's not exactly a challenging role but he's very likeable as an attorney turned private detective, somewhat of a ladies' man, who enjoys engaging in scams at the local horse track with his mates while sleuthing for bad guys.

I enjoy it. My only other remembrance for him is the Count of Monte Cristo.

 

Also Murder, They Hope is funny. It's sort of like Shakespeare and Hathaway. There were 3 standalone movies before the series.

[Chopper 17241]

42 minutes ago, Brothahorn said:

I enjoy it. My only other remembrance for him is the Count of Monte Cristo.

I believe he plays the brother in Mare of Easttown. Decent show, forgettable role. However, I was just reading he's starring alongside Damien Lewis in A Spy Among Friends, a mini-series based on the book of the same name about the Kim Philby spy saga in Britain. Supposedly will be released later this year and I'm already looking forward to it.

[Js1 85449]

Someone at Hulu should be fired for calling “Life and Beth” a “comedy drama”

This was very dark and not many funny moments. Surprisingly, I think Amy Schumer really crushed it. Michael Cera was a weak spot. He has no range outside of awkward doofus 

[rage-a-holic 4417]

On 2/21/2022 at 2:00 PM, Brothahorn said:

I didn't realize guy pierce could actually act.

You never saw LA Confidential?

[Brothahorn 10087]

You never saw LA Confidential?

Yep. Forgot all about him in that one.

[TurkeyChew 383]

A VC guy who used to head Amazon Studios (I think), models data in a way that parses out "good", "outstanding" and "exceptional" from average to below/sucks from all streaming. Thought it was a neat look at face value-- haven't done any digging into the methodology:

 

[Chopper 17241]

Anyone watch A Place to Call Home? On Acorn - focuses on a wealthy Australian family post-WW2. Not as glitzy as either of those, and I don't watch a lot of drama, but I find it much better than shows like The Crown or Bridgerton. It illustrates the social change of the time and some of the characters are very memorable and extremely well-developed. I think there's 6 seasons. It's definitely binge worthy. We're somewhere in the middle.

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Watched these two - they were remastered and re-released last month from 12-13 years ago, they compliment each other.  About Popcorn Sutton, an old moonshiner in Tennessee.  Ironically, a year or two after his death, Tennessee legalized most of what he was doing.

 

[Chopper 17241]

The Ipcress File on Sundancenow was very enjoyable. Early 1960s Cold War spy story, based on Len Deighton's first novel. Was previously a film in the 1960s starring Michael Caine. This one is 7 episodes, each about an hour. Terrific acting. Co-star Lucy Boynton is impossibly gorgeous.

Edited July 8, 2022 by Chopper

[TwiceHorn 31512]

On 3/27/2022 at 6:46 PM, rage-a-holic said:

You never saw LA Confidential?

Or Memento?

[TwiceHorn 31512]

On 2/21/2022 at 4:36 PM, Chopper said:

I believe he plays the brother in Mare of Easttown. Decent show, forgettable role. However, I was just reading he's starring alongside Damien Lewis in A Spy Among Friends, a mini-series based on the book of the same name about the Kim Philby spy saga in Britain. Supposedly will be released later this year and I'm already looking forward to it.

Not the brother, the author/professor love interest of Mare.

I'm a fan of most of his work, mostly because of Lt. Edmund Exley.

[TonyTexas 10518]

I heartily recommend a BBC documentary called Trauma Zone about Russia from the fall of communism up until Putin. Interestingly done in that there is no narration or re-enactments. The whole story is told through hundreds of clips from all aspects of Russian life. You can stream all 7 episodes on YouTube. Fascinating stuff. 

[Texzilla58 4741]

On Peacock…The Traitors was a fun whodunit style game and they just dropped Traitors UK and Australia. Lots of fun if looking for simple shows.

[Chopper 17241]

Happy Valley on acorn is an excellent british cop show. S1 is on there now, S2 will be there in a couple weeks, and S3 probably next year. The icon in the app makes it look old and corny but it's far from that. Small town Britain gets overtaken by dark forces, so in that sense it's like Mare of Easttown.

No Offence on acorn is a police show based in Manchester. Fantastic. 3 seasons. Created by the same dude who created Shameless and it shares a lot of the same style.

The Sandbaggers on Britbox. Holy hell is this one good. I had no idea it existed until a friend mentioned it. A spy show (MI6 and the CIA) from the late 1970s during the Cold War. It's so good you won't care about the lack of a wide screen format after the first 20 minutes or so. Roy Marsden stars. Although the intrigue is mostly from conversations rather than action, so it may not be to everyone's taste.

 

Edited April 1, 2023 by Chopper

[abuelo gringo 321]

On 4/1/2023 at 10:53 AM, Chopper said:

Happy Valley on acorn is an excellent british cop show. S1 is on there now, S2 will be there in a couple weeks, and S3 probably next year. The icon in the app makes it look old and corny but it's far from that. Small town Britain gets overtaken by dark forces, so in that sense it's like Mare of Easttown.

No Offence on acorn is a police show based in Manchester. Fantastic. 3 seasons. Created by the same dude who created Shameless and it shares a lot of the same style.

The Sandbaggers on Britbox. Holy hell is this one good. I had no idea it existed until a friend mentioned it. A spy show (MI6 and the CIA) from the late 1970s during the Cold War. It's so good you won't care about the lack of a wide screen format after the first 20 minutes or so. Roy Marsden stars. Although the intrigue is mostly from conversations rather than action, so it may not be to everyone's taste.

 

We loved both Happy Valley and  No Offense, but haven't seen Sandbaggers.  Joanna Scanlan is a hilarious comedic actress, too, especially when paired with Vicki Pepperdine and Jo Brand (Getting On).

We just finished the third season of Staged. I thought David Tennant was great.  Third season started off slow for me, but got better.

[Chopper 17241]

3 hours ago, abuelo gringo said:

We loved both Happy Valley and  No Offense, but haven't seen Sandbaggers.  Joanna Scanlan is a hilarious comedic actress, too, especially when paired with Vicki Pepperdine and Jo Brand (Getting On).

We just finished the third season of Staged. I thought David Tennant was great.  Third season started off slow for me, but got better.

Received an email this morning that s3 of Happy Valley will be on acorn soon too, maybe later this month or next. If you appreciate dry wit and spy intrigue though, Sandbaggers is for you. Good video quality despite the lack of 16:9. It fills up the screen well.

We also loved that lead actress on No Offence though tbh I wasn't expecting to like her much at first just based on looks and obnoxiousness. She's hilarious though. In some ways she's as unlikable as William H Macy in Shameless but has the redeemable qualities he lacks. 

So many great shows on Acorn...Mystery Road and the prequel, Origin (Australian) are so great. Brokenwood Mysteries, a more light-hearted NZ detective show. Holding, based on the Graham Norton novel, based on mysteries in a small Irish village. Too many shows to name!

Staged - I've watched the trailer and I don't know if that format is for me but I'll put it in the watch list on your rec.

Edited April 3, 2023 by Chopper

[HamsterHookah 112]

This doesn't seem good:

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Only 37% of Americans who started streaming Amazon’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” actually finished the series. Which, by the way, cost $500m+ to produce

 

[gyroprotagonist 2594]

22 hours ago, HamsterHookah said:

This doesn't seem good:

 

I was one of them.  i did not dislike the show, but other shiny things caught my eye.

On another topic, Does Paramount+ come free with Amazon Prime?  I wanted to try out the new Kiefer S.  show Rabbit Hole and was lamenting the need to subscribe to yet another service.  but saw that Paramount+ was active on my Amazon streaming UX.  Watched the first episode and it was pretty good.  It's basically a mash up of 24 and Person of Interest.  I loved both of those shows. 

i dont remember even getting a free trial for P+

[Scraps 13570]

Rabbit Hole is crazy as fuck. I have watched all 3 episodes

[wutang75 449]

Posted this on the Amazon Prime thread but putting it here as well because it’s an EPIX/MGM+ show.

Really enjoying “From” - kind of a “Lost” feel set in a small town. People mysteriously drive in to this town and cannot leave and then have to deal with monster zombie/vampires that come out at night. Pulls no punches. You can watch the first season on Prime, new episodes are on EPIX.