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DIEGETIC SPACEMAN posted:Can anyone recommend a good TV show on Netflix to watch while trying to fall asleep? Something focused more on dialog than visuals, that doesn't have an ongoing storyline (so I won't miss anything important if I doze off halfway through an episode) and ideally has at least a couple seasons available. I'm starting my second run through all 13 seasons of King of the Hill, but it might be time for something new. Frasier is all about the dialogue and it is 11 seasons long. I used to fall asleep to this all the time back when it was in re-runs at my bedtime.
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DIEGETIC SPACEMAN posted:Can anyone recommend a good TV show on Netflix to watch while trying to fall asleep? Something focused more on dialog than visuals, that doesn't have an ongoing storyline (so I won't miss anything important if I doze off halfway through an episode) and ideally has at least a couple seasons available. I'm starting my second run through all 13 seasons of King of the Hill, but it might be time for something new. It violates your "Multiple seasons" rule, but I'll turn on Cosmos if I want to watch something while falling asleep. It's a great show, but Sagan's cadence and voice is so mellow that it makes it perfect for sleeping.
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Aug 30, 2013 15:15
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DIEGETIC SPACEMAN posted:Can anyone recommend a good TV show on Netflix to watch while trying to fall asleep? Something focused more on dialog than visuals, that doesn't have an ongoing storyline (so I won't miss anything important if I doze off halfway through an episode) and ideally has at least a couple seasons available. I'm starting my second run through all 13 seasons of King of the Hill, but it might be time for something new. Bob's Burgers is pretty great if you're trying to relax. Cradle me with your voice, Jon Benjamin 
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Aug 30, 2013 15:25
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SRM posted:Bob's Burgers is pretty great if you're trying to relax. Cradle me with your voice, Jon Benjamin It's just great, period.
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Aug 30, 2013 15:34
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foodfight posted:Watch Overnight if you must watch something Boondock Saints related. Its essentially Troy Duffy being this guy for 90 minutes (ie absolutely clueless): I want to reiterate this - Overnight is a FANTASTIC documentary. It really gives you an eye on what the Hollywood process looks like, and you get to see Troy Duffy being insane. I've watched it a few times now and it never gets old. It used to be on Netflix, not sure if it is anymore and can't check since I'm at work. 
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Aug 30, 2013 15:54
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AFewBricksShy posted:It violates your "Multiple seasons" rule, but I'll turn on Cosmos if I want to watch something while falling asleep. It's a great show, but Sagan's cadence and voice is so mellow that it makes it perfect for sleeping. Me too. And as an added bonus you wake up smarter. Mike Rowe narrating How the Universe Works is pretty relaxing too, but sometimes that one is a little more jarring than Cosmos
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Aug 30, 2013 16:33
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Finally actually watching Wilfred. No idea why I never got past the 2nd episode earlier. This is definitely my kind of show. And I'm 4thing or whatevering that Bob's Burgers is the greatest show and perfect to fall asleep to. I also love that Netflix gets a bunch of campy horror movies. The Collector was dumb and The Awakening was ok (Dominic West )Aaaaaand Wilfred Season 2 is awesome so far. Shyfted One fucked around with this message at 17:26 on Aug 30, 2013 |
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Aug 30, 2013 16:52
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Thanks to everyone who suggested Dredd. That was surprisingly entertaining.
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Aug 30, 2013 17:33
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Bolek posted:Impossible to say for me since I've seen it with the subs but it's kind of better if you infer what they say rather than having it spelled out. I don't know, they could get rid of half the dialogue in the thing and just exchange pensive glances and I would love it all the same. Right that's why I say the missing subtitles aren't a huge deal, just be aware they're supposed to be there. If I remember correctly the extended conversation between Vincent and the Doctor-Painter is basically just driving home the theme of wandering warriors for hire which is right in the frickin' title.
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Aug 30, 2013 17:41
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DIEGETIC SPACEMAN posted:Can anyone recommend a good TV show on Netflix to watch while trying to fall asleep? Something focused more on dialog than visuals, that doesn't have an ongoing storyline (so I won't miss anything important if I doze off halfway through an episode) and ideally has at least a couple seasons available. I'm starting my second run through all 13 seasons of King of the Hill, but it might be time for something new. Dang, before I got to that second sentence all I was thinking was KOTH. There's always something like It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. And stuff like American Dad or Futurama that's you'd miss out on a number of great visual jokes but still dialog will get you far. But you might try some of the older shows like Cheers. Fraiser was a pretty good recommendation too.
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Aug 30, 2013 20:06
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tetrapyloctomy posted:Thanks to everyone who suggested Dredd. That was surprisingly entertaining. I just watched it last night, myself, and holy poo poo, what a good action movie! DIEGETIC SPACEMAN posted:Can anyone recommend a good TV show on Netflix to watch while trying to fall asleep? Something focused more on dialog than visuals, that doesn't have an ongoing storyline (so I won't miss anything important if I doze off halfway through an episode) and ideally has at least a couple seasons available. I'm starting my second run through all 13 seasons of King of the Hill, but it might be time for something new. How It's Made. That show is so goddamn soothing.
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Aug 30, 2013 20:40
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A few episodes of TNG will do it.
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Aug 30, 2013 21:12
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What's some great shows on Netflix to show my 7 year old nephew? He's pretty familiar with a lot of superhero stuff on there, so I'm looking for something a little less action-y.
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Aug 30, 2013 21:29
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Inudeku posted:What's some great shows on Netflix to show my 7 year old nephew? He's pretty familiar with a lot of superhero stuff on there, so I'm looking for something a little less action-y. Doctor Who.
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Aug 30, 2013 21:35
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Inudeku posted:What's some great shows on Netflix to show my 7 year old nephew? He's pretty familiar with a lot of superhero stuff on there, so I'm looking for something a little less action-y. Adventure Time is great--although you might watch an episode or two to see if he would like it.
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Aug 30, 2013 21:35
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(trigger warning: anime) Hell yeah they just added Trigun to instant streaming!
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Aug 30, 2013 22:32
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Dred Cosmonaut posted:(trigger warning: anime) Trigun's actually been up for a long time, they just recently added the movie.
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Aug 30, 2013 22:33
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Well poo poo, don't know how I missed that. Either way Trigun 
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Aug 30, 2013 22:41
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I've been enjoying the heck out of Fringe lately. I'm working through seasons 2 and 3 right now. I'm impressed with how the story seems to have been laid out from the beginning. I'm still at work so I can't check but does anyone know if season 5 is up yet? I'd hate to get into it only to find I'd have to wait or put money up for the final season!
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Aug 30, 2013 22:44
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Hitch posted:I've been enjoying the heck out of Fringe lately. I'm working through seasons 2 and 3 right now. I'm impressed with how the story seems to have been laid out from the beginning. It's getting posted September 12th. Due to an error on their end it went live earlier this month but they pulled it in less than a day.
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Aug 30, 2013 22:56
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How is Fringe past the first few episode into season four? I was in love with the first three seasons of the show, but season four effectively wiping anything that happens from the show when peter is removed from existence was loving awful. All that amazing writing down the toilet so that Peter and Olivia could re meet each other again just angered me so much, I quit watching and never checked into it again.
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Aug 31, 2013 00:27
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Khorne Flakes posted:How is Fringe past the first few episode into season four? I was in love with the first three seasons of the show, but season four effectively wiping anything that happens from the show when peter is removed from existence was loving awful. All that amazing writing down the toilet so that Peter and Olivia could re meet each other again just angered me so much, I quit watching and never checked into it again. Agreed. Like almost every show/movie the writers have no idea how to write romantic relationships beyond initial infatuation and gave themselves an easy out. It's the relationship narrative equivalent of knocking out a character because you're too lazy to figure out how to get them from A to B.
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Aug 31, 2013 00:32
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I don't know all the issues with writing giant romantic story arks for characters in a long running TV show all I know is that The Office turned to poo poo once Jim and Pam got together.
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Aug 31, 2013 00:40
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Khorne Flakes posted:How is Fringe past the first few episode into season four? I was in love with the first three seasons of the show, but season four effectively wiping anything that happens from the show when peter is removed from existence was loving awful. All that amazing writing down the toilet so that Peter and Olivia could re meet each other again just angered me so much, I quit watching and never checked into it again. IMHO season 4 was a tremendous mis-step because they practically rebooted it to try and make it accessible to new viewers but in the process completely destroyed all the goodwill they had built up in the first 3 seasons and effectively neutered the show. It's a huge regression in quality with a needlessly convoluted ending that completely destroys the characterization of a few characters that had already gotten proper send-offs because they couldn't be assed to actually come up with anything new. The best episode was probably the stealth pilot for season 5, and season 5 itself was basically one giant fetch quest that tread water for almost all of its runtime. Seasons 1-3 are one continuous climb in quality and I really enjoyed them (especially season 3) but season 4 and 5 are mediocre no-budget sci-fi procedurals punctuated by odd moments of excellence.
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Aug 31, 2013 00:42
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Watched Fearless. I liked it, but it was more fun before it got all serious and was a wacky kung fu movie. Here comes my Iron Head!
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Aug 31, 2013 00:46
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manyak posted:Hahahahah yeah the only movies that come out nowadays are "sterile disaster movies". We need to start seeing more big budget action movies based on comic book heroes!! When was the last time one of those came out anyway you know what he means. every comic book hero movie is basically a disaster movie nowadays. the whole world must be saved, cities are being destroyed, the night is always darkest before the dawn blah blah, but dredd is just about getting out of an apartment complex. which used to be the kind of plot that was good enough to carry a blockbuster movie and is much more interesting anyway
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Past Tense Ragu posted:you know what he means. every comic book hero movie is basically a disaster movie nowadays. the whole world must be saved, cities are being destroyed, the night is always darkest before the dawn blah blah, but dredd is just about getting out of an apartment complex. which used to be the kind of plot that was good enough to carry a blockbuster movie and is much more interesting anyway
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Khorne Flakes posted:How is Fringe past the first few episode into season four? I was in love with the first three seasons of the show, but season four effectively wiping anything that happens from the show when peter is removed from existence was loving awful. All that amazing writing down the toilet so that Peter and Olivia could re meet each other again just angered me so much, I quit watching and never checked into it again. Iffy. Season 4 takes way too long to start putting the pieces back together and even then the rest of the series takes place in the merged timeline, and we only get back original Peter and original Olivia (kinda) . There's some really cool stuff were we get great callbacks to some of the better stories and characters from the other seasons, but aside from that it's not very good. Like of SCIENCE! said, there's one super cool episode which sets the stage for season 5. Fringe always had trouble with bloated 20+ episode seasons, so Season 5 being 13 episodes really should have been amazing... but instead they just do the same thing and give us 13 episodes that probably should have been like 6.
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Dred Cosmonaut posted:(trigger warning: anime) My one complaint about anime on Netflix is that I really only seem to like the 80s/early 90s stuff, and Netflix doesn't really have a lot of that. I don't know if that's a combination of the rights being tied up all over the place, interest, lack of (quality) dubs, cost or popularity. I'd probably like it if even 1/4th of any of the 90s US distributors catalogs of titles showed up.
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Inudeku posted:What's some great shows on Netflix to show my 7 year old nephew? He's pretty familiar with a lot of superhero stuff on there, so I'm looking for something a little less action-y. Regular Show. It's kind of like Adventure Time, but the fantastical happenings are in a more mundane setting, which for me makes it more fun.
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Aug 31, 2013 05:22
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Season 4 of Fringe started really rocky for me but the last few episodes were decent enough. Still haven't gotten past the season 5 premiere.
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Aug 31, 2013 05:39
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Finished up The Fall and the only thing I can say about it is that John Lynch has perfect hair.
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Aug 31, 2013 06:54
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JediTalentAgent posted:My one complaint about anime on Netflix is that I really only seem to like the 80s/early 90s stuff, and Netflix doesn't really have a lot of that.  If Netflix gets Cowboy Beebop and Rurouni Kenshin on instant, I'd be pretty happy as far as my anime needs go.
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I think I've been watching Louie for like 4 hours now. Just a real kind of draining show, but in a way that I enjoy. I'm almost done with the episodes they have on Netflix, so I guess I gotta find something else after that. Before Louie it was Bob's Burgers, which I don't like as much, but it's still good.
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Bolek posted:I don't know all the issues with writing giant romantic story arks for characters in a long running TV show all I know is that The Office turned to poo poo once Jim and Pam got together. Random tangent but my girlfriend is rewatching The Office right now, and it's almost surreal how as soon as Michael Scott leaves the show (in a weirdly melodramatic send-off episode, no less) they start pulling retcon after retcon rapidly, I guess just trying to find a format that worked. And in a later episode they bring back the crazy bitch lady (Jan, I think?), and though they all mention "Oh man we have a shared history with this person!" for some reason none of them brings up that she used to date Michael, and when they show a series of flashbacks he's been edited out of each one. It's fascinating and vaguely depressing to find a show lose it's footing so suddenly, and this is from someone who binged through it all on Netflix in the span of a month. I imagine if you'd been following the show for years it has to be almost heartbreaking.
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I Before E posted:I think I've been watching Louie for like 4 hours now. Just a real kind of draining show, but in a way that I enjoy. If you liked Louie, you'll love Lincoln https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-FGfyEwVXM (unfortunately it's just an SNL skit)
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I Before E posted:I think I've been watching Louie for like 4 hours now. Just a real kind of draining show, but in a way that I enjoy. I'm almost done with the episodes they have on Netflix, so I guess I gotta find something else after that. Before Louie it was Bob's Burgers, which I don't like as much, but it's still good. I've been on a Louie binge too! I saw part of the first season a while back but only recently started seeing the rest on Netflix. It just blew my mind that Pamela Adlon is the voice of Bobby Hill after thinking that she sounds really familiar.
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I watch a lot of Asian movies on Netflix. Two I've watched recently: The Yellow Sea: a Chinese Korean who has to go South Korea to pay off his wife's debts to the mob by assassinating a complete stranger. He's not an experienced killer, he's a cab driver. His wife also went to South Korea, so he wants to find her while he's there. Nightfall: set in Hong Kong. A crazy (maybe?) guy gets out of prison and supposedly kills a famous pianist. But of course, it goes much deeper than that. Both of these movies started out strong, then devolved into silliness. The Yellow Sea began very well, kind of slow, contemplative, then became a lovely action movie with people taking unrealistic amounts of damage. Nightfall became so convoluted, it ruined the mystery it set up in the beginning. This seems to happen a lot in the East Asian movies I watch on Netflix.
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hope and vaseline posted:I've been on a Louie binge too! I saw part of the first season a while back but only recently started seeing the rest on Netflix. It just blew my mind that Pamela Adlon is the voice of Bobby Hill after thinking that she sounds really familiar. Wow I had no idea that was her. She's had a pretty cool career so far.
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nickmeister posted:I watch a lot of Asian movies on Netflix. Two I've watched recently: I was contemplating watching this one soon. Trying to shrink my queue. I did watch The Assassins with Chow Yun Fat. It wasn't bad, but wasn't that great either. I think if I knew more about the history of the area and time it would have been more enjoyable.
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