[TV] Netflix - What's good to watch?

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

On Sky, Somebody Somewhere. Sort of a sad Shitz Creek. Really loving it.

 

[marlowe]

American Primevil wasn't terrible.... decent effort, good production..... short 6 ep series... I guess maybe a pilot series.

Interesting historical backdrop about the Mormon Wars with its obvious parallels to modern day religeous fundamental terrorism.

I kept having to fact check which I often do with historical dramas and apart from the fictional artistic licence it was shockingly quite accurate.

 

[heathgate]

Interesting historical backdrop about the Mormon Wars with its obvious parallels to modern day religeous fundamental terrorism.

I kept having to fact check which I often do with historical dramas and apart from the fictional artistic licence it was shockingly quite accurate.

Who would have thought the Mormons had so much violence wound into their history.

 

[marlowe]

Who would have thought the Mormons had so much violence wound into their history.

Just like many minority religeons the Mormons suffered extreme persecution, together with violence in the US so it's understandable that the only way they could respond to it and defend against it was with using violence themselves, but the events depicted in American Primeval with the Mountain Meadows Massacre took it to a whole new level of unjustified religeous terrorism.

I think its an event that has been largely erased from US history, and understandably an event the Mormons would prefer to be forgotten.

Another thing I learnt from my fact checking while watching the series but which I don't think was referenced at all in the show was the Mormons anti-slavery ideology which brought them into a lot of conflict with those who relied heavily on slavery and who saw the Mormons as a threat to their livelihoods by stirring up anti-slavery sentiment, especially in the wake of the emerging Abolitionist movement. Their anti slavery ideology was one of the causes of the persecution they suffered.

However, their attitude to slavery later became more conflicted and some began to accept it and even practice it, especially when they began to recruit members to their Church in the southern States. Brigham Young, who featured heavily in the show, even became a strong advocate for slavery, preaching that it was ordained by God.

 

[GOM]

Cocaine Bear is now on Netflix. Wow - bonkers! Not one for the squeamish...definite switch the brain off and don't expect Citizen Kane!

Hilarious and ridiculous and fun to watch. Not for those that like to have to study a film for plot holes or engage their brain.

 

[Cordwainer]

Interesting historical backdrop about the Mormon Wars with its obvious parallels to modern day religeous fundamental terrorism.

I kept having to fact check which I often do with historical dramas and apart from the fictional artistic licence it was shockingly quite accurate.

Really enjoying it…like the camera work particularly. The director Peter Berg also did the excellent Friday Night Lights and The Leftovers I think.

 

[dolphins]

Hilarious and ridiculous and fun to watch. Not for those that like to have to study a film for plot holes or engage their brain.

Totally agree with all those points. Allegedly a sequel to Cocaine Bear is in the works....

Of course, the REAL story is totally different - the real bear died after ingesting around 3-4 grams of cocaine, taking an estimated 30-45 minutes to die.

 

[Skaville]

Thoughts on three:

Black Doves - excellent, must see TV. 9/10

The Missing - drivel. Too much plot. Enough for three dramas in one show. Great cast, yet terrible performances.

Squid Game - four episodes in. Not living up to season 1.

 

[keaton]

Interesting historical backdrop about the Mormon Wars with its obvious parallels to modern day religeous fundamental terrorism.

I kept having to fact check which I often do with historical dramas and apart from the fictional artistic licence it was shockingly quite accurate.

On a Mormon link Under The Banner of Heaven was very good. Set in the 80s I think about murder in a Mormon community, with lots about the history of the religion

 

[Zeberdi]

You will be watching Slow Horses next calm down

I actually started watching this last night (sorry wrong thread) - it’s good but taking me a while to dig in.

(Was stuck for ages btw on what the Cricket ground was in Episode 2 - kept winding it back because I thought it was Lords but after checking some images online realised it was probably the Oval)