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Posted: 2/10/2019 9:19:05 AM EDT

Somehow, I managed to miss the point in the trailers, if you haven’t picked up on the plot yet, do yourself a favor and watch this cold. It was awesome.

This was one of those rare Netflix series that was devoid of time filler, definitely recommended.

Posted: 2/10/2019 9:22:29 AM EDT

[#1]

Yep, loved it

Posted: 2/10/2019 9:30:38 AM EDT

[#2]

Sounds kinda like Groundhog Day.

Posted: 2/10/2019 9:32:56 AM EDT

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Groundhog Day bored the shit out of me after about day 3.

Posted: 2/10/2019 9:35:08 AM EDT

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Yep, Groundhog Day. Without the freshness. It was done well, but that's not really reason enough to watch something IMO. For the time invested I prefer Fleabag on Prime or Derry Girls. Truly silly series that punch you in the gut at the end.

You want to see a waste of time watch Velvet Buzzsaw. I haven't figured out if it is supposed to be tongue-in-cheek, self-parody, or pseudo-camp. It ultimately had no point that I could determine.

Posted: 2/10/2019 10:06:13 AM EDT

[#5]

I liked it alot.

Posted: 2/10/2019 10:08:46 AM EDT

[#6]

I stopped after the second episode

Posted: 2/10/2019 11:33:59 AM EDT

[#7]

Cant stand that actress, like nails on a chalkboard.

Posted: 2/10/2019 11:44:40 AM EDT

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Yep, Groundhog Day. Without the freshness. It was done well, but that's not really reason enough to watch something IMO. For the time invested I prefer Fleabag on Prime or Derry Girls. Truly silly series that punch you in the gut at the end.

You want to see a waste of time watch Velvet Buzzsaw. I haven't figured out if it is supposed to be tongue-in-cheek, self-parody, or pseudo-camp. It ultimately had no point that I could determine.

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Watched a couple of episodes of Derry Girls. . . hard to believe they made a comedy regarding "the Troubles" in N.I. . . . but it does have it's funny moments. . . I guess with enough time you can find humor almost anywhere. . .

Well, I still won't watch "The Death of Stalin". After reading 2 books about him, I can say there is, nor will be, anything remotely funny about that place and time. . . Very dark place, Soviet Russia. . . .

Posted: 2/10/2019 11:47:03 AM EDT

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Watched a couple of episodes of Derry Girls. . . hard to believe they made a comedy regarding "the Troubles" in N.I. . . . but it does have it's funny moments. . . I guess with enough time you can find humor almost anywhere. . .

Well, I still won't watch "The Death of Stalin". After reading 2 books about him, I can say there is, nor will be, anything remotely funny about that place and time. . . Very dark place, Soviet Russia. . . .

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LOL....You are missing out.

The Death of Stalin - Official Red Band Trailer I HD I IFC Films

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_y0YfT2I_s

Posted: 2/10/2019 12:09:37 PM EDT

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LOL....You are missing out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_y0YfT2I_s

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Watched a couple of episodes of Derry Girls. . . hard to believe they made a comedy regarding "the Troubles" in N.I. . . . but it does have it's funny moments. . . I guess with enough time you can find humor almost anywhere. . .

Well, I still won't watch "The Death of Stalin". After reading 2 books about him, I can say there is, nor will be, anything remotely funny about that place and time. . . Very dark place, Soviet Russia. . . .

LOL....You are missing out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_y0YfT2I_s

Really? . . I just finished "The Unknown Stalin". . . .When Communist theoretician and founding Bolshevik Nikolai Bukharin was arrested and tortured to confess, he finally signed the confession being assured that his wife and young son would not be affected.

From Wiki: Despite the promise to spare his family, Bukharin's wife, Anna Larina, was sent to a labor camp, but she survived to see her husband rehabilitated by the Soviet state under Mikhail Gorbachev in 1988.

She spent 20 years in the camps. Her son was taken from her and put in a state run orphanage. This is just one of many, many, many instances of this type of treatment by Stalin of dedicated Communist government, military, academic, and cultural (writers, poets, directors, actors) individuals. To say nothing of the millions of individuals imprisoned, tortured, and killed for such crimes as being taken prisoner by the Germans during WW2, or being anonymously denounced by "someone" at some time, ----or just because Stalin felt like it.

Hilarious.

Posted: 2/10/2019 12:15:14 PM EDT

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I thought Russian Doll was very well made, but didn't exactly tread any sort of new ground thematically or emotionally.

One thing it did well was it presented a bunch of characters that I instantly hated and slowly humanized them to the point that I didn't hate most of them in the end.

But as someone else already mentioned Velvet Buzzsaw is crap. It couldn't decide what it wanted to be... Was it a spoof? Was it serious? Was it camp? Was it straight? Was it a comedy? Was it horror? It was none of those things yet toyed with tropes and concepts from all of them.

Posted: 2/10/2019 12:22:12 PM EDT

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Netflix only?

Posted: 2/10/2019 12:28:25 PM EDT

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Really? . . I just finished "The Unknown Stalin". . . .When Communist theoretician and founding Bolshevik Nikolai Bukharin was arrested and tortured to confess, he finally signed the confession being assured that his wife and young son would not be affected.

From Wiki: Despite the promise to spare his family, Bukharin's wife, Anna Larina, was sent to a labor camp, but she survived to see her husband rehabilitated by the Soviet state under Mikhail Gorbachev in 1988.

She spent 20 years in the camps. Her son was taken from her and put in a state run orphanage. This is just one of many, many, many instances of this type of treatment by Stalin of dedicated Communist government, military, academic, and cultural (writers, poets, directors, actors) individuals. To say nothing of the millions of individuals imprisoned, tortured, and killed for such crimes as being taken prisoner by the Germans during WW2, or being anonymously denounced by "someone" at some time, ----or just because Stalin felt like it.

Hilarious.

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https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/death-of-stalin-russia-ban-extremist-armando-iannucci-a8175886.html

Posted: 2/10/2019 12:29:17 PM EDT

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Watched a couple of episodes of Derry Girls. . . hard to believe they made a comedy regarding "the Troubles" in N.I. . . . but it does have it's funny moments. . . I guess with enough time you can find humor almost anywhere. . .

Well, I still won't watch "The Death of Stalin". After reading 2 books about him, I can say there is, nor will be, anything remotely funny about that place and time. . . Very dark place, Soviet Russia. . . .

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Posted: 2/10/2019 12:49:40 PM EDT

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Crabby and I are watching it now and enjoying it. I'm sure it's completely unintentional, but they mock liberals very well.

Posted: 2/10/2019 1:10:18 PM EDT

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Watched a couple of episodes of Derry Girls. . . hard to believe they made a comedy regarding "the Troubles" in N.I. . . . but it does have it's funny moments. . . I guess with enough time you can find humor almost anywhere. . .

Well, I still won't watch "The Death of Stalin". After reading 2 books about him, I can say there is, nor will be, anything remotely funny about that place and time. . . Very dark place, Soviet Russia. . . .

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The Death of Stalin was fucking funny!

Posted: 2/10/2019 1:23:27 PM EDT

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Cant stand that actress, like nails on a chalkboard.

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I have loved her for many many years.

Posted: 2/10/2019 1:25:17 PM EDT

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Bored out after the second episode. Your "holy crap" title is fairly accurate.

Been watching Peaky Blinders instead. Brummie dialect is hard to follow, but it's not dull. Fuckin' Pikeys.

Posted: 2/20/2019 8:07:53 PM EDT

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I want my 4 hours back after watching this. I kept expecting a twist or pay-off that never really came.

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Posted: 2/23/2019 2:23:58 PM EDT

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Just finished it today. I thought it was really good. Much better then Umbrella Academy. Just my .02 though.

I'm curious to see if they do a season 2 if it will involve the same folks or if it will be a different person/people sort of like a True Detective type of thing.

Posted: 2/23/2019 2:25:46 PM EDT

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LOL....You are missing out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_y0YfT2I_s

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Watched a couple of episodes of Derry Girls. . . hard to believe they made a comedy regarding "the Troubles" in N.I. . . . but it does have it's funny moments. . . I guess with enough time you can find humor almost anywhere. . .

Well, I still won't watch "The Death of Stalin". After reading 2 books about him, I can say there is, nor will be, anything remotely funny about that place and time. . . Very dark place, Soviet Russia. . . .

LOL....You are missing out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_y0YfT2I_s

This was one of the better indie films i've seen in years. It was fantastic. Very dark humor though.