Acrane (netflix)

[VJ]

Bandidos... A Mexican series that is quite entertaining. It is a somewhat typical archaeological treasure hunting but the characters are fun, nice quips ("They shot a missile type xxx at us" - "Is that bad?" - "Listen, it is never good when they shoot a missile at you."). The story manages to avoid the typical lengthy quests or challenges, some quests are actually resolved in a few minutes, and adds a bit more character interaction. Generally fun.

[Umfriend]

I agree with that. Final season of Bosch Legacy is coming up, I loved all of Bosch.

[VJ]

The Residence.
Cute murder story in the White House. The story itself is not very complicated, but the way of filming makes it interesting. Perhaps it is slightly too long, but it is still fun. It is labelled as a comedy, I would rather consider it a self-relativating light hearted mystery.

[VJ]

The last night at Tremore beach.

It is a thriller, but very nicely made. Main criticism would be that it is very slow: each episode could easily be 15-20 minutes shorter. But the story is nice, filmography is very well done,

[VJ]

We just watched "A murder most fowl". It was nice, but not as good as "The curse of the were-rabbit" - the animation is however just stunning. I've read before that there are many fun easter eggs and movie references (e.g. a vice on the workbench labelled "Miami", a label "top bun" on a bread delivery van, ...), but they are just not noticeable on a normal viewing: you'd almost have to watch it frame by frame to catch them.

[VJ]

We just watched "A murder most fowl". It was nice, but not as good as "The curse of the were-rabbit" - the animation is however just stunning. I've read before that there are many fun easter eggs and movie references (e.g. a vice on the workbench labelled "Miami", a label "top bun" on a bread delivery van, ...), but they are just not noticeable on a normal viewing: you'd almost have to watch it frame by frame to catch them.

[Umfriend]

My son got us to watch For All Mankind. 5 episodes in I am very enthusiastic. Also because Joel Kinnaman plays and he is my biggest fan.

[VJ]

Genommbrottet? Yeah, just finished. Nice, not great.

My Swedish is a bit rusty...

[Umfriend]

Genommbrottet? Yeah, just finished. Nice, not great.

[VJ]

We started watching The Breakthrough, a Swedish series based on a real murder-case. It got good comments on The Guardian, and is indeed nice to watch (4 30-40 minute episodes). Don't expect action sequences or so.

[Umfriend]

Netflix has Missing You now, after a novel by Corben. Typically, I like the Corben-based mini-series, reasonable script, good acting, but the end often falls a bit short. This is the most balanced I've seen and it surely is nice. Black Doves was rather good as well actually.

The Recruit and The Night Agent new seasons are dropping soon. If you hadn't already, you could watch S1 of those.

[Umfriend]

I agree but the story, to me, is just silly.

Edit: We recently watched the 2nd season of The Diplomat. That's the kind of series I like to see. Also, The Man Inside was reasonably nice (but nowhere near The Good Place).

[VJ]

We finished Arcane (second season). It gets quite complicated - some things are perhaps overdone... but the graphics are amazing. Different drawing styles are used to evoke different emotions: a funeral is shown as a sequence of charcoal drawings, flashbacks are simplified 2D drawings; it is a beautiful mix of drawing styles which is very unique. Regardless of the story, from an artistic point it is worth seeing. The music is also very well chosen.

[VJ]

We started watching Murder Mindfully. It is a German crime/comedy series (8 30min episodes). It is fun, has a bit of a Dexter/Breaking bad vibe.
Generally, I'm surprised by the good German series on Netflix, in different genres: Dark was very good (though complicated), and there were some interesting comedies.

[VJ]

Started Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft. It is nice, but very similar in concept to the game story-lines. As such, you feel that you would rather be playing it than watching it. I would say it is nice to watch as simple relaxing entertainment.