- Re: off topic - pls recommend enthralling (mysterious/suspenseful) escapism - movies / series nm
Posted by RaskolnikovX
on September 12, 2025, 7:05 am, in reply to "off topic - pls recommend enthralling (mysterious/suspenseful) escapism - movies / series nm"
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"Inhuman Resources" is an interesting satire of capitalism starring Eric Cantona, yes that one. Still entertaining but with a definite serious edge. "Severance" is a very good, quite mind-bending TV show that seems to be managing the "do another season" demands of streaming without dropping in quality. Well worth a watch. "3 Body Problem" is a decent sci-fi TV series based on a well regarded trilogy of books, which are apparently WAY more complicated than the complicated TV show; I've not got round to reading them yet. "The Eternaut" is a decent watch too. Based on an apparently massively popular Argentinian comic which I wasn't aware of at all. It's basically an alien invasion sort of scenario but with a lot of sub text and it has Ricardo Darin in it who is always superb. Speaking of him, there's an Argentinian film called "Nine Queens" (Nueve Reinas) with him in it. It's like an Argentinian version of "The Sting" and although it's getting better known it has flown under the radar to a large extent but it's SUPERB. Massively entertaining while also being a satire of late-stage capitalism. |