netflix making an announcement like this generally means people are watching the show. i could care less what the exact numbers are to be honest. if you think these are "fake" numbers to drum up interest in the shows why wouldnt they do it for all of them?
All I can say is that it doesn't help that the figures Netflix have released use different measurements for each show and there's nothing to back the figures up.
If that's not a red flag then what is?
If that's not a red flag then what is?
a red flag for what?
if a show is bad or doesn't do well netflix generally doesn't talk about it post-release.
if a show is bad or doesn't do well netflix generally doesn't talk about it post-release.
Parts of the show do feel like they came from an algorithm or something that threw popular things into a blender to get the biggest numbers possible, including having the word 'sex' in the title of the show. It is well made though. Doesn't say very much but is enjoyable.
That's a good point. Eric was already a very confident person - namely for being one of only two out gays at school and also for the other reasons you mentioned, but I think that's all the more reason for him not to have had to suffer a beating in order to gain that extra little boost needed to make him comfortable with wearing his more feminine outfits to school. He was already so close that I feel like the writers made him go through a little too much to get there, you know?
Really, I just like Eric a lot and didn't want to see him hurt :(
Really, I just like Eric a lot and didn't want to see him hurt :(
This show was so weird to watch, it's completely American yet set in the UK. It's like at the last second they decided to switch from being based in the US to the UK.
It was deliberately done apparently.
I'm not sure if they nailed it but they wanted it to feel American enough for US audiences but British enough for us over here to get the humour and dialogue.
My partner loved the show, and I feel like it was well done, weird style aside. The whole "6th formers acting like American high school students" bit yet talking like, well, 6th formers, was a bit too jarring.
The storylines were solid, however.
I completely get what you mean. I don't particularly have a strict issue with it, but it was definitely hard to watch, especially with his consistent positivity being a huge reason why he was my favorite character.
I'm glad I'm not the only person that thought this. The entire show seemed like a bunch of stereotypical characters put into stereotypical situations and reacting to them in predictably stereotypical ways. The actors were charming enough that it doesn't sink the show, but knowing everything that was gonna happen before it happened definitely soured my experience with it.
Just finished the season up today. I loved it. Great characters and really funny.
This scene had me laughing so much.
I'm still super confused by the look of Sex Education. It looks like someone took elements from the 70s, 90s and 2000s and said this is what the UK looks like today.
I am used to not reading description of episodes/series, not watching previews, and not even seeing how long is the season (number of episodes). You guys have no idea how pissed I am that the season finished, because I was not expecting for it to be the last one.
Great season, can't wait for the next one. I have a huge crush on Maeve (is this a common name?).
Great season, can't wait for the next one. I have a huge crush on Maeve (is this a common name?).
At some point I was like, OMG the entire show is going on in the 70s! Then I remembered that texting and photo sharing is a thing so, well, no. I like that they have old phones though, I believe the Android phone that one of the characters has still has Android 4 (ICS). So nice not to see iPhones everywhere. I also laughed at someone using Hangouts but saying for the other person to "Skype" later.
So noone is going to mention that in episode 6 there is an Italian song playing in the background (Lo Stregone) that is super racist? It uses the Italian equivalent of the n- word and all the sentences attributed to this black wizard are stereothipical monkey-like sounds?
They go so far to shove minority representation down your throat (this series was ok I feel like, nothing seemed too forced), and then they completely overlook any material that is not in their original language.
Meh
They go so far to shove minority representation down your throat (this series was ok I feel like, nothing seemed too forced), and then they completely overlook any material that is not in their original language.
Meh
I sorta binged this show in two days. Strangely loved it. Gillian Anderson is amazing and Butterfield is not where I sorta expected him to be (meaning in a good way).
Yikes. I couldn't have possibly caught that. Sounds like some kind of oversight, but I really can't be sure.
E: seems it is a cover https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_Doctor_(song)
Yikes. I couldn't have possibly caught that. Sounds like some kind of oversight, but I really can't be sure.
E: seems it is a cover https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_Doctor_(song)
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Had to drop out of this show around the 5th episode when they try to make it seem like Maeve is a difficult girl to understand when Jackson could've gone on to TvTropes and found her character archetype and the dozens of other pieces of media it appears in.
Might go back eventually as I found the first couple episodes pretty fresh. Just didn't dig the "She likes Nirvana? AND EMILY BRONTE?!!! I just don't understaaaand her"
(Props to them for showing what actually happens during an abortion clinic appointment though - I think a lot of guys needed to see that in popular media.)
Might go back eventually as I found the first couple episodes pretty fresh. Just didn't dig the "She likes Nirvana? AND EMILY BRONTE?!!! I just don't understaaaand her"
(Props to them for showing what actually happens during an abortion clinic appointment though - I think a lot of guys needed to see that in popular media.)
I enjoyed this. A good series to binge watch when you're feeling sick. Excellent acting. It's kinda weird that it feels like an American high School drama with British accents. Guess it's the sunny setting.
But
But
I felt nothing for this character. He was a total asshole.throughout the whole thing and I'm totally on the father's side.I also called the gay turn at the beginning.this was done fairly well but I don't see it as redeeming his character in any way
How weird to randomly watch the trailer, recognise some of the locations and then realise this was filmed not even 5 minutes away from where I live. Now it makes sense as to why a massive trailer was parked outside the gates of the old university (been closed for a few years) back last year and why one night one of the pubs here was packed with what we thought were students from somewhere.
I usually don't care and tend to stay away from fictional pairings but I need a season two so that Ottis and Maeve becomes a thing. I love the dynamic between the two.
I've never come across a casts of characters that I like so much.
I've never come across a casts of characters that I like so much.
It would be nice where the male and female lead didnt get together. It seems to be a foregone conclusion in tv for this to happen.
I've seen quite a few shows/anime/movies where the leads doesn't get together recently so I'm personally tired of that trope.
Everything is a Trope nowadays. I'm not using that word again concerning SE after this post. I like the dynamic between Maeve and Ottis more than I like the other pairings involving those two characters.
Finished this last night and really like it.
Girl who plays Maeve has to be related to Margot robbie somehow. Looks like a younger sister
Girl who plays Maeve has to be related to Margot robbie somehow. Looks like a younger sister
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You bring it up like it's this super obvious thing everyone caught and decided to ignore.
Uh huh...
Nah, screw that, no shame in following that trope lol
I only think its nice if they genuinely lack any chemistry, or are clearly not right for each other.
Considering the hype train for Bella Ciao in "Money Heist" and the fact that a lot of fellow Italians are active on Etcetera, well, I expected not to be the first one to notice yeah.
And no, I doubt that if someone had noticed they would have ignored it.
It's just a real shame that something like this would go through Netflix's approval, because it's actually very enjoyable, despite some common tropes.
NO, SHUT UP. MAEVE AND OTIS WILL BE TOGETHER AND IT'LL BE BRILLIANT AND SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED SOMETHING SUPER SWEET TO GO ON IN LIFE.
Go watch Full House if you want sweet. I want my grim dark coming of age comedy.
Gordon is having his coming of age story in his 40s and that's cool.
Have a soft spot for degrassi drama, so this was great. Aside from ola(?) anyways. She's just a shallow plot device for shipblocking with maeve and otis. Id put money on her character damn near disappearing after 2 or so episodes in s2.
Knowing how much this show loves its awkwardness, they'll go full Degrassi and try to make it work for a bit
Finished the show with my wife, then promptly went out to the mall to visit the specialty candy shop and bought a couple of Curly Wurlys. Terrible! I just assumed it would be crunchy.
Great show tho. Throughly enjoyed it and look forward to a season 2.
Great show tho. Throughly enjoyed it and look forward to a season 2.
Just finished watching the series.. fucking brilliant..
Didn't think the Americanised British thing was going work but I was wrong.
Loved it
Didn't think the Americanised British thing was going work but I was wrong.
Loved it
I watched the first episode of this and strongly disliked it. I'm a little surprised how much everyone seems to like it.
I liked it from the jump more or less, but I really got into it once the sex clinic was established
Ahh yes, this show that's set in English village called America-Town during the year two thousand and nineteen eighty.
Good but very tropey, me and the gf pretty much called every plot, and just couldn't get around how it feels like the show is written by somehow who watched tapes of John Hughes films that someone recorded a few episodes of The Inbetweeners on at various points.
Good but very tropey, me and the gf pretty much called every plot, and just couldn't get around how it feels like the show is written by somehow who watched tapes of John Hughes films that someone recorded a few episodes of The Inbetweeners on at various points.
The scene where Jackson
sings a Billy Ocean song to Maeve on the back of deliberately bad advice from Otis, but pulls it off anyway because he's just that cool, was amazing.
You could see Otis quietly go through the horror and grief of watching the results of the 2016 US election or the Brexit vote come in while having to pretend he was happy.
It helps that Love Really Hurts Wothout You is an incredibly catchy and appropriate song given who Maeve is.
You could see Otis quietly go through the horror and grief of watching the results of the 2016 US election or the Brexit vote come in while having to pretend he was happy.
It helps that Love Really Hurts Wothout You is an incredibly catchy and appropriate song given who Maeve is.
This first season was sooo good. One of the few Netflix shows where the quality is consistent all the way through.
