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Narcos |OT| There's no business like blow business - Netflix - *spoilers for S1*
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Sometimes I like to do other stuff while a show is playing...
At some point. Other Netflix shows get them.
boredofcanada
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Show is excellent.
This is not the show for that.
Wagner Muira is Brazilian and is speaking a fucked up spanish haha. So we'll all need subs.
Hmmm small complaint:
There was a Spanish conversations m going on, but the subs weren't quite right...
The cousin is nagging Pablo, and he responds to end the conversation with "Ok Ok Ok". But we he actually said in Spanish was more akin to "alright enough". Not a big but changes his meaning a bit I think.
There was a Spanish conversations m going on, but the subs weren't quite right...
The cousin is nagging Pablo, and he responds to end the conversation with "Ok Ok Ok". But we he actually said in Spanish was more akin to "alright enough". Not a big but changes his meaning a bit I think.
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I finished this last night and I enjoyed it. The cast, writing and direction were all top notch - especially with the direction in the first episode by José Padilla. Those execution and shootout scenes were really well shot. There's some great little nuggets of humour inserted into the show, which is welcomed. The other directors did a good job too, but it would have been nice if Padilla could have directed the whole season, ala True Detection season 1 by Cary Fukunaga.
I got used to the narration early on and I liked the docu-drama approach they used to tell the story. Some of the real-life footage was impactful, such as the news footage about the
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I did have a technical problem in Netflix with the subtitles occasionally dropping out a sentence here or there in the later episodes. So I had to playback the scene to get the missing subtitle appearing again, which was annoying.
I am a bit wary that they seemed to cover such a large time frame in this season that this will result in padding out the story for season 2. But I'm not really familiar with the Escobar story, so maybe there still have tons of crazy material they can put in season 2.
I got used to the narration early on and I liked the docu-drama approach they used to tell the story. Some of the real-life footage was impactful, such as the news footage about the
raid on the ministry of justice
I did have a technical problem in Netflix with the subtitles occasionally dropping out a sentence here or there in the later episodes. So I had to playback the scene to get the missing subtitle appearing again, which was annoying.
I am a bit wary that they seemed to cover such a large time frame in this season that this will result in padding out the story for season 2. But I'm not really familiar with the Escobar story, so maybe there still have tons of crazy material they can put in season 2.
Frustrated_me
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Really fantastic nudity, yes.
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Let's just say I now am aware of many Colombian tits I wasn't aware before
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Finished it. It was great. They used authentic locations instead of old Escobar biopics and that adds an extra.
Gustavo's actor was great and Pablo's stole the show. For season 2 I would like to see
10/10 would snort again
Gustavo's actor was great and Pablo's stole the show. For season 2 I would like to see
Cali's side, guerrillas and para involvement and maybe the Mexicans beginnings
17 Seconds
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The show is just okay. Feels more like a history lesson. It's still enjoyable and interesting, but there's nothing really special about it in any way. I agree with the guy who said it feels closer to a docudrama.
Lactose_Intolerant
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The last few episode where
It was actually boring compared to the other 8 or so episodes.
he's in his prison he built for himself are kind of a let down.
I just finished watching it and I feel weirded out by the pace of the whole thing considering I have a good idea of some real life events
And another thing
Although
Season 1 kinda squeezes nearly a decade of events into 1 year I think? Maybe I'm wrong. And the events of season 2 should only last a bit more than a year.
And another thing
No Popeye? You'd think he would be relevant to Escobar's story
Although
I'm interested to see their take on "Los Pepes".
Don't watch The Bridge.
Some media demands that you pay attention. There's shows like Hannibal where you need to be watching not just listening. There are background shows out there. This isn't one of them.
Edit: Did not realize I was in the same thread with this reply.
boredofcanada
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I haven't finished it but I saw 7 episodes. How can there even be a season two? ive seen almost the entire story lol.
Like I said 3 sex scenes literally in a row.
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StopMakingSense
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Finished the season, really, really great. Takes about 3 episodes to get to speed, but it is super engrossing.
Love how, despite the dramatized elements, the most unbelievable parts were the historical events. I can't imagine how surreal it must have been to be in Colombia during that era.
Love how, despite the dramatized elements, the most unbelievable parts were the historical events. I can't imagine how surreal it must have been to be in Colombia during that era.
StopMakingSense
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Also, if you want more history of the cocaine trade, I HUGELY recommend the first Cocaine Cowboys, about the scene in Miami. It's also on Netflix.
Almost all American television, unless otherwise specified, is designed to run more than one season. I don't get what's surprising about such a thing.
It's Netflix not TV. I approached Narcos as a docudrama/miniseries. This is a tv show about a person and time period which has as a well known beginning and end. I did not expect them to attempt to spin it out indefinitetly like the typical American show.
FrenchMovieTheme
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just started it but liking it so far
Gray Matter
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Ep. 4 spoiler
why did Pablo kill the M-19 people at the end?
? Did they announce definitely only 2 seasons?
Narco traffic is a very ripe subject. I imagine they'll do more stories and subjects.
Mexico is ripe for a season or two. Of course, no central character is gonna ball like Escobar.
Watched up to episode 5, the narration hasn't completely grown on me but it definitely gives the show an unique voice that sets immediately apart from other fictional works within the drug trafficking world. I do think it does give the actors less of a punchy role and you never get a view point even in the third person of their thoughts, you get told their actions or shown them, they never get a chance to breathe and live in this fascinating world or should I say I never get completely immersed in the world presented in the show.
BreezyLimbo
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20 minutes into the first episode and it's damn impressive in presentation. I like it. The actor for Escobar is great. He has a presence that makes me want to keep watching.
Always-honest
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2 episodes in: i love it.
Uh. No. Netflix still runs and operates like a normal television distributor when it comes to return on investments.
Based on nothing, though. Again -- if it's an American TV series (Which, yes, this is, and Netflix is television), and it's not announced explicitly as a miniseries of limited series, then it's designed to run more than one season. (And hey, even that might not happen.)
Running for more than one season is not the definition of indefinitely. I have no idea what season 2 of Narcos will be about. I have not even seen season 1! But I also not surprised when an American television show operates like an American television show.
StopMakingSense
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Netflix is a distributor, not a creator. They pay production companies for their shows, just like a TV network. (Even then, the big TV networks usually have their own production studios that can develop and produce shows, unlike Netflix).
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