WHAT to binge on Disney + and WHEN?

Discussion in 'TV & Media' started by Morpheus 02, Feb 8, 2021.

  1. Morpheus 02

    Morpheus 02 Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

    Joined:
    Feb 3, 2003
    Location:
    Chicago IL
    When we last had Disney +, i think it was a free trial + 1 month, in order to watch Mulan. we also saw the Mandalorian.


    We were thinking of getting it again at the end of March (Spring Break for Chicago Public Schools is then).

    So Mandolorians Season 2 and WandaVision and Falcon & Winter Soldier are a part of the must-see. But what else should we look for? Genre shows/movies for sure. But anything else that sticks out at you?

    Any series we should wait for? Or just wait until the next binge time?
     
  2. Mr. Adventure

    Mr. Adventure Fleet Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Jun 9, 2001
    Location:
    Mr. Adventure
    Have you seen Soul or Isle of Dogs? There's some interesting Marvel comics docs.
     
  3. Gaith

    Gaith Vice Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    May 11, 2008
    Location:
    Oregon
    I haven't yet finished The Imagineering Story, which is mainly about the Disney parks told mainly from the perspective of its inventors, but the 2/3rds of it I've seen so far is excellent.
     
  4. nightwind1

    nightwind1 Commodore Commodore

    Joined:
    Dec 28, 2010
    Location:
    Des Moines, IA
    If you've never seen Hamilton, it's on Disney+, and I highly recommend it.

    Also, Soul, by Pixar, is excellent.
     
  5. Awesome Possum

    Awesome Possum Moddin' Admiral

    Joined:
    Mar 13, 2001
    Location:
    Earth
    There are some episodes of the old Disneyland show centered on space. There's one about Mars and one about manned space exploration, both were aired in the 1950s. Wernher Von Braun is on the Man in Space one. Both the US and Soviet governments requested copies of it, so it may have started the space race.
     
  6. Turd Ferguson

    Turd Ferguson Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

    Joined:
    Oct 8, 2003
    Location:
    Kentucky
    I agree with Mr. Adventure, I'd definitely check out Isle of Dogs, a wonderful movie by Wes Anderson (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Rushmore)

    I also really enjoyed The World According to Jeff Goldblum (but I'd mention if you're not a fan of his, you definitely won't like this :lol: )
     
    dupersuper likes this.
  7. cardinal biggles

    cardinal biggles A GODDAMN DELIGHT Moderator

    Joined:
    Sep 7, 2001
    Location:
    potrzebie
    The Muppet Show went up on Disney+ yesterday, and amazingly enough there's only two episodes missing: Brooke Shields (they do a sketch with songs from The Wizard of Oz, and the music rights for that are a giant mess) and Chris Langham (totally understandable on account of his conviction for possession of child porn). Apparently a few random songs and sketches are missing from some episodes, but considering all the music clearances involved (this is why Seasons 4 and 5 never came out on DVD in the U.S.), it's impressively intact.
     
    May 20 likes this.
  8. JirinPanthosa

    JirinPanthosa Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Nov 20, 2012
    Location:
    JirinPanthosa
    That’s the same reason they barely did any SNL complete seasons. When they did it cost around $90 and I think they stopped at season 4.

    Also if they tried to do that now they’d have to answer for the fact that half their 80s/90s characters were racial stereotypes and there was occasional blatantly anti-LGBT humor.

    Or the fact the the 90s that the cast had 0 black people, 3 women, one of them was fired for boycotting an episode Andrew Dice Clay hosted.
     
    Last edited: Feb 25, 2021
  9. cardinal biggles

    cardinal biggles A GODDAMN DELIGHT Moderator

    Joined:
    Sep 7, 2001
    Location:
    potrzebie
    Chris Rock (1990-93), Ellen Cleghorne (1991-95), Tim Meadows (1991-2000), and Tracy Morgan (1996-2003) would like to have a word with you...
     
  10. JirinPanthosa

    JirinPanthosa Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Nov 20, 2012
    Location:
    JirinPanthosa
    I was talking about one specific slice of time, not the entire period. There was no one in between Eddie Murphy and Chris Rock.
     
    Morpheus 02 likes this.
  11. UssGlenn

    UssGlenn Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

    Joined:
    Mar 5, 2003
    Location:
    New Orleans, LA
    I think you can see where the the confusion comes from when referring to 1985-1989 as the 90s.
     
    dupersuper and cardinal biggles like this.
  12. Takeru

    Takeru Space Police Commodore

    Joined:
    Sep 6, 2007
    Location:
    Germany, EU, Earth
    I'll start Big Sky tonight.
     
  13. JirinPanthosa

    JirinPanthosa Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Nov 20, 2012
    Location:
    JirinPanthosa
    I made a mistake in thinking the Dice Clay incident happened before Rock started. Sue me.