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Title: All Things Netflix! Coming Soon: The Netflix Experience, Live and In Person!??
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 19, 2011, 01:33:50 AM
I don't know why we don't have a dedicated Netflix thread, but here it is.
If it relates to Netflix (& Qwikster) we can discuss it here.

Q: WTF is Qwikster!?
(http://qwikster.com/soon1.jpg)

A: Netflix recently split their rental service into 2 pieces.
Streaming & Disc Rentals

This split is being taken one step further by calling the online streaming Netflix and the disc rentals Qwikster.

Netflix= Online Streaming Only
Qwikster = DVD/Bluray movies & Videogame (Wii,PS3,360) rentals
["Qwikster, Rent Movies, TV Shows, and Video Games starting at only $7.99 a month."]

Now assuming that Netflix Qwikster gets games to you as quickly as they do movies (1 day turn around), then I have to ask..... goodbye Gamefly?

So who here has a Netflix/Qwikster account?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... & Qwikster
Post by: Adrock on September 19, 2011, 01:42:06 AM
I have Netflix but haven't used it in a while because I'd have to agree with Sony's forced "don't sue us" user agreement. I could watch it on the Wii but then I'd have to plug it in which is too much work.

Probably won't get Quikster. I don't watch DVDs soon or often enough to justify the price. Also, I'm currently reaping the benefits of Spotify which is the best invention since Jesus. I've been watching fewer movies since my best friend sent me the invite.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... & Qwikster
Post by: S-U-P-E-R on September 19, 2011, 05:32:39 AM
Hell yeah, video games!

I wonder if they're changing the branding of the physical DVD service so they can sell of that part of the company...
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... & Qwikster
Post by: Ceric on September 19, 2011, 08:25:33 AM
As long as I just migrate over on my DVD side of things then yeah I love to get games too.  I loved Gamefly but with the time sink that is my son I couldn't justify it anymore.  Though I would hope they fully emulate Gamefly.  Being able to just buy games you wanted at use price with a disc you've proven works is great.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... & Qwikster
Post by: Morari on September 19, 2011, 10:35:41 AM
This is sad. Why discard the brand recognition and loyalty that has been built up for over a decade? It's obvious that they're looking to essentially phase out the disc-based model. It has far more overhead, and supposedly less public interest. Separate billing, separate queues and ratings? Separate names and even companies? It's not a good move for the customer, but does show obvious intent relative to the future of their disc based services. If they were serious about maintaining their mail services, they would at least keep the billing and interface integrated. From there, what each customer see as being available could be based on exactly what subscription plan they have (streaming, just discs, Blu-Ray, games, etc).

The next move will be to scuttle the disc-based service altogether, claiming that it doesn't make enough money. Of course, Netflix will continue to offer a lackluster selection of streaming content that only works on certain systems, costs them an arm and a leg due to studio greed, and doesn't distinguish itself from the competition in any fundamental manner.

I guess I'll be seeing envelopes branding with that retarded Qwister name before too long. I expect this is the beginning of the end for the service however. It might take two or three years, but this is it right here. I hope the new Netflix enjoys pandering to the competition, begging to be allowed to stream content and paying extra for it not to expire on them mid-season.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... & Qwikster
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 19, 2011, 11:17:33 AM
Hell yeah, video games!

I wonder if they're changing the branding of the physical DVD service so they can sell of that part of the company...

Same red envelope, different name on the front.

As long as I just migrate over on my DVD side of things then yeah I love to get games too.  I loved Gamefly but with the time sink that is my son I couldn't justify it anymore.  Though I would hope they fully emulate Gamefly.  Being able to just buy games you wanted at use price with a disc you've proven works is great.

When I first joined Netflix (back in 2005 I think... before streaming) they used to have a "keep it" option where they mail you the box. Since they are separating the company and doing games, maybe they will bring it back.

This is sad. Why discard the brand recognition and loyalty that has been built up for over a decade? It's obvious that they're looking to essentially phase out the disc-based model. It has far more overhead, and supposedly less public interest. Separate billing, separate queues and ratings? Separate names and even companies? It's not a good move for the customer, but does show obvious intent relative to the future of their disc based services. If they were serious about maintaining their mail services, they would at least keep the billing and interface integrated. From there, what each customer see as being available could be based on exactly what subscription plan they have (streaming, just discs, Blu-Ray, games, etc).

I agree that to a certain extent. The websites should stay somewhat integrated. Ratings on one site should carry over to the other and Netflix and Qwikster can be separated like tabs within the main website. Click on the Netflix tab and you are searching through streaming options, Qwikster tab and you have all your disc options. 2 sites graphed together yet separate.
They should also keep the billing as one thing too, but I'm sure there is a business reason for that too.

I understand sorta why they are separating them, Netflix the streaming service is attempting to go world wide with service already expanded to Canada & Latin America and attempting to hit Europe at some point soon too. Splitting the business streamlines the amount of content they have to maintain.

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The next move will be to scuttle the disc-based service altogether, claiming that it doesn't make enough money. Of course, Netflix will continue to offer a lackluster selection of streaming content that only works on certain systems, costs them an arm and a leg due to studio greed, and doesn't distinguish itself from the competition in any fundamental manner.

I guess I'll be seeing envelopes branding with that retarded Qwister name before too long. I expect this is the beginning of the end for the service however. It might take two or three years, but this is it right here. I hope the new Netflix enjoys pandering to the competition, begging to be allowed to stream content and paying extra for it not to expire on them mid-season.

Netflix streaming is everywhere, but hopefully this split allows them to get rid of that 30 late rental crap that allows Blockbuster to have all New Releases on Day 1 while Netflix and Redbox suffer.

and yes, the name Qwikster does sound pretty dumb.
I think I would have preferred Qwikdisc & Netflix. It flows better, rhymes and describes the services much better.

here is the Netflix blog post that announced all this
http://blog.netflix.com/2011/09/explanation-and-some-reflections.html
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... & Qwikster
Post by: Ceric on September 19, 2011, 11:19:59 AM
Netflix has been pretty clear from the start that they wanted to go to streaming only even when they were just discs.

Though about 3 years from now none of us will care about this one way or another.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... & Qwikster
Post by: Morari on September 19, 2011, 03:40:17 PM
Though about 3 years from now none of us will care about this one way or another.

...and why is that?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... & Qwikster
Post by: Ceric on September 19, 2011, 03:49:43 PM
Though about 3 years from now none of us will care about this one way or another.

...and why is that?

That's about as long as it takes for a people to just accept something or for a service to die.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... & Qwikster
Post by: Morari on September 19, 2011, 03:57:59 PM
True enough, I suppose.

I'm pretty sure that I'd care if the service died however. I don't subscribe to any sort of television service and am too far out for over-the-air signals. I rarely ever purchase films or video games due to the high costs. Netflix is the only avenue of dedicate entertainment that I have. I would certainly care if it ceased to exist, especially after being a very happy customer for about six years now.

As it stands, this doesn't effect me much at the present time. I dumped the streaming content the second they split it up due to the twice increased cost. I'll just have to put up with a really dumb sounding new name. From my perspective though, it seems pretty clear that this is the first step in phasing out the disc-based side of the business. That is the problem... or will be.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... & Qwikster
Post by: Ceric on September 19, 2011, 04:09:34 PM
True enough, I suppose.

I'm pretty sure that I'd care if the service died however. I don't subscribe to any sort of television service and am too far out for over-the-air signals. I rarely ever purchase films or video games due to the high costs. Netflix is the only avenue of dedicate entertainment that I have. I would certainly care if it ceased to exist, especially after being a very happy customer for about six years now.

As it stands, this doesn't effect me much at the present time. I dumped the streaming content the second they split it up due to the twice increased cost. I'll just have to put up with a really dumb sounding new name. From my perspective though, it seems pretty clear that this is the first step in phasing out the disc-based side of the business. That is the problem... or will be.
Then you be caring about the company going away not the name and split.  I'm in the same boat as you but, I can get some over the air.  We use the disc and streaming at my house.  Ironically the price didn't change that much if you had the bigger plan already.

I don't like how they are separating the infrastructure for the simple reason that the rating and recommendations really are the best feature and without the data pool of the rented DVD's.  My biggest fear is them tiering the Streaming service like *drumroll* Cable.  That would cause me to drop it and go to the Jolly ranger relatively quickly.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... & Qwikster
Post by: Morari on September 19, 2011, 04:45:38 PM
I care about the split in that it seems highly contrary to providing good customer service. Not only will it pose problems for the interface and billing, but also the casual usage of one method over the other. In regards to my personal situation though? No, it doesn't effect me... yet.

I had the "3 discs at a time, unlimited streaming" plan. It just about doubled in price when they split the two services up. Additionally, they had just raised the prices on all of the plans not too long before that.

All streaming content will go toward tired pricing sooner or later. The internet as a whole edges closer and closer to being a passive "television-like" service every day. The cable companies are doing all that they can to kill or pervert services like Netflix. It's a problem that isn't easily solved, as most of the content distributors are also the creators. Obviously it would help to have true net neutrality and real competition amongst internet providers and media distribution channels though.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... & Qwikster
Post by: Ceric on September 19, 2011, 04:56:21 PM
Really, You must have had a better rate then me because I have the exact same plan and its about a $5 hike.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... & Qwikster
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on September 19, 2011, 05:36:18 PM
I really see Netflix plummeting to earth after all these terrible decisions, even the CEO seems clueless as to what he is doing. He is a CEO that only listens to those who praise him (just look at the Netflix blog), and ignores those who criticize his or his company's decisions, that usually is not a good sign when it comes to a company's future success. The price hike, now splitting the brand up with no communication between them on a customer level is stupid.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... & Qwikster
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 19, 2011, 05:46:43 PM
The price hike, and then another price hike a few months later, now splitting the brand up with no communication between them on a customer level is stupid.

fixed.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... & Qwikster
Post by: Ceric on September 19, 2011, 05:49:30 PM
Sounds like a regular CEO.  If my experience is any indication only 10% or so of CEO's are any good.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... & Qwikster
Post by: ThePerm on September 19, 2011, 08:43:58 PM
also, think about this. The US postal service is in the pits right now, and might get shut down, from what i rememeber Netflix was their largest customer, polar bear die when the ice melts.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... & Qwikster
Post by: nickmitch on September 19, 2011, 09:10:37 PM
Qwikster going up against Gamefly is gonna be interesting. I always thought Netflix should just buy gamefly outright, keep the branding, but just utilize their superior supply chain. I'll be interested in seeing how this goes.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... & Qwikster
Post by: Morari on September 19, 2011, 10:19:32 PM
also, think about this. The US postal service is in the pits right now, and might get shut down, from what i rememeber Netflix was their largest customer, polar bear die when the ice melts.

I wouldn't worry too much about the USPS. Of all the dumb things the government has spent money on (wars on terrorism, wars on drugs, wars on cats, wars, wars, wars, corrupt bankers, short-sighted automobile industries, etc), I imagine they can spend a little on what has proven time and time again to be a ridiculously useful service.

Wait. That would be a sensible decision. Never mind, the USPS is doomed. :(
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... & Qwikster
Post by: Ceric on September 19, 2011, 10:30:22 PM
also, think about this. The US postal service is in the pits right now, and might get shut down, from what i rememeber Netflix was their largest customer, polar bear die when the ice melts.

I wouldn't worry too much about the USPS. Of all the dumb things the government has spent money on (wars on terrorism, wars on drugs, wars on cats, wars, wars, wars, corrupt bankers, short-sighted automobile industries, etc), I imagine they can spend a little on what has proven time and time again to be a ridiculously useful service.

Wait. That would be a sensible decision. Never mind, the USPS is doomed. :(
These are the same people that thought a non-government ran and funded Postal Service could survive long term.  I mean seriously everyone knew the pricing model wasn't sound but needed.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... & Qwikster
Post by: Stogi on September 20, 2011, 03:07:00 AM
They're probably going to cut Saturday deliveries and raise postage stamps to make up for their debt.

This decision by Netflix is absolutely retarded UNLESS their game plan is to not tarnish their name when they shut down or sell Qwixter 5 years down the line.

Red Box among other things is absolutely kicking Netflix's ass when it comes to DVD/BD rentals. Netflix is the best when it serves up media on-the-fly. However, with Amazon and Hulu and possibly Apple at some point become fierce competitors, it is a smart move to focus on one or the other. Splitting them up probably wasn't the best idea unless they mean to sell it or shut it down, so that's what I think they'll do.

What I think is retarded is the fact that they raised prices before this and not afterwards or at all. Unless they needed extra revenue right then, it was a bone-headed move. If they need extra revenue to make business decisions to bring in more shows/movies, it could have waited.

All in all, pretty bad moves on their part.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... & Qwikster
Post by: SixthAngel on September 20, 2011, 03:38:14 AM
Sounds like a regular CEO.  If my experience is any indication only 10% or so of CEO's are any good.

You need to get out more.  A little barbeque sauce, a little seasoning and 99% of CEO's are good.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... & Qwikster
Post by: Plugabugz on September 20, 2011, 06:53:32 AM
Given Netflix's total faffing with launching in Europe, they have now lost their advantage because Amazon bought Lovefilm (the nearest thing to a competitor here) instead.

So seeing this Qwixster nonsense is another good waffle-headed decision by a very unfocussed company.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... & Qwikster
Post by: BranDonk Kong on October 10, 2011, 11:36:07 AM
Well, that didn't last long. Qwikster is already dead and gone (http://www.androidcentral.com/netflix-changes-its-mind-again-abandons-qwikster-it-launches).
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... No More Qwikster!!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 10, 2011, 11:39:34 AM
I just saw that on the Netflix blog and came to post it.
already changed the title to the thread too.




But I'm glad the majority of people out there thought that Qwikster was a horrible idea.


Split your division and let them focus on different things, but don't split the website too.
That is unnecessary, causes confusion and was more than a minor convenience for all involved.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... No More Qwikster!!
Post by: Ceric on October 10, 2011, 12:12:45 PM
I'm just hoping this doesn't mean the end of Game Rentals.

I'm sure they already printed some Qwikster envelopes.  I wonder what the value of some of those will be in about 5 years from now.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... No More Qwikster!!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 10, 2011, 12:42:08 PM
More News!

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A plan for Qwikster to rent video games may or may not move forward; Mr. Swasey said it was “to be determined.”

Netflix, meanwhile, still has to concentrate on its online streaming service, which is widely considered to be its core business.

Next February, it is expected to lose the right to stream films from Walt Disney Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment as a result of a failed renegotiation with the premium cable channel Starz. But it announced a deal last month with DreamWorks Animation to stream that studio’s films starting in 2013. Last week, it announced a deal with AMC Networks to stream old episodes of TV shows like “The Walking Dead.”

Netflix also remains interested in paying for the production of new TV shows. Earlier this year it ordered its first original drama, “House of Cards,” which is expected to have its premiere in late 2012. Now it is in talks to distribute new episodes of two cancelled TV series, “Arrested Development,” formerly of the Fox network, and “Reno 911,” formerly of Comedy Central. The past seasons of both shows can be streamed via Netflix — and can be rented on DVD, too.

So Game Rentals are still up in the air.
But Not only is Netflix negotiating for Arrested Development, but also Reno 911
That I didn't know.

I'm also interested in checking out House of Cards to see what that's all about.

It's also a sad thing that we're losing Starz, but maybe they should strike a deal with Encore. I don't know what studios Encore has licensing deals with, but they always have so much content on On Demand that having all of them streaming could definitely fill a large portion of the hole left behind by Starz(Sony & Disney).
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... No More Qwikster!!
Post by: Ceric on October 10, 2011, 01:09:18 PM
They couldn't get Encore without paying more then what they could make on On Demand.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... No More Qwikster!!
Post by: BranDonk Kong on October 10, 2011, 02:14:19 PM
It really sucks about losing Starz. I couldn't give a rat's ass, but I have two kids...so Disney movies on demand can be quite useful sometimes. I was surprised to see recent movies like Tangled and Toy Story 3 on there already.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... No More Qwikster!!
Post by: Ceric on October 10, 2011, 02:34:51 PM
It really sucks about losing Starz. I couldn't give a rat's ass, but I have two kids...so Disney movies on demand can be quite useful sometimes. I was surprised to see recent movies like Tangled and Toy Story 3 on there already.
Yeah, but the TV Shows on it are great.  I've gotten to introduce my son to a lot of good cartoons.  Then he wants to watch Bob the Builder.  Can't win them all.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... No More Qwikster!!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 17, 2011, 02:24:37 PM
Looks like the CW is coming to Netflix
http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/10/13/the-cw-signs-up-with-netflix/

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CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Television Group have signed a four-year deal with Netflix that will allow its customers to instantly watch more than 700 hours of previous seasons of scripted series that currently air on The CW, including episodes of Ringer, Hart of Dixie, The Secret Circle, The Vampire Diaries, Gossip Girl, 90210, Supernatural, Nikita, and One Tree Hill.
[...]
Previous seasons of The Vampire Diaries, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, and Nikita will be available to watch instantly on Oct. 15, with previous seasons of Supernatural and 90210 beginning in January 2012. Episodes of all scripted series airing on The CW this broadcast season will premiere for Netflix members next fall.

You will always be a season behind on established shows, but atleast you can all play catch up on shows you should have been watching, like Supernatural.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix.... No More Qwikster!!
Post by: Ceric on October 17, 2011, 02:28:11 PM
CW has shows?
That's just a vicious Rumor.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 17, 2011, 02:32:48 PM
I noticed that this announcement made no mention of Smallville.

I wonder why that is. Outside of a handful of shows, The CW doesn't really have anything to offer, so I hope they include the one show out of it's backlog that made it till the end. Maybe some of their saturday morning cartoon selection too (I'm assuming they have Saturday morning cartoons)
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Ceric on October 17, 2011, 02:48:03 PM
I noticed that this announcement made no mention of Smallville.

I wonder why that is. Outside of a handful of shows, The CW doesn't really have anything to offer, so I hope they include the one show out of it's backlog that made it till the end. Maybe some of their saturday morning cartoon selection too (I'm assuming they have Saturday morning cartoons)
They have not for a while.

Smallville I would have like to watch.  Kids WB was the last time that CW really had toons of there own.  It went from 95-2006 really.  The branding was used for 2 more years but it was 4kids.

This was one more step to the combining of Saturday morning cartoons.  Hopefully they will get there back catalog, The Zeta Project , Pinky and the Brain, Animaniacs, Static Shock, etc. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Kids%27_WB#By_Warner_Bros._Animation.2FWarner_Bros._Television)  I mean to be honest I be stoked to see Batman: TAS Honestly didn't realize that Warner actually did this one because it was aired by Fox mostly.  I should have known though because it shares continuity with Superman, Batman Beyond, Static Shock, Justice League, The Zeta Project , and I believe Legion of Super Heroes as well., Superman:TAS, Batman Beyond, and Legion of Super Heroes on Netflix.

I be more hopeful to hear a deal with Warner Brothers Animation for there whole backlog.  There are some good things in there like Duck Dodger.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Stogi on October 17, 2011, 03:08:33 PM
I finished watching the first season of Walking Dead and watched the season premiere last night. Good show.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: BranDonk Kong on October 17, 2011, 05:42:38 PM
I stumbled on that when I was flipping through channels last night...watched about 45 seconds and decided I need to watch the whole first season. Gonna do that ASAP.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Ceric on October 17, 2011, 07:02:56 PM
I may because I hear good things but I don't like the pacing of most Zombie anything.  Like how I don't care for the pacing of soccer.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Morari on October 17, 2011, 10:38:41 PM
The Walking Dead has been generally true to the source. Furthermore, the production values are outstanding. Between it and Game of Thrones, I've experienced a renewed hope for what television can be.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Plugabugz on October 18, 2011, 06:25:01 AM
Is it worth me signing up to netflix streaming via VPN?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Ceric on October 18, 2011, 08:26:21 AM
Had a hard time sleeping so I watched the first 3 episodes of Walking Dead.  Its a pretty show.  Some things bug me.  Though none of them concern the Zombies.  For the most part they make sense except for how whole the Zombies are if you tun into a Zombie by a bite or scratch and Zombies eat humans.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Stogi on October 18, 2011, 02:49:05 PM
30 Rock.

There's 4 seasons up on Netflix. If you haven't seen this show, it stars Alec Baldwin, Tracy Jordan and Tina Fey. Selma Hayek makes an appearance throughout season 3 and is in one of my favorite episodes (so far). Haven't finished that season nor have I seen season 4, so maybe she continues to be in it which would be awesome.

Anyway, don't put off this show. It's hysterical. Seriously, at least once an episode I find myself rewinding a bit to replay a joke that I found amazing.


Parks and Recreation.

The fourth season started a month ago and it's on track to be the funniest yet. Catch up on the first three seasons then watch the newest episodes. Unfortunately season 1 is by far the worst, but is kinda necessary to understand some of the characters quirks. Anyway, season 2 picks up with a full head of steam. And season 3 is my favorite (though season 4 is already looking to takes its place).
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Ceric on October 18, 2011, 02:50:59 PM
I enjoy 30 Rock.  Shame that not all of them are on Hulu Plus like they use to be.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Morari on October 18, 2011, 04:02:51 PM
Is it worth me signing up to netflix streaming via VPN?

Is it exclusively worth it? Probably not. I don't think any single show would be, however. That said, it's likely you'll find at least a few series that you enjoy.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Ceric on October 18, 2011, 04:11:18 PM
Is it worth me signing up to netflix streaming via VPN?

Is it exclusively worth it? Probably not. I don't think any single show would be, however. That said, it's likely you'll find at least a few series that you enjoy.
Especially if you like Discovery or Cartoons or Star Trek.

Discovery you can watch Mythbuster, Ice Road Truckers, Ancient Inventions, etc.
Pawn Stars and American Pickers for History.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Morari on October 18, 2011, 04:31:49 PM
Those examples make me feel sorry for what Disco and History have become. lol
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Ceric on October 18, 2011, 04:39:19 PM
Those examples make me feel sorry for what Disco and History have become. lol
Discovery has always been that way if you really think about it.  History yeah.  I don't know what happened there.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Ian Sane on October 18, 2011, 05:08:27 PM
A few months ago the Blockbusters near my parents' house closed.  The one near my house had closed a few months prior to that.  Netflix in Canada sucks balls.  The selection is pathetically slim.  The problem is that since Canada is a different country the distribution rights are different.  A deal made to show a film on Netflix in the US does not necessarily apply to Canada.  Sometimes completely different companies have the distribution rights in the different countries.

This has created an annoying situation where in my area legal movie viewing has become a scarcity.  Renting essentially does not current exist.  The only options are to either catch a film while in theatre, buy the DVD or Blu Ray (and for a new film that's kind of pricey for something you've haven't seen and don't even know if it's good) or just plain pirate the film.  Netflix is stuck in a catch 22 where the selection does not improve if the Canadian market does not demonstrate itself to be profitable.  But without a good selection there is no value is subscribing to Netflix.  I honestly think if the streaming video options do not improve, Canada will lose the after-theatre-run movie market to piracy.

During my free trial of Netflix I did see some good stuff (in fact my brother and I pretty much saw EVERYTHING good).  The two best films I watched were The Thing and Dark City.  In fact I've got a petty bias against the new Thing movie becaues I figure there is no way in hell it will compare John Carpenter's version (which itself was actually a remake of a REALLY bad and dated film).
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 18, 2011, 05:28:20 PM
You Canucks can watch Yankee Flix through a Proxy.

I hear it works great. Try it out.


edit: I think it even works with your Canadian Account log-in.
But I don't remember the details since it doesn't apply to me.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Morari on October 18, 2011, 06:47:34 PM
The two best films I watched were The Thing and Dark City.  In fact I've got a petty bias against the new Thing movie because I figure there is no way in hell it will compare John Carpenter's version (which itself was actually a remake of a REALLY bad and dated film).

Both outstanding films.

That said, I don't think it's fair to categorize The Thing as a mere remake of The Thing from Another World. It's really not. If anything, it's a more accurate adaptation of the novel, Who Goes There?. Admittedly, Carptender spiced it up considerably with a ton of subtle nods to At the Mountains of Madness. The stands on its own however, and holds up wonderfully due a superb directing, outstanding special effects, and knowing that sometimes... just sometimes... less is more.

There's really no question as to whether or not it deserves to be remade... I mean, have a "prequel" produced. No suspense? Bad CGI? No thanks. If you really want more from The Thing, go play the video game instead. It acts as a direct sequel to the film, and does so in a satisfying enough manner.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Stogi on October 18, 2011, 06:54:38 PM
How can The Thing have a sequel though?

Doesn't MacReady blow Childs away with a flamethrower at the end? Even though we don't actually see Childs die, MacReady giving Childs  some booze and him taking a swig of it without any concern of MacReady being The Thing proves that Childs is. MacReady acknowledged that and I'm sure he torched his ass.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Ian Sane on October 18, 2011, 07:43:55 PM
How can The Thing have a sequel though?

Doesn't MacReady blow Childs away with a flamethrower at the end? Even though we don't actually see Childs die, MacReady giving Childs  some booze and him taking a swig of it without any concern of MacReady being The Thing proves that Childs is. MacReady acknowledged that and I'm sure he torched his ass.

I just assumed the two of them drank together and froze to death.  But one of the cool things about this film is the ambiguity of the ending.

I think the new Thing film demonstrates what's wrong with Hollywood these days.  John Carpenter's Thing is almost 30 years old and the special effects are totally believable.  The effects in the commercials for the new film look like totally fake CG.  Shouldn't filmmaking techniques IMPROVE over time?  The special effects from any decently budgetted film from 1981 just kills the **** out of any 1951 film and yet 2011 films consistently look faker than 1981 films.  That would be like if videogame graphics went from today's graphics to N64 level graphics.  It doesn't make sense.  You don't go backwards!

Even with films that have CG I often find older films look better.  Terminator 2 and Jurassic Park were both groundbreaking films in regards to CG and yet when I look at those films most of the effects are more believable than what I see now.  If I made a big budget film today I would want my special effects shots to look as good as The Thing's.  Would that even be possible?  Didn't they use stop motion?  Does anyone in Hollywood know how to do that anymore?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Ceric on October 18, 2011, 07:53:31 PM
People still do stop action and some movie make it a point to use CG as little as possible, Green Hornet, but, the fact is that CG is now much cheaper.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Stogi on October 18, 2011, 10:28:37 PM
How can The Thing have a sequel though?

Doesn't MacReady blow Childs away with a flamethrower at the end? Even though we don't actually see Childs die, MacReady giving Childs  some booze and him taking a swig of it without any concern of MacReady being The Thing proves that Childs is. MacReady acknowledged that and I'm sure he torched his ass.

I just assumed the two of them drank together and froze to death.  But one of the cool things about this film is the ambiguity of the ending.

I think the new Thing film demonstrates what's wrong with Hollywood these days.  John Carpenter's Thing is almost 30 years old and the special effects are totally believable.  The effects in the commercials for the new film look like totally fake CG.  Shouldn't filmmaking techniques IMPROVE over time?  The special effects from any decently budgetted film from 1981 just kills the **** out of any 1951 film and yet 2011 films consistently look faker than 1981 films.  That would be like if videogame graphics went from today's graphics to N64 level graphics.  It doesn't make sense.  You don't go backwards!

Even with films that have CG I often find older films look better.  Terminator 2 and Jurassic Park were both groundbreaking films in regards to CG and yet when I look at those films most of the effects are more believable than what I see now.  If I made a big budget film today I would want my special effects shots to look as good as The Thing's.  Would that even be possible?  Didn't they use stop motion?  Does anyone in Hollywood know how to do that anymore?

But just another nod to how great this film is, in the beginning MacReady dowses his computer with booze after losing to it at chess. You can say the whole movie is that metaphor. MacReady is playing chess against The Thing and to say the least, MacReady loses. However, him giving Childs the booze is symbolic of that moment he dowses the computer and it frying itself. MacReady watches as Childs puts that bottle to his lips and he acknowledges it. That's when he knows he's actually won. The only other thing that could happen next is him frying the **** out of Childs.

As for your point of CGI, I agree to a point. I hate how easy movies are to make with CGI now (Any superhero movie except Batman), but I also love that (Paranormal Activity). I also hate how fake it looks sometimes (Green Lantern), but I love when they get it right (Avatar).

There is definitely more to go, but if this year has taught us anything, its that a god damn dirty ape can act better than a person.
Title: Netflix UK
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 24, 2011, 10:04:32 PM
Netflix is coming to the UK
Quote from: PR
Netflix to Launch Service in the UK and Ireland for Streaming Movies and TV Shows in Early 2012

LOS GATOS, Calif., Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX), the leading global Internet movie subscription service, today announced it will expand to the United Kingdom andIreland in early 2012, offering unlimited TV shows and movies streaming instantly over the Internet to TVs and computers for one low monthly subscription price.

Upon launch, Netflix members from the UK and Ireland will be able to instantly watch a wide array of TV shows and movies right on their TVs via a range of consumer electronics devices capable of streaming from Netflix, as well as on PCs, Macs and mobile tablets and phones. Further details about the service, including pricing, content and supported devices, will be announced closer to launch.

Netflix has been streaming to U.S. members since 2007, adding Canada in 2010 and 43 countries in Latin America and theCaribbean in September 2011. Netflix has revolutionized entertainment across the Americas by giving its members a huge selection of movies and TV shows to enjoy when and where they want.

People interested in becoming members of Netflix in the UK or Ireland can go to www.netflix.com (http://www.netflix.com) to sign up to receive an email alert letting them know when Netflix has launched in their country.


I guess it's never too late. and hopefully this means that we will get more European shows on the service.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Ceric on October 24, 2011, 10:12:56 PM
They wanted to split before Europe.  That makes sense.  How they went about it was totally wrong. 

Split then Price Change would have been better.

*shrug*  I hope Europe doesn't expect Discs.  That ain't going to happen it be to much.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 24, 2011, 11:12:47 PM
They wanted to split before Europe.  That makes sense.  How they went about it was totally wrong.

that's what I said
The websites should stay somewhat integrated. Ratings on one site should carry over to the other and Netflix and Qwikster can be separated like tabs within the main website. Click on the Netflix tab and you are searching through streaming options, Qwikster tab and you have all your disc options. 2 sites graphed together yet separate.
They should also keep the billing as one thing too, but I'm sure there is a business reason for that too.

I understand sorta why they are separating them, Netflix the streaming service is attempting to go world wide with service already expanded to Canada & Latin America and attempting to hit Europe at some point soon too. Splitting the business streamlines the amount of content they have to maintain.


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Split then Price Change would have been better.

*shrug*  I hope Europe doesn't expect Discs.  That ain't going to happen it be to much.

I doubt Europe will hvae disc as that's why they wanted to splt it business, to avoid confusion with people looking for disc rentals too. That way they can focus on the streaming content outside of the U.S. and not have to worry about disc at all. If they later decide to bring what would have been Qwickster to other markets, then they could do that without any confusion as to what the service is.

Personally, I think the whole thing was a mistake and keeping the regional sites updated is the best and easiest way to go. No one in foreign markets will be confused about disc, and if Netflix was smart (especially with EU), they would making disc through mail a reality in other markets too assuming they can strike a deal with European Postal Services like they did in the U.S.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Plugabugz on October 25, 2011, 04:38:39 AM
Netflix is coming to the UK
Quote from: PR
Netflix to Launch Service in the UK and Ireland for Streaming Movies and TV Shows in Early 2012

LOS GATOS, Calif., Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX), the leading global Internet movie subscription service, today announced it will expand to the United Kingdom andIreland in early 2012, offering unlimited TV shows and movies streaming instantly over the Internet to TVs and computers for one low monthly subscription price.

Upon launch, Netflix members from the UK and Ireland will be able to instantly watch a wide array of TV shows and movies right on their TVs via a range of consumer electronics devices capable of streaming from Netflix, as well as on PCs, Macs and mobile tablets and phones. Further details about the service, including pricing, content and supported devices, will be announced closer to launch.

Netflix has been streaming to U.S. members since 2007, adding Canada in 2010 and 43 countries in Latin America and theCaribbean in September 2011. Netflix has revolutionized entertainment across the Americas by giving its members a huge selection of movies and TV shows to enjoy when and where they want.

People interested in becoming members of Netflix in the UK or Ireland can go to www.netflix.com (http://www.netflix.com) to sign up to receive an email alert letting them know when Netflix has launched in their country.


I guess it's never too late. and hopefully this means that we will get more European shows on the service.

I'm glad it's coming to the UK. Although, Netflix is going to have a hard time breaking in past Lovefilm. It's still cheaper me using a VPN (which has multiple uses) plus paying the $10/month (it converts to £6/month or so?) for Netflix. I'm not actually going down the VPN/Netflix route but i am heavily considering it though..

Plus a lot of Lovefilm's streams have been below-HD, so i'd only consider a switch if they either beat them on price, content or quality.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 25, 2011, 09:30:00 AM
I heard Lovefilm sux
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Ymeegod on October 26, 2011, 08:09:12 AM
For me, I love movies and the streaming service doesn't get them until months/years after they are available so I guess I'm going with Qwickster but at the same time I use the streaming service for animes/family titles.

Still breaking up the company seems like an odd move, reminds me of the auto industry.  Back in the 90's the rave for SUVs caused all the Big Three to turn a blind eye as the forgien companies grabbed shares of the car industry, now 11 years later they dominate the sales because the Big Three looked at short term profits over longterm.

Still I'm pretty damn happy with Netflix and they can basically charge me double for all the stuff that I watch.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Plugabugz on October 27, 2011, 05:02:40 AM
I heard Lovefilm sux

But Lovefilm is owned by Amazon now. Lovefilm is pretty decent. £10 for unlimited streaming which includes TV and PS3.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: ThePerm on October 27, 2011, 06:22:20 AM
ymeegod, quickster was canceled.

And goddamnit, the special effects weren't in the Thing that bad, people need to focus on the story and the characterization. No special effects ever hold up anyway, so many movie watchers are negative cynical trolls who will find anything to complain about. You say you can do better, until you actually try, and then its a whole other thing. People don't seem to care that there are people there working at things trying their hardest. People just seem to sit in their basements and ignore that somebody put in some effort.

 In the end its a matter of style or fashion, and if you want to bitch about style over actual substance than go right ahead. I hear people bitching about every little detail of every little movie, and its sick. Nobody can please anybody. Superman doesn't wear underwear, Superman wears underwear, Zelda is teh kiddie cartoon, Super-mans suit looks padded(turns out Cavil is ripped the **** out), don't like catwomens suit, Anne Hatheway isn't Halle Berry, Michelle Pfeifer, The best batman ever was Michael Keaton and damn anyone else who plays him even though Michael Keaton is bald and 60 years old, Batmans voice is gravely in the new batman even though you could tell right away who the **** he was because he had the same voice as bruce wayne before hand, The Thing 2011 used CG, Planet of the Apes 2011 used CG even though it was a highly innovative use of it damn them, the mario character model in the galaxy games doesn't have a denim texture like the one in the smash bros games. I could go on and on about the stupidest banal things people complain about.

Until anybody starts creating a body of work that is put out for the vultures for mass consumption then its empty bullshit. Curse anyone who does anything derivative, even if everything is derivative, or innovative in any way. You will never get up the stairs without taking steps first. apparently the common mantra is Curse anything new. John Carpenter was blasted by critics for even thinking about touching The Thing from another Planet, when it came out it got poor reviews,  it did poorly at the box office because the effects were blasted that they weren't in the style of the day (IE ET)and nobody would remember it if they hadn't replayed it on HBO 1000 times throughout the 80s. You could pretty much cut out all the scenes of the monster and you would have the same movie or at least the movie at its core, very few shots aside from the blood scene have actors and creatures in the same frame, in the end it would just be a movie about paranoia and nihlism. Or more simply a group of men fight a beast.

http://www.heorot.dk/beowulf-rede-text.html
http://historylink102.com/greece2/theseus.htm
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Ian Sane on October 27, 2011, 12:16:31 PM
Perm don't give me that "until you've done it, you don't know anything" bullshit.  That's the ultimate cop-out excuse.  You don't have to be making movies to recognize a good film or a bad one.  Same with songs or books or videogames.  We all criticize videogames yet who here has ever made one?  It doesn't matter.  We've played enough to know what's good.

I think it looks like a cartoon.  If your character that is supposed to actually be there looks like a cartoon and it isn't Roger Rabbit, than it wasn't done well.  It can be done very well.  I love the Lord of the Rings films for example and aside from a few odd scenes here or there I'm never hit with that "ugh, Jar Jar Binks just entered the room" feeling.  Gollum is a completely CG character and yet the way he acts with the physical actors it just works.  It looks like he's really there.  It can be done.  And I know the reason that all special effects are done that way these days is because it's cheaper than the older ways of doing it.  There are some real impressive effects out there and there are films that look like glorified videogame cutscenes because the studio is rushing a mindless popcorn film out for the summer.

Though I am annoyed by the recent trend towards remakes.  Yes, everything is ultimately derivative but you can put a different coat of paint on it.  The problem is that there are all these remakes and most of the time the original film did the concept so well there is no need to do it again.  The Thing From Another World is embarassingly dated, while Carpenter's Thing is not.  Every year we get a big batch of remakes of films that are timeless to begin with and the remake is never as good.  They just want a familiar name to get people into the theatres.  The whole thing is very VERY corporate so I am instinctively repulsed by pretty much any remake.  The Thing and Ben-Hur are rare exceptions.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Ceric on October 27, 2011, 01:09:07 PM
Honestly, Jar Jar Binks really isn't that bad as a piece of CG.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Stogi on October 27, 2011, 01:24:01 PM
Gotta agree with Ian on this one. CG is a canvas and some people know how to use while others don't. Some people can create a new world while others create a poster. It's either distracting or mesmerizing and honestly there isn't a comfortable inbetween.

I can't wait for Cameron to come through with Avatar 2 to show how it's down again. It's suppose to focus on Pandora's water creatures, so I can only imagine how crazy it'll look.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: nickmitch on October 27, 2011, 05:21:25 PM
Honestly, Jar Jar Binks really isn't that bad as a piece of CG.

Except he was stupid and annoying a ****.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Ceric on October 27, 2011, 05:23:58 PM
Honestly, Jar Jar Binks really isn't that bad as a piece of CG.

Except he was stupid and annoying a ****.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: ThePerm on October 27, 2011, 07:16:36 PM
Its not a cop out, people don't perspectivise(neologism) things. If Zach Snyder complained about The Thing or Eli Roth you would want to listen. Cabin Fever is essentially the same movie as The Thing, it follows the same beats, except theres titties and fucking. Eli Roth has mentioned that Hostel 2 is the same movie as Mothers day. All writers ever do is take a concept, and change the attributes of the characters, the dialog, and the setting and you have a different story. The underlying structure stays the same though.

If you want to talk about remakes you have to compare apples to lemons. Take the New Nightmare on Elmstreet movie or the Psycho remake. Those are examples of bad remakes, and they are bad because all they are doing is taking the same movie and just replacing the actors. Then you can take remakes like Dawn of the Dead, and you take the same concept for the movie, but do something different and you have a good movie. Now you could call the movie something different, and thats another argument all together, but the hardest thing to do in making a movie is to come up with a new title, its better from a marketing standpoint just to call it the same title.

my biggest problem is when people complain about CG, they have no respect for CG artists, but seem to prefer traditional artists. What they don't realize is CG and traditional art take the same skill sets. The thing is CG is 100 times as hard and is about 20 times as time consuming. If you were to take the same CG models they did for the new Thinf movie and print them out with a plastic printer you would get way better real objects than any of the hand sculpted object made by Rob Bottin. They wouldn't be able to be animated. The only thing i can really see people complaining about with CG is the lighting, don't complain about the CG itself, complain about its lighting. One of the biggest things Robert Bottin did was make sure not to light the objects too much because the lighter the object the more they stick out, when they are evenly lit they look horrible

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCQEFoEyFRY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfdRTvytNvY&feature=player_detailpage#t=416s

My biggest complaint is that people are mostly cynical because they're lack of understanding. Its ignorance, and its driving them to sound like trolls. If you were to look at realistically "what did this movie set out to do?", then if the answer is that it did what it set out to do then it was successful. You can't define something solely on one of its parts, you have to look at every part and evaluate it, then you can begin to have an understanding on what it is. Too often people will find one flaw, and at that point it is worthless in their eyes.

The other point is TheThing 2011 is not a remake, its a prequel. Yes any movie about The Thing based on John Carpenters The Thing is going to have similar plotpoints where to some extant it is a quasi-remake. The new thing should have been called Thing 0, or something else. However, while I can think of several movies that set up for a Sequel, I can't think of any movie that did such a great job setting up for a prequel as The Thing. While, it does take some mystery away from what happened, I like that someone went and did it. Its like an episode of CSI where the crime scene people are reconstructing what happened based on all the evidence. What I really like about this new movie is that you could watch the movies back to back and it would be as if they were a single long movie. The other thing i like about it is The Thing creature has a character arch, one of the biggest complaints with the new movie is The Thing shows himself way too much. However, if you look at it from the perspective of The Thing itself, it starts off brash, and then only later begins to act more covert, and as the new movie plays you begin to see this. So, this is intentional, it makes the movie less suspenseful and more of a monster movie, but the first appearance of The Thing would be more like a typical monster movie, only with some careful study of human beings would it develop the covert strategy. After all when it first got to the planet there were no humans around when it froze. If you are looking at it from the perspective of the Thing it must be shocked.

The other huge complaint that is annoying is that Remakes, prequels and Sequels are big example of corporatism at its worse. Now lets take for example George Romero, does very little with the big studios, actually pretty much anti-studio till he wants a paycheck. He's known for zombie movies. While he has does movies that are not zombies on occasion... none of them are as well received as his zombie movies, in the end he loses money, and he has to sale the rights to one of his zombie movies to continue film making, and then he has to make a new zombie movie to make some more money back. He's not a corporation, but if he was he would be doing essentially what a corporation would do. Nobody complains that all each and every burger McDonalds sales is a remake of the first, but theres over a billion sold. Any corporation has to make a product(except fucking banks, but that gets into political discussion), and you can't blame them for reproducing a product that is successful. Now one could argue the thing was not successful, but im sure it made back plenty of money on home video than it did at the box office, after all it was launched again ET. It may take 30 years for them to make the money back on the new one to justify a sequel, but when theres fans there is a demand.

Also, fucking fans. I'm pretty sure there are forum posts on some horror website from  6-15 years ago where there is a fan thats like "hey man, I would really like to see a new movie about the thing", the movie gets made 6 years later, and probably the same person bitches and complains about it, and then goes on to say "they could do better". Theres such an annoying pack mentality to people, its like The Borg has taken over. Except rather than accomplishing time and faster than light travel, all they can manage to complain about is a prequel to a remake B-movie. Nothing pleases the banal and cynical. See, you could paint me cynical as well, but at least im cynical of cynical people, and not cynical on everything else. Even what im doing now is kinda stupid, kind of annoys me because I know that a stupid behavior primarily of males is coming to the defense of things they like, its part of an instinctual ego defense mechanism, but **** it. Theres probably some other jackass on some other forum doing the same thing as me. Cognitive dissonance is great. Oh the possibilities.

Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Ian Sane on October 27, 2011, 08:06:37 PM
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my biggest problem is when people complain about CG, they have no respect for CG artists, but seem to prefer traditional artists. What they don't realize is CG and traditional art take the same skill sets. The thing is CG is 100 times as hard and is about 20 times as time consuming.

I have respect for the artists that do it well.  If it's not convincing it isn't done well.  You can work your balls off and still get shitty results.
 
Any movie takes a buttload of work, even Ed Wood's films would have.  If I don't like the results, tough.  I'm not going to give a free pass because of the work involved.  That's just how it is.  Every crappy videogame we've ever played also took tons of work from people that specialized skills in graphics design and programming.  Yet we rag on that.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: nickmitch on October 27, 2011, 08:36:54 PM
Honestly, Jar Jar Binks really isn't that bad as a piece of CG.

Except he was stupid and annoying a ****.

The CG didn't make him less stupid. Only more so.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: ThePerm on October 27, 2011, 10:01:07 PM
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my biggest problem is when people complain about CG, they have no respect for CG artists, but seem to prefer traditional artists. What they don't realize is CG and traditional art take the same skill sets. The thing is CG is 100 times as hard and is about 20 times as time consuming.

I have respect for the artists that do it well.  If it's not convincing it isn't done well.  You can work your balls off and still get shitty results.
 
Any movie takes a buttload of work, even Ed Wood's films would have.  If I don't like the results, tough.  I'm not going to give a free pass because of the work involved.  That's just how it is.  Every crappy videogame we've ever played also took tons of work from people that specialized skills in graphics design and programming.  Yet we rag on that.

The biggest problem with everyone critiquing things is the all or nothing approach the common reviewer takes, either its totally good or totally bad. Theres no middle ground, no grey,  its all black and white and that's so annoying. I'm not necessarily disparaging you, im disparaging the trend. Take Green Lantern for instance, Cg in the trailers looked bad, i came into the movie with low expectations, didn't particularly care for the acting, but the Cg was a lot better than I thought it was going to be as somehow the 3d treatment fixed the floating heads look of the trailers. I didn't know much about Green Lantern as I was more of a Spider-man/Batman/Superman fan. Still I could give it a B- grade, and a B- grade is passing, in the end a sequel to this movie would be better than the first, and its probably not going to happen. Why? Because everyone called it an F grade film in the review because it wasn't perfect, and nobody went to watch it. Therefore sequel is unlikely. Now we may never see a Justice League movie. Thanks a lot crowd, your rampant negativity fucked something in its infancy. Thats really gross if you take the metaphors and look at it.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 27, 2011, 10:55:26 PM
I have a questions for everyone.

My girl wants me to watch Gossip Girl with her.

I've made her sit through countless shows with me, and for the most part they have all been good. I didn't force her to sit through anything she thought was stupid and would instead watch it on my own. Now she ask me to watch Gossip Girl with her....

I figured it's only fair to sit through one show with her, and I have already sorta watched the first 2 episodes.

So my question is, is this a good show?
Will hate I hate myself for not protesting this show and making her pick something else instead?

The first two episodes weren't too bad, but it contains two things I really dislike.
Uppity rich kids who think their **** don't stink because mommy and daddy are rich and could buy and sell everyone else like slaves, so you better do as I say and stay on my good side or I'll ruin you.
&
Gossipy people that live and breath to talk other peoples business as if they have none of their own to deal with. Nothing can happen around them without a giant network of people already knowing about it before the "event" is even over.
You can't slip and fall without word getting back to your mother who calls to make sure you are alright before you had even gotten up to dust yourself off.

So will this be the worst show ever, or will it just grow on me as I watch it?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: NWR_insanolord on October 27, 2011, 11:05:03 PM
I've caught a few episodes when my sister's watched it. Not something I'd watch myself, but you could do much worse.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 27, 2011, 11:13:44 PM
yeah, problem is that good drama can become addicting...
actually stupid loud ignorant drama can be really addicting too,
so maybe it's drama becomes addicting, so I'm afraid that I will develop a love/hate relationship with the show like so many of those MTV/VH1 "reality" shows my girl used to watch.

you know, where you hate the show, but for some reason you find yourself watching it so you can see what happens next. It only makes you hate the show  even more, but you still don't change the channel whenever it comes on.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: NWR_insanolord on October 27, 2011, 11:26:38 PM
I don't think you'd hate it, at least not too much. Especially considering that you've mentioned liking other CW shows. It's certainly no Breaking Bad, but as long as you don't go in expecting that you'll probably be able to enjoy it.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 27, 2011, 11:47:37 PM
I've already gone in blind knowing nothing more than the title. I had no expectations.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: bustin98 on October 28, 2011, 02:44:41 AM
The biggest problem with everyone critiquing things is the all or nothing approach the common reviewer takes, either its totally good or totally bad. Theres no middle ground, no grey,  its all black and white and that's so annoying.

Movie going is about the experience as it is about the movie itself. The movie needs to pull you in and take you away. Bad CG is not only a sign of poor execution of the art, but also questions anyone involved who allowed the scene to remain in the film. Poor execution also destroys the suspension of disbelief, hence ruining the experience of the film. When I watched Green Lantern, there were multiple, multiple scenes that took me out of the movie. Poor CG was a part of that, along with a substandard story and awkward acting.

And this holds for any movie. Which is why I despise the 'changes' to the original Star Wars movies. You can't hide the added CG effects against the original film grain, the changes in the story affect the development of characterization, and the weeding out of imperfections only enhance other imperfections that can't be corrected.

A bad movie is a bad movie, though a bad movie can have a good story, or great special effects.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: ThePerm on October 28, 2011, 04:59:53 AM
see, though the star wars thing, I see those as separate editions. I watched Star Wars when I was 4 and then never saw it again till I was 13, because I didn't remember anything about it, the added special effects didn't bother me. Now I understand Star Wars is a holy grail for some and I to some extant see why all the hate, but actually there are a few movies that could use some Director Cut treatment, these are usually movies that the studio really fucked over an ultimately were poorly received by everyone.  Like say Batman and Robin, terrible movie. Joel Schumacher gets so much **** for it, and its really hurt his career, but this guy has a mostly solid resume and he's won awards since that movie. He's mostly known for dark and intelligent movies. Idk, some CGI changes here and there, some lines cut, specifically cut from Mr. Freeze, then it might not be so bad, actually, if you made it a silent film it would be decent, I actually thought visually it works. The plot was total balls though. Even if it wasn't a silent film if you changed the music. For every studio film made there are miles of unused takes, and it would be interesting from an editing perspective to go through and re-cut the movie. Say a take took 10 times, and each time the actor took it back over the top, what would all the first takes be like if it was reasonable subdued? What if you took some random stunt man and put him in the batsuit, put motion tracking dots on his face, filmed this awesome fight scene in front of a green screen, and then took Clooney's mouth and put it on the stunt mans, and created this wicked Sin City style set. I've always been interested in the special edition. I've always wanted to film a movie with multiple intros, multiple endings, because I like to see that. Books and Video Games get to do this, why can't movies? Home video has made this that much more possible. You should always have the option to watch the original release version though.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Ceric on October 28, 2011, 11:11:57 AM
"How its Made" is on Netflix I didn't know and now I'm back working though its like 143 episodes.  Its a show about how things are manufactured.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Stogi on October 28, 2011, 04:42:08 PM
I have a questions for everyone.

My girl wants me to watch Gossip Girl with her.

I've made her sit through countless shows with me, and for the most part they have all been good. I didn't force her to sit through anything she thought was stupid and would instead watch it on my own. Now she ask me to watch Gossip Girl with her....

I figured it's only fair to sit through one show with her, and I have already sorta watched the first 2 episodes.

So my question is, is this a good show?

Wrong question. I've been forced to see SEASONS of Sex n' the titties. And the real question is, how often can you make fun of it? Cuz that's the only way you're going to enjoy it.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 28, 2011, 05:28:32 PM
I've seen the entire series of sex and the city (in order :() plus the first movie....

I've turned down sex in favor of protecting whats left of my sanity and not going to see the 2nd movie too. I just couldn't take any more of it.

Gossip Girl doesn't seem that bad...
Atleast the ALL women are somewhat attractive
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Stogi on October 28, 2011, 05:44:07 PM
You poor, poor bastard...
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 28, 2011, 06:00:00 PM
Most of the series was with one GF, the rest and the movie was with another....

Most of the series was passively watching, but i was right there while the entire thing played. I know what was going on and who all the characters are. She would pause it when I left, restart when I came back... there was no escape.

As for the movie... well, that was sort of a "gotta get in it one last time" date with a psuedo ex. Not sure if the movie was worth it all in the end.

I have a different GF now...
she wants me to watch Gossip Girl

Do we see a pattern I should be concerned about?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Stogi on October 28, 2011, 07:16:37 PM
Yes. After that bullshit with Sex n' the city, never again. I decided to become more selfish and you should to.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: ThePerm on October 28, 2011, 07:30:14 PM
there comes a time when a man has to put his foot down, thats sex and the city. This one girl i was dating was like "Sex in the City" is my favorite show via facebook chat, and I was like "you're spelling it wrong"
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Morari on October 28, 2011, 07:32:25 PM
Do we see a pattern I should be concerned about?

Yeah, find women with better taste. :P
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Ian Sane on October 28, 2011, 07:58:34 PM
Back when the first Sex and the City movie was a few months from release I was dating a girl who owned the entire series on DVD and she was hyped up to **** about the movie.  She talked about the show a lot and about how great it was and how much I would love it (showing her complete misunderstanding of male tastes) but by some magic fluke she never ended up showing me an episode.  We broke up before the movie came out and one of the first things I thought off was "hey, I don't have to see that stupid movie now!"

Earlier this year my then-girlfriend dragged me to see Fast Five.  The sheer offensive stupidity of that movie was such that it was a factor in our break up mere weeks later.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 28, 2011, 08:14:07 PM
Fast Five was good.

Maybe you would've liked Sex in the City  afterall.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: ThePerm on October 29, 2011, 02:32:10 AM
but your girlfriend didn't direct or star in the movie......if you payed for that **** then yeah, i could understand.

speaking of terrible movies i just have an astounding prejudice for....Transformers 2 & 3. I can't be bothered to explain in depth or describe how fucking stupid they are, but they have really good special effects.

Fast Five, I couldn't get in to Fast and Furious. So I doubt I could get into Fast Five. Of the series I enjoyed the First one and Tokyo Drift. Fast Six might take place in London and have Jason Statham, which might make it interesting.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: oohhboy on October 29, 2011, 03:59:26 AM
You just want another transporter movie.

The "Fast" movies would have been better than acceptable(At least the first one) if the car work was done by the late John Frankenheimer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frankenheimer) of Ronin and 1966 Grand Prix fame. The guy really knew his car chases, but a bit weak relatively with some of his other elements and absolutely no skill with CGI.

The later Fast movies were CGI messes. I might as well had watched Forza Lets Plays.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: TJ Spyke on November 02, 2011, 01:41:11 AM
I loved Fast Five, well worth seeing. Better on the big screen though since it looks better on the huge screen and the nice audio of a theatre. The only movie in the series I had seen before was the first one (which I thought was OK).
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 06, 2011, 01:39:48 PM
If you like the Supernatural, like crime drama and love to look at hot women, and looking for a new TV show to watch, I will suggest The Gates (http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70171971&trkid=3326466&t=The+Gates)

Exclusive Gated Community for a wealthy group of individuals that all respect their privacy and seek to stay protected form the rest of the world now have a new Sheriff after their old one has retired. The thing is, this Sheriff has no idea what he is getting himself into as lots of the Community are not as they seem. There are Vampires, Werewolves, Witches and more in this town, and they are all doing their best to just coincide peacefully without outting who they really are to the regular people.

If I had to compare this show to other existing shows that you might have already seen;
Eureka + True Blood + Desperate Housewives = an awesome Supernatural Crime Drama that hopefully gets some life breathed back into it.

It only lasted 1 season and is 13 episodes long. Aired last summer on ABC and sadly suffered from poor ratings, but I still enjoyed it and would still recommend it. Too bad I had never heard of it until a few days ago when Netflix recommended it to me at random.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 09, 2011, 12:16:09 AM
I'm done with The Gates.
Just finished Dresden Files.
Surprising kinda into Gossip Girl (don't judge me), but only watching it with my girl.
finished Ugly Americans

tonite is a slow night for TV (Sons of Anarchy & Raising Hope)

so I need a new show. I'd prefer something SciFi or Supernatural with drama.
I'm not interested in BSG or Dr. Who (although I used to watch Dr. Who alot when I was young).

Is Vampire Diaries any good? It's in my queue for some reason.

How about The Tudors? that is also in my queue.

Any suggestions? Anything good really.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: NWR_insanolord on November 09, 2011, 05:30:15 PM
Why aren't you interested in Battlestar Galactica? It's easily the best sci-fi show of the last decade. The ending kind of sucked, but it's still definitely worth watching.

Another sci-fi show worth looking at is Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, which is available in its entirety on Netflix Instant. It's quite different from other Trek shows, and has aged incredibly well. It was really ahead of its time, and has a lot in common with modern cable dramas, with a large cast of really well-written characters and a lot of long-term serialized storytelling. It starts out a little slow, but it gets really great. I'd pick it as my favorite sci-fi show ever.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Morari on November 09, 2011, 06:09:36 PM
Another sci-fi show worth looking at is Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, which is available in its entirety on Netflix Instant.

Eh, I always thought that it was easily the worst part of the entire franchise. It was sadly little more than a repurposed Babylon 5. While there are certainly a few standout episodes, it felt generally slow and plodding. Star Trek with no, y'know, trekking? I even went back and rewatched it all last year, over the span of a few weeks. I can't help but describe the majority of the characters as plain and boring though. Most of them get especially ridiculous toward the end of the show, following a dismal sequence of war stories. At least Enterprise picked itself back up after stumbling over its similarly conceived Xindi plot line.

Watch it only after you've already exhausted all other Star Trek material. If you're still hungry for more at that point, DS9 just might be enough to scratch a bit of that itch. Better yet, watch the entire franchise chronologically. That way you would get a mix of TNG, VOY, and DS9 without getting burnt out on the melodrama that takes place on Terok Nor. :P
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: NWR_insanolord on November 09, 2011, 06:26:22 PM
Don't watch all of TNG. That show by and large does not hold up. I have no idea how you can say that it's better than DS9. Voyager's underrated, and I'd argue better than most of TNG, but nowhere near as good as DS9.

The whole Dominion War arc is one of the best things Star Trek has ever produced. The writing on DS9 is on a level that, out of the 23 non-DS9 seasons of Star Trek, only the fourth season of Enterprise even comes close to. I would put season 3 or 4 onward of Deep Space 9 in the same league as any great show currently on television that's not Breaking Bad.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Ceric on November 09, 2011, 06:31:15 PM
Enterprise actually got good?


.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: NWR_insanolord on November 09, 2011, 06:34:58 PM
The third season was good. The fourth season was amazing. Great writing, just the right amount of fan service.

It's also on Netflix. All seasons of all Star Trek shows are now.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Morari on November 09, 2011, 07:01:12 PM
The third season was good. The fourth season was amazing. Great writing, just the right amount of fan service.

The fourth season was amazing, and was exactly what the show initially promised to deliver. I have to disagree with the third season, however. I almost stopped watching the show entirely because of the Xindi Arch that filled every episode. It was like a terrible flashback to DS9. :P

I think that TNG holds up perfectly well outside of perhaps the first couple of seasons. Even then, it's still entirely watchable, it's just obvious that the characters have yet to really "settle in". Voyager was awfully cheesy at times, but was a joy to watch nonetheless. Besides, the Doctor is easily one of the franchise's best characters.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 09, 2011, 07:48:01 PM
I should add that I am also not interested in Star Trek. any version of the show.
not BSG and no StarGate.

Looking for something else. I was thinking about maybe checking out Warehouse 13 or something along those lines, but I don't know if that's on Netflix right now.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: NWR_insanolord on November 09, 2011, 07:51:00 PM
Why not?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 09, 2011, 08:06:46 PM
I've watched episodes of ST:TNG and I've seen a few eps of SG1 I believe, but it's just not something I feel like investing in at this time.

I enjoyed that newest Star Trek movie and will watch the sequel, but the tv show is just a little too much for me to get into right now. Not the type of show I wan to marathon for the next 6 months just to catch up.
I remember the Stargate movie, but the show never really captured me, so I'm not really interested at this time.
I've never seen an episode of BSG so I have no idea what it is like, but also just something I'm not interested in at the time.

I would love another show like Firefly, Eureka, Supernatural, the good seasons of Smallville, or The Gates. All good shows with a supernatural or scifi twist to them.

In my head I lump TNG/DS9/Enterprise/(the one with the female captain), BSG/Caprica, SG1/U all into the same category, therefore I'm just not looking for that kind of show right now.

tl;dr - I don't know, just because
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Morari on November 09, 2011, 08:19:49 PM
From what I've seen of the various Stargates, you're not missing much. I was however quite fond of the newer BSG... for the most part.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: NWR_insanolord on November 09, 2011, 08:48:45 PM
I'll just say, TNG and DS9 are completely different shows. Like I said, DS9 feels like a modern cable drama, that just happens to also be Star Trek. And lumping BSG in there with all of those is just ridiculous.

DS9 and BSG are great character-driven shows. You may not be in the mood for them right now, but you should definitely watch them at some point. Based on your posting history I'm fairly sure you'll like them, especially BSG.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 09, 2011, 09:35:39 PM
Like I said, I've never seen a single episode of BSG as I automatically lumped it in with things like Star Trek & StarGate. That may not be fair to the show, but how would I know, I've never seen it.

I have no idea what it is about, something about Sylons and space and a looming intergalactic  battle or something like that.

Maybe someday... or one day soon if I'm bored and it's up on Netflix, but that automatic assumption put it in my not interest box.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: NWR_insanolord on November 09, 2011, 10:06:29 PM
Battlestar Galactica is a character drama. Saying it's about space battles is like saying Breaking Bad is about meth; that's really just the backdrop for great character interaction. It is on Netflix, so check it out sometime.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: TylerTreese on November 10, 2011, 02:28:50 PM
Howl's Moving Castle was available for Instant Streaming a few weeks ago (should still be up but you never know), definitely worth streaming if you haven't seen it.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: TJ Spyke on November 10, 2011, 02:56:00 PM
BNM, which episodes of TNG did you watch? Season 1 pretty much blows chunks, which the episodes ranging from terrible to mediocre. Season 2 is a little better, season 3 picks up though not every episode after is great. DS9 is much better though, my favorite Trek series, only season 1 is kinda meh.

I tried getting into Battlestar Galactica on Netflix, but I was just bored with season 1 and had no interest in going further since I already had a big backlog of stuff to watch.

One of my friends in high school loved Stargate and had every season of SG-1 on DVD (this was before Atlantis or Universe existed). It seemed alright, though I only watched 1 episode.

I have to concur with Howl's Moving Castle, good movie.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: bustin98 on November 10, 2011, 03:13:41 PM
Legends from Earthsea should be watched right after Howl's Moving Castle.

I love SG1. The first season, like any other show, stumbles around trying to establish the characters and give reason to care. As the seasons progress, things get going until Season 9. The loss of Richard Dean Anderson killed it for me. Actors make a show, the chemistry they have with each other. And the escapees from Farscape do not have the comparable level of chemistry. And T'lk having hair was a stupid idea among other stupid ideas.

Funny, I haven't been able to get invested into Battlestar nor Smallville. I think the pacing of both shows throw me off.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Stogi on November 10, 2011, 04:35:44 PM
I've seen a few episodes of BSG and at first, I was really into it. It was like "The Thing" meets "Alien" meets the future. But then it slowed to a crawl and I quickly got bored because I already knew who "The Thing" was but it took forever for it to try to **** up everyone else and when it did, I didn't care. I think I made it 5 episodes deep. That's not good for a show that I really liked from the get go.

Agrred. Howl's Moving Castle is an awesome movie; simply from the sheer imagination of it all. It's a little sappy sure, but it's also pretty funny (gotta love the fire). Also the american dub is one of the best dub's I've ever seen. I haven't seen Legends from Earthsea yet...Is that Studio Ghibli as well?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 10, 2011, 04:37:17 PM
Truth is I actually like TNG, I'm just not into it.

I know Capt. Jean Luc Picard and the Clingons, and the Borg and Data and all that stuff.
I've actually enjoyed random episodes from here and there throughout the (every version of the) series, but I was just never into actually following the show.

So it's not that I don't like it, I'm just not interested in following the show from start to finish.
At least not at this point in time.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Morari on November 10, 2011, 05:25:59 PM
I know Capt. Jean Luc Picard and the Clingons, and the Borg and Data and all that stuff.

I'd consider myself a bit of a Trekker, and even I'm not familiar with the Clingons.

:P
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Ceric on November 10, 2011, 05:27:53 PM
I don't think it was Family Guy but it was another cartoon that had Clingons in an episode.  They got socks and like stuck to them from there static electricity.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 10, 2011, 05:37:44 PM
Klingons... whatever ;D
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: bustin98 on November 11, 2011, 12:33:55 AM
I haven't seen Legends from Earthsea yet...Is that Studio Ghibli as well?

Yes.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Ceric on November 11, 2011, 09:36:56 AM
I'm just not a fan of Studio Ghibli's work personally.
Its much the same reason I'm not a fan of watching Golf on TV.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: bustin98 on November 11, 2011, 09:59:22 AM
Wow. Just wow. Either you watched the wrong movies and formed an opion from a small sampling, or you're inhuman. I wouldn't be surprised if its the latter.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Ceric on November 11, 2011, 10:41:25 AM
Wow. Just wow. Either you watched the wrong movies and formed an opion from a small sampling, or you're inhuman. I wouldn't be surprised if its the latter.
Be one of us.

Seriously though let me pull up a list of there work:

1 Castle in the Sky (Seen Most of (Own))
2 Grave of the Fireflies (Watched Twice.  I think everyone should see this particular one. Very Depressing.)
3 My Neighbor Totoro (Seen a good amount of(Own))
4 Kiki's Delivery Service (I've seen this one(Own))
5 Only Yesterday (Haven't seen)
6 Porco Rosso (Haven't Seen)
7 Ocean Waves (Haven't Seen)
8 Pom Poko (Haven't Seen)
9 Whisper of the Heart (Haven't watched this one(Own))
10 Princess Mononoke (I want to say I have seen this one.  I know at the least its been in the house.)
11 My Neighbors the Yamadas  (Haven't Seen)
12 Spirited Away (I haven't watched this(Own))
13 The Cat Returns (I know I've seen part of this at the very least.)
14 Howl's Moving Castle (Seen)
15 Tales from Earthsea  (Haven't Seen)
16 Ponyo (Seen.  I enjoyed Ponyo but, yet again much like watching golf on TV.  Pretty to watch and I can only get into it in a rudimentary way. (own))


I think I have a pretty good sampling.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Caliban on November 11, 2011, 10:48:23 AM
Wow. Just wow. Either you watched the wrong movies and formed an opion from a small sampling, or you're inhuman. I wouldn't be surprised if its the latter.
Be one of us.

Seriously though let me pull up a list of there work:

1 Castle in the Sky (Seen Most of (Own))
2 Grave of the Fireflies (Watched Twice.  I think everyone should see this particular one. Very Depressing.)
3 My Neighbor Totoro (Seen a good amount of(Own))
4 Kiki's Delivery Service (I've seen this one(Own))
5 Only Yesterday (Haven't seen)
6 Porco Rosso (Haven't Seen)
7 Ocean Waves (Haven't Seen)
8 Pom Poko (Haven't Seen)
9 Whisper of the Heart (Haven't watched this one(Own))
10 Princess Mononoke (I want to say I have seen this one.  I know at the least its been in the house.)
11 My Neighbors the Yamadas  (Haven't Seen)
12 Spirited Away (I haven't watched this(Own))
13 The Cat Returns (I know I've seen part of this at the very least.)
14 Howl's Moving Castle (Seen)
15 Tales from Earthsea  (Haven't Seen)
16 Ponyo (Seen.  I enjoyed Ponyo but, yet again much like watching golf on TV.  Pretty to watch and I can only get into it in a rudimentary way. (own))


I think I have a pretty good sampling.


WHERE THE **** IS NAUSICAA ON THAT LIST? FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIL.

I'm just joking with you Ceric. Although Nausicaa is not on your list.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Ceric on November 11, 2011, 10:56:22 AM

WHERE THE **** IS NAUSICAA ON THAT LIST? FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIL.

I'm just joking with you Ceric. Although Nausicaa is not on your list.

I just grabbed the list from here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Ghibli).  Sounds like it needs an update.

Though if its this on (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nausica%C3%A4_of_the_Valley_of_the_Wind_(film))  They have it done by Topcraft.    Yes I see that most of the base of Studio Ghibli worked on it. 

Ironicly I would love to go to Studio Ghibli because they are suppose to have this huge Diorama there of all there different characters in a scene that moves and all that.  Yes I do like Model Train Shows...

Suffice it to say I haven't see Nausicaa.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: TJ Spyke on November 11, 2011, 12:00:10 PM
Yep, it's not considered a Studio Ghibli film because the movie was created and released before Ghibli was started. It did involved most of the people who went on to work at Ghibli though. I really liked Ponyo, though it was a little odd at times.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Caliban on November 11, 2011, 01:57:32 PM
My bad then. Everytime I see the name Ghibli I instantly associate it with Hayao Miyazaki...

Suffice it to say I haven't see Nausicaa.

It's alright that you haven't seen it. To me it is by far my favorite Hayao Miyazaki film.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Ceric on November 11, 2011, 02:01:50 PM
My bad then. Everytime I see the name Ghibli I instantly associate it with Hayao Miyazaki...

Suffice it to say I haven't see Nausicaa.

It's alright that you haven't seen it. To me it is by far my favorite Hayao Miyazaki film.
Looks interesting.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: bustin98 on November 11, 2011, 02:07:44 PM
In the recent Disney release of Nausicaa Patrick Stewart provides one of the voices. I first watched it in the 80s, no clue who did the voices in that one. I pretty much love anything he does.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: TJ Spyke on November 11, 2011, 02:13:32 PM
Both Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli have disavowed the 80s dub due to how many cuts were made to the movie (see the Wikipedia page for more). I have to admit I haven't seen it, I have only seen 5 of the movies Studio Ghibli has done.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 11, 2011, 02:52:31 PM
I got a question for all you Netflix users out there.

Would you be mad at Netflix if they offered Premium Streaming Rentals?

That would be like those movies that now get Digital releases before they even hit the theater and maybe New releases before Netflix is allowed to release the DVD's.

So say that Paranormal Activity 4 was gonna hit Theaters in March, but Netflix allowed you a 48 Hour streaming rental for an extra $5 (you get to watch it on any device that is connected through your account)

Or The Avengers movie was about to hit DVD this Tuesday, but Netflix can't mail out the DVD's till 4 tuesdays from then, but they offer you a premium 48hr Streaming Rental for $5 starting on release day (this tuesday).

Would you be mad at that or actually think it to be a good idea?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: TJ Spyke on November 11, 2011, 02:56:43 PM
Not gonna happen with the first one. Universal Studios backed off their plan to let you watch Tower Heist on demand for $50 a few weeks after it released because one of the largest theatre chains in the country threatened to not air the movie, if they tried to offer something like that with Netflix (especially before it even hits theatres), then I imagine even more theatres would threaten to not air it.

I could possibly see that second scenario happening though, provided Netflix could reach a deal with studios.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Morari on November 11, 2011, 03:01:46 PM
I could see that being plausible within the time frame of a Pay-Per-View movie. As in, after it's out of theaters, but before it sees a home release.

As for the Avengers scenario, that's bullshit. If it's out, it's out. It's already a big enough load of bullshit that the studios do all they can to cripple Netflix by withholding releases like that.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 11, 2011, 03:20:17 PM
The first scenario is more for the independent or movies done without major marketing from a big hollywood studio. They type of movie that may only see a limited release anyway. I only chose Paranormal Activity 3 because I saw the first one like 8 months before it hit theaters, back before Paramount bought the rights and redid some of the effects and the ending. [/hipster]

The second scenario is something I already see happening in places like Comcast On Demand.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on November 11, 2011, 03:41:27 PM
There are some indie movies that never get DVD releases at all, and I'd certainly like to see them available for streaming.  If it had to be a premium service, then so be it.  And the second scenario is just pay per view for people without cable.  Seems reasonable.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Ceric on November 11, 2011, 03:45:25 PM
I got a question for all you Netflix users out there.

Would you be mad at Netflix if they offered Premium Streaming Rentals?

That would be like those movies that now get Digital releases before they even hit the theater and maybe New releases before Netflix is allowed to release the DVD's.

So say that Paranormal Activity 4 was gonna hit Theaters in March, but Netflix allowed you a 48 Hour streaming rental for an extra $5 (you get to watch it on any device that is connected through your account)

Or The Avengers movie was about to hit DVD this Tuesday, but Netflix can't mail out the DVD's till 4 tuesdays from then, but they offer you a premium 48hr Streaming Rental for $5 starting on release day (this tuesday).

Would you be mad at that or actually think it to be a good idea?
What The Avengers movie BnM?  Can you link it?

I don't think I be hip with that because its a slippery slope problem.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: NWR_insanolord on November 11, 2011, 03:57:56 PM
Other companies already do this kind of thing (Apple, for one), so I don't think it's that unlikely. Ceric's right, though, this could be a slippery slope toward less support for regular streaming in favor of this.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 11, 2011, 04:20:29 PM
What The Avengers movie BnM?  Can you link it?

I don't think I be hip with that because its a slippery slope problem.

It was just an example, but I was talking about the new upcoming Avengers movie that releases next year. I wanted a Blockbuster example that the majority of us may be interested in.



Other companies already do this kind of thing (Apple, for one), so I don't think it's that unlikely. Ceric's right, though, this could be a slippery slope toward less support for regular streaming in favor of this.


It could be a slippery slope, but as it stands right now, there are not alot of "brand new" movies hitting streaming, certainly not on DVD release day and definitely not of the Big Name variety.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: NWR_insanolord on November 11, 2011, 04:35:22 PM
I just think it sets a bad precedent to start doing this. Streaming options may be thin (for movies at least; the TV selection is phenomenal), but I think this would make things worse over the long term. Like I said, there are a lot of other ways to rent movies digitally, so Netflix not doing it doesn't really matter.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: nickmitch on November 11, 2011, 06:18:36 PM
It wouldn't matter to me because in any event, I'm not paying a premium to watch a movie a few weeks early. The option being there wouldn't effect me. Now, if I had to pay extra to watch certain "premium" titles, then I'd be kinda pissed.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: NWR_insanolord on November 11, 2011, 07:46:05 PM
Except having the option might affect you, as it could negatively impact what studios allow on the regular streaming. Or it could possibly improve things if Netflix cuts deals that allow for the pay per view titles in exchange for better selection in the standard streaming library. But it could definitely affect you, if only indirectly.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: BranDonk Kong on November 15, 2011, 08:40:26 AM
Netflix is finally making a true "tablet-fied" version of its instant streaming service (http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/15/netflix-reveals-new-user-interface-experience-for-android-tablet/). I've only seen the one screen shot, but it's already a million times better than they way it is now (which is just a bigger version of the phone app).
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: NWR_insanolord on November 15, 2011, 09:16:34 AM
Took them long enough. And the blown up version of the phone app is a lot better than the previous tablet version, which was basically just the web site except it barely worked.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 19, 2011, 05:41:24 PM
Good News Everyone
(http://i.imgur.com/aT2MR.jpg)

Netflix is bringing back Arrested Development!!!
http://www.slashfilm.com/arrested-development-coming-netflix-2013/ (http://www.slashfilm.com/arrested-development-coming-netflix-2013/)
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That sound you’re hearing is customers coming back to Netflix for one of the best comedies of all time. The online streaming and rental company has closed a deal to exclusively air new episodes of Arrested Developement in as early as 2013. These are most likely the episodes series creator Mitch Hurwitz mentioned last month as a lead in to a long-rumored feature film. There’s more after the jump.
[...]
Two of the show’s producers, Brian Grazer and Ron Howard (also the show’s narrator) released the following statement:

Of all the projects we’ve been involved with over the years, we probably get more questions about Mitch Hurtwitz’s brilliant ‘Arrested Development’ than any other– everyone, ourselves included, seems to feel like the Bluths left the party a bit too soon. Bringing a series back from cancellation almost never happens, but then, ‘Arrested’ always was about as unconventional as they get, so it seems totally appropriate that this show that broke the mold is smashing it to pieces once again

Full Press Release (http://www.deadline.com/2011/11/netflix-picks-up-new-episodes-of-arrested-development/)


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Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: ThePerm on November 19, 2011, 05:55:25 PM
A few months ago the Blockbusters near my parents' house closed.  The one near my house had closed a few months prior to that.  Netflix in Canada sucks balls.  The selection is pathetically slim.  The problem is that since Canada is a different country the distribution rights are different.  A deal made to show a film on Netflix in the US does not necessarily apply to Canada.  Sometimes completely different companies have the distribution rights in the different countries.

This has created an annoying situation where in my area legal movie viewing has become a scarcity.  Renting essentially does not current exist.  The only options are to either catch a film while in theatre, buy the DVD or Blu Ray (and for a new film that's kind of pricey for something you've haven't seen and don't even know if it's good) or just plain pirate the film.  Netflix is stuck in a catch 22 where the selection does not improve if the Canadian market does not demonstrate itself to be profitable.  But without a good selection there is no value is subscribing to Netflix.  I honestly think if the streaming video options do not improve, Canada will lose the after-theatre-run movie market to piracy.

During my free trial of Netflix I did see some good stuff (in fact my brother and I pretty much saw EVERYTHING good).  The two best films I watched were The Thing and Dark City.  In fact I've got a petty bias against the new Thing movie becaues I figure there is no way in hell it will compare John Carpenter's version (which itself was actually a remake of a REALLY bad and dated film).

Its hard to say how people react to the new Thing, most people just avoid it like the plague, in one review someone said "much like the creature in the movie, the prequel is a souless imitation gone horribly wrong". However, if you really liked The Thing and ever nerded out to it, than I would say the Prequel is for you. Theres a difference between being a casual viewer who enjoyed it, and then being someone who discerningly dissected the movie. Its really hard to get a masterpiece like the original 82' version without watching it repeatedly, and with commentary, and special features, and online interviews. The prequel is good as fan service essentially, but im sure if you casually watched the first one and were a fan you might hate it. You have to reach like the 4th level of appreciation to really enjoy the sequel and im guessing only 30% of veiwers will ever achieve that.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: ShyGuy on November 20, 2011, 12:44:10 AM
Session 9 an excellent little psychological thriller set in a gorgeous looking insane asylum.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Ceric on November 21, 2011, 10:57:34 AM
A few months ago the Blockbusters near my parents' house closed.  The one near my house had closed a few months prior to that.  Netflix in Canada sucks balls.  The selection is pathetically slim.  The problem is that since Canada is a different country the distribution rights are different.  A deal made to show a film on Netflix in the US does not necessarily apply to Canada.  Sometimes completely different companies have the distribution rights in the different countries.

This has created an annoying situation where in my area legal movie viewing has become a scarcity.  Renting essentially does not current exist.  The only options are to either catch a film while in theatre, buy the DVD or Blu Ray (and for a new film that's kind of pricey for something you've haven't seen and don't even know if it's good) or just plain pirate the film.  Netflix is stuck in a catch 22 where the selection does not improve if the Canadian market does not demonstrate itself to be profitable.  But without a good selection there is no value is subscribing to Netflix.  I honestly think if the streaming video options do not improve, Canada will lose the after-theatre-run movie market to piracy.

During my free trial of Netflix I did see some good stuff (in fact my brother and I pretty much saw EVERYTHING good).  The two best films I watched were The Thing and Dark City.  In fact I've got a petty bias against the new Thing movie becaues I figure there is no way in hell it will compare John Carpenter's version (which itself was actually a remake of a REALLY bad and dated film).

Its hard to say how people react to the new Thing, most people just avoid it like the plague, in one review someone said "much like the creature in the movie, the prequel is a souless imitation gone horribly wrong". However, if you really liked The Thing and ever nerded out to it, than I would say the Prequel is for you. Theres a difference between being a casual viewer who enjoyed it, and then being someone who discerningly dissected the movie. Its really hard to get a masterpiece like the original 82' version without watching it repeatedly, and with commentary, and special features, and online interviews. The prequel is good as fan service essentially, but im sure if you casually watched the first one and were a fan you might hate it. You have to reach like the 4th level of appreciation to really enjoy the sequel and im guessing only 30% of veiwers will ever achieve that.
I just "watched" the first Thing during the podcast this weekend, that's why watched is in quotes.  I have to say it felt like I was starting on the second movie rather then the first.  Which I'm fine with.  I actually enjoy that sort of thing.  I be interested to see the prequel just to see how someone would explain all that.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: ThePerm on November 22, 2011, 09:35:58 PM
yeah, thats the great thing about the thing. Clearly some **** went down right before this incident. This thing is moving in waves. Now I want to know what going to go down at the Russian camp.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Ceric on November 23, 2011, 10:04:19 AM
yeah, thats the great thing about the thing. Clearly some **** went down right before this incident. This thing is moving in waves. Now I want to know what going to go down at the Russian camp.
Is that what the game is?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: ThePerm on November 23, 2011, 06:05:33 PM
maybe, idk. They hint that theres a russian camp at the end of Thing'11. I never played the video game so I'm not sure. Didn't own a PS2.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Thread of Recommendations and Request
Post by: Morari on November 23, 2011, 06:50:15 PM
yeah, thats the great thing about the thing. Clearly some **** went down right before this incident. This thing is moving in waves. Now I want to know what going to go down at the Russian camp.
Is that what the game is?

No. As I recall, the game revisits the American camp from the first film. A military squadron is sent in to investigate. It's been a looong time since I played it, but the plotline may take you to the Norwegian outpost as well. It is there that the original corporate conspiracy is unraveled.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 06, 2012, 10:13:40 PM
Today marks the beginning of Netflix's Original Programming Venture.
(http://i.imgur.com/61BAc.jpg)


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On February 6th, Netflix will premiere its first scripted show, “Lilyhammer,” in which Steve Van Zandt (“The Sopranos”) plays a New York mobster in witness protection in Norway. Later this year, it will release “House of Cards,” a highly anticipated adaptation of the British miniseries produced by David Fincher and starring Kevin Spacey. Next year, it will debut new episodes of the cultish comedy “Arrested Development,” which originally aired on Fox.

To me it sounds like an indirect spin-off of The Sopranos. I guess I'll check out an episode or 2 sometime this week and let you all know how it is. But I hope this and the other upcoming shows (AD <3) see mad success as I would love to see Netflix grow, as Hastings put it:

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Hastings offers a comparison between Netflix and HBO: “We are becoming more like them in doing some originals, starting that journey, and they are becoming more like us in creating an on-demand interface like HBO Go,” which allows viewers to watch channels on the Web and on mobile and tabulate devices.

HBO declined to comment.

Production schedules will vary widely at the sites, but Netflix plans one notable difference: All its episodes will be released at once.

I think all at once might be a mistake from a business standpoint, but sounds great from a consumer standpoint. Until you realize that you had to wait till the show, in its entirety, was completed to even start the first episodes....
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Ceric on February 07, 2012, 12:07:32 AM
There's pros and con to doing it that way.
Though I'm going to Sneak in a plug for Wreckration Nation.  Its on Netflix Streaming.  Its crazy.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: nickmitch on February 07, 2012, 12:31:22 AM
I immediately thought of this when I saw that title:

Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 07, 2012, 02:09:50 AM
After watching 2 whole episodes and starting the 3rd, I can say that this show is kinda like Soprano's Lite done for the BBC. Lots of subtitles, but still entertaining as long as you weren't looking for something as deep as The Soprano's going in.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: ThePerm on May 20, 2012, 02:49:50 PM
so what should I watch on Netflix? I watched most of Prison Break(well i stopped at season 4), The Riches, and a bunch of other things, what next?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Ceric on May 21, 2012, 01:38:12 PM
so what should I watch on Netflix? I watched most of Prison Break(well i stopped at season 4), The Riches, and a bunch of other things, what next?
Sherlock,Wreckreation Nation,Mythbuster, Prototype This, Smashlab, All forms of Star Trek, Quantum Leap, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, Transformers, Transformers Prime, First Season of Walking Dead, How its Made...

That was a pretty good mix there.  Your mileage may vary, but Definetly Sherlock.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BeautifulShy on May 21, 2012, 02:44:26 PM
Well I have been on a Netflix kick lately. I of course am going to recommend. My Little Pony:Friendship is Magic. Both seasons. Other then that I recommend Baccano. Only watched one episode so far but I saw a review of it and it seems like it has a lot going on for the 16 episodes of the anime. First episode has time traveling, gangs, immortal things and 3 time lines. I need to watch more of it but got sidetracted on other shows.

Charmed is another one that I am watching. I finished up the 3rd season yesterday out of 8.

Any of the Law and Order series are good.

Futurama and Scrubs funny as well. 
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: NWR_insanolord on May 21, 2012, 08:14:42 PM
Breaking Bad.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Ceric on May 22, 2012, 10:07:31 AM
Breaking Bad.
I watched the first few episodes of Breaking Bad from the wonderful review it got on the forums.  It just wasn't hooking me in.  It felt like it was going no where fast and I couldn't really relate to the characters and it was telling a story at its base that I'm tired of hearing.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: NWR_insanolord on May 22, 2012, 01:55:45 PM
Keep watching. It starts slow, but the pace continues to build. The transformation of Walt's character from someone who took several episodes to kill someone at the beginning of the series to someone who was willing to (Major Season 4 finale spoilers)poison a child in order to get what he wants is done so well, and somehow I'm still rooting for him despite that because of how well the series hooks you in.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on May 22, 2012, 02:00:26 PM
Been watching:
The IT Crowd, Little Britain (yeah, its all catchphrases and wigs but each bit breezes by, so that keeps is fairly funny), Community and Lie To Me. Caught a few Twin Peaks recently too. Maybe I just have to be in the mood but so far, that show isn't holding up as well as I remembered. Still pretty good tho.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 22, 2012, 11:20:23 PM
Keep watching. It starts slow, but the pace continues to build. The transformation of Walt's character from someone who took several episodes to kill someone at the beginning of the series to someone who was willing to (Major Season 4 finale spoilers)poison a child in order to get what he wants is done so well, and somehow I'm still rooting for him despite that because of how well the series hooks you in.

It's that same thing that makes The Shield so good. No being quite sure how you are rooting for someone you should absolutely hate, regardless of deep down the rabbit hole they voluntarily went.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BeautifulShy on May 23, 2012, 08:03:16 PM
Just finished up both seasons of Kenichi:The Mightiest Disciple. It is a great anime that I recommend to everyone.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Caliban on May 23, 2012, 08:32:44 PM
Just finished up both seasons of Kenichi:The Mightiest Disciple. It is a great anime that I recommend to everyone.

It is a great anime. It's a shame they never produced more episodes considering the manga is still ongoing.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Dan Laser on May 24, 2012, 02:04:23 AM
so what should I watch on Netflix? I watched most of Prison Break(well i stopped at season 4), The Riches, and a bunch of other things, what next?
Sherlock,Wreckreation Nation,Mythbuster, Prototype This, Smashlab, All forms of Star Trek, Quantum Leap, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, Transformers, Transformers Prime, First Season of Walking Dead, How its Made...

That was a pretty good mix there.  Your mileage may vary, but Definetly Sherlock.

If you like Sherlock, I would also recommend The Black Donnellys. It's more a crime drama than mystery, but the tone is similar

Lilyhammer didn't really make much of an impression on me after the first episode. It's a bit slow and I didn't find the main character interesting. I'll give it a couple more episodes though.

I just started watching The Riches, and am liking it so far. The acting is good and the premise is interesting. Like with Breaking Bad (which is awesome, stick with it), sometimes it can be hard to watch the characters because they make some terrible decisions

I just watched Legend: Director's Cut. This is the first time I've seen it and it took a while to get used to jungle boy Tom Cruise XD. Tim Curry was great, though! The mise-en-scene was impressive with lots of fluff and glitter on everything. It's not quite the weirdest, campiest, (it is a little of both) or best fantasy movie I've seen, but it was good! Apparently this has quite a cult following so i may get scoffed at for just calling it "good"!
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: bustin98 on May 24, 2012, 10:55:09 AM
Watch the theatrical cut of Legend for a somewhat different experience. I personally like Ridley's Director's Cut better, but it can be a chore to get through if you aren't in the right mood.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_(film)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_(Tangerine_Dream_soundtrack)
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Dan Laser on May 29, 2012, 12:06:40 AM
Watch the theatrical cut of Legend for a somewhat different experience. I personally like Ridley's Director's Cut better, but it can be a chore to get through if you aren't in the right mood.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_(film (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_(film))

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_(Tangerine_Dream_soundtrack (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_(Tangerine_Dream_soundtrack))

I still did enjoy it, but yeah, I wasn't quite in the mood for it. That's interesting about the different cuts of the film, including a soundtrack by Tangerine Dream, though. Thanks for the links! I'll give it a watch at some point

I finally finished off the first season of Community (good stuff! Netflix.ca only has the first season though :( ) and season 6 of Futurama (that season wasn't as good as 5, as far as the new eps go). I've seen most of Little Britain, The IT Crowd, The Larry Sanders Show, and Arrested Development... I need some new comedies!

River Monsters is the best nature doc/fishing show. Arapaima, piranha, gar? I've caught these fish in Animal Crossing  :cool;
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: ThePerm on June 07, 2012, 03:46:00 AM
i was going to watch cronenbergs version of the fly again, but no it disappeared off netflix
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 06, 2012, 03:54:26 AM
Netflix scoops Disney (Disney, Pixar, Marvel, ABC, ESPN) Exclusivity in the US
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/netflix-ted-sarandos-discusses-disney-deal-398156

This is a BIG get for Netflix.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BeautifulShy on December 06, 2012, 04:36:30 AM
Well this is good news. Maybe Gravity Falls when it finishes up its first season will be up there.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BranDonk Kong on December 06, 2012, 07:53:15 AM
This is the best movie on Netflix (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1263750/). You're welcome.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Ceric on December 06, 2012, 09:43:30 AM
Netflix scoops Disney (Disney, Pixar, Marvel, ABC, ESPN) Exclusivity in the US
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/netflix-ted-sarandos-discusses-disney-deal-398156

This is a BIG get for Netflix.
I think that article really shows that Netflix is understanding its demographic.  Disney is a big win for them because if you have a child and want to watch a variety of TV with them Netflix is the way to go now with Disney even more so.  I also think Disney knows it as well.  People who have Netflix are more likely to just forgo there offerings that are fully backed by their Merchandising Machine.

I do agree with them that while I like "The Daily Show" it is nice to be able to go back but not really compelling content after a week or so.  Unlike say Wreckreation Nation or Star Trek, both on Netflix.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: nickmitch on December 06, 2012, 10:51:07 AM
I'm wondering if LucasFilm will join this list. I doubt it though.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Ceric on December 06, 2012, 12:39:20 PM
I'm wondering if LucasFilm will join this list. I doubt it though.
I'm sure everything that Fox doesn't retain publishing rights to eventually.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: TJ Spyke on December 06, 2012, 08:37:52 PM
The deal isn't until 2016, which means Starz will still have the rights to Star Wars Episode VII (for example). It's a good deal, but not a big one and it was mainly a way to get back at Starz. And for what they have to pay Disney ($300 million a year), they have to hope a lot of people sign up for Netflix now.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 06, 2012, 10:19:40 PM
Actually the deal starts next year with the TV and direct to video movies, "first run" movies don't start till 2016.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: TJ Spyke on December 06, 2012, 10:23:26 PM
Yes, but no one will get Netflix to watch stuff like Cinderella III: A Twist in Time.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: nickmitch on December 06, 2012, 11:03:17 PM
Actually the deal starts next year with the TV and direct to video movies, "first run" movies don't start till 2016.

Actually, you can watch Pocahontas and The Aristocats on instant right now.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 07, 2012, 12:35:38 AM
yeah a few things became available yesterday I believe, but I think the flood gates open in next month.

Just for Kids will be getting a very very large expansion.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: NWR_insanolord on December 07, 2012, 12:47:37 AM
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is coming to Netflix streaming Saturday, so if you haven't seen one of the best comedies on television you'll have a great chance to now.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BranDonk Kong on December 07, 2012, 08:33:10 AM
I stopped watching it a while ago because FX kept showing it at such odd times and it was messing with my DVR...need to get back in it.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: TJ Spyke on December 07, 2012, 02:31:45 PM
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is coming to Netflix streaming Saturday, so if you haven't seen one of the best comedies on television you'll have a great chance to now.

I am sorry, but it is one of the worst shows on TV. I gave it a shot, but it sucked. The last episode I watched was when they found some cocaine and sold it and tried getting the money back. That show has only survive because FX has low standards, this is the same network that gave Charlie Sheen 100 episodes for his crappy new sitcom.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stogi on December 07, 2012, 03:38:41 PM
What other shows and movies do you hate/dislike?

Because I have the exact opposite of your tastes. Maybe I missed something that you found awful.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: nickmitch on December 07, 2012, 03:47:10 PM
Sunny is really hit or miss for me. I like some episodes and began liking the characters from watching those episodes which in turn made me find other episodes more watchable. It just has that trashy feel that I find a little off putting, but still has set ups that kind of build up for jokes towards the end of an episode. Seinfeld did a great job of this, for example.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: NWR_insanolord on December 08, 2012, 12:13:17 AM
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is coming to Netflix streaming Saturday, so if you haven't seen one of the best comedies on television you'll have a great chance to now.

I am sorry, but it is one of the worst shows on TV. I gave it a shot, but it sucked. The last episode I watched was when they found some cocaine and sold it and tried getting the money back. That show has only survive because FX has low standards, this is the same network that gave Charlie Sheen 100 episodes for his crappy new sitcom.

You think The Big Bang Theory is the best show on TV and you hate Community, so clearly your opinion is backwards.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: TJ Spyke on December 08, 2012, 12:22:08 AM
Or yours is. I am in the majority though.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: NWR_insanolord on December 08, 2012, 01:04:00 AM
Well, good for you then.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BranDonk Kong on December 08, 2012, 03:45:13 PM
I agree with insano here. Ke$ha and Justin Bieber are top-selling "artists" so if you like them, then you must have great taste in music by that logic, Spyke.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: TJ Spyke on December 08, 2012, 04:16:24 PM
My point is that BBT is a great show. I tried giving Sunny a chance, but the 2 episodes I saw sucked and the ONLY good part of them was Danny DeVito. Community is always not that good.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on December 10, 2012, 01:38:00 PM
Not the Big Bang Theory vs. Community argument again. Didn't we just do this, like a month ago?
Dead Horse = Flogged
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BranDonk Kong on December 10, 2012, 03:36:38 PM
Speaking of flogging, watch the movie I linked to.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: oohhboy on December 10, 2012, 04:51:28 PM
All I see is two naked ladies.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BranDonk Kong on December 10, 2012, 04:57:16 PM
I have no idea if there's even sound in that movie.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: NWR_insanolord on January 08, 2013, 11:29:04 PM
The West Wing, which I'd call the best drama ever on network television, is now available on Netflix streaming. I recommend it wholeheartedly to anyone looking for a more upbeat drama, as opposed to dark and dreary (though fantastic) shows like The Wire or Breaking Bad.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: ShyGuy on January 08, 2013, 11:42:31 PM
Watch The Artist, great movie!
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Caliban on January 09, 2013, 12:58:26 AM
Just when I had started to watch Farscape they take it away. Damn you Netflix, damn you. I started to watch Star Trek TNG instead since I just finished watching Futurama and its 7th season isn't up yet.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: TrueNerd on January 09, 2013, 09:56:53 AM
Watch The Artist, great movie!

Don't watch THE ARTIST. It sucks. Watch SINGIN IN THE RAIN instead. (I have no idea if it's on Netflix.)
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: ShyGuy on January 09, 2013, 04:22:58 PM
You suck!
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: nickmitch on January 09, 2013, 09:49:09 PM
I recently chose between watching Casablanca and The Artist the other night. I picked Casablanca. It was great.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Shaymin on January 09, 2013, 09:57:55 PM
You chose... wisely.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: ShyGuy on January 10, 2013, 12:46:58 AM
That's a no brainer. Casablanca is probably the greatest movie ever made.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on January 10, 2013, 08:47:31 AM
Ah, Casablanca. So good. Seen it many times and love it each time.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Ceric on January 10, 2013, 11:00:42 AM
That's a no brainer. Casablanca is probably the greatest movie ever made.
It actually has won that Designation.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: jvgsjeff on January 14, 2013, 10:55:08 PM
I've been watching The Twilight Zone (the black & white original series) and Arrested Development on Netflix lately. I can't wait for the new season of AD coming to Netflix in May. Love that show.
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Post by: nickmitch on January 15, 2013, 09:39:01 PM
Netflix news! (http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/14/netflix-lands-deal-for-turner-and-warner-bros-tv-series-beginni/)
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 15, 2013, 10:48:22 PM
Netflix news! (http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/14/netflix-lands-deal-for-turner-and-warner-bros-tv-series-beginni/)

Yay!

Now I can casually catch up on (most of) the Marvel & DC animated offerings, and everything [Adult Swim] that interest me while looking for something to stream on Netflix.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 16, 2013, 02:24:15 AM
http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/08/netflix-super-hd-3d-streaming/ (http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/08/netflix-super-hd-3d-streaming/)

Just ran across this. Super HD ( >1080p) and 3D streaming is available on Netflix, but only on certain ISP's at the moment.

SuperHD (&3D streaming? )will be available on Wii U, PS3, Roku, Win8, AppleTV and Bluray players if your ISP allows it.

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Rumors that Netflix was offering ISPs access to higher quality streams in return for partnering on distribution surfaced early last year, and were followed by the announcement of its Open Connect CDN network in June. Now the full picture has been revealed with the company's announcement of "Super HD" 1080p and (in the US only, for now) 3D streaming, which comes to its customers at no extra cost, but only on certain devices plugged in to to Open Connect partner ISPs. The hardware list includes PS3, WiiU, Windows 8, Roku, Apple TVs as well as Blu-ray players and smart TVs with 1080p support.

According to Netflix, most of its international streams are already going through compatible ISPs, however the only major participants announced in the US currently are Cablevision and Google Fiber. Watch Instantly customers can see if their ISP on the list by visiting the Super HD page and, if it isn't, they're encouraged to call and ask for it.

[ https://netflix.com/superhd ]

We've been seeing some 3D ready titles pop up on the service in the last few weeks and now viewers can access titles like Art of Flight, Immortals and several titles from 3net. According to Dan Rayburn of Streaming Media Blog, the higher-quality encodes are targeted for 7 Mbps, while 3D streams top out at 12 Mbps.

Looks like I'll be calling Comcast a little early this year.... need to make use of this 3DTV somehow.
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Post by: NWR_insanolord on January 16, 2013, 11:55:50 AM
That can't be right, the AppleTV only supports 720p.
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Post by: TJ Spyke on January 16, 2013, 12:02:31 PM
That can't be right, the AppleTV only supports 720p.

Actually, Apple says Apple TV supports 1080p: http://www.apple.com/appletv/ (http://www.apple.com/appletv/)


Apple released the 1080p capable version in March 2012.
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Post by: NWR_insanolord on January 16, 2013, 12:07:32 PM
Oh that's right, they did a new one last year. I forgot, because Apple half-asses that whole product line.
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Post by: Ceric on January 16, 2013, 04:23:30 PM
I still wouldn't recommend an AppleTV to my worst enemy unless all their content was on iTunes.
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Post by: NWR_insanolord on January 16, 2013, 06:23:24 PM
AirPlay is a really, really nice feature if you have iOS devices. If only they could get the level of built-in functionality up to the standards of something like a Roku box it'd be a great product. That's what upsets me; it has the potential to be amazing, but they just don't care enough to try.
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Post by: BranDonk Kong on January 16, 2013, 09:48:29 PM
Jailbreak your Apple TV and install XBMC.
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Post by: NWR_insanolord on January 16, 2013, 09:52:00 PM
That definitely helps (though I prefer the interface of Plex) but it still doesn't fix everything. I don't get why Apple doesn't have an App Store for it where I can get things like an MLS Live app. I can use the AppleTV to watch MLS games, but only if I stream them from the app on my iPhone or iPad. It's just half-assed.
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Post by: BranDonk Kong on January 16, 2013, 10:42:10 PM
Because Apple hates their customers.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on March 30, 2013, 10:54:52 AM
New content arrived today on Netflix.

Cartoon Network stuff such as Samurai Jack, Dexters Laboratory, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends & Adventure Time.
and some WB stuff like Justice League/Unlimited, Batman Beyond & Batman:BatB,
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Post by: pokepal148 on March 30, 2013, 01:18:52 PM
some WB stuff like Justice League/Unlimited, Batman Beyond & Batman:BatB,
finally beyond is on their,
not much of a batman fan but i absolutely loved return of the joker and basically hit home and went to netflix when i read that post...
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Post by: Stogi on March 30, 2013, 02:52:38 PM
Definitely gonna watch Adventure Time.
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Post by: Caliban on March 30, 2013, 08:17:14 PM
Definitely gonna watch Adventure Time.

Go watch some of the stuff that the creators of Adventure Time have on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2DcNkn8HAwRCsyrLzeLW8e0ScNNvadcE (this is the playlist for Bravest Warriors).
Title: Arrested Development Season 4 Trailer
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 12, 2013, 11:39:08 PM
Official trailer for Season 4 of Arrested Development.

may contain spoilers

premiers May 26th only on Netflix
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BranDonk Kong on May 13, 2013, 07:28:06 AM
Anyone use Crackle? It's worse than not watching anything. You have Seinfeld and Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, and then just about everything else is terrible.
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Post by: UncleBob on May 13, 2013, 07:41:58 AM
I really, really wonder if Arrested Development Season 4 will ever hit DVD.  I want it to complete my set. :(

I also wonder how the Netflix release will work.  I don't have Netflix and I'm not against signing up for a month just to watch Arrested Development - but think I'll be able to just sign up with one of the various free trials and use that to marathon the entire fourth season?
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Post by: Shaymin on May 13, 2013, 08:30:53 AM
Lots of people did that for House of Cards, so go nuts.
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Post by: BranDonk Kong on May 13, 2013, 12:35:50 PM
Sure you can do that, they're releasing the entire season at the same time.
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Post by: Dasmos on May 15, 2013, 03:38:59 PM

Tobias's acting reel. I want to stop watching these videos and go in fresh, but I can't help myself..
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 08, 2013, 09:58:49 PM
 Netflix has another original show coming out next month

Orange is the New Black - July 11th, 2013
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 22, 2013, 11:17:15 PM
I just finished Arrested Development s4 on Netflix

far from the best season but fairly entertaining. It had some good laughs, but I didn't really like the same story told from different perspectives over and over again.

but the ending did imply that there could be a season 5. Have we heard anything on that front?
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Post by: TJ Spyke on June 23, 2013, 08:26:28 PM
To be fair, it was reported months ago that this season would be like that. I look forward to watching this season eventually, but not on Netflix.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 23, 2013, 09:29:14 PM
So I am marathoning Fringe right now on Netflix

what is the significance of the "negative" images they show inbetween scenes and episodes?

the leaf, the 6 fingered hand, the apple, the frog.
I think they sometimes have a little yellow light next to them.

is there a significance to these images?
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Post by: TJ Spyke on June 23, 2013, 09:38:12 PM
So I am marathoning Fringe right now on Netflix

what is the significance of the "negative" images they show inbetween scenes and episodes?

the leaf, the 6 fingered hand, the apple, the frog.
I think they sometimes have a little yellow light next to them.

is there a significance to these images?

http://fringe.wikia.com/wiki/Glyphs
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 23, 2013, 09:42:33 PM
are there spoilers in that link?
because i don't want to be spoiler'd, just want to know if there is significance to the images or if they are there just because.

there was also a smoke one just a few moments ago too.
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Post by: TJ Spyke on June 23, 2013, 10:30:59 PM
Each one represents a letter, and every episode has a word spelled out using them. Each one does have meaning though.
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Post by: oohhboy on June 24, 2013, 03:18:41 AM
Not spoiler at all. It's fan codebreaking/pausing bonus. "Why?" "Because it's cool".
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Post by: Sarail on June 24, 2013, 07:46:24 PM
I started Adventure Time last night. Whoa. Idiotic, but hilarious - that's my description. Hah.

ALGEBRAIC!
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 11, 2013, 08:49:22 PM
Arrested Development season 5!?

http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/11/4515918/netflix-currently-in-negotiations-for-another-season-of-arrested-development (http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/11/4515918/netflix-currently-in-negotiations-for-another-season-of-arrested-development)

Netflix appears to hope so.
I just hope it's more like s1-s3 and less like s4
and I'm sure that's more than just a personal preference.
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Post by: Dasmos on July 12, 2013, 02:34:50 AM
I really liked Season 4, it was different. If you're hoping for something like the original run, you're gonna be disappointed. Mainly because I don't think they're gonna do it like that again, but even if they did, it wouldn't be as good.
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Post by: lolmonade on July 13, 2013, 06:46:11 PM
I really liked Season 4, it was different. If you're hoping for something like the original run, you're gonna be disappointed. Mainly because I don't think they're gonna do it like that again, but even if they did, it wouldn't be as good.


I stopped watching season 4 about midway through, and haven't brought myself to pick it back up since.


I just felt like I was working too hard to pay attention to every detail. Some episodes had hilarious moments (Gob & Tobias), some were weird (George Sr.), and some we're plain boring (Michael).
Ive read that the first half of the season is mostly buildup to the 2nd half payoff, but what the 4th season showed me more than anything is that the success of the show relies heavily on the ensemble cast playing off each other.  Even if it can never "be as good" as the original 3 seasons, I think it would benefit well to have a format similar to the original run.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 13, 2013, 06:51:41 PM
Netflix has another original show coming out next month

Orange is the New Black - July 11th, 2013


I hear this is getting pretty good reviews and has already been renewed for a 2nd season.
I'll be checking it out as soon as I finish my Fringe Binge.
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Post by: Adrock on July 13, 2013, 10:39:06 PM
Season 4 of Arrested Development definitely gets better in the second half once you start to piece together what is going on. It's not as good as the first three seasons (and could have used more Maeby), but I didn't need it to be. I liked it for what it was. I started watching the show in May and finished it in June. All around excellent show.

I blitzed through Breaking Bad right after. There are a few so-so episodes, but it's one of the best shows I've ever seen even though Walter is kind of a dick, Jesse is uber-emo, and seriously, **** Skyler. Besides the borderline racist things Hank says, he's probably my favorite character on the show (maybe Saul for how delightfully smarmy he is). And Gus's death scene was awesome. I have no idea where the show is going (haven't seen any of Season 5 since I don't have cable). My guess is that Hank is going to find out what Walt has been doing the last year or so though Mike got conveniently written out of the excellent Season 4 end so I wonder where they're going with that.

I started Fringe last week instead of trying to track down Season 5 of Breaking Bad on The Google. I've heard the first season is mediocre for being mostly X-Files Monster of the Week type stuff, but I like it so far. Apparently, it gets better in subsequent seasons once it starts focusing on the mythology. I suppose that's similar to The X-Files though many of my favorite episodes were Monster of the Week ones (Je Souhaite being at or around the top). Joshua Jackson is excellent and his role as Peter Bishop more than makes up for that awful horror movie he was in a few years ago (Shutter, I think). I keep thinking Broyles is secretly bad which was the same impression I got from Lance Reddick's Matthew Abaddon on Lost.

I've had Netflix for almost three years. Considering how many shows I've seen in their entirety (or most of it), it's more than paid for itself. I wish they would put Wonderfalls on Netflix so more people could appreciate/see how awesome it is.
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Post by: UncleBob on July 13, 2013, 10:52:44 PM
I blitzed through Breaking Bad right after. There are a few so-so episodes, but it's one of the best shows I've ever seen even though Walter is kind of a dick, Jesse is uber-emo, and seriously, **** Skyler. Besides the borderline racist things Hank says, he's probably my favorite character on the show (maybe Saul for how delightfully smarmy he is). And Gus's death scene was awesome. I have no idea where the show is going (haven't seen any of Season 5 since I don't have cable). My guess is that Hank is going to find out what Walt has been doing the last year or so though Mike got conveniently written out of the excellent Season 4 end so I wonder where they're going with that.

Go buy season 5 on DVD.  It's worth it.  100%. :D
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 14, 2013, 01:57:48 AM
Netflix doesn't have the 5th and final season of Fringe (yet), so you will have to track that down by other means ;)

but it takes a turn in s4 (right from s4e1) and I'm still not completely sure it makes sense.
I'm sure somebody could attempt to explain it a way that they think it makes sense, but I'm still not sure I would buy it.

I've thoroughly enjoyed my Fringe Binge so far though and I'm about to start s5 right now, so I will let you know if I think it holds up.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 19, 2013, 09:23:49 PM
I watched the 1st 5 episodes of Orange is the New Black.

this is by far the best new original series on Netflix so far. Better than AD s4, and anything else they have released originally that I've seen so far. It's a prison dramedy by the guy who did Weeds, and it's very entertaining.

If you are looking for a new series and you have Netflix, I suggest you check out the 1st few eps and see if is something you could get into. And for those that don't want to invest time in something that will never continue, this show has already been renewed for a 2nd season.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: UncleBob on July 20, 2013, 01:08:23 AM
Holy sheet.  Orange is the New Black is pretty damn awesome.  Just started Episode 3.  I'm not going to get any sleep tonight. :(
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Post by: BranDonk Kong on July 20, 2013, 01:32:11 AM
Only clip I've seen from that is Donna's Pinciotti's boob.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 21, 2013, 06:12:54 PM
I finished s1 of Orange is the New Black

Highly recommended for all Netflix users.
Crazy Eyes is Hilarious at times, and I love the way the season ended.
Very entertaining and humorous. can't wait for s2.

The one down side to Netflix's "release the whole season at once" approach, is that you can burn through it so fast, that the wait for the next season is just that much longer.
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Post by: Ceric on July 22, 2013, 01:27:17 PM
I thought the first episode of Orange is the New Black was poor.  I thought the second episode was better.  I still think House of Cards is the best original that they have done.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 23, 2013, 01:06:42 AM
I thought the first episode of Orange is the New Black was poor.  I thought the second episode was better.  I still think House of Cards is the best original that they have done.

Just keep watching. 3 & 4 are good, 5 is not as good, but the show grows on you all the way till the end.

HoC is a whole different kind of show that I also enjoyed, but OitNB is more enjoyable to me.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: UncleBob on July 24, 2013, 08:06:48 PM
I tried watching the first episode of House of Cards.. just couldn't get into it.

Orange is the New Black.. Season 2, now please.
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Post by: NWR_insanolord on July 24, 2013, 09:49:35 PM
I haven't watched any of the original programming yet, but it all sounds good. I think I'll start with Arrested Development since I never watched the earlier seasons either and everyone  always says how great they are, then probably House of Cards since I love my political dramas.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 24, 2013, 10:32:26 PM
I haven't watched any of the original programming yet, but it all sounds good. I think I'll start with Arrested Development since I never watched the earlier seasons either and everyone  always says how great they are, then probably House of Cards since I love my political dramas.

You can skip Hemlock Grove, or whatever it was called, as that show didn't make no damn sense.

Arrested Development s1-s3 are great. s4 (the Netflix Original) is decent.
House of Cards is a good show.
Orange is the New Black is the best new original show that Netflix has offered up yet. IMO.

There is another Netflix Original too, starring one of the mobsters from the Sopranos, it was ok, but I don't even remember what it was called. I think it made it to a second season, but then again, it might not have actually been a Netflix show.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Ceric on July 25, 2013, 09:40:00 AM
I forgot its name too.  Wasn't it the first one that they did?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: NWR_insanolord on July 25, 2013, 09:55:47 AM
It was called Lilyhammer. I don't remember hearing much about it, good or bad.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Caliban on July 25, 2013, 11:16:34 AM
Lilyhammer is good. I enjoyed it enough that when the second season is released I might subscribe to Netflix again just for that month.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Adrock on July 26, 2013, 02:15:25 AM
I hit a snag in Fringe. I'm in season two and it's been a bit slow after that awesome season premiere where Olivia burst through the windshield.

I decided to check out Orange is the New Black since BlackNMild's recommendations have been pretty good so far. The first episode started immediately with boobs (notably dwelling on an extra with huge tits after Piper leaves the shower). Nice try, but the episode was still a bit slow and uninteresting. The second was better. I wasn't sure if Alex was really in the prison or just being imagined by Piper until Piper threw the cornbread away. I'm about to start the third episode though I'll finish it after work. I love that Regina Spektor sings the theme song. Not her best, but it's like the producers knew how to pique my interest... until the rest of the first episode happened. Still, I kind of like it so far.
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Post by: Ceric on July 26, 2013, 09:32:19 AM
The First episode is so far easily the worst episode.  Also I hate that opening.  If it was like 15 seconds ok but, not as long as it is.  I just skip it.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Adrock on July 26, 2013, 10:25:43 AM
The opening is obscenely long and I skipped it after the first episode.
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Post by: Adrock on July 28, 2013, 07:41:23 PM
I just finished the season. Most of the other characters were more interesting and less annoying (yet mostly still annoying) than Piper. Off the top of my head, I only ending up having a positive opinion of three characters Lorna Morello, Susan Fischer, and Cal Chapman. The rest were neutral (e.g. Sister Ingalls) or negative (e.g. pretty much everyone else). That's not to say they couldn't be entertaining and/or funny. Pornstache was particularly difficult to watch, but had his moments mainly due to how hilariously sleazy he can be. Nicky was okay, but had her I-want-to-punch-you-in-the-face moments. Often, the characters were all over the place, lacking any and all consistency. Maybe that's why thy're in prison.

I get it. They're trying to show prison culture, how the different groups interact and it's true that there are definitely people like that, but I still had trouble relating to most of the characters. I don't think I'll like Jason Biggs in anything.

Out of the 13 episodes, I only consider the premiere and the one about the chicken to be bad, in the latter's case, I just didn't get the point and it seemed like filler, like the fly episode in Breaking Bad (though even that was more entertaining than the chicken episode).
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 28, 2013, 10:48:25 PM
Yes, ep1 & ep5 were bad.

ep1 was to set up the show, and I still don't really get the point of ep5.
in my first post praising the show, I had actually just finished ep4 and was about to start ep5....
that episode almost made me think I jumped the gun. I'm glad all the rest of the episodes came through though. Like the Scared Straight episode. that had some good moments.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: UncleBob on July 29, 2013, 12:03:44 AM
The Fly episode of Breaking Bad.  I also liked the Chicken episode of Orange... Hm.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Ceric on July 29, 2013, 11:04:19 AM
The Chicken episode was one of the more important episode in the series so far.  I'm only 2 or so episodes from that one but, it had direct ramification on her outside life and her inside life and how shes drifting away from her outside life.  It also explains in its own way why the track is so important, didn't you ask yourselves why they couldn't just run somewhere else? 

I'm going to note here that the beginning is a 1:20 long.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 01, 2013, 11:22:49 PM
Netflix finally gets user profiles!!!
http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/01/netflix-user-profiles/ (http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/01/netflix-user-profiles/)
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Netflix is rolling out its long-anticipated user profiles, allowing multiple members of a household to create personalized accounts and get personalized recommendations based on their own individual viewing habits, rather than the habits of an entire household.

When a new user signs up, he will be prompted to create user profiles for everyone in the household, and they will be asked to create a taste profile based on genres that they prefer. Subscribers can create up to five user profiles per account, providing some much-needed flexibility for households where tastes vary widely.

When opening the app on any of a number of supported platforms, Netflix subscribers will be prompted to choose their profile. The app will then suggest programming based on what they’ve watched before or what their favorite shows or movies are.

According to Netflix Chief Product Officer Neil Hunt, the new profiles will be created as blank slates, wiping out previous data-driven recommendations until it learns what a user likes. For those who have been Netflix subscribers for a while, that might seem like a lot of valuable data to just throw out. But Hunt says that Netflix recommendations are heavily weighted toward recent activity anyway — so it won’t take long before suggestions once again become relevant.

User profiles will begin to roll out to users beginning today, and will become gradually available to existing users over the next couple of weeks. At first, users will only be able to create new profiles on the Netflix website or on the PlayStation 3. But profiles will be accessible across a wide range of devices, including the website, PS3, Xbox 360, iPad, iPhone, AppleTV, as well as most newer smart TVs. More devices will be added over time, making profiles eventually ubiquitous.
Wii U didn't make the cut...
:moonface:

sucks that I'll probably have to go back in and re-rate everything all over again, but atleast I won't have Veggietales and various other kids shows as my most recently watched programming.... and then I also don't have to worry about kids looking at the recently watched and seeing something highly inappropriate in name and/or cover photo.

This is very much long overdue.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Oblivion on August 02, 2013, 02:17:09 AM
Chromecast it is, I guess.

Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Ceric on August 02, 2013, 09:19:12 AM
...
This is very much long overdue.
Netflix waited till it was a compelling reason to use Netflix for the recommendations.  Enough so you would be willing to jump through a hoop to do it.  Say what you will but a million paper cuts can kill you.  Having to choose a profile each time is well annoying so it better be worth something.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 02, 2013, 10:19:08 AM
It would have been great if they had done this back when they did the "just for kids" split, that way you atleast separate those viewed shows from the rest of your Netflix.
I dint need recommendations for Dora and My Littlest Pet Shop, along with dozens of other kiddie things I have no interest in just because they were watched on the Netflix kids partition.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Adrock on August 03, 2013, 01:00:13 AM
The first half of Breaking Bad Season 5 is now available on Netflix. I just watched the first two episodes. I should be caught up tomorrow. It's progressing as expected. Mike was pissed that Walt is responsible for Gus' death and Hank is trying to piece together Gus' drug business.

After this, I want to try to get back into Fringe. The last season is available now too.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Ceric on August 03, 2013, 09:55:59 AM
It would have been great if they had done this back when they did the "just for kids" split, that way you atleast separate those viewed shows from the rest of your Netflix.
I dint need recommendations for Dora and My Littlest Pet Shop, along with dozens of other kiddie things I have no interest in just because they were watched on the Netflix kids partition.
Yeah I'm sort of surprised they didn't partition those two.  Though I would like to be able to use a profile to restrict my son.  I rather he didn't watch Orange is the New Black and I can't watch him all the times.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 03, 2013, 10:21:22 AM
enable your profiles here, since this appears to be the only way if it didn't pop up on it's own.

https://movies.netflix.com/EditProfiles (https://movies.netflix.com/EditProfiles)
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Ceric on August 03, 2013, 11:37:01 AM
Ironically I had a sub-account for my wife already from when I setup Netflix about 7 years ago and it popped up on my Netflix PS3 last night and I setup my son right there.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: UncleBob on August 19, 2013, 10:54:41 AM
On a slightly related note, I unexpectedly drove by the Peachoid yesterday.

My wife and I got a huge laugh out of it. :D
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 27, 2013, 12:51:43 AM
Netflix enables SuperHD for everyone, and 3D for all US members
(maybe you can use the unblock.us to access the 3D outside of the US?)
http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/26/netflix-super-hd-open-to-everyone/ (http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/26/netflix-super-hd-open-to-everyone/)

I'm gonna go try and test out the 3D with whatever 3D videos they have available now.
will report back later.

SuperHD is working, but haven't figured out how to do the 3D video yet.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Ceric on September 27, 2013, 02:33:34 PM
I just noticed that Breaking Bad is SuperHD.  Maybe it will be 3D :P.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 27, 2013, 02:35:53 PM
Apparently if you have a supported 3D device and the movie is 3D available, it will prompt you prior to starting the movie to ask if you want to view in 3D.

my Vizio 3DTV supports the SuperHD but not the 3D yet.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Ceric on September 27, 2013, 02:42:27 PM
I use my PS3 for all that so I'm hoping the Nazi on the Moons Movie supports 3D.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: UncleBob on September 27, 2013, 02:45:46 PM
What's a SuperHD/3D movie that I can load up real fast to check out on my TV and see if it works?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on September 27, 2013, 03:00:07 PM
Apparently if you have a supported 3D device and the movie is 3D available, it will prompt you prior to starting the movie to ask if you want to view in 3D.
Anyone tested 3DS yet?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 27, 2013, 05:55:42 PM
Netflix will prompt you to ask if you watch to watch in 3D if your device is supported.

My Vizio 3DTV was not supported for 3D.
Maybe in a few weeks, and it's fine because their 3D selection right now SUCKS.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 17, 2013, 03:52:29 PM
Netflix in bid for Thursday Night NFL Football!?
http://flicksided.com/2013/10/16/netflix-google-play-land-nfl-games-part-new-thursday-night-package-bid/
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Shaymin on October 17, 2013, 10:28:39 PM
They should be getting RID of the Thursday night games, not making more of them.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: nickmitch on October 18, 2013, 08:53:12 AM
Would the game still be live? There's no way I'd watch a recording of a game I'm likely to not care about. And two Thursday night games is ludicrous. The one game is on late enough as it is, no way I'm watching two.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: shingi_70 on October 18, 2013, 11:19:20 AM
please no. I don't want my subscription possibly going up due to this. I'd rather they take whatever money that would go to this and pay for Starz and Viacom content. That and orginal content I'd like to see n the long run.


The NFL wouldn't have this problem if they just said screw all you content providers and go a la carte like every other sport league in america.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: nickmitch on October 18, 2013, 11:32:13 AM
The NFL doesn't have a problem. It's the most watched and most profitable of the major sports leagues, IIRC. What they're trying to do see just how much the league can make.

I think Netflix rates are going to go up eventually, probably by $1/month, but I doubt this deal would be a driver. If it happened.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: shingi_70 on October 18, 2013, 11:41:14 AM
The NFL doesn't have a problem. It's the most watched and most profitable of the major sports leagues, IIRC. What they're trying to do see just how much the league can make.

I think Netflix rates are going to go up eventually, probably by $1/month, but I doubt this deal would be a driver. If it happened.


other than the premier league I would guess. Still I'd rather much have Viacom or Starz content since those kind of go into the main point of netflix.


I know they're doing it to milk money but I'd rather pay $100 a year to get all the games. I have a year of NFL sunday ticket I got with madden 25.



Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stratos on October 21, 2013, 06:25:18 PM
Netflix needs to just create paid 'tiers' for streaming.


I would be willing to pay more a month up to $20 total for better, popular and more recent shows and movies.


What do you guys think?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: nickmitch on October 21, 2013, 08:03:46 PM
I'd be the same as paying for Netflix and Hulu Plus, and I think a lot of people already do that, so I don't see why not. But I do think it'd be hard to announce/explain.

other than the premier league I would guess. Still I'd rather much have Viacom or Starz content since those kind of go into the main point of netflix.

I know they're doing it to milk money but I'd rather pay $100 a year to get all the games. I have a year of NFL sunday ticket I got with madden 25.

Got the same deal. I wish the NFL/DirecTV would offer that every year. In any case, it only gives you the Sunday games. Taking one out of that lineup would direct you to get something to watch the Thursday game(s).
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stratos on October 21, 2013, 09:13:25 PM
Wouldn't be that hard. Just announce a new 'Netflix Gold' that has a larger selection of television shows and movies then snag something like Game of Thrones and say "Only available on Netflix Gold".


And I refuse to pay for Hulu because they do ads even if you pay for the service. I want to watch ads I'll get cable or watch Nostalgia Critic shows.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: nickmitch on October 21, 2013, 09:42:45 PM
I just think that the "split" from a while back left a bad taste in people's mouths. And I think the number one reaction would be "You're finally adding the stuff I really want, but you want to charge extra?". Specifically when it comes to adding back things that were gone before, and content that normally expires just becoming "gold only" would seem much more arbitrary.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BranDonk Kong on October 21, 2013, 10:14:45 PM
I have an even better deal, I know someone with Sunday Ticket and just use their login for free.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: nickmitch on October 21, 2013, 10:17:27 PM
No deal is better than the hook up.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BranDonk Kong on October 21, 2013, 11:26:18 PM
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stogi on October 21, 2013, 11:41:38 PM
I still want to make that site 'igotthehookup.com'. But it might turn into the silk road 2.0
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Ceric on October 22, 2013, 12:40:00 PM
Yeah,

Netflix doesn't work if it shows you things you can't watch.  Hence why they stopped showing DVDs in all the interfaces but the web one.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: nickmitch on October 22, 2013, 12:56:06 PM
Nothing is more irritating than seeing things you can't watch when you finally make time to watch it. They're doing better about telling you when things are expiring.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 22, 2013, 02:08:40 PM
I hate that I can't add DVD's to the queue from my phone app though.

I'll be a the theater or hear about a movie somewhere and I have to wait till I get home to add it because the app won't recognize things that are streaming. If I try to do it through the browser, the stupid floating banner that won't resize or stay put & has the search on it, is very uncooperative and makes using the website on a phone more trouble than it's worth. So I end up texting myself the movie names and just do it when I get home.

If only they would add a tab that is for searching DVDs but have the app default into Instant Watch search, then all my problems would be solved.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stratos on October 25, 2013, 05:45:02 PM
Didn't the original Netflix app on the Wii let you view DVDs and add them to your queue? You couldn't view your DVD queue but you could add discs to it. Just give us that at least.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stratos on November 03, 2013, 08:11:39 PM
So Dexter is now Streamable on Netflix. My wife tells me it is just the first three seasons or so but this gives me hope that other HBO shows could finally make their way to the service. Tru Blood is supposed to end soon so that may appear as well. I'm sure Game of Thrones won't be on the service for a long time which is a pity.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BranDonk Kong on November 03, 2013, 08:29:03 PM
They need to just ditch the DVD thing, or make everything available through streaming.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: NWR_insanolord on November 03, 2013, 09:38:07 PM
So Dexter is now Streamable on Netflix. My wife tells me it is just the first three seasons or so but this gives me hope that other HBO shows could finally make their way to the service. Tru Blood is supposed to end soon so that may appear as well. I'm sure Game of Thrones won't be on the service for a long time which is a pity.

Dexter's Showtime, not HBO. HBO has been very explicit in saying they won't put their stuff on Netflix.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 03, 2013, 09:56:16 PM
So Dexter is now Streamable on Netflix. My wife tells me it is just the first three seasons or so but this gives me hope that other HBO shows could finally make their way to the service. Tru Blood is supposed to end soon so that may appear as well. I'm sure Game of Thrones won't be on the service for a long time which is a pity.

Surely there must be another way....
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: nickmitch on November 04, 2013, 11:44:03 PM
They need to just ditch the DVD thing, or make everything available through streaming.

DVDs allow them to offer content that they otherwise couldn't since they can just buy a bunch of DVDs and rent them out whereas studios can clockbkock them.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stogi on November 05, 2013, 04:55:25 AM
I'm gonna approach Netflix to make a show called "Orange is the New Blue." It's about smurfs in jail and it's gonna be the gayest show ever.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Adrock on November 05, 2013, 10:12:46 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/X7H55S0.jpg)
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: shingi_70 on November 07, 2013, 09:51:58 AM
HOLY ****


Marvel is teaming up with netflix to bring series based upon its street level characters. Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and The defenders. It also gives Netflix first run streaming acesss  to all of disney's live action and animated affaris.


http://www.deadline.com/2013/11/disney-netflix-marvel-series/ (http://www.deadline.com/2013/11/disney-netflix-marvel-series/)


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BURBANK, Calif., Nov. 7, 2013 – The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) and Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) today announced an unprecedented deal for Marvel TV to bring multiple original series of live-action adventures of four of Marvel’s most popular characters exclusively to the world’s leading Internet TV Network beginning in 2015. This pioneering agreement calls for Marvel to develop four serialized programs leading to a miniseries programming event.Led by a series focused on “Daredevil,” followed by “Jessica Jones,” “Iron Fist” and “Luke Cage,” the epic will unfold over multiple years of original programming, taking Netflix members deep into the gritty world of heroes and villains of Hell’s Kitchen, New York. Netflix has committed to a minimum of four, thirteen episodes series and a culminating Marvel’s “The Defenders” mini-series event that reimagines a dream team of self-sacrificing, heroic characters.Produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Television Studios, this groundbreaking deal is Marvel’s most ambitious foray yet into live-action TV storytelling.“This deal is unparalleled in its scope and size, and reinforces our commitment to deliver Marvel’s brand, content and characters across all platforms of storytelling. Netflix offers an incredible platform for the kind of rich storytelling that is Marvel’s specialty,” said Alan Fine, President of Marvel Entertainment. “This serialized epic expands the narrative possibilities of on-demand television and gives fans the flexibility to immerse themselves how and when they want in what’s sure to be a thrilling and engaging adventure.”“Marvel’s movies, such as ‘Iron Man’ and Marvel’s ‘The Avengers’, are huge favorites on our service around the world. Like Disney, Marvel is a known and loved brand that travels,” said Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos. “With ‘House of Cards’ and our other original series, we have pioneered new approaches to storytelling and to global distribution and we’re thrilled to be working with Disney and Marvel to take our brand of television to new levels with a creative project of this magnitude.”This new original TV deal follows last year’s landmark movie distribution deal through which, beginning with 2016 theatrically released feature films, Netflix will be the exclusive U.S. subscription television service for first-run, live-action and animated movies from the Walt Disney Studios, including titles from Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Marvel Studios, Disneynature and Lucasfilm. Netflix members can currently enjoy a wide range of Disney, ABC TV and Disney Channel films and shows across the 41 countries where Netflix operates.
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[/size]http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/40/2603554-daredevil.jpeg[/color][/size](http://edu.blogsome.com/images/aliascan.jpg)[/color][/size](http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/comicsalliance.com/files/2010/03/page08.jpg)[/color][/size](http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/11352/748442-iron_fist_006_016.jpg)[/color][/size]It seems like the characters they picked were obvious due to them all being linked in New York verus none of the avengers living there. [/color]
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 07, 2013, 11:14:14 AM
NO FUCKING WAY.....

::HUGS MY NETFLIX ACCOUNT::


The is The Avengers strategy for Street Level Heroes on TV.
If this works, it will be another amazing feat pulled off by Marvel.

The Movie Avengers and the TV Defenders all connected in the middle by Agent's of SHIELD.
That is a very expanded universe. I really need to get on that Marvel Cinematic Universe thread ASAP.

maybe I'll do that in my free time today. This is a very exciting time to be a Marvel fan.
I have a little speculative insight on the future of Marvel without mutants, but I'll save it for that thread.


edit: Still waiting on The Punisher series to be announced.
Thomas Jane is still interested in the role, even though he didn't get the "sequel" movie that came out a few years back.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stratos on November 07, 2013, 02:02:02 PM
Score for the Flix. Score for us streaming only customers too. They just keep giving us reasons to stick with them.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: shingi_70 on November 11, 2013, 09:40:53 AM
I forgot how amazing the Prince of Egypt was. Deliver Us, and The Plauges are up their with the best of the disney songs. Its such a shame Dreamworks went to 3D animation so quickly since all of their 2D stuff was either good or straight up hot fire
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stratos on November 11, 2013, 03:07:40 PM
Prince of Egypt , along with Anastasia, were two films I had to ARGUE with my friends over them not being Disney productions. They said it was 'too good' to be anything other than Disney.


I still watch it every few years if I get the chance. If you like Nostalgia Critic he does a great 'Old Vs. New' bit comparing Prince of Egypt to the classic 10 Commandments films. His conclusions were surprising to me.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: UncleBob on November 11, 2013, 07:41:33 PM
Anastasia pisses me off because of that stupid dog and Bartok.  I could forgive the music (A - It was pretty decent music, enough for me to buy the soundtrack and B - Kelsey Grammer singing, whoo-hoo!), but those two elements just ruined the movie for me.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stratos on November 12, 2013, 12:36:58 AM
The dog was an understandable and tolerable character, much like the goat in Hunchback of Notredame. But Bartok sums up most everything wrong with the movie.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 15, 2013, 08:15:02 PM
Netflix has become the Afterlife of CableTV. Not only can you catch shows long after they've aired, but now Netflix is bringing them back as New Original Series.

Latest Resuscitation?

Netflix Brings back The Killing (from the dead for the 2nd time) for an exclusive Season 4!
http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/11/15/the-killing-is-coming-back-from-cancelation-again-for-season-4-debuting-on-netflix (http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/11/15/the-killing-is-coming-back-from-cancelation-again-for-season-4-debuting-on-netflix)
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Someone is just having fun now with The Killing. The crime series was cancelled, for the second time, earlier this year. And now, for the second time, it's been resurrected, with Netflix announcing they will exclusively debut Season 4.

Season 4 will be a short one, comprised of just six episodes and is being promoted as the final season for the series (though at this point, should we believe them!?). Regardless, The Killing: Season 4's existence is something of a TV miracle at this point. The show debuted to great reviews and buzz for AMC, but lost much of its support by the end of Season 1, with many turned of by where its murder mystery plot went - or didn't go, as it were. Season 2 saw viewership drop and AMC cancelled the series.

However, Fox Television Studios, who produce The Killing, were determined to try and save it and a new deal was struck that caused AMC to bring it back at a lower cost, with Netflix paying to stream the series. But with numbers still low -- and despite many feeling the show was creatively much stronger in Season 3 -- the series was again cancelled by AMC this year, and thought to be dead for good this time. But yet again, Fox Television Studios has found a way for the show to continue, striking a new deal for The Killing to become a Netflix original series.

Stars Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman will return for Season 4, as will the show's creator/executive producer, Veena Sud.

“The rich, serialized storytelling in The Killing thrives on Netflix, and we believe that it is only fitting to give Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder a proper send off,” said Cindy Holland, vice president of original content for Netflix. “We are looking forward to offering fans - both existing and new - a series that we know is perfectly suited for on-demand viewing.”

David Madden, president, Fox Television Studios, commented, “It’s a true testament to The Killing creator Veena Sud, and the stellar cast led so compellingly by Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman, that fans remained so passionate about the show. We’re gratified that our partners at Netflix recognized this, and are giving us the opportunity to complete the story in a way that will be satisfying to our loyal audience."
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stratos on November 16, 2013, 10:41:16 AM
My wife was wanting to watch this last night. Never heard of it before. I may have to sit in with her unless she blasts through it without me like she did Alphas and Supernatural.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 16, 2013, 11:31:36 AM
Let her make it through s1 & s2 on her own. It's boring, but interesting. They drag **** out and over misdirect like crazy. First 2 seasons to solve a single case. It prevented me from tuning into s3, but I hear season 3 is what s1&2 should have been, like night and day, so now I will pay catch up myself at some point.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: ShyGuy on November 17, 2013, 11:10:08 AM
I just watched Only God Forgives a 2013 movie that has Ryan Gosling re-teaming with the director of Drive.

This... is a weird movie. It's gorgeous looking and has a ton of style in each shot, but the movie has so many freaky turns its hard to fully grasp sometimes.

The director has a weird way of not using establishing shots and providing no context for a scene so often you are watching wondering if the people are in the same scene or seperate ones.

There is very little dialog, most of the time, the actors just stare at each other without emotion.

The violence is ultra violent.

There is a creepy Oedipis complex.

There is no real hero.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Plugabugz on November 17, 2013, 12:19:14 PM
Netflix has become the Afterlife of CableTV. Not only can you catch shows long after they've aired, but now Netflix is bringing them back as New Original Series.

Pity they couldn't do this with a final season of Stargate Universe.

Plus with Ming Na in Agents of Shield and Robert Carlyle in Once Upon A Time, it's quite difficult now too.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 17, 2013, 12:48:45 PM
Netflix new slogan should be:

It's Life After Cable, It's Netflix


It's a dig at cable companies, it's a call to cord cutters and a beacon for studios/shows looking for audience.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 13, 2013, 06:41:06 PM
House of Cards s2 Trailer


discussing this show will be the only way we can talk politics around here. ;) ;)
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: shingi_70 on December 21, 2013, 03:47:30 AM
**** Dudes I wish someone had told me earlier that the Netflix original programming was as good as it was. I watched Arrested Development when it launched and just thought it was meh. I'm watching lillyhammer and i'm hooked. Going to do house of Cards and than the Rommney Documentary next.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 21, 2013, 04:11:50 AM
If you think Lillyhammer is good, then you will be blown away by House of Cards and especially Orange is the New Black.

Skip Hemlock Grove though, unless you are super bored and need something to fill the background with noise.




edit: time traveling for you all the way back to page 10
**** Dudes I wish someone had told me earlier that the Netflix original programming was as good as it was. I watched Arrested Development when it launched and just thought it was meh. I'm watching lillyhammer and i'm hooked. Going to do house of Cards and than the Rommney Documentary next.

I haven't watched any of the original programming yet, but it all sounds good. I think I'll start with Arrested Development since I never watched the earlier seasons either and everyone  always says how great they are, then probably House of Cards since I love my political dramas.


You can skip Hemlock Grove, or whatever it was called, as that show didn't make no damn sense.


Arrested Development s1-s3 are great. s4 (the Netflix Original) is decent.
House of Cards is a good show.
Orange is the New Black is the best new original show that Netflix has offered up yet. IMO.


There is another Netflix Original too, starring one of the mobsters from the Sopranos, it was ok, but I don't even remember what it was called. I think it made it to a second season, but then again, it might not have actually been a Netflix show.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Ceric on December 24, 2013, 09:36:56 AM
Honestly think S2 of Orange is the New Black is going to be a disaster.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 14, 2014, 10:41:56 AM
House of Cards season 2 is up for streaming now.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: ShyGuy on February 16, 2014, 04:04:14 PM
I'm think about dumping Netflix and switching to Amazon Prime. The buffering issues have been terrible for about a month.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Oblivion on February 16, 2014, 05:16:01 PM
Blame your ISP.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stratos on February 16, 2014, 06:02:11 PM
I thought it was a Wii U issue like mentioned in a previous thread, but now it is happening on the PC and regular Wii as well. I'll test is on 3DS and my phone but I do worry that it is due to 'Net Neutrality' defeat.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 16, 2014, 06:32:02 PM
I'm think about dumping Netflix and switching to Amazon Prime. The buffering issues have been terrible for about a month.

Who is your internet provider?

and I heard that using a VPN bypasses all the "throttling" that lots of ISP's do towards Netflix.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: ShyGuy on February 16, 2014, 07:01:55 PM
Comcast is my ISP. The only other option in town is Century Link and they are terrible due to ancient phone line all over the city.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 16, 2014, 07:23:32 PM
Comcast has supposedly been throttling. I think Netflix has them rated as the #13 ISP when it came to streaming speeds for Netflix.

With Comcast buying out TWC, I don't see that improving anytime soon, unless Netflix cozies up with them somehow. I bet Hulu doesn't have that issue, even though Comcast had stated that they will still abide by Net neutrality regardless of the court rulings.

But VPN is supposedly the answer though.

And streaming is almost always not HD for a long time in my Wii U, but I blame that on Nintendo and their shitty wifi card they always use.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BranDonk Kong on February 16, 2014, 08:19:25 PM
Comcast sucks the big one. TWC used to be the provider here, but they screwed over Bright House (before they kind of merged?) so if that deal goes through hopefully it doesn't affect me.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: ShyGuy on February 18, 2014, 04:13:39 PM
Anyone recommend a free VPN DNS?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stogi on February 18, 2014, 05:10:59 PM
I was wondering that too.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Caliban on February 18, 2014, 06:30:00 PM
Anyone recommend a free VPN DNS?
I was wondering that too.

https://teksyndicate.com/users/logan/blog/2014/02/14/i-dont-know-why-i-waited-long-use-vpn
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stogi on February 19, 2014, 12:08:28 AM
No offense, Caliban, but that link was no help. I have no idea why you thought it would.

Here Shyguy, check out OpenVPN.

I'm gonna try it out now if you want to wait and here what I had to do or if it's worth it.

EDIT: Easy as cake my dude. Just follow the directions on their site. I'm about to do some speed tests. I'll get back to this thread when I'm done.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 19, 2014, 04:48:16 AM
No offense, Caliban, but that link was no help. I have no idea why you thought it would.

Here Shyguy, check out OpenVPN.

I'm gonna try it out now if you want to wait and here what I had to do or if it's worth it.

EDIT: Easy as cake my dude. Just follow the directions on their site. I'm about to do some speed tests. I'll get back to this thread when I'm done.

how did it go?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Caliban on February 19, 2014, 08:23:39 AM
No offense taken Stogi.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stogi on February 19, 2014, 01:54:08 PM
This is from my phone only, but way slower. I was reaching speeds of 21mbps without it, but with it I barely crossed 2mbps.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: ShyGuy on February 23, 2014, 06:16:30 PM
So Netflix has given into to Comcast's demands. I expect subscription prices to go up.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57619353-93/netflix-reaches-streaming-traffic-agreement-with-comcast/

Time to fire up the Alternet, the Internet is being taken over by monopolies and corrupt federal communication commisions. I can't wait till the Comcast-too-big-to-fail-government-bailout of 2018.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: UncleBob on February 23, 2014, 08:22:29 PM
A) No Politics.
B) FCC isn't taking over the internet by being told they're not allowed to regulate aspects of it.
 a) It's not their decision.
 b) Not regulating something is about the exact opposite of "taking over" it.
 c) ISPs need to be turned into "Common Carriers", but it seems no one wants that.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: ShyGuy on February 23, 2014, 09:17:12 PM
A) No Politics.
B) FCC isn't taking over the internet by being told they're not allowed to regulate aspects of it.
 a) It's not their decision.
 b) Not regulating something is about the exact opposite of "taking over" it.
 c) ISPs need to be turned into "Common Carriers", but it seems no one wants that.

Nothing says hypocrisy like saying "No Politics" then having a 4 point political response in the same post.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 23, 2014, 09:32:45 PM
From my understanding of the situation this isn't exactly what Netflix wanted, but what Netflix wanted was to get something for nothing, to get something that they were already paying someone else for, for free.

Basically, Netflix currently pays Cogent to peer the Comcast Network, but Netflix has so much one way traffic that Cogent couldn't handle it, resulting in what we all perceived to be"throttling" of Netflix. So Netflix tried to cut out Cogent by going directly to Comcast, and hoped that Netflix was so big, that Comcast would peer with Netflix for Free.
Comcast of course shot that down, but offered an alternative proposal where they can peer directly, eliminating the congestion of going through Cogent, for probably cheaper than what Cogent was charging, since previously Cogent was peering with Comcast for free and selling that bandwidth to Netflix.

So if my understanding of this is correct, then Netflix is better off dealing with Comcast directly and us end consumers get our HD (& 4k!?) streams much faster and without interruption. Win Win situation.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stratos on February 23, 2014, 09:39:21 PM
As frightening as some of this appears to be, I think that the Internet is big enough to not get ruined by a few corrupt companies. Consumers have a great deal of power in this as well.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 23, 2014, 10:00:08 PM
To simplify my previous post this is how it currently works:

Comcast -> Cogent = Free
Cogent -> Netflix = $$$
(Comcast -> Cogent -> Netflix)

Netflix was congesting the lines between Comcast & Cogent which made our appear that Netflix was being "throttled"
Netflix tried to go to Comcast directly to get the same deal that Cogent had and place their own servers in the Comcast farm. Comcast shot that down and countered with a similar deal to what Netflix has with Cogent, cutting out the middleman.

So now it will go like this:

Comcast -> Netflix = $$
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: UncleBob on February 23, 2014, 10:01:49 PM
Nothing says hypocrisy like saying "No Politics" then having a 4 point political response in the same post.
A) There was only three points.
B) They weren't really political.  Courts said FCC doesn't have the authority to implement Net Neutrality.  That's not politics, that's law.  Now, if we wanted to talk about Congress changing the law to make it so that FCC has the authority to implement Net Neutrality, that's a whole different ball of wax.  Political wax.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: ShyGuy on February 23, 2014, 10:12:54 PM
The 'B' was a separate thought from your improperly formatted continuing outline of lower-case A B and C.

If they weren't really political then neither was my post, but now we are getting off topic.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: UncleBob on February 23, 2014, 10:20:32 PM
I can reluctantly see how that could be read as four points. :D

And the "No Politics" was heading off the discussion that was likely to follow.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BranDonk Kong on February 23, 2014, 11:35:05 PM
It's Netflix and Comcast, not Netflix and Steve.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 24, 2014, 04:02:28 PM
It'll soon be Netflix & Verizon too

but as I said before, this is a good thing, cutting out the restrictive middle man and working directly with the source has greater benefits for all involved... (except for the middle man, who is no longer in the middle)

oh, and I added a poll to the thread.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on March 01, 2014, 03:50:47 PM
It appears that Netflix has finally enacted 2 Screen Streaming limit now.

I was boxed out of my own Netflix account last night and it feels bad man.
(http://i61.tinypic.com/28rf89e.jpg)

(http://i60.tinypic.com/j7b51l.jpg)

They really need setup a way to manage the devices on an individual level instead of the only option being to nuke all devices from the account then have to log back in individually.
There should also be a master device or devices that can boot other devices from streaming, so that the person paying the account isn't the one that has to be locked out of Netflix or forced to pay more to watch.


and since I'm in here, Netflix needs to update the Wii U app.
if the Netflix app for Wii can support Profiles, there is no reason that the Wii U app can't too.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BranDonk Kong on March 01, 2014, 04:30:36 PM
I thought it was always capped at 2, which I think is already quite fair. 4 screens at once for $12 is still one hell of a deal.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stratos on March 01, 2014, 05:09:05 PM
Good thing my parents just got their own Netflix and Amazon accounts. They were using mine for them and my younger sister. Now it is just my wife and I so we will always be within the 2 screen limit.


I agree the Wii U App needs an upgrade. I would use it more if they included profiles. Though, we use the old Wii as a Netflix Box so I can play games on the Gamepad while we watch TV.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on March 01, 2014, 05:24:51 PM
I thought it was always capped at 2, which I think is already quite fair. 4 screens at once for $12 is still one hell of a deal.

Oh, it's fair, it's just that I have Netflix in every room of the house, and sometimes playing in multiple rooms at the same time. Not to mention my ex is on my account and her kids too.... never had a problem until last night. I couldn't even use my own account.

Gonna have to inform her that she needs to pony up cash to stay on, or just get her own account.
Every device got booted at midnight last night. I had to re-logon on most devices this morning. all except the Roku, somehow that survived the boot.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: UncleBob on March 01, 2014, 05:43:17 PM
Wait - can you only have 2 devices on your account, or only two devices can be watching stuff at once?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on March 01, 2014, 05:56:34 PM
Only 2 active streams at once is now being enforced.

It would be a nightmare for only 2 devices.

Up until last night, my Netflix was active on the following devices:
3 Computers
1 Smart TV
1 Smart Phone
3 Tablets
3 Wii
1 Wii U
1 Smart Bluray
1 Roku

being used by upto 6 different people at any given time.

now I'm down to:
2 Computers
1 Smart TV
1 Smart Phone
1 Tablets
1 Wii
1 Wii U
1 Smart Bluray
1 Roku


and only being used by 3 people. 2 streams should never be a problem again.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: marvel_moviefan_2012 on April 13, 2014, 11:50:03 AM
I mostly watch on my PS3 and laptop, sometimes I will have a TV show or movie on one and a video game on the other, I go back and forth because I game on both. I also have my own account I don't share it with other friends or family members they can get their own damn account. I also have five profiles defined by tastes/mood for better sorting and to prevent my suggestions from getting all screwy on me. I am very picky about that sort of thing so I am constantly tweaking my profiles to improve their suggestions. It wouldn't be so bad if the browse feature wasn't broken and the search worked better. I also do have a Roku and a Logitech Revue with Google TV but those devices both suck. I can't stand watching on my iPhone it's too damn small it strains my eyes. Same reason I don't play games on hand held gaming devices.

Recently Netflix has gotten so much better than before it should be a crime not to have it considering how much you get for how little it costs.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stratos on April 13, 2014, 12:12:07 PM

Only 2 active streams at once is now being enforced.

It would be a nightmare for only 2 devices.

Up until last night, my Netflix was active on the following devices:
3 Computers
1 Smart TV
1 Smart Phone
3 Tablets
3 Wii
1 Wii U
1 Smart Bluray
1 Roku

being used by upto 6 different people at any given time.

now I'm down to:
2 Computers
1 Smart TV
1 Smart Phone
1 Tablets
1 Wii
1 Wii U
1 Smart Bluray
1 Roku


and only being used by 3 people. 2 streams should never be a problem again.

I feel like I've said this elsewhere, but they should do it like Apple with iTunes and allow you to authorize and de-authorize each device. I think Amazon does a similar thing for their cloud services.


Also a priority list. Say I have 10 devices for my family of 4 (hypothetical family, thankfully no kids yet for me!). I want MY tech to not be booted from Netflix. Set it up so that my wife and I get priority viewing and then the kids' devices get booted from active service when my wife and I are watching something.


So Dad's computer and Mom's phone get a higher priority than the kids' 3DS or iPad.


Make 'sub accounts log-ins' as well. I'd like to be able to ban individual children from using the service if they have been bad and also restrict mature content from the little guys. Also older kids could use a password to access the stuff of their age.


It could also teach them a lesson in internet security and safety if they give out a password to a sibling and I catch them. Some day I may hack into their emails (if possible and relevant) and change their passwords so they know the dangers associated with it.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on April 13, 2014, 01:01:29 PM
Well, right now, after unsuccessfully trying to boot all devices from my account thought the option online twice. I called in and the Customer Service now has the ability to disable individual devices.

Unfortunately it seems even when you boot a device, the apps on certain devices don't always get the boot.

They were not able to confirm when the ability to nuke individual devices from you account would be available to the account holders from the internet.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on April 23, 2014, 12:52:39 PM
Looks like Netflix just lost a battle in the streaming war.

Amazon Prime just scored HBOgo for their streaming service.
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/04/23/amazon-and-hbo-ink-exclusive-multi-year-deal-to-bring-award-winning-hbo-programming-to-prime-members/256727/

There is a 3 year delay on shows that air, so probably no Game of Thrones till next year.

List of shows included in deal
Boardwalk Empire
Bored to Death
Eastbound & Down
Enlightened
Treme
True Blood
Band of Brothers
Big Love
Carnivàle
Deadwood
Flight of the Conchords
In Treatment
Mildred Pierce
Oz
The Pacific
Rome
Six Feet Under
The Sopranos
The Wire
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Ceric on April 23, 2014, 01:27:52 PM
I wonder how much that cost them.  I know HBO has been more than a little reluctant to provide any of there content to be streamed by another company.  Its easy to forget that as big as Netflix is it still doesn't have the War chest of a lot of other Video Providers.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stratos on April 23, 2014, 02:01:38 PM
Well, Amazon did raise the cost of Prime. I'm sure that extra cash helped pay for this to some extent.


Pity it is a three year delay. We currently get Game of Thrones from the library. It is about a month wait but I'll take that over a three year wait. Nice for the older series like True Blood.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: nickmitch on April 23, 2014, 09:56:19 PM
HBO knows their content is tied to cable subscriptions and that people hate cable companies.  With  People ditching cable (and satellite) in favor of stuff like this, it makes sense that they would be looking for other ways to gain viewership and revenue.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on April 23, 2014, 10:49:10 PM
But Netflix has been trying to get HBO for years.

HBO has refused to get from behind the paywall,
so Netflix said they will become the next HBO, and that's when Original Content started.

So now HBO has sided with Amazon in the streaming war.

and it comes right after Netflix spoke out against the Comcast/TWC merger, which would make Comcast by far the largest source of HBO viewership and subscription services. Especially since Comcast in some regions allows you to bundle HBO with an internet only package.

Netlfix just lost a single battle, but the war is far from over.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: nickmitch on April 24, 2014, 12:57:32 AM
Well, as it was it mentioned, Amazon Prime prices went up.  I'm thinking Netflix was being hesitant about raising prices, but Amazon wasn't.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on April 24, 2014, 01:28:52 AM
Well, as it was it mentioned, Amazon Prime prices went up.  I'm thinking Netflix was being hesitant about raising prices, but Amazon wasn't.

That could also be a reason.

Although I'm surprised Netflix doesn't already cost $9.99mo for just the streaming option.
They are already raising prices by a $1 or $2 anyways, so if that's what it wouldn't taken, then they should have just pulled the trigger a little earlier. I don't want to pay more, but honestly, I wouldn't even notice.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: nickmitch on April 24, 2014, 01:45:15 AM
Well, Amazon also has other revenue streams to balance out the costs.  Even if adding HBO content wasn't worth the price increase, if it generated subscriptions, you'd have a new batch of people who could be looking to cash in on the free two day shipping.  That would cover anything the price increase didn't.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on April 24, 2014, 01:50:37 AM
Well, Amazon is also and interesting choice as what they don't offer for free through Prime, they sell by the episode. So while they may entice you into subscription with s1-s3 of whatever, they can also sell you by the episode for s4-s5 till you're caught up, assuming you're not willing to wait.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: nickmitch on April 24, 2014, 08:24:40 AM
And I have a feeling that HBO is confident enough in their content to chalk that up as a part of the deal.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on April 24, 2014, 11:50:10 AM
I didn't think about that until right before I posted it, but that likely makes Amazon the only viable choice of the big streaming services (Netflix, Hulu, Prime) as Netflix doesn't sell anything but the subscription, Hulu has commercials, and will break things that weren't designed for commercial breaks by randomly inserting breaks, but Prime will sell episodes and the 3year delay will require that, allowing HBO to get money from Amazon & it's customers in 2 ways still.

But Amazon Prime's UI is still a reason I don't like it as much as Netflix. I only really use it on the Wii U and the Roku, but navigation and finding something I want to watch that doesn't cost me anything beyond the subscription price I already is much more difficult through Prime.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 04, 2014, 03:28:48 PM
Netflix disses Verizon with "Verizon can't handle the Traffic", verizon responds "Nuh Uh!!"
http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/4/5780006/verizon-slams-netflix-pr-stunt-that-told-users-their-isps-were (http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/4/5780006/verizon-slams-netflix-pr-stunt-that-told-users-their-isps-were)

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Verizon has struck back at what it calls a Netflix "PR stunt" that blames its network for poor video quality. Last night, Netflix began testing an error message telling users that congestion with their ISP was hurting their service quality. "The Verizon network is crowded right now," said one message shown during buffering. But "this claim is not only inaccurate, it is deliberately misleading," says Verizon, suggesting that the choice was a political move meant to score points in the net neutrality fight. "It is sad that Netflix is willing to deliberately mislead its customers so they can be used as pawns in business negotiations and regulatory proceedings," it says. Here's its reasoning:
Quote from: Verizon
The source of the problem is almost certainly NOT congestion in Verizon’s network. Instead, the problem is most likely congestion on the connection that Netflix has chosen to use to reach Verizon’s network. Of course, Netflix is solely responsible for choosing how their traffic is routed into any ISP’s network.
The issue in question isn't that a network was crowded, it's which one was crowded. While Netflix's statement implies that the problem lies with the "last mile" of Verizon service, Verizon says the issue is really Netflix's connection to that last mile. This segment is the subject of a power struggle between Netflix and ISPs, who have been negotiating over how the service can reach subscribers. Netflix has struck deals with Comcast and Verizon to connect directly to their networks, rather than using a third-party service to send data, and Verizon rightly points out that it's playing fast and loose with the limits of the "Verizon network." "It would be more accurate for Netflix's message screen to say: 'The path that we have chosen to reach Verizon's network is crowded right now,'" said the post. But given that Verizon itself has control over how to manage and upgrade those connections, there's some hair-splitting going on from both sides.

So Netflix pays out Comcast & Verizon for direct connection to the backbone they provide to their customers. Comcast service took a dramatic dip during the negotiations, but then skyrocketed right after. Verizon service still has hiccups, and Netflix calls them on it. Verizon's response is that you're the sucker that paid us to deliver the same connection you were getting before hand?

Somebody needs to regulate that the speeds of internet access in this country are to hit milestones over the next 5 years or all exclusivity deals are off the table for being unfulfilled. Free reign to a free market or classified as a public utility or whatever.... as long as it frees up Google to start laying all that gigabit fiber from coast to coast.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: nickmitch on June 04, 2014, 03:33:46 PM
Verizon sounds like a dick hole by saying that Netflix is being manipulative in the Net Neutrality fight.   It's like they don't see their positive as being manipulative altogether.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Ceric on June 04, 2014, 03:52:53 PM
I think that is a smart move by Netflix.  If they can figure out that there being throttled and the companies are not giving the customers the speeds they are paying for *cough* ATT *cough*  then they should call them out and let the customer know.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 11, 2014, 11:19:58 AM
Netflix is reviving The Magic School Bus with 26 new episodes.
http://www.slashfilm.com/netflix-magic-school-bus-reboot/
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Adrock on June 12, 2014, 08:02:37 AM
Just don't change that glorious theme song. I remember when I heard the updated Reading Rainbow theme song (not the DMC version). I almost punched something.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Ceric on June 12, 2014, 09:29:03 AM
Netflix is reviving The Magic School Bus with 26 new episodes.
http://www.slashfilm.com/netflix-magic-school-bus-reboot/
I take issue with it being CG.
The problem with CG in a kid show is how difficult it is to randomly add little touches on a whim.  What was going on in the background and all the little things in the Magic Schoolbus really worked for that series.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stratos on June 12, 2014, 12:06:19 PM
I was watching the Magic School Bus on a sick day when my dog was hit and killed by a school bus. It kinda killed my joy of the show. Figures my dog, the only one in the neighborhood who was consistently leashed, got away and ran into the streets.


Then the neighbor's dog, who played in the streets daily, got hit a week later and only had a broken leg. Life can be a bitch sometimes.


Despite that, I remember the series fondly as a good edutainment show and still quote it when encouraging kids to "get messy and make mistakes" in life. Pity it is CG because we have too many of those already. Being 2D would have set the show apart from the rest of the stuff that seems bland and generic.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: NWR_insanolord on June 12, 2014, 01:44:10 PM
Just don't change that glorious theme song. I remember when I heard the updated Reading Rainbow theme song (not the DMC version). I almost punched something.

Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Plugabugz on June 12, 2014, 06:21:19 PM
Somebody needs to regulate that the speeds of internet access in this country are to hit milestones over the next 5 years or all exclusivity deals are off the table for being unfulfilled. Free reign to a free market or classified as a public utility or whatever.... as long as it frees up Google to start laying all that gigabit fiber from coast to coast.

The alternative is the incumbent (here it's BT = British Telecom) to be forced by government to provide wholesale connectivity to other companies who want to provide internet access.

The result is nobody can try that stunt here now because customers will just leave.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 19, 2014, 08:45:07 PM
Hey, did you guys know that Netflix has a Netflix Original Anime series....

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/netflix-first-original-anime-series-looks-robotech-leve-1596440518 (http://sploid.gizmodo.com/netflix-first-original-anime-series-looks-robotech-leve-1596440518)
Knights of Sidonia

(http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--lG-quhvf--/vozysxmn6k9lrz2vwtj1.gif)

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The first Netflix original anime series, Knights of Sidonia, based on the popular manga series of the same name, follows Nagate, a low-born youth in a society of genetically engineered refugees who escaped the destruction of Earth one thousand years earlier and now occupy the massive ship Sidonia. When Nagate's talent as a pilot is revealed he becomes one of Sidonia's elite defenders against the Guana, shapeshifting aliens bent on eliminating humans from existence.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stratos on July 19, 2014, 08:55:12 PM
I noticed it a little bit ago and plan to check it out once I am finished with the Clone Wars series. The farther I get into Clone Wars the more bummed I am that it got canceled. Though so far I feel Season 5 was better than the first half-dozen episodes of 6. Hopefully it picks up and really becomes a worthy send-off for the series. It does give me optimistic hope for the new Rebels series taking it's place.


I am wondering when Netflix will be bringing Walking Dead and Arrow seasons up to date. I thought it would have appeared by now or are the studios not playing as nice this time around?


Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 19, 2014, 09:13:11 PM
Clone Wars was cancelled?

I thought they went into their 6th and final season knowing that it was going to be the final season, as that's the way they planned it? It was 6 seasons right? I never finished it..... :/
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: shingi_70 on July 19, 2014, 11:51:15 PM
Clone Wars was cancelled?

I thought they went into their 6th and final season knowing that it was going to be the final season, as that's the way they planned it? It was 6 seasons right? I never finished it..... :/


Nope, the show was doing well and it was cancelled in the middle of the sixth season with everything else star ars realted after disney. They were alllowed to finish season six and than started working on rebels.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stogi on July 28, 2014, 10:08:16 PM
Knights is pretty dope. The action is great and there's enough underlying plot/conspiracy to keep you interested.

Clone Wars is dope. The Yoda episodes are amazing. I never really was a fan of Star Wars (I mean it's cool), but that made me realize why people love it so much.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: shingi_70 on July 28, 2014, 10:48:43 PM
Just finished Clone Wars season six. I may rewatch it in the order that the timeline for the series goes.


I haven't tried Knights yet. I'm waiting for new Lillyhammer, house of cards, and for the Marvel stuff to start.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 28, 2014, 10:59:17 PM
Here is another new Netflix Original animation

Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stratos on July 29, 2014, 02:03:22 AM
Just finished Clone Wars season six. I may rewatch it in the order that the timeline for the series goes.


I haven't tried Knights yet. I'm waiting for new Lillyhammer, house of cards, and for the Marvel stuff to start.


I just finished Clone Wars as well. It was a nice final story arc but it is a pity it wasn't a full season. And S6 got a little too heavy with the hints of what was to come with Revenge of the Sith.


With how Disney is altering things to allow for more Jedi I do hope Rebels will carry on the tradition of delving into Star Wars lore. True, anything is game to be rewritten, but we all know of plenty of locations and characters that have the potential to be explored more in depth.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: shingi_70 on July 29, 2014, 11:46:45 AM
Just finished Clone Wars season six. I may rewatch it in the order that the timeline for the series goes.


I haven't tried Knights yet. I'm waiting for new Lillyhammer, house of cards, and for the Marvel stuff to start.


I just finished Clone Wars as well. It was a nice final story arc but it is a pity it wasn't a full season. And S6 got a little too heavy with the hints of what was to come with Revenge of the Sith.


With how Disney is altering things to allow for more Jedi I do hope Rebels will carry on the tradition of delving into Star Wars lore. True, anything is game to be rewritten, but we all know of plenty of locations and characters that have the potential to be explored more in depth.


I thought the scenes were supposed to indicate that the Jedi had become pretty complacent and their rigidness cost them everything and kept them from seeing the enemy hiding in plain sight. Even looking at the Jedi the one's who were the most effective were the ones who bent the rules of the council or had major disagreements with them. Sifo Dyas, Qui-gon, Obi-wan, anikan, the one who wanted to defect to the dark side and had the mutiple arms.

[/size]Even in Empire and Return Luke doesn't win until he tells Yoda to **** off with the you can't have attachment nonsense. [size=78%]

[/size]It looks Lucas arts are turning the unused season six stuff into books. There's a comic detailing the end of Mauls story arc, and a book releasing next year about Ventress.[size=78%]


I wonder how disney apparently is letting JJ start the new series off with out a new Jedi Order but are introducing new Jedi and having old ones still alive in the OT timeline.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stratos on July 29, 2014, 12:51:25 PM

There have always been "loopholes" to allow for more Jedi. In the Legacy EU I can probably count a dozen Jedi who survived the purge. Plus episode 3's emergency call Obi-wan and Yoda sent out left a lot of room for a near limitless number to have survived (within reason).
I do wish that Lucas had chosen to use Maul in the rest of the prequel episodes. I liked Dooku (Christopher Lee is an amazing actor), but I think it would have been a better parallel to have Obi-wan dealing with Maul instead of Grievous in Episode's two and three. Would make it more personal for Obi-wam. At least the Clone Wars series gave Maul a bit more time and consideration.


In terms of movies I do hope they use some of the novels as reference. With the expansion of Dathomir in Clone Wars I think Courtship of Princess Leia would be a wonderful story to explore. I liked how the Night Sisters were portrayed and this could create some fun moments in a film. Would be a good way to introduce younger actors to play the Big Three.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: shingi_70 on July 30, 2014, 07:41:17 PM

There have always been "loopholes" to allow for more Jedi. In the Legacy EU I can probably count a dozen Jedi who survived the purge. Plus episode 3's emergency call Obi-wan and Yoda sent out left a lot of room for a near limitless number to have survived (within reason).
I do wish that Lucas had chosen to use Maul in the rest of the prequel episodes. I liked Dooku (Christopher Lee is an amazing actor), but I think it would have been a better parallel to have Obi-wan dealing with Maul instead of Grievous in Episode's two and three. Would make it more personal for Obi-wam. At least the Clone Wars series gave Maul a bit more time and consideration.


In terms of movies I do hope they use some of the novels as reference. With the expansion of Dathomir in Clone Wars I think Courtship of Princess Leia would be a wonderful story to explore. I liked how the Night Sisters were portrayed and this could create some fun moments in a film. Would be a good way to introduce younger actors to play the Big Three.


I agree that were going to get more Jedi than just luke, i mean rebels is sort of indicative of that.  Honestly I don't think I want younger actors playing the big three, if your going to tell stories about them when they're younger do it in the books, comics, and games.


I'm hoping for Seven Samurai in the Star Wars universe, and probably a movie about bobba fett.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stratos on July 31, 2014, 08:02:47 PM
I think they already confirmed a Fett film in 2017/18. I wonder if this will involve him as a child much or if this will show him when he takes on his adult role w/ the Mandolorian armor.


I am curious if they will continue to have him carry on to be the eventual leader of Madalore like he did the the Legacy EU. I was bugged with how indecisive they were with him throughout the Legacy material. I liked in the Vong Wars how when he ran into Han Solo he made a point of stating the old hunt was "nothing personal" (believe elsewhere it was also reiterated) and fit the persona that had developed for him. But then in the Legacy of the Jedi series when he becomes leader of the Madalorians the Fett-Solo conflict becomes some "personal grudge". Though, that may have been due to Jason Solo killing Boba's daughter. My memory of how and when the events fell is a bit fuzzy.
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Post by: shingi_70 on August 01, 2014, 03:49:29 PM
I wonder what they're going to do for the fett movie since we know a lot about him from the clone wars.

I just want a Asohka and Ventress movie.
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Post by: Stratos on August 02, 2014, 10:32:18 AM
The creator of Ahsoka did make a comment that he had a story arc that answered a lot of the questions about where she ended up and what her ultimate fate was. I get the feeling she could turn up in Rebels in some fashion.
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Post by: NWR_insanolord on August 02, 2014, 04:19:34 PM
It's not original programming, but The Mighty Ducks 1 and 2 are now on Netflix streaming.
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Post by: marvel_moviefan_2012 on August 06, 2014, 10:21:54 AM
so no matter what thread I go into now we are talking about Star Wars? What is this place going to be like when the new movie hits?


Also is this thread meant to be recommendations for what is on Netflix or just sharing the interesting stuff you find? I am all for getting recommendations because Max is gone again as I finally rated too many movies. I am starting to miss Max.

Does anyone else have different profiles for different genres/moods? I have five profiles, my main profile that I have had for years before profiles, I keep this as my primary watching profile but I am very picky now what I watch under it. I have a second one exclusively for Anime, Super Hero and Comic book, and kids stuff so that I don't get odd ball recommendations based on something I watch infrequently. My third profile is Sci-Fi exclusive but that one is a bitch to keep organized because a lot of what Netflix calls Sci-Fi/Fantasy really pisses me off and its hard to get accurate recommendations, my fourth is random **** just whatever odd, quirky, or anything that doesn't fit into one of the other categories but is too weird for my main profile, and the last is reserved for Horror movies, the gorier the better that one Netflix can read my mind.

Anyways anyone else do this or do you all share with family members? My parents just have three, one for each and the shared family one.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 06, 2014, 02:09:03 PM
you can post anything Netflix related in this thread.

If you are looking for recomendation based on what streaming on Netflix, this would be a good place to ask.
If you want to share some interesting news regarding Netflix, this would be the place to do that as well.

and I have 3 profiles, for 3 individual people.
My profile, the account original, is all FUCKED UP, since I had it long before profiles, and because certain devices don't do profiles (looking at you Wii U, which is sad, because the Wii does profiles...).

But I like the idea of different profiles for different genres. I thought about making myself a new profile, but that is so much effort in rating titles all over again. I just deal with it now.
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Post by: marvel_moviefan_2012 on August 07, 2014, 05:07:55 PM
you can post anything Netflix related in this thread.

If you are looking for recomendation based on what streaming on Netflix, this would be a good place to ask.
If you want to share some interesting news regarding Netflix, this would be the place to do that as well.

and I have 3 profiles, for 3 individual people.
My profile, the account original, is all FUCKED UP, since I had it long before profiles, and because certain devices don't do profiles (looking at you Wii U, which is sad, because the Wii does profiles...).

But I like the idea of different profiles for different genres. I thought about making myself a new profile, but that is so much effort in rating titles all over again. I just deal with it now.


I can see that on Wii U,  but it is so different on PS3 Max makes it fun. I love Max I hate it when he goes away. I have no life so there is that too... I work one day a week the rest of my time is spent trolling making friends here.
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Post by: Stratos on August 07, 2014, 05:47:26 PM
What is Max? Is this a Netflix-enhancing program or a personal relation?


I hate that Wii U and 3DS do not have profiles. My wife always upsets my preferences when she uses them. I kept the Wii hooked up and that is now the dedicated Netflix Box so that I can play games on the Wii U when we watch and also maintain our profiles. I can deal with random recommendations, but the shared queue is what is really killing me. She adds to mine (and sometimes deletes) and there are shows on there I set aside for us to watch together that she then commits "Netflix Adultery" with and watches entire seasons before I figure it out.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 07, 2014, 05:49:15 PM
You should banish her to the realm of HULU and it's commercials.

No Netflix for YOU!!!!
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Post by: marvel_moviefan_2012 on August 07, 2014, 06:16:19 PM
What is Max? Is this a Netflix-enhancing program or a personal relation?


I hate that Wii U and 3DS do not have profiles. My wife always upsets my preferences when she uses them. I kept the Wii hooked up and that is now the dedicated Netflix Box so that I can play games on the Wii U when we watch and also maintain our profiles. I can deal with random recommendations, but the shared queue is what is really killing me. She adds to mine (and sometimes deletes) and there are shows on there I set aside for us to watch together that she then commits "Netflix Adultery" with and watches entire seasons before I figure it out.

You can Google Max PS3 for more info, it is basically an interactive game show exclusive to PS3 that offers personalized recommendations based on ratings and viewing habits. It is built into the Netflix app it is a row on its own like My List or Popular on Netflix, one more thing Sony did right that Nintendo would never implement in a million years. The voice is the guy who did You Don't Know Jack and the team who made that game made Max. It is fun but it is also really goofy.I will see if I can find a video on Youtube and link to it. It was commissioned by Sony so it will remain PS-exclusive probably forever.


Here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ITOpaVWI0U (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ITOpaVWI0U)


none of the videos do it justice, it interacts with you the more you use it but that is basically what it is.

Here is a better demo video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpmR9Cy6P9U
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 07, 2014, 10:00:15 PM
Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey (2014)

is up on Netflix. That is the Neil DeGrasse Tyson version. They one that just aired on Fox.

http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/80004448?trkid=13752289

All 13 episodes.
I wonder if they are making a season 2/2nd series?
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Post by: Shaymin on August 07, 2014, 10:10:18 PM
Can you get the Kansas edition?

Actually, this is really cool. Definitely going to try and cram it this weekend.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 15, 2014, 09:51:41 PM
Did you guys know that Netflix does NOT have Aladdin on DVD?

WTF, how is that even possible?
and it's not even up for streaming... how am I supposed to watch it now?
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Post by: Oblivion on August 15, 2014, 10:01:13 PM
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/172925-tis-the-season-disney-revokes-access-to-purchased-christmas-movies-to-force-you-back-to-cable-this-christmas


Blame Disney and their "vault".
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Post by: shingi_70 on August 15, 2014, 10:53:49 PM
Only expect Marvel, Pixar, and b list Disney movies on Netflix soon. Anything that can be exploited in the vault or has any real value won't go.

So expect rebels next year but not the OG six star wars movies.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 16, 2014, 01:15:54 AM
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/172925-tis-the-season-disney-revokes-access-to-purchased-christmas-movies-to-force-you-back-to-cable-this-christmas


Blame Disney and their "vault".

Are you trying to say that part of Disney's deal with Netflix is to yank DVD rental copies from availability when Disney feels the need for greed?

It was available in my queue like a week or 2 ago when I put it on there... now it's in the saved "future release" section. That's some BS.
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Post by: BranDonk Kong on August 16, 2014, 09:09:42 AM
This is why you download movies for free instead.
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Post by: marvel_moviefan_2012 on August 17, 2014, 11:46:57 PM
So I take it nobody else uses their PS3 for Netflix or nobody else cares about or uses Max? I was just curious because I should have known being a Nintendo fan site most people would be using some Nintendo console.
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Post by: Adrock on August 18, 2014, 12:07:57 AM
Before I got a Smart TV, I mainly used my PS3 for Netflix unless the Wii U was what I used last then I'd normally be too lazy to switch. Also, my old TV was a pain in the ass when it came to switching HDMI devices; it was slow and the device had to powered on in order to switch. Additionally, I preferred using Netflix on PS3 because using it on Wii U needlessly killed the GamePad battery (even if I turned the screen off) and when watching TV shows, the Wii U app didn't automatically go to the next episode. I haven't used Netflix on Wii U in a while so they might have updated it.

The Netflix app on my new LG Smart TV works almost identically to the PS3 app so there's no need to turn on a separate device. I was vehemently against Smart TVs in the past, but I did a lot of research and honestly, it works really well. It's quick and LG did an amazing job of converting webOS from smartphones to television.

This post was brought to you by our partners at LG. "Life's good."

(I never used Max. My friend showed it too me once. It didn't seem worth the trouble. I just scroll until I find something that looks interesting.)
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Post by: marvel_moviefan_2012 on August 18, 2014, 12:13:30 AM
I do that too but I don't have the attention span Max is made for people like me I guess. I love using the PS3 just because out of all my devices it is the fastest and most organized. Our Toshiba Blu Ray player is a damn snail it takes almost two whole minutes from power on to get into Netflix and that is just to launch the app it takes the app itself almost a full minute to load. My Logitech Revue was a piece of garbage that I keep around only because nobody fucking wants to buy a used one. Same with my stupid ass Roku which I hated from day one.


Actually to be perfectly honest what usually happens is I try to browse for a movie but I spend all day rating movies and organizing my list so that I think is why I like Max so much I just click play and he does the thinking for me where as when I do it I end up wasting all my time fiddling with crap and end up re-watching the same episodes of that 70;s show over and over in the mean time.
 
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 18, 2014, 04:40:32 AM
I got a Roku 2 XS & a Roku 3
The Roku 3 is pretty fucking sweet and the XS isn't bad either, but it was a refurb, so occasionally has minor issues. Netflix runs quickly and smoothly on both, so what's the issue with yours?
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Post by: shingi_70 on August 18, 2014, 09:46:17 AM
I use my game consoles, though I've been using my Chromcast much more often since its my default hdmi plug in.
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Post by: Shaymin on August 18, 2014, 10:00:24 AM
PS3 is my Netflix access, along with the WWE Network.
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Post by: Oblivion on August 18, 2014, 11:07:34 AM
I use PS3 or Chromecast. My Wii U isn't on nearly enough to find myself wanting to use it.
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Post by: Ceric on August 18, 2014, 12:41:00 PM
Considers where I'm at really.

PS3 is the main one for the whole house.
PC or PS4 upstairs in my room.
Though I get a huge amount of use with Netflix on my Windows Phone.
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Post by: NWR_insanolord on August 18, 2014, 01:13:30 PM
I'm a huge fan of my Roku. I haven't used Netflix or other video services on any of my game consoles in a long time because I like that experience a lot more.
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Post by: shingi_70 on August 18, 2014, 01:15:04 PM
With the expection of the xbox one and chromecast i think netflix is the same UX everywhere now.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 18, 2014, 02:35:42 PM
Not exactly.

Wii U is different than my Roku
my TV is slightly different and Win 8 is different than that.

I've even noticed that certain devices get certain covers for certain titles while others don'e.
Like It's Always Sunny has a different cover on the DVD player in the livingroom than it does on the DVD in the bedroom.
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Post by: Ceric on August 18, 2014, 05:22:51 PM
With the expection of the xbox one and chromecast i think netflix is the same UX everywhere now.
Windows Phone is different and in a lot a ways Superior from all of them.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 18, 2014, 08:34:32 PM
My mom has a windows phone,  and I have not even been able to figure that thing out...  Not to even figure out where the apps are.
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Post by: Ceric on August 19, 2014, 11:32:20 AM
My mom has a windows phone,  and I have not even been able to figure that thing out...  Not to even figure out where the apps are.
I'm going to help you out here.

Put the phone in you Left Hand.
Take you right hand and put it on the Main Screen.
Move your finger Left.
Magnifying glass on Top Left if you want to search.
Number or letter block if you want to just jump to an area.
Hold Finger on the Icon to bring up the menu to pin, uninstall, send to kids corner, etc.

Now that we're in where all the apps are hit the nearest latter.
Pick S.
Scroll down to Store to get more apps.

That's the really basic.  Settings has more.  Like you'll probably want to turn Battery Saver on so it goes into Heart Mode when the batter is low.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 19, 2014, 12:13:40 PM
Maybe I should clarify,  I didn't bother to really figure it out (I should show you a pic of her phone...), and I couldn't find a single app I searched for (so I assume they don't have a lot of the same apps as android).

But thanks for breaking it down for me .

Edit : pic of her phone
(http://i.imgur.com/9Vb4dUb.jpg)
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Post by: Oblivion on August 19, 2014, 12:56:59 PM
To this day I still don't know how people break their phones so damn much.
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Post by: Ceric on August 19, 2014, 01:22:37 PM
Considering the drops mine has had did she run over it?

Most of the Nokia phones at least are pretty durable.

Yeah in general the App selection is not on par with Android and iOS.  Part of that is most of what people do that phone does fine from the base but, it's a shame.
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Post by: oohhboy on August 20, 2014, 05:43:50 AM
It's a Windows Phone, I am not sure what everyone is expecting to get out of it other than terribleness. Nokia phones were durable until the company ran itself into the ground.
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Post by: shingi_70 on August 20, 2014, 08:45:47 AM
It's a Windows Phone, I am not sure what everyone is expecting to get out of it other than terribleness. Nokia phones were durable until the company ran itself into the ground.


Wasn't the company already on a downard spiral that wouldn't have been fixed if they stayed with symbian or went android. They would have been entering a market that was pretty mature where only a few players do well, and they're relationships with the US market at the time were worse than sony's at the time which is saying something.


Nokia was screwed either way, at least thos way we can see some more devices made by them.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 20, 2014, 11:05:13 AM
Considering the drops mine has had did she run over it?

Most of the Nokia phones at least are pretty durable.

Yeah in general the App selection is not on par with Android and iOS.  Part of that is most of what people do that phone does fine from the base but, it's a shame.

No, she didn't run over it. it dropped, landed on a corner and that's where mostly 90% of that damage came from. the rest was from subsequent drops where pieces of glass and plastic are now missing. Screen still works fine too. It's just that the UI is terrible and I hate trying to use her phone. Now maybe that's because I refuse to learn it since I'm on android, but even she can hardly figure it out.

Considering both me and my sister have Android phones, I'm still baffled as to why my sister would pick that phone out for my mom, as no one is familiar with it, so it barely gets used as a phone and no smart phone features ever get utilized on it.
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Post by: Ceric on August 20, 2014, 12:12:32 PM
Really?

If I didn't like you BnM this post would have been a lot different.

Suffice it to say I'm very surprised to find anyone whose used any smartphone having a hard time with it.
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Post by: Stratos on August 20, 2014, 01:34:36 PM
I'm a tech guy and I adapted to other OSes fine but for some reason the differences on phones are even more jarring. I can stumble through an Apple interface but Windows phones just feel foreign. Call it me getting old and stubborn, but I don't feel like going through a tutorial to learn a new interface I have no intention of using. I just refer people with questions to youtube channels or friends/relative who are knowledgeable on the subject. Guess I'm just tired of being "that computer guy" who everyone badgers for tech help. I will never work in IT.
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Post by: Ceric on August 20, 2014, 01:41:24 PM
This is sort of fascinating.

I'm not that great with Android because of just how customizable it is that opens for a lot of variation. 

iOS is sort of its own beast as well.

Maybe I should make a series of Videos.
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Post by: Stratos on August 20, 2014, 01:43:53 PM
I'd watch it out of curiosity. Part of me loves helping people with technology but I've grown weary of learning something I will never use myself just to help someone who cannot be bothered to use Google/Youtube/Instruction manual to get their answers. I know I could use a simple search but hey, I'm lazy and tired of doing it. :P
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 20, 2014, 02:52:40 PM
Stratos pretty much said it.

I really don't feel the need to figure out her phone for her when she really isn't going to use any of the features I show her anyway, and I'm NEVER going to use it other than to figure it out for her for her to never actually use it again... so that is the cycle. rinse. wash. repeat.

People already ask for help on their iPhone to do things I do on my Android. I tell them I don't know how to use an iPhone, so when I suggest jailbreaking it, they then ask me to go watch and follow the same videos that they themselves could go do. Yeah, no thanks.

I honestly wish I was as tech savvy as some of my tech-illiterate friends think I am. But I can't be bothered to learn something new and complicated to help them out just because that one time I helped them do something related to something I already knew about.
It's like asking that friend that helped you change your tires and and oil that one time to rebuild your carburetor... because now he is "that car guy".
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Post by: BranDonk Kong on August 20, 2014, 05:02:08 PM
That's the HTC 8X, it's a decent phone, but that screen is a pain in the ass to replace. You can't blame Nokia though, they don't make the screen. There's a new Windows Phone version of the HTC One M8 on Verizon - identical in everywhere except the OS. Hopefully someone comes up with a dual boot solution. Windows Phone is actually a pretty nice OS, just the ecosystem isn't there and probably never will be.
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Post by: marvel_moviefan_2012 on August 21, 2014, 03:00:22 PM
I got a Roku 2 XS & a Roku 3
The Roku 3 is pretty fucking sweet and the XS isn't bad either, but it was a refurb, so occasionally has minor issues. Netflix runs quickly and smoothly on both, so what's the issue with yours?

Mine quite working altogether it froze up and then died. I bought it when they first came out so it was a first gen and I used it for two things, Netflix and NBA, after we got tired of getting ripped off my the NBA we were just left with Netflix. I tried some of the other channels but it was a piece of **** all around then suddenly one day it got better organized and I got hopeful I would actually like it. We moved that weekend and for some reason it didn't survive the move so it sits in a box to this day right next to my Logitech Review and my old WDTV HD media box that I forgot about until we started talking about different boxes.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 28, 2014, 05:35:35 PM
James Spader and The Blacklist (NBC) is coming to Netflix
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/08/28/netflix-nabs-the-blacklist-for-2-million-per-episode

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Starting September 6th, Season 1 of NBC's The Blacklist will be available to watch (or re-watch, for diehard fans) on Netflix. This acquisition came with a hefty price tag though. $2 million an episode is what Netflix shelled out.

As Deadline reports, Netflix just entered into what is believed to be the "biggest subscription video-on-demand deal" in history with Sony Pictures TV. This $2 million per episode price stands for Season 1 and all future seasons of the James Spader series.

it's a hefty price to pay, but I'm sure Netflix has some back deal associated with the high price.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 02, 2014, 10:51:35 PM
Netflix also secures exclusive rights (in all territories) for Gotham ($1.75M per ep) http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/2/6099727/netflix-buys-batman-prequel-gotham-wb-fox

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Netflix is getting very, very aggressive with its streaming deals. After picking up The Blacklist for a reported $2 million per episode, Netflix now has the rights to Gotham before the show has even aired.

According to Deadline, the deal between Netflix and Warner Bros. spans all Netflix territories (both present and future) and was "put in motion" soon after a successful May screening of the pilot in Los Angeles (our own take on the pilot wasn't quite as glowing). Each season will be made available after its broadcast run, which for the US could mean September 2015. Deadline says it's hearing $1.75 million per episode of Gotham, which isn't quite Blacklist money, but again... the show hasn't even aired yet. Which, if you're wondering, is September 22nd on Fox.

And I also heard that there is a free app in the Chrome store that will switch your Netflix region and give you access to all the other things they can show in regions not the US.
I haven't tested it yet, but it did pop up asking me to choose my region after I loaded up Netflix for the first time after install. I might try it later.

Which region has the most movies to watch?
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Post by: BranDonk Kong on September 02, 2014, 11:23:15 PM
Last time I tried it worked. I uninstalled it, I think it was called Hola Better Internet or something. There are several things like it...
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Post by: Stratos on September 03, 2014, 12:26:41 AM
I hate region locking. This is a global market and the only thing a region should dictate is what language the movies are spoken in.


I might try it was well.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 03, 2014, 12:28:47 AM
Last time I tried it worked. I uninstalled it, I think it was called Hola Better Internet or something. There are several things like it...

Yeah, thats the one.
so it works, and it's Free!? sounds good to me. better than paying for unblockme.
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Post by: ShyGuy on September 03, 2014, 01:36:18 AM
I'm currently trying out Amazon Prime Instant. Like it quite a bit so far. Seems to have a better movie selection than Netflix, or at least comparable. Also has the HBO collection and some TV shows I wanted to watch.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 03, 2014, 03:54:02 AM
Last time I tried it worked. I uninstalled it, I think it was called Hola Better Internet or something. There are several things like it...

Welp, I tried it out, and I can access Netflix from other countries, but Netflix will not let me steam anything at all...

I keep getting the message:
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Watching Instantly Is Not Currently Available For Your Account

Unfortunately your account is restricted to streaming only within the 50 United States and its territories.
You may still access your account, but you will not be able to play any title.

So what are the other FREE programs like it?
Netflix almost just became extra awesome for me.
using this site: http://www.moreflicks.com/
and a free VPN almost just quadrupled my Netflix library by giving me access to everything Netflix has to offer, not just what they can offer in the US.
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Post by: shingi_70 on September 10, 2014, 10:55:57 PM
Girlmore girls is coming to Netflix, hopefully Dawsans Creek and Smallville aren't far behind.
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Post by: Adrock on September 10, 2014, 11:02:09 PM
Girlmore girls is coming to Netflix, hopefully Dawsans Creek and Smallville aren't far behind.
I honestly can't tell if you're being facetious.
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Post by: Ceric on September 11, 2014, 04:18:41 PM
I be excited for Smallville.  I missed the original run.
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Post by: pokepal148 on September 22, 2014, 11:12:25 PM
Charter has decided to go ahead and **** over the Rochester MN area and with how much use the TV's in the house get I'm starting to get curious about how something like this (http://lifehacker.com/5891870/the-mohu-leaf-is-a-paper-thin-hd-antenna-thats-perfect-for-cable-cutters) would work.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 22, 2014, 11:45:10 PM
http://spoilers.netflix.com/spoil-yourself/ (http://spoilers.netflix.com/spoil-yourself/)


Proceed at your own risk.


clips are random, spoilers are to be had.


my first clip was the moment in the end of Breaking Bad s4. you know the one.
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Post by: Ceric on September 23, 2014, 02:10:06 PM
http://spoilers.netflix.com/spoil-yourself/ (http://spoilers.netflix.com/spoil-yourself/)


Proceed at your own risk.


clips are random, spoilers are to be had.


my first clip was the moment in the end of Breaking Bad s4. you know the one.
I'm going to have a lot of fun with that.
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Post by: Stratos on September 23, 2014, 06:27:27 PM
When are the new seasons appearing? I thought Arrow and Walking Dead, among others, were popping on at the start of September? Pushed back to November?
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 23, 2014, 07:00:15 PM
Arrow s2 streams starting Oct. 8th. (pushed back from Sept. 14th)
TWD streams Sept. 28th
http://screencrush.com/new-netflix-instant-releases-september-2014/


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Post by: Ceric on September 23, 2014, 08:20:56 PM
Booo.  I've been waiting for that.  Also Person of Interest if it ever comes.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 11, 2014, 09:25:45 PM
It's official.
http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/80018294 (http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/80018294)

(http://cdn8.nflximg.net/images/3438/11403438.jpg)
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Coming 2015

"Marvel's Daredevil" is a live action series that follows the journey of attorney Matt Murdock, who in a tragic accident was blinded as a boy but imbued with extraordinary senses. Murdock sets up practice in his old neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen, New York where he now fights against injustice as a respected lawyer by day and masked vigilante at night.

Genres: TV Shows, Crime TV Shows, TV Action & Adventure

This show is: Exciting, Imaginative
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Post by: ShyGuy on October 12, 2014, 02:39:57 AM
nice!
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on October 14, 2014, 11:05:59 AM
been watching The West Wing on the Netflix. Never caught it when it was on the TV. Dang good show so far. I am about halfway through the first season. I hear the first four seasons are good but that it drops off after that.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 14, 2014, 01:54:25 PM
I started that show, but I need to restart it in Netflix this time so that it keeps track of what episode I was on.
I put that show down a while ago and have no idea where I left off.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: NWR_insanolord on October 14, 2014, 07:24:53 PM
been watching The West Wing on the Netflix. Never caught it when it was on the TV. Dang good show so far. I am about halfway through the first season. I hear the first four seasons are good but that it drops off after that.

The fifith season's probably the low point, as series creator Aaron Sorkin left after season four. The latter part of season six and especially season seven are really good in a different way, though, as it became more about the election of Bartlet's successor.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 16, 2014, 09:54:05 PM
Person of Interest comes to Netflix next fall.
http://deadline.com/2014/10/person-of-interest-netflix-jj-abrams-license-deal-warner-bros-cbs-852003/

along with Friends in the New Year
http://deadline.com/2014/10/friends-netflix-streaming-deal-851909/
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on October 17, 2014, 01:49:03 PM
Couldn't sleep so watched I Know That Voice last night.
It is a documentary about voice actors for animation, ads and games. Fun to see if a bit fluffy and navel gazing (it was produced by John DiMaggio/Bender).
Funny, a lot of them go on about how cool it is to not be recognized in public because they are voice actors, not onscreen actors. Yet I follow this stuff and recognized about 80% of them. Yay geeky me. I figure most of the folks that take the time to watch the documentary are probably also fans who would recognize the voice actors by sight too.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 05, 2014, 05:28:04 PM
Netflix to have 'A Series of Unfortunate Events'... of the Lemony Snicket variety.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/netflix-adapting-lemony-snickets-a-746666?utm_source=twitter
This Netflix Original series will hopefully be a fortunate event however.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stratos on November 05, 2014, 07:48:13 PM
What happened with the film series? Thought it was supposed to last more than one flick. Did the first tank so hard they canceled any sequels or were then never any concrete plans?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 11, 2014, 10:56:18 PM
I just caught up on Young Justice on Netflix, but there is only 1 season....
it was just getting good, so I looked it up and there are at least 2 seasons of the show.

What gives Netflix? You are leaving me hanging here. Not cool, bro. not cool.

I guess it's onto Green Lantern next, unless I can find s2 of YJ somewhere online.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Spak-Spang on December 11, 2014, 11:25:13 PM
BnM:  Young Justice Season 2 is really great.  It is a huge change in the show...but the end will make you angry...Cartoon Network cancelled show when it really needed a Season 3.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stratos on December 12, 2014, 03:39:56 PM
BnM:  Young Justice Season 2 is really great.  It is a huge change in the show...but the end will make you angry...Cartoon Network cancelled show when it really needed a Season 3.


Chance for Netflix to ride in on a white horse and save the show?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 12, 2014, 04:54:45 PM
S2 is supposedly coming to Netflix this year, according to people in the review section and a google search, but I couldn't find anything concrete. Sounded like it was supposed to happen already, but it hasn't happened yet. so who knows.

Not to steer the subject away from YJ and DC, but...
I kinda want Marvel to steal a few big DC animators and get to work making some quality Marvel cartoons. I like the DC animation, but I'm not terribly familiar with too many of their characters outside of those very animations I like to watch.

Is Avengers Assemble any good?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stratos on December 12, 2014, 05:37:44 PM
It's so-so. I've watched about 5 episodes and think I might jump to the Ultimate Avengers films instead.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 14, 2015, 03:20:14 PM
Wet Hot American Summer is getting an 8 episode "sequel" that involves ALL of the original cast.

Bradley Cooper and Paul Rudd on board. Filming has already started.

and no, the original movie is not up for streaming.... I'm sure that will be fixed at some point before the series premiers.
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Post by: NWR_insanolord on January 14, 2015, 03:29:21 PM
I'm pretty sure that movie was available on Netflix streaming not too long ago, so it's weird that it's not now given this.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Nile Boogie Returns on January 14, 2015, 03:53:29 PM
Marco Polo fans up in this joint? PLEASE DO NOT LISTEN TO THE REVIEWS, NAKED KUNG FU TRUMPS ALL
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 14, 2015, 05:13:48 PM
Marco Polo is on my next new show to watch.

I hear the show far surpasses the mediocre reviews it's been getting.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Nile Boogie Returns on January 14, 2015, 05:27:41 PM
I don't watch much critically acclaimed TV save for Game of Thrones so I don't know what they're looking for in terms of style and content but every one I've talked to at least liked the show. They might not be gaga over like me but they enjoy it.  The one thing that even the critics agree on is just how beautiful the cinematography is. Stunning! easily the best looking show there is.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: shingi_70 on January 15, 2015, 07:04:20 PM
Marco Polo is the least interesting part of Macro Polo.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Nile Boogie Returns on January 15, 2015, 07:58:13 PM
Marco Polo is the least interesting part of Macro Polo.


I totally agree! Kubla Khan is the best!
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 20, 2015, 12:05:49 PM
You think Netflix is about to announce a new season of Arrested Development?

(http://i.imgur.com/XhBHGGC.jpg)

I thought that was a rather odd category to pop up on my Netflix.....
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 20, 2015, 05:15:45 PM
The Interview coming to Netflix (DVD) on Feb 18th, 2015
http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/20/media/the-interview-makes-40-million/index.html (http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/20/media/the-interview-makes-40-million/index.html)

(http://i.imgur.com/Zp2LRyq.png)


and up for streaming this saturday?

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Remember when "The Interview" was almost scrapped by Sony Pictures? Well in little less than a month, the film has hauled in $40 million through on-demand rentals and another $6 million in theaters.
And now it's coming to Netflix.

On Tuesday Netflix announced that, starting on Saturday, the scandalous Seth Rogen comedy will be available to its subscribers in the United States and Canada.

The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it gives Sony another revenue stream as the studio aims to break even with the movie.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Khushrenada on January 20, 2015, 05:31:28 PM
Popular on Netflix seems like a perfectly reasonable category to me.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 22, 2015, 12:35:40 PM
New Netflix show from Tina Fey

(http://i.imgur.com/Kz5ugrr.jpg)
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 25, 2015, 01:32:54 PM
Netflix Kids is reviving Inspector Gadget & Danger Mouse

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/web-to-watch/2015/02/25/exclusive-netflix-orders-reboot-of-inspector-gadget/23968171/
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Attempting to reach more kids — and their parents — Netflix has ordered five new kids' shows, including remakes of the beloved animated television series Inspector Gadget and Danger Mouse.

Netflix has picked up the rights to an updated Inspector Gadget, the 1980s cartoon about the bumbling bionic private eye. Produced by Canadian television company DHX Media, the new series has already aired on broadcast television in Europe, but will premiere exclusively in the USA on Netflix in March

Inspector looks like cheap 3D animation, but so does a lot of the cheap 3D animated kids shows and movies.... so it should fit right in.

(http://i.imgur.com/j6YQtyI.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/NODt2om.jpg)
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Adrock on February 25, 2015, 02:44:47 PM
New Netflix show from Tina Fey
(http://i.imgur.com/Kz5ugrr.jpg)
I haven't been checking this thread. A new show from Tina Fey starring Jenna Maroney and Blowjob Girl. Why, yes, all of that. Please.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 16, 2015, 12:11:21 AM
What does Netflix mean in their little questionnaire?

(http://i.imgur.com/rtVYyy3.jpg)

To put it in context, I recently had Unfriended on DVD (don't bother) and they asked me what I rated it. I think I marked it 2 stars but can't remember (why can't we do 2.5 stars?). Once I rated it, it asked me the question up above.... what does that even mean?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: ShyGuy on September 16, 2015, 07:14:04 PM
Press 1 for English, 2 for Espanol.
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Post by: oohhboy on September 17, 2015, 12:44:34 AM
English motherfucker! Do you speak it!? Say WHAT again!
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: michaelbaysuperfan616 on February 18, 2016, 11:13:52 AM
Netflix has done away with preferences. Apparently the only way to teach it what you like now is based entirely on what you watch and what you rate. This wouldn't be so bad except for a couple of things. Now when you click on a title, show or movie, even just to rate it for preferences sake, it starts playing automatically. So in order to prevent Netflix from using movies you were just down rating as preferences you have to manually go into Recently Watched and delete the movies you were only rating. Very time consuming.

The second problem is without the taste preferences you can't get the custom rows as easily now. When you watch a show or movie it remembers what row you used to launch it, so for example you are trying to trick it into creating a row just for 80's now and you spend all day watching different movies from the 80's you have to find them in different rows, some comedies, some action, some horror, etc. Well under the old system you could just tell it Often under 80's in Decade preferences. Well If I launch an 80's title I found in teen comedies, it doesn't register I am trying for an 80's theme, it see I "like" teen comedies and creates a new row with more teen comedies, but it assumes I am a teen and shows me stuff released recently. Very annoying. It was always a pain in the ass to find what you wanted but with taste preferences it was easy to customize, not anymore.

I sat through Crocodile Dundee, Bill N Ted, Masters of the Universe, and about four or five other random 80's movies this past week trying to get that 80's row back I used to have under the old system. No luck. Now I am seeing stuff like Revenge of the Bridesmaids "because of your interest in Full Metal Jacket." what is the connection?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on April 23, 2016, 11:31:22 AM
This isn't specifically related to Netflix, but it benefits those trying to use Netflix internationally.

Opera (for the computer) has a FREE built int VPN that seems to work more than well enough w/ Netflix
http://www.opera.com/developer (http://www.opera.com/developer)

It's in the Developers Version, and more countries are supposed to be added soon, so I'm dropping this in here for anyone looking to test it out, and to remind myself in the future should I ever need to use it.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stratos on April 23, 2016, 06:34:57 PM
I'll keep this in mind for the next time we travel, because I hate losing access to our current shows when we go to Mexico and Guatemala.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 16, 2016, 12:52:07 PM
You Like Goonies? The 80's? E.T.? X-Files? Steven Spielberg's classics?

You looking for a new show to watch, and have Netflix?

(http://www.blastr.com/sites/blastr/files/strangerthingsposter.jpg)

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A love letter to the supernatural classics of the 80's, Stranger Things is the story of a young boy who vanishes into thin air. As friends, family and local police search for answers, they are drawn into an extraordinary mystery involving top-secret government experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one very strange little girl.



I'm only on ep 4 of 8, but I think Netflix has another winner here....
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Shaymin on July 16, 2016, 08:27:45 PM
Going to have to reup my Netflix next week: Force Awakens is on Netflix Canada already.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 30, 2016, 12:44:11 PM
place holder!!

(http://i.imgur.com/UiEhQJG.jpg)
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stratos on July 30, 2016, 02:30:19 PM
Had my first case of Netflix Adultery with my wife. Last week she brought up the Stranger things saying we should watch it and I was excited because I was going to tell her the same thing that evening.  But we agreed to finish the last two episodes of Agents of Shield first. I come home the NEXT night to find her half way through episode 3 because "oops". She had completely forgotten our conversation the night before and she had started binging the show that afternoon despite what we agreed.


So we agreed that I would reset her viewing progress and we would start over. We are now through episode 5 and really enjoying the show. I am especially happy we passed where she was at because she is a terrible secret keeper.


Loving the show so far and I am very glad it is a 'period' piece just makes it feel more believable and suspenseful.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stogi on July 30, 2016, 03:47:28 PM
Stranger things is great. Literally can't say anything bad about it. It also would work wonderfully as a book.
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Post by: TofuFury on August 04, 2016, 11:10:55 PM
Stranger things is great. Literally can't say anything bad about it. It also would work wonderfully as a book.


My wife and I finished Stranger Things last week. I can't say enough good things about this show. Lately, I've felt that movies and shows have lacked the magic that I enjoyed from 80's movies. This show captures what I love about the movies from that period and makes it their own.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stogi on August 05, 2016, 12:01:37 AM
How do you feel about a second season?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: TofuFury on August 05, 2016, 12:08:04 AM
I'm excited about the possibility. I think they've fleshed the world and story to give themselves enough to work with for a few seasons. I love the cast, and I'd like to see how they progress.


Plus I can't wait to see these kids get an NES eventually.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 13, 2016, 03:18:03 AM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CpdUHDzVMAA50sr.jpg)

Am I the only one enjoying this **** right now?

There's so many things to say about this show... as it jumps to actual clips from the 70's, and then to some sitcom looking ****, and then back to the actual good looking **** again. And even though the visual changes are kinda weird (along with some of the characters - Jaden. LOL), the music is good, and the show is just entertaining. They shift all over the place too, from disco, to hip hop, to "kung-fu" to spanish and back again.
It's a little bit cheesy, a little bit history, a little bit weird, a little bit musical, a little bit dance pary, but plenty entertaining.

Quick synopsis: That time period in The Bronx when Hip Hop was coming up on scene, and Disco was about to see its sun set. Story focuses mostly on a group of friends who try to come up in the new scene as they abandon the old.

edit: and even though Netflix usually releases all episodes at once, and the poster above says all episodes, there are a total of 12, but on the 1st 6 eps have been released for now. The other half drops early next year.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 13, 2016, 04:14:33 PM
Netflix released the soundtrack for Stranger Things: Volume 1 of 2

http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/netflix-details-stranger-things-volume-1-score-release-w433690 (http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/netflix-details-stranger-things-volume-1-score-release-w433690)
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Netflix's hit Eighties-inspired sci-fi series Stranger Things will release two volumes of its synth-y soundtrack, the streaming service announced Wednesday. Stranger Things, Volume 1 arrives digitally August 12th, with a CD release planned for September 16th. Volume 2 is out digitally August 19th followed by a September 23rd physical release.

Track Listing: Vol 1
1. "Stranger Things"
2. "Kids" (http://pitchfork.com/news/67470-listen-to-a-kiss-from-netflixs-stranger-things-soundtrack/?mbid=social_twitter)
3. "Nancy and Barb"
4. "This Isn't You"
5. "Lay-Z-Boy"
6. "Friendship"
7. "Eleven"
8. "A Kiss" (http://pitchfork.com/news/67470-listen-to-a-kiss-from-netflixs-stranger-things-soundtrack/?mbid=social_twitter)
9. "Castle Beyers"
10. "Hawkins"
11. "The Upside Down"
12. "After Sarah"
13. "One Blink For Yes"
14. "Photos in the Woods"
15. "Fresh Blood"
16. "Lamps"
17. "Hallucinations"
18. "Hanging Lights"
19. "Biking to School"
20. "Are You Sure?"
21. "Agents"
22. "Papa"
23. "Cops Are Good at Finding"
24. "No Weapons"
25. "Walking Through the Nether"
26. "She'll Kill You" (http://pitchfork.com/news/67457-listen-to-shell-kill-you-new-track-from-netflixs-stranger-things-soundtrack/)
27. "Run Away"
28. "No Autopsy"
29. "Dispatch"
30. "Joyce and Lonnie Fighting"
31. "Lights Out"
32. "Hazmat Suits"
33. "Theoretically"
34. "You Can Talk to Me"
35. "What Else Is There to Do?"
36. "Hawkins Lab
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Adrock on September 04, 2016, 08:25:27 PM
So Stranger Things was excellent. I don't feel as if a second season is really necessary.

I know I'm late to the party. I'll post thoughts if anyone is interested in discussing things.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 04, 2016, 09:18:00 PM
Of course we are. post away.

then get up on The Get Down. ;)
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: ThePerm on September 05, 2016, 03:17:50 AM
I was also thinking I didn't think a second season of Stranger Things was necessary. Although, now I want more of Stranger Things. Not a lot to fill the void.

I can see the story continuing on, and I guess it will. I like how Fargo and American Horror Story do it though.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 22, 2016, 06:36:19 PM
Looks like Netflix wants to push it's library up to 50% Original Content

https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/21/netflix-wants-50-of-its-library-to-be-original-content/

So if you like what Netflix is currently outputting as original, then this is nothing but good news.
The only remaining question is, Does this mean Netflix will drop the amount of licensed content to balance out the numbers? or will there be a minor price hike so that we can keep both current licensed volume and see increase in Original Content as well?

Personally I wouldn't be against a small hike in cost if it meant we got more original content of this same quality (or better), and maybe also got more NEW content to streaming sooner. Or even an extra Netflix Premium tier, with things like, TV episodes a week after air date, more New Movies on streaming sooner, or limited release VOD content - like indie fest films, limited releases, Caans festival films, Oscar Nominations during Oscar season, etc etc.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: Stratos on September 22, 2016, 07:46:10 PM
I like the idea of doing a tier system because I would use it to get newer episodes of shows. It would also allow them to compete more directly with Amazon where you can buy access to full current seasons of shows.


But on the flip side, they may not want to do any sort of tier system because of how badly that went the last time w/ the DVD break off and risk alienating the majority of their users. Again though, Amazon is doing something similar and doing fine so it would probably be better for them to try something out.


I would be willing to go up to $20-25 if it meant more content or quicker availability of currently airing shows.


On a different note, you should consider changing the thread poll to something more relevant. How about what our favorite Netflix series is (Marvel, Stranger Things, Get Down, etc.), or how much we would be willing to pay for a Netflix Plus service?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: NWR_insanolord on September 22, 2016, 08:00:47 PM
I love that Netflix is really emphasizing their original content, but I don't think getting to the point where it's half of what they have makes sense, no matter which way they got there. They have a truly fantastic library of TV shows, and that's the primary reason I subscribe, so I'd really hate to see that go.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!
Post by: ShyGuy on September 22, 2016, 08:06:44 PM
I feel like I should cancel Netflix. Their movie selection seems to get worse and worse.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now you can watch on the GO, no mobile data needed.
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 01, 2016, 01:59:32 AM
Netflix just launched a new Download and Go feature for the mobile app
https://media.netflix.com/en/company-blog/downloads-make-it-even-easier-to-watch-netflix-on-the-go (https://media.netflix.com/en/company-blog/downloads-make-it-even-easier-to-watch-netflix-on-the-go)

now you can load up on everything you want to watch while at home on your wifi, and then take that plane ride... or train ride, and don't have to worry about no signal... or just not using your mobile data.

Thanks Netflix.
https://twitter.com/netflix/status/803962377997688832

Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now you can watch on the GO, no mobile data needed.
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on December 01, 2016, 10:55:21 AM
Dang that is awesome!
I wonder if it's available in Canada?
In somewhat related news, Amazon Prime streaming just started today in Canada. Is it worth it?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now you can watch on the GO, no mobile data needed.
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 01, 2016, 04:27:03 PM
I have Prime Streaming... But outside of HBO stuff, I haven't watched anything on it in ages. I hear done of the original programming is good though.

And the Netflix Offline should be worldwide.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now you can watch on the GO, no mobile data needed.
Post by: ShyGuy on February 05, 2017, 11:33:52 PM
STRANGER THINGS 2

Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now you can watch on the GO, no mobile data needed.
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 05, 2017, 11:51:18 PM
I don't know if this is just happening to me, but i have the link to NWR Forums saved as an https to block all the crap that happens on mobile (using Chrome at home and mobile), but since youtube links are strictly http, they do no show up in the home browser.

but the real reason i replied, was did you see the trailer that played right afterwards?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now you can watch on the GO, no mobile data needed.
Post by: ShyGuy on February 05, 2017, 11:55:12 PM
I watched the first episode of Troll Hunters, it was well polished, but felt a little generic.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now you can watch on the GO, no mobile data needed.
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 05, 2017, 11:59:35 PM
I watched the first episode of Troll Hunters, it was well polished, but felt a little generic.

I was confused, I thought it was the CG from a Stranger Things video game... but it seemed to veer away from the source material in a weird way.
Then the title screen came up, and it was Troll Hunters in the Stranger Things format.
I wonder if the cartoon was inspired by the show.... because that vid made the premise of the cartoon seem eerily similar to the show.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now you can watch on the GO, no mobile data needed.
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 24, 2017, 11:20:26 PM
I'm just gonna leave this here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxK3pJbzGyE

people of this forum would probably look forward to this.
hint: New Netflix Anime series/movie with a very familiar IP
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now you can watch on the GO, no mobile data needed.
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 22, 2017, 07:23:49 PM
Stranger Things 2 trailer dropped as well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgS2L7WPIO4

looks like another banger.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now you can watch on the GO, no mobile data needed.
Post by: Stratos on July 22, 2017, 10:13:40 PM
Finally watched Rogue One on Netflix today. I was pleased with it, much better than I thought it would be. Still a little nit-picky about some of the details, but it was an enjoyable ride.


Also, everyone should check out the new Castlevania series (unless you dislike bloody violence). I was left wanting more and look forward to S2.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now you can watch on the GO, no mobile data needed.
Post by: ShyGuy on July 23, 2017, 12:50:52 AM
Stranger Things 2 is looking gooood. I like the spooky Halloween theme they got going.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now you can watch on the GO, no mobile data needed.
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 25, 2017, 09:15:20 AM
New season of Black Mirror is coming soon
https://mobile.twitter.com/blackmirror/status/901044440118300673/video/1

6 new episodes, and one looks to be very Star Trek-ish.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now you can watch on the GO, no mobile data needed.
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 03, 2017, 10:16:20 AM
new Netflix movie - Horredy by the maker of Tucker and Dale vs Evil

Little Evil
https://www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=80139506&jbp=0&jbr=1 (https://www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=80139506&jbp=0&jbr=1)

I'm 30 minutes in and this **** is pretty damn funny.

New step father (Adam Scott) needs to bond with his new step-son, who he believes to be the literal anti-christ.
His new wife (Evangeline Lilly) of course sees no fault in her son, expect new husband to step it up and be that positive male role model that her son needs.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 09, 2017, 09:07:21 PM
Netflix at it again!!!

American Vandal #whodrewthedicks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3tkFOtM6go

LOL
It's a mockumentary in the style of Netflix's own Making A Murderer.
looks pretty funny.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 09, 2017, 07:59:54 PM
Stranger Things gets a bluray/DVD release!!
Collector's edition exclusive to Target

(https://i.imgur.com/SuzfBnV.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/VMDq3gZ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/LppLcje.jpg)

I want this purely for the packaging.
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Post by: Stratos on October 10, 2017, 12:58:08 PM
For a minute I thought it was an actual VHS cassette for promotional purposes. Now I want a Stranger Things VHS set.
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Post by: ShyGuy on October 30, 2017, 01:15:03 AM
Stranger Things 2 seems very enjoyable so far!
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Post by: that Baby guy on October 30, 2017, 02:07:15 PM
Stranger Things 2 seems very enjoyable so far!

Seconded.
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Post by: lolmonade on October 31, 2017, 01:43:09 PM
If anyone is looking for a good movie to watch tonight, Netflix has The Babadook currently.  Could do worse for spooky movies.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 18, 2017, 07:51:45 PM
Netflix is reviving She-Ra for 2018 as part of a deal with Dreamworks to brink 5 new toons to Netflix
https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2017/12/12/she-ra-returns-as-dreamworks-announces-six-new-netflix-toons/#3aba163b1014

She-Ra, Trolls, Boss Baby, Captain Underpants and Harvey Street Kids are the new editions to Netflix.


I can only imagine that if She-Ra is a hit, He-Man can't be that long to follow.

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Post by: ShyGuy on December 19, 2017, 11:34:00 PM
If anyone is looking for a good movie to watch tonight, Netflix has The Babadook currently.  Could do worse for spooky movies.

Babadook was enjoyable
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Post by: Stratos on December 20, 2017, 12:56:58 AM
Anyone interested in checking out the new Will Smith film, Bright? Looks intriguing. Fantasy in the modern world can be a fun experience when done right.
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Post by: nickmitch on December 20, 2017, 10:57:29 PM
Anyone interested in checking out the new Will Smith film, Bright? Looks intriguing. Fantasy in the modern world can be a fun experience when done right.

Doesn't look like it'll be that great to me.  But I still wanna see it.  I think the premise is interesting, but I've been burned by that before.
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Post by: Stratos on December 21, 2017, 11:04:51 PM
Feels like it will be a grittier Grimm where all the fairy tail characters live openly (all but the last season are on Amazon Prime right now).


Sadly it is getting ripped apart by reviewers, but I'll watch it anyways because of Smith and the interesting premise. Apparently Netflix has already green-lit a sequel.

I can't shake the feeling this will be a modern era version of that "buddy cop" film from the 90's starring Whoopie Goldberg and a Dinosaur (felt like the style of the old live-action Dinosaurs sit-com). BTW it was Theodore Rex (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY7gsUL9Xkk).
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Post by: ShyGuy on December 24, 2017, 12:52:04 AM
I watched Bright. It was a good concept, but the execution was lacking. The story felt rushed, almost every character was unlikeable, and the cinematography and editing were lacking. Dark, Muddy, Quick cut, from multiple angles took me out of the story. I think my favorite character was the Elf Fed.

Everything seems like it needed the whimsy turned up a notch. lighter characters, better lighting, more execution with some stuff cut out to make the whole thing more streamlined.
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Post by: ThePerm on December 24, 2017, 03:00:37 AM
I'm the opposite. I haven't watched it because I think the concept is silly. Though, who knows maybe 7 years from now I'll be bored and alone and it will sound like a good idea that day.
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Post by: Stratos on December 24, 2017, 05:41:08 PM
Watched Bright with my wife last night because we burned ourselves out of Christmas Specials (marathoning all three Timm Allen "The Santa Clause" films will do that to a person...)


We actually loved it. I think hearing it was mediocre lowered my expectations and allowed me to really enjoy it. If I had gone into it just thinking it was a new Will Smith film I might have expected more.


I could see it getting a bit of a cult following. I liked how while the whole "fantasy racism" was very present yet it didn't feel too preachy. It was more "this is how things are and here are how some characters deal with it". My wife felt it was like a fantasy version of Zootopia with the whole "new diversity hire" angle. Her only complaint was one or two overly CGI scenes and bare boobs in a club scene. I didn't mind the boobs  :cool;


It is already getting a sequel, so I'm hopeful they can build upon the first and maybe get rid of some of the cheese.
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Post by: Liam Bridcutt on January 10, 2018, 03:52:30 AM
I'm the opposite. I haven't watched it because I think the concept is silly. Though, who knows maybe 7 years from now I'll be bored and alone and it will sound like a good idea that (https://book-of-ra-777.com) day.


That's why I'm watching it.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on March 03, 2018, 07:59:17 PM
Who says "No" to this!?
(https://i.imgur.com/DUrgiEf.png)

Directed by the guy who was originally supposed to do The Flash movie for WB/DC*, produced by the current directors of Civil War, IW and A4, and starring the Immortal himself.

Netflix putting that $8Billion production budget to work!!.




*preciously directed movies such as Dope and The Wood
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Post by: nickmitch on March 06, 2018, 11:28:21 AM
A comic book move starring Keanu Reeves?  Where have I heard that before. . . (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_(film))
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 18, 2018, 10:54:46 PM
She-Ra still coming this year 2018
(https://nerdist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/unnamed.gif)

I'll find the press release later.

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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 08, 2018, 02:28:31 AM
Netflix ALL-IN on Anime Originals.

5 "new" series announced
https://deadline.com/2018/11/netflix-anime-pacific-rim-altered-carbon-cagaster-of-an-insect-cage-yasuke-trese-1202498191/

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  • Pacific Rim (http://'https://deadline.com/tag/pacific-rim/'), which expands the world of the two live-action movies of the same name, returns to the epic battle of Kaiju and Jaegers. The original anime series follows two siblings — an idealistic teenage boy and his naïve younger sister — who are forced to pilot an abandoned Jaeger across a hostile landscape in a desperate attempt to find their missing parents. Co-showrunners are Craig Kyle (Thor:Ragnarok) and Greg Johnson (X-Men: Evolution). The series comes from Legendary Entertainment (Kong: Skull Island; Pokemon: Detective Pikachu)
  • Set in the same universe as the Netflix-live-action sci-fi series — which is currently in production — Altered Carbon (http://'https://deadline.com/tag/altered-carbon/') will explore new elements of the story mythology. The series comes from the animation studio, Anima and will be written by Dai Sato (Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo) and Tsukasa Kondo.
  • From the animation studio Gonzo (Hellsing, Afro Samurai), Cagaster of an Insect Cage (http://'https://deadline.com/tag/cagaster-of-an-insect-cage/') is set in a post-apocalyptic world where a mysterious disease “Cagaster” turns people into giant murderous insects, this manga-based series follows the struggle of a young couple to stay alive. Koichi Chigira (Last Exile, Full Metal Panic!) directs.
  • Set in a war-torn Japan of mechs and magic, Yasuke (http://'https://deadline.com/tag/yasuke/') follows a retired ronin who must take up his sword when he is charged with the task of transporting a mysterious child who dark forces want to eliminate. The series from the animation studio MAPPA will feature the voice of Sorry to Bother You star Lakeith Stanfield as the titular protagonist, which is based on the historical samurai of African origin who fought with Oda Nobunaga. Creator/Director/Executive Producer is LeSean Thomas(The Boondocks, Cannon Busters) while the Grammy-nominated Flying Lotus will compose the music and serve as an Executive Producer.
  • Trese (http://'https://deadline.com/tag/trese/') is set in a Manila where the mythical creatures of Philippine folklore live in hiding amongst humans, Alexandra Trese finds herself going head to head with a criminal underworld comprised of malevolent supernatural beings. This anime series is based on the Philippine graphic novel by the same name, created by Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldissimo. Jay Oliva (Wonder Woman, The Legend of Korra) will serve as Executive Producer. Producers are Shanty Harmayn and Tanya Yuson at BASE Entertainment, a studio based in Jakarta and Singapore.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 10, 2018, 12:00:37 PM
Stranger Things S3 Teaser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH3kBCSfL-4

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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 17, 2018, 12:45:21 PM
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

was anyone aware this was happening?
https://twitter.com/seewhatsnext/status/1074680637452218368

(https://i.imgur.com/sLaKWHh.png)
this is a prequel using traditional puppetry like the original.
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Post by: ShyGuy on December 17, 2018, 05:12:41 PM
Netflix?? The Dark Crystal???
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 18, 2018, 12:00:15 PM
Netflix has renewed The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina for seasons 3 & 4
https://nerdist.com/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-renewed-seasons-3-4/
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Good news for any and all who were enchanted by Netflix’s macabre Halloween ’18 release, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: the show will be around for years to come. With a second season still looming over the horizon, prepped for release on the streaming platform in April of 2019, Sabrina has nonetheless officially put a third and fourth season into motion.

Variety reports that Netflix has ordered 16 more episodes of the program to be distributed among the two seasons, which will begin production in ’19 and presumably reach the viewing public in 2020 and 2021. In the meantime, we’ve got Sabrina‘s holiday special, which only just hit the ‘net on December 14, to fill the Greendale void.

and don't forget that if you've already checked out Season1, there is also a Holiday Special episode out on Netflix now

Watch Now: https://www.netflix.com/title/80223989
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 16, 2019, 09:15:13 PM
Netflix.... LMAO. "The Office" in "Space" - bring it.
https://twitter.com/seewhatsnext/status/1085597548864200704

https://deadline.com/2019/01/space-force-workplace-comedy-series-steve-carell-star-greg-daniels-netflix-the-office-reunion-1202535944/
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Co-created by Carell and Daniels and starring Carell, Space Force is centered around the people tasked with creating a sixth branch of the armed services…Space Force.

Steve Carell, who co-created the series, will star and executive produce. Daniels will serve as showrunner and executive producer. Fellow Office alum, 3 Arts’ Howard Klein, will also serve as executive producer.

I hear Space Force will not impact Carell’s starring role opposite Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon in Apple’s upcoming morning show drama series and he will do both.

LMAO. Space Force.
So glad they were quick to make this one.
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Post by: mrtycruise on February 11, 2019, 11:51:24 PM
I watch Netflix on my smart TV.
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Post by: nickmitch on February 12, 2019, 02:25:09 PM
Cool story.
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Post by: ThePerm on February 12, 2019, 04:17:35 PM
Lol great response.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 14, 2019, 04:27:15 PM
Love, Death, + Robots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUFwunMKa4E

Netflix Adult Animated Anthology.
Looks very interesting.
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Post by: ThePerm on April 13, 2019, 08:11:18 PM
The Bear Grylls choose your own adventure series is out.

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Post by: Dan Laser on April 13, 2019, 11:51:17 PM
Huh, I didn't realize the Bear Grylis thing was a choose your own adventure. Interesting.

Trigger Warning with Killer Mike and Russian Doll are two recent Netflix faves. Detective Handsome is also fun. I’m happy to have more Santa Clarita Diet and Sabrina, but I haven’t finished them yet

The Silence on the other hand… is bad. The book it’s based came out before A Quiet Place, but the latter is a better “monsters are attracted to noise” movie, and The Mist and even Bird Box are better b movie horrors. The deaf daughter talks most of the movie?? The creatures seem like they would be very easy to trick and kill. The bad guys at the end are so goofy.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on April 14, 2019, 02:07:05 AM
Sabrina has been very interesting. I'm 1 ep away from the end, but the I've been into it.

Santa Clarita diet has caught my attention a few times on a nights looking for something new to watch. Zombie show, right? Maybe I'll check it out.
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Post by: Adrock on April 14, 2019, 02:30:55 AM
Definitely recommend Santa Clarita Diet. I didn’t like the end of Season 3 though. /sad horn
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Post by: ThePerm on April 14, 2019, 03:28:24 AM
Sabrina has been very interesting. I'm 1 ep away from the end, but the I've been into it.

Santa Clarita diet has caught my attention a few times on a nights looking for something new to watch. Zombie show, right? Maybe I'll check it out.

Santa Clarita Diet is maybe a vampire show, maybe a zombie show. Either way it's funny and entertaining.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 03, 2019, 03:38:58 PM
Looks like Netflix is bringing back the weekly episode model for certain shows.

https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2019/09/netflix-series-drop-episodes-weekly-instead-of-all-at-once?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=popculturetw
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Post by: Stratos on September 03, 2019, 04:42:49 PM
Yeah we ran into that issue with the British Baking Show. A little frustrating, as part of the joy of bingeing (sp?) is that you can watch them on your schedule, and some folks may only have a a day or two or a weekend for some good watch time.
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Post by: ThePerm on September 03, 2019, 11:34:29 PM
one thing about releasing all episodes at once is that it ensures you have a complete product release and they don't cancel it half-way through a season. If they slow release anything it had better be in the bag ahead of time.
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Post by: nickmitch on September 04, 2019, 11:54:13 AM
Well, it's not like ratings week to week are an issue with Netflix.  Also, Netflix has to expect people to want to binge, as they're used to, so I would expect them to let a full season run before making any decisions about total streams.

The move to weekly is making more and more sense to me.  With some of their shows/movies people talk about them for maybe the week following release and then nothing.  Social media "word of mouth" is probably their best marketing strategy, and you need people to watch something for longer than the trending topic cycles.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 06, 2019, 12:56:03 PM
Dragon Prince Season 3 coming back next month

(https://i.imgur.com/nDphnmE.png)

I gotta say, I like this one. I'm looking forward to the return of this series.
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Post by: ejamer on December 16, 2019, 09:19:21 PM
We've had extremely little time for TV over the past few months, but are looking forward to diving into a few series over the holidays.

First off, how was season 3 of The Dragon Prince (no spoilers, please)?  We also really enjoyed the series here, and I'm keen to see a bit more of that world together with my kids.

Second, I just want to take a minute to gush about The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. Wow. I can't remember the last time I saw this kind of fantasy epic given such attention to details and rich world-building. It's unfair that something this beautiful comes and went with hardly a peep. So good!
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 17, 2019, 02:31:05 PM
I enjoyed the Dragon Prince S3 for the most part. I watched with my daugter, as she is pretty into it.
There is just a point towards the later half that just makes no sense to me.... plot twist. I think you'll know what I'm talking about once it happens.

It seriously makes no sense to me why it happened other than to progress the story.

SPOILER the new young king decides to go to jail and replace the treasonist kings hand of his father, allowing him to become king to advance a war he didn't want to be part of.... WUT!? why couldn't he let his advisors take the temporary crown till he was ready, and just be a kid again. iirc it was even suggested to him to do that, but he chose to relinquish the crown to the man arrested for betraying the interest of the kingdom, after fighting the royal guard. It seriously makes no sense to me.

As for The Dark Crystal, my daughter absolutely ADORED this show. She didn't remember watching the original (she's only 7) but this new one was one of her favorite things ever. She would often try to talk like the Skeksis, but imitate the little Pip guy with the spoon. Her Netflix icon right now is the female elf girl.
I don't know if they are going to do another season/mini-series, but I'm down for more.
She even watched the behind the scenes for the show. She thought she was a genius for knowing that all the characters were puppets. and Bless Netflix soul for not going CGI all over this show, but sticking with the puppetry like the original. They did a good job with this one.
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Post by: Stratos on December 22, 2019, 04:56:45 PM
Yeah, Dark Crystal was impressive to me. I just kept getting caught up with the puppetry because of how ornate and detailed it was. I'm sure it will get another season or two, what with a game based off of it coming out soon.
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Post by: broodwars on December 22, 2019, 09:57:31 PM
I binged through all of Netflix's Witcher series today, and...yeah, it's not great. The 8 episodes more or less cover the events of the chronological 1st 2 books in the series ("The Last Wish" & "The Sword of Destiny"). However, they're covered in such such an extremely disjointed fashion that if you haven't read the books, it's downright unintelligible.

The reason for this is that the writers decided to make this an ensemble show, and often each member of the ensemble will have their story take place at different points in the timeline. Ciri's storyline pretty much always takes place in the "present" and Yennefer's usually is in the distant past until halfway through the show. However, Geralt's often jumps around between those 2 extremes, and the show makes NO attempt to make it clear WHERE in the timeline you ARE at any given point in the show. The show also makes NO attempt to explain the overall political landscape of The Continent, so all anyone new to this franchise has to cling to are that Nilgaardians are assholes.

The acting as a whole it great, particularly Cavill as Geralt. Unfortunately, he has very little to do because the show has been very deliberately written to make Yennefer & Ciri the main characters. Geralt shows up from time to time, and you'll occasionally see him on-screen for a while, but this series is very much not his (at least up till the end of what's available). Yennefer gets the most concrete arc over the course of the show, and Ciri's storyline drives the plot. Geralt's just kind of "there", which is somewhat accurate to the books but you'd think they'd have re-written his role to make him more integral to the plot.

Overall, this show is probably a solid 6-7 out of 10. It has some good production values & some solid acting, but this series was kind of killed in the editing room.
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Post by: ejamer on December 23, 2019, 10:31:50 PM
Thanks for the mini-review about The Witcher. I haven't played any of The Witcher games and know nothing about the series... sounds like this is probably going to be a pass for me. (The Witcher was just sitting on the edge of "maybe I should check this out?"  Your review will let me focus on things that I'm pretty sure will be up my alley without any regrets.)


Speaking of stuff that directly appeals to me, I just finished off The Dark Crystal Age of Resistance and was soundly impressed. There are just enough dark moments that I decided not to watch with my kids yet... but the fantasy world they present is absolutely stunning and drew me in even during moments when the story fell flat. I sincerely hope they do a second series; there are definitely more stories to tell in this world.

Next up over the holiday break: Pet Cemetery. A friend said they did a really good job with this movie, and what would Christmas be without a few scares.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 24, 2019, 01:15:19 AM
I was just gonna go check out a trailer for the show since I just seen a clip of a commercial earlier while watching the Warrior game. I'm only familiar with the game as I've seen it on Steam and checked out trailers for it there, but now that review above, will just let me quell that curiosity and pursue other unknown random **** on Netflix/Amazon/Exodus to watch instead.
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Post by: Adrock on December 24, 2019, 08:03:40 PM
Here’s where I am currently with The Witcher

Jaskier: Toss a coin to your Witcher. O’ valley of plenty. O’ valley of plenty. Oh-oh-oh...
Me: Ugh, that doesn’t even match the tone of the show.
Me, 4:00 AM later: 🎶 TOSS A COIN TO YOUR WITCHER! O’ VALLEY OF PLENTY! O’ VALLEY OF PLENTY! OH-OH-OH! 🎶
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Post by: broodwars on December 24, 2019, 09:01:19 PM
Here’s where I am currently with The Witcher

Jaskier: Toss a coin to your Witcher. O’ valley of plenty. O’ valley of plenty. Oh-oh-oh...
Me: Ugh, that doesn’t even match the tone of the show.
Me, 4:00 AM later: 🎶 TOSS A COIN TO YOUR WITCHER! O’ VALLEY OF PLENTY! O’ VALLEY OF PLENTY! OH-OH-OH! 🎶

Yeah, that is, indeed, a great song. I wish there was more singing by Dandelion/Jaskier in the show, actually. It gives the show an air of something like the Hobbit or Lord of the Rings books, where people regularly sang songs of great deeds of legend.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqbS7O9qIXE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqbS7O9qIXE)

On a side note, "Jaskier" is the original Polish name for Dandelion. When the games & books were brought over, his name was translated to "Dandelion". However, the showrunner couldn't figure out how they were going to pronounce that since it's inconsistent between even the books and games. The games pronounce his name like the flower, whereas the audiobook version of the books pronounces it "Dan-DIL-ion." As a result, the showrunner chose to just use his original Polish name, but he is Dandelion the Horny Bard.
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Post by: Plugabugz on December 25, 2019, 09:01:08 PM
Season 4 of The Expanse dropped on Amazon and... wow. It was an all setup season but definitely worth it Avasarala swears like a mofo in every single scene and its totally worth it.
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Post by: ShyGuy on December 26, 2019, 05:40:07 PM
I don't know much about the Witcher, never read the books and only played a couple hours of the games, but I liked this! I really had no idea what was going on a lot of the time, but it was still enjoyable! I don't really get into TV shows much anymore, so I was pleasantly surprised.

I read that the show was originally being developed as a Ciri show, so the focus on her made sense after that. The lady who played Grandma Queen I think is the show runner, so she must have had different plans originally.
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Post by: Stratos on January 01, 2020, 09:02:17 AM
Witcher was a blast and I actually enjoyed that they didn't spoon feed me all of those nuanced details this time. It was definitely designed to be binged and watched directly (not "watched" while playing around on your phone or switch, lest you miss the details).

I was a bit confused at first, but my wife was even more confused so we did pause the show (or break between episodes/binge sessions) to talk out what was happening and it all came together for us in that manner, so by the last few episodes we were both easily following what was happening and invested in the characters. We didn't need to go looking up any external lore sources or plot breakdowns online to deduce all of the things going on.

I highly recommend it to everyone not averse a little sex and violence in their medieval fantasy. It is much lighter than Game of Thrones in both types of graphic scenes, but there are boobs sporadically popping up. The violence is tamer, but still not for the weak of stomach.

It's especially worth watching if you are a Game of Thrones fan (double especially if you wished there was more fantasy in your medieval fantasy epic from GOT).

The complaints about editing Broodwars makes do have some merit, but I don't think that would derail the show for most people. I'm torn between an 8 and 9 out of 10 for a score so I'll settle on an 8.5, though I do plan to re-watch it down the road and see how things change for me on a second viewing.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 06, 2020, 09:01:03 AM
He-Man and the "Masters of the Universe" movie coming to Netflix

https://discussingfilm.net/2020/02/05/masters-of-the-universe-will-release-on-netflix-exclusive/

It was previously a Sony Pictures thing.... but since Netflix has success with She-Ra, makes sense they'd want some Live Action Muscles & Sword of Power to go with it.
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Post by: Stratos on February 06, 2020, 12:23:35 PM
Finished Lost in Space S2 and just love the show! Really hope Netflix doesn't go and cancel it pre-maturely. Great characters and they do a great job mixing in drama without it dragging down the plot and pace of the show. Its still a Sci-Fi adventure at its core.

And Dr Smith is a villain that I love to despise. Such a well done villain and does a great job exploiting and taking advantage of everyone.

After S2 I think we have not seen the last of Scarecrow or Ben Adler. I think they were melded together during the lightning storm and it will be a shocker reveal when Scarecrow speaks.
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Post by: ejamer on February 06, 2020, 02:52:08 PM
Finished Lost in Space S2 and just love the show! ...

I'm curious about your opinion. We started watching S1 a while back, but the first episode of two didn't really stick with us. The pacing felt a bit off, and even though it had some neat ideas and tried to throw us into the action, it didn't feel compelling without knowing much about the characters.

Should we stick with it, or does that mean it's probably not going to be a match for us?  I imagine the show could only get better... but if the first half dozen episodes are a slow build then we probably don't have enough free time to make it worthwhile.
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Post by: Stratos on February 06, 2020, 03:58:19 PM
They give you flashbacks to the characters from before leaving earth and it really fleshes out their motivations and relationships (pay attention to the background info in the flashbacks as it comes into play later for bigger plot points). Its not so much a slow burn, more of a controlled burn with regards to the character drama.

My wife also felt unmotivated to finish S1. I wastched S1 on my own when it dropped and then convinced her to watch it all with me on my second round. She fizzled out around episode 5, but after I finished S2 and raved about it she decided to go back and give it another try. She picked up where she left off and I helped jog her memory on some plot points and characters and she got so sucked up in it that she binged the rest of S1 and all of S2 in a weekend.

So I suspect if you stick with it then it will pay off for you like it did for her, especially if the show has an intriguing premise for you already. Watching it reminded my wife how much she loved Sci-Fi to the point she finally decided to take the plunge and watch the original Star Wars with me.
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Post by: Adrock on February 06, 2020, 06:54:27 PM
 Netflix finally lets users disable autoplay for trailers (https://www.polygon.com/2020/2/6/21126885/netflix-disable-autoplay-how-to-settings)
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Post by: ejamer on February 07, 2020, 01:06:59 PM
Netflix finally lets users disable autoplay for trailers (https://www.polygon.com/2020/2/6/21126885/netflix-disable-autoplay-how-to-settings)

Oh, fantastic. I find that super annoying!
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Post by: ThePerm on February 07, 2020, 03:02:34 PM
Ironic is I always hated Versions of netflix that didn't have it. The Wii U had that first. Then they updated it and got rid of it, but then they brought it back on all platforms.

I hate Crackle's version of that. It's obnoxious.
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Post by: ejamer on February 07, 2020, 04:49:23 PM
Ironic is I always hated Versions of netflix that didn't have it. The Wii U had that first. Then they updated it and got rid of it, but then they brought it back on all platforms.
...

Actually, I don't hate the auto-previews, and sometimes it was useful if the show was new or something kind of unknown... But sometimes Netflix kept playing the show instead of just showing a preview, before I was actually ready to start. That really ticked me off, and made me wary of all previews.

Seems easier to just turn it off and not worry.
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Post by: nickmitch on February 09, 2020, 07:46:49 PM
I never liked them, to be honest.  Auto-play videos just rub me the wrong way in general.  On Netflix, it feels like I'm on a timer where if I don't keep scrolling the damn preview will play.  I'd rather read the description, look at whatever art they have for and think if I want to look at a trailer than get one when I'm still like "Who's in this? What kind of movie is it?".
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Post by: Stratos on February 10, 2020, 03:17:14 PM
The worst part of auto play for me was that I end up with a few films in the "continue watching" row that I have no interest in watching.
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Post by: ejamer on February 10, 2020, 07:33:51 PM
The worst part of auto play for me was that I end up with a few films in the "continue watching" row that I have no interest in watching.

You are supposed to be able to clear those out from your profile in a web browser, but that hasn't always worked very well in my experience.  (But I agree: that is extremely annoying.)
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Post by: Stratos on February 10, 2020, 08:03:38 PM
I never watch Netflix in a web browser anymore. Shouldn't have to access 'special' settings on a browser yo do things that should be native to your app.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 13, 2020, 12:52:54 AM
Netflix offers a "FREE" movie to non-subscribers in hopes they subscribe for the sequel.

No need to log in or sign up for FREE trail
https://www.netflix.com/title/80203147

Quote
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
 
When her secret love letters somehow get mailed to each of her five crushes, Lara Jean finds her quiet high school existence turned upside down.
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Post by: Stratos on February 13, 2020, 03:42:17 PM
My wife is watching that and apparently having a blast with it. There is a funny inconsistency between the seasons as they recast the love interest that appears in the ending cliff hanger. He went from a clearly white guy to someone who is very clearly bi-racial (black + white I believe). She thinks the actor was an upgrade, but it is still an odd drastic change.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 14, 2020, 10:37:51 AM
Stranger Things 4 Teaser (and SPOILER reveal in Trailer)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB2GYwbIAlM

I haven't watched it yet.... but I hear the strangest thing is the obvious MCU crossover!! /s
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Post by: ejamer on February 14, 2020, 11:06:09 AM
The spoiler was something that everyone assumed to be fact though, right? I mean, nobody should be surprised what was shown last season.

Stranger Things is in a weird place; I feel like the more we get, the less impressive it all becomes. The writing last season didn't thrill me, even though I enjoyed watching it well enough. Rather than seeing quality tail off as they constantly try to go bigger each season, I kind of wish they'd just wrap it up and do something different.

That said, I'll definitely still watch another season.



Anyone going to check out the Dragon Warrior show on Netflix? Something about the style just looks so wrong. Animation works when stylized that way, but when you start making "realistic anime" it gets kind of uncomfortable.  Although I did like how it opened up with an 8-bit tribute.
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Post by: Stratos on February 14, 2020, 06:40:02 PM
Stranger Things is in a weird place; I feel like the more we get, the less impressive it all becomes. The writing last season didn't thrill me, even though I enjoyed watching it well enough. Rather than seeing quality tail off as they constantly try to go bigger each season, I kind of wish they'd just wrap it up and do something different.

That said, I'll definitely still watch another season.

I end up saying this for a lot of shows and films, but the show runners have a plan to end the series and stated they will only go to four, maybe five seasons before wrapping it up. So hopefully this leads to a tighter series finale. But I've been burned before (Shrek, Game of Thrones) so I'll just have to watch and hope for the best.
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Post by: ThePerm on February 15, 2020, 12:29:28 AM
If it didn't happen on screen it didn't happen. Two characters died off screen on Fear The Walking Dead. Now, I stopped watching that series all together, but I wouldn't be surprised if they came back.
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Post by: ejamer on February 15, 2020, 03:15:44 PM
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Anyone going to check out the Dragon Warrior show on Netflix? Something about the style just looks so wrong. Animation works when stylized that way, but when you start making "realistic anime" it gets kind of uncomfortable.  Although I did like how it opened up with an 8-bit tribute.

Oof.  Well, despite loving Dragon Quest video game series and being openly curious going on, I'd suggest that anyone else who was thinking of spending the time watch Dragon Quest Your Story on Netflix approach with caution. It's not particularly good - and that's probably a generous assessment.

Which is weird, the episodic nature of this series seems like it could make a really fun movie or show if put together right. Your Story doesn't really come together well though. Maybe it would be better if they did a short anime mini-series instead though, or if they stayed truer to the story from one of the games.

Anyway, my overall rating is: "wish I had that time back". Would've been better off actually sitting down and playing through a the first hour or two of a Dragon Quest game instead.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 16, 2020, 02:48:17 PM
I meant to mention this when I posted about Netflix taking over the Sony Masters of the Universe movie, but I didn't have time to find a link.

But apparently Netflix is also making a He-Man cartoon.
Masters of the Universe: Revelation

I have no idea if it's similar art style to the She-Ra cartoon or not, or if they are connected in anyway (I don't see why they wouldn't be since Netflix makes them both)

But it's being done by Kevin Smith and they just released the cast list.... and the voice cast sounds great!

(https://i.imgur.com/AxeoS5b.png)
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Post by: Spak-Spang on February 16, 2020, 06:31:20 PM
Somebody named their daughter Harley Quinn for real?  Worst parents evar.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 16, 2020, 06:55:22 PM
check the last name....

That would be man in charge of the product..... Kevin Smith
he named his daughter Harley Quinn Smith
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Post by: ThePerm on February 16, 2020, 08:04:37 PM
sounds like a pretty good cast. If this is stoner He-man then i'm really down. I was hotboxed one day watching he-man with my roommate and determined it to be the greatest intellectual property ever created.
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Post by: Stratos on February 17, 2020, 04:09:27 PM
Where the hell am I on that list!?!? Name myself after a He-Man character and be the only one forgotten in a casting call...
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 17, 2020, 05:37:40 PM
Where the hell am I on that list!?!? Name myself after a He-Man character and be the only one forgotten in a casting call...

somewhere in a corner sobbing to themselves: Man-E-Faces, Ram Man, Mekaneck and Buzz Off
(all toys I had....)


but from what I heard, some of those may be from the cartoon and not from the original toy line the cartoon was based on. (this would be a potential rights issue as the original toy line, and the OG cartoon were made by two different companies)
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Post by: Adrock on February 17, 2020, 06:20:30 PM
Somebody named their daughter Harley Quinn for real?  Worst parents evar.
In Kevin Smith’s defense, “Harley Quinn” at least sounds like a real name. If you said the name to someone who didn’t know the character, they may not think twice about it. There are certainly worse celebrity kid’s names in my humble opinion. Smith’s friend and frequent collaborator, Jason Lee, named his son “Pilot Inspektor”. Nicolas Cage named his son “Kal-El”. Penn Jillette named his daughter “Moxie CrimeFighter”. I guess they’re all hoping they’re so famous that no one will mess with their kids.
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Post by: ThePerm on February 17, 2020, 06:33:45 PM
if I were being clever I'd use Arlecchina. 


Also to note. There is a separate DC character named Harlequin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequin_(comics)
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Post by: nickmitch on February 17, 2020, 10:01:11 PM
"Harley Quinn" is pun. He named his daughter after a character who's name is a pun.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 23, 2020, 08:55:17 PM
Is anyone watching Locke & Key on Netflix?

series based off a graphic novel...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EonRi0yQOE

Pretty interesting so far.

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Post by: ejamer on February 23, 2020, 09:50:14 PM
Is anyone watching Locke & Key on Netflix?

series based off a graphic novel...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EonRi0yQOE

Pretty interesting so far.

Not yet - but it's on my short-list.  Looked neat; should I take this as a recommendation?
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 23, 2020, 11:17:44 PM
I enjoyed it. The main reason I asked, is because I wanted to talk about it, but not spoil it for those that haven't seen it yet.

there's a few moments where beyond questionable choices/actions are made to move the plot forward in the later episodes, but ultimately I enjoyed it and would tune in for a Season 2 whenever that happens.
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Post by: ejamer on February 26, 2020, 11:50:23 PM
Another friend recommended Locke & Key last night. Definitely on my short-term list, after hearing him talk it up. (He didn't give any specifics at all; just said it was hard not to binge watch the whole thing because it was so much fun, and using Stranger Things as a point of comparison but suggesting his family liked this new show even more).

Semi-related side note: can anyone recommend a few good horror/thriller shows on Netflix?  A coworker loves scary movies, and we're looking for something to watch and chat about.  I'm thinking Haunting of Hill House...
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 27, 2020, 01:04:35 AM
I sometimes check out flixconnection on Youtube for some movie ideas

here's the last horror suggestion vid he did - I haven't viewed it in it's entirety, but it beats endlessly scrolling through hundreds of movies until you forget what you were even looking for anyway and eventually settle on something completely random and hating it or falling asleep because it took you so damn long to find in the first place. lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgM6GnJPWtg

having already finished Locke & Key, and almost done with The Messiah
I think the next show on my short list is "I am not ok with this"
https://www.netflix.com/title/80244781?s=a&trkid=13747225&t=cp  <---direct link to show

I hear it's short, but really good. Also based on a graphic novel.

here's the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9vp9lhZiqU
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Post by: ejamer on February 27, 2020, 06:48:14 AM
I sometimes check out flixconnection on Youtube for some movie ideas
...

Worth checking, thanks.

(My problem is that Netflix Canada typically has only a small selection of the movies listed due to regional differences - so at least half of the recommended films will probably be non-options. Still, half a list is a good start!)


Edit: I did start watching Haunting of Hill House last night, and first impressions were really good. The use of shadows and lighting is sublime, there was some creepy out-of-focus stuff in the background at times, and it really felt like there is a bigger story to be told here. Fingers crossed that the series can hold up the early standard, because it left me nicely creeped out by the end of the night.  (The only downside is that this is clearly one you need to pay attention to - sometimes I'll "half watch" movies or shows while doing something else, but that doesn't work here because so much of the atmosphere and little visual clues get lost. Then again, I'm not sure if that's really a problem.)
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 28, 2020, 09:59:22 PM
Yes, watch that till the end, and pay attention because there's lots of background stuff that may be called back or relevant later in the season.


edit:
so now that I've finished I Am Not Okay With This....(excellent show BTW) I'm going to need something else new to watch.
doesn't necessarily need to be on Netflix, I also have Prime and Exodus, so really, practically anything is readily available.
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Post by: ejamer on March 01, 2020, 11:19:28 PM
Yes, watch that till the end, and pay attention because there's lots of background stuff that may be called back or relevant later in the season.
...

Oof.  Just watched episode 5, and it was great. This is absolutely top notch ghost story stuff.

Talked to a friend last week who likes horror movies, and she said she wasn't into this series at all - so obviously not everyone will be as into Haunting of Hill House... but I'm fully onboard with where this show is going.
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Post by: ThePerm on March 04, 2020, 12:39:02 AM
I am not Okay with this was pretty good.

This is the type of content I want my Netflix monthly sub charge going to.
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Post by: ejamer on March 04, 2020, 08:44:19 AM
Haunting of Hill House ended with a whimper instead of a bang, which was disappointing.  The last half of the series was still good, but not quite the type of experience I had hoped for...  still, the highs were good enough to justify the whole series anyway.

There is apparently a second season (focused on a different haunted house) coming out later this year.
I'll watch when it arrives.


Next up is either Locke & Key or I Am Not Ok With This...  Haven't quite decided which yet.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on March 04, 2020, 09:07:16 AM
I am not ok with this is only about 3.5hrs worth of content. you can burn through it on a Saturday afternoon.
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Post by: ejamer on March 07, 2020, 10:47:29 PM
I am not ok with this is only about 3.5hrs worth of content. you can burn through it on a Saturday afternoon.

You were right - short, and pretty good. I Am Not OK With This gets a thumbs-up in my book.


Another Life, on the other hand doesn't. In fact, it gets a flat out "avoid at all costs" rating.  The show seems to have a decent budget, but the writing is Terrible... dialog is weird and stilted most of the time, characters are horribly underdeveloper cliches that continually make nonsensical choices, and the plot is an illogical mess.

That kind of hurts to write. There was potential here, and a good original sci-fi series would've been awesome. Sadly, this show has almost no redeeming value. Take a hard pass.


On the upside, next show up is Locke & Key... which from all accounts should be a pleasant way to wash out the bad taste of Another Life.

Sidenote: Is anyone watching the Castlevania animated series? I rather enjoyed the earlier seasons, so am keen to check out the third season that just got released.
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Post by: ejamer on March 12, 2020, 09:50:30 PM
I enjoyed it. The main reason I asked, is because I wanted to talk about it, but not spoil it for those that haven't seen it yet.

there's a few moments where beyond questionable choices/actions are made to move the plot forward in the later episodes, but ultimately I enjoyed it and would tune in for a Season 2 whenever that happens.

So I finished off Locke & Key. It's got a few weak moments... but was really fun overall and I think they pulled off exactly what they wanted with the show. Big thumbs up.

Season 2 might end up being good, or not. Second acts for shows like this are often harder to pull off than the first... but I'd tune in to find out. It feels like they've built a bigger world than what was shown the initial conflict.


Also saw Always Be My Maybe - a romcom that I enjoyed so much that I don't feel bad about admitting to watching it alone at home. It's still a romcom and hits the expected notes, but the jokes hit home in a way that rarely happens with these movies.

Not sure if I can recommend it to people, or if they'll find the little things so funny and familiar like I did... but it gets a huge thumbs from me.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on March 22, 2020, 12:08:51 PM
Anybody watch Beastars?

new anime on Netflix, animal class society.
Carnivores and Herbivores, inter-species relationships. It gets into some deep subject matter.
It was actually pretty interesting.

anyway, can someone tell me why I still have a Netflix DVD subscription, and there are 2 DVD's on my tv stand "collecting dust" for who knows how long.

Good thing this crisis got me to shuffle some papers around otherwise I wouldn't have seen them there. I'm about to return them and cancel that subscription. What was I thinking? LOL
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Post by: NWR_insanolord on April 01, 2020, 08:59:02 PM
One of my favorite shows, Community, was added to U.S. Netflix today. It's one of the best written TV comedies ever, and it's perfect for binge watching with lots of layered jokes and callbacks.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on April 01, 2020, 09:30:00 PM
One of my favorite shows, Community, was added to U.S. Netflix today. It's one of the best written TV comedies ever, and it's perfect for binge watching with lots of layered jokes and callbacks.

So now they have Community and Arrested Development.
two top tier comedies
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Post by: Spak-Spang on April 02, 2020, 08:24:59 AM
5 seasons and a movie
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Post by: Stratos on April 02, 2020, 12:21:06 PM
I've been meaning to check out Community. I think BnM recommended it to me a while back.
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Post by: broodwars on April 02, 2020, 01:09:33 PM
I've tried to get through Community a few times, but it just doesn't click with me. I didn't find it particularly funny. It's like The Big Bang Theory for college slackers.
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Post by: nickmitch on April 02, 2020, 06:02:49 PM
One of my favorite shows, Community, was added to U.S. Netflix today. It's one of the best written TV comedies ever, and it's perfect for binge watching with lots of layered jokes and callbacks.

So now they have Community and Arrested Development.
two top tier comedies

Probably a lot of overlap in those audiences, I would think.  Not sure if that's a good or bad thing, but it's certainly a good move for Netflix.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on April 02, 2020, 07:10:06 PM
More content for the audience they already got.
Nothing wrong with that.
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Post by: nickmitch on April 02, 2020, 08:16:48 PM
Yeah, I was wondering if trying to keep the audience they have is better than widening the net.  But I guess with the pandemic going on, keeping the audience might be better.
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Post by: Kairon on April 02, 2020, 11:37:47 PM
anyway, can someone tell me why I still have a Netflix DVD subscription, and there are 2 DVD's on my tv stand "collecting dust" for who knows how long.

Good thing this crisis got me to shuffle some papers around otherwise I wouldn't have seen them there. I'm about to return them and cancel that subscription. What was I thinking? LOL

Hah! EXACT same thing for me! Been with Netflix for FOREVER and I consciously made the choice to hold onto the DVD subscription "just in case" there was something that was only on DVD I desperately wanted, but in practice that was few and far between. This January I FINALLY pulled the plug on the DVD sub, which makes sense but I'm still a little nostalgic for DVD-based Netflix.

Anyways, just got finished watching "Happy!" season 2. It definitely gets weirder than season 1, and the beginning starts so abruptly without any re-acclimating period that even three episodes in I was trying to dredge up memories of who these season 1 characters were who were running around. I enjoyed it, but I think a weakness for it was that "Happy!" the imaginary friend is not as primary a driver of action as he was in season 1.

I just found out Syfy cancelled the show and did NOT renew for Season 3, which sucks. My rule of thumb though is that as long as something gets two seasons that's better than all the times there's a great show but only a single season.

I wish Netflix would pick it up and "save" it, but I've come to accept that Netflix has become waaay more judicious with their money lately, and they're not a charity whose single purpose is to save all the shows I think get unjustly cancelled... *sniff* There won't be anymore "Anne With An E"... Oh well. At least they saved Longmire for me and gave that show two entire worthwhile seasons to complete it.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on April 03, 2020, 12:59:50 AM
Main guy returned to Law & Order for his own spin off.
Not likely to get saved now....
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Post by: ejamer on April 23, 2020, 11:25:04 PM
Anybody watch Beastars?

new anime on Netflix, animal class society.
Carnivores and Herbivores, inter-species relationships. It gets into some deep subject matter.
It was actually pretty interesting.
..

Checked this show out over the past week. Not quite sure what to think, despite finishing the first season. It was interesting at times, but ended up being just a bit too furry for my tastes with the cross-species love story aspects? Apologies if that sounds all judgy; it isn't intended to be.

I think that I enjoyed the uber-geeky and more by-the-numbers Hi Score Girl second season more for my anime coming of age/love story.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on April 24, 2020, 12:38:09 AM
Anybody watch Beastars?

new anime on Netflix, animal class society.
Carnivores and Herbivores, inter-species relationships. It gets into some deep subject matter.
It was actually pretty interesting.
..

Checked this show out over the past week. Not quite sure what to think, despite finishing the first season. It was interesting at times, but ended up being just a bit too furry for my tastes with the cross-species love story aspects? Apologies if that sounds all judgy; it isn't intended to be.

I think that I enjoyed the uber-geeky and more by-the-numbers Hi Score Girl second season more for my anime coming of age/love story.

Yeah... I have to say it was bit weird at first, actually depending on how you look at it, it could be quite uncomfortable in quite a few places, but overall it ended up being pretty interesting. I hear it's based on some manga or something, and kinda deviated from the source material a bit, but those that were familiar with the source enjoyed it and recommended it, so that's how I even thought to try it out against my initial lack of interest from the trailers.
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Post by: ejamer on April 24, 2020, 01:03:00 PM
Yeah, I don't regret watching it and there were plenty of good moments. For example, I liked how they would bring out minor characters in interesting ways, showing different motivations.

The show just had some weirdness too that was harder to figure out how I feel about. Some of that isn't bad - it challenges me to think about what's happening differently. Some of the sexuality in particular got weird because of the conceit of characters all being animals; but the race relationship aspects worked well with the same conceit, so it's a mix of good and... odd.

Curious if others who watched identified with the show as a (prep) high school experience? The whole thing seemed much more like what I'd expect from a college/university experience to me... although with some odd cultural differences from what I'm familiar with.
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Post by: ejamer on May 04, 2020, 04:36:53 PM
Did anyone watch Midnight Gospel?  Very curious about impressions or thoughts.

I'm having a hard time parsing it myself. I'd classify about 60% or 70% of the content as garbage, with people whose views of spirituality often seemed to be influenced by a bad mix of personal philosophy influenced by hallucinogenics.... but payoff from the parts that were good might be enough justify the whole thing? There were definitely moments that I appreciated.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 05, 2020, 09:51:12 AM
Space Force Trailer

https://youtu.be/bdpYpulGCKc

Not sure I'm feeling it, but maybe it'll be funny.....
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Post by: ShyGuy on May 07, 2020, 01:43:45 AM
I didn't laugh a single time during the trailer, I'm not sure they know what tone they are going for.
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Post by: Spak-Spang on May 07, 2020, 04:17:56 AM
The Trailer could just be edited bad.  But it literally looks like it is a military space operations version of The Office.  They are going to have to nail the characters, because this won't have that instant relatability an office comedy would have.
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Post by: nickmitch on May 08, 2020, 02:34:33 AM
The real story of the Space Force is already kind of funny, which makes it hard to parody.  Especially if you center the humor around an incompetent boss character running it, which slightly misses where the humor is in the situation.
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Post by: ShyGuy on May 10, 2020, 02:24:06 AM
Extraction was pretty dang good!
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 19, 2020, 11:32:40 AM
Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish bringing new shows to Netflix
https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2020/05/19/edgar-wrights-bringing-four-new-shows-to-netflix
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Post by: ejamer on June 25, 2020, 11:28:37 PM
Really love the fact that Studio Ghibli movies are on Netflix (Canada - not sure about other regions) now!
Just a bit disappointed that we're missing Grave of the Fireflies, but there are about 20 movies here already and I'm super keen to watch them with my kids... or alone.
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Post by: nickmitch on June 26, 2020, 08:55:25 PM
HBO Max has the rights in the US.
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Post by: ejamer on July 10, 2020, 01:54:29 PM
Robocop (2014) - The movie was a fine action romp, but feels like it missed the point. It never established a sense of social breakdown or unchecked corporate greed that the original movie had, and without those points the whole plot feels a bit hollow. Characters seem less interesting and never created much attachment or sympathy, pacing moves along quickly enough but by the end of the movie I don't feel like anything was accomplished.

I'm not even a fan of the original, but (and maybe this is clouded since I haven't seen that movie in a long time) this remake suffers in comparison because it just doesn't feel like it has much heart. Kind of an odd thing to say about Robocop?

Curious what others think...
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Post by: Kairon on July 10, 2020, 02:13:20 PM
I really like the original 2 Robocop movies, so I was looking forward to the new one, even though I knew it wasn't at all likely  to do the franchise justice. Of course, my lower expectations were justified.

Those original Robocop movies by Paul Verhoeven knew what they were and knew what viewpoint they were trying to take, which is why they feel like they had "heart", like you say. The new one... not so much. I really like Hollywood Blockbusters and have nothing against remakes, but the new Robocop was definitely glossy and shiny and sleek but lacking a strong inner conviction. At least the originals were pointed in their satire and then also over-the-top in their crowd-pleasing action.

And that's a pity because I do like Joel Kinneman, and I really respect Abbie Cornish and am extremely disappointed that she doesn't get better, more central roles. She's a million times better than these side-character wife/romantic lead roles she keeps getting!
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Post by: Stratos on July 10, 2020, 09:05:10 PM
Watching the new unsolved mysteries on Netflix makes me sad. Especially the case about the black boy who was tortured and hunted by the local racists. Really pissed at the cops on that one.
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Post by: ejamer on July 10, 2020, 11:55:29 PM
Watching the new unsolved mysteries on Netflix makes me sad. Especially the case about the black boy who was tortured and hunted by the local racists. Really pissed at the cops on that one.

Yuck. Was considering watching some episodes. Pretty sure that is the kind of "entertainment" that I just don't need in my life right now though. :(
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 24, 2020, 08:39:36 PM
So it seems Netflix has picked up the entire Dragon Prince saga, which 4 more seasons for a total of 7. 😁

Personally I like the show, so I'm glad to hear it.
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Post by: Adrock on July 24, 2020, 09:02:27 PM
The Dragon Prince is a decent show. There’s something off about it though. I didn’t particularly like season three, and I’m unsure how they’re getting four more seasons plot wise.. I’ll keep watching. The animation is great.
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Post by: ShyGuy on July 26, 2020, 09:22:15 PM
I tried to watch the new Will Ferrell comedy, Eurovision: The Story of Fire Saga. I only made it halfway through.
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Post by: ThePerm on July 29, 2020, 09:10:31 PM
I enjoyed Eurovision. At the end of the movie there was a real connection. The movie is silly comedy though. You have to get past that or enjoy that sort of thing. The biggest story in the movie is the relationships. Most movies to me are really predictable and banal, but as far as banal predictable movies goes this is pretty good. There is a lot of payoff at the end.
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Post by: ShyGuy on August 02, 2020, 02:35:40 AM
Umbrella Academy is back, Two episodes in, the second season starts off better than the first one which started slow.

(https://i.imgur.com/8E7zl33.jpg)
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 02, 2020, 02:31:14 PM
I'm trying to finish up HANNA on Amazon Prime before I jump into Umbrella Academy S2

I really hope the second season is better than the first.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 02, 2020, 08:15:10 PM
Looks like Netflix got their hands on some classic Black Sitcoms

(https://i.imgur.com/Rvc0sn3.png)

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Post by: M.K.Ultra on October 07, 2020, 11:17:30 AM
I just re-subbed to Netflix after a year hiatus and I am catching up on what I missed. I am just finishing Castlevania season 3. It is really good. I think it keeps getting better. They do a great job of balancing all the different story lines. I was explaining the show to a friend and realized there are not many serious animated shows for adults made in the US. Maybe this is the appeal of Anime to western audiences. Are there some other shows like this I am missing out on?
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 21, 2020, 12:15:49 PM
Just dropping this here to watch later

Death to 2020
https://youtu.be/veUqfcyZ_Bo
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Post by: BeautifulShy on January 01, 2021, 09:33:19 AM
Just dropping this here to watch later

Death to 2020
https://youtu.be/veUqfcyZ_Bo
I watched this the other night to wrap up 2020 and it is very good at telling what happened this year while also taking all the personaities of 2020 and making light of them.   I like the way they did it.


Also today I just finished the 3rd season of Cobra Kai.  Yep I watched all 10 episodes today.  I like the way they showcased all three dojos and the way they are all different.   There was some nice call backs to the original movies in fun ways and it was left on a cliffhanger but one where it sets up the 4th season.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on March 03, 2021, 05:22:52 PM
This looks like fun.

New Superhero film on netflix
Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnx6-YLXFwg
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Post by: broodwars on March 22, 2021, 06:27:31 PM
Watched the 1st (and so far only) season of Pacific Rim: The Black, the 3D CGI anime series that takes place after the Uprising movie, over the weekend. I had some concerns coming into this, as Pacific Rim is one of my all-time favorite movies and Polygon Pictures has a...checkered history when it comes to their animation quality. Polygon Pictures in particular is known for "cutting frames", an absolutely idiotic premise that Japanese studios have adopted with 3D CG anime to make the animation "look more like 2D animation" by making it look like **** by cutting out animation frames to make it look choppier.

Well, I'm happy to say that The Black is excellent, overall. The Jaeger/Kaiju fights are well choreographed & animated, and the human animation is...not offensively bad. In fact, I think they generally did an excellent job of translating 2D anime character designs into 3D cel shading, better than they did in Knights of Sidonia anyway.

The story is pretty standard: kids abandoned by their Jaeger pilots discover an abandoned Jaeger training mech and decide to go looking for their parents, but get waylaid by Kaiju and a local militia warlord. There's a good focus on character development, often with the aid of the franchise's "Drift" mechanic where 2 Jaeger pilots have to share memories & feelings in order to function as one. There is one particular anime trope I could have done without, though at least it gets some payoff towards the end of the show. Suffice it to say the writers were obviously inspired by a popular action anime currently wrapping up.

My only real issues with the show are that sometimes the voice actors sound like they're really phoning it in (which, given when this show was made, is quite possible) and the season ends SUPER abruptly. It's good that a 2nd season was already greenlit from the start.

Check it out if you like the 1st movie. Maybe someday I'll actually watch my copy of the much-disliked 2nd movie.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on April 23, 2021, 11:36:35 AM
Shadow & Bone now on Netflix

Teaser:
https://youtu.be/UHJYYd_RnJc

Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1WHQTbJ7vE


Anybody read the books on this?
reviews have kinda got my interest more than piqued, and it's only rated TV-14 so it's something I'm hoping to watch with my daughter, that's NOT ANIME!!! Hopefully it we both get into it.

Impressions have me looking forward to it. They are basically saying in some ways even better than the book.
I haven't read the book, but that's enough praise to get me to at least check out the show.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on April 29, 2021, 04:19:54 PM
LaKeith Stanfield is Yasuke

https://youtu.be/ijKAtzQY1wc


and Castlevania Season 4 Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7iWXfZzEMc
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Post by: M.K.Ultra on April 29, 2021, 04:28:47 PM
Very stoked for Castlevania. Each season seems better than the previous.
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Post by: Adrock on April 29, 2021, 07:01:47 PM
Season 2 was my favorite. Season 3 was good but weird. The animation in the trailer is simply *chef’s kiss*

Apparently, Season 4 is expected to close the current arc so I’m curious how all the various threads close off. Warren Ellis has supposedly been dropped from the show presumably due to the egregious amount of sexual misconduct accusations against him. Collectively, this is such a bummer. First, control yourself. Is it really that difficult to not sexually harass others? Second, his writing on the show has been mostly excellent. I hope the writing doesn’t take a significant hit in future seasons.
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Post by: broodwars on April 30, 2021, 01:10:22 AM
That was quite a good trailer for Castlevania Season 4. Unfortunately, I just watched the slow-moving, pointless dumpster fire that was Season 3, so they have a lot of ground to make up after the fantastic Season 2. I don't know why they decided to only kinda, sorta adapt Curse of Darkness, a Castlevania game so few people played that Konami set fire to the entire franchise after it and rebooted it all with Lords of Shadow. I further don't know why they decided to kinda, sorta adapt it and then not really DO anything with it.

Supposedly, the show is going to be rebooted after this season because Netflix thinks people will only watch shows with small season counts to focus on a new cast. Kinda feel like they should have done that after Season 2 if they were going to do that.
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Post by: Adrock on April 30, 2021, 02:14:21 AM
Unfortunately, I just watched the slow-moving, pointless dumpster fire that was Season 3, so they have a lot of ground to make up after the fantastic Season 2.
That's fair though I'm not as hard on it. Season 3 was all escalation and setting the board for what will hopefully be a Season 4 closer to Season 2's highs. Ellis straight up didn't know what to do with Alucard, and there wasn't enough material as written for the Hector/Lenore thread to last an entire season. Season 3 was very uneven except it didn't have to be. It needed a little reprioritization. Take out Alucard's blatant stalling and maybe make Hector less of a simp-cuck. Give him a little agency, have him do something. Hector's thread was too slow of a burn. There were other, better ways to get him to be Lenore's slave than that ridiculous, unearned sex scene. For example, at some point mid-season Hector should have escaped, been found by Lenore then willingly returned with her. More manipulation to make him think he's making these choices on his own.

Otherwise, Season 3's highs are really high. Isaac's arc was excellent. The entirety of Saint Germain was excellent. Trevor and Sypha's Scooby Doo mystery thread was good until that largely unnecessary post-final battle swerve.
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I don't know why they decided to only kinda, sorta adapt Curse of Darkness, a Castlevania game so few people played that Konami set fire to the entire franchise after it and rebooted it all with Lords of Shadow. I further don't know why they decided to kinda, sorta adapt it and then not really DO anything with it.
I'm glad Ellis cherrypicked parts of Curse of Darkness. He turned one of the coolest sounding Castlevania-anything (the Infinite Corridor) from a generic late-stage to a significant plot device. How much do you remember about Curse of Darkness? Game Hector was boring as hell, and the less said about what an insufferable edge-lord Game Isaac was the better along with his sister who inexplicably looked exactly like Game Hector's dead girlfriend or something. The plot was paint-by-numbers Castelvania.
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Post by: broodwars on April 30, 2021, 07:06:06 AM
Yeah, my basic issue with Season 3 is that all the characters basically end where they started, with the exception of Isaac. Even Hector basically ends the season where he began, and his wasn't the only unearned (and frankly inexplicable) sex scene that season. There is just so much padding in Season 3, especially in Sypha and Trevor's story. They basically spend the whole season going "Huh. That's weird. Should we DO something?" When they DO finally do something, it's awesome but why did it take the entire season for them to get involved?

As for Curse of Darkness, you would know more than I. I haven't played it, either, mostly because it was never ported to the PS3 as a PS2 Classic (only Lament of Innocence was). Since the anime likes to reference characters from the game, any time there's a notable one I like to pull up the Wiki and see what they were in the games. It certainly helped me explain to my best friend why the show was spending so much time with Hector and Isaac in Season 2. I'm aware of the game's reputation, though.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 06, 2021, 09:24:20 AM
Stranger Things S4 Teaser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILwLN6hV-X8

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Post by: Plugabugz on May 07, 2021, 05:44:07 AM
Season 2 was my favorite. Season 3 was good but weird. The animation in the trailer is simply *chef’s kiss*

This is still my overall concern because the animation on the show can be split between "we spent money here" and "we didn't spend money here". Particularly around walking scenes when they just move the joints and wobble the models to simulate walking. Everything in the trailer was fluid and moving..... did they fix it? or did they just use the well animated bits in the trailer?
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Post by: Adrock on May 07, 2021, 12:25:10 PM
That’s standard for shows. Producers will limit budgets of mid-season episodes if they need to reallocate that money for the finale. Those are typically bottle episodes like “Fly” in Breaking Bad. They needed more money to pull off blowing up half of Gus Fring’s face. Castlevania has been popular enough for Netflix to renew past their normal two or three seasons so maybe later seasons will have more consistent animation quality throughout.
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Post by: Plugabugz on May 08, 2021, 03:25:19 PM
That’s standard for shows. Producers will limit budgets of mid-season episodes if they need to reallocate that money for the finale. Those are typically bottle episodes like “Fly” in Breaking Bad. They needed more money to pull off blowing up half of Gus Fring’s face. Castlevania has been popular enough for Netflix to renew past their normal two or three seasons so maybe later seasons will have more consistent animation quality throughout.

It's pretty normal in TV production, but in Castlevania this spreads across every episode. Certain scenes are animated properly (nearly every one in the trailer) while the others, virtually everything outside of an action scene, are done as bare bones as possible. I can't unsee it now.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 08, 2021, 05:26:13 PM
Saving budgets for those action scenes.
All the other scenes were probably outsourced as well to cut down on time and money.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 10, 2021, 02:06:01 PM
Love, Death + Robots S2 Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUaXtfAFva8

I've been waiting on this one, haven't watched the trailer yet, but I will when I have a moment to play audio

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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 10, 2021, 06:11:37 PM
Masters of the Universe!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81wyj65SJIo


Saving to watch later
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Post by: ThePerm on June 10, 2021, 08:16:27 PM
I feel like recreating the Motu trailer with the toys.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 11, 2021, 02:41:15 PM
yo, who knew about this!?
 
Resident Evil - the TV Show... on Netflix
starring Lance Reddick as Wesker

(https://i.imgur.com/uyb8ujF.png)
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Post by: nickmitch on June 11, 2021, 02:52:39 PM
That sounds. . .interesting.  Wonder what they'll do with a live action RE series.
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Post by: Adrock on June 11, 2021, 03:27:14 PM
Casting Lance Reddick as Wesker seems like a waste of Lance Reddick. I don’t know what they’re planning with this show, but if they follow the games at all, I’d rather they cast anyone else to get murder-death-killed, and give Riddick an original role to sink his teeth into.
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Post by: Stratos on June 11, 2021, 04:54:46 PM
So they closed out the live action RE series with the last film and there was supposed to be a new reboot film. did that convert to a TV show?
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Post by: broodwars on June 11, 2021, 07:49:45 PM
Lance Reddick is simultaneously an incredibly boring choice to play Wesker...and hilariously miscast as Wesker, depending on which Wesker he's playing.

If he's playing Resident Evil 1-era Wesker, he's fine, but a rather predictable choice. If he's playing scenery-chewing, line-slurring RE5-era Wesker, then OH BOY is he NOT the actor to play him. We need to get Nic Cage on the phone, then.  ;)

Honestly, I don't have a lot of hopes for this adaptation. Resident Evil hasn't exactly had a good history with even the official animated movies, let alone those...other...movies. Add in the coin flip that is the Netflix adaptation, and I just don't see this turning out well.
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Post by: broodwars on June 11, 2021, 07:56:36 PM
Surprised no one's commented on this yet, so I might as well post it, but Netflix has officially confirmed that Castlevania spin-off that's been rumored.

The Next Castlevania animated series is going to be an adaptation of Rondo of Blood, featuring Richter Belmont & Maria Renard. Given that Symphony of the Night is a direct sequel to that game, it's very likely that Alucard will be returning for that show as well.

Amusingly, the show is set in 1792 during the French Revolution, and Richter is (in the original version of the tweet) now the the Son of Trevor & Sypha. I wonder if anyone on the script-writing team got pulled aside to explain how long humans tend to live, considering that Castlevania Season 4 takes place 300 years prior.

https://twitter.com/NetflixGeeked/status/1403385425109061633?s=20 (https://twitter.com/NetflixGeeked/status/1403385425109061633?s=20)

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E3nfte1VEAEwOrf?format=jpg&name=large)
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Post by: Adrock on June 11, 2021, 08:18:32 PM
I mean, I’ll watch it, but my collective disappointment in Season 4 leaves me less excited. Like I can wait for this. I’ll probably forget it exists then maybe I’ll get hyped once a trailer is released. How do they drop the ball so entirely? Not nearly Game of Thrones bad. The end of Trevor’s arc felt like a thing that merely happened.
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Post by: Stratos on June 12, 2021, 12:47:59 AM
I enjoyed S4 a lot. Sure, some of it felt off, almost like it was rushed. Belmont's obsession with the trinkets didn't make sense until the end when he put them together and the pregnancy was not hinted at before then that I saw, but it was still an enjoyable ending and final fight.

Also thought it was funny how basically three major series deaths were undone in the epilogue( Belmont, Dracula, Dracula's wife...blanked on name). Nice for future content I am sure, but I would have been fine with Belmont staying dead since his line carried on.

Its a weird change to remove a 300 year jump but it might be because of deals with the voice actors? I have seen some shows do that with their film adaptations because of a belief that they now have fans of the characters and don't want to reset that following/fandom with an all new cast (The ill-fated Shannara show comes to mind as one example). I'm not huge on Castlevania lore so I'm not sure how detrimental the lack of a time jump would be for the next story. But there's time for them to change their mind on some of these details if they go back to a major time jump. Could also be a disconnect between marketing and writers, and they meant 'descendants' unless there is more confirmation elsewhere.

It was far better than S3 and the animation was phenomenal.
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Post by: ThePerm on March 02, 2022, 03:05:11 AM
I got a message saying the price would be going up to $19.99. Last year the price went up to $17.99
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Post by: NWR_insanolord on March 02, 2022, 05:10:53 AM
At this point I'm tempted to just drop Netflix. There's just less and less stuff there I care about as a lot of the studios have moved to their own platforms.
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Post by: Stratos on March 02, 2022, 01:48:23 PM
I get Netflix free through my phone carrier so its nothing to keep it around as an option. Its still the best platform from a functional/technical standpoint so easiest to open for mindless watching. Though the backlog of stuff on D+ I'm working through has effectively taken the place of Netflix for the most part.

Also, seems it was confirmed that the Netflix Marvel shows are moving to D+.
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Post by: ThePerm on July 09, 2022, 04:48:44 PM
nevermind
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Post by: Stratos on July 12, 2022, 01:03:28 PM
So when we changing the title of this thread to "Netflix getting hit hard lately..."?
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 18, 2022, 10:02:06 AM
Apparently Netflix is exploring licensing out some of it's Netflix Originals

https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/netflix-considering-selling-original-shows-for-syndication-reruns-to-other-networks/

Personally I think it's a good idea to re-introduce some older Netflix material to an audience that ma not be familiar with those properties, and even bring them back to Netflix when New Season/Sequels are released.
I mean it might even introduce some of older good stuff to current and long-time subscribers as well, as most of that older content may be drowned out by all the new stuff (garbage and quality) constantly added to the service.

Also easy money to fund more hopefully quality originals that they can then eventually license back out to keep the cycle going.
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Post by: Stratos on July 19, 2022, 12:32:34 AM
I was utterly shocked when I learned that Netflix didn't do any licensing and all the promo material for Stanger Things S3 and other shows were allowed to be used with no charge. Netflix didn't even have a licensing department. They were literally relying on the silly influencer "word of mouth" to push their material. Seemed so bizarre to me. They could have had games, action figures, and other things coming out constantly to create new income streams and maintain interest in their shows between seasons. With the whole binge model it literally meant a week or so in the cultural mindset then forgotten for close to a year. Delaying episode releases was proven by Disney to make a huge deal, and they are beginning to shift to that model. Adversity really does bring out the best in some things and hopefully Netflix comes out stronger and better because of it. And not cancel their best shows after 2-3 seasons because of narrow minded, short term metrics insights.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 19, 2022, 12:03:45 PM
And they need to bring back Santa Clarita Diet.

I'm sure we could create a whole list of shows that were cancelled that should've gotten at least 1 more season to wrap things up. Can create franchises if you keep killing your products off pre-maturely.

and speaking of Netflix and Franchises...
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/how-netflix-plans-find-its-inner-star-wars-2022-07-18/

[summary: Netflix wants to build out franchises that span all media, and find it's "Star Wars"]

Now we don't necessarily need another MCU. 1 massive media collective is already hard enough to keep up with and at the same time have enough QUALITY content to keep relevant.
But them finding hits that can crossover and/or spinoff to other formats (TV > Movie > cartoon, etc) would be helpful, but besides Stranger Things, nothing ever lives long enough at Netflix to do that.

As a matter of fact, why don't we do a list of good Netflix Originals, that were cut short and should've continued. I've already gone first.

Also how about some properties that may fit what Netflix is looking for.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Soon to be found on another Network near you?
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 19, 2022, 08:04:11 PM
More Netflix new today.... is Netflix about to massive drop in the Streaming Warz?

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/19/netflix-nflx-earnings-q2-2022.html
Netflix only loses $970k users in Q2 2022, which was below expectations.

and how do we respond to that (besides the 2 stories from yesterday)?
We introduce new pricing tier.... and Ads!!!! who didn't sign up to Netflix to get away from Ads?
https://deadline.com/2022/07/netflix-advertising-tier-in-early-part-of-2023-1235072559/


Is Netflix in panic mode? They do need more quality programing, and less massive dumps of mid-to-trash quality programming.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Soon to be found on another Network near you?
Post by: NWR_insanolord on July 19, 2022, 09:14:54 PM
Netflix is the most expensive of the major streaming services, and its lineup compares less and less favorably as time goes on. It feels like they're kind of coasting on the inertia they had from getting to the market first and don't really have a good idea of what to do now.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Soon to be found on another Network near you?
Post by: nickmitch on July 20, 2022, 03:53:00 PM
As a matter of fact, why don't we do a list of good Netflix Originals, that were cut short and should've continued. I've already gone first.

GLOW. It's got an 82 on Metacritic and got canceled after 3 seasons.

It is hilarious to think how Netflix completely fell behind in an industry they created. The failure to either innovate further or follow successful market trends is astounding.

For example, they have very few ongoing franchises in properties that they own. They already lost the Marvel shows, and most other things they're pushing now are either one-offs (e.g., Inventing Anna) or licensed (e.g., Castlevania). Meanwhile, their competition is building themselves on properties they hold exclusively. Then they kill off shows for not meeting their internal metrics despite minimal marketing and pushing the entire season out at once. It takes time for shows to find their audience, and not everyone is going to binge-watch whole seasons of new shows the week it comes out if they've never heard of them.

Meanwhile, the week-by-week strategy has been working for Disney+, HBO, etc. Yet Netflix, until recently, still felt that dumping whole seasons all at once was the winning move. It's all more frustrating when you remember that Netflix originally had their bread buttered by shows like Lost and Breaking Bad. The latter of which needed multiple seasons before it really caught on with audiences, and the former of which relied on the week-to-week hype to maintain popularity. I just don't get how they came to the conclusion that audiences primarily want to binge and that shows needed to catch on immediately.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Soon to be found on another Network near you?
Post by: Adrock on October 11, 2022, 01:27:42 AM
I didn't want to start a new thread for this.

My Disney+ subscription expires next month. I'm strongly considering the Disney+ and Hulu without ads bundle. I don't need so many streaming services so I may also cancel my recurring Netflix subscription and subscribe only when there's something I really want to watch.

Has anyone else done this or something similar? How is it working out for you?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Soon to be found on another Network near you?
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 17, 2022, 01:49:35 AM
Mine ends in a little less than a month....

I plan on looking into the D+ Hulu adless bundle, or the triple package if my computer continues to skip the ads on Hulu, which it was doing just fine, until this weekend. I can also get ESPN+ in a bundle for cheaper than D+ and Hulu adless bundled, then I might go that route.

I 'm guessing it has something to do with a Chrome update, but i"ve had adless Hulu for years without paying for no ads. Now when I encounter an ad... everything just stops. Not sure how to get past it.

But I believe there was a D+ thread as well.

on the other hand, Netflix is supposed to be launching a Ad Based tier for $6.99mo or something like that. so maybe that will also become an option.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Soon to be found on another Network near you?
Post by: Stratos on October 17, 2022, 07:11:28 PM
We cancelled the Disney bundle and now only pay for Netflix and D+. Also get Amazon because we buy Prime for shipping and such. No losses in months until this month. Wife bought a .99/month deal for Hulu to check out a new show and plans to cancel once she is done.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Soon to be found on another Network near you?
Post by: NWR_insanolord on October 17, 2022, 10:19:26 PM
Mine ends in a little less than a month....

I plan on looking into the D+ Hulu adless bundle, or the triple package if my computer continues to skip the ads on Hulu, which it was doing just fine, until this weekend. I can also get ESPN+ in a bundle for cheaper than D+ and Hulu adless bundled, then I might go that route.

I 'm guessing it has something to do with a Chrome update, but i"ve had adless Hulu for years without paying for no ads. Now when I encounter an ad... everything just stops. Not sure how to get past it.

But I believe there was a D+ thread as well.

on the other hand, Netflix is supposed to be launching a Ad Based tier for $6.99mo or something like that. so maybe that will also become an option.

Unless they changed it recently, if you want the bundle with ad-free Hulu you have to start with an ad-free Hulu subscription and upgrade to the bundle through that.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Soon to be found on another Network near you?
Post by: broodwars on October 17, 2022, 10:29:37 PM
There's enough random stuff appearing on Netflix and Hulu that my family's kept the subscriptions going, but Disney+ and Crunchyroll go off and on depending on what's new. It just doesn't make sense to keep these subscriptions if we're not going to use them. We currently only have Disney+ because of a heavily-discounted Hulu bundle, and I suspect that'll go away as well once Disney inevitably yanks that discount to put it in line with their other price hiked tiers.

We also have Paramount+ because...well, because my Dad is fond of the stuff on there. Still, if you're ever in the mood for 90s Nickelodeon Game Shows, that's definitely the place to get your fix. Maybe someday I'll finally get around to watching Star Trek Voyager instead of just letting SF Debris do it for me.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Soon to be found on another Network near you?
Post by: nickmitch on October 20, 2022, 09:31:08 PM
I didn't want to start a new thread for this.

My Disney+ subscription expires next month. I'm strongly considering the Disney+ and Hulu without ads bundle. I don't need so many streaming services so I may also cancel my recurring Netflix subscription and subscribe only when there's something I really want to watch.

Has anyone else done this or something similar? How is it working out for you?

I've used Hulu Live TV in place of cable for a while. Not sure I can recommend outside of that use case. I don't watch much of the streaming content on Hulu. But I do like having my few shows and live sports available.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Soon to be found on another Network near you?
Post by: BeautifulShy on October 25, 2022, 06:15:02 PM
I didn't want to start a new thread for this.

My Disney+ subscription expires next month. I'm strongly considering the Disney+ and Hulu without ads bundle. I don't need so many streaming services so I may also cancel my recurring Netflix subscription and subscribe only when there's something I really want to watch.

Has anyone else done this or something similar? How is it working out for you?

I had Netflix for a time and got those gift cards so I could purchase Netflix when I wanted. 

A few months ago I switched over to Hulu with ads.  Costs 8.62 total for just the base plan. 7.99 before taxes.  You can add on different services like Disney +, 2.99 currently, 7.99 regularly,9.99 for ESPN+, HBO Max, Showtime, Cinemax and Starz has 1 week free trials.  They also have feature add-ons  like Unlimited screens for 9.99.

They also have live TV. Live TV, Hulu with ads and Disney + and ESPN plus for 69.99 or Hulu no ads with Live TV, Disney +, ESPN + for 75.99.

If you don't care for live TV then getting the 1 month free trial works and then you can figure out what you want to add to the plan. 
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Soon to be found on another Network near you?
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 07, 2022, 11:59:47 AM
Glass Onion - Knives out 2

Nov 23rd in Theaters (1 week only)
Dec 23rd on Netflix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj5ibYSz8C0


Who plans on catching this in the theater?
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Soon to be found on another Network near you?
Post by: ThePerm on November 08, 2022, 04:03:02 PM
I enjoyed Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities. I really like anthology shows.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Soon to be found on another Network near you?
Post by: Adrock on November 11, 2022, 06:39:35 PM
I opted to sign up for the Disney Trio Bundle because Hulu seems more up my alley. No live TV; I don't think I'd use it enough.

There are a few Netflix things I want to check out eventually such as the previously mentioned Glass Onion. I also want to finish up Stranger Things when that returns as well as Castlevania. I can probably just sign up for a month here or there.

Y'all may have read my ramblings on The Dragon Prince (https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=29156.msg981869#msg981869). I watched one episode of Season 4 to see if they learned anything, and nope, officially done with this show. These mofos continue whiffing even the simplest expectations for good writing.
There are so many options if y'all won't step up your game. I have Hulu now, motherfucker. I have access to Futurama again. Paramount announced THREE Avatar: The Last Airbender movies. I'm not spending any more time of this show when there are better alternatives.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Soon to be found on another Network near you?
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 11, 2022, 07:18:49 PM
I opted to sign up for the Disney Trio Bundle because Hulu seems more up my alley. No live TV; I don't think I'd use it enough.

There are a few Netflix things I want to check out eventually such as the previously mentioned Glass Onion. I also want to finish up Stranger Things when that returns as well as Castlevania. I can probably just sign up for a month here or there.

Y'all may have read my ramblings on The Dragon Prince (https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=29156.msg981869#msg981869). I watched one episode of Season 4 to see if they learned anything, and nope, officially done with this show. These mofos continue whiffing even the simplest expectations for good writing.
  • Characters are needlessly and overly vague about their intentions.
  • Characters talk about things they did that sound way more interesting than the conversation they're having about those things.
  • Nothing happened in an entire episode of a nine episode season. Why are y'all still stalling so much? So much time is spent setting up jokes that don't land instead of showing characters actually doing things.
There are so many options if y'all won't step up your game. I have Hulu now, motherfucker. I have access to Futurama again. Paramount announced THREE Avatar: The Last Airbender movies. I'm not spending any more time of this show when there are better alternatives.

I too just signed up for the Trio Bundle... Ad free, since Hulu ads started triggering on my computer after some Chrome update about a month ago.... and my D+ sub (3yr pre-pay) expired today.

Also The Dragon Prince was renewed through S7, so it's a shame it's not meeting your expectations, as it's one of the few shows that Netflix seems to want to extend, especially early on.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Soon to be found on another Network near you?
Post by: Adrock on November 11, 2022, 07:32:13 PM
I went ad-free as well. I'm too used to not having ads. The Trio Bundle is like $5 more than Netflix per month with far more content I enjoy so it was worth it to me.

And yeah, I wanted to like The Dragon Prince. Not for me, unfortunately. Now that you mention it, one of my main issues with Netflix was its propensity for canceling shows. I didn't even watch the Resident Evil show because I figured it'd get canceled. I did watch Cowboy Bebop, and well, there's more to say about that than I feel like writing right now (most of it, bad). Even the shows Netflix renewed kind of fizzled out like Orange is the New Black and Russian Doll. I'll finish Stranger Things even though only the first season was really good.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Soon to be found on another Network near you?
Post by: ThePerm on November 12, 2022, 09:43:02 PM
The only fantasy show I'm looking forward to is Willow.

Lord of the Rings - returning to the well - diminishing returns
Game of Thrones  - returning to the well - diminishing returns

Willow - returning to the well - but this is a well we haven't been to since 1988, and unlike the other two it continues a story instead of prequeling it.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now REQUIRING you to open the app every 31 days!!!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 31, 2023, 11:05:03 PM
and that's from each device and from your "Home Server", otherwise you will be "Blocked" and have to call Netflix to unblock the device..

https://twitter.com/kendallbaker/status/1620525272297771008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1620525272297771008%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=

Seems a bit much to me.

you can also get a 7 day log in code for unowned devices... like Hotel/AirBNB Smart TV's.


But there are devices I may not log into every month just to watch Netflix....
Now if those devices at home that you haven't used, attempt to log in after 31 days, and it's on the home network (and it knows what kind of device it is), then it should renew your timer.

As for other devices, it shouldn't "block" you, but log you out, and require 2-step authentication to log back in.

I feel that has to be less inconvenient for an account holder than to have to "Call Netflix" to access my account from my device.

They should have enough data, such as the type of device, and where it usually and last logged on from to know if it's an account sharing device
- i.e. it only logs on to the home network once every 31 days, and it always on a different network every other time.


Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now REQUIRING you to open the app every 31 days!!!
Post by: ThePerm on February 01, 2023, 02:09:47 AM
Netflix is ran by morons. I assume Netflix will run up such a debt that they'll have to file for bankruptcy and be bought by Apple or something. They produce too many shows.

Years ago the lack of original content was a problem, it was supported by a backlog of 1980s B movies, which was great. Then they started carrying AMC, HBO, and Showtime content, then they finally had their own shows.

Now they've gone overboard on making a new titles and then abandoning it.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now REQUIRING you to open the app every 31 days!!!
Post by: nickmitch on February 02, 2023, 01:47:51 PM
So, the 31-day rule is a trial they're running in Latin American countries, and US users will be put on a verification code system. (https://fortune.com/2023/02/02/netflix-password-sharing-latin-america-trials-hint-at-new-plan/)

This is still a stupid plan created by bad management. They're consistently struggling to add value to Netflix while actively decreasing the value of a subscription. You still can't really invest in a TV show without worrying that it'll be canceled before it gets a second season.

I assume Netflix will run up such a debt that they'll have to file for bankruptcy and be bought by Apple or something. They produce too many shows.

They're in pretty decent shape financially, from quick browsing of their financials. But if they end up broadly rolling out the 31-day lock-out timer, I suspect the subscriber numbers will drop about 45 days afterward, which would likely tank their stock.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now REQUIRING you to open the app every 31 days!!!
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 02, 2023, 09:20:16 PM
They supposedly backtracked on that 31 day BLOCK thing. That's pretty stupid.

If they just do a 2FA thing every 31 days for a device that never touches the home network, (and you should've have to log into Netflix from your phone from home, because why would I do that when I have unlimited data at 5G connection speeds at my house... and all my TV's are already connected to Netflix) then I think that will suffice and maybe even be enough of a deterrent in most cases to get some people to just pony up the cash and get a sub of their own.

Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now REQUIRING you to open the app every 31 days!!!
Post by: nickmitch on February 03, 2023, 01:24:52 AM
The idea of Netflix just annoying people into getting their own accounts is hilarious.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Now REQUIRING you to open the app every 31 days!!!
Post by: Stratos on February 12, 2023, 05:21:49 PM
What's wrong with just blocking you from concurrently watching from multiple devices? Say you get two "real times views" for a basic account, and if a third device under your account tunes in to Netflix block it with a message you have too many running at once? Even giving an option for your "primary device" that you select to kick another viewer off their show.

Pretty sure that is close to how Hulu does it because we used to go in with another family member on the Disney/Hulu/ESPN bundle until they kept getting blocked and I had to reset the password to let them back on (they were in another state).

It just feels like Netflix is trying to cut back on free perks at a club and doing it with the poorest amount of tact possible.
Title: All Things Netflix! Coming Soon: The Netflix Experience, Live and In Person!??
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 23, 2023, 01:08:04 AM
Netflix to open new Physical Locations...!?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-12/netflix-to-open-stores-where-fans-can-play-shop-and-eat-in-2025?leadSource=uverify%20wall

To be more like a Themed Bar and Grill with a Souvenir Shop and an "Escape Room"/Experience attached.

actually not a bad idea.

Quote
Netflix Inc. plans to open new destinations where fans can immerse themselves in the worlds of their favorite TV shows, shop for clothing, eat themed food and maybe even try a Squid Game obstacle course.

Dubbed Netflix House, the venues will feature a mix of retail, dining and live experiences, according to Josh Simon, the company's vice president of consumer products. The streaming TV pioneer plans to open the first two in the US in 2025 and then expand the concept around the world.

I didn't do the Stranger Things Experience when it came to SF, but I could see that being a cool reason to keep vising the place, especially if the food and drinks are beyond decent.

Not only can they advertise the latest and greatest things they have to offer on the streaming platform, but they could have a small arcade area to boost the awareness that they also have games on the mobile platform. They can sell all the merchandise from their "Netflix Originals" and other popular programs.

Then plan on having a rotating "Experience", such as a Squid Game challenge, or Stranger Things Experience, (a few made up ones) Wednesdays Halloween Haunt, Locke and Key Interactive Escape Room, One Piece Playhouse (take picks with life size characters in set locations), World of The Witcher, Warrior Nun Training Grounds.... or countless other "experiences" based on Netflix properties.
edit: The House of Ushers New Years Eve Masquerade Ball (one I would very much look forward to. lol)


They could even have Movie/Show premier Dinner Parties, where they serve special themed items, and debut a certain show/movie hours ahead of the debut on the streaming platform.
Meet and Greets, Cos-Play events, and even Character/Actor signings.

Quote
For years, media companies have used theme-park rides, costumes, toys and other consumer products to promote their characters and generate additional cash. This business is new to Netflix, whose marketing efforts have sometimes been criticized as inadequate by film and TV producers. Management views Netflix House more as a way to promote its titles than as a meaningful source of revenue, at least for now.

"We've seen how much fans love to immerse themselves in the world of our movies and TV shows, and we've been thinking a lot about how we take that to the next level," Simon said in an interview.

Netflix House will have rotating installations, including ticketed shows inspired by popular series and restaurants featuring food from unscripted shows. The food and drinks will range from fast casual – think burgers and fries – to more high-end dining, desserts and spirits.

Not a bad idea at all if they can pull it off.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Coming Soon: The Netflix Experience, Live and In Person!??
Post by: Stratos on October 26, 2023, 12:53:36 PM
My wife went to the Stranger Things event with her sisters. They had fun. This could be a great idea if executed properly. My wife re-watched the series leading up to going so there is a lot of potential to capitalize on interest in their big shows.
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Coming Soon: The Netflix Experience, Live and In Person!??
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 13, 2023, 02:23:26 AM
Netflix just had what they call the Geeded Week 2023 that list a bunch of stuff that was coming out the end of this year.

Some of it is already out, and really good, such as Blue Eyes Samurai, but there are trailers for about 4 dozen titles coming to Netflix soon, if they aren't already out

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvahqwMqN4M02OJC_APnQ6iADjvL959Nx
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvahqwMqN4M02OJC_APnQ6iADjvL959Nx[/youtube]
Title: Re: All Things Netflix! Coming Soon: The Netflix Experience, Live and In Person!??
Post by: Stratos on November 16, 2023, 07:08:46 PM
Netflix has the New Spiderverse, and will be getting the Mario Movie next month. Saves me needing to get a Peacock sub anytime soon.