NETFLIX STREAMING FINDS

Lerxst1992 · January 2023

PJ_Soul said:

Lerxst1992 said:

23scidoo said:

F**ck you Netflix..

Netflix business model just doesn’t work. The typical show gets one short season. If it’s very popular, maybe two or three seasons. If it’s huge like stranger things, five short seasons.

The reason Netflix constantly cancels shows? As seasons progress tv shows typically get more expensive to produce. But network tv shows have a big advantage, they can raise advertising rates. Netflix can not do that with most of its content. Canceling shows is a super cheap option.

This forces customers to constantly scroll endlessly to find new shows to watch. And when we find one, guess what, it’s at most 2 seasons/ 16 episodes. And with so many shows having so few episodes per title, it requires finding more shows to watch. Unlike say finding five shows on network tv, that’s over a hundred episodes per year which is plenty of tv to enjoy. On Netflix, five titles are about 40 episodes total

Not sure why we are paying a premium fee for what is essentially a scrolling and show canceling service.

I mostly watch movies and limited series on Netflix, but the multi-season shows that I have watched or do watch have been absolutely amazing. House of Cards. The Crown. You. Ozark. Orange is the New Black. Black Mirror (granted the seasons are WAY too short, and now the creator/writer is on hiatus). Cobra Kai. Master of None... I could go on... I think Netflix is 100% worth every penny, even if a show I did want to keep watching got cancelled. If someone is struggling to find something good to watch on Netflix, I would suggest they get a second and maybe third and fourth streaming platform so they can get the crazy variety they are seeking, or that they are watching entirely too much TV. But that's just my opinion! (and I do subscribe to multiple streaming platforms, lol).

With you on HoC and Black Mirror. You and Master I liked, but wouldn’t think of them as amazing.

I think you are in a way making my point, in over ten years, that’s eight shows, unless your continuation consists of more amazing shows or just ones that you like? But for all these shows, they have a reduced season length compared to US network tv, and seasons could be spaced by up to two years.

Five years ago I probably would have agreed Netflix comes out with great shows every year, but I am hard pressed to name one (that the service supports beyond two seasons) that’s been created since 2017. Perhaps just a matter of my taste. For sci fi fans especially, Netflix has been terrible of late regarding new releases. Some Foreign shows are ok, but they’re admitting they don’t see a US audience for that

edit, movies are good, but once I watch a movie I am done with it, time to return to the Netflix scroll to find something else!

LeafsJaysCubsRaptorsFan · January 2023

Alice in borderland. If you didn’t like squid games I can’t recommend. Also you have to be okay with gratuitous violence

Gern Blansten · January 2023

Lerxst1992 said:

PJ_Soul said:

Lerxst1992 said:

23scidoo said:

F**ck you Netflix..

Netflix business model just doesn’t work. The typical show gets one short season. If it’s very popular, maybe two or three seasons. If it’s huge like stranger things, five short seasons.

The reason Netflix constantly cancels shows? As seasons progress tv shows typically get more expensive to produce. But network tv shows have a big advantage, they can raise advertising rates. Netflix can not do that with most of its content. Canceling shows is a super cheap option.

This forces customers to constantly scroll endlessly to find new shows to watch. And when we find one, guess what, it’s at most 2 seasons/ 16 episodes. And with so many shows having so few episodes per title, it requires finding more shows to watch. Unlike say finding five shows on network tv, that’s over a hundred episodes per year which is plenty of tv to enjoy. On Netflix, five titles are about 40 episodes total

Not sure why we are paying a premium fee for what is essentially a scrolling and show canceling service.

I mostly watch movies and limited series on Netflix, but the multi-season shows that I have watched or do watch have been absolutely amazing. House of Cards. The Crown. You. Ozark. Orange is the New Black. Black Mirror (granted the seasons are WAY too short, and now the creator/writer is on hiatus). Cobra Kai. Master of None... I could go on... I think Netflix is 100% worth every penny, even if a show I did want to keep watching got cancelled. If someone is struggling to find something good to watch on Netflix, I would suggest they get a second and maybe third and fourth streaming platform so they can get the crazy variety they are seeking, or that they are watching entirely too much TV. But that's just my opinion! (and I do subscribe to multiple streaming platforms, lol).

With you on HoC and Black Mirror. You and Master I liked, but wouldn’t think of them as amazing.

I think you are in a way making my point, in over ten years, that’s eight shows, unless your continuation consists of more amazing shows or just ones that you like? But for all these shows, they have a reduced season length compared to US network tv, and seasons could be spaced by up to two years.

Five years ago I probably would have agreed Netflix comes out with great shows every year, but I am hard pressed to name one (that the service supports beyond two seasons) that’s been created since 2017. Perhaps just a matter of my taste. For sci fi fans especially, Netflix has been terrible of late regarding new releases. Some Foreign shows are ok, but they’re admitting they don’t see a US audience for that

edit, movies are good, but once I watch a movie I am done with it, time to return to the Netflix scroll to find something else!

you're right...there's a lot more competition now too. Good stuff on AppleTV that I haven't seen yet. I don't pay much attention to Hulu or Prime either.

Plus I still pay for DirecTV for some fucking reason.

PJ_Soul · January 2023

There are many other shows I've really enjoyed on Netflix - I meant it when I said "I could go on".

Though I also subscribe to AppleTV+, Crave (which includes HBO and some Hulu stuff, Star, etc), Prime, Disney+, CuriosityStream, and even Premium YouTube, plus I use Tubi somewhat regularly. So Netflix doesn't stand out as lacking for me since I have much more than enough content to enjoy across platforms. I couldn't do without Netflix though. I'm still totally taken by several shows that are still running, beyond their great limited series that are always coming out. Anyway, moving on...

Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street

This is the kind of limited series content that I really dig on Netflix. And I love any doc about Madoff - it never ceases to shock me, and it is also some of the best schadenfreude as far as him getting caught goes, lol. But along with that, I always feel devastated on behalf of all those people who lost everything because of that bastard. And there were suicides, including Madoff's son. Many others should have been punished but weren't.

Jesus fucking Christ as far as the SEC goes in the Madoff saga. The ineptitude and indifference and apathy of the SEC in that case never ceases to amaze me. Outrageous.

I'm pretty sure it's HBO that has a pretty good dramatized movie about it with Robert De Niro as Madoff, and Michelle Pfeiffer kinda kills as Ruth Madoff (she has gotten so good as she's aged). It's called The Wizard of Lies.

23scidoo · January 2023

Fresh and good.. both..

https://youtu.be/YbArSoOP8XQ

https://youtu.be/ddbL9jvg77w

F Me In The Brain · January 2023

Lerxst1992 said:

PJ_Soul said:

Lerxst1992 said:

23scidoo said:

F**ck you Netflix..

Netflix business model just doesn’t work. The typical show gets one short season. If it’s very popular, maybe two or three seasons. If it’s huge like stranger things, five short seasons.

The reason Netflix constantly cancels shows? As seasons progress tv shows typically get more expensive to produce. But network tv shows have a big advantage, they can raise advertising rates. Netflix can not do that with most of its content. Canceling shows is a super cheap option.

This forces customers to constantly scroll endlessly to find new shows to watch. And when we find one, guess what, it’s at most 2 seasons/ 16 episodes. And with so many shows having so few episodes per title, it requires finding more shows to watch. Unlike say finding five shows on network tv, that’s over a hundred episodes per year which is plenty of tv to enjoy. On Netflix, five titles are about 40 episodes total

Not sure why we are paying a premium fee for what is essentially a scrolling and show canceling service.

I mostly watch movies and limited series on Netflix, but the multi-season shows that I have watched or do watch have been absolutely amazing. House of Cards. The Crown. You. Ozark. Orange is the New Black. Black Mirror (granted the seasons are WAY too short, and now the creator/writer is on hiatus). Cobra Kai. Master of None... I could go on... I think Netflix is 100% worth every penny, even if a show I did want to keep watching got cancelled. If someone is struggling to find something good to watch on Netflix, I would suggest they get a second and maybe third and fourth streaming platform so they can get the crazy variety they are seeking, or that they are watching entirely too much TV. But that's just my opinion! (and I do subscribe to multiple streaming platforms, lol).

With you on HoC and Black Mirror. You and Master I liked, but wouldn’t think of them as amazing.

I think you are in a way making my point, in over ten years, that’s eight shows, unless your continuation consists of more amazing shows or just ones that you like? But for all these shows, they have a reduced season length compared to US network tv, and seasons could be spaced by up to two years.

Five years ago I probably would have agreed Netflix comes out with great shows every year, but I am hard pressed to name one (that the service supports beyond two seasons) that’s been created since 2017. Perhaps just a matter of my taste. For sci fi fans especially, Netflix has been terrible of late regarding new releases. Some Foreign shows are ok, but they’re admitting they don’t see a US audience for that

edit, movies are good, but once I watch a movie I am done with it, time to return to the Netflix scroll to find something else!

The Last Kingdom was really good. They may have started before 2017, though.

Lerxst1992 · January 2023

This article really hits the nail on the head for me regarding Netflix. First five years or so there were so many good shows. Lately, I am afraid to invest in any show because unless it’s a huge hit, it’s getting one or two seasons then it’s gone. I’m glad plenty like the service, but for $16 a month, even if I find a handful of good shows every two years, a premium cost should not include the threat of cancelation every year. That’s what the free networks are for…

“Netflix’s cancelation policies have informed its viewers that if you want a show you like renewed, you need to watch it immediately, you need to tell all your friends to watch it immediately, and you need to finish all episodes in a short period of time. Anything less than that will result in likely cancelation, with the problem being, of course, that this runs contrary to the entire promise of a streaming service like Netflix in the first place. The core concept of “on demand” streaming was that ability to watch what you wanted, when you wanted to. But now binging a series in its opening weekend isn’t just an option to have, it feels almost mandatory, lest the negative data reflect poorly on a show you might otherwise like.

Something has broken with this model. It’s now created a system where creators should be afraid to make a series that dares to end on a cliffhanger or save anything for future seasons, lest their story forever be left unfinished. “

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2023/01/16/netflix-has-created-a-self-fulfilling-cancelation-loop-with-its-new-shows/

bootlegger10 · January 2023

Watched The Recruit. Don’t think there is a redeeming character on that show. Hard to root for a bunch of idiots.

eeriepadave · January 2023

Interesting documentary about Kai the Hitchhiker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2r4vg3vdkM

Gern Blansten · January 2023

eeriepadave said:

Interesting documentary about Kai the Hitchhiker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2r4vg3vdkM

I saw that...worth a watch. Interesting story.

Lerxst1992 · January 2023

Unable to find a generic streaming topic, so parking this here

Peripheral on prime strongly recommended. Prime seems above average streaming service for sci fi fans.

Ledbetterman10 · January 2023

I watched that Pepsi/Jet documentary. Four episodes? This story could've been told in a half-hour YouTube video. AND he walked away with nothing in the end. Both an interesting and a terrible documentary...somehow.

Fifthelement · January 2023

Lerxst1992 said:

Unable to find a generic streaming topic, so parking this here

Peripheral on prime strongly recommended. Prime seems above average streaming service for sci fi fans.

Peripheral was awesome! I can hardly wait for the next season. It’s a cool premise. It left me questions about Finn at the end though.

Ledbetterman10 · January 2023

The Texas Killing Field

Good documentary on serial killings outside of Houston in the 80's. An unbelievable amount of victims. Very sad. But very well done. And in only three episodes.

HughFreakingDillon · January 2023

Lerxst1992 said:

Unable to find a generic streaming topic, so parking this here

Peripheral on prime strongly recommended. Prime seems above average streaming service for sci fi fans.

there is a prime thread (not telling you you can't post it here lol). I think PJSoul started it.

edit: https://community.pearljam.com/discussion/279043/amazon-prime-video-streaming-finds/p1

Gern Blansten · January 2023

Ledbetterman10 said:

The Texas Killing Field

Good documentary on serial killings outside of Houston in the 80's. An unbelievable amount of victims. Very sad. But very well done. And in only three episodes.

I caught that....very good

Some of the docs are hit or miss. They drag some out too long but this one was really interesting.

PJ_Soul · January 2023

Physical: 100

Not even done the first episode, and I am hooked, lol. If this were an American show it would not appeal to me at all, but it is South Korean, and the dubbing and the production and the people on it and the real competition all come together to make this show highly entertaining to me. It very much has the feel of a real life Squid Game (which is obviously deliberate). But this is far nicer than that, lol.

The downside is that they're releasing only two episodes each week. Annoying.

23scidoo · January 2023

Well done Netflix..

https://www.dw.com/en/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-gets-9-oscar-nominations/a-64340146

PJ_Soul · January 2023

Finally watched Inside Man. It's so good! I really hope there will be a season 2!

23scidoo · January 2023

PJ_Soul said:

Finally watched Inside Man. It's so good! I really hope there will be a season 2!

the last scene prepares us for second season..

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