Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

xp it's not pay-to-play, but from my info there is a wide, wide disparity in what Netflix pays for each individual title and from what studios, depending on each deal. payment isn't per stream, it's a set fee for a set time period, regardless of actual use. not only that, the studio doesn't actually get the viewer info! so the stuff that pops up a lot is probably the stuff Netflix paid the most for, not counting their original material.

Yeah scrolling through a-z on their site, there is a LOT of dross, so I can see why they'd rather remind us all of the same big draws over and over even if us needs get frustrated

Us nerds, I mean

i have the house to myself this week so i think it's gonna be hell on wheels the whole way. #dadrock

Conrad Bain, Jim Backus and Red Buttons

one of those guys never got a dinner.

that's a serious love boat trio right there.

Hulu has been our worst experience by far. Not only do they interrupt your (paid) subscription with commercials, but they can't even lure good commercials, which forces you to sit through the same shitty borderline PSA commercials again and again. When my kids and I watched Masterchef Junior, all the ads for American Idol - the same one, again and again - very quickly started eliciting angry groans, which I'm sure was not the intent.

Weirdest is when Hulu interrupts shows that originally aired without commercials with commercials. There's no break or sign that it's happening, so it seems like the commercial is part of the show for the first few seconds

Yup. It's especially atrocious for the older full length movies they get, the ad breaks cutting in totally randomly. A real shame because they actually have a pretty good back catalog of HK and Japanese stuff from the 60s and 70s

really? even if you pay to subscribe, they interrupt movies with ads??

Yes.

hulu doesn't interrupt most of their mainstream movies, but they do all of the tv shows. it made watching in the cut abominable.

i don't have cable, so hulu has been good as far as new sitcoms/dramas. never would have seen nashville otherwise.

I wonder how many jokes the Netflix offices must make about Hulu's commercials. I'm guessing dozens a day.

We also have the Amazon streaming thing, but it's so cumbersome, making it really hard to distinguish between free content and pay per view content, and so clunky, requiring so many clicks to access the library, that we hardly ever use it. Can't believe a major tech company investing heavily in streaming has such an awful interface

I watched War Games with my son yesterday because he's into computer stuff and I had warm fuzzy memories of the film from way back when I was a kid. What I didn't remember was how much the concept of PG ratings has changed since then. There was a pretty constant barrage of cursing throughout the film, which made me cringe, but didn't really faze my son.

apparently Netflix has 7 Keaton silents right now.

What I didn't remember was how much the concept of PG ratings has changed since then. There was a pretty constant barrage of cursing throughout the film, which made me cringe, but didn't really faze my son.

Try watching The Bad News Bears, your son will learn lots of new ethnic slurs they don't put in kids movies anymore

yeah I've avoided that one; it comes up every year at little league.

ahhh...i didnt know about this:

Los tiempos de Pablo Escobar Season 1

Is that the same series that was on tv?

Could be good...anyone seen it?

if it's the same one that i saw on univision (i think?) it was quite good
i didn't watch the whole series, and was predisposed to be wary of the subject matter being sensationalized but i liked what i saw.
the journalist is a great character and her hair changes are charming
the guy who plays pablo escobar is also great

Wasn't this a plot line on Entourage?

haha...a pablo escobar movie yes

"Lost Angels" - good docu narrated by Catherine keener about LA's Skid Row neighborhood, mostly interviews with & footage of ppl who live there and ppl who have come out the other end of living there

did you guys watch Teacher of the Year? i don't know whether to recommend it or not. key of key & peele is so over the top i'm tempted to use that old cliche about someone being in a different movie than everyone else in the movie. and the mix of drama/mockumentary comedy is just....weird.

have you guys watched that series where murderers talk at length about how they murdered people? i think i might be too scared to watch it.

Meet the Press?

a+

ps todd barry's crowdwork is available through this service & it is v funny

i watched the todd barry thing. it was AMUSING. but not really LOL.

i mean he is really good at that thing. no doubt. i loved how most of the people he talked to said they were something and then it turned out they weren't really that thing much. artist/DJ/musician...

standup comedy is a dead medium. there are no funny standups.

disagree but ok

except george wallace of course

http://i.gyazo.com/ca9563b1fcad36e8b7053a26bb01e431.png

george is the best

have you guys watched that series where murderers talk at length about how they murdered people? i think i might be too scared to watch it.

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Meet the Press?

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really loved obvious child btw

I Dream of Wires, for all the analog synth fans out there

Some Shaw Bros. productions are trickling in. Any recommendations?

It's been a while but I remember really liking "Come Drink With Me" and "Heroes of the East".

Both good!
Recommend: The Avenging Eagle, Executioners from Shaolin

Finished Mad Men, I've watched and re-watched all the good HBO series, not interested in rewatching Breaking Bad.

What show should I watch next? The Bridge?

have you seen the shield? it's got some corny 'this ain't network television' extreme aspects and there's a heavy homicide influence in the early seasons but it's pretty great imo and really holds up thru the end and feels it's actually building toward it's conclusion in the same way breaking bad did. it's only streaming on hulu plus though. i'd suggest homicide as well, esp if you liked the wire obv, but it's apparently not streaming nor available for digital purchase anywhere.

Good call on the Shield. I wanted to try that a couple of years ago but it wasn't streaming anywhere at all.

i think the shield might work better streaming, a common complaint i heard of it while it was on the air really didn't come into play as much for me when i could just blow thru it in a few weeks

Shield is one of my top 3 shows of all time.

Shield finale a gold standard serial payoff.