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Amazon Prime streaming video recommendations thread

killer b said:
they have a much bigger library than many streaming services, but you have to pay for a lot of it. The Wire is streaming for free on Now TV, which you could sign up for a month for free too if you liked.
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This is really starting to vex me, so much of the catalog is pay extra for a watch or subscribe to some shitty channel.

Once lockdowns over and life is normal I'm done and I'll find other means
 
Artaxerxes said:
This is really starting to vex me, so much of the catalog is pay extra for a watch or subscribe to some shitty channel.

Once lockdowns over and life is normal I'm done and I'll find other means
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I think they still have as much free (included) stuff as Netflix. It's just that there's a load of other pay for or subscription stuff too. As mentioned above, I consider my Prime subscription to be for free delivery and photo storage mainly. The videos are a bonus. It is irritating when you click on something and find you need to pay for it though.
 
Spymaster said:
I think they still have as much free (included) stuff as Netflix. It's just that there's a load of other pay for or subscription stuff too. As mentioned above, I consider my Prime subscription to be for free delivery and photo storage mainly. The videos are a bonus. It is irritating when you click on something and find you need to pay for it though.
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I think what's really soured me on it is watching Shaun of the Dead, pausing for a day then suddenly finding out it's pay only again.

I also don't order that much from there, and what I do I can usually wait for.

I'd also love the search to be less shit and likely to hide things. I can get to a decent list view eventually on the PC if I'm lucky.
 
Untouchable is now on Prime for free. French film about an unlikely friendship between a posh guy who is paralyzed from the neck down and a guy from the Projects he hires to look after him. Based on a true story, awards and that. Omar Sy stars, him from Lupin on Netflix
 
Artaxerxes said:
This is really starting to vex me, so much of the catalog is pay extra for a watch or subscribe to some shitty channel.

Once lockdowns over and life is normal I'm done and I'll find other means
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The catalogue is just that, it's everything available from Amazon and other streaming services. You are basically looking at a shopfront for the sale of media. Only Prime Video is included in your Prime Membership. It's a common error. You can avoid seeing all the stuff that needs paying for by installing the separate Prime Video app which only shows things included in your Prime subscription. Much in the same way the Netflix app only shows you Netflix content or the iPlayer shows BBC content.
 
I’ve been meaning for a while to point out that A Few Good Men is currently available on Prime. Do you want the truth? You can’t handle the truth!
 
marty21 said:
Just watched The Cat Rescuers, documentary about folk in Brooklyn rescuing feral cats (mrs21 demanded it) enjoyed it.
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Is there a mainly happy-ending vibe to it? I can tolerate the odd death or account of animal hardship but I try to avoid any programmes that depict harrowing cases of animal abuse that leaves you depressed and angry.
 
Just started Hannah on amazon.

enjoying it despite shuddering every time Mireille Enos comes on screen

Hannah acts frighteningly like a former partner of mine on the piss, a sort of naive bristling interventionist aggression, but with out any of the hard skills to back it up
 
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There's a new animated comedy called Star Trek: Lower Decks
Probably not for the hardcore Trekkies but it's got some funny bits
 
Artaxerxes said:
This is really starting to vex me, so much of the catalog is pay extra for a watch or subscribe to some shitty channel.

Once lockdowns over and life is normal I'm done and I'll find other means
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Get the app on your phone and use it just to search for stuff - it has a big slider top right (on Android at least) that says "Free to me".

Slide it and bingo - everything you have to pay for fucks off. Brilliant.
 
fucthest8 said:
Get the app on your phone and use it just to search for stuff - it has a big slider top right (on Android at least) that says "Free to me".

Slide it and bingo - everything you have to pay for fucks off. Brilliant.
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Yes thats a fine feature but it still doesn't help that a huge chunk of the catalog is paywalled if you've something specific in mind, and changes at random.
 
I’m a bit annoyed that I paid to watch Les Miserables (not the shit singing one) on Prime, before realising it was on Netflix :mad:
My own fault I guess, but I have to check each time I get want to watch a film, and always think of Netflix last as I think of it as a shit tv streamer more than a film streamer
 
Orang Utan said:
I’m a bit annoyed that I paid to watch Les Miserables (not the shit singing one) on Prime, before realising it was on Netflix :mad:
My own fault I guess, but I have to check each time I get want to watch a film, and always think of Netflix last as I think of it as a shit tv streamer more than a film streamer
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If you Google it then it usually tells you at the top which streaming service it's on and if you have to pay.
 
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