Netflix recommendations

[DaveCinzano]

On the whole Netflix still produces far better quality in-house stuff than the likes of Amazon, whose great-to-shit ratio is much lower. Not to mention Sky, which churns abominably awful stuff most of the time.

That got me thinking, so I did a quick tally of the stuff I have caught and enjoyed (from alright if nothing special, through to fucking awesome)...

Netflix
(Original programming)

• Altered Carbon
• Daredevil
• Evil Genius
• GLOW
• House Of Cards
• Jessica Jones
• Lilyhammer
• Luke Cage
• Maniac
• Master Of None
• Mindhunter
• Murder Mountain
• Narcos
• Russian Doll
• Stranger Things
• The Crown
• The Punisher
• The Staircase
• The Ted Bundy Tapes
• The Umbrella Academy
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
• Wild Wild Country

(Continuation programming)

• Arrested Development
• Black Mirror
• The Killing
• Trailer Park Boys

(Exclusively distributed programming)

• Bad Blood
• Better Call Saul
• Bodyguard
• Dirty John
• London Spy
• Manhunt: Unabomber
• Marcella
• NSU Germany History X
• Peaky Blinders
• Secret City
• The Fall

(Produced/Co-Produced Movies)

• 22 July
• 1922
• Beasts Of No Nation
• Bird Box
• Cargo
• Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened
• High Flying Bird
• I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore
• Outlaw King
• Polar
• Sand Castle
• Small Crimes
• The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs
• The Siege Of Jadotville
• Velvet Buzzsaw
• War Machine
• Wheelman

(Exclusively distributed movies)

• 6 Days
• Annihilation
• Bad Moms
• Beirut
• Close
• Hell Or High Water
• Mindhorn
• Operation Finale
• The Resistance Banker

Amazon
(Original programming)

• Alpha House
• Bosch
• Goliath
• The Man In The High Castle
• Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan
• Transparent

(Exclusively distributed programming)

• Catastrophe
• Justified
• Preacher
• The Looming Tower
• The Night Manager

So I guess that means I hover more on the 'Flix side of the net...

 

[T & P]

That got me thinking, so I did a quick tally of the stuff I have caught and enjoyed (from alright if nothing special, through to fucking awesome)...

Netflix
(Original programming)

• Altered Carbon
• Daredevil
• Evil Genius
• GLOW
• House Of Cards
• Jessica Jones
• Lilyhammer
• Luke Cage
• Maniac
• Master Of None
• Mindhunter
• Murder Mountain
• Narcos
• Russian doll
• Stranger Things
• The Crown
• The Punisher
• The Staircase
• The Ted Bundy Tapes
• The Umbrella Academy
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
• Wild Wild Country

(Continuation programming)

• Arrested Development
• Black Mirror
• The Killing
• Trailer Park Boys

(Exclusively distributed programming)

• Bad Blood
• Better Call Saul
• Bodyguard
• Dirty John
• London Spy
• Manhunt: Unabomber
• Marcella
• NSU Germany History X
• Peaky Blinders
• Secret City
• The Fall

(Produced/Co-Produced Movies)

• 22 July
• 1922
• Beasts Of No Nation
• Bird Box
• Cargo
• Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened
• High Flying Bird
• I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore
• Outlaw King
• Polar
• Sand Castle
• Small Crimes
• The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs
• The Siege Of Jadotville
• Velvet Buzzsaw
• War Machine
• Wheelman

(Exclusive)

• 
  
  
  • 6 Days
  • Annihilation
  • Bad Moms
  • Beirut
  • Close
  • Hell Or High Water
  • Mindhorn
  • Operation Finale
  • The Resistance Banker

Amazon
(Original programming)

• Alpha House
• Bosch
• Goliath
• The Man In The High Castle
• Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan
• Transparent

(Exclusively distributed programming)

• Catastrophe
• Justified
• Preacher
• The Looming Tower
• The Night Manager

So I guess that means I hover more on the 'Flix side of the net...

Cheers. A perfect example of what I was trying to say. And unlike Amazon, there are no extra charges. If it’s part of their portfolio, it’s included. As mentioned by other posters in the Amazon thread, there’s a rapidly increasing number of series there that require extra payment.

I probably should not say this on an open Internet forum lest they’ gathering opinions for future pricing, but as your post illustrates I find Netflix’s fees ludicrously good value for money.

 

[Ponyutd]

The Dawn Wall.

For those of you that enjoy climbing docs. This one is a cracker. Tommy Caldwell is quite something.

The beginning is quite extraordinary. When they flew to kyrgyzstan and what happened there.
I watched it with my jaw on the floor, he really is something else.

Gripping!

 

[chilango]

The beginning is quite extraordinary. When they flew to kyrgyzstan and what happened there.
I watched it with my jaw on the floor, he really is something else.

Gripping!

I've seen Caldwell in other stuff but had never heard that story

 

[Chz]

Cheers. A perfect example of what I was trying to say. And unlike Amazon, there are no extra charges. If it’s part of their portfolio, it’s included. As mentioned by other posters in the Amazon thread, there’s a rapidly increasing number of series there that require extra payment.

I probably should not say this on an open Internet forum lest they’ gathering opinions for future pricing, but as your post illustrates I find Netflix’s fees ludicrously good value for money.

There's plenty of us that just see Amazon Video as a bonus to Prime membership, which we already had in the first place. Maybe their intent is to eventually challenge Netflix, but right now it's still just a sweetener for Prime's other benefits.

 

[chandlerp]

I think people get confused with Amazon Prime Video and other things Amazon are offering. On my Fire TV, I have Prime Videos and Amazon also offer other things for a fee. That is not charging extra for Prime Video, it is just selling other apps like Amazon sell lots of other things. They also promote Netflix on the Fire TV but you don't hear people complaining that you have to pay extra for it. The things Amazon are charging extra for are OTHER APPS

 

[Reno]

Amazon Prime has a service like Netflix which offers content for free. Apart from that, they sell stuff, may that be DVDs or digital downloads for film and music. The digital downloads for sale are a different service.

 

[danny la rouge]

I think people get confused with Amazon Prime Video and other things Amazon are offering. On my Fire TV, I have Prime Videos and Amazon also offer other things for a fee. That is not charging extra for Prime Video, it is just selling other apps like Amazon sell lots of other things. They also promote Netflix on the Fire TV but you don't hear people complaining that you have to pay extra for it. The things Amazon are charging extra for are OTHER APPS

The thing is, though, the model of paying for TV watching is turning into something very different from what we’re used to. We’ve moved from TV licence plus putting up with adverts, to those who chose to subscribe to satellite (I never have - didn’t see any advantage), to different subscription streaming services. Netflix, Hayu, Amazon Prime, Now TV, BFI Player, Mubi. Would anyone pay for all of these at once? Why?

It’s frustrating when something moves from one provider to another. But I can’t see anyone subscribing to them all at once. So eventually something is going to have to give, surely?

 

[QueenOfGoths]

The Dawn Wall.

For those of you that enjoy climbing docs. This one is a cracker. Tommy Caldwell is quite something.

Oooh that looks right up my street!

Despite never having climbed and having no real desire to ever do so I do like a good climbing doc

 

[Ponyutd]

Ricky Gervais in Afterlife, just sat down to watch it.

 

[BigTom]

The thing is, though, the model of paying for TV watching is turning into something very different from what we’re used to. We’ve moved from TV licence plus putting up with adverts, to those who chose to subscribe to satellite (I never have - didn’t see any advantage), to different subscription streaming services. Netflix, Hayu, Amazon Prime, Now TV, BFI Player, Mubi. Would anyone pay for all of these at once? Why?

It’s frustrating when something moves from one provider to another. But I can’t see anyone subscribing to them all at once. So eventually something is going to have to give, surely?

Add Disney+ to your list... they've said their entire back catalogue of films will be available on their streaming service. Not sure when they will launch but clearly they are going to be a big player.

I think the question is going to be whether the collection of services (or whatever aggregate service comes along to provide all of them together) will cost more, less or the same as Sky/cable. I would imagine this period has driven down the price the market will bear but my price point for tv is way below the cost of sky or cable tv so for me I'll only ever pay ~£15/month for tv/film access and if that's one service, and no single service gives me enough to make it feel worthwhile, I just won't bother having any, and will go back to torrenting stuff.

I think that's an important link you've missed. From tv (£+ads) or sky/cable (££+ads) -> torrenting (free+no ads) -> streaming (£+no ads). Whether the market as a whole will take streaming as ££+ads or £££+no ads whilst torrenting is still an option is a question. I can't see it and it's going to be interesting over the next few years. USA is a much bigger market so I suspect we'll just end up with whatever works (for the streaming / tv / film companies) over there is what we'll get here.

 

[danny la rouge]

Add Disney+ to your list... they've said their entire back catalogue of films will be available on their streaming service. Not sure when they will launch but clearly they are going to be a big player.

I think the question is going to be whether the collection of services (or whatever aggregate service comes along to provide all of them together) will cost more, less or the same as Sky/cable. I would imagine this period has driven down the price the market will bear but my price point for tv is way below the cost of sky or cable tv so for me I'll only ever pay ~£15/month for tv/film access and if that's one service, and no single service gives me enough to make it feel worthwhile, I just won't bother having any, and will go back to torrenting stuff.

I think that's an important link you've missed. From tv (£+ads) or sky/cable (££+ads) -> torrenting (free+no ads) -> streaming (£+no ads). Whether the market as a whole will take streaming as ££+ads or £££+no ads whilst torrenting is still an option is a question. I can't see it and it's going to be interesting over the next few years. USA is a much bigger market so I suspect we'll just end up with whatever works (for the streaming / tv / film companies) over there is what we'll get here.

I missed torrenting because I’ve never done it, don’t understand it, and will never do it. If I get priced out of streaming, I’ll just stop consuming. Maybe buy DVDs. But I’ll just rely on Freeview, maybe iPlayer, if they don’t abandon it as license fee paid.

Like you, I’m not going to pay for a Sky/Virgin type service. Too expensive. I only use Netflix as a shared user. My daughters pay part of the sub. I don’t think I’d bother if it was all me.

 

[chilango]

Ricky Gervais in Afterlife, just sat down to watch it.

Watched the first one for a bit and am really, really unsure about it.

 

[Ponyutd]

He has hit the nail on the head with the dementia scenes.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Amazon Prime has a service like Netflix which offers content for free.

How is content free, when Amazon Prime costs £7.99 pm?

 

[Badgers]

Ricky Gervais in Afterlife, just sat down to watch it.

Watched the first one for a bit and am really, really unsure about it.

Am considering giving this a watch

 

[Pickman's model]

How is content free, when Amazon Prime costs £7.99 pm?

Don't ask the tricky questions

 

[cupid_stunt]

Am considering giving this a watch

Just watched the first 2, fairly typical RG dark humour stuff going on, so I guess it's down to if you like Marmite or not.

 

[Badgers]

Just watched the first 2, fairly typical RG dark humour stuff going on, so I guess it's down to if you like Marmite or not.

I like his writing sometimes but not that keen on him

 

[cupid_stunt]

I like his writing sometimes but not that keen on him

You & me both, but I am enjoying this.

Although that maybe just because I need a bit of easy to follow escapism, having spent way too much time down at my mother's bedside, at the hospital this week.

 

[cupid_stunt]

OK, part three, the sex worker offering to do anything for £50.

Spoiler: So, he takes her home...

...to do his washing-up & cleaning.

 

[Badgers]

You & me both, but I am enjoying this.

Although that maybe just because I need a bit of easy to follow escapism, having spent way too much time down at my mother's bedside, at the hospital this week.

Sorry to hear that mate

I am after some brainless telly and wine today. Had a death in the family and a lot of work stress of late so need something bland. Went for Midsomer Murders and extra wine in the end

 

[Poi E]

Await Further Instructions is a great Brexit drama.

 

[Reno]

How is content free, when Amazon Prime costs £7.99 pm?

Free with your subscription, pedant !

 

[Badgers]

Free with your subscription, pedant !

The BBC is free with your licence

 

[cupid_stunt]

Free with your subscription, pedant !

So, you pay for it then.

 

[danny la rouge]

Free with your subscription, pedant !

I get a free Classical Guitar magazine with my subscription to Classical Guitar magazine.

 

[Reno]

So, you pay for it then.

I get Amazon Prime for cheaper and same or next day shipping of items and long looked at the streaming service as thrown in as an add-on. For years there wasn't anything worth watching on it and I still keep forgetting it exists. That does not make it the same as a magazine or a Netflix subscription or a BBC licence fee, because the programs are the main thing you pay for.

As opposed to streaming titles for which you have to pay extra even with Prime, I solemnly promise I will from now refer to films and TV series which come with the Amazon Prime streaming service as "free with Amazon Prime" instead of the shorter "free" even though it will make me sound like an advertisement.

 

[magneze]

Behind the curve: excellent documentary about the flat earth movement.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Watched the first one for a bit and am really, really unsure about it.

Worth watching it all, there's so many twists & turns, a bit of a emotional roller coaster.