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danny la rouge said:
I always wanted to see Nurse Jackie, for example, and thought I'd read earlier this year that it was available on Netflix. I'm guessing someone else bought the rights since then or something?
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Essentially.

There are also studios that have their own thing and never show up on Netflix, the obvious one being HBO. I think some of their stuff gets on Amazon, but it's not on the Prime subscription service so you have to pay for it separately, just like buying a DVD boxset.

danny la rouge said:
I understand about it only having a finite number of titles. I just need to get my head around the way one watches them. Are they rotated? Or do they just sit there indefinitely until or unless another company puts in a bigger offer?
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Really depends on the title/service - some can stay their for ages/forever, some have a very limited run. It can be a little tricky to compute.
 
danny la rouge said:
I always wanted to see Nurse Jackie, for example, and thought I'd read earlier this year that it was available on Netflix. I'm guessing someone else bought the rights since then or something?

I understand about it only having a finite number of titles. I just need to get my head around the way one watches them. Are they rotated? Or do they just sit there indefinitely until or unless another company puts in a bigger offer?

(For background - I get the Radio Times. That's how I'm used to ordering my viewing. - Something I like the look of is scheduled and I try to catch it. In fact that's probably where I read Nurse Jackie was on Netflix).
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Yeah. They just sit there until they don't. Most series turn up as a complete run, but occasionally episodes are released weekly.

And basically, most people seem to pick one or two series and then watch a few episodes of a series at a time until they've finished, then move on to the next thing.
 
spanglechick said:
Yeah. They just sit there until they don't. Most series turn up as a complete run, but occasionally episodes are released weekly.

And basically, most people seem to pick one or two series and then watch a few episodes of a series at a time until they've finished, then move on to the next thing.
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Yeah, I need to get my head around the "etiquette". I have bought actual TV series box sets before, but usually things I'd already seen. But binge watching the Sopranos, for example, is something I'm used to.
 
danny la rouge said:
I always wanted to see Nurse Jackie, for example, and thought I'd read earlier this year that it was available on Netflix. I'm guessing someone else bought the rights since then or something?

I understand about it only having a finite number of titles. I just need to get my head around the way one watches them. Are they rotated? Or do they just sit there indefinitely until or unless another company puts in a bigger offer?

(For background - I get the Radio Times. That's how I'm used to ordering my viewing. - Something I like the look of is scheduled and I try to catch it. In fact that's probably where I read Nurse Jackie was on Netflix).
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Nurse Jackie is on the US version, I believe. For a while it was possible to use proxies/unblockers to access Netflix for other countries but they've cracked down very hard on it in the past few months thanks to a lot of threats from studios/publishers/distributors/whoever so it's a lot harder now.

Some shows do tend to cycle between US and UK Netflix though, so if something isn't available at the moment it might be in a couple of months or so. It's all down to licencing. Remember the region advice on videos? PAL, NTSC, etc? It's similar to that, and all down to the industry wanting to make as much money as possible. In general, 2 places won't hold the licence for the same show at any one time, but the company that does hold the licence will have it for a fixed term, and once that expires someone else can buy it. So Netflix might have an agreement to have Nurse Jackie, say, for x amount of time, but they can't show it all around the world because of region stupidity, so effectively US Netflix licences it for a while, and then UK Netflix would have to licence it later on. (This might not be an entirely accurate representation of how it works but it's for all intents and purposes the bare bones of it.)

Nurse Jackie is great, btw.
 
danny la rouge said:
None of that. Do you recommend them?
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Always Sunny is genuinely the funniest darkest nastiest tv show, including south park. 1st season is a little patchy, but when DaVito joins it's genius.

30 Rock and Parks and Rec Tina Fey and Amy Poehlar respectively. And Arrested Development is, well Arrested Development.
 
The region locks are utterly outdated for today's technology, and are entirely a throwback to physical distribution. But since it's never been easier for people to acquire digital media for free, they hold onto it because they can make more money that way.

So, you have different companies, like Amazon, Netflix, who have to vie for licences for different films and shows, but then rather than being able to watch something over here that US Netflix bought the licence to you have another layer of frustration that dictates that you can't watch it unless UK Netflix gets the licence.

Parks and Rec is an example of something that has spanned different companies and regions at the same time. I believe it's still available on US Netflix, but it's also available at the moment on UK Amazon Prime, but not on UK Netflix.

It's the least customer-friendly system you can envisage.
 
danny la rouge said:
None of that. Do you recommend them?
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Always Sunny and Arrested Development are definitely comedies of a particular taste - you'll either love them or not find them funny at all. I love them (and community as well - I didn't mention any comedies because you didn't mention any).
Parks and Rec is on Amazon, not netflix but is one of the best comedies of recent years.
30 rock I didn't much like so never watched more than a few episodes.
 
I didn't really get on with Community.

I mean, I liked it, but not enough to watch it ahead of other stuff.

I did only manage an episode or two though, so I may go back at some point...

Always Sunny I liked a lot...for a bit. I actually preferred it pre-DeVito. Got tired of it at some point in S2 or 3 and haven't gone back.
 
I wasn't a big fan of 30 Rock either, but love Parks and Rec. I just didn't take to Always Sunny either. Nor Bojack Horseman, although I think I should give that another try. Outside of Arrested Development I seem to have a bit of a 'ick' thing about Will Arnett. Same for David Cross. No idea why.
 
I gave up on Community after struggling through S3 - it's a bit nerdy for me.
I doubt Danny would like It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia.
 
chilango said:
I didn't really get on with Community.

I mean, I liked it, but not enough to watch it ahead of other stuff.

I did only manage an episode or two though, so I may go back at some point...

Always Sunny I liked a lot...for a bit. I actually preferred it pre-DeVito. Got tired of it at some point in S2 or 3 and haven't gone back.
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Community definitely takes some time to get going. I know someone with a 4 episode rule (if it hasn't captured them after 4 episodes they ditch it, but they always give something those 4), and I had to keep pushing them to keep going with Community. They did, and now they love it. It seems absurd that it might take until something like episode 18 to actually start loving a series, but once you do start loving it almost feels like you loved it all along.
 
Vintage Paw said:
Community definitely takes some time to get going. I know someone with a 4 episode rule (if it hasn't captured them after 4 episodes they ditch it, but they always give something those 4), and I had to keep pushing them to keep going with Community. They did, and now they love it. It seems absurd that it might take until something like episode 18 to actually start loving a series, but once you do start loving it almost feels like you loved it all along.
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I just don't watch enough TV to push on thru to Episode 18 of something unless I REALLY love it (Breaking Bad is about the only thing I've managed that with).
 
I never knew what PAL and so on meant. As for proxies and unblockers, I can barely use the browse screens. I'm always clicking stuff I didn't know I had and so on.
 
Cheers for the tips. I'll try these out.

I'm also picking up really good tips on how to start a crystal meth business if things go bad with my current occupation.
 
They've been plugging The Trials Of Cate McCall a bit recently - watched it, and thought it was very meh, like a not particularly exceptional pilot. Just a troubled, driven lawyer whose home life is falling apart, working on a case where nothing is as it seems.

The Verdict meets Primal Fear, and not really as interesting as either.
 
Vintage Paw said:
House of Cards is pretty much balancing on the line for me, and I think it's the political setting that's keeping me from ditching it.
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I loved all the H of C seasons, but particularly stuck with it for Doug Stamper's story arc, and Robin Wright's wardrobe. :oops:
 
hegley said:
I loved all the H of C seasons, but particularly stuck with it for Doug Stamper's story arc, and Robin Wright's wardrobe. :oops:
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Doug's a dark horse, isn't he? I'm only perhaps 5 or 6 episodes in now, and his story with Rachel is really interesting.

I'm alternating between HoC and American Horror Story at the moment, the latter of which I'm enjoying a lot more than I thought I would.
 
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