Netflix recommendations

[og ogilby]

It's been mentioned a few times on the thread already, but for anyone who missed it and might be interested. You can slash your netflix bill if you have a VPN and set your location to Turkey when you sign up. My monthly bill was £2.31 this month for standard HD package. Premium package would cost around £3 a month. I've had netflix for over 2 years with no problems.

You don't need to keep the VPN on to watch, just to sign up.

 

[MrCurry]

It's been mentioned a few times on the thread already, but for anyone who missed it and might be interested. You can slash your netflix bill if you have a VPN and set your location to Turkey when you sign up. My monthly bill was £2.31 this month for standard HD package. Premium package would cost around £3 a month. I've had netflix for over 2 years with no problems.

You don't need to keep the VPN on to watch, just to sign up.

Wow.… that’s a huge difference! I might have to try that if it allows you to carry on watching without needing the VPN active. And the Netflix catalogue you can access is the full one for the country you’re watching from?

I guess I can test it works by creating a new account and only cancel my existing if it goes ok.

 

[Chz]

I’m seeking a different kind of Netflix recommendation

I’m on the Netflix “standard“ plan, which is HD quality, 2 devices simultaneously. My TV is 4k and I just bought a 4k appleTV box, so I wondered if it’s worth upgrading to Netflix premium, which will give me 4K HDR streaming and up to 4 devices.

The step from £9.99 to £13.99 is stopping me. £4 a month doesn’t sound much I suppose but it will add up and I guess the main thing is, will my eyes actually notice the difference?

Has anyone upgraded to 4k Netflix and found it worthwhile? On the one hand it seems a shame to have 4k capable hardware and to limit it by only having HD streaming, but £4 a month can be put to other uses.

I broke down and bought a hyper-expensive OLED telly, and I'm still not going to bother uprating the Netflix account. You have to remember, not everything is even available in 4k and a lot of 4k content has questionable HDR settings. They're still working out the bugs with HDR as they go along, to be honest - some things end up dark as mud. It's atrocious on all Prime content for some reason.
Even for HDR, if it's a cheaper telly then it's going to "fake" it.

That said, I'm tempted to do the VPN trick and enable it that way.

 

[og ogilby]

Wow.… that’s a huge difference! I might have to try that if it allows you to carry on watching without needing the VPN active. And the Netflix catalogue you can access is the full one for the country you’re watching from?

I'm 100% sure you can watch without having the VPN on. In fact, I don't think you can watch netflix with a VPN? I'm also almost certain I get the UK catalogue, I've never experienced not being able to watch anything recommended on this thread by UK based posters.

Might even be worth doing a bit of research to see if there's a better option than Turkey. It was the best option when I signed up but other countries might be cheaper now due to currency fluctuations.

 

[chandlerp]

Wherever you signed up for Netflix doesn't matter. What you can watch depends on which actual country you are in. So if you switch on a VPN to sign up to Netflix in Turkey and then turn it off you will get the UK catalogue. If you travel you will get the catalogue for whatever country you are in.

 

[og ogilby]

Thread about how to swap to Turkish.

The (Hopefully) Definitive Guide to Netflix Premium Access via VPN | hotukdeals

www.hotukdeals.com

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

The difference between SD and HD even on a 47 inch screen should be noticeable, it is to me. The difference between HD and 4k/UHD is more marginal, it's not just definition, there is a wider colour gamut, which means a wider and subtler range of colours. It's probably worth it for a large and high end telly. That said, I haven't bothered with 4k/UHD so far as I can't afford to upgrade everything and I'm still quite happy with 1080p.

Maybe I should have said I couldn't tell the difference enough to be bothered by it for watching a standard TV in my front room.
My day job is a TV editor, it might be a bit embarrassing if I said I couldn't tell the difference. That said, I rarely do on-line edits, and now that we do have 4k actually being offline is a thing again.

 

[spanglechick]

Don’t Look Up.

Stellar cast. I really enjoyed it. It’s had some stinking reviews, but I thought it was witty and well acted. Visually a little gimmicky- like McKay’s previous film Vice - and some easy targets (Streep’s female Trump-style POTUS is glorious) -this is broad-strokes satire… but there are some witty lines and clever turns. And the editing in the first Oval Office scene is exceptionally clever in conveying multiple conflicting characters’ inner thoughts.

 

[Epona]

Don’t Look Up.

Stellar cast. I really enjoyed it. It’s had some stinking reviews, but I thought it was witty and well acted. Visually a little gimmicky- like McKay’s previous film Vice - and some easy targets (Streep’s female Trump-style POTUS is glorious) -this is broad-strokes satire… but there are some witty lines and clever turns. And the editing in the first Oval Office scene is exceptionally clever in conveying multiple conflicting characters’ inner thoughts.

It really does have everyone in it, doesn't it?

I fucking loved it. Nice to see a witty/cynical/satirical take on this sort of disaster scenario and I thought it was done well. Don't expect any subtlety here, but IMO it just worked for me and is what was needed at the end of yet another difficult year.

 

[Spymaster]

Thread about how to swap to Turkish.

The (Hopefully) Definitive Guide to Netflix Premium Access via VPN | hotukdeals

www.hotukdeals.com

So you need to cancel your existing account if it’s in use, wait til the end of your billing cycle, then sign up again through Turkey? Sounds like a bit of a ball-ache to save about 7 quid a month.

 

[Spymaster]

Don’t Look Up.

Stellar cast. I really enjoyed it. It’s had some stinking reviews, but I thought it was witty and well acted. Visually a little gimmicky- like McKay’s previous film Vice - and some easy targets (Streep’s female Trump-style POTUS is glorious) -this is broad-strokes satire… but there are some witty lines and clever turns. And the editing in the first Oval Office scene is exceptionally clever in conveying multiple conflicting characters’ inner thoughts.

Seen the trailers and was in two minds. I’ll give it a go today.

 

[og ogilby]

So you need to cancel your existing account if it’s in use, wait til the end of your billing cycle, then sign up again through Turkey? Sounds like a bit of a ball-ache to save about 7 quid a month.

It is a bit of a ball-ache, but it depends how much you want to save money. Did you read the thread I linked to? One member posted this.

To get premium but only pay about half.
first month pay premium then part through the month switch to basic.
You will then continue with premium until the end of month ( billing cycle)
On the day your payment leaves your account (paid basic price) go onto your account and upgrade to premium. you will be upgraded immediately to premium but will have only paid for basic. The at the end of the month you will get charged for premium. Then drop to basic again.
Have I confused you?
So you switch between paying premium one month and basic the next but always have premium (except the day it switches to basic and before you upgrade)
This works on any subscription country.
I use this on my Turkey subscription so have paid the following over the past 2 months via Halifax Clarity Card.
£1.89 & £4.21 so average approx £3per month for premium

When I joined netflix a couple of years back I used the hack from the beginning, so it looks like netflix have tried to stop people doing it, but it does look like it's still doable with a bit of faff.

 

[magneze]

Don’t Look Up.

Stellar cast. I really enjoyed it. It’s had some stinking reviews, but I thought it was witty and well acted. Visually a little gimmicky- like McKay’s previous film Vice - and some easy targets (Streep’s female Trump-style POTUS is glorious) -this is broad-strokes satire… but there are some witty lines and clever turns. And the editing in the first Oval Office scene is exceptionally clever in conveying multiple conflicting characters’ inner thoughts.

I enjoyed it. Not the best film in the world but a good couple of hours entertainment.

 

[Reno]

It is a bit of a ball-ache, but it depends how much you want to save money. Did you read the thread I linked to? One member posted this.



When I joined netflix a couple of years back I used the hack from the beginning, so it looks like netflix have tried to stop people doing it, but it does look like it's still doable with a bit of faff.

I'm on a friend's Netflix account, there are 5 of us sharing it being "a family". Might be an easier way to save money.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Watched Don't Look Up yesterday and really enjoyed it, subtle as a brick but hit the right notes.

 

[platinumsage]

Don’t Look Up is like being repeatedly beaten with the world’s biggest “unsubtle satire” hammer, just in case you’re in any danger of not getting it. It’s not even funny.

 

[krtek a houby]

Looking forward to seeing Don't Look Up.

Currently watching Maid. Grim but gripping.

 

[chilango]

Don't Look Up!

Frankly, it's not the film we want but it's the film we deserve.

All Leonardo does as far as his acting is concerned is drop the 'o' from the end of his name.

Jennifer Lawrence is excellent.

It's not subtle. It's not funny. It's like a limp, resigned slap in the face.

...and it's all the better for it.

You're supposed to get pissed off and frustrated by this film and it excels at that

The post credits ending is awful, predictable and undermines the genuine emotions of the 'main' ending.

There's some lovely montages scattered amongst the film

It's slapstick played out of despair, not for laughs. After all, satire is redundant at this point.

I'm not surprised some people hate it. After all it's basically just screaming you "You bunch of fucking idiots, we're all going to fucking die!" at us for an hour and a half.

I really liked it.

 

[Tankus]

Saw it last night , bit tedious and a badly missed opportunity,I thought, with just a few sniggers and no laugh out louds in what felt like a 4 hour (depressing) film. I think it might have played better if they had gone for the pisstake just to break up its length.

Streep and Jr were well observed , as was Blachet with her Co host , but meh. Didn't think much of the "satire", it was just an extrapolation of the US now.

 

[chilango]

It was - to my eyes - "When the Wind Blows" rebooted after 40 years of Western neoliberal hegemony.

 

[nagapie]

It was - to my eyes - "When the Wind Blows" rebooted after 40 years of Western neoliberal hegemony.

That's probably the most interesting thing anyone will ever say about it.
I am not convinced and am far too dour to watch this film.

 

[chilango]

That's probably the most interesting thing anyone will ever say about it.
I am not convinced and am far too dour to watch this film.

Oh it's bleak, shallow and nihilistic for sure.

 

[nagapie]

Oh it's bleak, shallow and nihilistic for sure.

But is it supposed to be?

 

[chilango]

Oh it's bleak, shallow and nihilistic for sure.

...but that a scream of despair about our walking into oblivion ends up this way is exactly what the film is about.

 

[DotCommunist]

cobra kai season 4 starts on the 31st

 

[chilango]

But is it supposed to be?

* Mumbles something about "the death of the author", shrugs, and scrolls on *

 

[DaveCinzano]

It was - to my eyes - "When the Wind Blows" rebooted after 40 years of Western neoliberal hegemony.

Are you aiming to oust Paul Ross and get your quote ready for when the physical product is eventually (never) released?

 

[Gramsci]

Been watching the Cook of Castamar over Christmas.

Spanish costume drama set in 1700s Madrid area of Spain. Its not the kind of series I normally watch. But heigh its Christmas and my partner (Spanish) likes it a lot.

Beautiful dreses, house and countryside. If sex, intrigue, romance is what your looking for this ticks the boxes.

Features well known faces from Spanish TV. Looks like no expense spared on making it look good.

Im not used to this genre. Have to suspend belief at some points.

Its take on 18c European world goes from criticising this class ridden society to almost endorsing it in the Duke. If only good noble men ran society, who have the best intentions for the country and a paternalistic concern for those below stairs, then all would be alright. This is mixed in with plot lines about position of women. Which are more about today than the past. Where I had to suspend belief in how historically accurate it is.

I don't necessarily have a problem with suspending belief in plot. This is fiction not real life.

I can see how this kind of costume drama can have an appeal. Mixes in socially Liberal views of today within the past. Could be read as comment on modern Spain. Its also about love, relationships with a lot of parts for women. I can see it can appeal to a more female audience.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

I think the colouring is deliberately a bit odd. It's meant to have a slightly unreal air, as a way of signalling the comic-bookness of it (I think it isn't from a book but the original anime style is clearly derived from that genre). It's fair enough if you don't like it but I thought it worked fine. To me there would be no point in trying for realism in a series like this - it's obviously silliness that can't be taken too seriously.

C4 Utopia's colour grading was superlative in not just signalling comic-bookness, but overall. It's how I first became aware of colour grading, because I was intrigued as to how they managed to get the colours to pop so well. I was initially impressed by how the costume and props department and location scouts had seemingly managed to source such perfectly colourful resources like clothes and cars, then found out that I was actually admiring the colour grading and went down an internet rabbit hole finding out about it.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Don't Look Up!

Frankly, it's not the film we want but it's the film we deserve.

All Leonardo does as far as his acting is concerned is drop the 'o' from the end of his name.

Jennifer Lawrence is excellent.

It's not subtle. It's not funny. It's like a limp, resigned slap in the face...

...and it's all the better for it.

You're supposed to get pissed off and frustrated by this film and it excels at that...

It's slapstick played out of despair, not for laughs. After all, satire is redundant at this point.

I'm not surprised some people hate it. After all it's basically just screaming you "You bunch of fucking idiots, we're all going to fucking die!" at us for an hour and a half.

I really liked it.

I really liked it too.

I wondered if it was also intended to be an allegory of the pandemic and anti-vaxxers and 'Covid is a hoax'ers.

I mean, the Don't Look Up-ers and the Don't Look Down-ers are clearly Trumpers and not-Trumpers, and echo the situation where we have people ignoring scientists and listening to politicians who tell them to consume bleach and anti-worming medication largely used on animals.

And as the scientists are warning doomsday is approaching, the politicians are being swayed by the interests of big business.

Or maybe I'm reading too much into it?

I watched it expecting yet another disaster movie, and I do love a cheesy disaster movie, but it wasn't, in that they sent up the genre (albeit they didn't send it up to the extremes that Airplane sends up that genre of disaster movie or how Scream sends up horror movies), it wasn't a total send up, I thought it was more tongue in cheek than straightforward comedy, but it was also funny.