Netflix recs?
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Is anyone else really enjoying the Umbrella Academy besides me? I freaking love this show! I think the 2nd season was so solid, so much happening, so much crazy ****, it was so much fun! If you haven't seen it I highly recommend it. Very bingable.
I had a great time watching it. I wish I had enough time to watch it a second time, but my My List is soooo long.
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Maybe I’ll check this out. Did you like it more or less than season one of The Boys?
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I haven't seen the boys yet.
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So my kids wanted to see all the karate kid movies, all currently on Netflix. At least the 3 with Ralph Macchio. Holy ****ing hell was #3 an epic ****-show. Worst story, worst bad guy, unbelievably terrible premise, horrific acting. Ugh. And it wasn't even enough over the top to make it campy and fun to watch. It was just painful to watch. I seem to remember it as not that bad, but it is really all the worst things about 80's movies rolled into one putrescent mass.
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The doc Fear City was good. Felt like it could’ve been more detailed and 4-5 episodes instead of 3. Talk about the rise of the mafia in this country and how the five bosses came into power. Include more on how exactly they got their claws into and ran certain industries like trucking, waste, etc. Would’ve been exceptional then.
My wife and I have been watching "Midnight Diner" on netflix. It's a Japanese show (subtitles) about a small diner that is open from midnight to 7am and attracts an unusual set of customers. Each episode features a unique dish.
Just watched the divine ponytail film on the great Roberto Baggio, the film surprised me and didn't end with his missed penalty in the World Cup in 94 but took on the story of his push for the 2002 world cup team in Korea and Japan, I remember the groundswell of support from pundits and the public for his inclusion at that world cup. Remarkable player.
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Thumbs up for Fear City—back when Giuliani was halfway sane. The Kominsky Method, season 3, dropped yesterday. It has a Grumpy Old Men vibe, which I’m becoming familiar with way too quickly. Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin perfect for the show.
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So I stumbled on this article on Netflix as I was browsing the bedrock of journalism, Yahoo.
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They talk about how Netflix has not grown at the same rate as if it’s some major problem which I have a big issue with but that’s for another time. The focus is on Netflix and how it could grow more. Seems to me, outside of the live sports programming mentioned in the article, Netflix could really benefit by doing two things:
1. Begin having show(s) that only air once a week like old school tv. Sure, this goes against the grain about what the streaming model is in 2021 but I think people crave this. Water cooler tv is sorely missed IMO. Look at shows like Mare of Easttown. That week of dialogue between friends and co-workers, the speculation about whodunit, and reading articles online is attractive. Very attractive. Netflix doesn’t have to end streaming entire seasons at once altogether. Hardly. I simply think the addition of one show like this (at first) could be huge and an added weapon in their arsenal. Murder mysteries are probably the best genre for this. Others could be as well I suppose. If it works with one show, maybe do this 2-4x a year.
2) Quality over quantity. The amount of garbage on Netflix is seemingly endless. I wonder how much it costs to film their movies that cater to the dumbest common denominator. I’m guessing between 2-5M. And there are sooooo many of them. Shows too. Would they not be better off filming 80 crappy movies a year instead of 100 and utilizing that money on say 1-2 movies of better quality to attract an audience with brains as well? Idk what the solution is here but sifting through piles upon piles of garbage, and looking at the time to see it’s then an hour later, has become an act in futility. One other route would be to add better older movies from say pre 1990. Not necessarily the obvious ones like Chinatown which is on there now I believe but some really good 2nd and 3rd tier movies which would attract an older audience and probably not cost very much for Netflix to gain their rights. Seriously, if they stopped filming just five crappy films a year and saved 10 million, I’d have to think they could add many, many older films, thus broadening their consumer base.
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They talk about how Netflix has not grown at the same rate as if it’s some major problem which I have a big issue with but that’s for another time. The focus is on Netflix and how it could grow more. Seems to me, outside of the live sports programming mentioned in the article, Netflix could really benefit by doing two things:
1. Begin having show(s) that only air once a week like old school tv. Sure, this goes against the grain about what the streaming model is in 2021 but I think people crave this. Water cooler tv is sorely missed IMO. Look at shows like Mare of Easttown. That week of dialogue between friends and co-workers, the speculation about whodunit, and reading articles online is attractive. Very attractive. Netflix doesn’t have to end streaming entire seasons at once altogether. Hardly. I simply think the addition of one show like this (at first) could be huge and an added weapon in their arsenal. Murder mysteries are probably the best genre for this. Others could be as well I suppose. If it works with one show, maybe do this 2-4x a year.
2) Quality over quantity. The amount of garbage on Netflix is seemingly endless. I wonder how much it costs to film their movies that cater to the dumbest common denominator. I’m guessing between 2-5M. And there are sooooo many of them. Shows too. Would they not be better off filming 80 crappy movies a year instead of 100 and utilizing that money on say 1-2 movies of better quality to attract an audience with brains as well? Idk what the solution is here but sifting through piles upon piles of garbage, and looking at the time to see it’s then an hour later, has become an act in futility. One other route would be to add better older movies from say pre 1990. Not necessarily the obvious ones like Chinatown which is on there now I believe but some really good 2nd and 3rd tier movies which would attract an older audience and probably not cost very much for Netflix to gain their rights. Seriously, if they stopped filming just five crappy films a year and saved 10 million, I’d have to think they could add many, many older films, thus broadening their consumer base.
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