https://deadline.com/2020/04/netflix...q1-1202913785/Quoting Ezee E (view post)
https://deadline.com/2020/04/netflix...q1-1202913785/Quoting Ezee E (view post)
I love NF. Its loaded for me and family. My queue usually has 400 things in it.Quoting Philip J. Fry (view post)
Wow.Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
Disney+ not really adding content, Apple TV seems to be a huge bust, and HBO Max will as well.
Netflix had nothing to worry about it seems.
I mean, at least Disney+ has stuff on the horizon. More than what Apple TV can say. Plus Disney+ adds weird stuff here and there. There's a BTS coming out on the making of the Mandalorian.
I may be new to Amazon Prime, but damn is it hard to navigate and find shit. Just like Netflix, its like the hide stuff I would want to watch. Their "since you watched" blah blah blah "maybe you'll like" whatever is just terrible comp.
Fully agree. What I did like about Amazon is that I was able to buy the Better Call Saul season for around $14, and each new episode became available to watch like I had AMC.Quoting Skitch (view post)
In the last six months, the only things I think I've watched on Netflix were Dolemite is My Name, The Irishman a second time this past weekend (saw it in the theater last year), a couple episodes of Tiger King, and Salt Fat Acid Heat. I was lucky to see Marriage Story in the theaters twice via festivals. Nothing about their programming and choices as a service appeal to me, a mostly movies person. I've been using my sisters login since cancelling last summer. Their reliance on pushing series of all shapes and sizes bums me out. I look at HBO Max and it looks like another aimless, garbled mess of middling programs to forget about.
Criterion channel on the other hand, a godsend. I can always find something to watch no matter my mood.
Dude I just went through most of the Star Trek movies again. Went through 1...2...3...went to hit play on 4, but even though I added to queue, they only had the trailer. Why act like you have the movie? Why don't they have part 4? So random and weird, but at least it saved me rewatching 4 lol.Quoting Ezee E (view post)
One of the good things about it is you can just search anything in the main search bar, and it will tell you if it's available on prime, $2 rental, purchase etc. So you don't NEED to be in the prime section to serach.Quoting Skitch (view post)
The browsing though, I agree is not that good. None of the streaming services are good I find. I could be in the middle of a season of anything on Netflix, I come back to it a day later and it's nowhere near the top of the windows. Fuckin' POS why isn't the "Continue Watching" area include stuff I just stopped watching??
Do you Hoopla and Kanopy? If not, fantastic free options once you jump through a couple minor hoops.Quoting Zac Efron (view post)
none of those are available at my local libraries.Quoting Skitch (view post)
Mine either! So I made a trip to a library that is those networks and got a library card for free. Totally worth the trip. Are you anywhere close to a city of even medium size? The network I got in was a small city that is linked up with a Cleveland chain. I was surprised I didn't have to go but 30 minutes away and took 15 minutes to get my card. Rest was setup online.Quoting Zac Efron (view post)
ha, what's medium size? I'm in New Hampshire. UNH doesn't allow alumni or anyone off campus to access Kanopy (cheap bastards).Quoting Skitch (view post)
I could get a library card for the biggest city in NH to get Kanopy but it'd be $50. Between Criterion, STARZ (which is a pretty good streaming option imo), and the TCM app, I'm pretty much set. I can only watch so much content as a person working from home right now.
Geez. I got mine in Cleveland network for free. They make you pay for a damn library card?
My Netflix at the moment:
- In the middle of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 2
- About to start Kingdom (South Korean period zombie series)
- Rewatch of Phantom Thread pending
- On queue to watch for the first time: Full Metal Jacket, a bunch of Johnnie To films, unseen Ghibli films
So I'm still getting much from it.
Midnight Run (1988) - 9
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
Sisters (1973) - 6.5
Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5
Kanopy is no cost to you, but it's expensive for the institution that offers it:Quoting Skitch (view post)
https://filmquarterly.org/2019/05/03...-and-not-free/Quoting Film Quarterly
Paying this much for "free" movies means libraries buy less books, because obviously budgets are limited.
That's lame. Libraries should get shit free. I love the services but I dont actually use them that often. Maybe once each a month.
My other advice is (obvs not at the moment) dont forget you can order just about any physical media in at your local library (free at mine).
I donated the majority of my DVD collection to my library.
Good man.Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
Kept the Criterion ones of course. But back when DVD collection was a sickness for me, I was buying 2,3 4 copies of movies just because it was a "special edition" or some crap.Quoting Skitch (view post)
Well I’d have to pay for any non-town library. Mine is free but they only have E-books. The closest library with Kanopy is an hour-ish away.Quoting Skitch (view post)
Maybe I should start a dark web library card service where I hook people up with network cards.
My local libraries don't have Kanopy, but I got an out-of-state "friend of the library" card for 50 bucks/year to access my home state's library system, so hopefully I'm taking the edge off a little bit that way. Happy to do it; the service has an amazing collection.
"How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home wine-making course and forgot how to drive?"
--Homer
Yeah, I don't know what people see in Netflix. I had their streaming for a few weeks then cancelled and now I've cancelled the DVD account that I had for nearly 20 years (really just wanted to pause it for now). I like the selection on Amazon Prime and been using that service - I've watched a lot of the Criterion's but maybe I'll check out their streaming. On a related note, I re-watched Enter the Void tonight on IFC (free subscription through Amazon) and afterwards I looked at what they have - and it's really nothing. A few films I've seen that are good but don't need to watch again - so I just cancelled that one even during the free trial. Netflix DVD still has the best selection - over any streaming service.Quoting Irish (view post)
It's been ok for me but I look it up from my desktop in a browser. They have a checkbox for different decades, etc... I then add it to the watchlist there and I'm done.Quoting Skitch (view post)