Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

nope, it started playing a trailer for The Witcher, with three little windows inset of The Witcher and 6 Underground and something else

the default assumption in the apps is definitely that people do not watch credits and that you are going to immediately watch something else. I think the idea is that the ads are suggestions for what you watch next — it’s not an interruption, it’s the assumption you are done with the movie so there’s no reason it’d just back to credits since it’a not a commercial break

I haven’t seen that behavior but I have seen a little
timer pop up as credits roll and if you don’t click quickly then it jumps from movie viewing to promo mode

I'm not that bothered by a default assumption (assuming that someone at Netflix audits each movie to make sure there are no scenes mid- or post-credits, or bloopers*, or images of any kind, or text jokes, or deliberate use of music or w/e). But it should be possible to tell the app that you do want to watch the whole flick.

* except if it's Being There, in which case the blooper should absolutely be excised

there is definitely someone at Netflix auditing every movie for every tiny microgenre, as well as for that sort of thing (which is how "skip credits" at the beginning of TV shows on Netflix works so well - someone is actually keying in timecodes of this stuff)

(which is how "skip credits" at the beginning of TV shows on Netflix works so well - someone is actually keying in timecodes of this stuff)

nah, I've seen that on Big Mouth

you've seen what on Big Mouth?

"skip credits"

regardless of whether it's the usual credits or a bespoke one that ties in to themes or events of the episode

Right. all I'm saying is that your assumption is correct - someone at Netflix is auditing all of that and adding metadata about when credits begin and end to every movie and tv episode.

if a character is introduced in the opening credits and repeatedly speaks in them, then reappears through the post-credits part of the episode, imo it is pretty poor auditing to offer a button to skip the credits

if an animated show has drawn a 30-second sequence specifically for one episode, imo offering a "skip this sequence" button might as well be offered at any point in the episode as from 1:30 to 2:00

gotcha. yeah I've only ever seen it done when the credits are just literally the same thing every time.

xp but I WANTED to skip Coach Steve singing "Changes"!

btw Bigmouth S3 is, imo, a significant step up, "Do The Thing" and the cell phone episode were great

but I WANTED to skip Coach Steve singing "Changes"!

ha ha :D

I love that show but Coach Steve is a truly disturbing individual lol

Amazon do the skip closing credits thing but in a much more infuriating way as it'll automatically start the next episode within about 3 seconds of the credits starting running.

I've also noticed that if you're watching two episodes in a row on Netflix, the next episode will start after the 'previously on' section but at least will usually play all the closing credits before switching. I think these features also vary from device to device and pretty sure there's an auto play option in your account settings that you can uncheck if you don't want it to do it

Yes the Netflix app on the amazon fire stick attached to my tv no longer gives me the option to watch closing credits. You can either watch trailers while the credits play in the left top corner or go back to browse main menu only.

It does the same on the all4 app but the picture in picture credits box is even smaller. Incredibly frustrating. The shot playing under the closing credits to the last ep of Catastrophe were pretty crucial but you couldn’t see them.

It does the same on the all4 app but the picture in picture credits box is even smaller. Incredibly frustrating. The shot playing under the closing credits to the last ep of Catastrophe were pretty crucial but you couldn’t see them.

I started The Witcher. These things are always so weird that they shoehorn female nudity in like everyone is so hetero male gaze-y even in fantasyland.

Like, that wizard is danish, don't tell me he wouldn't have a couple of young nubile men in his thought harem.

The John Mulaney Sack Lunch Bunch is so good. And Gyllenhaal !lert! for certain people.

Season 2 of "You": this show is still bonkers and amazing. Joe is the dumbest serial killer on TV.

Sack Lunch Bunch is sooo weird, and aimed at ... I have no idea. But Jake deserves an Emmy.

It's like, a kids show for people who don't have kids? Mulaney doesn't have kids?

I started watching the second season of You yesterday while rowing and I rowed 10k without even realizing it. It's just filled with great, bad decisions everywhere.

I loved Sack Lunch Bunch, and also have no idea it's for. But I'm about Mulaney's age and have no kids, and found it weird and charming, so maybe me?

yeah, same. I don't have kids (slightly older than mulaney) and I thought it was great. I loved the chess and the NYC segments.

Trying “You” again but it makes my skin crawl like a Larry Clark movie.

I should put in here that I am very, very terribly late in discovering Schitt's Creek. I didn't know what to expect but such terrible people made so lovable. Everyone is so good in it. I just finished season 4. It has been our thing to watch over breakfast.

Yah it’s a great comfort food show

The witcher needs its own thread

“Nailed It” with Jacques Torres is probably some of the funniest TV we’ve seen all year

Trying “You” again but it makes my skin crawl like a Larry Clark movie.
 
I totally get why people would be skeeved out by "You" and don't blame anyone for not watching it - Joe's behaviour is very stalker-y and gross, and his narration doesn't allow you to escape from being inside his head. 

The appeal for me is the way it sends up toxic rom com and "Nice Guy" tropes, the mentality of men who refuse to see women as real people instead of living fantasy dolls. Season 2 goes a little further - exploring what happens when law enforcement/society fails victims of sexual violence, the links between trauma and (self)abusive behaviour, and deconstructing the idea of the perfect girl.

it's a deeply feminist show as seen through the eyes of a male serial killer of women, with all the implausible wtf plot twists and ridiculous dialogue of a Lifetime melodrama. it's gross yeah, but also totally insane and smart and great and Badgley is perfectly cast.

it's also incredibly funny - i enjoyed "the seven totems of LA" bit from this season. and the LSD episode.

The Two Popes is excellent

It's almost fascinating in a way how boring The Circle is - like there's no way a show where people sit by themselves and just text each other for an hour this would pass muster at one of the big four networks so this show is basically a result of Netflix's "green light everything, cancel after" strategy

It's based on a UK show. And it's good

Although I absolutely accept that it seems impossibly tedious at first blush (and I haven't seen the American one)

i’m on episode three of the second season of you and it’s fuckin great ridiculous trash! again!

I know I said I couldn’t bring myself to watch it bc of the eyerolly name but yeah schitt’s creek is a delight

it really is

oh yeah, the name is a terrible name for a show that good. And how is Eugene Levy all of a sudden hitting his peak attractiveness?

I actually just finished season 5 last night. It's such a calming show to watch.

Jews age like fine wine

okay but explain Ted Danson

OMG Six Underground is ludicrous trash but the action set pieces (of which there are a TON) are amazing. Pure Michael Bay distillate.

Carole and Tuesday is back but I gave up on it when it turns out Pitchfork is still around.

Don’t @ me but Dracula is pretty good. I watched ep1 last night & enjoyed it immensely

some talk in RIP Dracula , mostly by ppl who didn't realise the revive was about the show

I may need someone to explain Ted Danson to me. xpost.

also I still really enjoy Anne with an E. I love the opening a lot.