Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

Yes, I know what you mean and I agree. It's not just paralysis is choice. It's about an experience that's stuck in a rut, versus the flowing river of live TV.

An interesting thought, Alba!

Is = of

(I sounded like Pinefox there!)

I want to know more ways people have found to navigate or tweak these apps to find good recommendations.

For example, sometimes searches in Netflix bring up unexpected results.

I hate the flowing river of live tv. I feel like I end up trapped watching something just because it's on instead of doing something not tv related. This is probably a byproduct of growing up in a family where the tv was constantly on as a source of comfort.

I program my netflix on my computer as opposed to the tv. I find it faster to navigate. I also don't have the above issues with the recommendations. My only annoyance is with volume balances.

Prime has the least annoying interface for me - they front load the lists with real movies, recently added actually equals recently added, they don't play clips from their originals when you're scrolling through. I don't do the endless scroll on there, usually I see a movie or documentary worth trying on the first or second page.

And you can run specific searches on your computer like this:


https://www.amazon.com/Movies-1960-1969-TV/s?i=movies-tv&bbn=2649512011&rh=n%3A2649512011%2Cp_n_feature_three_browse-bin%3A2651260011%7C2651261011%2Cp_85%3A2470955011%2Cp_n_theme_browse-bin%3A2650372011&dc&qid=1578617093&rnid=2650362011&ref=is_r_p_n_theme_browse-bin_8

Spending hours doing that to add films I'll never watch to my watchlist is one of my favourite hobbies.

alba, how is prime in the US compared to UK? I got rid of it because it had fuck all available for my country and also wasn't happy with my VPNs and then also bezos guilt.

Different catalogues but roughly similar in quality I'd say? I'm liking that in the US you can watch some old HBO shows I never watched the first around, like The Sopranos and Deadwood. All that stuff is only on Sky in the UK.

Amazing how much more crap is pushed at you on the Fire Stick, though: it's a much cleaner experience in the UK. Kind of in line with crap being pushed at you left right and centre generally here.

I just got irate earlier about the prime interface not making it obvious how to continue watching a series

My in-laws and a brother in law have the tv on all the time and it’s kind of how I grew up but feels unpleasant to be around now. Anything I watch is discrete episodes of specific shows

hulu is the fucking worst for that, at least on appletv. we added some shows to 'my stuff'. but we're several seasons in, not at the beginning. it does not make it easy to continue watching from the last place you watched, they keep defaulting to the beginning of the series because we didn't watch those on hulu. they also provide no way to make things as 'watched' so it stops doing that.

also, I'll admit it: i thought Gervais' 'Humanity' special was mostly very funny.

medical police funny stuff

Yeah, Medical Police is a good diversion between The Circle, which idk if I like, but am addicted to now

Need the final four episodes stat

Hulu has a weird thing on my Apple TV where it marks shows as mostly-watched - so when I started rewatching You're The Worst, it would continue each episode on at the last minute unless I backed out and said to start from the beginning.

I got about 10 minutes into medical police before I switched it off and decided stabbing myself repeatedly with a fork would be more pleasurable

Hulu has a weird thing on my Apple TV where it marks shows as mostly-watched - so when I started rewatching You're The Worst, it would continue each episode on at the last minute unless I backed out and said to start from the beginning.

first episode of the new david chang is unwatchable due to stoned seth rogen and his v.annoying reflex laugh

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this was the most watchable episode of this show. just a show full of platitudes and cringeworthy as hell (cambodia ep with kate mckinnon when the both of them just keep talking about how amazing the spirit of the cambodian people is to overcome their painful history and how lucky they are over and over was excruciating to me)

I got about 10 minutes into medical police before I switched it off and decided stabbing myself repeatedly with a fork would be more pleasurable

btw ten minutes in it is still pretending to be Children's Hospital season 8, but literally leaves the hospital and becomes something different (but with a similar tone and by the same people) after that

aw now i miss children's hospital

Bourdain wishing a painful death on Kissinger was the only possible good celebrity take on Cambodia.

bourdain otm

Cheer was pretty great! Competition-level cheerleading is a fricken meat grinder!

I watched the first episode of Schitt's Creek and did not laugh once.

cause you forgot your paddle

Cheer is indeed good

The first episode (Schitts), the entire set up is non memorable. Try to keep watching. It's soooooo good. It took me awhile to warm up to the characters and the whole premise but now it is definitely in my top sitcom of all time list.

I've tried with schitt's creek but can never get into it

Schitt's Creek is one of a long line of sitcoms that takes a while (at least a season) to truly find its footing.

Tried three eps and tapped out

xpost I would agree about the one season to get its footing. I think I like it better than Arrested Development now (similar themes). AD just kind of blew its entire legacy with the new netflix episodes. Also I think I like all the actors and characters more in SC.

Nobody else is watching Cheer? Y'all are missing out!

I have Cheer and Spinning Out (effy from Skins) on my queue. But I finally started Watchmen.

I liked Cheer. I hated Gabi’s parents, I loved sweet Jerry, I’m definitely worried about Lexi’s future. The Daytona performance had me incredibly stressed out.

Oooh didn't know about Cheer till this thread, but this looks promising and will queue it up.

Schitt's Creek def better than AD imo, AD is perhaps funnier at its peak but also i have more time for a show w/SC's philosophy nowadays more than I have time for AD's style, and of course SC is also frequently extremely funny. And it's vv clever in treading the line of poking fun at most of its characters while clearly believing that they're all basically decent people. It's a fish-out-of-water premise that makes you buy how the lead characters change over time in terms of seeing what's important while not losing their own personality, and it's extremely good in how it takes great but subtle care to create relationships among everyone that make perfect sense.

Anyone watching Giri/Haji?

I'm a sucker for Kelly Macdonald so another one goes on the queue.

xposts

The Daytona performance had me sweating! I worry about Lexi, but I also felt like they were engaging in some 90s-style anti-rave hysteria at the end. Like, she's going out with friends! OTOH she has a troubling history, so maybe the concern is warranted.

Jerry rules. Gabi's parents are monsters, and I can't believe those bloodsuckers didn't even go to Daytona! Too busy making money off their daughter to attend, I guess. Yuck.

It was also really moving to see La'Darius' brother watching him perform, even though he was very abusive to La'Darius.

Tried three eps and tapped out

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same exact.

Xp yes, La’darius’s bro with the silent tears rolling down his face was quite lovely.

You could clearly see that Gabi was exhausted- she’s been working non stop since she was a little kid and her parents obviously want to push her even further. Her dad is slimey and her mum is clingy.

First ep of Cheer was great, whole family is watching.

I have Cheer and Spinning Out (effy from Skins) on my queue. But I finally started Watchmen.

Lol same (Watchmen is pretty good so far even if I’m still a little lost three episodes in - never read the comics, Snyder movie bored the hell out of me). I will prob watch Cheer after this and Giri/Haji looks good too.

I don't get people who say there's nothing to watch on Netflix or the like. there is so much shit I can barely keep up with my list, let alone actually watch things.

Does Derry Girls improve after episode 1? It was theoretically amusing but I didn't actually laugh once. Not sure if that's just because it was the scene-establishing opener or if it's all like that.

I have never seen Derry Girls, but I’m gonna go out on a limb and say “yes”.

Tbh, I think maybe 15% of shows I end up
liking I’m totally sold on after watching just the pilot.

I couldn't get through an episode of Derry Girls.

xpost, yeah, i supplement netflix with some streaming (or like am in a place with HBO right now so can watch Watchmen (also am a bit confused but I did fall asleep during the movie)) but I never run out of stuff on netflix or feel a need to pay for other shit. I would just stop watching tv and wait or more stuff to rotate in. Also, one day I will finish Roma.

I don't see how you can watch Watchmen without having read the comic. Seems crucial to me. Since we're talking about HBO though, halfway through S2 of Succession and it's so incredibly great.