Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

archfi · 15-10-2022 11:01am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119738006#Comment_119738006

The Watcher - utter horsehíte.

I should have known as it's a Ryan Murphy vehicle, avoid at all costs.

pixelburp · 15-10-2022 11:14am

Is Murphy being paid a king's ransom, cos he's heading an absolute tonne of shows ATM on Netflix.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 15-10-2022 11:57am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119747631#Comment_119747631

$300 million 5 year deal in 2018. Dhamer thing is his first success for them, apparently, and it came as his deal is about to expire, so.... Good for him, I guess.

pixelburp · 15-10-2022 12:13pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119747768#Comment_119747768

Good lord. That's some chunk of change, though as it's Netflix I shouldn't be at all surprised. Meanwhile the craft and tradespeople making the damn things don't see a fair slice.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 15-10-2022 2:29pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119747805#Comment_119747805

Yeah, it's really no surprise that Netflix ended up with financial woes. I'm sure a lot of people got similar deals from them around that time. Shonda Rhimes got an initial $100 million deal, but she's given them Bridgerton, so she's maybe the rare example of someone being worth it.

Agent Coulson · 16-10-2022 12:05pm

Kurt Sutter has also jumped to Netflix from FX for big money.

ILikeBoats · 16-10-2022 4:12pm

More Sons of Anarchy?!

Fysh · 16-10-2022 9:35pm

Just finished Midnight Club, I thought that was pretty good. Had a similar sort of idea to the Fear Street trilogy in that the season takes several of Christopher Pike's books and adapts them, with the Midnight Club adaptation being a framing device.

Tonally I'd say it's somewhere between Are You Afraid Of The Dark? and Fear Street. As a series it's fairly character-focused and really that's the reason to watch it - the stories the kids tell in it are fun, and told in entertaining ways, but it's the characters in the framing story that make it an enjoyable watch.

Agent Coulson · 16-10-2022 9:41pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119752110#Comment_119752110

He is making a western series for Netflix at the moment

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/netflix-kurt-sutter-western-series-the-abandons-1235402340/

peteeeed · 17-10-2022 9:19am

Touching the Void (2003) This gripping docudrama retells the mountaineering trek gone awry of Simon Yates and Joe Simpson, who breaks his leg while climbing in the Andes

Waffles + Mochi's Restaurant season 1 (2022) Food-loving friends Waffles and Mochi get cooking in their very own restaurant, where hungry customers come to feast on flavors from all over the world!.

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al87987 · 17-10-2022 10:37am

Touching the void is an all time great

splashthecash · 17-10-2022 11:25am

I watched The Curse of Bridge Hollow - another family friendly Halloween movie by Netflix. Wasn't expecting much and was what I expected but the kids enjoyed it.

However, there were two instances in this film where both myself and my wife's eyebrows were raised relating to Marlon Wayan's character remarks about white people, where if a white person was to say the same about a black person it would immediately be a headline.

One such remark - "This house smells like a dead white lady"

Anyone else who saw this film, did you catch these casual racism?

splashthecash · 17-10-2022 11:27am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/111331196#Comment_111331196

Dolemite Is My Name is a Netflix movie - why was that taken off in the first place? Strange...

flasher0030 · 17-10-2022 1:50pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119755313#Comment_119755313

I know what you mean, but it's not quite as black and white as that (pardon the pun!!).

I am far from an expert on the subject of racism, but I think it generally carries with it some inference of it being towards a minority group. There is a term called racial prejusice that may apply, which is different than hostile racism.

Those few comments are at a very basic level. Maybe someone with a qualificaiton in Sociology may have something more concrete to add.

peteeeed · 17-10-2022 8:55pm

Netflix combating password-sharing with ‘Profile Transfer’ feature

Netflix has been struggling to regain subscribers and recover its revenue. Earlier this year, the company began testing new ways to prevent users from sharing their passwords with others. Now Netflix is rolling out a new “Profile Transfer” feature that will let users migrate their personal profile from someone else’s account to a new one.

How does Netflix’s “Profile Transfer” work?

The company announced on Monday (via Variety) that Netflix users can now transfer an existing profile to another Netflix account without losing content recommendations, viewing history, My List, saved games, and other personal settings.

Netflix says the “much requested” feature will help users in many situations, such as moving out of a household and relationship endings. A Netflix user will be able to keep all their preferences and content saved while moving to a brand new account. But in the background, this is a way for Netflix to motivate those who use a friend or family member’s account to, instead, pay for their own subscription.

https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/17/netflix-password-sharing-profile-transfer/

DrZeuss · 17-10-2022 8:57pm

What is the point in migrating your profile....their recommendation system is pants!

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 17-10-2022 10:56pm

I saw an article earlier today that said between January and September this year the number of households in the UK subscribed to at least one streaming service fell by 937,000, due to the cost of living crisis. There's still 16million with at least one, but still, that's nearly a million. And Netflix themselves only accounted for 2% of new subscribers in the third quarter of the year.

It feels like Netflix are still trying to respond to the drop off in subscribers caused by the sheer variety of competition, when the world has already moved on a step and there's other issues now affecting people's habits.

The service with ads, and now this nothing of an idea, don't really seem to be a solution to any of it.

Snake Plisken · 17-10-2022 11:33pm

Watched the first two episodes of The Playlist, enjoying it so far covers the creation of Spotify from different view points and each episode is done from these different interests The law The Artist The Industry The Coder The vision and The partner.

jj880 · 18-10-2022 8:04am

Profile transfer is a "Much requested" feature? If you had a screen for yourself shared from a 4k sub why would you want to leave and get your own sub at extra expense? I dont get it.

Doesnt look good though. Looks like a crap idea someone came up with before eventually flat out banning password sharing.

peteeeed · 18-10-2022 8:23am

exception season 1 (2022) In a distant future where humans are forced to leave Earth, a spacecraft carrying a 3D-printed crew of specialists is sent to terraform a new planet.

Gabriel Iglesias: Stadium Fluffy (2022) Getting blackmailed. Offending a professional boxer. Trick-or-treating with his son. Gabriel shares his highs and lows in this landmark stand-up special..

Somebody Feed Phil season 6 (2022) "Everybody Loves Raymond" creator Phil Rosenthal travels the globe to take in the local cuisine and culture of Bangkok, Lisbon, Mexico City and more.

Unsolved Mysteries volume 3 (2022) Real cases of perplexing disappearances, shocking murders and paranormal encounters fuel this gripping revival of the iconic documentary series

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cdgalwegian · 18-10-2022 10:09am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119759138#Comment_119759138

https://decider.com/2022/10/14/exception-netflix-review/

Though there’s agreement on how impressive the number of interesting philosophical issues that are tackled here, there are wildly differing reviews on how good and bad this is put together. Looks like a Sunshine/Event Horizon mixture, with a splash of Alien tropes, so could be worth a go if sci-fi horror is your thing.

~Rebel~ · 18-10-2022 12:29pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119759102#Comment_119759102

I could see it being a commonly enough requested thing alright… a couple breaks up, or someone moves out of a house-share situation (this would be super common id imagine), or the bill-payer is cancelling their sub and one of the shared people wants to keep their own profile, etc etc

S.M.B. · 18-10-2022 1:34pm

I place zero value in my Netflix profile, surprised to hear people do and would benefit from the ability to transfer.

~Rebel~ · 18-10-2022 2:26pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119760269#Comment_119760269

It definitely doesn't seem like a big deal but I mean, all things being equal, I would rather have the option to keep it than not... just the extra little convenience of the stuff already added to the watchlist, or having it remember where you are in whatever shows you're watching. No big deal if its not there, but its a reasonably handy free addition.

jj880 · 18-10-2022 2:48pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119759975#Comment_119759975

Fair enough in those cases. Just seems like suspect timing to introduce it. "We're gona force you off your shared sub but you can take your profile with you! Turn that frown upside down!" If it does go that way I can see mass binnings of netflix subs.

pixelburp · 18-10-2022 3:26pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119758533#Comment_119758533

I'm increasingly of the belief that Netflix has absolute idiots in charge, and their success from being the Only Game In Town papered over the cracks, while the decision-makers got high on their own hype. They seem absolutely incapable of responding to adverse conditions with anything resembling sensible consideration - which seems very typical of these Late Capitalism corps with "Infinite Growth, the party'll never end!!" as their driver.

As you point out, subscriptions to streaming services will only shrink as the Cost of Living Nightmare bites further and harder; and Netflix's shovelware approach will quickly drive more people away, towards more reliable or interesting services. I'm not quite there myself, but I'm kinda hanging around at this stage for all those quirky auteur productions indulging the likes of Henry Selick or Guillermo DelToro of late, rather than the latest Character X discovers a secret sect of Pixies, Werewolves, Bog Monster trash they seem to love.

cdgalwegian · 18-10-2022 4:00pm

Ah here lads. Isn't all this in-depth chat about subscription service, instead of recommendation chat, for the likes of the Sofa thread?

jj880 · 18-10-2022 4:14pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119761142#Comment_119761142

Ok. Had a look but cant see it. Link?

winstonia · 18-10-2022 4:15pm

Still think Prime is the best. I can get packages delivered on the same day sometimes, PL football tomorrow and tonight and a semi decent selection of stuff to watch.

cdgalwegian · 18-10-2022 4:25pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119761209#Comment_119761209

The Sofa thread itself? It's in a sub-forum for Television (General), here:

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2057549115/the-sofa-general-chat-thread

There's probably a dedicated discussion thread about the service as well though. If not, it might well do with one, as there's lots of issues with it.

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