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Denver
04-11-2022, 02:19 PM
Those who chose the cheapest ad based subscription will not have full access to the library with certain shows being padlocked and viewers being asked to upgrade

Niamh.
04-11-2022, 02:22 PM
Netflix aren't making smart choices imo, this is going to make people leave in their droves just on principle I reckon

Swan
04-11-2022, 02:28 PM
This is what they do on the budget version of Paramount+ in the US.

bots
04-11-2022, 02:35 PM
the ad version of amazon doesnt allow full access to their content either.

This is not actually determined by the streaming company, it is the content owner that licenses the content to the streaming platform that dictates whether they consent to adverts being shown on it or not. For example if netflix decides to show adverts on their content, they may increase the cost for netflix to licence it

Alf
12-03-2023, 09:49 PM
I don't watch Netflix, I do have it but I just don't watch it. So can any of you Netflix fans that watch all the shows and movies tell me if there is any truth in this tweet?

I think this tweeter is American and I don't know if American Netflix has different shows to the UK Netflix, or if it's all the same.

While there may be some small possibility in that, I'd guess that this tweeter is probably over exaggerating a bit.

I'd just like to hear from whether you regular Netflix veiwers think this is correct, over-exaggerated or totally false?

Do actually think about the movies you watch and think if characters fit this person's claim.

Thanks in advance.



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Niamh.
12-03-2023, 09:55 PM
Well I'm watching the Unholy right now and the hero/main character is a straight white man

Mystic Mock
12-03-2023, 09:59 PM
I don't watch Netflix, I do have it but I just don't watch it. So can any of you Netflix fans that watch all the shows and movies tell me if there is any truth in this tweet?

I think this tweeter is American and I don't know if American Netflix has different shows to the UK Netflix, or if it's all the same.

While there may be some small possibility in that, I'd guess that this tweeter is probably over exaggerating a bit.

I'd just like to hear from whether you regular Netflix veiwers think this is correct, over-exaggerated or totally false?

Do actually think about the movies you watch and think if characters fit this person's claim.

Thanks in advance.



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Well I know that Netflix has Cuties which seems to have attracted some Paedophiles to supporting the Film.

Obviously I am not saying that everyone that watched Cuties is a Paedophile just to clarify.

user104658
13-03-2023, 09:29 AM
I don't watch Netflix, I do have it but I just don't watch it. So can any of you Netflix fans that watch all the shows and movies tell me if there is any truth in this tweet?

I think this tweeter is American and I don't know if American Netflix has different shows to the UK Netflix, or if it's all the same.

While there may be some small possibility in that, I'd guess that this tweeter is probably over exaggerating a bit.

I'd just like to hear from whether you regular Netflix veiwers think this is correct, over-exaggerated or totally false?

Do actually think about the movies you watch and think if characters fit this person's claim.

Thanks in advance.



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"Red Pill Led"

Come on Alf :umm2:

Nicky91
13-03-2023, 01:57 PM
not having netflix anymore


Disney+
SkyShowtime

Viaplay (mainly for Formula 1 but we also have hockey matches on there as well as Bundesliga, Premier League matches)

for us

Alf
13-03-2023, 02:05 PM
"Red Pill Led"

Come on Alf :umm2:I don't just dismiss people like you, I'm just not that stuck-up and ignorant.

I bet this tweeter has far more followers than you, which would suggest the World finds them more interesting to listen to than you.

The Slim Reaper
13-03-2023, 02:13 PM
Fcuking hell :joker:

Tom4784
13-03-2023, 02:19 PM
Alf has never encountered a conspiracy theorist he doesn't immediately believe.

Alf
13-03-2023, 02:24 PM
I don't watch Netflix, I do have it but I just don't watch it. So can any of you Netflix fans that watch all the shows and movies tell me if there is any truth in this tweet?

I think this tweeter is American and I don't know if American Netflix has different shows to the UK Netflix, or if it's all the same.

While there may be some small possibility in that, I'd guess that this tweeter is probably over exaggerating a bit.

I'd just like to hear from whether you regular Netflix veiwers think this is correct, over-exaggerated or totally false?

Do actually think about the movies you watch and think if characters fit this person's claim.

Thanks in advance.



1635030902505091073"If I ignore what Alf actually said and make something up negative about him instead, it just might stick"


Dezzy

Alf
13-03-2023, 02:32 PM
Well I'm watching the Unholy right now and the hero/main character is a straight white manAn answer to the question with an explanation.

Thank you Niamh.

That's how it's done Toy Soldier and Dezzy.

user104658
13-03-2023, 02:35 PM
I don't just dismiss people like you, I'm just not that stuck-up and ignorant.

I bet this tweeter has far more followers than you, which would suggest the World finds them more interesting to listen to than you.

I bet they have tonnes of followers, because Red Pill is a rapidly-growing cult. Pretty much literally a cult, Alf. You might as well be retweeting the KKK and saying "I don't disregard people just because of their big white hoods".

Alf
13-03-2023, 02:40 PM
I bet they have tonnes of followers, because Red Pill is a rapidly-growing cult. Pretty much literally a cult, Alf. You might as well be retweeting the KKK and saying "I don't disregard people just because of their big white hoods".But I'm not retweeting the KKK am I? So you're once again just living in fantasy land and trying to make things up that hasn't happened.

user104658
13-03-2023, 02:42 PM
But I'm not retweeting the KKK am I? So you're once again just living in fantasy land and trying to make things up that hasn't happened.

No you're retweeting a Red Pill ideologue. We covered that.

Do you STILL not know what Red Pill is?

Alf
13-03-2023, 02:46 PM
I bet they have tonnes of followers, because Red Pill is a rapidly-growing cult. Pretty much literally a cult, Alf. You might as well be retweeting the KKK and saying "I don't disregard people just because of their big white hoods".People put things like "I stand with Ukraine" "Black Lives Matter" "Antifa" in their twitter handles. They're all cults too. I'd confidently guarantee that you wouldn't call that out if I'd posted a tweet from them.

Alf
13-03-2023, 02:47 PM
No you're retweeting a Red Pill ideologue. We covered that.

Do you STILL not know what Red Pill is?Yes, it's from the movie "The Matrix"

The Red Pill sets you free. The Blue pill keeps you stuck in the Matrix. Make a choice. Which one you taking?

Beso
13-03-2023, 02:50 PM
Did you know neo is an anagram of one..which neo was always called by morpheus.

user104658
13-03-2023, 02:57 PM
Yes, it's from the movie "The Matrix"

The Red Pill sets you free. The Blue pill keeps you stuck in the Matrix. Make a choice. Which one you taking?

Originally yes, before it was adopted by angry basement-dwelling Reddit trogs in 2012 (yes 2012 - it's not a new ideology, you've just discovered it late) and folded into this weirdo, incel, misogynistic, white supremacist conspiracy theory cult.

I absolutely guarantee I mentioned Red Pillers on this very forum several years before you'd ever even heard of them. It used to be more niche. Worryingly, it's going mainstream and drawing in poor fellas like yourself who don't know where it came from.

Alf
13-03-2023, 02:58 PM
No you're retweeting a Red Pill ideologue. We covered that.

Do you STILL not know what Red Pill is?Also, I'm not retweeting it. I was asking some more experienced Netflix viewers than me to clarify whether this tweet holds any truth.

My assumption was that is was an over exaggeration.

If it was true then I think it would be concerning. I just wanted to find out what other Netflix viewers thought. Instead I get you trying to score points against me for some fantasy you have in your head.

Alf
13-03-2023, 03:01 PM
Originally yes, before it was adopted by angry basement-dwelling Reddit trogs in 2012 (yes 2012 - it's not a new ideology, you've just discovered it late) and folded into this weirdo, incel, misogynistic, white supremacist conspiracy theory cult.


I absolutely guarantee I mentioned Red Pillers on this very forum several years before you'd ever even heard of them. It used to be more niche. Worryingly, it's going mainstream and drawing in poor fellas like yourself who don't know where it came from.There's others that claim that like you do. Maybe you're the cult?

user104658
13-03-2023, 03:02 PM
https://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10686456&postcount=17

FFS Alf we were doing this back in 2019 :joker: - I don't think you believed in it then either.

Beso
13-03-2023, 03:05 PM
Originally yes, before it was adopted by angry basement-dwelling Reddit trogs in 2012 (yes 2012 - it's not a new ideology, you've just discovered it late) and folded into this weirdo, incel, misogynistic, white supremacist conspiracy theory cult.

I absolutely guarantee I mentioned Red Pillers on this very forum several years before you'd ever even heard of them. It used to be more niche. Worryingly, it's going mainstream and drawing in poor fellas like yourself who don't know where it came from.



If someone said to you 40 odd years ago that the bbc would cover up for one of the worlds worst sexual deviants the modern world has ever seen...would you have believed it?

user104658
13-03-2023, 03:11 PM
If someone said to you 40 odd years ago that the bbc would cover up for one of the worlds worst sexual deviants the modern world has ever seen...would you have believed it?

I hadn't been born yet so ... maybe.

Alf
13-03-2023, 03:16 PM
If someone said to you 40 odd years ago that the bbc would cover up for one of the worlds worst sexual deviants the modern world has ever seen...would you have believed it?There's something wrong with him. He thinks that because I've seen a tweet with a handle Red Pill that I'm somehow being brainwashed.

I've also seen tweets with the handles, Gary Lineker, BBC and Owen Jones. But he's not concerned by those ones, even though they have a far, far bigger reaching platform to people.

Absolutely bonkers.

Alf
13-03-2023, 03:19 PM
So anyway Toy Soldier. Are you a Netflix movie watcher? If so, is there any truth in this person's claims?

user104658
13-03-2023, 03:46 PM
So anyway Toy Soldier. Are you a Netflix movie watcher? If so, is there any truth in this person's claims?

Meh. Not really. Netflix diversity does feel forced and fake, movies aren't great quality but that's not down to their inclusion of diversity, it's their lack of subtlety that I don't think does anyone any favours. It's good to see different demographics in different roles but when it's presented in a way that makes it look too clearly like they're saying "Look! Look what we're doing!" it actually ends up feeling exploitative, in my opinion. Netflix is guilty of unskillful tokenism. But then you have chaps like this who end up seeing "shadows in every corner" and declaring everything that isn't a gruff white bloke in his 40's "woke".

White man is the villain?
Not always true plenty of examples of Netflix villains of all sexes and races.

Black man is the hero?
Obviously not true - if anything I'd say the most commonly used Netflix hero is the EXACT opposite. Young white girls.

Gay guy is the voice of reason?
Literally never seen this being a thing. Is it just because gay people are portrayed as fleshed out characters instead of comedy stereotypes like they were all through the 90's and 00's?

Woman has the balls
Not really, they obviously throw in strong female characters but I find this aspect fairly well balanced on the 'flix. They're not unrealistic with it. e.g. you don't see Joyce slicing up Demogorgons while Hopper stands back and watches in Stranger Things - they still (realistically) have the larger and stronger people doing the heavy hitting.

Dad is an idiot
This was more an old TV sitcom/kids show trope than a netflix one. It's definitely nothing new if it is there. Can't say I've seen it. "Laid back dad" is more the modern trope.

Mom is the breadwinner
Nah. They're realistic on that one too - both parents have to work in a modern household or no one is getting breakfast.

Children are sexualised:
Don't think this is true. Teens no more or less than ever in teen-shows. Actually that's not even true - it is far less. Look at things like The OC or One Tree Hill. They were hypersexualising teenagers LONG before Netflix was a thing.

Niamh.
13-03-2023, 03:53 PM
The Dad is the idiot bit is definitely going on for years, a lot of times in cartoons too The Simpsons, Family Guy, even Peppa Pig

Alf
13-03-2023, 03:54 PM
Thank you, you've confirmed my assumption that this tweeter was over exaggerating. But as someone who doesn't watch Netflix, I wanted to find out by people that do.

We didn't need to go through the other bull to get to that did we?

Mystic Mock
13-03-2023, 05:05 PM
"Red Pill Led"

Come on Alf :umm2:

:laugh:

Mystic Mock
13-03-2023, 05:07 PM
People put things like "I stand with Ukraine" "Black Lives Matter" "Antifa" in their twitter handles. They're all cults too. I'd confidently guarantee that you wouldn't call that out if I'd posted a tweet from them.

Antifa are a weird group tbh.

Liam-
13-03-2023, 05:11 PM
Antifa isn’t a group

Mystic Mock
13-03-2023, 05:17 PM
Meh. Not really. Netflix diversity does feel forced and fake, movies aren't great quality but that's not down to their inclusion of diversity, it's their lack of subtlety that I don't think does anyone any favours. It's good to see different demographics in different roles but when it's presented in a way that makes it look too clearly like they're saying "Look! Look what we're doing!" it actually ends up feeling exploitative, in my opinion. Netflix is guilty of unskillful tokenism. But then you have chaps like this who end up seeing "shadows in every corner" and declaring everything that isn't a gruff white bloke in his 40's "woke".

White man is the villain?
Not always true plenty of examples of Netflix villains of all sexes and races.

Black man is the hero?
Obviously not true - if anything I'd say the most commonly used Netflix hero is the EXACT opposite. Young white girls.

Gay guy is the voice of reason?
Literally never seen this being a thing. Is it just because gay people are portrayed as fleshed out characters instead of comedy stereotypes like they were all through the 90's and 00's?

Woman has the balls
Not really, they obviously throw in strong female characters but I find this aspect fairly well balanced on the 'flix. They're not unrealistic with it. e.g. you don't see Joyce slicing up Demogorgons while Hopper stands back and watches in Stranger Things - they still (realistically) have the larger and stronger people doing the heavy hitting.

Dad is an idiot
This was more an old TV sitcom/kids show trope than a netflix one. It's definitely nothing new if it is there. Can't say I've seen it. "Laid back dad" is more the modern trope.

Mom is the breadwinner
Nah. They're realistic on that one too - both parents have to work in a modern household or no one is getting breakfast.

Children are sexualised:
Don't think this is true. Teens no more or less than ever in teen-shows. Actually that's not even true - it is far less. Look at things like The OC or One Tree Hill. They were hypersexualising teenagers LONG before Netflix was a thing.

Netflix does have Cuties though and they were being sexualized when they were 12-13 years old.

Mystic Mock
13-03-2023, 05:18 PM
Antifa isn’t a group

Whatever you want to call it, it is weird like any extremist movement.

Alf
13-03-2023, 05:20 PM
Antifa isn’t a groupIt's a terrorist group.

bots
13-03-2023, 05:22 PM
Netflix does have Cuties though and they were being sexualized when they were 12-13 years old.

i think you need to put that in the context of the thousands of series and films it produces

Mystic Mock
13-03-2023, 05:30 PM
i think you need to put that in the context of the thousands of series and films it produces

That's fair.

I just do think that the fact that Cuties exists at all though is horrifying.

Cal.
13-03-2023, 07:43 PM
They continue to make ridiculous choices. No respect for their users whatsoever.

Oliver_W
13-03-2023, 08:27 PM
Meh. Not really. Netflix diversity does feel forced and fake, movies aren't great quality but that's not down to their inclusion of diversity, it's their lack of subtlety that I don't think does anyone any favours. It's good to see different demographics in different roles but when it's presented in a way that makes it look too clearly like they're saying "Look! Look what we're doing!" it actually ends up feeling exploitative, in my opinion. Netflix is guilty of unskillful tokenism. But then you have chaps like this who end up seeing "shadows in every corner" and declaring everything that isn't a gruff white bloke in his 40's "woke".

White man is the villain?
Not always true plenty of examples of Netflix villains of all sexes and races.

Black man is the hero?
Obviously not true - if anything I'd say the most commonly used Netflix hero is the EXACT opposite. Young white girls.

Gay guy is the voice of reason?
Literally never seen this being a thing. Is it just because gay people are portrayed as fleshed out characters instead of comedy stereotypes like they were all through the 90's and 00's?

Woman has the balls
Not really, they obviously throw in strong female characters but I find this aspect fairly well balanced on the 'flix. They're not unrealistic with it. e.g. you don't see Joyce slicing up Demogorgons while Hopper stands back and watches in Stranger Things - they still (realistically) have the larger and stronger people doing the heavy hitting.

Dad is an idiot
This was more an old TV sitcom/kids show trope than a netflix one. It's definitely nothing new if it is there. Can't say I've seen it. "Laid back dad" is more the modern trope.

Mom is the breadwinner
Nah. They're realistic on that one too - both parents have to work in a modern household or no one is getting breakfast.

Children are sexualised:
Don't think this is true. Teens no more or less than ever in teen-shows. Actually that's not even true - it is far less. Look at things like The OC or One Tree Hill. They were hypersexualising teenagers LONG before Netflix was a thing.

meh, it's a meme, like the "Anime, Manga, Netflix Adaption" meme :laugh:

Tom4784
13-03-2023, 10:45 PM
The only people who can say if the diversity is forced or not is the people whom the diversity is aimed at. Anything else just comes across as entitled people crying because other people aside from themselves exist.

user104658
14-03-2023, 10:23 AM
The only people who can say if the diversity is forced or not is the people whom the diversity is aimed at. Anything else just comes across as entitled people crying because other people aside from themselves exist.

I mean it's more charitable to say that they're highlighting diversity ham-fistedly but with well meaning... the only other alternative is that they're just horribly written characters.

To be clear; my issue is NOT the diversity, and characters being from any demographic - the shows should be diverse and that should just be normal - my issue is when it's like "Hey everyone this is my sister. SHE'S BLACK! We'll make reference to that a whooole lot because it's important that you know that Netflix does lots of diversity!". She could just be black.

It takes away from the character, it takes away from the story and it does start to feel like tokenism and that it's there very obviously for the image of the content creator, not out of any genuine desire to promote diverse casts.

A prime example I always use is Endgame... because y'all know I'm Tibb's biggest feminist. Female characters front and centre? Love it. Empowerment? Absolutely. MORE female characters and in more prominent roles - yes.

The "all the female heroes suddenly assembling on the battlefield" in Endgame ... no! It's daft, it's immersion-breaking, it doesn't make ANY logical sense whatsoever, and it was blatantly thrown in there purely for PR.

That sort of diversity isn't real diversity - it's a neon sign that says "Hey look we're diverse" and it's usually to distract from a complete LACK of real diversity -- case in point, NONE of those female heroes in Endgame were being paid a fraction of what Paul Rudd was paid as Ant-man... let alone your RDJ/Evans/Hemsworth trio. But they sure did get their "empowering scene".

Niamh.
14-03-2023, 10:28 AM
Yeah totally agree with you about that Endgame scene and thoughts in general about badly executed female characters/scenes in movies like that, it's cringey and not at all organic. Better written more fleshed out female characters is what I want to see. Ones that aren't just there as eye candy or to only be there for some reason that relates to a male character. It has been getting better though

user104658
14-03-2023, 10:31 AM
Yeah totally agree with you about that Endgame scene and thoughts in general about badly executed female characters/scenes in movies like that, it's cringey and not at all organic. Better written more fleshed out female characters is what I want to see. Ones that aren't just there as eye candy or to only be there for some reason that relates to a male character. It has been getting better though

This is also why Capt. Marvel will always be infinitely superior to the borderline-misogynistic Wonder Woman... though I do remember some male members on here insisting that it was WW that was done better :hehe:

Niamh.
14-03-2023, 10:44 AM
This is also why Capt. Marvel will always be infinitely superior to the borderline-misogynistic Wonder Woman... though I do remember some male members on here insisting that it was WW that was done better :hehe:

I quite liked Wonder woman and those movies :p maybe a nostalgia thing :laugh:

Oliver_W
14-03-2023, 10:47 AM
This is also why Capt. Marvel will always be infinitely superior to the borderline-misogynistic Wonder Woman... though I do remember some male members on here insisting that it was WW that was done better :hehe:

I can't remember if I was one of those or not :joker: I'm biased toward DC in general, and found Captain Marvel a bit boring, so that probably skewed my "at the time" comments. I can barely remember either movie, so that shows how committed I was to what I said :laugh:

user104658
14-03-2023, 10:53 AM
I quite liked Wonder woman and those movies :p maybe a nostalgia thing :laugh:

It's not a terrible film but it's somewhat problematic that for more than half of the film... Wonder Woman is plainly NOT the protagonist :laugh:. I actually like the character too - but I think she's portrayed far better in both Batman vs Superman and Justice League (the proper Snyder cut obviously, not stinky Whedon version) than in her own film :think:.

I do have to remind myself that this is ultimately a male perspective though and I'm not actually female.

...no matter what those "What's ur Gender" quizzes say.

Tom4784
15-03-2023, 01:46 PM
This is also why Capt. Marvel will always be infinitely superior to the borderline-misogynistic Wonder Woman... though I do remember some male members on here insisting that it was WW that was done better :hehe:

The first Wonder Woman was better written than Captain Marvel, I thought. I always thought that the Captain Marvel film script read like a man wrote it that had a shallow idea of what feminism was. It felt very cliche.

That being said, WW84 turning Diana into a rapist was just about the worst thing they could do.

Vanessa
15-03-2023, 01:50 PM
Another reason for me not to get Netflix. They're awful.

Vanessa
15-03-2023, 01:52 PM
They continue to make ridiculous choices. No respect for their users whatsoever.

Exactly. No wonder many are leaving.

Nicky91
15-03-2023, 02:42 PM
SkyShowtime has got lots for everyone

all Star Trek classic films, as well as Jurassic Park/World collection, Indiana Jones collection


new films such as Top Gun: Maverick, Ambulance


the whole ''Yellowstone'' collection of (1883, 1923 and Yellowstone)



much better streaming service than Netflix



and Disney+ in general is still great too, for those already customers, the price remains the same, rather than stupid Netflix their their making prices go up also for existing customers which is a stupid move which obviously makes more people leave

user104658
15-03-2023, 03:35 PM
Exactly. No wonder many are leaving.

Unfortunately they built a huge platform that was bolstered by being a monopoly on any sort of decent quality streaming... but with Prime branching out into self-made content, Disney+ buying up studios and gaining a load of content that way, and big networks like HBO having their own thing going on as well... Netflix just went in totally the wrong direction IMO. They found themselves needing "as much content as possible" and as a result a lot of that content is really poor quality... whereas they used to have a smaller number of "flagship" shows that were much higher quality. A lot of those have ended or are ending (e.g. Stranger Things) and they haven't replaced them with high quality material.

Don't get me wrong, I'm keeping my sub because I actually adore trash telly, and I actually love shows like "Too Hot To Handle", "Love Is Blind" and "The Ultimatum" but I can appreciate that it's really not what most people are after... especially when they're UPPING prices.

user104658
15-03-2023, 03:39 PM
and Disney+ in general is still great too, for those already customers, the price remains the same, rather than stupid Netflix their their making prices go up also for existing customers which is a stupid move which obviously makes more people leave

I've had Disney+ basically free for ages now. I got 2x "6 months for 800 Tesco Clubcard points" in a row and then just when that ran out, I got 12 months free with my phone contract renewal. And my original sub was a "pre order" thing that was like £25 for the first year. So I'll have had 3 years of Disney+ for £41. Just over £1 a month. Not bad :laugh:.

Mystic Mock
15-03-2023, 03:57 PM
The only people who can say if the diversity is forced or not is the people whom the diversity is aimed at. Anything else just comes across as entitled people crying because other people aside from themselves exist.

I think being fair there are cases where I've seen Shows do forced diversity, but it doesn't necessarily mean the Show has to be bad either.

And again being fair I have seen white characters being shoehorned into programmes in recent years where the writers haven't had a clue on what to do with them because they're only there to tick the white character box.

Mystic Mock
15-03-2023, 04:03 PM
This is also why Capt. Marvel will always be infinitely superior to the borderline-misogynistic Wonder Woman... though I do remember some male members on here insisting that it was WW that was done better :hehe:

I haven't seen either Film, but they both look like they're doing their thing well.

After all there's nothing wrong with an attractive woman leading a Film, just like there's nothing wrong with a more feminist type of character leading a Film (as long as it doesn't man hate) but I'm gonna guess that both Films are at least okay in quality.

Mystic Mock
15-03-2023, 04:09 PM
SkyShowtime has got lots for everyone

all Star Trek classic films, as well as Jurassic Park/World collection, Indiana Jones collection


new films such as Top Gun: Maverick, Ambulance


the whole ''Yellowstone'' collection of (1883, 1923 and Yellowstone)



much better streaming service than Netflix



and Disney+ in general is still great too, for those already customers, the price remains the same, rather than stupid Netflix their their making prices go up also for existing customers which is a stupid move which obviously makes more people leave

People should have Disney+ just to watch Spider-Man: The Animated Series if they're like me and didn't watch it in the 90's, Tron Uprising, and the underrated Iron-Man 1990's Cartoon, Season 2 in particular has some really strong episodes.

Mystic Mock
15-03-2023, 04:16 PM
Unfortunately they built a huge platform that was bolstered by being a monopoly on any sort of decent quality streaming... but with Prime branching out into self-made content, Disney+ buying up studios and gaining a load of content that way, and big networks like HBO having their own thing going on as well... Netflix just went in totally the wrong direction IMO. They found themselves needing "as much content as possible" and as a result a lot of that content is really poor quality... whereas they used to have a smaller number of "flagship" shows that were much higher quality. A lot of those have ended or are ending (e.g. Stranger Things) and they haven't replaced them with high quality material.

Don't get me wrong, I'm keeping my sub because I actually adore trash telly, and I actually love shows like "Too Hot To Handle", "Love Is Blind" and "The Ultimatum" but I can appreciate that it's really not what most people are after... especially when they're UPPING prices.

Again apologies to anyone I'm annoying with over posting.

But I just want to say if anyone wants high quality Netflix content I'd check one of these Shows out if you haven't already.

Mindhunter
Dark
Sense8
The Haunting Of Hill House (ignore the terrible Bly Manor)
Alice In Borderland
Arcane
Dark Crystal TV Series

And if you're looking for decent but not exceptional Shows imo.

The Sandman
The Rain

And tbh that's about it.

Niamh.
15-03-2023, 04:22 PM
Bly Manor was decent, not as good as Hill House but pretty good

Tom4784
15-03-2023, 04:31 PM
Bly Manor was decent, not as good as Hill House but pretty good

Bly Manor has the better ending, I think. The only real criticism I have for Hill House is that they fumble the ending a bit.

I'll always remember how devastating the Bly Manor ending was.

Niamh.
15-03-2023, 04:34 PM
Bly Manor has the better ending, I think. The only real criticism I have for Hill House is that they fumble the ending a bit.

I'll always remember how devastating the Bly Manor ending was.

Yeah it was really sad. Hill House was much more horror than Bly Manor though which is what I was expecting from Bly Manor so that's why i was a little disappointed with it

Vanessa
15-03-2023, 04:35 PM
I have an app now that I use to watch TV and movies now. It's pretty good.

user104658
15-03-2023, 04:36 PM
I have an app now that I use to watch TV and movies now. It's pretty good.

We're only allowed to vaguely allude to dodgy streaming apps and torrents, shhh :joker:

Vanessa
15-03-2023, 04:37 PM
We're only allowed to vaguely allude to dodgy streaming apps and torrents, shhh :joker:

I like it because they show Laurel and Hardy movies.

Oliver_W
15-03-2023, 05:11 PM
Bly Manor was decent, not as good as Hill House but pretty good

Bly Manor has the better ending, I think. The only real criticism I have for Hill House is that they fumble the ending a bit.

I'll always remember how devastating the Bly Manor ending was.
I think Bly kind of dragged when they weren't drawing on the material from Turning of the Screw.

user104658
15-03-2023, 05:29 PM
I couldn't un-hear Peppa Pig in Bly Manor which sort of broke the 4th wall a bit.

Tom4784
15-03-2023, 05:44 PM
Midnight Mass was pretty great too, although it's not considered part of the Haunting series but it's by the same person.

Mystic Mock
16-03-2023, 01:18 AM
Bly Manor was decent, not as good as Hill House but pretty good

I can't respect the fact that Bly Manor tried to be snotty towards Horror fans with the whole "it was a love story all along" where as I felt that Hill House was more faithful to the Horror genre.

Nicky91
16-03-2023, 09:48 AM
People should have Disney+ just to watch Spider-Man: The Animated Series if they're like me and didn't watch it in the 90's, Tron Uprising, and the underrated Iron-Man 1990's Cartoon, Season 2 in particular has some really strong episodes.

and the classic cartoons like Mickey Mouse not to forget


Disney in general is 100 years old now!
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