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lots of Steven Segal / Dolph Lungren type garbage in the 'action' genre. I think the movie "Sausage Party' was the only 'newer' movie in the Comedy section that I can recall being in the theater. Most others I've never heard of, or they're 10+ years old. Bummer.
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10-30-2017, 09:57 AM | #17 |
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Just my .02 but if you're looking for some Netflix original series/films I highly suggest
Narcos Peaky Blinders Mindhunter The Founder Gerald's Game
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I'm getting fed up with television options in general. I'm a dinosaur with Comcast, and it seems like any show I want to watch pops up with a charge, which I then immediately cancel out of. They're charging me a fortune and I feel like all I get is the four big networks, a bunch of shopping channels, and Spanish-language television.
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10-30-2017, 10:01 AM | #19 | |
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It's my understanding that Netflix has slowly been gouged when it comes to price for access to movies, or timing of access (signs on Redbox started to show up saying "30 days before Netflix!" a while back). Netflix found it's cheaper and easier to create their own content, something HBO figured out a while back.
I think there is also a difference between streaming options and DVD options. A lot more titles are available through the old mail service (assuming that even exists anymore).
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You also have to remember that Netflix was ahead of the curve on streaming movies and shows. Every other media organization has been watching as Netflix rakes in money and now they want a piece of the pie. So companies like Disney, CBS, etc are all launching their own streaming services. That means they don't re-up with Netflix and instead opt to keep their properties exclusive.
In the end however, I don't know how well it will work. I subscribe to Netflix and Amazon Prime because I have a lot at my disposal. I'm never going to pay a monthly fee to 7 different providers to get all the different shows and movies I like. I'll just stop watching television completely. |
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10-30-2017, 10:24 AM | #21 |
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Aside from their original content, I do agree the rest of their catalog often sucks donkey dung. I'll put it this way. Any time I've thought "Hey I wanna watch this show/movie. Wonder if Netflix has it." They almost never do. But they have tons and tons of shitty SyFy channel quality movies.
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Netflix is a well run company that understands the situation.
With parent companies now starting their own streaming services, the list of films and shows they can get on their platform is shrinking while the list of streaming services is exploding. So they're doing what every other parent company does... trying to build an in house brand that will draw people in. Netflix isn't much different than it's been for the past few years, but it simply can't return to what it used to be and they understand that. |
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Haven't missed it either. I find ways to watch shows I really want to watch, and there's only a few. |
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The only reason to have Netflix, IMO, is due to the original content. While I enjoy the documentaries and my kids enjoy some of their programming (most of which can be found on Disney & Nickelodeon, both of which are in our Direct TV package), I don't really subscribe to watch old TV programs or recently released films.
IMO, Amazon is far weaker in its offerings and original programming but since it's included with Prime, I guess it's a bonus. As for Hulu, I hinted a few weeks ago that a major announcement would be upcoming that passed: College students are now offered Hulu for $5.99 a month, as is Spotify. According to my source (and I'll be happy to name that source in PM, LOL), these rates will be offered to the generally public in the next 6 months. |
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I gotta disagree with the OP. imo Netflix is only getting better .
Next year , Scorsese has a film coming out on Netflix called The Irishman . Plus theres a whole lot of other potentially good shit they will be releasing. I dig their shows as well (Mindhunter, Narcos, Stranger Things etc etc) |
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Then we started getting all sorts of new delivery mechanisms, and they distributed content from the original three producers, as well as movies. Now it seems like we're moving back to the old model where delivery and production are unified. However, we now have more companies doing it, and now we're being charged for delivery by each of those companies instead of delivery being funded by advertising. The few places that do only delivery (e.g., cable and subscription services) are slowly going out of business. So what's next? We've essentially been moving in a big circle, with the end result to date being the fragmentation of both delivery and content. It seems like consolidation is the natural next phase, so some of these companies will go out of business or get acquired.
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10-30-2017, 12:32 PM | #30 |
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Gerald's Game is a great movie.
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