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Re: There Are Now More Shows Streaming Than There Are on Broadcast or Cable

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There was a ton of "made for TV" content in the 70's and 80's, for example, TV movies. It has all vanished. It's not even on imdb.com. I wonder why nobody is streaming it. On the other hand, I've noticed that record companies are reaching further and further into their back catalogs, even going back into the 1950s, and re-releasing on CDs long unavailable stuff. (I notice this because I often buy thrift store records…

I tried watching the first season of Star Trek TNG recently and couldn't get through two episodes. Things get dated I guess.

This isn't a show that is well-served by sequential viewing.

Try the Best of Both Worlds two-parter.

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Someone recently commented elsewhere that they were tired of paying for streaming access to a bunch of shows nobody wants to watch, and they wanted access to the most popular movies/network shows/whatever. I didn't comment then, but FWIW: some of the best shows available are now streaming originals from Netflix, Prime, etc. If you haven't checked out specifically any of the Netflix originals, you're missing out. It's…

We recently binge watched both seasons of Stranger Things. Stranger Things and Altered Carbon on Netflix and The Marvelous Mrs Maisal and The Expanse on Amazon have been my most enjoyed shows this year.

"travelers" is good sci-fi. In the vein of "Fringe" but a little nerdier.

Re: There Are Now More Shows Streaming Than There Are on Broadcast or Cable

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Watch The OA. Refer to my comment history for other titles you might like.

of - Narcos - The OA - The Haunting of Hill House - Marvel series. All of them! - GLOW - Ozark - Altered Carbon - American Vandal - 13 Reasons Why I've seen all of Altered Carbon, some of Ozark, some of Narcos, and 2 seasons of Marvel (Daredevil season 1 and 2). None of them were particularly amazing.

Yeah, it's certainly not Game of Thrones quality stuff. But that's not what I'm looking for usually. I feel like certain outlets (HBO/Showtime, network television, streaming original content) have specific characteristics to their shows, in more than one way... really hard to put this into words. HBO shows, for example, are usually really well-written, great acting and strong cast, and strong visual design that sets their shows apart from other networks. The critics love them and they become hits, for good reason. Network shows, on the other hand, might not be innovating anywhere on the cinematography side and have a typical, cookiecutter look & feel, but still receive high ratings because they cater to a very mainstream audience. Sort of like your average, cookiecutter rock band that has millions of listeners, but the most picky listeners aren't going to like that band because they sound so "cliche".

TV seems to have a similar thing going to for it, a "class system" of sorts. I'm really bad at putting this into words; I don't work in the industry or read TV blogs or anything like that. Netflix has so many shows I'm sure they are all over the map here, though, so not really sure why I'm saying this.

I guess my point is, some people aren't looking for 5-star GOT/Westworld level quality in their TV watching. If you only have 1 hour per week to watch TV, sure, make it something good. If you watch more TV than that, though, the bar becomes substantially lower.

Re: There Are Now More Shows Streaming Than There Are on Broadcast or Cable

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post #32

Someone recently commented elsewhere that they were tired of paying for streaming access to a bunch of shows nobody wants to watch, and they wanted access to the most popular movies/network shows/whatever. I didn't comment then, but FWIW: some of the best shows available are now streaming originals from Netflix, Prime, etc. If you haven't checked out specifically any of the Netflix originals, you're missing out. It's…

We recently binge watched both seasons of Stranger Things. Stranger Things and Altered Carbon on Netflix and The Marvelous Mrs Maisal and The Expanse on Amazon have been my most enjoyed shows this year.

The Expanse was good! Fair disclaimer: I canceled Netflix recently, due to unhealthy amount of binge-watching... hence the list above. I have not heard of some of these newer titles. It seems some of them didn't make it through NFLX's recommendation system to my homescreen, because I have never heard of Marvelous Mrs Maisal but that has been out for a while.

Re: There Are Now More Shows Streaming Than There Are on Broadcast or Cable

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post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There was a ton of "made for TV" content in the 70's and 80's, for example, TV movies. It has all vanished. It's not even on imdb.com. I wonder why nobody is streaming it. On the other hand, I've noticed that record companies are reaching further and further into their back catalogs, even going back into the 1950s, and re-releasing on CDs long unavailable stuff. (I notice this because I often buy thrift store records…

There is a bit of it on Youtube. Have you looked much there? Even things like 'Der Fahnder' a German TV cop show. Some episodes of The Rockford Files are there. Some Barney Miller.

I've seen a few low quality VCR rips of some old shows on youtube. Anything from a VCR from those days will be pretty poor.

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It is funny how the thing that is breaking the cable stronghold is the same thing that will bring it back. By 2020 there will be at least 15 competing streaming services backed by large entertainment companies. How many subscriptions will people end up paying for then? Someone will then have the idea to consolidate it into one or two packages. Rinse, repeat.

This time it’s without commercials, at least. I recently watched plain old tv again (after not watching any for several years) and I can’t believe we used to put up with those! It was like I suddenly turned off my adblocker.

Now the commercials are inside the show and make the whole show unwatchable, at least for me.

Re: There Are Now More Shows Streaming Than There Are on Broadcast or Cable

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post #64

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We recently binge watched both seasons of Stranger Things. Stranger Things and Altered Carbon on Netflix and The Marvelous Mrs Maisal and The Expanse on Amazon have been my most enjoyed shows this year.

The Expanse was good! Fair disclaimer: I canceled Netflix recently, due to unhealthy amount of binge-watching... hence the list above. I have not heard of some of these newer titles. It seems some of them didn't make it through NFLX's recommendation system to my homescreen, because I have never heard of Marvelous Mrs Maisal but that has been out for a while.

Marvelous Mrs. Maisal is on Amazon, not Netflix. Amazon also picked up season 4 of The Expanse after SciFi cancelled it. Good for them. Who needs cable???

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post #63

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of - Narcos - The OA - The Haunting of Hill House - Marvel series. All of them! - GLOW - Ozark - Altered Carbon - American Vandal - 13 Reasons Why I've seen all of Altered Carbon, some of Ozark, some of Narcos, and 2 seasons of Marvel (Daredevil season 1 and 2). None of them were particularly amazing.

Yeah, it's certainly not Game of Thrones quality stuff. But that's not what I'm looking for usually. I feel like certain outlets (HBO/Showtime, network television, streaming original content) have specific characteristics to their shows, in more than one way... really hard to put this into words. HBO shows, for example, are usually really well-written, great acting and strong cast, and strong visual design that sets…

>I guess my point is, some people aren't looking for 5-star GOT/Westworld level quality in their TV watching. If you only have 1 hour per week to watch TV, sure, make it something good. If you watch more TV than that, though, the bar becomes substantially lower.

There is a lot of entertainment out there today, and I'm not going to say it is bad to like these shows but there is absolutely enough quality entertainment out there to last you a lifetime. It's not all in TV though.

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I work in healthcare: any plugin with access to your rendered pages is a massive liability.

Interesting that having ads profile the browser - and in many cases the ads or metrics have access to the page - isn't. I wonder if you could persuade them to drop a few domains at the router.

Get the IT guy to switch to Zscalar, Adguard, or similar ad blocking DNS:

https://adguard.com/en/adguard-dns/overview.html

At home, I believe the software defined mesh routers from Eero offer a subscription with Zscalar’s malware and ad blocking DNS, 1Password Family, and VPN.

Re: There Are Now More Shows Streaming Than There Are on Broadcast or Cable

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post #32

Someone recently commented elsewhere that they were tired of paying for streaming access to a bunch of shows nobody wants to watch, and they wanted access to the most popular movies/network shows/whatever. I didn't comment then, but FWIW: some of the best shows available are now streaming originals from Netflix, Prime, etc. If you haven't checked out specifically any of the Netflix originals, you're missing out. It's…

Highly subjective and therefor probably not welcome here, but since this was the comment I saw first:

My Top Netflix Shows:

- Better Call Saul

- Bojack Horseman

- Mindhunter

- Fargo

- Maniac

- The End of the Fucking World

- Master of None

- American Vandal

My Top Netflix Movies:

- Beats of No Nation

- Roma

- Annihilation

- Okja

And where I think your list is wrong:

- 13 Reasons Why

Very problematic show[1]. I found Netflix' response to the criticism lacking and season 2 doubles down on the mistake. Even if one can ignore that, I think the writing and characters are still insultingly thin.

- Ozark

Not bad at all. But also not nearly as good as Breaking Bad. If we didn't live in this gilden television age, I might've found it worth my time

- Altered Carbon

Visually very entertaining. But it's definitely pulp.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_Reasons_Why#Social_impact

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