The Netflix Thread

Discussion in 'The Mainboard' started by hood b. goode, Dec 23, 2017.

  1. thechristmaself

    thechristmaself Well-Known Member
    Notre Dame Fighting IrishIndiana PacersIndianapolis ColtsColumbus Blue Jackets

    Black Mirror is one of my favorite shows and I didn’t think either of these episodes was great
     
    pez likes this.
  2. Gin Buckets

    Gin Buckets Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Virginia Tech HokiesIndiana HoosiersAtlanta BravesAtlanta HawksAtlanta Falcons

    I loved Hang the DJ, but didn't love San Junipero as much as the critics did. I really enjoyed it, and loved the world they created, but it wasn't even my favorite from that season.
     
    IHHH likes this.
  3. IvanTheTerrible

    IvanTheTerrible Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Tulane Green WaveLSU TigersSeattle SeahawksLiverpoolFormula 1

    I liked Hang The DJ more out of the two. But then again, I like a change of pace from the traditional BM episodes. The Twilight Zone would do this every now and then.
     
  4. IHHH

    IHHH Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Notre Dame Fighting IrishCleveland BrownsMontreal Canadiens

    This is what is so great about black mirror, everybody can find a great episode that they just love. There is a common theme but it is all over the place after that. You never know what you are going to get, It’s such a good change of pace over other series where it’s good tv but often rinse and repeat without any finality.

    And it’s really well written, you may not like an episode but it’s not because it was botched. Well except for uss Callister, worst of all of them imo
     
    dump, Doc Louis, Eamudo229 and 4 others like this.
  5. Kevintensity

    Kevintensity Poster/Posting Game Coordinator
    Donor
    Florida State SeminolesAtlanta BravesTampa Bay BuccaneersNashville PredatorsCalgary FlamesPoker

    dump, shawnoc, pez and 1 other person like this.
  6. pez

    pez Competent
    Staff
    SMU Mustangs

    And not to be that guy, but I definitely prefer the “British” episodes to the more “Americanized” ones
     
    dump, shawnoc, Gin Buckets and 3 others like this.
  7. IHHH

    IHHH Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Notre Dame Fighting IrishCleveland BrownsMontreal Canadiens

    Gleeson is a damn good actor.

    If you haven’t seen it yet, watch about time. I am not a huge sucker for love movies but that one is solid
     
    dump and Kevintensity like this.
  8. TC

    TC Peter, 53, from Toxteth
    Donor
    South Carolina GamecocksCarolina PanthersCarolina Hurricanes

    Righteous Kill (2008) — would not recommend
     
    bigred77 likes this.
  9. Gunners

    Gunners Nicking a living
    Donor
    Ohio State BuckeyesBaltimore OriolesWashington WizardsWashington Football TeamWashington CapitalsArsenal

    blonde chick was in halt and catch fire, great show. Black mirror is incredible but bothers my dreams
     
  10. hood b. goode

    hood b. goode with the mandem
    Donor
    Michigan WolverinesNew Orleans PelicansNew Orleans SaintsArsenal2pac

    I liked the bm episode where memories are on a hard drive brain inplant that you can replay/ rewind
     
  11. Honda Hawk

    Honda Hawk Well-Known Member
    Iowa HawkeyesChicago Bears

    7 seconds...3 episodes in and nothing has really happened. Needs to pick up.
     
    devine likes this.
  12. KJROD20

    KJROD20 the ends will justify the means.
    Boston Red SoxBoston CelticsNew York RangersSeton Hall Pirates

    I second About Time. For what I thought was romcom my wife was making me watch, turned out to be a dope movie.
     
    dump and IHHH like this.
  13. TDintheCorner

    Donor
    Georgia BulldogsAtlanta BravesAvengersUnited States Men's National Soccer Team

    [​IMG]

    Netflix will now interrupt series binges with video ads for its other series

    Netflix confirms "test;" video ads appear with a "but first, check out... " prompt.

    SAM MACHKOVECH - 8/17/2018, 7:55 PM

    Netflix has confirmed a major change to its video-streaming service, effective as of this week for at least some users: video ads for other Netflix series between episodes.

    The news emerged via user reports, particularly on the primary Netflix Reddit community, in which users claimed that ads for entirely different series would play between episodes of a given show's binging. One initial claim said that "unskippable" ads for the AMC series Better Call Saul appeared between episodes of Rick & Morty and that this ad appeared while using Netflix's smart TV app on an LG set in the UK. Replies to that thread included an allegation that a video ad for I Am A Killer (a Netflix-produced true-crime series) appeared between episodes of the animated comedy Bob's Burgers.

    An American Netflix user offered more details for exactly how the ads appear:

    After the episode ended, I got a screen saying "More Shameless up next... " then the title card slid off screen, and it continued with, "but first check out Insatiable" [a Netflix-exclusive series] and started playing the trailer.

    In a statement given to Ars Technica, Netflix described the change as follows: "We are testing whether surfacing recommendations between episodes helps members discover stories they will enjoy faster." The reasoning, Netflix's statement says, comes from its last controversial decision: to add auto-playing videos, complete with unmuteable audio, while browsing through Netflix content.

    Netflix offered a major rebuttal to at least one Reddit claim, pointing out that the ads for Netflix content are entirely skippable.

    FURTHER READING
    Walmart may launch a video streaming service to battle Netflix, Amazon"A couple of years ago, we introduced video previews to the TV experience, because we saw that it significantly cut the time members spend browsing and helped them find something they would enjoy watching even faster," Netflix's statement says. Netflix did not confirm to Ars whether this new advertising initiative would be limited to specific platforms (smart TVs, game consoles, etc.) or territories or how long this "testing" period might last.


    Additionally, a Netflix spokesperson clarified to Ars that the term "test" is key. These ads (which the company emphasizes will only be for Netflix content, not outside products or content) will, at least for now, appear for a "segment" of Netflix's userbase, as opposed to all users.

    In response to recent outcry at Reddit's Netflix community, which has largely been negative, Netflix's spokesperson indicated to Ars that the company was mindful of "chatter on social channels" but is focused far more squarely on how users interact with these new video ads. In other words, if users engage with these promotions, Netflix will likely roll them out to many more users. (The company's statement about "video previews" appears to indicate that user data drove those clips' spread across all platforms and devices.)
     
  14. TC

    TC Peter, 53, from Toxteth
    Donor
    South Carolina GamecocksCarolina PanthersCarolina Hurricanes

    Everyone cancel your script and let's show them we won't tolerate ads. Maybe collectively bargain back down to $8 a month while we're at it
     
    steamengine and devine like this.
  15. Shawn Hunter

    Shawn Hunter Vote Corey Matthews for Congress
    Donor
    Kentucky WildcatsBoston CelticsNew England PatriotsUniversity of LynchburgAEW

     
    dump and TC like this.
  16. 941Gator

    941Gator TMB's resident beach bum
    Staff Donor
    Florida Gators

    except no one ever said "start promoting your shows better."
     
    Heesu, Clown Baby, dump and 1 other person like this.
  17. Shawn Hunter

    Shawn Hunter Vote Corey Matthews for Congress
    Donor
    Kentucky WildcatsBoston CelticsNew England PatriotsUniversity of LynchburgAEW

    Wrong. It's actually a pretty common complaint on the internet.
     
  18. 941Gator

    941Gator TMB's resident beach bum
    Staff Donor
    Florida Gators

    i need to get out more, rarely leave the "i shit my pants at work" thread.
     
    steamengine, devine, dump and 2 others like this.
  19. IvanTheTerrible

    IvanTheTerrible Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Tulane Green WaveLSU TigersSeattle SeahawksLiverpoolFormula 1

    Nah fam, season two of Ozark comes out soon.
     
    devine, FTK, dump and 1 other person like this.
  20. Shawn Hunter

    Shawn Hunter Vote Corey Matthews for Congress
    Donor
    Kentucky WildcatsBoston CelticsNew England PatriotsUniversity of LynchburgAEW

    It is an entertaining thread that I enjoy seeing bumped.
     
    dump likes this.
  21. TC

    TC Peter, 53, from Toxteth
    Donor
    South Carolina GamecocksCarolina PanthersCarolina Hurricanes

    Yeah I'm not gonna do this. I'm more outraged about ads on NBA jerseys tbh. If it goes from ads for just Netflix shows to ads for cars and toothpaste and everything else though I'm gonna be pissed
     
    dump likes this.
  22. TDintheCorner

    Donor
    Georgia BulldogsAtlanta BravesAvengersUnited States Men's National Soccer Team

    It's just disappointing to see the service that everyone thought would bring an end to cable slowly working their way towards the conventional cable model.
     
    40wwttamgib and devine like this.
  23. TC

    TC Peter, 53, from Toxteth
    Donor
    South Carolina GamecocksCarolina PanthersCarolina Hurricanes

    You summed it up in your gif. All startups either die or become the established businesses they were trying to disrupt
     
    TDintheCorner likes this.
  24. dump

    dump TMB’s premier expert on women’s CBB
    Donor
    Connecticut HuskiesTexas AandM Aggies altTexas RangersDallas StarsDallas Mavericks alt

    :facepalm:
     
  25. IvanTheTerrible

    IvanTheTerrible Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Tulane Green WaveLSU TigersSeattle SeahawksLiverpoolFormula 1

    Aren't they just going the way of Hulu at this point?
     
    dump likes this.
  26. TDintheCorner

    Donor
    Georgia BulldogsAtlanta BravesAvengersUnited States Men's National Soccer Team

    That's just the next step in the evolution.
     
  27. TDintheCorner

    Donor
    Georgia BulldogsAtlanta BravesAvengersUnited States Men's National Soccer Team

    I don't know why you're lashing out at me so much lately but I don't care for it, young man.
     
    40wwttamgib, Bruce Bowen and devine like this.
  28. IvanTheTerrible

    IvanTheTerrible Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Tulane Green WaveLSU TigersSeattle SeahawksLiverpoolFormula 1

    I enjoy Amazon Primes platform a bit more than Netflix. I do wish the rating system was a bit more user-friendly on my firetv.
     
  29. zeberdee

    zeberdee wheel snipe celly boys
    Donor TMB OG
    Penn State Nittany LionsPhiladelphia PhilliesPhiladelphia 76'ersPhiladelphia EaglesPhiladelphia FlyersArsenalPhiladelphia UnionUnited States Men's National Soccer Team

    has anyone watched Disenchantment?

    I want it to be good but I just know it's likely garbage.
     
    dump likes this.
  30. devine

    devine hi, i am user devine
    Donor
    West Virginia MountaineersChicago BullsPhoenix SunsPittsburgh PenguinsManchester CityPittsburgh PiratesSan Diego PadresBarAndGrillCoors Light

    If you notice the poster/box or whatever you want to call it for Netflix originals on the home screen is like triple the size of the other movies and shows
     
  31. ned's head

    ned's head Well-Known Member
    Donor

    Nothing gets past deputy devine
     
  32. blind dog

    blind dog wps
    Donor
    Arkansas RazorbacksGreen Bay PackersWu-tangCoors Light

    I watched the first episode and laughed a few times. Will probably keep watching and see how it goes.
     
    dump and zeberdee like this.
  33. 941Gator

    941Gator TMB's resident beach bum
    Staff Donor
    Florida Gators

    do they have a "netflix orginal" tab on netflix? that would solve any mystery.
     
  34. Codename Duchess

    Codename Duchess Well-Known Member

    Watched the first 3. It's not as good as Futurama but it's good for a few laughs.
     
    dump and zeberdee like this.
  35. fsugrad99

    fsugrad99 I'm the victim here
    Donor
    Florida State SeminolesTexas RangersAustin FCNXTAEW

    American Vandals is pretty great

    Season two got kinda dark, but has some heart
     
    FTK and blind dog like this.
  36. RalfBully

    RalfBully #21
    Staff Donor TMB OG
    Michigan State SpartansDetroit PistonsDetroit LionsTiger WoodsDetroit TigersSneakers

    Anyone else have problems with their Netflix having to restart all the time during shows. Only happens on one of my TVs and not all the time, but when it does it’s annoying
     
  37. bigred77

    bigred77 Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Texas Tech Red RaidersTexas RangersSan Antonio SpursDallas CowboysKansas City ChiefsAustin FCTexas Tech Red Raiders alt

    Is it a vizio?
    For some reason my vizio pops up "no internet connection " randomly on Netflix, while other apps on the same TV work fine
     
  38. IvanTheTerrible

    IvanTheTerrible Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Tulane Green WaveLSU TigersSeattle SeahawksLiverpoolFormula 1

    Yep, it's happen a good bit since the recent interface change.
     
    RalfBully likes this.
  39. RalfBully

    RalfBully #21
    Staff Donor TMB OG
    Michigan State SpartansDetroit PistonsDetroit LionsTiger WoodsDetroit TigersSneakers

    samething is happening, but mine is a new panasonic.
     
  40. Shawn Hunter

    Shawn Hunter Vote Corey Matthews for Congress
    Donor
    Kentucky WildcatsBoston CelticsNew England PatriotsUniversity of LynchburgAEW

    :ohshit:
     
  41. bigred77

    bigred77 Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Texas Tech Red RaidersTexas RangersSan Antonio SpursDallas CowboysKansas City ChiefsAustin FCTexas Tech Red Raiders alt

    Yeah?
     
    Wallcoq and blind dog like this.
  42. blind dog

    blind dog wps
    Donor
    Arkansas RazorbacksGreen Bay PackersWu-tangCoors Light

    yeah
     
    bigred77 likes this.
  43. IvanTheTerrible

    IvanTheTerrible Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Tulane Green WaveLSU TigersSeattle SeahawksLiverpoolFormula 1

    [​IMG]
     
    blind dog likes this.
  44. ned's head

    ned's head Well-Known Member
    Donor

     
    blind dog likes this.
  45. spagett

    spagett Got ya, spooked ya
    Donor

    This is probably going to suck, right?
     
    AubCabs and RalfBully like this.
  46. ned's head

    ned's head Well-Known Member
    Donor

    :parrot:

     
    #347 ned's head, Sep 25, 2018
    Last edited: Sep 25, 2018
    xec, jplaYa, Popovio and 1 other person like this.
  47. WillySaliba

    WillySaliba Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Philadelphia 76'ersArsenal

    Probably depends on how much you know about the case/appeals since season 1 aired. Yeah?
     
  48. RalfBully

    RalfBully #21
    Staff Donor TMB OG
    Michigan State SpartansDetroit PistonsDetroit LionsTiger WoodsDetroit TigersSneakers

    I’m going to watch, but have the lowest expectations and will probably still be disappointed
     
  49. IvanTheTerrible

    IvanTheTerrible Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Tulane Green WaveLSU TigersSeattle SeahawksLiverpoolFormula 1