The TV Thread (Netflix, Networks, Cable, Whatever)

FiddySpence · 10-30-2011, 03:06 PM

We talk about it enough in the chat thread, so it may as well have it's own thread for news, new titles, etc.

pretty pumped about the original Law And Order and Wonder Years being on there now.

harmonikfuzion · 10-30-2011, 03:41 PM

I wonder if they don't get released at the same time to all accounts, because I've had law and order for a few months now...

sean52692 · 10-30-2011, 03:59 PM

Currently watching Breaking Bad and Weeds

ethaxton · 10-30-2011, 04:58 PM

Gonna cancel Netflix next week. I feel like I really have to lower my standards to find something worth watching on there. It's a a great service for the casual movie watcher but I just don't get much value out of it anymore.

FiddySpence · 10-30-2011, 05:09 PM

it's worth it for the television shows alone.

i have close to 400 things in my instant queue, so all the complaints about shitty selection are bullshit. imo

i mean, hell, they just added To Live And Die In L.A. and the first two Death Wish flicks.

FiddySpence · 10-30-2011, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by harmonikfuzion

I wonder if they don't get released at the same time to all accounts, because I've had law and order for a few months now...

it's probably been there for a few months, i just didn't notice it.

i was pissed when they dropped Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles and Veronica Mars awhile back. i was pretty close to the end of those.

malachite00 · 10-31-2011, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by dissident

it's worth it for the television shows alone.

Definitely. I've watched the entire series of many shows on Netflix that I otherwise would have never seen. The DVDs aren't worth it any more though. I've had two DVDs sitting here since August that I've been too busy or just not in the mood to watch.

Has anyone here watched Friday Night Lights? It's a fantastic show, but Netflix only has through season 5 and I'm sure it went longer.

FiddySpence · 10-31-2011, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by malachite00

Has anyone here watched Friday Night Lights? It's a fantastic show, but Netflix only has through season 5 and I'm sure it went longer.

one of the best shows ever made. it only lasted 5 seasons, unfortunately.

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malachite00 · 10-31-2011, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by dissident

one of the best shows ever made. it only lasted 5 seasons, unfortunately.

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Oh no, I'm going to have to find something new to watch now! I covered all 5 seasons in about a month. I never watched it on tv and thought it wasn't something I'd like, but it was so well done with such real characters that I got addicted.

FiddySpence · 10-31-2011, 12:28 PM

the end of the last episode should have tipped you off that it was the series finale

FiddySpence · 10-31-2011, 01:09 PM

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Hoping to rebound from its recent troubles, Netflix is doubling down on giving customers more of what they’ve increasingly turned to the company for: long, rambling emails from Reed Hastings. Also, streaming television content, which Netflix has just significantly re-upped on, extending and even expanding its library of Disney-ABC titles. The revitalized deal allows it to hold onto episodes of shows like Lost, Grey’s Anatomy, Brothers And Sisters, Felicity, Desperate Housewives, Private Practice, and Ugly Betty, plus ABC Family shows like The Secret Life Of The American Teenager and Disney Channel shows like Phineas And Ferb.

Of course, with the renewing of vows between Netflix and Disney-ABC comes the reminder that theirs is now an open relationship: The studio has also announced a deal with Amazon Prime to carry almost all of those exact same shows. The measure of which service it loves more probably comes down to the slight differences between their respective contracts, with Amazon getting Marvel animated shows like Spider-Man and X-Men Evolution, but Netflix getting Hannah Montana, Army Wives, and—in perhaps its biggest coup—all episodes of Alias, with Netflix now enjoying the rare experience of finding Jennifer Garner comforting. [via Deadline]

pretty pumped about Alias, i was wanting to start that soon

bbycrei · 10-31-2011, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by dissident

it's probably been there for a few months, i just didn't notice it.

i was pissed when they dropped Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles and Veronica Mars awhile back. i was pretty close to the end of those.

Both ended well. Pissed Terminator didn't get a 3rd season especially after that finale. Veronica Mars didn't have a great 3rd season, but they ended well and wondered how season 4 would have been. Plus they did do the pitch for her in the FBI the following season.

NiCK (Crush) · 10-31-2011, 09:15 PM

So this is the TV thread. Got it. Nice, we've needed one of these.

sean52692 · 10-31-2011, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by NiCK Crush

So this is the TV thread. Got it. Nice, we've needed one of these.

Just kinda a Netflix heads up thread....I'll use to find out about movies/tv shows that are available to watch.

NiCK (Crush) · 10-31-2011, 09:44 PM

Netflix doesn't have a home page that let's people know the recent additions? Do they have a link to an online suggestion box if not? I mean hell.

sean52692 · 10-31-2011, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by NiCK Crush

Netflix doesn't have a home page that let's people know the recent additions? Do they have a link to an online suggestion box if not? I mean hell.

I don't really use Netflix on the computer. I just use it on my Xbox. Plus I'm not going to use this for recent additions, necessarily.

FiddySpence · 10-31-2011, 11:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiCK Crush

Netflix doesn't have a home page that let's people know the recent additions? Do they have a link to an online suggestion box if not? I mean hell.

it's easier to browse that kind of stuff from the website than it is from the PS3 or whatever, which is based more around your "queue" or at least in my case.

you don't even have netflix why are you here

harmonikfuzion · 11-01-2011, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by NiCK Crush

Do they have a link to an online suggestion box if not? I mean hell.

Almost anything that's available is listed on netflix, but if netflix doesn't stock it yet you can click the button (it's green, i forget what it says) but essentially once 500 people hit the button (we'll call it the request button) then they start distributing it. I only know this because my girlfriend's uncle filmed some hippy documentary that's waiting for its 500 requests.

FiddySpence · 11-01-2011, 11:32 AM

well just about anything you can think of is available through the mail service. this thread is more for the streaming aspect of it. only schlubs still use the mail service.

malachite00 · 11-01-2011, 12:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dissident

the end of the last episode should have tipped you off that it was the series finale

Well, I hadn't actually finished the last episode yet when I wrote that.

Now I understand. That was really one of the best endings of a show I've ever seen. It wasn't cheesy or out of character, just a simple but logical ending.

So now I need something else to watch on streaming... Any suggestions? I was going to watch West Wing, but it's DVD only.

10-30-2011, 03:06 PM	#1
FiddySpence TDCya Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: St. Louis Posts: 67,585	The TV Thread (Netflix, Networks, Cable, Whatever) We talk about it enough in the chat thread, so it may as well have it's own thread for news, new titles, etc. pretty pumped about the original Law And Order and Wonder Years being on there now.

10-30-2011, 03:59 PM	#3
sean52692 You failed this band Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Illinoyed Posts: 19,009	Currently watching Breaking Bad and Weeds __________________ Currently listening to: 7/2/04, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY

10-31-2011, 09:15 PM	#13
NiCK (Crush) Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 51,946	So this is the TV thread. Got it. Nice, we've needed one of these. __________________ NC

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10-30-2011, 03:41 PM	#2
harmonikfuzion Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Bal'more Posts: 5,617	I wonder if they don't get released at the same time to all accounts, because I've had law and order for a few months now...

10-30-2011, 04:58 PM	#4
ethaxton Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 8,408	Gonna cancel Netflix next week. I feel like I really have to lower my standards to find something worth watching on there. It's a a great service for the casual movie watcher but I just don't get much value out of it anymore.

10-30-2011, 05:09 PM	#5
FiddySpence TDCya Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: St. Louis Posts: 67,585	it's worth it for the television shows alone. i have close to 400 things in my instant queue, so all the complaints about shitty selection are bullshit. imo i mean, hell, they just added To Live And Die In L.A. and the first two Death Wish flicks.

10-31-2011, 12:28 PM	#10
FiddySpence TDCya Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: St. Louis Posts: 67,585	the end of the last episode should have tipped you off that it was the series finale

10-31-2011, 01:09 PM	#11
FiddySpence TDCya Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: St. Louis Posts: 67,585	[Only registered users can see links.] Hoping to rebound from its recent troubles, Netflix is doubling down on giving customers more of what they’ve increasingly turned to the company for: long, rambling emails from Reed Hastings. Also, streaming television content, which Netflix has just significantly re-upped on, extending and even expanding its library of Disney-ABC titles. The revitalized deal allows it to hold onto episodes of shows like Lost, Grey’s Anatomy, Brothers And Sisters, Felicity, Desperate Housewives, Private Practice, and Ugly Betty, plus ABC Family shows like The Secret Life Of The American Teenager and Disney Channel shows like Phineas And Ferb. Of course, with the renewing of vows between Netflix and Disney-ABC comes the reminder that theirs is now an open relationship: The studio has also announced a deal with Amazon Prime to carry almost all of those exact same shows. The measure of which service it loves more probably comes down to the slight differences between their respective contracts, with Amazon getting Marvel animated shows like Spider-Man and X-Men Evolution, but Netflix getting Hannah Montana, Army Wives, and—in perhaps its biggest coup—all episodes of Alias, with Netflix now enjoying the rare experience of finding Jennifer Garner comforting. [via Deadline] pretty pumped about Alias, i was wanting to start that soon

11-01-2011, 11:32 AM	#19
FiddySpence TDCya Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: St. Louis Posts: 67,585	well just about anything you can think of is available through the mail service. this thread is more for the streaming aspect of it. only schlubs still use the mail service.