Netflix Canada Discussion

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by Rando

Use all the CGI you want, Robert DeNiro, AL Pacino and Joe Pesci still move like 80 year old men. Watched an hour of it last night and could never get over it, honestly don't know if I can finish

Seeing DeNiro confront a store owner at one point was downright laughable.

Yeah that one scene with DeNiro was a little funny to watch. Overall though I thought it was a great movie.

[Poe969]

I honestly can't believe how crappy netflix has become. Sure, there are some hidden gems on there but for the most part they haven't added anything that good for a while. With the launch of Disney+ you'd think that they would step up their game to keep everyone from jumping ship. I'm waiting for them to put out something good but every day it just seems like more and more of the same stuff.

I'm really disappointed in what they have to offer, maybe its just me.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

I think it’s a sign of the times with each streaming service being watered down.

Disney was good for about a week but outside of Mandalorian, there’s nothing there to hold my interest long term.

Prime is mostly awful b movies and rarely add any content that is anything but awful. They have a few good series but I can watch 8 episodes in about a week.

Netflix hasn’t released hardly any must watch series and seem content with pumping out quantity vs quality.

I’ve actually spent more time on crave recently watching South Park, Castle Rock and other HBO stuff. Although their new movie premieres have been terrible recently. I can’t remember the last time they added a good movie, outside of Green Book.

[Maritime Q-Scout]

Netflix has Paw Patrol, Octonauts, Abbey Hatcher, The Wiggles, PJ Masks, Kiko & Super Speedo, Super Wings, Robocar Poli, so needless to say, it provides us with hours upon hours of high quality entertainment.

Especially Kiko & Super Speedo. It's simply amazing how they can make a cartoon with such awful dubbing that the words don't remotely match the characters talking.

[GordonBlue]

Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout

Netflix has Paw Patrol, Octonauts, Abbey Hatcher, The Wiggles, PJ Masks, Kiko & Super Speedo, Super Wings, Robocar Poli, so needless to say, it provides us with hours upon hours of high quality entertainment.

Especially Kiko & Super Speedo. It's simply amazing how they can make a cartoon with such awful dubbing that the words don't remotely match the characters talking.

you got it. until my daughter outgrows the kids shows, Netflix seriously rocks.

storybots is another awesome netflix cartoon. she's learned a lot from that one.

[KTrain]

I guess it all depends on your taste in their productions.

The Crown S3 was just released and I enjoyed it. The Irishman came out a couple days ago and has Oscar buzz around it. Patriot Act is back with weekly shows and is always great. The King was solid, if a bit slow.

October had Big Mouth S3, El Camino, Peaky Blinders, The Laundromat, Daybreak.

December has 6 Underground (Michael Bay/Ryan Reynolds), Lost in Space S2, The Witcher, Marriage Story and more comedy specials.

I think we might start seeing fewer seasons of TV released all at once and dripped to us like they're doing the Mandalorian. People binge a show and say "what's next?" so Netflix scrambles for content. Shows like Mindhunter would last 2 months instead of me killing it in 2 days. Even if they release 2 episodes per week we'd still get an entire series in a month.

[Leeman4Gilmour]

Originally Posted by KTrain

I think we might start seeing fewer seasons of TV released all at once and dripped to us like they're doing the Mandalorian. People binge a show and say "what's next?" so Netflix scrambles for content. Shows like Mindhunter would last 2 months instead of me killing it in 2 days. Even if they release 2 episodes per week we'd still get an entire series in a month.

I had never really thought about that, but so very true.

[Locke]

I think the real issue showing up is that with the variety of streaming services people cant be reliant on one service for all of their content because every proprietor is hoarding their own stuff.

So if you're binging things then of course you're going to be disappointed with the lack of constant new content.

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by KTrain

I think we might start seeing fewer seasons of TV released all at once and dripped to us like they're doing the Mandalorian. People binge a show and say "what's next?" so Netflix scrambles for content. Shows like Mindhunter would last 2 months instead of me killing it in 2 days. Even if they release 2 episodes per week we'd still get an entire series in a month.

Streaming execs have already figured out that dropping all episodes at once just encourages short-term subscriptions. We are absolutely seeing a return to the traditional release schedule of an episode a week.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Poe969

I honestly can't believe how crappy netflix has become. Sure, there are some hidden gems on there but for the most part they haven't added anything that good for a while. With the launch of Disney+ you'd think that they would step up their game to keep everyone from jumping ship. I'm waiting for them to put out something good but every day it just seems like more and more of the same stuff.

I'm really disappointed in what they have to offer, maybe its just me.

Disney+ is getting a little overrated here. Sure The Mandalorian is great but if you aren't big into re-watching movies they don't have a lot to offer. To get my money's worth I have re-watched some of the marvel and Star Wars movies and all that's done so far has showed me that those movies don't age well. Stranger Things is the most downloaded show of the year then you have shows like Dark, Mindhunter, Black Mirror, Love Death & Robots, Russian Doll, etc. IMO the biggest issue with Netflix is that there's just so much stuff presented that the bad stuff gets in the way of the average person finding the gems to which there are plenty.

[Rando]

Netflix is the one service that holds my attention. Ktrain had a good list above but it doesn't include Mind Hunter S2, The Toys that Made us, the new World War II in colour series, Bikram Yogu documentary, Final Space, the Devil Next Door. Keep hearing great things about the series Dark as well.

This is all fairly recent too.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by KTrain

I guess it all depends on your taste in their productions.

The Crown S3 was just released and I enjoyed it. The Irishman came out a couple days ago and has Oscar buzz around it. Patriot Act is back with weekly shows and is always great. The King was solid, if a bit slow.

October had Big Mouth S3, El Camino, Peaky Blinders, The Laundromat, Daybreak.

December has 6 Underground (Michael Bay/Ryan Reynolds), Lost in Space S2, The Witcher, Marriage Story and more comedy specials.

I think we might start seeing fewer seasons of TV released all at once and dripped to us like they're doing the Mandalorian. People binge a show and say "what's next?" so Netflix scrambles for content. Shows like Mindhunter would last 2 months instead of me killing it in 2 days. Even if they release 2 episodes per week we'd still get an entire series in a month.

There’s definitely some good stuff but I remember the good old days when there was literally something interesting, combination of tv shows and movies, being added to Netflix 10+ times a month. Maybe more. First of the month would have a massive dump of new and old movies/tv shows.

Now we get 1 or 2 good movies (Irishman and King we’re both only ok) and 1 new original series every month or two.


When Netflix was the aggregator of tons of networks and studios it felt like we got so much more. Now they’re just another premium channel with a few hours of good programming for the same price.

[MoneyGuy]

Originally Posted by Rando

Mind Hunter S2...the new World War II in colour series

Both of those are superb and worth the money when Netflix has stuff like those two.

[Yamer]

The Irishman was good. Really, really good. I can imagine the pacing being a problem for some, as would be the runtime, but I found it enjoyable and interesting throughout. It was good to see Pesci on screen again, and I thought De Niro gave a fascinatingly authentic performance. I don't know how else to describe it. That said, Pacino knocked it out of the park as Hoffa. Best performance in the film to me.

[KTrain]

Ozark, Narcos, Stranger Things, Glow, Black Mirror, Umbrella Academy, Sex Education, End of the F***ing World, Altered Carbon and Haunting of Hill House. Mindhunter and Russian Doll were mentioned.

They've had some great ones that have ended if you haven't caught them. Bloodline, Love, Easy, American Vandal, Making a Murderer, Sense8, The OA, House of Cards, Wet Hot American Summer.

There are a bunch of great documentaries too. Too many to list.

Netflix is still the best value of the services out there. HBO is probably closest with its back catalog. When/if we get Hulu with Disney+ it would be comparable.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by KTrain

Ozark, Narcos, Stranger Things, Glow, Black Mirror, Umbrella Academy, Sex Education, End of the F***ing World, Altered Carbon and Haunting of Hill House. Mindhunter and Russian Doll were mentioned.

They've had some great ones that have ended if you haven't caught them. Bloodline, Love, Easy, American Vandal, Making a Murderer, Sense8, The OA, House of Cards, Wet Hot American Summer.

There are a bunch of great documentaries too. Too many to list.

Netflix is still the best value of the services out there. HBO is probably closest with its back catalog. When/if we get Hulu with Disney+ it would be comparable.

But Netflix sux tho!

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by KTrain

Ozark, Narcos, Stranger Things, Glow, Black Mirror, Umbrella Academy, Sex Education, End of the F***ing World, Altered Carbon and Haunting of Hill House. Mindhunter and Russian Doll were mentioned.

They've had some great ones that have ended if you haven't caught them. Bloodline, Love, Easy, American Vandal, Making a Murderer, Sense8, The OA, House of Cards, Wet Hot American Summer.

There are a bunch of great documentaries too. Too many to list.

Netflix is still the best value of the services out there. HBO is probably closest with its back catalog. When/if we get Hulu with Disney+ it would be comparable.

Stuff like House of Cards hasn’t been good for several years and the new season was downright unwatchable. I also don’t disagree that it’s the best value, although Crave is better overall, but only if you’ve never seen a bunch of the HBO/Showtime catalog. But as someone who has subscribed for quite a few years, I’m interested in content I’ve never seen.

I also think you perfectly made my point. You listed quite a few shows and I’d give a whole bunch of them a meh to it’s ok rating. I’d only consider a few of them top quality content.

Compared to the good old days when Netflix was getting the best shows from what seemed like every channel out there plus adding a ton of movies, it was superior. They had heir choice of the cream of the crop.

Now they are flooding us with quantity over quality.

[KTrain]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Compared to the good old days when Netflix was getting the best shows from what seemed like every channel out there plus adding a ton of movies, it was superior. They had heir choice of the cream of the crop.

In the 'good old days' House of Cards was HBO quality. I agree that it went off the rails. Crave/HBO definitely has better shows but they've also been doing original programming since the 90s. If you've watched all the old stuff, is Crave really producing that much more/better than what Netflix is producing now?

What other originals would you say are better than what I listed? What other shows did they have access to that were better in the 'good old days'?

I didn't list the Marvel shows because, while I enjoyed them, they were hit and miss.

[GGG]

This was all to be expected though. Content costs money to create. Especially good content.

So in the end we should all expect to pay the same as we were before cord cutting started.

Netflix was subsidized by VC money and other rights holders undervaluing their content. Now that people understand the value Id expect to pay the same 60-100 per month to get the channels you want.

This past 5 years was the anomaly.

[powderjunkie]

Does Disney Plus in Canada have adult Fox or FX shows like It's Always Sunny?