Netflix Canada Discussion

[surferguy]

Originally Posted by Sr. Mints

Netflix cancelled The OA today.

That's disappointing. The OA was one of the handful of shows I really got into the last few years. But to be honest I'm not even that surprised. It must have been a tough sell to average Joe. It's not that accessible to casual fans; even I bailed the first time around, and I ascended from average a long time ago.

I wonder if Amazon or someone else picks it up.

[Sr. Mints]

Originally Posted by surferguy

I wonder if Amazon or someone else picks it up.

I don't know how that works in this era of television, where a deep catalogue seems key to the streamer's ability to retain subscribers. Has a show ever been picked up by one pure streaming service after another? (not like, say, SyFy or NBC abandoning a show and Amazon or Netflix picking it up)

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by guzzy

I prefer non-smart TV's that i can add a fire stick or apple TV to. I find the apps on the TV's terrible.

The apps on my new LG are excellent. They launch quickly and are fully featured. I’m not sure if that will always be the case because I hope to keep the TV up to 10 years. It doesn’t have Crave unfortunately.

I mostly use my Apple TV 4K and my Nvidia Shield. The latter is starting to show its age and hopefully they update it soon.

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by Sr. Mints

I don't know how that works in this era of television, where a deep catalogue seems key to the streamer's ability to retain subscribers. Has a show ever been picked up by one pure streaming service after another? (not like, say, SyFy or NBC abandoning a show and Amazon or Netflix picking it up)

There’s rumours that Disney will continue Punisher on their service but I can’t think of any other examples.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

There’s rumours that Disney will continue Punisher on their service but I can’t think of any other examples.

Well thats a little different because Marvel is a subset of Disney who are launching their own streaming service. So its their content and they want it on their service as opposed to a competitor's.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by Sr. Mints

Netflix cancelled The OA today.

That's disappointing. The OA was one of the handful of shows I really got into the last few years. But to be honest I'm not even that surprised. It must have been a tough sell to average Joe. It's not that accessible to casual fans; even I bailed the first time around, and I ascended from average a long time ago.

That's terrible. That's actually a good show, and an ambitious, daring show. I think it was supposed to have a 5 season arc, and it just got to a point where it had gone completely bat#### crazy. I do hope someone else picks it up. The second season was probably pretty expensive compared to the first, which probably didn't help.

I'm extremely disappointed.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by Locke

Well thats a little different because Marvel is a subset of Disney who are launching their own streaming service. So its their content and they want it on their service as opposed to a competitor's.

This is actually a Netflix Studios original production - so Netflix owns the whole thing. This makes it much less likely that they'd give another streaming service a whack at continuing the project.

However, on the flip side, if you're a streaming service and you say to your content creators (in this case, Brit Marling and Zal Batmaljilisgjdsgswefx) "hey, we know you love what you've created and that you have a vision for it, but #### you, because we're going to keep the IP under lock and key despite the fact that we have no intention of ever doing anything with it", that might dissuade people from choosing Netflix to host their project in the future, at least in the circumstance where they could sell a show to Amazon or Disney or HBO or whoever else might exist.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by guzzy

I prefer non-smart TV's that i can add a fire stick or apple TV to. I find the apps on the TV's terrible.

The Nvidia Shield is my favorite tech purchase of the last few years. Handles all my streaming with Netflix, Plex, Amazon, and Sportsnet Now. Has a Youtube Kids app which is perfect for my toddler. Lets me stream any PC game I own either from my gaming rig or from the GeForce Now cloud service. And the cherry on top is that the Shield is powerful enough to run all game emulators up to the Dreamcast and Gamecube, making it the perfect retro gaming system

I used to have an Xbox One, Chromecast, and a small HTPC hooked up to my TV. The Shield replaced them all

[Yamer]

Glow Season 3 released today!

[DeluxeMoustache]

There is some great international content on Netflix right now.

Money Heist season 3 recently came out, and season 4 is reportedly already filming. Surprised more people here aren’t talking about it as season 3 was reportedly viewed by over 34 million Netflix viewers its first week. If you haven’t watched it, you should. It’s clever and fun, and bingeable.

Babylon Berlin is also very good. Set in 1929, it is a fictional story, sort of noir-ish. It is based on a series of books, and each one set in a year from 1929 through 1936, when Germany made its transition from democracy to dictatorship. So it is somewhat timely, to explore how that transition may have happened.

Both highly recommended

[MoneyGuy]

Money Heist is exceptional.

[DownInFlames]

Derry Girls season 2 was added recently.

[Matata]

Originally Posted by Yamer

Glow Season 3 released today!

I thought the ending to season 2 was terrible and season 3 seems to be more of the same. It's now. a generic drama that is loosely about women's wrestling. Got about an episode and a half in before deciding I don't need to watch any more GLOW

[PepsiFree]

I can’t even remember what happened at the end of season 2... or most of season 2.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Matata

I thought the ending to season 2 was terrible and season 3 seems to be more of the same. It's now. a generic drama that is loosely about women's wrestling. Got about an episode and a half in before deciding I don't need to watch any more GLOW

I'm pretty much through it, and while it had some brilliant episodes and moments. The confessions in the desert for example was really good.


But the show became really inconsistent, they moved away from the ring stuff which had some great comedy in the past, and decided to bring up the relationships.


So the season really didn't have the comedy bite that it die.


If they do another season, I'll give it a shot, and hope that the strong writing returns.

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

But the show became really inconsistent, they moved away from the ring stuff which had some great comedy in the past, and decided to bring up the relationships.

I feel like you could write that same review for almost any Netflix show though (and to a lesser extent, modern shows in general). I find a lot of them start of with this great premise, and then delve into a generic TV show, or just start pandering to their audience.

Either way, still looking forward to watching season 3.

[jayswin]

Yeah, it's pretty standard with shows that have a unique premise. The writers always struggle to keep the premise the focal point as we naturally (writers, viewers) gravitate towards relationships as our main point of interest, even if we think we don't.

It's why reality TV featuring relationships is king.

[Yamer]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Yeah, it's pretty standard with shows that have a unique premise. The writers always struggle to keep the premise the focal point as we naturally (writers, viewers) gravitate towards relationships as our main point of interest, even if we think we don't.

It's why reality TV featuring relationships is king.

Remember when Hell on Wheels was about a man hunting down the people that killed his family...for about 3 episodes?

[Royle9]

Just started "The Boys" on Prime Video, 2 eps in and it seems pretty solid.

[jayswin]

This is the Netflix thread.