Netflix sucks

[hunter]

25. My kid got me hooked on Netflix, bought me a Chromecast dongle. I love it.

Netflix created a large market for small budget independent films and television series. I'm not a fan of highbrow art films, most network television programming, or big budget mainstream dramas aimed at the Oscar audience.

I'm the sort who enjoyed Mamma Mia!, especially Pierce Bronson's heroic effort to sing.

Most major network television comedies these days are just fucking mean and cynical. Fuck you, Seinfeld.

I like to watch foreign movie and television shows with subtitles. Hell, I watch English language shows with subtitles.

Plus, no ads. The only television advertising I see is posted here on DU, like this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028571626

I've been without television advertising for so many years now I have ZERO tolerance for it. I can't even stand to see it on PBS, and therefore I no longer watch PBS, which was the last network I cared to watch. I didn't even bother hooking up the antenna the last time we moved our television. It's probably tuned to a few analog channels that no longer exist.

Television news in the U.S.A. sucks. I'd much rather read my news.

Back to Netflix, DU's bif, in DU's streaming television group, is pretty good at picking out the quirky kind of movies I like.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1143

I'd contribute more to that group but for my habit of watching Star Trek, my favorite being Deep Space Nine.

CBS is likely to take Star Trek away from Netflix when they get their own streaming service established, as the BBC took away Dr. Who, but that's okay, I'm sure I'll find some other old science fiction series to satisfy my vice.

Our home television plays movies, that's all it does. No cable, no satellite, no broadcast. I like to hunt through the DVDs in thrift stores, and rent more recent movies at the Redbox. And I can always find something interesting on Netfllix.