Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

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(a bunch of people were going "why is this biopic about a crux moment in the life of a problematic creative figure so different from & more satisfying than all of the other work written by bloke x?" and I intended "it was written by some different guys who wrote all these other biopics about a crux moment in the life of a problematic creative figure" to be a for real helpful answer)

when people say they don't like podcasts I'm assuming they mean those w/ all the This American Life/radiolab affectations?

it's a medium! That's like saying "I don't like listening to anything, with my ears" or "I don't like books"

podcasting can be anything...personally I have zero patience for edited/scripted things but do I like a bunch of podcasts that are just people in conversation

yeah i hate people in conversation because most people have bad opinions and they talk too much.

insert gif from Carol of Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara sharing a look as a guy talks and talks

xp but most of *everything* is bad

ha exactly
I do not have time for time-inefficient transfer of information

*spends evening on ILX*

some things attract a certain thing.

it's frustrating sometimes w/ podcasts bc on ilx if someone says something really stupid you can yell at them

If podcasts "can be anything", then how come 99% of them start with like half an hour of two identical-sounding hosts laughing uncontrollably at each other's witless banter

some things attract a certain thing.

xp because you are listening to that kind of podcast?

I don't have time for that either

why are 99% of novels about nurses who can't find a man to romance and appreciate them? I am DONE with books!!!

sorry guys, i've run the numbers

i feel like my hatred of and disinterest in podcasts is v similar to my hatred of and disinterest in modern literature, and i have no interest in this position being interrogated

especially in the netflix thread

The only podcasts I’ve managed to listen to are true crime/murder/journalism podcasts, everything else has been uniformly terrible.

I think I could get into podcasts if I drove, that would seem like the perfect environment to listen to one. I can't really do it at home.

every minute listening to a podcast is time i could be listening to music instead

otm

i've tried listening to podcasts at home and as far as i can tell it can't be done

I've learned that I can listen to pods at home while washing dishes, cooking, and showering. No other time, especially not while working.

The descriptions I hear of favorite podcasts from family and friends make them sound like Paul Harvey segments stretched out to nauseating length. voodoo chili otm.

time spent listening to anything but music is time that could be spent listening to music; good point!

some podcasts *are* music

Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour—that's a podcast.

I wonder if people used to talk this way abt "radio"

i mean... if you're broadcasting a radio show and it's all music, that's a playlist?
anyways, i'm okay

digging this wolfman jack podcast

finishing up Giri/Haru, also a podcast since mics were probably involved. Needed more of the stylization and it got melodramatic brit style near the end but overall solid. I kind of think Kelly McDonald was poorly used though.

gah Giri/Haji not Haru.

i hate podcasts, they've got too many notes

It's the constant cymbal tapping that gets me

life is but a podcast with bad editing

v jealous of all you who apparently have so many actual friends that you don't have to pretend podcast hosts are your friends like I do.

you think that's bad, i have friends who do make podcasts and i have to pretend to listen to them!

Is it like a “misophonia” thing where ppl are hating the sounds of ppl talking? Cause I love that. Talking is music too

I kind of admit that most podcasts are so bad tho, and even some of the ones I enjoy I would agree are bad. But there are legit good ones. They are good for sleeping to as well

Did you know that there are different 'genres' of podcasts, and also some of them are good while others are not, it's kinda like music

y'all are still talking about podcasts in the netflix thread fyi

How is that not on topic

Try and tell me the tiger king isn’t a podcast

question 1: is it about nurses who can't find a man to romance and appreciate them?

I didn’t watch tiger king because I already heard the podcast

For real

i didn't hear the podcast because i read the article!

obvs next post: i was the tiger

we are all the tiger.

ok. Giri/Haji had a super elegant last 20 minutes ending that made the entire thing worthwhile. I would love for so much more epic rooftop choreopgraphy.

Oh so maybe I’ll stick with Giri then? Lot of it seems forced

what epi are you on?

i wished the weird comic book style would've been more. i think wherever you are, you could just skip to the last epi and it would not matter.

like there were 3-4 episode near the end that i was like , ....whatever.

Ep 4 I think? After they all spend Passover together or something?

Season 2 of Dead To Me is up, binged the whole thing last night, but I can't say I think it's as good as the first season. Some of it is, some of it is not. Still enjoyable I guess.