But Is It on Netflix? - Streaming Video Service Thread: Hulu, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, Disney+, Peacock, YouTube TV, AT+T Watch, Philo, Playstation Vue, HBO Max, HBO Now, Facebook Live and many more

the return is on hulu? It's on Paramount +. Or maybe this is a country / region difference.

Hulu improved it's interface recently and is now more like everything else, and they are all equally terrible now.

I assume the interface of pretty much all of these streaming services is shitty on purpose, I just can't figure out why. For example, we've been (very slowly) catching up on "Succession," which is on HBO. When I go to the HBO app home page I never see a "Succession" placeholder under any of the categories, and this is a show they (the machines) *know we are watching.* Yes, I can see the show under a "continue watching" header, except clicking on that gets me the last few minutes of the episode we just watched, and from there I have to pause and click down to see more episodes, and then navigate to the one we want to see next. But if I just wanted to find the home page with all the episodes? Either I'm manually scrolling through the various displayed programs, or I have to search for it, which is silly, especially for a popular in-house show.

Yeah, it feels more and more like streaming services are bending over backwards to hide "My List" or equivalent sections of saved movies/shows

oh yeah, they make it easier to see how many things drop off the service

I assume part of Netflix's never-ending churn of straight to streaming garbage stems from people just clicking on random shit they see on the home page. For sure it's hard to imagine people actually *searching* for a specific recent Adam Sandler movie, let alone the real no-name dregs of the service.

The Netflix home page is pretty decent imo. All your 'continue watching' shows are prominently shown (and easy to find unlike say Prime where you have to scroll down through loads of shit)

Plus the recommendations displayed on the home page are based on your viewing habits aren't they? So if lots of Adam Sandler movies are coming up it's because someone on your account is probably watching lots of deeply unfunny movies.

Enjoyed the first ep of Our Flag Means Death s2, sticking to their core themes of queer pirates and toxic masculinity. Glad they got to make another one.

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I have a netflix profile where I exclusively watch french-language content, and it absolutely home-page pushes whatever latest dreck they've put out (in English). so no it's not always tailored to your habits

Would be interesting to see how much content viewed on Netflix is stuff people searched for rather than clicked on on the home screen

wish you could search by year on netflix. i don't think you really can. so that i can check out the 10 movies they have on there made before 2010.

oh but also a way to check ALL the new releases for a day or week. you can never check that either. unless you go to an independent non-netflix website that is annoying.

“continue watching” and the personalized rails always do better than the editor’s picks or whatever, in every streaming service. “trending” somewhere in the middle. search used much less often than you’d think.

I imagine a lot of stuff is only on there because they have to buy packages of content

I get the 'Top 10 in the UK today' one but my splash screen at the top seems to have lots of Korean sci-fi and other shows in line with what I've viewed xps

I doubt any of them will ever be 100% personalized, but if you're getting good recommendations mixed in with the stuff they promote to everyone...

Yeah definitely, it just seems the Netflix setup is much better than the others.

Disney has the same problem Josh mentions where you find yourself at the end of the last episode you watched because you left when the credits started rolling

Some of them (like Max) still have that issue where if you left a few minutes of credits unwatched, the show or movie sits there in your Continue Watching row (with the progress bar 98% filled in...)

Max also emails me around once a week to keep watching "Home Movies" (the old animated series), which I watched with my kid awhile back. I've seen it, guys!

The prominence of the Watch It Again suggestions is weird. I hardly ever watch things twice.

I'm watching The Good Place again.... but that was MY OWN CHOICE

Also yeah, I noticed 'my list' (which I do use and care about) getting pushed down on Netflix. I only sign up to Netflix for a few months every couple of years, I hope it doesn't totally go to shit. It's getting crazy expensive now.

the way they crank out the kids' programming is kind of depressing. Like there will a new show my kid is watching, and a month later there are 4 seasons of it. Some kind of animation sweatshop operation going on.

otoh Scissor Seven is fantastic

There are also *lots* of great movies Hulu gets, especially non-English/"international" stuff and "elevated"/A24 horror.

Hulu has a deal with Neon, which explains why it has stuff like Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Worst Person in the World.

Oh yeah, thanks.

Some of them (like Max) still have that issue where if you left a few minutes of credits unwatched, the show or movie sits there in your Continue Watching row (with the progress bar 98% filled in...)

Was complaining about this to my wife the other day. Once you reach the closing credits of something, especially if the site itself then puts it in a tiny window and starts something else automatically, it should count as "complete" and it should no longer be asking you "Do you want to finish watching this"? No! I finished watching it! We both agree on that!

It kind of stuck in my craw for a long time that stuff I had learned about from MUBI and for which MUBI owned the streaming rights in Europe I had to sign up for Hulu to watch in the US. One of these being The Worst Person in the World, but Benedetta also comes to mind.

Think France showed up on Criterion thogh.

especially if the site itself then puts it in a tiny window and starts something else automatically

It's funny now that if this doesn't happen, you know there's a mid-/post-credit stinger.

Is there a thread for Severance? Nothing showed up in search but I’m sure I remember seeing a thread.

anyone seen SEVERANCE yet?

I didn’t think the Pet Sematary from a couple of years ago was bad but the new one is a complete waste of 90 minutes.

Xp thanks! I looked at the first post in that thread when I searched and concluded it was not the right one - didn’t realize it was hijacked for the show.

New Mike Flanagan, first episode, House of Usher, Poe mishmash. American Horror Story: Succession.

We've watched most of his series. Haunting of Hill House was eh. Bly Mannor was better but still pretty silly. Midnight Mass was silly but also pretty good, we liked that one. Didn't watch the teenage one.

The second episode of Fall of the House of Usher has one of the gnarliest sustained scenes I’ve ever seen in a television show

I'm 3 episodes in and enjoying it so far. I watched about half of Midnight Mass and enjoyed what I saw, but stopped because I could see where it was going and it wasn't as scary as Salem's Lot, so... Have never seen anything else of his.

midnight mass was extraordinary you should finish it. it's one of my favorite things ever

Dumber, trashier Succession is fun so far.

Finished it tonight and it sticks the landing. Though I admit when Bruce Greenwood started reciting "The Raven" all I could think of was Homer Simpson's rendition. Still, recommended. I will definitely be checking out more of this guy's work.

The second episode of Fall of the House of Usher has one of the gnarliest sustained scenes I’ve ever seen in a television show

Definitely the best Flanagan series.

do we need an Usher thread? i’ve only watched one ep but omg i am IN

I just finished it, it's great - not as good as Midnight Mass imo but solid. and excellent casting as always, I hope Mark Hamill becomes a Flanagan regular!

xp yes please start one, then we can discuss spoilers etc

i will watch anything but i couldn't finish the new jennifer lawrence comedy that is totally just a lame 80s summer sex teen movie made for netflix. but if you ever need to see jennifer lawrence really naked that is the movie for you. in a non-sexual way. she beats up a group of teenagers on the beach while naked.

I couldn’t believe that was real. She’s A-List right? Horny teen comedy should be the domain of TV actors looking to break out.

I saw some of that scene, I think censored, on some site recently and I honestly thought it might have been a well-done deep fake. (It probably is essentially that, but maybe done with her blessing and studio budget.) I can't imagine why she would do it.

maybe she owns the movie. that would make sense. $$$.

Believe it or not, that J-Law film is a full-on studio film that was in theatres over the summer!

Co-produced by J-Law & Bob Odenkirk's wife, Naomi!

its sucks really bad. and i think you all know what my standards are for film. there are so few laughs. its depressing when a comedy can't make me laugh.