Netflix: What to watch?

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jonbee

Re: Netflix: What to watch?
« Reply #700 on: 29 Jun 2025, 04:13 pm »
I'm a very long time Netflix subscriber (>25 years) and am dispirited about their diminishing catalog of offerings. Lots of derivative dreck now (how many time travel stories are enough?), and when a creative but challenging show is presented they cancel them right away these days, not allowing an audience time to develop.
There are a few short lived series we like a lot. Kaos, Loudermilk, Queen's Gambit come to mind, but I spend much more time looking elsewhere these days.

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« Reply #701 on: 30 Jun 2025, 10:52 am »
I've been thinking the exact same thing, Netflix is looking more like Prime every day   I struggle to find anything good lately.  I recently rewatched The Queen's Gambit for I think the fourth time because there was nothing else worth watching.   I tuned into the world darts championship the other day because nothing else was on, and I don't even know the rules or scoring system for darts   Now darts are listed as my number one option on my home screen.

WGH

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« Reply #702 on: 30 Jun 2025, 03:59 pm »
I can go for months and months without finding anything interesting on Netflix. Luckily there are some free viewing options:

All the shows on PBS stream for free for a couple of months before they are moved to the paid Passport option. A Passport donation is only $5 a month and has excellent dramas like Broadchurch and Sherlock and the award winning The Desert Speaks.
Walking with Dinosaurs is one of the best series to stream on any service. The 6 episode Season 2 is streaming for free now
https://www.pbs.org/show/walking-with-dinosaurs/

The UofA Astronomy program builds mirrors for the largest telescopes in the world and collaborates on space missions. AZPM has an excellent documentary about a recent mission:
OSIRIS-REx: To Bennu and Back - NASA, asteroids, and a lifelong dream (full documentary)
https://youtu.be/Fm9xwoUsuPQ

The YouTube channel DUST has a huge library of science fiction shorts and some are pretty good, worthy of any premium streaming service. All for free.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7sDT8jZ76VLV1u__krUutA

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« Reply #703 on: Today at 01:55 am »
So I just bitched about the lack of options on Netflix and I'm now taking that back, which is the nature of these things.  I watched a great doc on the 7/7 London Bombings and my fave release every year Tour de France Unchained, enjoyed them both, but that's not what I came here to tell you about.  You absolutely must watch Shark Whisperer.  The story of Ocean Ramsey, yes, that's her given name, who free dives with Tiger sharks off Hawaii and traveled to Mexico to dive with Great Whites.  She's not a thrill seeker, she studies shark language, how they interact so she can be at least safer with them.  The footage is stunning, thrilling, heart stopping.  And she openly uses her great beauty and sexuality to promote her cause, which also makes it easy to watch.  You gotta watch it to understand, but a truly compelling work of art.

WGH

Re: Netflix: What to watch?
« Reply #704 on: Today at 03:41 am »
Out here in the desert we'll watch anything with water.

Titan: The Oceangate Disaster is a passable documentary about the ill fated submersible