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Streaming Recommendations (Netflix, HBO, Amazon, etc.)
January 20th, 2021 at 4:21:31 AM permalink | |
gamerfreak Member since: Feb 19, 2018 Threads: 4 Posts: 527 |
Where are these numbers coming from? I’m not disputing them, but I have heard comedians with Netflix specials say on their podcasts that Netflix never reveals numbers. |
January 20th, 2021 at 12:33:03 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
I read the same thing, that their numbers are a better kept secret than the Coke recipe. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
January 20th, 2021 at 11:42:56 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | Outlander, a Starz show on Nflix. A nurse in 1945 is thrown back in time to 18th century Scotland. It's been on for 6 seasons. The pilot was outstanding. A little slow in the back story, but really well done overall. Great acting, I liked all the characters, interesting story potential. Gets a solid 90% on RT for every season from critics and audience. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
January 21st, 2021 at 10:50:26 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Last year Netflix started revealing limited ratings data, but as they don't sell commercials they get to use their own "two minute standard". As broadcast sells commercial time the advertisers have to rely on an independent Nielson corporation to tell them ratings. 2nd Quarter 2020 Netflix subscribers region - average monthly - percentage of total revenue 72,904,000 United States and Canada- $13.25 -46.4% 61,483,000 Europe, Middle East, and Africa- $10.50 - 31.0% 36,068,000 Latin America - $7.44 - 12.9% 22,492,000 Asia-Pacific - $8.96 - 9.7% 192,947,000 TOTALS. Disney said Disney+ streaming service surpassed 86.8 million subscribers as of December 2, 2020. While it rivals Netflix's domestic total, it costs less than half as much. Amazon Prime has 142.5 million subscribers in 2020, but many are not watching videos. |
January 22nd, 2021 at 1:07:49 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | Have watched three episodes of Outlander now and am totally impressed. Somebody has gone to a lot of trouble to make this a real quality show. The cinematography, the costumes, the acting, are all top-notch. Even the music is good. I hope they can keep this up for all 6 seasons. Downton Abbey did. There is very little gratuitous violence, and only a little nudity. And that's with the heroine, so it's well worth it. She is well worth seeing. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
January 22nd, 2021 at 5:11:25 AM permalink | |
ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12422 |
Sounds boring AF. Something for the blue-haired crowd that considers crap like “Blue Bloods” to be must see TV. “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
January 22nd, 2021 at 5:50:17 AM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
It's time travel the way Mark Twain envisioned it in "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court". Similar to Edgar Rice Burroughs vision of space travel in John Carter of Mars (Barsoom series) . There is no emphasis on the mechanics of time or space travel, the character is simply transported. The book does go well beyond the normal middle aged woman's Scottish fantasy to present an accurate image of what life would be like in 1743. |
January 22nd, 2021 at 8:01:45 AM permalink | |
terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11786 |
This type of genre I'm read and loved 1632 by Eric Flint Modern west Virginia town transported to middle of 1632 Europe. Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
January 22nd, 2021 at 9:18:48 AM permalink | |
DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4943 |
My wife and I have had Amazon Prime since it started. I don't know if I have ever watched a show on it. We bought it for the two day shipping. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
January 22nd, 2021 at 9:41:23 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
You mean books, there are 8 of them and counting. The series main attribute so far is the detail they've gone to showing Scotland in 1743. Lots of costumed extra's, had to cost a fortune. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |