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Bingeing Netflix

Watched the first Walking Dead, it was okay, but not enough to binge. Blacklist is a hard act to follow, maybe that's it.
 
Walking Dead is all about character development and really less about zombies to me. It took me about 4-5 episodes to see and care where things were going and then presto = hooked!

Don't give up on it yet. I have yet to binge on Blacklist, but did see a couple on TV via digital antenna. I think I had the same reaction to it as you had with Walking Dead initially, but willing to give it a go.
 
I can get hooked on a show just watching for flubs. Like, Who is cutting the grass during the zombie invasion?
 
JColt said:
Like, Who is cutting the grass during the zombie invasion?
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Data? lol

I never thought of it that way, I bet it is entertaining, you must have a very quick mind to pick up on those.
 
I binge on the anime section on Netflix, Watched them all minus the ones that are Subbed only lol
 
Well, A lot of the stuff I check out on there is in Sub, and I am more of a Dub kinda guy. But you cant go wrong with Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, and Gurren Lagaan is good so far (watching now, haven't finished). I cant really remember what on Netflix too much, it changes all the time lol.
 
Deadman Wonderland is good too, but the anime doesn't finish the story and the Manga is not out that far in English...*sigh*
 
Okay, you guys got me. I watched the first season of Walking Dead. Was prepared to hate it, but I'm a bit hooked now.
Being an absolute horror junkie, I noticed that in almost every episode, there is a scene nearly identical to one in another (non-zombie) horror movie. Here's what I've noticed so far:

Waking up in a hospital and the rest of the world is gone (The Stand, and 28 Days Later)
Cutting off your arm to get out of handcuffs (Saw. duh)
Blood testing everyone at gunpoint. (The Thing)
Nodding off in the disease lab, leading to a hole in the suit (Outbreak)

Anyone else pick up on anything?
 
You have way too much horror knowledge Christine for me to even comment:thumbsup: Either way TWD got it's hook into you = success! Soon you will want to order your own Zombie survival kit, machete included. The best seasons are right around the corner!
 
I'm currently semi-binging an older series 'Lost'.
I've recently watched enough zombie shows in the past months that I might have to hunt down the machete I think I have out in the garage somewhere.
Picking up on scenes and figuring out they mirror other shows, that is amazing.
 
Another one for TWD fans:

The kids' names are Karl and Judith. Those are the first names of 2 of the lead actors in the original 1968 Night of the Living Dead.
 
We're way behind you guys as streaming is a new art over here and is often very jerky - but we've just discovered "Gotham" - I don't think there's a enough of it out there to binge yet, but is anyone watching it? Early days of Gotham City pre-Batman.
 
Helenthereef said:
We're way behind you guys as streaming is a new art over here and is often very jerky - but we've just discovered "Gotham" - I don't think there's a enough of it out there to binge yet, but is anyone watching it? Early days of Gotham City pre-Batman.
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I am. I like it so far. I don't have Netflix, so we just have a series recording set up on the DVR. The other shows we have set up for that are NCIS, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Star Wars: Rebels. I also pick up the Investigation Discovery network show Deadly Women from time to time.

On my dad's suggestion, I'm watching an old show (so old it's on YouTube w/o there being copyright issues), called "Danger: UXB" about the people who had to go disarm and collect the unexploded bombs in England during WWII. It's really interesting. Dad says the portrayals of the characters are pretty accurate for the time, so I'm getting to see how people really acted back then. Their views on women are not appealing to me. I really don't think I'd have fit in well back then.

And I'm watching Game of Thrones online. I finished season 2, but now I have to read the third book before I can watch season 3, so no spoilers please.
 
Robert Walker said:
Absolutely! We don't have cable but use Netflix via ROKU device on our TV (awesome).
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Lucille said:
I agree having the Roku and watching Netflix shows on a TV rather than computer is awesome.
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I've got a new blu-ray player on order that offered a Roku Streaming Stick as an option, so I sprang for it. I'm not one for watching TV, quite frankly, simply because I refuse to subject myself to the bombardment of commercials they throw at you. I'm figuring it would be cheaper to watch a newer movie this way rather than buying the blu-ray disk, and as often has been the case, throw it in the scrap pile after watching the junk that passes for movies these days. If I do get a keeper, I can always buy a copy then.

So how does this Netflix work? I went to their website, but it really didn't tell me much. Cost? I see they are offering the first month for free now, but I really don't want to sign up till I get the hardware set up. Can you pause the play midstream? Is throughput better some times of the day than others?

Anyone come up with an online popcorn maker yet? :D
 
I signed up with Netflix, costs me $8.65/month with tax just for the flix, no DVDs. My son set up the Roku which was not very expensive so I can watch either on my computer or on the TV. You can pause what you are watching, back it up, speed it forward.
I mostly watch in the evening and it does fine.
You can go to a site instantwatcher.com that does a good job of organizing the Netflix stuff you can see, and you can queue up what you want to watch.
 
WebSlave said:
So how does this Netflix work? I went to their website, but it really didn't tell me much. Cost? I see they are offering the first month for free now, but I really don't want to sign up till I get the hardware set up. Can you pause the play midstream? Is throughput better some times of the day than others?

Anyone come up with an online popcorn maker yet? :D
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How does Netflix work? There are basically two options:

Option A: Have them mail you physical DVD's to your mail box. You watch/keep them as long as you like. You send it back when you want and they send you a new one from a wishlist you have already come up with yourself. I used to do this, but no longer since there are better options. The DVD option lets you get "newer" movie releases similar to a RedBox. About $8 a month.

Option B: About $8 a month also. Stream movies/TV shows to your location. Roku is simply the device that allows you to connect Netflix to your TV. Netflix maintains a "library" of shows and movies. The library will change over time as they add and remove shows/movies. This is perfect to binge watch and for people who HATE commercials. At my house we can watch Netflix all at the same time on two computers, two tvs and a Kindle Fire. Everyone can watch their own shows at once... extreme example.

Also you can cancel and turn back on your subscription at any time.


This is the break down of the quality of movies and shows, in 'my' opinion.
Option A: DVDs: 50% A & B grade movies. Other 50% basically garbage.
Option B: Streaming: 25% A & B grade movies and shows. The other 75% is garbage for adults. Lots of kids stuff.

So for $8, we watch a couple of movies a month, perhaps an entire TV series and the kids watch all the My Little Pony and Power Rangers they can stand.
Awesome value, can't find better entertainment for only $8 IMO.


The ROKU is awesome not only because you can hook up to NetFlix, but one of my favorites is VUDU. VUDU is another channel on ROKU. Where Netflix has 'their' library, VUDU is basically ondemand pay per-view of t-h-o-u-s-a-n-d-s of shows and movies. You can either buy or rent most anything you can possibly think of.

I will never go back to cable, ever! Sorry no solution for popcorn yet?
 
OK, I got the player and Roku stick today. Got the player all hooked up and working, but haven't messed with the Roku beyond setting up an account with them.

Been looking at the selections at Vudu. What do they mean by "Own, from $12.99. Digital exclusive. Currently no available on disk." ? What exactly do you "own"? :shrug01:
 
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