RE: Netflix - Impressive Business Decisions
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I absolutely agree with you on how brilliant Netflix is! I have actually tried only HBO but got fed up with it and cancelled it after I finished watching Westworld. I haven't seen the latest season but I hear it's kinda crap so I'm not subscribing there again. I liked Beforeigners too but I've heard that the new season is crap too so again, not bothering. :D
Although I think I don't have that much time to watch anything, I do watch something every day. If not from Netflix then from Finnish national tv = YLE (streaming service called Areena) that has such a vast variety of documentaries (I mostly watch science, history and culture documentaries) and British period dramas and other really excellent British series. Areena is free, or isn't actually, every Finnish person pays for it in taxes. Except those with lower income, not quite sure what the limit is but I think it's quite fair, so for those with low income it's free. Unfortunately https://areena.yle.fi/tv can only be seen in Finland and I hear YLE has blocked all VPN access to Areena. But I love how much there is good, quality documentary there. For instance I've seen every Louis Theroux documentaries from YLE and he's one of my favorite documentarists.
But yeah, back to Netflix. Sometimes it bugs me. Not that much lately but for a long time it was really hard to find anything new or old to watch that I haven't seen as it always suggested movies and series I've already seen or stuff that I don't even want to see. But something changed like a month ago. Now the suggestions are better. It no longer is fixated on certain top list or most watched stuff but actually seems to shuffle the pack a little or more, depending on how long I've been away. Like two hours or 24... :D I'm not an addict... nooooo...
And don't get me started on the period when Netflix dubbed all trailers or clips. I never watch anything dubbed, unless I'm drunk or suffer from a stoke in which I can no longer read the subtitles, so why would I want the clips to be dubbed. It's horrible.
I think Netflix really has so vast variety of different kind of series and movies there that I don't need anything else. Except YLE Areena, but that really is superior, in documentaries especially, so I usually rarely watch the documentaries in Netflix. And I love it how reality shows mostly isn't a thing in Netflix, or they have figured out not to suggest those for me because I absolutely hate reality shows.
I love watching series one episode a day. Usually before I go to sleep. And I would hate it if I would be forced to wait one week, just like watching normal TV which I don't actually watch anymore. But there are few exceptions. I don't know if it's in all regions but new episodes of Snowpiercer started again and it's only one episode a week! Agony! And I just finished Ozark so I guess I have to find something else for the rest of the week.
I didn't know there was a Snowpiercer series. I liked the movie. Is it on Netflix?
Another great business move Netflix made attracting global audience and creating a platform for movies and series from around the world. Korean movies and series have been a great success.
Yes, it's on Netflix. But the Snowpiercer series might be a regional thing, not sure. Just like I know in some regions there's the movie Parasite but not here in Finland which is a bummer. But I think it'll be available here some day.
I love most Korean movies/series. #Alive was funny and entertaining. Of course watched Squid Game, it was okay and entertaining enough and Hellbound was really freaky and odd and scary, which I love.
If you like war movies/series and if Unknown Soldier (a Finnish series based on a book about the second world war) is visible in your region, I absolutely recommend that.