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Interesting, I was just talking about cancelling all our streaming with my girlfriend last night. I'm tired of just how bad the quality is. Most Netflix Origi

Interesting, I was just talking about cancelling all our streaming with my girlfriend last night. I'm tired of just how bad the quality is. Most Netflix Originals aren't even at Lifetime movie quality when looked at objectively.

azhenley 8y ago
Really? I watch them sparingly but I'm consistently shocked at the production value. They are the quality of movies split in episodes!
- JohnJamesRambo 8y ago
  For me there is just a glossy saccharine feel to them. No substance, all flash. Or things they have just bought cheaply from overseas and they are passing off as a "Netflix Original." Of course there are always exceptions. I found Stranger Things to be really high quality. Things like their Lost in Space so much less so. I don't want that bare minimum, or "just good enough" they put into it to become the new norm in filmmaking. To me, films should be an art form.
jerf 8y ago
For myself, I've been pursuing a strategy where I rotate the streaming service. We use Sling during the times of the year where we care about it. We probably get about two months of Hulu every couple of years, and catch up on the stuff we want. I'd rotate Netflix if the kids weren't using it for morning cartoons so much. I'd rotate Amazon Prime if I weren't using Prime for things unrelated to the streaming, and I probably ought to run the math on that even so. I rotate some other more obscure services like anime streaming. I mix in some other things I can't get any other way via purchasing them directly from Amazon. (Still surprised there aren't any other streaming services that have adopted the "default catalog for free + purchase premium content" the way Amazon has.) Because streaming services tend to retain their catalogs, you don't necessarily need to have all of them all the time. Especially if you can disconnect yourself from the need to watch "the latest episode" of something that comes out every week. I'm the only one in my family that has, really, but it's worth it if you can cultivate the mindset. You also sometimes get the "Waaaaah! We want you back!" deals, too, which makes it even cheaper. I'm doing what I do for other reasons, but, hey, you want to do that for me, whatevs. The end result is that not only are you generally at like $20/month, you frequently have something you're excited to watch as a new service rotates in that you've not had for a year, in a way that you don't if you just have all of them all the time.

azhenley 8y ago

Really? I watch them sparingly but I'm consistently shocked at the production value. They are the quality of movies split in episodes!

JohnJamesRambo 8y ago
For me there is just a glossy saccharine feel to them. No substance, all flash. Or things they have just bought cheaply from overseas and they are passing off as a "Netflix Original." Of course there are always exceptions. I found Stranger Things to be really high quality. Things like their Lost in Space so much less so. I don't want that bare minimum, or "just good enough" they put into it to become the new norm in filmmaking. To me, films should be an art form.

jerf 8y ago

For myself, I've been pursuing a strategy where I rotate the streaming service. We use Sling during the times of the year where we care about it. We probably get about two months of Hulu every couple of years, and catch up on the stuff we want. I'd rotate Netflix if the kids weren't using it for morning cartoons so much. I'd rotate Amazon Prime if I weren't using Prime for things unrelated to the streaming, and I probably ought to run the math on that even so. I rotate some other more obscure services like anime streaming. I mix in some other things I can't get any other way via purchasing them directly from Amazon. (Still surprised there aren't any other streaming services that have adopted the "default catalog for free + purchase premium content" the way Amazon has.) Because streaming services tend to retain their catalogs, you don't necessarily need to have all of them all the time. Especially if you can disconnect yourself from the need to watch "the latest episode" of something that comes out every week. I'm the only one in my family that has, really, but it's worth it if you can cultivate the mindset. You also sometimes get the "Waaaaah! We want you back!" deals, too, which makes it even cheaper. I'm doing what I do for other reasons, but, hey, you want to do that for me, whatevs. The end result is that not only are you generally at like $20/month, you frequently have something you're excited to watch as a new service rotates in that you've not had for a year, in a way that you don't if you just have all of them all the time.