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"Curators, ranging from WarnerMedia editors to celebrities, put together a list of movies and TV shows they’re watching" ok so how do I know which human's tast

by ape4 6y ago

"Curators, ranging from WarnerMedia editors to celebrities, put together a list of movies and TV shows they’re watching" ok so how do I know which human's taste is the same as mine. If only there was a recommendation engine for that.

zwaps 6y ago
It's not as if Netflix recommendation attempts are any good either. HBO has human defined categories that makes sense.
- ape4 6y ago
  Its the category-defying movies that are interesting. Somebody might not click on Foreign Films but love Parasite.
A4ET8a8uTh0 6y ago
You beat me to it. I certainly want to be able to watch things recommended by $celebrity2.
- licebmi__at__ 6y ago
  Well, with a decent catalog, and if it's not really marketing bullshit, I would certainly like to see a list of <my-favorite-director>'s favorites.
- ulisesrmzroche 6y ago
  If $celebrity = Tarantino then yes, that’s actually interesting.
- smabie 6y ago
  Why not? I know a lot of people who read and watch stuff that Bill Gates or Gwyneth Paltrow recommends. He's a celebrity. Other people have different celebrities. If you look up to a person, it's only natural to be interested in what they are interested in. People on HN think they are too good to care about celebrities, but we all know that's a total lie.
lentil_soup 6y ago
I would really dig lists from people I trust or follow. Get directors, actors, artists, editors, critics to really curate some lists and I'm in. Even better if they can add a couple of lines to tie the list within a theme or idea, not just a dump of series/films. Only problem I see is it might end up being just marketing and they'll just use the celebrity name and dump the films they want to push.
- js2 6y ago
  I've recently started using letterboxd. There's some pretty interesting lists there. For movies only. Here's a crowdsourced list: https://letterboxd.com/peterstanley/list/1001-movies-you-must-see-before-you-die/ https://letterboxd.com/peterstanley/list/1001-movies-you-mus... I imported all of Roger Ebert's reviews: https://letterboxd.com/re2/films/reviews/ https://letterboxd.com/re2/films/reviews/ His 381 "Great Movies": https://letterboxd.com/re2/tag/great-movie/films/ https://letterboxd.com/re2/tag/great-movie/films/ A list of obscure films: https://letterboxd.com/offensivename/list/official-top-50-narrative-feature-films-under/ https://letterboxd.com/offensivename/list/official-top-50-na... Listed tagged with "top ten": https://letterboxd.com/tag/top-ten/lists/ https://letterboxd.com/tag/top-ten/lists/
ulisesrmzroche 6y ago
You would look at their recommendations? Or you can follow the ones you like already? This is super simple stuff.

by ape4 6y ago

zwaps 6y ago

It's not as if Netflix recommendation attempts are any good either. HBO has human defined categories that makes sense.

ape4 6y ago
Its the category-defying movies that are interesting. Somebody might not click on Foreign Films but love Parasite.

A4ET8a8uTh0 6y ago

You beat me to it. I certainly want to be able to watch things recommended by $celebrity2.

licebmi__at__ 6y ago
Well, with a decent catalog, and if it's not really marketing bullshit, I would certainly like to see a list of <my-favorite-director>'s favorites.
ulisesrmzroche 6y ago
If $celebrity = Tarantino then yes, that’s actually interesting.
smabie 6y ago
Why not? I know a lot of people who read and watch stuff that Bill Gates or Gwyneth Paltrow recommends. He's a celebrity. Other people have different celebrities. If you look up to a person, it's only natural to be interested in what they are interested in. People on HN think they are too good to care about celebrities, but we all know that's a total lie.

lentil_soup 6y ago

I would really dig lists from people I trust or follow. Get directors, actors, artists, editors, critics to really curate some lists and I'm in. Even better if they can add a couple of lines to tie the list within a theme or idea, not just a dump of series/films. Only problem I see is it might end up being just marketing and they'll just use the celebrity name and dump the films they want to push.

js2 6y ago
I've recently started using letterboxd. There's some pretty interesting lists there. For movies only. Here's a crowdsourced list: https://letterboxd.com/peterstanley/list/1001-movies-you-must-see-before-you-die/ https://letterboxd.com/peterstanley/list/1001-movies-you-mus... I imported all of Roger Ebert's reviews: https://letterboxd.com/re2/films/reviews/ https://letterboxd.com/re2/films/reviews/ His 381 "Great Movies": https://letterboxd.com/re2/tag/great-movie/films/ https://letterboxd.com/re2/tag/great-movie/films/ A list of obscure films: https://letterboxd.com/offensivename/list/official-top-50-narrative-feature-films-under/ https://letterboxd.com/offensivename/list/official-top-50-na... Listed tagged with "top ten": https://letterboxd.com/tag/top-ten/lists/ https://letterboxd.com/tag/top-ten/lists/

ulisesrmzroche 6y ago

You would look at their recommendations? Or you can follow the ones you like already? This is super simple stuff.