Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

grassylawn · 24-05-2021 10:33AM

CastorTroy wrote: »

I can't remember if I mentioned it but I find myself using the 1.5 playback speed for a lot of stuff these days. It's mad how watchable things still are. Though it looks strange at times when people are running out something.
Unfortunately it's not available on all versions of Netflix. Have to watch using Edge on my PC instead of using the built in app on the tv

I did that a good while back for the last season of house of cards that I watched. A lot of Netflix-produced shows could be improved by faster pacing.

iamwhoiam · 24-05-2021 10:47AM

Elisa Shapely Scatterbrain wrote: »

Enjoying Marcella. Filling the giant line of duty/Unforgotton void in my life

I am missing Unforgotten too . Have you watched Happy Valley ? That’s a good one too

S.M.B. · 24-05-2021 10:48AM

Watching at 1.5x speed? Wow. Can't think of a single example of where I'd want to do that.

pixelburp · 24-05-2021 10:52AM

S.M.B. wrote: »

Watching at 1.5x speed? Wow. Can't think of a single example of where I'd want to do that.

I remember it mentioned that some US networks will take short format shows (like Big Bang Theory) and play the episodes at 1.1 or 1.2 speed to slightly compress the run-time, allowing for one more ad-break - without it being too obvious the episode was sped up.

Earthhorse · 24-05-2021 11:00AM

CastorTroy wrote: »

I can't remember if I mentioned it but I find myself using the 1.5 playback speed for a lot of stuff these days. It's mad how watchable things still are. Though it looks strange at times when people are running out something.
Unfortunately it's not available on all versions of Netflix. Have to watch using Edge on my PC instead of using the built in app on the tv

Does playing at 1.5 not ruin the dialogue due to the shift in voices?

Kingp35 · 24-05-2021 11:12AM

S.M.B. wrote: »

Watching at 1.5x speed? Wow. Can't think of a single example of where I'd want to do that.

I listen to a lot of podcasts at 1.2 speed but I could not imagine doing it for a visual medium. Everything would just feel 'off'.

The Raging Bile Duct · 24-05-2021 11:16AM

Earthhorse wrote: »

Does playing at 1.5 not ruin the dialogue due to the shift in voices?

I'm presuming the voices stay the same pitch - the technology is there to do it. I've sped up footage in Adobe Premiere and the option is there to keep the pitch the same as the original footage.

mikhail · 24-05-2021 11:28AM

S.M.B. wrote: »

Watching at 1.5x speed? Wow. Can't think of a single example of where I'd want to do that.

I've heard of students doing it with lecture videos, which sounds sensible enough to me, but if I have to watch something sped up for it to be sufficiently entertaining, I'm not watching it in the first place. I'd sooner read the plot summary on wikipedia.

CastorTroy · 24-05-2021 11:50AM

I can't remember what I first tried it with but found it worked well enough to try it more.
I expected voices to sound off but they didn't and maybe it's because we speak fast here but the speaking seems to be normal speed.
Subs can help as well, but only time they're really needed are when talking about stuff I likely wouldn't pick up on at normal speed, like technical, sci-fi or fantasy terms.

S.M.B. · 24-05-2021 11:53AM

Kingp35 wrote: »

I listen to a lot of podcasts at 1.2 speed but I could not imagine doing it for a visual medium. Everything would just feel 'off'.

mikhail wrote: »

I've heard of students doing it with lecture videos, which sounds sensible enough to me, but if I have to watch something sped up for it to be sufficiently entertaining, I'm not watching it in the first place. I'd sooner read the plot summary on wikipedia.

Yeah, I've done ~1.2x with lengthy info heavy podcasts and audio books and have gone up to 1.5x for learning/training purposes but would adjust it throughout the video.

I'm assuming Martin Scorsese would be livid if he thought someone was watching The Irishman at 1.5x the normal speed.

CastorTroy · 24-05-2021 12:10PM

Hmmm, there's an idea. :pac:

For the audiobook I'm currently listening to, it's at 1.6.

Earthhorse · 24-05-2021 12:33PM

If Tenet gets added at any point should I watch it at 1.5 or -1.5?

johnny_ultimate · 24-05-2021 12:41PM

Between this and the people willingly stretching aspect ratios on their TVs, my 'crimes against cinema' ****list is growing dramatically thanks to this forum :P

CastorTroy · 24-05-2021 12:59PM

Earthhorse wrote: »

If Tenet gets added at any point should I watch it at 1.5 or -1.5?

Both. Then watch Memento in chronological order, which was a hidden feature on the dvd.

CastorTroy · 24-05-2021 01:06PM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Between this and the people willingly stretching aspect ratios on their TVs, my 'crimes against cinema' ****list is growing dramatically thanks to this forum :P

Sure I just turn the volume down as well and put on the Benny Hill music and it makes everything better.

Fysh · 24-05-2021 01:12PM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Between this and the people willingly stretching aspect ratios on their TVs, my 'crimes against cinema' ****list is growing dramatically thanks to this forum :P

To be fair, it depends on the material. Tarkovsky's Stalker at 1.5x? The sentence is death, no appeal. {sound of gavel thud} But an action movie that has been stuffed with 45 minutes of badly written, drably performed "character drama"? Heck yes 1.5x, arguably it saves braincells.

The issue for me is about pacing, and whether the pacing is used deliberately to create a particular mood or feeling (I choose Stalker deliberately as an example because it's pacing makes it hard to get into, but creates a mood that enhances the film) or is just the result of a screenwriter aiming for a particular runtime. In particular the expanding runtime of blockbuster type fare is to blame here, I need bubblegum action films like Marvel films to be 2.5Hours+ about as much as a second hole in my arse - and yet, that's what the industry churns out....

budgemook · 24-05-2021 06:26PM

I'm hear listening to a song about a cat named Bartleby Finnegan for the millionth time (True Tunes if anyone is wondering). If I could get away with speeding it up x 10, I would!

Hercule Poirot · 24-05-2021 09:13PM

Finished Jupiter's Legacy this evening

It is very poor, I'm not even sure why I finished it - maybe in the hope that it might have been Ozarkesque with a slow build up to a powerful ending, but no such joy. I have no idea if it's getting a second season but I definitely won't be watching it if it does.

peteeeed · 25-05-2021 07:14AM

Spider-Man: Far from Home
Even your friendly neighborhood superhero can use a vacation. But a new threat forces Peter Parker to swing into action during a school trip to Europe.

added

Basq · 25-05-2021 07:36AM

^ Interesting.. I assumed Disney+ had exclusivity on Marvel.

Wrongway1985 · 25-05-2021 08:14AM

Basq wrote: »

^ Interesting.. I assumed Disney+ had exclusivity on Marvel.

Sony still has licence on Spiderman AFAIK.

youcancallmeal · 25-05-2021 08:25AM

Earthhorse wrote: »

If Tenet gets added at any point should I watch it at 1.5 or -1.5?

I'd actually like to watch Tenet again with subtitles this time, hadn't a clue what they were saying in most scenes

Earthhorse · 25-05-2021 08:28AM

Basq wrote: »

^ Interesting.. I assumed Disney+ had exclusivity on Marvel.

There's a ton of Marvel stuff on Apple TV. I'm not sure if it's streaming or you have to rent it but it's there. I was surprised to see it.

Mickeroo · 25-05-2021 08:38AM

Earthhorse wrote: »

There's a ton of Marvel stuff on Apple TV. I'm not sure if it's streaming or you have to rent it but it's there. I was surprised to see it.

That's to buy/rent. There's no limitation on that sort of thing only what's available under streaming subscriptions. Those films are all on amazon, google play/youtube, rakuten etc too.

Netflix did a deal with Sony recently I think so that's probably why the Spiderman stuff is showing up there.

Earthhorse · 25-05-2021 08:40AM

Ah, I wasn't aware of that. Interesting.

FortuneChip · 25-05-2021 08:45AM

Hercule Poirot wrote: »

Finished Jupiter's Legacy this evening

It is very poor, I'm not even sure why I finished it - maybe in the hope that it might have been Ozarkesque with a slow build up to a powerful ending, but no such joy. I have no idea if it's getting a second season but I definitely won't be watching it if it does.

I think they really doubled down on teasing the second season throughout the first.
Brave move. Probably a stupid move. I don't think we'll be finding out what happened on the island.

Mickeroo · 25-05-2021 08:51AM

FortuneChip wrote: »

I think they really doubled down on teasing the second season throughout the first.
Brave move. Probably a stupid move. I don't think we'll be finding out what happened on the island.

Did it not explicitly show what happened on the island in season 1?

they went for a hike for a couple of days and didn't kill each other (which is apparently a massive achievement lol) so an alien thing on one of Jupiter's moons gave them super powers.

FortuneChip · 25-05-2021 09:09AM

Mickeroo wrote: »

Did it not explicitly show what happened on the island in season 1?
they went for a hike for a couple of days and didn't kill each other (which is apparently a massive achievement lol) so an alien thing on one of Jupiter's moons gave them super powers.

Kinda, I just sort of felt there was a bit more to follow.
They didn't do a whole lot to explain the Who or the Why around the island.

They were also deliberately vague around Skyfox's fate too. Another gamble they might regret as he seemed like one of the stronger characters.

FunLover18 · 25-05-2021 09:55AM

Mickeroo wrote: »

That's to buy/rent. There's no limitation on that sort of thing only what's available under streaming subscriptions. Those films are all on amazon, google play/youtube, rakuten etc too.

Netflix did a deal with Sony recently I think so that's probably why the Spiderman stuff is showing up there.

For me Nomadland, F&WS and Wandavision are all available to watch for free on Apple TV on my iPad, maybe it's a somehow linked to my Disney+ app?

CastorTroy · 25-05-2021 10:24AM

youcancallmeal wrote: »

I'd actually like to watch Tenet again with subtitles this time, hadn't a clue what they were saying in most scenes

That's due to them speaking backwards.

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