@divegeester said
Oh I see! I thought you had access to something outside of Netflix which helped.

Amazon search is even more challenging to use if you are looking for something outside of the marketing banners. I was quite surprised at how many movies they have, about 1,400 I think it was, although at least two thirds appeared to be complete rubbish.

@caesar-salad
I didn't hear about it, what is the premise?
I hook up NF every now and then but don't really watch it much.

@sonhouse said
@caesar-salad
I didn't hear about it, what is the premise?
I hook up NF every now and then but don't really watch it much.

@divegeester said
Oh I see! I thought you had access to something outside of Netflix which helped.

Amazon search is even more challenging to use if you are looking for something outside of the marketing banners. I was quite surprised at how many movies they have, about 1,400 I think it was, although at least two thirds appeared to be complete rubbish.

@kevcvs57 said
The trouble I have with the search option on both of them is I spend an hour or so looking for a film, I see a few I like but keep searching because the grass is always greener.
Often I spend so long scrolling and checking the scenarios that it’s too late to watch a film and I go to bed having watched nothing.
Also on Amazon I might see a film I fancy and then find I have to pay extra to watch it on a sub channel.

@divegeester
Yeah, pain in the ass to do searches one search for letters at a time.....
Why can't they put in a real search engine where you just type the frigging title and hit search?

@sonhouse said
@divegeester
Yeah, pain in the ass to do searches one search for letters at a time.....
Why can't they put in a real search engine where you just type the frigging title and hit search?

I'm not sure, but I think the trailer for "The Order" has changed and has become more explicit re: the storyline. What drew me in to give it a chance at least for ten minutes or so, were the masks, the robes, the candles, the set.

What kept me in was the cast and the interpersonal interactions, and the occasional snark. I think I was only partway into episode one when I checked IMDB to find out "who is that?"

Cool to find out that Katharine Isabelle, the Temple Magus, had also played Ginger in the Ginger Snaps movies. Not really into the lead guy. Nice enough looking but maybe a little too Kevin Bacon-y for my taste, albeit respectable in the role. That Adam diMarco, though. Mm mm mm. A lot of well-cast people involved.

Overall I would say it is somewhat Canadian, which I think is a good thing.

On a branching but equally valid topic, I'd like to mention that Criterion has their own channel that shows foreign and classic films:

https://www.criterionchannel.com

Also, check your local libraries to see what streaming services might be included with your membership. For instance, my county library system lets us access MUBI for free:

https://mubi.com

@caesar-salad
I like science fiction but when I go to Netflix or showtime and hit the sci fi button you just see a bunch of loser crap like Freddie this and that, #19 of the same old crap. I don't see any of the star wars franchise or much even of star trek,
I liked the concept behind Stargate but there hasn't been any new ones in the subgenre. I would love to see the Enders game made into a franchise but not going to hold my breath for that or the long Sun series. Oh well, just as well, I should be doing more compositions on guitar and mandolin anyway, have 123 tracks now on Soundcloud and the C19 thing has stopped me in my tracks, haven't even picked up a guitar much in months. I was on a roll back in January but now the muse has mussed up....

@sonhouse said
@caesar-salad
I like science fiction but when I go to Netflix or showtime and hit the sci fi button you just see a bunch of loser crap like Freddie this and that, #19 of the same old crap. I don't see any of the star wars franchise or much even of star trek,
I liked the concept behind Stargate but there hasn't been any new ones in the subgenre. I would love to see the End ...[text shortened]... icked up a guitar much in months. I was on a roll back in January but now the muse has mussed up....

@sonhouse said
@caesar-salad
I like science fiction but when I go to Netflix or showtime and hit the sci fi button you just see a bunch of loser crap like Freddie this and that, #19 of the same old crap. I don't see any of the star wars franchise or much even of star trek,
I liked the concept behind Stargate but there hasn't been any new ones in the subgenre. I would love to see the End ...[text shortened]... icked up a guitar much in months. I was on a roll back in January but now the muse has mussed up....

Maybe my problem with most screen science fiction is that I would rather have the cool sets and starships and starscapes, but without the antagonism.

Maybe, ultimately, we all become deliberately inoffensive quantum beings, or subside into the ether.

Kind of a sidestep, but I think the team that did "The Order" might have the right mindset to do "Chronicles of Amber" (Zelazny) or "Dancers at the End of Time" (Moorcock).

@caesar-salad
I liked 'the Postman' by Brin and Waterworld, even if it was dumb🙂
But I like movies about interstellar travel and discoveries but not like those anti science movies that put you on Mars with monsters coming at you.
I liked Chronicles of Riddick, I liked the scene where he says "Its an animal thing' I chuffed at that one.