^ This
BIG EDIT: I used to have a standard digital TV receiver (and before that, in a previous flat, bog-standard Sky), but even that would result in me staring slack-jawed at whatever E4 or Dave was shoving into my face at 11pm, like re-runs of Friends or some shite like Two Broke Girls, too jaded and Pavlov'd to jack it in. I moved to flat without a working aerial and quickly broke the habit of broadcast TV (the saving of a license fee was nice too). If something interesting comes up there are always ways to stream it, and Netflix tends to throw up some decent stuff - never would have heard of Bojack Horseman, Daredevil or Kimmy Shmidt otherwise. So yeah, fuck TV, it's a lamely dying gazelle in the jaws of on-demand. HTH.
SMALLER EDIT: That said, the BBC has grown a bit of a pair lately. I really enjoyed The Night Manager, The Secret Agent and Versailles, proper-budget HBO-contending stuff. Dunno what they're up to with iPlayer as of September, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
( , Fri 19 Aug 2016, 17:27, Share, Reply)
BIG EDIT: I used to have a standard digital TV receiver (and before that, in a previous flat, bog-standard Sky), but even that would result in me staring slack-jawed at whatever E4 or Dave was shoving into my face at 11pm, like re-runs of Friends or some shite like Two Broke Girls, too jaded and Pavlov'd to jack it in. I moved to flat without a working aerial and quickly broke the habit of broadcast TV (the saving of a license fee was nice too). If something interesting comes up there are always ways to stream it, and Netflix tends to throw up some decent stuff - never would have heard of Bojack Horseman, Daredevil or Kimmy Shmidt otherwise. So yeah, fuck TV, it's a lamely dying gazelle in the jaws of on-demand. HTH.
SMALLER EDIT: That said, the BBC has grown a bit of a pair lately. I really enjoyed The Night Manager, The Secret Agent and Versailles, proper-budget HBO-contending stuff. Dunno what they're up to with iPlayer as of September, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
( , Fri 19 Aug 2016, 17:27, Share, Reply)
Have you watched Stranger Things?
I thought it was quite good and I think it's a Netflix show.
( , Fri 19 Aug 2016, 18:10, Share, Reply)
I thought it was quite good and I think it's a Netflix show.
( , Fri 19 Aug 2016, 18:10, Share, Reply)
I watched the first episode
And despite a kinda milfy Winona (and her big brown beaver), I wasn't hooked. A lot of people seem to be raving about it for its 80's references. Yeah, I was there, I was a similar age to the kids in the programme. I guess I got my fill at the time and the story didn't really grab me. Eh, to each his own..
( , Fri 19 Aug 2016, 18:35, Share, Reply)
And despite a kinda milfy Winona (and her big brown beaver), I wasn't hooked. A lot of people seem to be raving about it for its 80's references. Yeah, I was there, I was a similar age to the kids in the programme. I guess I got my fill at the time and the story didn't really grab me. Eh, to each his own..
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