Feb 24, 2021

This s--- is turning into cable. Too many apps.

 

Feb 27, 2021

man that rugrats reboot looks like a fever dream

 

Feb 25, 2021

I'm gonna copy @Worm with my own breakdown

Netflix - it's the OG so feels weird to even consider whether it's good or not. Who cares, it's Netflix. They have a bunch of terrible stuff but they're also guaranteed to have a handful of the most essential movies or series for any given year. I still use it pretty frequently
Hulu - If I don't know what to watch Hulu isn't the first service I browse, but honestly, they have really stepped it up with the original content. PEN15, Normal People, The Great, The Act, and Ramy on the TV side plus debuts of Palm Springs and Nomadland. They've really carved out a spot as one of the essential services
Prime - One of the worst of the major names, but everyone has it, and why wouldn't you? Their original stuff is pretty lacking (Borat a clear exception!!!) and their interface sucks. The plus is that they have a fairly strong catalogue of old movies.
Criterion - Got a year subscription for my bday and am absolutely loving it. If you're into classic, independent, and/or foreign films you owe it to yourself to give it a shot
HBO Max - Hands down my favorite. HBO by itself was already essential, but combine that with the rest of the library they added with their Max launch, and the movies debuting throughout the year, and it's pretty much unstoppable.
Peacock - No thanks lol. I have the free version of this and rarely use it. They have some respectable movies on here but the library is pretty shallow. This is being kept afloat by our generation's unhealthy obsession with The Office
Apple TV + - Did a free trial of this so I could knock out a few of their originals. It was okay! But honestly felt like I made it through the essentials very quickly. They have some work to do
Paramount+ - idk, we'll see. I've drawn a line in the sand for myself and intend to avoid subscribing to anything else. But the movie library is pretty impressive and it looks like they're making a pretty strong effort with the original content. I'm going to wait it out

 

Feb 25, 2021

just realized I left out Disney+. I like The Mandalorian and I think Wandavision is okay, but other than that I NEVER use this platform. Nothing I'm interested in on the horizon either, there's only so much Marvel content this world needs. Having said that, I'm sure once my kids hit toddler age this will become essential

 

Feb 25, 2021

Fr you got

Netflix
Prime Video if you count that
Disney+
HBO Max
Hulu
Sling
YouTube TV
Peacock
Now Paramount+

who tf is paying for this s---

and this not even counting other more niche streaming like Shudder or Anime s---

 

Feb 25, 2021

someone on twitter was complaining wandavision is like those old webisodes that office and xyz did in the late 2000s. like, the definition of inessential tv that barely qualifies.

that said, in defense of both disney+ and amazon, i like the amount of schlock available. like hbo max u get the true classics, and as a lover of rich cinema, its ur best bet outside criterion as u said (or the niche streaming stuff out there). but imo amazon, and even disney have vaults of c-movies from the 70s (or whatever) that ISNT classic but noteworthy in some obscure social science type way. like in oct i actually rly enjoyed watching a bad forgotten horror anthology on amazon for the wife and me to curl to and watch with a big bowl of popcorn..


(and related to ur final pt: been digging the muppet show on disney tbh. i wish someone offered SCTV somewhere; outside snl on peacock its fun to watch an old vaudeville sketch show even if it does star like, kermit lol)

 

Feb 25, 2021

Should actually merge this with the What are you watching on Netflix thread and just change the title to "What are you Streaming" at this point. In another year there's gonna be less cable channels than streaming options

I have
Netflix - pay for this
Hulu - free with ads through cellphone plane
Disney + - free through cellphone plan
HBO Max - Angry about this one. I bought 6 months just for WW84, the Denzel movie and Many Saints of Newark. WW84 and the Denzel movie s----d while Many Saints of Newark got moved back
Amazon Prime - Free with prime subscription. This used to be pretty decent because it included a lot of non amazon shows for free, but now they seem to be charging for more every month, most likely because they belong to other streaming services
Peacock - lol would never in my life pay for this, but downloaded the free version to watch The Defiant One's again. Figured that would of been on HBO but apparently NBC owns it

 

Feb 25, 2021

Who remembers when it was just Netflix, Hulu and Crackle