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[pogo]

How Netflix Reverse Engineered Hollywood
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/a ... od/282679/

So they've reinvented what Amazon's been doing for a decade. As for why they did it:

Netflix’s dumbed-down algorithms

In short, movie studios are no longer giving Netflix pick of the top movies. So Netflix has come up with a search engine that looks for movies they hope you'll like, in the hope you'll not notice your first (and second, and third, ... ) are no longer available.

[Darkflame]

I don't think so. Amazons is just still "people that like this, like this" isnt it? Just looking for average sales relationships.

Netflick's more "if you rank this highly (after viewing) we bias your results to show more of this very specific sub-category".
Which is quite different too "people that watched this watched this".

As for Hollywood limiting netflixs content; No shit. Netflicks way better value and more convenient then traditional networks. It, and things like it, is clearly going to replace them eventually. Netflick is, pretty wisely, investing into its own content to gain more independence. Arrested Development was a success, as is their House of Cards series. Now they have 5 Marvel licenses to play with.

8 euros a month here, no adverts, instant access....and currently all of Star Trek(s), Firefly, Futurama and Farscape.
It would take decades of use before it would be better value for me to buy DVDs.
I suspect netflixs content will go massively down in the next few years.....and yet it will still be better then the advert filled, expensive subscription, rolling things at the bottom of the screen during your show traditional networks.

[Darkflame]

In other news; I spell Netflix correctly 40% of the time.

[fog]

This might be interesting. Helix.

Hilariously bad if the first episode is anything to go by.

[merman]

Caught the first episode of Brooklyn Nine Nine on Channel 4 Friday, not bad.

[Firefox]

There's a new series on BBC1 at 9pm tonight called The Musketeers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00sxqkb

It looks like a live-action version of the old favourite Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds, but grittier and that.

[RiK]

There's a new series on BBC1 at 9pm tonight called The Musketeers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00sxqkb

It looks like a live-action version of the old favourite Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds, but grittier and that.

Ha ha, fairly sure Alexandre Dumas' stories pre-dated Dogtanian just a tad...

[fog]

There's a new series on BBC1 at 9pm tonight called The Musketeers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00sxqkb

It looks like a live-action version of the old favourite Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds, but grittier and that.

Ha ha, fairly sure Alexandre Dumas' stories pre-dated Dogtanian just a tad...

Yeah but the Muskehound version put Alexandre Dumas' effort to shame.

So good

[supermario]

New series of Hawaii 5-0 started last night ..... OK it's trashy but entertaining none the less....

[Firefox]

So good

The theme tune of the new BBC remake was laughable in comparison, but I found it reasonably engaging otherwise. I'll give it another go next week, anyway.

New series of Hawaii 5-0 started last night ..... OK it's trashy but entertaining none the less....

I really enjoyed the first three series, but... I find the number of summary executions performed by the 5-0 team a bit unsettling. By the end of the episode they've wasted three dozen people in the course of recovering the governer's garden gnome, then they casually forget about it and go and get some shrimp at Kame Kona's.

I was especially gobsmacked by the scene

Spoiler: show

where the Navy - as a reward for 5-0 helping out in some way - ushers the team into a secure command post and lets them watch live video feeds of a SEAL team wasting all the people in a compound in Afganistan or somesuch place.

I know it's not supposed to be a realistic depiction of police work in Hawaii, but you can really see the contrast if you watch some of the original series.

[Meow]

Bitten. (Super girl from Smallville) Not much to say really. It's werewolfs and it's a slow start.

[Deckard]

I see True Detective is top of the TVTorrents chart series atm - Anyone seen it ?

[Darkflame]

New season of 24 is called "Live Another Day"

[NorthWay]

I see True Detective is top of the TVTorrents chart series atm - Anyone seen it ?

I suggest you slip back and chill out. I have only seen the first episode, but it sure aint _fast_ (hurried/quick/frantic/whatever).
We are deeply in slow Southern count(r?)y here.

And at the same time it isn't bad. First episode basically nothing happened apart from some background. I need to see some more episodes before judging it.

[Meow]

Intelligence...



http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a ... eview.html

Hey It's Saywer.....