---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote :
On Dan's rec I tried "Spiral" on Netflix. They only have season 4 at the moment and comments from folks unhappy that 1-3 aren't there. I also noted that there were no subtitles but actually what happened is that Netflix changed the interface again and instead of CC there is a little icon referring to speech. Apparently some titles come available with audio for different languages and the second tab lets you turn on subtitles. Hulu+ does have season 1-3 with commercials of course. Hulu's interns apparently have no skills on where to properly and professionally insert ads. I think if I recall what Turq said that French shows even with commercials have the ads at the front and the show plays through. "Spiral" is a bit light but better than a lot of contrived US TV series. Bailed on the season 2 opener of "Agents of SHIELD". It was a "what am I doing here" moment. The show barely had any appeal to me in it's first season. Too bad there will be no BD of Utopia's second season. I did catch it though. I bought the season 1 BD used online and though it didn't want to play on my Sony player (apparently non of their players will play PAL BDs) but it did play on my Samsung. I wonder what HBO will do to this show? I suspect next year HBO will allow anyone to subscribe via streaming even without a TV provider. They've announced such just not when. Maybe Sumner will follow suit with Showtime. Dear Bhairitu, I failed to mention that "Spiral" needs to be watched in order, starting with Disc 1. The whole concept is that a "Spiral' is created by the inital and subsequent actions. The whole premise is Karma. Tuning in in the middle of the Series defeats the Spiral. Kind of turns it into 'Spit' al. There are no ads and there are subtitles. Tell Netflix and Hulu not to fuck with you. Here's an important thing you should know: people will fuck with you if they think they can. In life, it is certain that you need to let people know that they can't. Then they will move on to the next person. Never allow anyone to try something that you won't accept. It's better to establish your line early. Later it's much harder and you often need to hurt them more than they have hurt you for them to learn better. Better just to let them know upfront. Thanks for the recos. On 09/25/2014 02:00 PM, ultrarishi wrote: Speaking of cult movies... 2 of the best cult documentaries I've seen on Netflix in past 30 days have been The Unbelievers, with scientistst Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss, and Particle Fever. Both are very exciting and very sobering in terms of how science has to fight and struggle in a society that wants to inform our lives and politics with religious nonsense (thank you Republicans). I put them in the category of "cult" because they appeal to a small, but aware minority of viewers who don't just want the usual pablum. Been enjoying season 2 of the very dark Utopia, Masters of Sex, Ray Donovan, etc. My wife and I are VERY pissed off about the cancelling of A&E's Number 1 show, Longmire, because it skews to an older demographic that just isn't as profitable. Thank you A&E for the continual dumbing down of American Entertainment. If I want frickin' Glee I would watch network excreta. Happy Viewing all.
