Amazon Prime Video, what gems have you found? (NO SPOILERS)
Discussion
scorcher said:
Thought I’d try prime free for a month. A bit like Netflix I end up spending ages looking for stuff to watch by which time I can’t be bothered to watch anything. Or I’ll think of something I want to watch and it’s either got to be paid for or not available. Don’t know whether to start paying for it or cancel or cancel the tv licence when that’s due next month and keep prime.
Amazon has a seemingly high churn rate for content.Half the stuff in my watch list is now off the Prime list.
I’m about fed up now with Netflix and Prime so cancelled… just too much stuff I’ll never get to watch and/or if I put it in my list by the time I get chance it’s gone again.
I’ve kept Disney as the kids watch it a lot.
I find BBC iPlayer, ITV, 4OD and all those things offer plenty.
Plus there is an advert version of Prime with utter rubbish which you can watch for free
Saved myself £20 a month and about 2hrs a week looking through films but never picking one. Win win!
scorcher said:
Thought I’d try prime free for a month. A bit like Netflix I end up spending ages looking for stuff to watch by which time I can’t be bothered to watch anything. Or I’ll think of something I want to watch and it’s either got to be paid for or not available. Don’t know whether to start paying for it or cancel or cancel the tv licence when that’s due next month and keep prime.
I don’t think I would keep prime for the movie/tv content as it doesn’t really have the range of the competitors. A bonus to the next day delivery I actually wanted to pay for.
Mr Whippy said:
Amazon has a seemingly high churn rate for content.
Half the stuff in my watch list is now off the Prime list.
That's my issue with Prime - I'm really bad at actually sitting down and watching series that I've added to my watch list and half the time when I do actually think 'yes, I'm now in the mood to watch something a bit slower paced' it's off Prime and £3.99 to buy.Half the stuff in my watch list is now off the Prime list.
I'll keep it for the delivery and free books and the occasional thing I watch, but I wouldn't pay for it just for Prime Video.
Meeting of Amazon Prime executives.
- Netflix has had such a hit with Stranger Things, how are we going to respond?
- How about a series about some kids in the 80s, who ride bikes and use walkie talkies, who then go through a weird gate in time.
- Brilliant!
- And we could have a cool period soundtrack too!
- High fives all round for Amazon creativity!
(Apparently, Paper Girls is based on a graphic novel, so none of the above may have happened)
- Netflix has had such a hit with Stranger Things, how are we going to respond?
- How about a series about some kids in the 80s, who ride bikes and use walkie talkies, who then go through a weird gate in time.
- Brilliant!
- And we could have a cool period soundtrack too!
- High fives all round for Amazon creativity!
(Apparently, Paper Girls is based on a graphic novel, so none of the above may have happened)
boyse7en said:
Anyone got a recommendation for a detective/mystery series i can watch with my daughter (she's 13)?
We've spent the last few months working our way through Elementary (the US version of Sherlock Holmes) and enjoyed that so are looking for something similar that we can catch up on. Doesn't need to be new, as she hasn't seen most stuff anyway
If you've access to Apple TV+ then I'd suggest Home Before Dark as worthy of consideration. 2 seasons so far, likely that a third will drop next year.We've spent the last few months working our way through Elementary (the US version of Sherlock Holmes) and enjoyed that so are looking for something similar that we can catch up on. Doesn't need to be new, as she hasn't seen most stuff anyway
Adam. said:
RemarkLima said:
Handmaid tale is amazing, the first season is cinematic shots galore, some amazing scenes.
The rest aren't as beautiful and the pace picks up, which alters the tone, but we watched the lot and enjoyed (in an odd way) the whole story and the arc... Sure it's brutal with glimmers of hope, but overall worth sticking with
the later seasons dont have the same shoick value as the first but they are still 10x better than most TVThe rest aren't as beautiful and the pace picks up, which alters the tone, but we watched the lot and enjoyed (in an odd way) the whole story and the arc... Sure it's brutal with glimmers of hope, but overall worth sticking with
brilliant series
Might give it a few days before stating S04.
im watching 'the Rockford file' from the 70's
I remember seeing it when i was a little kid and wanting the Trans Am, even if it was in baby s
t brown.
Watching now is amusing, like many70's stuff the plot lines are more flimsy than the bikinis the girls walk around in, James Garner is slightly creepy on how he comes onto the girls, decades younger but they all want him still.
I remember seeing it when i was a little kid and wanting the Trans Am, even if it was in baby s
t brown.Watching now is amusing, like many70's stuff the plot lines are more flimsy than the bikinis the girls walk around in, James Garner is slightly creepy on how he comes onto the girls, decades younger but they all want him still.
satans worm said:
im watching 'the Rockford file' from the 70's
I remember seeing it when i was a little kid and wanting the Trans Am, even if it was in baby st brown.
Watching now is amusing, like many70's stuff the plot lines are more flimsy than the bikinis the girls walk around in, James Garner is slightly creepy on how he comes onto the girls, decades younger but they all want him still.
"Different times. Different times."I remember seeing it when i was a little kid and wanting the Trans Am, even if it was in baby s
t brown.Watching now is amusing, like many70's stuff the plot lines are more flimsy than the bikinis the girls walk around in, James Garner is slightly creepy on how he comes onto the girls, decades younger but they all want him still.
I used to love The Rockford Files as a kid.
satans worm said:
im watching 'the Rockford file' from the 70's
I remember seeing it when i was a little kid and wanting the Trans Am, even if it was in baby st brown.
Watching now is amusing, like many70's stuff the plot lines are more flimsy than the bikinis the girls walk around in, James Garner is slightly creepy on how he comes onto the girls, decades younger but they all want him still.
One of the best theme tunes ever, and PH pedantry, it was a '74 Pontiac Firebird Espirit he drove. I remember seeing it when i was a little kid and wanting the Trans Am, even if it was in baby s
t brown.Watching now is amusing, like many70's stuff the plot lines are more flimsy than the bikinis the girls walk around in, James Garner is slightly creepy on how he comes onto the girls, decades younger but they all want him still.
Love/Hate - Irish made series about a bunch of smallish-time Dublin gangsters.
Was shown on RTE and ran for quite a few series according to my Irish colleague.
Seems OK after eps 1&2 - tensions, feuds and beatings, the usual gangster fare but with some characterisation and humour going on too.
All the usual Irish faces appear in it so some decent acting (although Aiden Gillen once again plays Aiden Gillen) - a solid 7/10 so far.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1625724/?ref_=nv_sr_s...
Was shown on RTE and ran for quite a few series according to my Irish colleague.
Seems OK after eps 1&2 - tensions, feuds and beatings, the usual gangster fare but with some characterisation and humour going on too.
All the usual Irish faces appear in it so some decent acting (although Aiden Gillen once again plays Aiden Gillen) - a solid 7/10 so far.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1625724/?ref_=nv_sr_s...
mattyn1 said:
Adam. said:
RemarkLima said:
Handmaid tale is amazing, the first season is cinematic shots galore, some amazing scenes.
The rest aren't as beautiful and the pace picks up, which alters the tone, but we watched the lot and enjoyed (in an odd way) the whole story and the arc... Sure it's brutal with glimmers of hope, but overall worth sticking with
the later seasons dont have the same shoick value as the first but they are still 10x better than most TVThe rest aren't as beautiful and the pace picks up, which alters the tone, but we watched the lot and enjoyed (in an odd way) the whole story and the arc... Sure it's brutal with glimmers of hope, but overall worth sticking with
brilliant series
Might give it a few days before stating S04.
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