| Cacique Caribe | 05 May 2017 4:46 p.m. PST |
And most of the cool blockbuster films are gone too. And most of the great classics have disappeared. Nowadays, it's mostly: - Independent films (loads and loads of environmentalist and social activism documentaries);
- Bad knock-offs of blockbusters (the same kind Scify Channel puts out);
- Lots of "made-for-tv" drama crap; and
- Stuff made by Netflix itself So, what the hell happened? Dan |
| Mako11 | 05 May 2017 4:56 p.m. PST |
A pity. My guess is they're trying to cut costs, or keep up with stuff that is in greater demand. |
| Winston Smith | 05 May 2017 4:58 p.m. PST |
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| Grizzly71 | 05 May 2017 5:16 p.m. PST |
They cycle thru a lot of the shows. I'd guess they only have the rights to them for set amount of time. I've always thought the Sci-Fi pickings were rather slim anyway. The only decent sci-fi movie looks like Spectral. Fairly good story and good action sequences. I enjoyed it. |
| Cacique Caribe | 05 May 2017 5:30 p.m. PST |
Spectral? Maybe I'll check it out. Thanks! Dan |
 Dentatus   | 05 May 2017 5:31 p.m. PST |
I put the varying availability of shows down to limited licensing agreements as well. Thought Spectral was nothing earth shattering but certainly solid SF action with good visuals. |
| Mako11 | 05 May 2017 5:35 p.m. PST |
Perhaps you should call them to express your disapproval. Not sure that will do anything, but if lots of people did, it just might……. |
| Dynaman8789 | 05 May 2017 6:05 p.m. PST |
But they do have all of the Star Trek TV shows and the MST3K remake. Some of their shows are darn good too, Stranger Things. I think The Outer Limits is available now as well. I believe Farscape went to Amazon prime. |
| 45thdiv | 05 May 2017 6:44 p.m. PST |
That's why I buy the shows that I like. While streaming videos is nice, if the internet is down, I can still watch a show if I want. |
| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 05 May 2017 7:15 p.m. PST |
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| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 05 May 2017 7:34 p.m. PST |
Firefly and Farscape are great, but not exactly in great mainstream demand. I bought the entire series of both cult sci-fi series on the cheap in DVD format long ago. |
| McWong73 | 05 May 2017 8:21 p.m. PST |
They put up Killjoys and Expanse here in Australia, nice to watch stuff I've yet to enjoy. |
| Zephyr1 | 05 May 2017 8:53 p.m. PST |
I've got like 80 CD's on their "Saved" list (some on there for years), not expecting any of them anytime soon. I believe most of those discs are available in other Netflix regional distribution centers, but they'll never be rotated to my area. Pretty sure it's part of a long-term strategy to get people to stream shows (cheaper than mailing them out.) Not gonna happen with me, what with only dial-up…  |
| Tango01 | 05 May 2017 9:07 p.m. PST |
I enjoyed "The 100"… Amicalement
Armand |
| Dynaman8789 | 06 May 2017 6:04 a.m. PST |
Expense is first rate right off the bat. Killjoys is far better than I expected it to be. |
| axabrax | 06 May 2017 6:17 a.m. PST |
Netflix doesn't have a permanent library. They revolve their content with liscencing packages. If you want to always be watch something that's not Netflix original programming, you're better off purchasing it separately, |
 Jeff Ewing  | 06 May 2017 9:33 a.m. PST |
Of course you would never want to violate copyright law by using the Opera browser's built-in VPN to set your ip address to make it look as thought you were in Canada, Australia or the UK. That would be illegal. |
| Double W | 06 May 2017 4:50 p.m. PST |
Netflix has been cutting back on films to focus on TV series and original programming. I personally think it has become better, mainly because I watch those documentaries you don't like. But just stop subscribing if you don't think you're getting your money's worth. Plenty of other streaming services out there. |
| altfritz | 06 May 2017 7:47 p.m. PST |
I thought Netflix tailored what they made available based on what people watched. So if you watch a lot of foreign movies then they offer you even more. |
| seldonH | 06 May 2017 8:00 p.m. PST |
Dark matter is on netflix. I don't think it compares to firefly but it is actually interesting ! Have my firefly on dvd as well as my B5 :) |
| Weasel | 07 May 2017 11:45 a.m. PST |
It comes and goes. We mostly watch stand-up comedy on there. |
| Hazza31B | 10 May 2017 11:44 a.m. PST |
Agree Netflix Australias catalog is now rediculously tiny. Stan has more content. |
| Cacique Caribe | 09 Aug 2017 6:22 a.m. PST |
And if you think it was already slim pickings at Netflix now, then just you wait until 2019, when Disney breaks all ties with Netflix: TMP link Dan |
| Gunfreak | 11 Aug 2017 6:44 a.m. PST |
We've used to have 3-4 shows we watched. As we've watched many of them and others are gone. We don't have much left. In fact right now we only have voyager. When that is done only enterprise left.
Some times a new season of a show comes out (like Elementary or Grimm) But those 24 episodes are gone fast.
Because of netflix's clamp down of VPNs I can't even get American netflix. And when I'm up on the puter painting. I have very little to watch while I paint. right now I'm watching how I met your mother for the 3rd time.
There really isn't much left. |
| Cacique Caribe | 11 Aug 2017 8:05 a.m. PST |
Gunfreak: "I'm watching how I met your mother for the 3rd time." Seriously? Three times? They really dragged that show for much longer than it was worth. And yet, when the last episodes came out, it felt like they were rushing through simply to get it over with. Also, I had no sympathy whatsoever for Ted Mosby, so I cannot imagine ever watching him or his antics a second time on purpose. Dan |
| Gunfreak | 11 Aug 2017 11:24 a.m. PST |
Most of the episodes are funny.(the none romantic antics are often hilarious)
And since I'm painting it's not a that important what I'm watching.
That's why I can watch that silly "the musketeers" show when painting. Would never sit down and watch watch it |
