[friedman23]

I agree with you, outside of a few productions the vast majority of netflix content isn't good. Black Mirror, Stranger Things, the new movie the Ballad of Buster Scruggs... I can't think of anything else I like from them.

Amazon has the same problem, both Amazon and Netflix seem to pump out tv shows without putting that much work into them going for quantity over quality. First Amazon show I actually enjoyed was the Jack Ryan tv show. Sneaky Pete was good for the first few episodes but it just seems to fizzle out.

In contrast, almost everything on HBO is good. I rewatched Band of Brothers for I think the 3rd time the other week and I enjoyed it just as much as I had the first time I had seen it.

[vonseel]

Watch The OA. Refer to my comment history for other titles you might like.

[friedman23]

of

  - Narcos
  - The OA
  - The Haunting of Hill House
  - Marvel series. All of them!
  - GLOW
  - Ozark
  - Altered Carbon
  - American Vandal
  - 13 Reasons Why

I've seen all of Altered Carbon, some of Ozark, some of Narcos, and 2 seasons of Marvel (Daredevil season 1 and 2).

None of them were particularly amazing.

[vonseel]

Yeah, it's certainly not Game of Thrones quality stuff. But that's not what I'm looking for usually. I feel like certain outlets (HBO/Showtime, network television, streaming original content) have specific characteristics to their shows, in more than one way... really hard to put this into words. HBO shows, for example, are usually really well-written, great acting and strong cast, and strong visual design that sets their shows apart from other networks. The critics love them and they become hits, for good reason. Network shows, on the other hand, might not be innovating anywhere on the cinematography side and have a typical, cookiecutter look & feel, but still receive high ratings because they cater to a very mainstream audience. Sort of like your average, cookiecutter rock band that has millions of listeners, but the most picky listeners aren't going to like that band because they sound so "cliche".

TV seems to have a similar thing going to for it, a "class system" of sorts. I'm really bad at putting this into words; I don't work in the industry or read TV blogs or anything like that. Netflix has so many shows I'm sure they are all over the map here, though, so not really sure why I'm saying this.

I guess my point is, some people aren't looking for 5-star GOT/Westworld level quality in their TV watching. If you only have 1 hour per week to watch TV, sure, make it something good. If you watch more TV than that, though, the bar becomes substantially lower.

[friedman23]

>I guess my point is, some people aren't looking for 5-star GOT/Westworld level quality in their TV watching. If you only have 1 hour per week to watch TV, sure, make it something good. If you watch more TV than that, though, the bar becomes substantially lower.

There is a lot of entertainment out there today, and I'm not going to say it is bad to like these shows but there is absolutely enough quality entertainment out there to last you a lifetime. It's not all in TV though.