Netflix

[cellio]

For my birthday I received a gift subscription to Netflix (I'd been considering it but never did anything about it on my own). This is excellent. I've populated my queue with enough stuff to get rolling, but I figure suggestions are always good. Here is your invitation to evangelize DVDs you think I'd like.

Recent TV I've enjoyed has included Merlin, Pushing Daisies, and Journeyman (last year, short-lived). I enjoyed West Wing, the first three seasons of LOST (more now on the way), Firefly, and the first season of Heroes. I'm a big B5 fan and have seen all the modern Star Treks. I don't get out to movies very often; the profiling there is likely to be unsurprising. If you're reading this, you probably have some other clues about me. I can of course pour all that data into automated suggestion generators; I'm providing it here for a bit of context in case it matters.

Anyway, fire away. :-) (A hint about why you think I'd like something would be much appreciated.)

Comments

[tsjafo.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday!

[alaricmacconnal.livejournal.com]

I think you'd enjoy the HBO Mini-Series "Rome".

Also, Stargate SG-1.

[alfiechat.livejournal.com]

Seems like your journal got gakked or something... I miss Journeyman a lot, and wish it was out on dvd. You might like the Mentalist, who's first season comes out shortly, it stars Simon Baker, who is tremendous. Also, on a Simon Baker theme, his previous show, called The Guardian, also releases on dvd shortly.

[osewalrus.livejournal.com]

I liked the first season of Showtime's Dead Like Me {2nd Season was less good).

[http://users.livejournal.com/merle_/]

Whoa, you got some.. interesting initial suggestions. I do not think Netflix carries those. ;-)

If you haven't been exposed to the new version of Doctor Who, it might work for you. I'd second The Mentalist, and possibly toss in Chuck, although it's more towards the humor side. I would always recommend the first seasons of Red Dwarf. And if you have any inclination towards anime, I could try to suggest something.

By the way, you can access a lot of Netflix content online (or via a Roku-style device) and effectively have on-demand. After working through most of their westerns/anime/king fu, these days I tend to get a random disc or a recent movie and stream everything else. Even if you don't want to watch at your computer, it provides preview functionality so you don't waste half a week waiting for and returning something unwanted.

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

I highly recommend Burn Notice. It's a fun show, with great chemistry among the characters.

[hobbitblue.livejournal.com]

The Dresden Files if you didn't see it at the time, I love the later books by Jim Butcher but prefer the tv version of the earlier ones, wizard in Chicago beating up bad guys with a ghostly sidekick. If you like conspiracy stuff that doens't take itself too seriously, Fringe has had me on the edge of my seat, investigating futuristic crimes and events. As someone else said, Burn Notice is fun, former agent turned private eye. Hmm, they just started showing Warehouse 13 here but I'm not sure its made it onto dvd yet, too new? Its FBI agents tracking down mysterious artefacts.
If you've not seen Stargate there's a million series of that. The few episodes of Ghost Whisperer and Supernatural I've caught in passing have seemed good, I don't tend to remember to watch tv too often so have missed a lot!

[risiko.livejournal.com]

Take the time to hunt for movies and series that you like and then rate them. Netflix's recommendations tendd to be good if you take the time to state your preferances.

BTW True Blood is good, as is Farscape. They've got a decent classic Dr. Who selection. They've also got all of the Cadfael and Sharpe series. For something completely different sample Wooster and Jeeves. As for movie, Primer is excellent! So are the Illusionist and the Prestige.

[fauxklore]

Given that you like science fiction and Jewish thought, what about Pi? It's got an interesting subplot about the Kabbalah, but is still moderately geeky. (I should add the disclaimer that, while I thought it was wonderful, Robert hated it.)