I seriously considering of getting rid of Cable, or dropping to Basic cable, as much of what I watch is now through online streaming services, primarily Netflix. The great thing about Binge watching is that I can choose to watch an entire season of a series over a few nights, rather than wait a week to several months to watch series when they originally air.

Recently I’ve finished up the complete seasons (to date) of the following TV series:

The Fall

True Detective (okay, that was on DVD as a Xmas present, but still)

Continuum

I highly recommend all of the above. Of course, Breaking Bad and Deadwood is my all time favorites, most of which I watched on DVDs from the local library, as I didn’t have other options at the time.

I have Rectify and Top of The Lake on my list of shows to watch next. I find that you get much more intriguing stories and plots these days on cable series and others made for streaming networks, such as Netflix, Amazon, etc. Movies do not much interest me these days, other than past films for the era when American studios or foreign auteurs put out quality films, and not just blockbusters or movies made to appeal to Oscar voters. As Jodie Foster recently said:

“[TV is] where story is now,” said Foster. “We’re coming to an interesting time now where the studios, with the global economy, their directive now is to create franchise content and that’s what their whole business is about right now, and maybe there’s a narrative movie that’s in there plugged in a little bit, maybe there’s a few comedies, but honestly, their job is to make franchise films. So because there is very little support in the lower ranges, it means that story is going to cable and to TV and I think eventually that’s where it will be.”

So, what have you been watching lately, binge or otherwise?