In the US, things like video rentals and like DVD rentals, places like Blockbuster are just...
Gone. Gone.
It's like something that I grew up with when I was a kid, but now like once Netflix started,
Blockbuster died off. Yeah.
So in like Japan people still rent DVD's here. You have like Tsutaya, GEO, all of those other things.
mhmm that culture is still with us. I mean
it makes sense you know, we walk around places, we commute to school to our work and you know
if you walk by a Tsutaya which is everywhere literally in Tokyo, you can just rent a video
like that. And it's easy so it still makes sense and it's a part of our culture.
Hulu's been here for three years and they have more Japanese stuff and a wider selection
so of course that's a big draw, but then Netflix just got here so I think people shouldn't
be too fast to judge. They're just starting up. I'm sure they'll
start bringing a lot more current movies, and their original series are definitely something
that you should watch. Yeah. We actually talked about it in a previous
video. Orange is the new Black, is obviously on it, however House of Cards which is another
amazing series is not on it or what are the other Netflix originals? I don't know.
They also have Sense8, the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt...
They have quite a lot. Yeah there's Marco Polo, but I don't recommend
that one. They're really pushing for people to like
their original series Daredevil. Oh yeah!
Just cause like the whole Marvel superheroes thing and it was a really good show so I hope
it's successful here. Yeah I hear a lot of people talking about
that show now, but I have to watch that. They're also creating a Netflix original for
Japanese people. It's called Underwear. And it's sort of a...it's about this whatever
small town girl that starts working in the lingerie industry.
And it's sort of Devil Meets (Wears) Prada and like First Class if you've seen that j-drama.
So she's a designer and it looks like it could be cool.
So it's a Japanese drama. Yeah. It's definitely very Japanese.
You look at other Netflix original series. Those people have won Golden Globes, some
have won Oscars. Yeah they're like high end people.
So yeah they're quality shows and you have things like their competitor Hulu who has
also been making shows since about 2011, and I looked at the list on Wikipedia yesterday...I
haven't heard of any of them so they're obviously not that great.
Yeah I get the whole localization shit, and that stuff, but you can do that on Hulu or
whatever because that's Japanese television. 日本テレビ creates Hulu so they can do
that and Netflix can just do their own stuff over here and bring in more you know foreign
stuff so Japanese people can be like open about a lot of topics and stuff.
Their whole approach for Japan is they figure that people here aren't that interested in
like American foreign TV shows so they wanted to have more local stuff.
Do you know WowWow? No.
It's a cable television channel. There's a lot of a bunch of foreign films and dramas on that
show(channel) as well or on Fox channel too, but they only air like Bones, Dr. House, 24, and
Lost. That's so old school. Yeah they're really dated.
Yeah but that's like you know...I guess Japanese people tend to like that kind of action and
thrill kind of stuff and dramas. And yeah especially for our viewers, you're
not going to go study abroad and find a bunch of people to talk to about Prison Break because
that's a super old show. So now you have things like Orange is the new Black and just other
things that are on Netflix and more current, and people are still talking about so on that
point it's better as a conversation starter. For sure, and going off of that, when I studied
abroad, it's always a good thing to look into the pop culture...what the American pop culture
or whatever country you're going to, and look into what's popular at the moment because
for a good conversation starter. And I didn't know anything like that well
before I went to Seattle, but at the moment Breaking Bad was like a huge...like the shit
at the moment so I was like OK fuck I have to watch this show and then I got super hooked
on it, and like every class I talked with (about) it with my friends and yeah so as
Thomas said, it's always good to look into the pop culture and the dramas and you know
hot movies that's on. So I'm interested to see how they'll change
by like the time that winter hits. Once they have a little more time to settle in.
True. They can blend in and see how the audiences are reacting and if there's people registering
for Netflix or not. So if any of you want to know any type of
awesome Netflix original series or even any kind of dramas on Netflix let us know in the
comments and then we can all like maybe tell you guys our favorites and stuff.
Yeah and if you're a big Hulu fan, let us know why you're staying with them or why you
don't want to switch to Netflix. Yeah and for you guys who already have registered
for Netflix, what are your guys' thoughts on it? Let us know.
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