A case of the randoms.

[krickets]

So, I'm browsing netflix today and I'm noticing the recommended titles they have for me are all separated into different and totally made-up genres. These are all based on my viewing history on netflix, I'm assuming, and possibly any ratings I've left there, which I know I did a bit of when I first signed up for the service. Some of these suggestions make total sense to me but a few of them are a little silly. Like, documentaries specifically about underdogs. I don't remember watching a ton of those, although I do watch a lot of documentaries, but okay! Anyway, here's a list of my suggested genres:

Understated Suspenseful TV Shows
Witty Showbiz TV Shows (They recommended I watch Sports Night. I think that means I have to finally give in.)
Gritty TV Shows Featuring a Strong Female Lead
Visually-striking Psychological Thrillers
Biographical Underdog Documentaries
Mind-Bending Foreign Fantasy
Dark Viral Plague Sci Fi Thrillers
Quirky Independent Buddy Movies
Goofy Fight-the-System Late Night Comedies
Scary Wilderness-survival Action & Adventure


Anyone care to share theirs?

Comments

[rabiya-al-basri.livejournal.com]

...wow. That's ... weird.

Actually though those genres would be much more helpful for me finding new things to watch than *actual* genres.

[shineyma.livejournal.com]

Mine are Violent Suspenseful TV Shows, Witty Biographical Dramas, Feel-good Family Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Cerebral Foreign Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Goofy Independent Action & Adventure, Gritty Music & Concert Documentaries, Critically-Acclaimed Dark Comedies, Quirky TV Shows, and like three different categories of family movies. I don't even KNOW where all the family movies come in.

It's actually a little hilarious, yeah?

[eponine119.livejournal.com]

Dark viral plague thrillers? sign me up! ;)

I have:
understated independent movies
exciting tv dramas
supernatural horror movies
biographical movies
quirky movies
cerebral suspenseful tv shows
dark courtroom tv shows
classic romantic movies
witty thrillers

[akzseinga.livejournal.com]

Mind-Bending Foreign Fantasy
That sounds like something I would like. Any titles? :)

[rosie1234.livejournal.com]

Heres some of mine:

Cerebral British TV Dramas
Imaginative Animation for ages 11 to 12
Witty Comedies from the 1950s
Gritty Crime TV Shows
Dark Tv Shows
Feel-good Family Features

[hondagirll.livejournal.com]

I had one a few months back that was Romantic Period Drama Horror Thrillers based on my love of Romance, Period Drama and Horror movies (have I mentioned my Netfllix account is split between 6 people? Because it is)

Although I'm intrigued by Goofy Fight-the-System Late Night Comedies

[theladyscribe]

My brother and I have an ongoing thing where we text each other the really out-there categories.

Right now, mine are pretty boring because I've been watching a lot of tv shows, but the best are: Exciting War Sci-Fi and Fantasy (which is all 1950s Flash Gordon and "Hercules and the Amazon Women" lol), Deep Sea TV Shows For Ages 5 To 7 (when I have not watched a single thing in either of these categories), and Imaginative Space-Travel TV Shows (which includes Star Trek and Star Trek the Animated Series).