White Noise and Netflix

January is now out of the way, but the snow is not. And I want to avoid it as much as possible, so, cue Netflix.

There are a handful of decent shows listed on the site. Many are Netflix exclusives (SF comedy Final Space is worth a look) and imported shows like Archer and Rick and Morty are available, but there's no South Park or Family Guy. If you think Netflix are dismissing them for being 'past it,' how do you explain the inclusion of Monty Python's Flying Circus and 8 series' of Red Dwarf?

There are also a few good movies, but there's a chasm of missing titles. Not only is there a limited selection, but as movies and shows lose their appeal they drop off the database. Cloverfield and The Cloverfield Paradox are on there, the 1st and 3rd in the Cloverfield series, but not 10 Cloverfield Lane, the middle of the 3. Recent movies like High Rise and Black Mass are missing, and 80s classics like Weekend at Bernie's and Fatal Attraction are absent.

I've finished Love Island Season 1, something I missed at the time it was on ITV2. I'm now more familiar with a handful of 'special guests' that I met in various swimwear competitions and fashion launches over the past few years.

There's enough on Netflix to keep you entertained, but the variety isn't as wide as would be ideal. It'll be interesting to see how this changes over the next few years (if I renew my subscription).

Away from the TV, I finished Don Delillo's White Noise, a mesmerizing novel about celebrity deaths, a chemical spill, a medication that causes you to believe something is happening just by the very mention of it, and cheating spouses. It's a trip. So weird, but as per, DeLillo's captivating prose keeps you turning the pages even through a few mundane typified conversations.