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How soon are people watching Breaking Bad over here?
Lathamite
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I tend to watch it on Netflix on Monday evenings but I'm seeing spoilers on Twitter from UK viewers for last night's episode already!
I don't really want to have to avoid Twitter on Mondays but neither do I want to have the last few episodes ruined. I was under the impression that it doesn't tend to go up on Netflix for until 10/11am.
Are people torrenting it/ streaming it overnight overhere? How quickly are these going up?
I have to go to hospital early morning on Monday the 30th (day after the finale) and won't be back until late. I'll have nothing to do for much for that day except check the internet....which will be a minefield. If I can watch it before I leave the house, that would be great....but is it possible?
I don't really want to have to avoid Twitter on Mondays but neither do I want to have the last few episodes ruined. I was under the impression that it doesn't tend to go up on Netflix for until 10/11am.
Are people torrenting it/ streaming it overnight overhere? How quickly are these going up?
I have to go to hospital early morning on Monday the 30th (day after the finale) and won't be back until late. I'll have nothing to do for much for that day except check the internet....which will be a minefield. If I can watch it before I leave the house, that would be great....but is it possible?
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Just out of interest; are you using Netflix or, ahem, some other means?
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That was my thought too, I’d rather avoid twitter/the internet for a day and watch it on Monday nights than have to watch something I really like on Monday mornings before work – not exactly a prime TV viewing slot in my world!
But everyone’s different!
I don't have a Netflix subscription so I'm using another means of watching it but even though 5.1 has already been released I would like to see both it and 5.2 released together in one box set.
You'd think...but it's the only thing I'm addicted to aside from Breaking Bad.
Dunno if they're doing a box of S5 together but, annoyingly, there's a complete box with extra extras coming out on November 25th...
Really annoying thing is that the blu ray boxes of 5a and 5b will cost just over £20 each... the complete box is just over £80. Unfortunately I already have 1-4 on bluray so I dunno if I should ditch them and get the complete box for the extra stuff...
Back to the original post as I notice we didn't specifically deal with this. It's definitely on there at 9am. A few weeks back I checked at 7.30am and it wasn't there so either that was a blip or it goes live on Netflix at some point between 7.30-9am...
I also wait until the evening because it doesn't really feel right to me watching a big show like Breaking Bad during the day.
However with the last ever episode, maybe I won't be able to wait.
I come home from work, grab some food, load up Netflix and watch it so I can then contact people I know who also watch it and we have a debate about it. This is all without seeing any spoilers online, so I have to avoid Twitter, the US TV forum and the DS homepage as they put up a review around lunchtime and feature it and it might give away a line or two in the description that may slightly spoil it.
Traditional Logistics don't really matter in the world of digital media data is simply transfered from production company server to netflix server Netflix already have the episodes loaded on the servers, they are just time embargoed till after broadcast in the US. The whole system is automated as soon as the agreed time comes the shows are available to view.
As for avoiding Twitter... what do you check Twitter on? If you have a Mac or an iOS device, I recommend using Tweetbot as it has a mute function so you can mute Tweets that contain certain keywords or hashtags. I don't know if any other Twitter apps do the same thing now.
I do this too
I wonder if this is correct. Would Netflix UK really be trusted with the episodes so far in advance?
For the last season on Lost (using it as an example of another ‘high profile’ programme) Sky only received the episodes days in advance, and were not given a copy of the finale until after it had aired in the US. This meant that for them to show it at the same time as the US (as they did) they had to broadcast it as a live satellite feed rather than off their servers. Someone correct me if I’m wrong.
I suspect Netflix UK get the episodes only a day or so before they make them publically available. I doubt they have the entire season already on their servers.
I just avoid social media... It's only for a few hours... I mean come on how desperate can some people be?
But it's difficult. every monday someone on twitter, fb or even Digital Spy's main news page manages to ruin something about it. I haven't had any actual details ruined (yet?) but it seems people who watch it can't help themselves. They just HAVE to post a status, or a tweet saying something like "oh no, JESSE!" or "OMG, don't end there. I hate you Gilligan" and just from hearing that it just makes your imagination go mental.
I can watch it without instantly spoiling it right afterwards. Not sure why others can't. When it comes to the last two, i think i might skip the internet on the mondays.
On monday past i came on DS. I can obviously read, so i couldn't help but see DS's "Walt seals his own fate" on the main page. Jesus christ. Thanks for that!