LogFAQs > #936484332

It doesn't need to be super-smart, they just need to manually create a list for each series (or at least two, in the case of franchises with a lot of supporting films) and then have the first suggestion be the next thing in the series or franchise.

For instance, if I watched IM2, the first two listed suggestions should be Thor (the next film in the franchise) and IM3 (the next film in the series). Or, in the case of AoU, my next recommendations should be Ant-Man (franchise) and IW (series). Granted, it's not a perfect solution by any means, but it makes a lot more sense.

Or, if the concept is taken a step further, I suppose it could "skip" past films I've seen on the platform so instead of suggesting Ant-Man after AoU it could go with CW because it doesn't know I've seen that. That's not terribly more complex and certainly not outside the range of what we know technology can be automated to do.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

YouTube's the same way - you basically have to bypass those limitations there via pre-constructed playlists. Otherwise if you just rely on autoplay or recommendations you'll often wind up missing episodes, watching episodes out of order, or getting bounced to an entirely different series that may not be all that much more than peripherally related to what you were watching.

Youtube is a lot harder to manage from a logistical standpoint because the system has to accommodate a vastly large, user-submitted library. D+ doesn't have those excuses. When something's added to the library, it can be tagged properly or, I suppose, they can add to a playlist if that's easier.

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As for Black Panther, the first hour really flew by. I hadn't realized how far I'd gotten through it and only checked the time because I was wondering when what I had assumed was the main thread -- T'challa losing the throne -- was going to happen and how much time would be devoted to it. The answer? Not a lot.

Black Panther has a lot of issues (including some flimsy character motivations, like Border boss W'Kabi -- portrayed as one of T'challa's best friends -- suddenly devoutly following Killmonger simply because Killmonger had avenged W'Kabi's dad's murder where instead you'd expect him to be more conflicted than Okoye), but at least the pacing was pretty good the whole way through whereas AoU occasionally had me checking my proverbial watch. That said, AoU was the better film by several miles, even though Black Panther is probably among the better MCU films I've seen so far.

Looking over the list, the MCU films I haven't watched are:
-Thor 2 (DW)
-Cap 2 (WS)
-GoG 1 & 2
-Spidey "1" and "2" (HC and FFH)
-Captain Marvel

GoG 1 & 2 I figure I'll definitely have to watch before IW, probably the same for S:HC. Not sure whether to watch CM before IW or wait until after IW, although it's something I should watch before EG.

It's worth noting that when they were released, I had read detailed spoilers for Cap 2 and brief spoilers for GoG 2, in addition to having a lot of shit spoiled from GoG 1.

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