We Love Data, Royal News and Horror of the century | Bottom of the Stream with Adam and Nick

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The most-watched Netflix movie in two years isn't a blockbuster—it's a 2017 animated film about a baby spy.

A voice crack starts it. Adam and Nick are back after a week off, but the lights are broken, the video is gone, and the room suddenly feels like another job waiting for money. Audio only, then. They mess around with the practical stuff: hoodies, heat, the setup, and whether a proper rebuild can be put off much longer. Then the Netflix numbers pull them in. Animated films keep showing up because some households play them again and again, and that detail delights them more than it probably should. They pick at the difference between reported rankings and the view counts people assume matter. Rebel Moon is the weird gap. After all the hype, its absence from the summary stands out more than another Mark Wahlberg title landing nearby. Under Paris gets its moment too, with the hosts noting its ranking outside the United States and the viral push behind it. This is not a lecture. It is two people having a good time with data because streaming platforms reveal odd little habits when you stare at them long enough. The Netflix AI story follows, built around Ted Sarandos' comments and the Buenos Aires building-collapse effect for an Argentinian science fiction series. Adam and Nick do not melt down or cheerlead. They mostly wonder what happens when effects get cheaper. Then it is back to housekeeping: more room talk, and a quick nudge toward Thursday's movie show on Secret in the Hot Spring.

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An audio-only return that turns Netflix viewing data and AI-assisted VFX into loose, curious streaming chat.

Bottom of the Stream comes back from a week away in audio-only form, with failed lights and a cold hoodie setting a scruffy tone for Adam and Nick's chat about streaming news and viewing habits.

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Press play if Netflix viewing data and AI-assisted VFX are your idea of good company.

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