My media consumption has changed drastically over the last few years due to my deeply rooted dislike of ads, a changed schedule and new priorities, ...and getting old and grumpy.
I think I'm no longer feeling the peer pressure to stay up to date on the stuff. I also have a sizable backlog of recommendations and a significant realignment of personal priorities due to having way less time. Also, I've rediscovered the joy of reading. Doing plenty of that.
Plus, with the sole exception of
Super Minion, Megamind and similar fringe cases, any of the recent-ish super hero stuff and book/franchise adaptations have me running for the hills at top speed. Which in my case equates to a strong, purposeful waddle.
But I digress.
My main "brainless TV time" goes to the occasional youtuber like the mighty Jingles, summoning salt, Scott the woz, oversimplified, historia civilis, World of Lols, Sam O'nella, Drachinifel and such. Bite sized, easily digested, even easier to discard, often good for a chuckle, sometimes even educational, but always readily available on my own schedule*.
Movies are relegated to social events (pre-Corona) and more or less an at-best-once-per-month-or-so working through past classics and recommendations ...
It's super rare that I get hooked by a series. Usually only when one of my friends seriously starts nagging at me to watch. Like, Chernobyl, yeah I watched that, I probably would have ended up on a missing person ad on the side of a milk carton otherwise.
However, I couldn't even tell you what's on Netflix right now. Not even interested. I'll just wait for a decade and pick the top ten stuff. Same with whatever's coming out of Hollywood. No rush. I've got more than enough to keep me busy right now.
*)Plus, no ads, or rather, only occasional ads in languages I can't comprehend for brands I've never heard of. Yay VPN. 
