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Streaming Services NEED to add a Random Button

We NEED some 'Random' on Streaming Services There are times when we don't want to think about what to watch The only real benefit of not using streaming services anymore and sticking with traditional cable or satellite television is that we don't have to think about the programming on at that moment. "Oh, an episode of The Office,  whatever I'm in." That's what our minds say when we scroll through the guides on traditional services. And sometimes that's what we need, whatever happens to be on. But, since most of us are using streaming services like Netflix , Hulu , or Amazon Prime Video , we are left to our own devices to decide on content. Sure they have complicated suggestion algorithms that queue up suggestions for us tailored around what we have already watched, but what we need is an option to just mindlessly throw up a random episode of a beloved show. This cannot be a single solution    (Photo credit: Matthew Keys

Let's be Honest, Robert Downey Jr. should have won an Oscar for Civil War

Opinion: Let's be Honest, Robert Downey Jr. should have won an Oscar for Civil War  Source - Vincent Zafra / Illusion Story [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)] LBH... RDJ is the rock in which the MCU was built Who would have guessed that creating a movie in 2008 would have launched a film dynasty that continually reinvents itself and delivers on content that is both satisfying for the casual movie goers and loyal comic book fans? What is even crazier is they picked a superhero from the Marvel world who is kinda quirky. Fans immediately know the X-Men and the Fantastic Four and even Spiderman, but Iron Man tends to be a little overlooked when we think about the breakout characters from Marvel. Why? Because Tony Stark is a bit of a megalomaniac and a playboy with a pretty strong history of drinking problems. He is not exactly as family friendly as the friendly neighborhood Spiderman or the Boy Scout that is Reed Richards. Yet, the f