Oh, this is payback for my past comments given in light-hearted jest. The sinister inhabitants of the ROKU know perfectly well I have no interest in those films it is the titles alone that bear their mean-spirited message. A mistake, perhaps, I went on to the next, “Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead.” Alarmed, that was followed by “The Four-Faced Liar” and that by “Jackass 3.” I see a pattern unfolding confirmed by the next four - “The Thing with Two Heads,” “Slacker,” “Knucklehead,” and “Obscene.” The final two are clearly threats - “Kill the Irishman” and “Dead Man.” Now I see through the algorithms’ malicious scheme. I’m puzzled surely “The Secret of My Success” of 1987 would have been more appropriate. Excitedly I began, nimbly hitting the right button at first try and up pops, “The Complete History of My Sexual Failures”-a 2009 film I know nothing about nor would I care to. What do the algorithms know? How do they know it? Why do they want to know? A quick browse through the selections would certainly reveal just how accurate is their judgment of me. Still, in the glow of pleasure at ROKU’s gift there did linger questions. How many people can have their personal ROKU category, I ask you? Imagine that, top selections tailored for me alone. It’s true, I must admit that in the past I have mocked and made sport of those tiny fellows and yes, I have spoken dismissively of their cultural value - yet here they were, forgiving, letting bygones by bygones, and even introducing right off the bat a category headed TOP TEN FOR HENRY. However, once you have developed the skills necessary to juggle three remotes, television, cable, ROKU, and coordinate their profusion of buttons in the proper sequence, only then are you in business - those wee algorithms go right to work, busily scurrying here and there arranging movies in neat and convenient categories all to satisfy your every cinematic wish.
I do have loftier things on my mind, but I imagine the ROKU is stuffed with algorithms as everything else is nowadays. Its purpose is to provide access to any of the films in Netflix’s streaming library. Now this ensemble is known as ROKU 2 or just ROKU either way it does sound like a film by Akira Kurosawa. Other remotes I have known prefer a dictatorial Enter or a cryptic SEL, which I find a bit intimidating. The ‘big’ button, as I call it, bears a simple OK.
An equally unobtrusive remote is included, of tasteful design it has no excessive display of buttons. It appears harmless enough-little more than 3”x3,” barely noticeable. I have a device connected to my television and cable box. Share | Film: Those Devil Algorithms Again
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