The twenty-five minute browse is not a taste problem, it is a category problem. A film asks for two uninterrupted hours and one commitment. An episode asks for forty minutes and lets you leave whenever you want. Until you pick which of those you are in the mood for, every thumbnail looks equally plausible, so you drift sideways through rows and watch three trailers instead.
The two sides carry different promises. A movie gives the evening a shape, with credits acting as a bedtime and one story to talk about afterwards. A show is company, a smaller ask, and the honest risk that one episode becomes three and it is suddenly one in the morning. Deciding the shape first cuts the shelf in half, and half a shelf is a choice you can actually make.
The wheel does not know your watchlist and it will not tell you what is good. It settles the format so your own taste can do the rest of the work. If you already know you want a film and are only stalling on which one, this is the wrong page. This one is for nights when you cannot even name the kind of night you want.