I assume that everybody signs a user agreement that says that their data can be used for analytical purposes. So I doubt that there was any wrongdoing involved, as nobody's PII (personally identifying information) was exposed. The only reason you should be angry about the ad is if you were one of the Christmas Prince people AND are ashamed about it for some reason. And in that case, I'd say, "just don't admit to it. You're fine, Dad."
I'm not saying it's illegal just dickish
How would you feel about McDonalds running ads making fun of people who eat their food three times a week?
I'd agree with them because McDonald's food is disgusting.
So what is Netflix going to do when Disney starts up their own service?
Up the non-licensed original content.
Hopefully the existing Marvel shows are allowed to hang around, even if they're not making anything new. I'd like to be able to rewatch Daredevil and Punisher when the mood strikes.
Everyone has a price. Throw enough gold around and someone will risk disintegration.
So what is Netflix going to do when Disney starts up their own service?
Up the non-licensed original content.
Hopefully the existing Marvel shows are allowed to hang around, even if they're not making anything new. I'd like to be able to rewatch Daredevil and Punisher when the mood strikes.
Those are produced by Netflix. They put up the dough to make them and distribute them, so I doubt Disney can just take them under the contract.
So what is Netflix going to do when Disney starts up their own service?
Up the non-licensed original content.
Hopefully the existing Marvel shows are allowed to hang around, even if they're not making anything new. I'd like to be able to rewatch Daredevil and Punisher when the mood strikes.
So what is Netflix going to do when Disney starts up their own service?
Up the non-licensed original content.
Hopefully the existing Marvel shows are allowed to hang around, even if they're not making anything new. I'd like to be able to rewatch Daredevil and Punisher when the mood strikes.
They must expect all the gardens to get walled up very soon.
With today's FCC vote, all bets are off and the writing's on the walls. They're about to start building walls to content all over the internet. The days of one service having access to a large swath of worthwhile contact from a lot of different companies are numbered.
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On the plus side this might fuck over Hulu since Disney will basically be half that service, and wanting to make their own streaming service with split them apart. Look what your shitty UI has brought you, geniuses!
no disney owned 30% of hulu with fox owning the other 30% and comcast owning the last 30. After the buyout disney now owns 60% of hulu so no need to form their own, just rebrand.
no disney owned 30% of hulu with fox owning the other 30% and comcast owning the last 30. After the buyout disney now owns 60% of hulu so no need to form their own, just rebrand.
Disney will still have their own streaming service, maybe keeping Hulu for their mature stuff.
I mean, Disney already has Movies Anywhere, why not a kid-centric package?
i mean, i'm horrible at guessing what a corporation will do to squeeze blood from turnips (us), but i have to wonder if the whole 'start their own thing' was a backup plan if they couldn't get Fox and controlling ownership of an existing network. there are a lot of dominoes falling because of the acquisition. Surely someone is going to think about the money saved by not trying to start up flickster or whatever they might decide to name it if they go forward with their own.
So what is Netflix going to do when Disney starts up their own service?
They'll be fine.
edit: Hulu is likely coming down in a few months, though. No need to keep that around any longer.
Like the article linked above indicates, I don't think Hulu is going anywhere. It's a perfect place for Disney to offload shows/movies that aren't on brand for them to include on their own service*. For the same reason, I don't expect Fox to totally change from how we see it today except for maybe a name change to differentiate it from the "news" outlet of the same name.
*aside from the general uncomfortableness of large companies buying other large companies this is what concerned me the most about this acquisition as a Disney fan, brand dilution.
In 30 years, can we blame cord cutters and corporations for completely ruining television? Im beginning to miss only having channels 2, 3, 4, 8, and 13.
Sweet, I was looking for Psych a couple weeks back after their reunion movie. Seems like the perfect show to have on in the background when I work from home.
Psych was my gym show for a long while and it left Netflix before I could finish the series, pretty stoked to maybe possibly get to the final season or so I haven't seen.
So what is Netflix going to do when Disney starts up their own service?
They'll be fine.
edit: Hulu is likely coming down in a few months, though. No need to keep that around any longer.
Like the article linked above indicates, I don't think Hulu is going anywhere. It's a perfect place for Disney to offload shows/movies that aren't on brand for them to include on their own service*. For the same reason, I don't expect Fox to totally change from how we see it today except for maybe a name change to differentiate it from the "news" outlet of the same name.
*aside from the general uncomfortableness of large companies buying other large companies this is what concerned me the most about this acquisition as a Disney fan, brand dilution.
Bundled streaming services! That's revolutionary! It's like that cable thing from the olden days. Everyone loved that right? /sarcasm
That's more along the sentiment he was saying in the actual interview. It would be fine to offer a bundle, or even incentivize it with discounts for getting all of them (if someone wanted to), but that their thinking is that individual packages is more profitable.
Wtf is dark on Netflix? I can't tell from the synopsis on my app or the automatic playing trailer
A German series about a small town where children start disappearing. It all seems connected to similar disappearances 33 years ago. The mystery itself is not quite the point of it (a few episodes in and you know what is actually happening/has happened), it's the who, the why and the how that is the point. It's played completely straight and can be depressing: the first scene is a man who hangs himself (so trigger warning for that), the marriages are loveless, the parents are desperate.
I did like it (as did some others here) but it's one of the things you have to be in the mood for.
Dark is pretty fantastic, btw, just finished the last episode. It goes much, much further than a murder mystery. I don't want to spoil anything, but watch it. The mind fucks are exquisite, and season 2 & 3 are apparently already in production.
The series is about a young woman office worker/gourmand who prides herself on her ability to pair foods with their perfect alcoholic compliment... and that's it. Literally every episode is her dreaming about, ordering, and consuming her craved food. There's no B-plot... there's not really an A-plot... What every episode does feature is high definition, almost pornographic obsession with signature Japanese dishes.
Why I love it: For a series without any narrative meat on its bones, I can't get enough of this for two reasons; I like Japanese food, and I like learning how to talk about experiencing food in Japanese. Each episode features real independently owned restaurants in Tokyo that you could sit down in and order their featured food item today. Without knowing more about the show, I wouldn't be surprised if it's actually sponsored by the Japanese Agency of Cultural Affairs as a way to promote tourism. So if you're planning a vacation to Tokyo in the future and want to eat something besides sushi or ramen, I'd recommend this show. I'd also recommend it for Japanese language learners as a way to expand your vocabulary in a very commonly talked about area, along with a ton of those idiomatic onomatopoeia phrases commonly used to describe textures and feelings. プシューーー。
Where to find it: Well, it was on Netflix, but it isn't anymore. It is on a popular anime streaming service that rhymes with lunchy-bowl, but I'm not sure that linking it is kosher.
How are all these food puns working for you?
Warning: This series will make you crave food. I recommend that you only watch it on a full stomach.
Monk and Psych added to Prime. Wee going to watch a bunch this weekend. Both have been off paid catalogues for awhile now.
I never got into Monk, but my mother loves it, and would probably end up with her binge-ing that at some point instead of her fourth or fifth run through of all of Star Trek.
Unrelated, I ran through Ash vs. Evil Dead now that it's on Netflix. It's just the kind of Sam/Ted/Bruce-era cheese that has been missing from my life for too many years. Also the truck stop diner kid is part of why I love Sam Raimi's special kind of insanity.
I thought for sure that kid was going to end up some annoying plot point or sidekick for perhaps at least one episode, I was totally not expecting him to be tossed into a ceiling fan. Usually killing kids is an unwritten no-no in television productions, I'm kind of morbidly impressed they went that direction.
Also really neat bit of actress Trivia, regarding someone who shows up towards the end of season 2. I had to look this up out of curiosity and was pleased to discover that
the actress who plays Ash's revived/deadite sister is indeed the same actress who played his sister in the original 1981 The Evil Dead!
There may be no more unexpected (or damning) faint praise for David Ayer’s new movie “Bright” than this: It made me wish I was watching “Suicide Squad” instead.
There’s boring, there’s bad, and then there’s “Bright,” a movie so profoundly awful that Republicans will probably try to pass it into law over Christmas break. From the director of “Suicide Squad” and the writer of “Victor Frankenstein” comes a fresh slice of hell that somehow represents new lows for them both — a dull and painfully derivative ordeal that often feels like it was made just to put those earlier misfires into perspective. The only thing more predictable than this high-concept police story is the idea that a year as punishing as 2017 would save the worst for last. At least “The Emoji Movie” owned up to the fact that it was just putting shit on screen; at least “The Emoji Movie” had the courtesy to dress it up in a bowtie.
I watched the first episode of the next season of House of Cards last night.
In my dream, as the President of the United States watching from a hotel room I decided I wanted.
It was okay. I think Frank’s assassination via a poisonous gas in a bag of pasta was a little hamfisted, especially when the delivery guy told him not to open it until his wife was gone from the Presidential motorcade he was handing the bag into.
I haven't watched Bright yet, but everything I'm reading about it suggests we won't be seeing a greenlight for any high quality Shadowrun-type properties any time soon, which makes me kind of sad. After GoT's success and with the LOTR news, we're about to enter a 5-10 year cycle of high fantasy mass market filmed entertainment. It's perfect time to squeeze in some thoughtful and fun sci-fi too! Let's hope Electric Dreams aims high and hits the target.
I watched the first episode of the next season of House of Cards last night.
In my dream, as the President of the United States watching from a hotel room I decided I wanted.
It was okay. I think Frank’s assassination via a poisonous gas in a bag of pasta was a little hamfisted, especially when the delivery guy told him not to open it until his wife was gone from the Presidential motorcade he was handing the bag into.
Will Smith looks either bored or tired for the entire movie, plot is really simple yet doesn't make much sense, social critique here is as shallow as possible, and 75 % of the movie consists of shootouts after shootouts... and what's worse, those are boring shootouts. Bright really wants to be next John Wick, but it simply isn't, doesn't matter how much it tries, and it doesn't try very much to begin with.
To conclude, I had more fun writing this post than watching this movie. To anyone interested - it's better idea to just go play Shadowrun games then waste time on this.
There may be no more unexpected (or damning) faint praise for David Ayer’s new movie “Bright” than this: It made me wish I was watching “Suicide Squad” instead.
I'm one of the dozens who genuinely liked Suicide Squad(minus the abysmal Leto Joker). It's the best DC movie IMO, haven't seen Justice League yet. I hope I'm able to get the same enjoyment outta Bright, because it looks neat. Critics sure don't like it, though...
Everyone has a price. Throw enough gold around and someone will risk disintegration.
There may be no more unexpected (or damning) faint praise for David Ayer’s new movie “Bright” than this: It made me wish I was watching “Suicide Squad” instead.
I'm one of the dozens who genuinely liked Suicide Squad(minus the abysmal Leto Joker). It's the best DC movie IMO, haven't seen Justice League yet. I hope I'm able to get the same enjoyment outta Bright, because it looks neat. Critics sure don't like it, though...
I enjoyed Suicide Squad more than Wonder Woman. Squad was entertaining through and through, and WW kinda dragged on in spots.
RE Bright: IGN seems to like it(if that means anything to anyone :P). Their main complaints are that they rush the world building, and the development of the villain.
Everyone has a price. Throw enough gold around and someone will risk disintegration.
I kinda appreciate everyone saying how terrible Bright is going in, my expectations are going to be like MST3K low, so I'll take my fun where I can get it.
Honestly though, I love Shadowrun but we all realize how its really dumb, right? But I don't know about you guys, that's sorta the appeal of it to me, like the episode in Stranger Things when Ele heads to Chicago, sometimes Pink Mohawk is just so ... fun. If you are in the right head space that is. Sorta the same head space to enjoy the Independence Day movies come to think of it.
Today, I think I'll give myself the early Xmas present of a terrible movie ... and popcorn!
Not mechanically, I love it mechanically, I mean that special mix of magic and future tech, there is bound to be some super dumb stuff in there, like purposefully, like a really good episode of Venture Brothers or Rick & Morty, like the shrinking contest or the devil's workshop
I also might not know what I am saying right now, I am pretty sick and enjoying the cough medicine maybe a bit too much... so I think you might have an easy duel on your hands.
I kinda appreciate everyone saying how terrible Bright is going in, my expectations are going to be like MST3K low, so I'll take my fun where I can get it.
Honestly though, I love Shadowrun but we all realize how its really dumb, right? But I don't know about you guys, that's sorta the appeal of it to me, like the episode in Stranger Things when Ele heads to Chicago, sometimes Pink Mohawk is just so ... fun. If you are in the right head space that is. Sorta the same head space to enjoy the Independence Day movies come to think of it.
Today, I think I'll give myself the early Xmas present of a terrible movie ... and popcorn!
Netflix really needs to be pitched about Shadowrun RPGs seen to be s media which Hollywood doesn’t know exists.
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Up the non-licensed original content.
Hopefully the existing Marvel shows are allowed to hang around, even if they're not making anything new. I'd like to be able to rewatch Daredevil and Punisher when the mood strikes.
Those are produced by Netflix. They put up the dough to make them and distribute them, so I doubt Disney can just take them under the contract.
Their plan right now is literally to spend 8 billion making netflix 50% original content by 2018. They are in rush mode.
They must expect all the gardens to get walled up very soon.
With today's FCC vote, all bets are off and the writing's on the walls. They're about to start building walls to content all over the internet. The days of one service having access to a large swath of worthwhile contact from a lot of different companies are numbered.
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Disney will still have their own streaming service, maybe keeping Hulu for their mature stuff.
I mean, Disney already has Movies Anywhere, why not a kid-centric package?
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They'll be fine.
edit: Hulu is likely coming down in a few months, though. No need to keep that around any longer.
https://www.polygon.com/2017/12/14/16778668/disney-hulu-bundle-disney-ceo
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Like the article linked above indicates, I don't think Hulu is going anywhere. It's a perfect place for Disney to offload shows/movies that aren't on brand for them to include on their own service*. For the same reason, I don't expect Fox to totally change from how we see it today except for maybe a name change to differentiate it from the "news" outlet of the same name.
*aside from the general uncomfortableness of large companies buying other large companies this is what concerned me the most about this acquisition as a Disney fan, brand dilution.
Bundled streaming services! That's revolutionary! It's like that cable thing from the olden days. Everyone loved that right? /sarcasm
That's more along the sentiment he was saying in the actual interview. It would be fine to offer a bundle, or even incentivize it with discounts for getting all of them (if someone wanted to), but that their thinking is that individual packages is more profitable.
Dark is pretty fantastic, btw, just finished the last episode. It goes much, much further than a murder mystery. I don't want to spoil anything, but watch it. The mind fucks are exquisite, and season 2 & 3 are apparently already in production.
The series is about a young woman office worker/gourmand who prides herself on her ability to pair foods with their perfect alcoholic compliment... and that's it. Literally every episode is her dreaming about, ordering, and consuming her craved food. There's no B-plot... there's not really an A-plot... What every episode does feature is high definition, almost pornographic obsession with signature Japanese dishes.
Why I love it: For a series without any narrative meat on its bones, I can't get enough of this for two reasons; I like Japanese food, and I like learning how to talk about experiencing food in Japanese. Each episode features real independently owned restaurants in Tokyo that you could sit down in and order their featured food item today. Without knowing more about the show, I wouldn't be surprised if it's actually sponsored by the Japanese Agency of Cultural Affairs as a way to promote tourism. So if you're planning a vacation to Tokyo in the future and want to eat something besides sushi or ramen, I'd recommend this show. I'd also recommend it for Japanese language learners as a way to expand your vocabulary in a very commonly talked about area, along with a ton of those idiomatic onomatopoeia phrases commonly used to describe textures and feelings. プシューーー。
Where to find it: Well, it was on Netflix, but it isn't anymore. It is on a popular anime streaming service that rhymes with lunchy-bowl, but I'm not sure that linking it is kosher.
I never got into Monk, but my mother loves it, and would probably end up with her binge-ing that at some point instead of her fourth or fifth run through of all of Star Trek.
Unrelated, I ran through Ash vs. Evil Dead now that it's on Netflix. It's just the kind of Sam/Ted/Bruce-era cheese that has been missing from my life for too many years. Also the truck stop diner kid is part of why I love Sam Raimi's special kind of insanity.
Also really neat bit of actress Trivia, regarding someone who shows up towards the end of season 2. I had to look this up out of curiosity and was pleased to discover that
In my dream, as the President of the United States watching from a hotel room I decided I wanted.
It was okay. I think Frank’s assassination via a poisonous gas in a bag of pasta was a little hamfisted, especially when the delivery guy told him not to open it until his wife was gone from the Presidential motorcade he was handing the bag into.
Ian Richardson did it better.
It was painful.
Will Smith looks either bored or tired for the entire movie, plot is really simple yet doesn't make much sense, social critique here is as shallow as possible, and 75 % of the movie consists of shootouts after shootouts... and what's worse, those are boring shootouts. Bright really wants to be next John Wick, but it simply isn't, doesn't matter how much it tries, and it doesn't try very much to begin with.
To conclude, I had more fun writing this post than watching this movie. To anyone interested - it's better idea to just go play Shadowrun games then waste time on this.
I'm one of the dozens who genuinely liked Suicide Squad(minus the abysmal Leto Joker). It's the best DC movie IMO, haven't seen Justice League yet. I hope I'm able to get the same enjoyment outta Bright, because it looks neat. Critics sure don't like it, though...
Suicide Squad "Best DC movie?"
Wonder Woman is right there!
RE Bright: IGN seems to like it(if that means anything to anyone :P). Their main complaints are that they rush the world building, and the development of the villain.
Honestly though, I love Shadowrun but we all realize how its really dumb, right? But I don't know about you guys, that's sorta the appeal of it to me, like the episode in Stranger Things when Ele heads to Chicago, sometimes Pink Mohawk is just so ... fun. If you are in the right head space that is. Sorta the same head space to enjoy the Independence Day movies come to think of it.
Today, I think I'll give myself the early Xmas present of a terrible movie ... and popcorn!
/Takes of gloves, checks Hamilton book and lyrics on how to initiate duel
I also might not know what I am saying right now, I am pretty sick and enjoying the cough medicine maybe a bit too much... so I think you might have an easy duel on your hands.
He’s been in worse things than Bright, RE: Suicide Squad, After Earth.
Netflix really needs to be pitched about Shadowrun RPGs seen to be s media which Hollywood doesn’t know exists.