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Whatever happened to the [TV] Thread?

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  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    Guys the 10 90 minute episodes is an error on the part of whoever wrote the press release. It's 10 seasons of 90 1 minute episodes.

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  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    I'm back in.

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    Almost done with the final season of A Series of Unfortunate Events.

    So many actors in this just look like they are having so much fun.

    I never read the books, but I'm surprised the final book is just getting one episode instead of two episodes like all the other books.

  • JimothyJimothy Not in front of the fox he's with the owlRegistered User regular
    Yeah really this era of media is everyone chasing something another medium is better suited for. Movies want the serialization and crossover-potential of television, television wants the scale and "prestige" of cinema, and video games want both of these things while failing to ever even pursue either of them on more than a superficial level.

    And this wouldn't necessarily even be a bad thing if they were respectively trying to incorporate these concepts into the structures and processes that are their natural strengths, but by and large they aren't doing that and we end up with so many "flawed but with potential" products that suffer from an identity crisis.

    I think this is all very true, though I think I see it as growing pains as these mediums necessarily evolve. It’s interesting to watch these trends develop.

  • CelloCello Registered User regular
    Yeah, if you don't dig it after halfway through the first episode (like me!) then give it time

    If you're three in, then you probably won't dig the rest because you've got an idea of how the writing and pacing are gonna work and that's not gonna change

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  • Rorshach KringleRorshach Kringle that crustache life Registered User regular

    oh shit

    playing house is streaming on amazon prime

    ya'll should check that shit out

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  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    Jimothy wrote: »
    Yeah really this era of media is everyone chasing something another medium is better suited for. Movies want the serialization and crossover-potential of television, television wants the scale and "prestige" of cinema, and video games want both of these things while failing to ever even pursue either of them on more than a superficial level.

    And this wouldn't necessarily even be a bad thing if they were respectively trying to incorporate these concepts into the structures and processes that are their natural strengths, but by and large they aren't doing that and we end up with so many "flawed but with potential" products that suffer from an identity crisis.

    I think this is all very true, though I think I see it as growing pains as these mediums necessarily evolve. It’s interesting to watch these trends develop.

    Yeah that's the upside of an identity crisis--it's possible to come out the other side as something better.

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  • PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 My amazement is at maximum capacity. Registered User regular
    tynic wrote: »
    That's how I took it, yeah.

    Although

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    Some people are reading the final scene as the realities merging again because of both outfit changes being present in the last shot. I'd have to watch it again, I thought that was just a stylistic choice. That said, it's not something I want definitively answered, a dash of ambiguity is nice.

  • MalReynoldsMalReynolds The Hunter S Thompson of incredibly mild medicines Registered User regular
    Russian Doll was so incredibly good.

    It really just played like a good three hour forty five minute movie.

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    A new Muppets series is being made for Disney+, starring Josh Gad and set in the 80s. It features the gang searching for Rowlf who got lost while they were on tour.

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  • ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    A new Muppets series is being made for Disney+, starring Josh Gad and set in the 80s. It features the gang searching for Rowlf who got lost while they were on tour.

    god

    dammit

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  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    A new Muppets series is being made for Disney+, starring Josh Gad and set in the 80s. It features the gang searching for Rowlf who got lost while they were on tour.

    god

    dammit

    Yeah I know he should have stuck with the group, but look, it's easy to get distracted, especially in a new city.

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  • ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    A new Muppets series is being made for Disney+, starring Josh Gad and set in the 80s. It features the gang searching for Rowlf who got lost while they were on tour.

    god

    dammit

    Yeah I know he should have stuck with the group, but look, it's easy to get distracted, especially in a new city.

    Im just upset I'm gonna sign up for another streaming service

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  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User regular
    If they can offer all of ABC's past/former content, Disney+ will likely be well worth it.

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  • ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    I really, really doubt they will do that

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  • StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    I'm really curious about how Disney+ is going to go, especially now that Disney should have the majority control of Hulu

  • rhylithrhylith Death Rabbits HoustonRegistered User regular
    Apparently the family friendly stuff goes to Disney+ and the stuff aimed at adults goes to Hulu.

  • AistanAistan Tiny Bat Registered User regular
    More like Disney-

  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    Give me Disney Remainder. Shit like The Ugly Dachshund and The Absent-Minded Professor

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  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User regular
    I wonder if Disney+ will have their backlog of Disney Channel Original Movies.

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  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    Based on earnings calls and other things I’m probably not supposed to go into detail, Disney actually wants to go toe-to-toe with Netflix. This isn’t a token ‘we want to have a streaming service because everyone else has one’ like Warner Bros.

  • Librarian's ghostLibrarian's ghost Librarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSpork Registered User regular
    Wait. is the new Muppet show chronologically set during the original Muppet Show run, like they are on tour in between seasons?

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  • StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    What does toe-to-toe with Netflix even mean anymore? Netflix barely wants to go toe-to-toe with Netflix these days.

  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    Straightzi wrote: »
    What does toe-to-toe with Netflix even mean anymore? Netflix barely wants to go toe-to-toe with Netflix these days.

    It means they're standing really close to one another and might kiss

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    Give me a package price for both Hulu and Disney+, and that would go a long way to grabbing Disney+

  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    I've been saying that if Disney+ has Gargoyles and Darkwing Duck, I'm going to have to sign up for it.

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Honestly most of the original content they've announced has sold the service

    Admittedly I am basically their target audience but The Mandalorian, Loki, The Muppets, Scarlet Witch and Vision, Cassian Andor, High Fidelity, Falcon/Winter Soldier, Monsters Inc, etc.

    That's a lot of shows I would wanna watch

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  • HawkstoneHawkstone Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things. Somewhere outside of BarstowRegistered User regular
    Yeah, it gets more and more likely I dump Netflix for Disney, if you gave me Hulu to, I doubt I would even question the decision.

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Yeah I would dump Netflix for Disney+Hulu, sure.

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  • mxmarksmxmarks Registered User regular
    edited February 2019
    Whoever gets Suburgatory (which was on ABC so c'mon Disney+!) gets my money.

    i liked that show a lot and I've had the urge to re-watch it at various times over the years, and it is literally not available anywhere.

    Not even on DVD (beyond Season 1).

    It has vanished from this earth.

    Chris Parnell, Jeremy Sisto and Alan Tudyk were hilarious together!

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  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User regular
    The only thing keeping me on Netflix are:
    -- FRIENDS
    -- BoJack Horseman
    -- Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

    I'd be easy for me to drop it after 2019.

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  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    edited February 2019
    I think BoJack is the only must-have content for me but there's lots of stuff on Netflix that I'm happy to have in addition to that

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  • HawkstoneHawkstone Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things. Somewhere outside of BarstowRegistered User regular
    Zonugal wrote: »
    The only thing keeping me on Netflix are:
    -- FRIENDS
    -- BoJack Horseman
    -- Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

    I'd be easy for me to drop it after 2019.

    I am one of those shlubs who still loves Stranger Things and wants to see how it wraps up, I will probably be out after that.

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Does Hulu have access to Funimation's library now? Is that a thing?

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  • rhylithrhylith Death Rabbits HoustonRegistered User regular
    Netflix keeps coming out with interesting things so I won’t be dropping it anytime soon.

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    I would probably keep Netflix either way

    I watch enough of their original programming that it's worth keeping around and they are constantly trying new shit so chances are they will have some new stuff I want to watch at any given point

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  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User regular
    Oh, I forgot Castlevania.

    So, I could probably get my Netflix need in a one month subscription.

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  • CelloCello Registered User regular
    I wonder if we'll even get Disney+, I haven't really looked

    The whole cross-border rights thing is weird and why Canadian Netflix is so anemic, though the original content has padded it out a bit

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  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    Hawkstone wrote: »
    Zonugal wrote: »
    The only thing keeping me on Netflix are:
    -- FRIENDS
    -- BoJack Horseman
    -- Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

    I'd be easy for me to drop it after 2019.

    I am one of those shlubs who still loves Stranger Things and wants to see how it wraps up, I will probably be out after that.

    What? When did we start hating Stranger Things?

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  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    well a fair number of people didn't like it to begin with, I think one of the common criticisms is that it's too derivative

    then a few more people thought the second season was kind of just more of the same

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