The Swamp

rass wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 8:02 am Kate Winslet is good at acting.

I spent the majority of the show somehow convinced Detective Zabel was Mikey Day from SNL and was almost shocked when I finally got around to googling him and realized it was that guy from the X-Men movies.

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RIP Zabel - though other than the initial scene when he drunkenly sort of hit on her I wasn't a big fan of the Mare/Zabel possibly romantic relationship part of the show

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Why didn't they show Erin's dad's reaction to it? I mean, his brother fucked his daughter and impregnated her, and we don't get to see what he thought about all this?

Rush2112 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 23, 2021 12:17 pm Great return of Ted. Though going back to the pre-binging method of watching is hard man. I need more.

Giff wrote: ↑Fri Jul 23, 2021 1:47 pm

rass wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 8:02 am Kate Winslet is good at acting.

I spent the majority of the show somehow convinced Detective Zabel was Mikey Day from SNL and was almost shocked when I finally got around to googling him and realized it was that guy from the X-Men movies.

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RIP Zabel - though other than the initial scene when he drunkenly sort of hit on her I wasn't a big fan of the Mare/Zabel possibly romantic relationship part of the show

We finished it last night and loved it. We did have one big question though:

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Why didn't they show Erin's dad's reaction to it? I mean, his brother fucked his daughter and impregnated her, and we don't get to see what he thought about all this?

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*Cousin, not brother. But yeah. He was in jail, and the identity of the killer wasn't going to change that, and Mare probably wasn't really the appropriate person to go tell him, so I guess they didn't want to shoehorn it in?

Giff wrote: ↑Fri Jul 23, 2021 1:47 pm

Rush2112 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 23, 2021 12:17 pm Great return of Ted. Though going back to the pre-binging method of watching is hard man. I need more.

Do they release all episodes at once or once a week?

Rush2112 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 23, 2021 12:17 pm Great return of Ted. Though going back to the pre-binging method of watching is hard man. I need more.

GoodKarma wrote: ↑Fri Jul 23, 2021 3:59 pm It kills me that at the beginning of the streaming revolution and the cult of cut-the-cord the talk was all about the death of broadcast and cable TV and how much cheaper it would be.

All we did was trade who gets our money and the technical engine that drives the medium.

brian wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 12:51 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 12:35 pm Digging the Dale "documentary." As advertised, a very odd yet compelling approach.

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Not really a spoiler, but I'm glad they addressed the trans thing almost immediately, because I watched the trailer and I was like "are they gonna address the fact that this is a dude?" It's kind of bizarre watching the news clips, because they were definitely NOT following people's preferred gender identification back thing (obvi).

Really enjoyed it and was not surprising to see what a piece of shit Tucker Carlson’s father is.

sancarlos wrote: ↑Fri Jul 23, 2021 4:03 pm

GoodKarma wrote: ↑Fri Jul 23, 2021 3:59 pm It kills me that at the beginning of the streaming revolution and the cult of cut-the-cord the talk was all about the death of broadcast and cable TV and how much cheaper it would be.

All we did was trade who gets our money and the technical engine that drives the medium.

Still a lot cheaper

GoodKarma wrote: ↑Fri Jul 23, 2021 9:45 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Fri Jul 23, 2021 4:03 pm

GoodKarma wrote: ↑Fri Jul 23, 2021 3:59 pm It kills me that at the beginning of the streaming revolution and the cult of cut-the-cord the talk was all about the death of broadcast and cable TV and how much cheaper it would be.

All we did was trade who gets our money and the technical engine that drives the medium.

Still a lot cheaper

Depending on how much content you want I don’t think it is. YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, etc are all $65/month or more. Add on the cost of Netflix, Apple TV, etc and the network streaming services the advantage streaming has narrows considerably. I’m paying $120/month for DirecTV and that includes HBO and Sunday Ticket. If you’re fine with less content then yeah it’s a lot cheaper.

bfj wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 5:01 pm Episode one of Season 2 of Ted Lasso was kind of meh for me. Hoping that this show doesn’t start taking itself too seriously and stops being funny.

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and the Dutch

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 12:26 pm Unlimited DVR or not, it’s still $65+ a month to primarily watch cable TV channels. I like it (though I’ve temporarily paused it over the summer), but I can get a lot more content with that money if I spend it on actual streaming services, which really was pointed at GoodKarma’s contention that we’re back where we started. YTTV pushes us backwards to the cable format (cloud DVR notwithstanding, cuz we had TiVo, and cable companies like Comcast offer cloud DVR functionality anyway). It costs that much money because Google is paying those cable channels $.

eta: the bigs: Hulu is owned by Disney, but at least there is Hulu-exclusive content. Netflix is still owned by its founders (LOL at Blockbuster for turning down their offer), and obv Amazon is Amazon.

GoodKarma wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 9:28 pm

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 12:26 pm Unlimited DVR or not, it’s still $65+ a month to primarily watch cable TV channels. I like it (though I’ve temporarily paused it over the summer), but I can get a lot more content with that money if I spend it on actual streaming services, which really was pointed at GoodKarma’s contention that we’re back where we started. YTTV pushes us backwards to the cable format (cloud DVR notwithstanding, cuz we had TiVo, and cable companies like Comcast offer cloud DVR functionality anyway). It costs that much money because Google is paying those cable channels $.

eta: the bigs: Hulu is owned by Disney, but at least there is Hulu-exclusive content. Netflix is still owned by its founders (LOL at Blockbuster for turning down their offer), and obv Amazon is Amazon.

My bad…I realize I wasn’t very clear before. My point wasn’t that we’re back where we started…my point was streaming isn’t some life changing screaming deal compared to traditional cable. It was when YTTV was $25/month. Now that it’s approaching $70 a basic cable package with a comparable channel lineup is not that much more. If I want all the best content out there I have to subscribe to multiple streaming services I order to get it whereas pre-streaming cable was the only place to get it.

For example, I like the show Evil that came out on CBS a couple years ago. CBS decided to put season 2 on Paramount +…now I have to pay extra to see a show that I would have seen either for free (OTA) or as part of my basic cable package. Corporations get their money eventually. Streaming may kill Comcast, AT&T or whoever but that’s just shifting the delivery method…content providers aren’t going to settle for getting less $$$ overall.

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:33 am Seconded.

And you could do worse for a show than having to look at Alexandra Daddario in a bikini and less for most of the episodes. She's a good actress, of course. But wowsers.

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Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 11:27 am ON THE RECORD TAKE: Aaron Rodgers should be the permanent host of Jeopardy

I'm joining the LeVar Burton groundswell

Pruitt wrote: ↑Wed Jul 28, 2021 5:48 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:33 am Seconded.

And you could do worse for a show than having to look at Alexandra Daddario in a bikini and less for most of the episodes. She's a good actress, of course. But wowsers.

Ummm, I wasn't familiar with her work. Big fan now.

Also, Jennifer Coolidge is off the charts great in the show.

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Reaper wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 9:43 pm

Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 11:27 am ON THE RECORD TAKE: Aaron Rodgers should be the permanent host of Jeopardy

I'm joining the LeVar Burton groundswell

LeVar Burton is pretty poor at the hosting. Other than Bill Whitaker and Mayim Bialik (didn't watch the Dr. Oz episodes), he has been the worst.

sancarlos wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:37 pm An old friend from work retired and he and his wife bought a sweet town home in Napa. So the wife and I just got back from three awesome days up there hanging out with them. Ate great food and drank shittons of excellent wine. But perhaps the highlight was (finally) getting to binge all the Ted Lasso episodes!

When I grow up, I want to be Roy Kent.

Pruitt wrote: ↑Wed Jul 28, 2021 7:24 am The White Lotus is really good (so far).

Some truly odd and some truly horrible characters and it's pretty funny.

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sat Jul 17, 2021 10:52 am We watched the first episode of 'McCartney 3,2,1' last night (Paul McCartney talking music and life with producer Rick Rubin) as a palatte cleanser after watching 'Handmaid's Tale'.

It was good, and interesting, but my god....there wasn't a PA brave enough to tell Sir Paul that he shouldn't be chewing gum during a filmed interview? Very distracting!

brian wrote: ↑Tue Aug 03, 2021 7:38 pm Ted Lasso is as great as advertised but do all Apple TV shows have as much Apple product placement? It’s almost a little distracting sometimes.