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No Girls thread? :/ This Sunday's was a pretty good look at men who abuse power and sexually assault women. Was hoping to see some discussion about the episode.
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Shageletic posted:I think Legion is the best thing running right now. I really like Legion, I just don't feel there's enough substance there to make that call yet. Everything that's there is top notch. I'm enjoying the journey thus far, I just have no indication where the destination is or if it will worthwhile. Legion really feels like a show that should be released all at once. Week by week is really working against its pace. I feel like there should be this steadily climbing feeling of dread and panic, but a week between episodes is really stunting the momentum.
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Feb 28, 2017 18:19
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Then wait 8 weeks and watch it in one go. This isn't rocket science.
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Feb 28, 2017 18:21
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The Good Fight is my favorite show this year so i guess I'm a CBS target audience and old.
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Feb 28, 2017 18:23
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less laughter posted:Then wait 8 weeks and watch it in one go. This isn't rocket science. That's not going to help it get a second season though.
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Feb 28, 2017 18:34
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Vintersorg posted:No Girls thread? :/ It was a super good episode. Twist was hilarious and hosed-up and that final shot was really powerful.
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Feb 28, 2017 19:34
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whowhatwhere posted:No seriously how the hell is Patriot like The Young Pope? Like, at all? It's an extremely dark and dry comedy where everything is completely straight except for the fact that it's all loving insane. It's not even remotely going for the same thing as The Young Pope, which had flights of whimsy and caustic humor but wasn't about that at all. I wouldn't compare it to The Young Pope, no, but you're right that it's a pitch-perfect farce, and yes, it does keep getting better. Like, a lot better. I'm gonna make a thread because this show is just too good. e: Patriot thread https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3811841 I'll spruce it up later but I figured enough of us were talking about it to get the thread up now. precision fucked around with this message at 21:06 on Feb 28, 2017 |
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Feb 28, 2017 20:22
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bull3964 posted:Legion really feels like a show that should be released all at once. Week by week is really working against its pace. I feel like there should be this steadily climbing feeling of dread and panic, but a week between episodes is really stunting the momentum. I disagree. I find myself watching and missing out on things the first viewing. So I watch it again sometime later. There's references and little bits going on in the background that have you saying, "Ooooh, so THAT'S what happened." You wouldn't get that by straight bingeing. I like that you get a week to wonder what else is going on.
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Feb 28, 2017 21:53
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Youtube is launching a tv service for $35. "Sadly, like many other streaming bundles, it has gaps. YouTube TV, as it’s called, will be missing channels from Viacom, including big names like Comedy Central and MTV. It also won’t have programming from Turner Broadcasting, meaning you won’t be able to get CNN, TBS, and TNT. AMC Networks, Discovery Communications, Time Warner and A+E Networks are also missing as of the launch announcement. ShowTime is available as an add on, but HBO is not. But hey, you YouTube TV is throwing in originals from it’s YouTube Red subscription service for free!"
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Mar 1, 2017 00:22
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That doesn't sound very good at all.
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Mar 1, 2017 00:23
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It would be bad if it was $8 month. $35? Is that per year? Is it going to have ads? Because I bet it will. Netflix has no ads. Hulu @$12 a month has no ads. RedTubeTV is going to have no content and also ads. I looked it up. It will have ads. $35/month AND YOU GET TO WATCH ADS. fuckin lol.
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Mar 1, 2017 00:26
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I'm not familiar with cable TV in the US, but what exactly DOES that service have? Of course it won't have Netflix or Amazon stuff either. Does it have the big 4 sports? Wow that sounds bad. Snak posted:$35/month AND YOU GET TO WATCH ADS. Surely if the $12 a month Youtube Red doesn't have ads, this won't either?
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Mar 1, 2017 00:28
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It's a live TV/cloud DVR service rather than a streaming service, no? Still poo poo, but it having ads isn't the most egregious thing ever.
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Escobarbarian posted:It's a live TV/cloud DVR service rather than a streaming service, no? Still poo poo, but it having ads isn't the most egregious thing ever. I mean, it costs as much as Hulu+ (without ads), netflix, amazon prime, and starz added on to amazon prime. Those cover a lot. And no ads. I agree, ads aren't the worst, but I don't see what would make this worth $35 a month. Looten Plunder posted:Surely if the $12 a month Youtube Red doesn't have ads, this won't either? from the announcement quote:Unlike the Hulu service, which offers the ability to watch TV shows from NBC, ABC and Fox without commercials, or CBS's All-Access service, YouTube TV shows from the networks will all have ads. edit: hahahaha quote:...YouTube is banking on its mostly young, millennial audience springing for a monthly subscription to watch network and cable TV shows. Snak fucked around with this message at 00:35 on Mar 1, 2017 |
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Mar 1, 2017 00:33
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I just read this article https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/28/youtube-launches-youtube-tv-its-live-tv-streaming-service/ Surely the key here is live sport? If customers can get every game of NFL, Basketball, Basesball and Hockey that's a win yeah?
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Mar 1, 2017 00:36
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Looten Plunder posted:I just read this article https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/28/youtube-launches-youtube-tv-its-live-tv-streaming-service/ Yes, I guess that makes sense. I sometimes forget about sports, which is on me.
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Mar 1, 2017 00:38
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It will have a lot of content that Hulu doesn't have. The real question is will the DVR allow fast forward/skip? If so, ads are irrelevant. $35/month for unlimited cloud DVR for the 4 main nets, FX, FXX, USA, Syfy isn't the worst thing in the world.
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Mar 1, 2017 00:39
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Are they gonna still have blackout dates on sports? Cause that poo poo is infuriating. Also I pay $70/mo for the privilege of DVR'ing Syfy/FX/AMC and the 4 main networks.
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Snak posted:I mean, it costs as much as Hulu+ (without ads), netflix, amazon prime, and starz added on to amazon prime. Those cover a lot. And no ads. But they're not live TV
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Mar 1, 2017 00:39
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Is the iTunes style "purchase a season of a show" done via Youtube, Youtube Red or Google Play?
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I'm losing my cable hookup and checking out services, and wow that youtube thing doesn't even make the short list. I can plug channel holes with  , but I do want live CNN.PS Vue seems like the best, but it runs like absolute loving rear end on PCs, which is kind of how I do my watching. My big fucker desktop runs it fine, but my laptop and the mini pc on my bedroom tv are hitchy as hell. Flash. Flash in 2017? SAD! But it has a cloud DVR. If Sling's on demand covers enough I might use it. The only sport I remotely care about is F1 so that's not a factor.
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GreenNight posted:Are they gonna still have blackout dates on sports? Cause that poo poo is infuriating. I don't know how blackout stuff works in the US but I think this is the answer to your question: quote:However, it will only launch in markets where it can offer full, live local broadcast feeds, like L.A., New York and Philadelphia.
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Mar 1, 2017 00:41
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bull3964 posted:$35/month for unlimited cloud DVR for the 4 main nets, FX, FXX, USA, Syfy isn't the worst thing in the world. Almost nobody gets CBS, they want you to use their own lovely service.
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Mar 1, 2017 00:42
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Escobarbarian posted:But they're not live TV But don't the people who care about live TV just... have cable bundled with their internet?
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introducing our tv streaming service! well no, we dont stream that channel... or that one... no, not that one either... yeah you'd assume we have that one but we dont, also no to that one as well... ok look maybe we jumped the gun a bit calling it "tv" what we really meant was you can watch reruns of Drag Race 24/7,
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IRQ posted:Almost nobody gets CBS, they want you to use their own lovely service. Yeah, which is why CBS being included in this could be a big value add for some people.
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Will Star Trek be on it? Cause that's the only reason to ever even look at the stupid CBS Streaming.
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Snak posted:$35/month AND YOU GET TO WATCH ADS. fuckin dead Snak posted:YOU GET TO WATCH ADS. 
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bring back old gbs posted:introducing our tv streaming service! well no, we dont stream that channel... or that one... no, not that one either... yeah you'd assume we have that one but we dont, also no to that one as well... No service is going to have everything unless you subscribe to cable and get their top package. The key is finding a combination of services (including individual show purchased) that give you what you want. I recently cut back to one of FiOS's custom TV packages and it's glorious not having to pay for sports or cable news channels anymore. I did lose a few stations that I watch one or two shows on, but I'll end up saving more by purchasing those instead of subscribing to the channels. This package has some of the things I got rid of, so it's an option if I wanted to pick up those channels for less than upgrading to the cable package with them. This, psvue, DirecTV Now are all basically "networks plus others" packages. Choose the one that has the "others" you want and has an interface that works for you. bull3964 fucked around with this message at 00:56 on Mar 1, 2017 |
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My folks are old school and pay for the ultimate TV package but don't give a poo poo about streaming. So I used their account to hookup all the apps to my Roku. Another easy way to save money.
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If I look at the price of my cable/internet bundle then $35 a month is more than half of what I pay for cable with HBO, Showtime, Starz, and Cinemax. And that gets me all the channels included and excluded from the Youtube thing and all the sports channels and access to stream all the channels anywhere I want at any time. Not to mention all the on demand stuff. That price is horrible.
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bull3964 posted:Yeah, which is why CBS being included in this could be a big value add for some people. True. I wish CBS and Viacom would stop being such cunts about these things. It's not a big deal for me to get their content anyway but I would gladly pay another 5 bucks to psvue or sling or whoever to just have it all in one place. I want to be lazy like I am with my current setup of just having every drat thing. X-O posted:If I look at the price of my cable/internet bundle then $35 a month is more than half of what I pay for cable with HBO, Showtime, Starz, and Cinemax. And that gets me all the channels included and excluded from the Youtube thing and all the sports channels and access to stream all the channels anywhere I want at any time. Not to mention all the on demand stuff. That price is horrible. Whoa, how? The sat tv package I leech is around 200 i think for the 2 DVRs and one other box for every channel under the sun. Comcrap at my apartment(building sadly isn't wired for FiOS) would be like 100 more than my current internet for a low tier package with HD and 1 DVR. $35 is what you'd pay for just those pay channels, what providor do you have?
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Patriot is utterly bizarre. I love it. I'm real glad people kept bringing it up here or I never would have heard of it.
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God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title
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Drunk Driver Dad posted:So what's the deal with Patriot? I saw it listed as a comedy, and for the most part that's not really my thing unless it's a show like Always Sunny. Is there actually a good story that's treated seriously there? It has comedic elements but it's not a conventional comedy and it is mostly story driven. Most of the humour comes from the juxtaposition of serious characters responding to farcical problems that they're unable to fix. The closest comparison I'd give for it is In Bruges, but I think In Bruges is a bit more comedic and Patriot is a bit more dramatic. In any case I thought Patriot was pretty great and I'm glad people recommended it.
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Elite posted:It has comedic elements but it's not a conventional comedy and it is mostly story driven. Most of the humour comes from the juxtaposition of serious characters responding to farcical problems that they're unable to fix. There are a lot of "jokes" of dialogue/event repetition, also. Like, for real it reminds me of The Big Lebowski. Not in overall tone, because it's so much darker, but just in terms of dialogue and awkward comedy.
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IRQ posted:Whoa, how? The sat tv package I leech is around 200 i think for the 2 DVRs and one other box for every channel under the sun. Comcrap at my apartment(building sadly isn't wired for FiOS) would be like 100 more than my current internet for a low tier package with HD and 1 DVR. $35 is what you'd pay for just those pay channels, what providor do you have? Well if I separate it out and subtract the normal price of the internet plan without the bundle discount (which I would be paying without the cable either way) then I pay $66 plus taxes just for my cable. Now this is also dependent on the fact that I don't pay box rental fees and actually get a further small discount on the plan because I use my own equipment. The plan altogether is $149 for internet and cable, then I get around a $7.50 discount on the cablecards (3 cards x $2.50) and the $10 outlet fee is waived because all the cablecards are connected to one outlet and the first outlet is free. So then $141.50 plus taxes is what I pay total. Just my internet would $74.99 without a bundle. EDIT: Normally the price without the bundle is close to $200  I also have a cable box sitting in a closet that I don't use that was part of the bundle free. I've never even hooked it up. X-O fucked around with this message at 02:09 on Mar 1, 2017 |
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IRQ posted:PS Vue seems like the best, but it runs like absolute loving rear end on PCs, which is kind of how I do my watching. My big fucker desktop runs it fine, but my laptop and the mini pc on my bedroom tv are hitchy as hell. Flash. Flash in 2017? SAD! IIRC the PC platform is relatively new for PSVue. If you have a Chromecast or Roku or fire TV or some other TV connected device, you're probably better off using one of those. Based off using Vue and Sling with my phone / Android TV, Vue is far superior, and is also cheaper for the base package. Sling doesn't have any DVR (at least didn't as of last November) or any local channels (how many you get with Vue values by region but at least you get something, and can sign into the network apps and sometimes get live TV from there) and their feeds are all delayed 2-3 minutes which was annoying as poo poo. And their interface was garbage too. Vue also has a pretty poo poo interface that lags and crashes sometimes, but I'd still take it over Sling's. If they still carry Viacom networks, that's probably the only pro over getting Vue if you watch those channels.
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