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PostNouveau posted:https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1788328172481552627 I wish Max didn't have the right combination of a few excellent TV shows as well as good children's content (esp Sesame Street) that I can't see dumping it, because the quality of the service and in particular the interface just keeps going downhill and getting more and more frustrating to use. My son hasn't really aged into Disney stuff yet so I don't know if that app is any better (although I assume if they do merge they'll just choose the worse of the two interfaces to subsume the other).
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Yikes https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1788556597767143744
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Crescent Wrench posted:(although I assume if they do merge they'll just choose the worse of the two interfaces to subsume the other). Wow, your far to optimistic. They'll obviously merge the two interfaces, keeping the worst features from both.
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Crescent Wrench posted:I wish Max didn't have the right combination of a few excellent TV shows as well as good children's content (esp Sesame Street) that I can't see dumping it, because the quality of the service and in particular the interface just keeps going downhill and getting more and more frustrating to use. My son hasn't really aged into Disney stuff yet so I don't know if that app is any better (although I assume if they do merge they'll just choose the worse of the two interfaces to subsume the other). They weirdly did not raise the price much when they combined Disney+ and Hulu. But then again WB is bleeding money. All comes down to the price point. I'm fine with like $25 for that bundle, but if they start getting up to like $40 I'll start pirating again.
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Get that lembas bread, Andy
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Crescent Wrench posted:I wish Max didn't have the right combination of a few excellent TV shows as well as good children's content (esp Sesame Street) that I can't see dumping it, because the quality of the service and in particular the interface just keeps going downhill and getting more and more frustrating to use. My son hasn't really aged into Disney stuff yet so I don't know if that app is any better (although I assume if they do merge they'll just choose the worse of the two interfaces to subsume the other). I don't think they'll merge the services themselves. You'd still have a D+ app, Hulu app, and Max app. You'll just do some sort of account linking or use the same account to access those services if you have the bundle. We've basically gone full circle back to cable (but with buffering). There's another good example of this. MeTV (the only good digital OTA channel, airs Svengoolie) is partnering with WBD to launch an OTA cartoon channel. OTA channels were killed by cable, then cable channels became poo poo because everyone went to streaming, and now we're back to OTA channels. edit: Just had another thought. Hulu was originally a combined effort of the major networks to compete with Netflix streaming. The early days of Hulu was great. You could watch episodes of current network TV the next day for free. Most of it was free, some shows and features were behind a paywall. Even when it put up a paywall for everything, it still wasn't bad. $5 to watch my network shows anywhere? Sure why not. Then all the networks thought they could pull a Netflix and make millions off streaming so they got out of the Hulu business and started their own streaming platforms, which are all hemorrhaging money. Now we're back to essentially the same thing: Studios combining forces in an attempt to compete with Netflix and make money since they can't do it on their own. Jose Oquendo fucked around with this message at 14:29 on May 9, 2024 |
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Sir Lemming posted:Would you believe Matt Booty Hi-Fi Rush wasnt even that good, decent enough for one playthrough, but the postgame collectible run is aggravatingly boring, feels like a competently made PS2 game, or like a less shittier version of No Straight Roads, pretty much just long rear end janky platforming corridors connecting big square battle rooms with very little variety.
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colonelwest posted:I think I’ve completely broken the YouTube algorithm with my eclectic taste in videos, or maybe I’ve been hacked by Neil Breen. Most of my recommendations are is just random poo poo like this or animal videos from 12 years ago. my friends and i found this the other day, cause its going mildly viral or whatever so it popped up. its one of the single greatest videos i have ever seen.
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I mean the Gollum video game turned out so well. I'm sure this will be great.
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Unless by some chance it's some sort of documentary or comedy, I can't imagine what a "hunt for Gollum" would even entail. Nor am I remotely curious to find out.
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i think it will probably be set in the same time period as the game -_-; that's really the only time where to 'hunt for gollum' makes sense, unless of course they decide he didn't die in mt doom
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colonelwest posted:I think I’ve completely broken the YouTube algorithm with my eclectic taste in videos, or maybe I’ve been hacked by Neil Breen. Most of my recommendations are is just random poo poo like this or animal videos from 12 years ago. I saw this guy live last year. he's pretty famous, house was was packed.
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Mozi posted:...unless of course they decide he didn't die in mt doom He did, but frodo and sam forgot to tell anyone, so the movies just Very anticlimactic. Filmed Dogme 95 style.
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Cassian of Imola posted:I saw this guy live last year. he's pretty famous, house was was packed. Was he also in a lake when you say him live? Does he tour with his own lake, as that would sorta own.
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May 9, 2024 15:29
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Andy Serkis sucks and I hate gollum and every scene he's in. Whenever I rewatch the trilogy I fast forward through any bits with that mincing loser. He's kristen schalling through perfectly nice movies like some Canadian children's character made out of screeches and metal grinding noises. An entire movie of gollum sounds like a living hell.
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dr_rat posted:Was he also in a lake when you say him live? no but one of his bandmates did a kind of jazz percussion solo with pet squeaky toys and other knickknacks
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Cassian of Imola posted:no but one of his bandmates did a kind of jazz percussion solo with pet squeaky toys and other knickknacks Yep, jazz performs will do that kinda thing. An utter menace to society I say! Just think about all the poor crying puppies now squeaky toy less because some random jazz performer came in, in the middle of the night and pinched them!
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EDIT: Never mind, I thought that said jizz performer.
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DebonaireD posted:Andy Serkis sucks and I hate gollum and every scene he's in. Whenever I rewatch the trilogy I fast forward through any bits with that mincing loser. He's kristen schalling through perfectly nice movies like some Canadian children's character made out of screeches and metal grinding noises. He is a bit extra. Weirdly, considering the content of the trilogy, all the other characters are pretty subdued and he doesn't fit in well. I dunno, Andy Serkis was on set scrambling around in a green suit or something the whole time right? You'd think the director would have told him to take it down a notch or 3 when he was right there writhing around and spazzing out. "Hey Andy, Tom Bombadil isn't in this movie for a reason."
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the director of meet the feebles tells someone to calm down
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It's pulling from how Aragorn and Gandalf hunt for gollum prior to the events of LOTR. Spoiler alert, they don't catch him. Some elves do for a bit and he gets away.
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SeenYourPoopypants posted:Hi-Fi Rush wasnt even that good, decent enough for one playthrough, but the postgame collectible run is aggravatingly boring, feels like a competently made PS2 game, or like a less shittier version of No Straight Roads, pretty much just long rear end janky platforming corridors connecting big square battle rooms with very little variety. that's a shame, it looked right up my alley and it got great reviews. oh well
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WoodrowSkillson posted:It's pulling from how Aragorn and Gandalf hunt for gollum prior to the events of LOTR. No way dude this is gonna be the Godfather II of LOTR. Just wait until you see all the complex tapestry of Gollum's life before he became a horrible wretch even though that was already covered in a 3-minute flashback in the original trilogy.
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I would trade Godfather II to eliminate all the awful "How character became character" prequels I've seen from my mind. It's the shittiest premise there is, but hopefully Furiosa is good.
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Oh right, there WAS a gollum video game, wasn’t there? Is gollum some beloved character? Like, did I totally miss how people were writing fanfic about the weird grey raw fish eating psychopath? I never dreamed there would be people clamoring for so much more gollum-focused media
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poisonpill posted:Oh right, there WAS a gollum video game, wasn’t there? It failed so badly it killed the studio
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PostNouveau posted:I would trade Godfather II to eliminate all the awful "How character became character" prequels I've seen from my mind. It's the shittiest premise there is, but hopefully Furiosa is good. Yeah, I really want to look forward to Furiosa because Millers directing and all, but as you say most "How character became character" prequels just arn't that great. There are exceptions though. Better Call Saul was great.
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kalel posted:that's a shame, it looked right up my alley and it got great reviews. oh well I'm a sucker for anything with good music, so I've been enjoying it... Gradually. The gameplay isn't quite as compelling as I'd hoped, it is nostalgic in both good and bad ways.
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Literally nobody likes Gollum, he's a contemptible waste of life and completely revolting which was the entire point of him and I can't explain why or who keeps putting him in media. I can't imagine hearing his voice for the ENTIRETY of a 2+ hour movie. Move the gently caress on, Andy. kalel posted:that's a shame, it looked right up my alley and it got great reviews. oh well Don't worry it got great reviews for a reason, that person is fuckin nuts and Hifi Rush is fantastic Squiggle fucked around with this message at 16:13 on May 9, 2024 |
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Gollum is like Austin Powers or Cartman or Ace Ventura or Borat in that he's mostly popular because people enjoy saying his funny lines in that funny voice.
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Sir Lemming posted:I'm a sucker for anything with good music, so I've been enjoying it... Gradually. The gameplay isn't quite as compelling as I'd hoped, it is nostalgic in both good and bad ways. I’m praying every day that when the music licenses run out Microsoft doesn’t opt to patch the music out
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kalel posted:that's a shame, it looked right up my alley and it got great reviews. oh well I enjoyed it. The gameplay worked for me. I liked the style and humour and it was a reasonable length for the kind of game it is. I never do post-game collection runs though, that sounds inherently boring.
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WoodrowSkillson posted:It's pulling from how Aragorn and Gandalf hunt for gollum prior to the events of LOTR. And yeah, Gandalf and Aragorn spent 16 years looking for Gollum.
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Presto posted:No Aragorn caught him and handed him over to the elves.
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Presto posted:And yeah, Gandalf and Aragorn spent 16 years looking for Gollum. Even for a LOTR film that would be a pretty long movie.
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