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yeah we got disney+ off a free trial so boo could watch the baby yoda show (as she thinks of it), and we've let it roll one paid month to continue my project of watching a bunch of listless and occasionally charming 70s live-action movie. in that time, so far i think the only new thing they've added was the CGI Lion King remake. tellingly, the Roku app doesn't even *have* a "newly added" section (along with many other odd interface choices). agreed that it's basically for families that in earlier times would have bought a bunch of clamshell VHS, and got fancy cable packages solely for the sake of the disney channel. once I can finally arrange for my one buddy to come over for a double feature of "the strongest man in the world" and "the castaway cowboy," i'm dropping this thing for either Mubi or Criterion Channel.

i feel like cancelling disney + since mandalorian is done, and picking it up again when the new marvel shows start.

Watch the Clone Wars. I'm promoting it all over the place, it's great. And a new final season is airing streaming soon.

The Imagineering docuseries was quite good, as well. Surprisingly more objective than I'd expected, too.

We had PS Vue which dies at the end of this month RIP
have now signed up for YouTube Tv which seems like it has pretty much the same stuff & local channels.

we also got appletv+ free for a year
i like the Morning Show & For All Mankind, yet to investigate their other shows

Dis+ is very much not meant for people like us.

haha Disney + is like all the popular content that I have no desire to see (or see again) -- all conveniently packaged for me not to subscribe to!

I'm pretty sure Disney has not fixed the Simpsons yet. We watched a couple, and they looked like shit.

I was never going to sign up but they did inspire me to pick up the DVD sets whenever I see them at thrift stores in decent condition. (So far I've picked up 3 and 6.)

Only on the USA network right now afaict but I just watched the first episode of Briarpatch and I think I'm on board. Rosario Dawson, shady events in a small Texas town, some mild surrealism

Yeah I liked it! The surreal parts feel a tad forced but I’m rolling w it

Listened to the Watch special on Briarpatch and the way they plan to do recap podcasts is a Serial-style true-crime podcast by one of the characters in the show, which I thought sounded cool. Is there a more high-profile example of a TV critic becoming a show runner?

I like it. It felt a little clumsy, but the dialogue is fun and the acting is great!

Its on hulu i believe

Only on the USA network right now afaict

lol

I am watching two streaming shows rn. I like them both.

1) Wicked Tuna on Nat Geo (through Disney+) is a silly 2012 series following a bunch of bluefin tuna fishermen off the coast of Massachusetts. Fantastic personalities, low production quality, lots of great accents.

2) McMillion$, ep. 1, on HBO, a pretty compelling new wild docu-series about the rigged Monopoly games that ran in the '90s and '00s. And more entertaining than the documentary itself (which is good, if a little low-budget re-enacty at times), are the fantastic personalities, great accents and ... yeah, I'm an easy mark.

Increasingly, I realize that I'm drawn to shows about hustlers, hucksters, and frauds. My ideal subject is, like, a working-class saga about an Elizabeth Holmes type.

Counterpart is now on Prime. My premium tv subscription ended before I ever saw the last couple episodes so I’m enthused to see how it ended

Counterpart was such an amazing surprise and I hope more people check it out if it's on Prime. Spy show + sci-fi was already likely to satisfy me but the story is excellent. Justin Marks is heading the FX Shogun remake next, which I'm excited about

i just started it - so good!!

What is better than JK Simmons? JK Simmons x 2

it’s genius casting -
those congenial older Dad-type roles are kind if his bread & butter
but
he can be SO good as the grittier type of hardass (his arc as an excon grifter on Veronica Mars for example was so good)

best of both worlds - and they really feel like 2 diff characters, partly bc of the physicality he gives

it was a little confusing to jump back in after a break because as the two characters gain experience they start to react similarly!

Hoping High Fidelity is getting all of the "remember this from the book/movie?" out of its system in this first episode

unfortunately, no. they recreate a lot of the plot beats and mysteriously listen to nearly the same slate of music. it’s truly weird

it looks stupid but I'm not going to pretend that I'm not going to watch it

it looks stupid but i'm not going to pretend that I'm going to watch it

xxxp - bummer. "We made Jack Black's character a black woman with the exact same personality but we better cast someone overweight so they'll know who it is" is mind-boggling.

what if the main character is the daughter of the actress who played the character the movie version of her character fell for?

The Lisa Bonet stand-in is no Lisa Bonet

i seriously had a split second where I forgot about lisa bonet and lenny kravitz.

not allowed

The Night Manager is pretty good and there are a lot of 'that guys' in the cast - Lepidus and Brutus from Rome! The guy from In The Loop climbing the mountain of conflict!

Haha I wish I’d read this thread before I watched two episodes of high fidelity. I actually thought Zoe Kravitz was its only redeeming quality, even if her Bowie top five was basic af

no berlin trilogy in top 5 is really bonkers

the romanoffs is a dud

i ended up liking High Fidelity. they did a good job casting.

Astutely sensing a marketing opportunity, Disney is apparently adding Frozen 2 to Disney+ months ahead of schedule. I wonder if other services will follow suit with similar exclusives.

they'd be idiots not to

for some reason i thought miyazaki's films would be on disney plus and i can't tell you how bummed i was to realize they weren't

but we will definitely be watching frozen 2 tomorrow. and probably many more times over the next few weeks

miyazaki in us is gonna be on hbo max

Watched the HIllary documentary on Hulu. It's depressing.

"the romanoffs is a dud" about half of them were good, but there are a few that are fucking dire, particularly the Tina Fey/John Slattery one.

my attempt to engage my family in the Expanse did not go over well, I was informed it was 'so much science fiction' by my wife who watches tv in 30 second spurts while looking at her phone.

:(

but it is a lot of scifi it is true

I think we watched maybe two episodes of The Expanse, based on a recommendation from a friend that it was quality sci-fi. And indeed, it was quality sci-fi, but my wife never asked about it again and indeed probably already forgot she saw those two episodes.

The Whitmer Thomas special "the golden one" on HBO is funny and genuinely affecting. Cant remember the last time I thought a comedy special was good

I've never heard of him, but I love comedy recommendations, thanks. Watched the trailer and have no idea what to make of it, but worth a shot!

(Not) speaking of which, I'm sure The Plot Against America is great, but I'm not sure I need another reason to be bummed out.

on Amazon, started this a couple days ago, it's really well done

soundtracked by Mogwai

https://youtu.be/4UYGmqsIFIM

ZeroZeroZero^

my brilliant friend series 2 is on hbo now

We’ve just started watching Mythic Quest on ATV+ and it’s pretty hilarious. Lots of great actors, and F Murray Abraham just slaying it as a washed-up fantasy writer.