But Is It on Netflix? - Streaming Video Service Thread: Hulu, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, Disney+, Peacock, YouTube TV, AT+T Watch, Philo, Playstation Vue, HBO Max, HBO Now, Facebook Live and many more

(ie brotherlovesdub and unperson dislike seeing movies projected on film on a giant screen, feeling the thrill of sensorally overwhelming art or entertainment as part of an audience of 10-1000 people, and therefore are arguing that nobody else should ever be able to enjoy that experience. the counterargument is that this experience could still exist, but they would not be forced to participate.)

Here's a non-netflix original suggestion: my wife and kid devoured all four seasons of Life in Pieces over the course of about 2 weeks. I saw probably half of it and it was excellent, what a good sitcom. Was surprised to find that it had been on CBS for four seasons (because I rarely watch anything on network tv now and almost always equate that to being awful) and also disappointed to learn it was cancelled unceremoniously with a series cliffhanger. Anyway, recommended if you like...I dunno. early seasons of modern family, but it's much funnier?

some good business observations here:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/filmmaker-steven-soderbergh-on-hbo-max-the-death-of-cinema-and-vibing-with-meryl-streep?ref=scroll

paywalled

incognito window

did not work on ios

Weird. I opened it up via Twitter and just copied the link, so don't know why it didn't work. My computer is currently inoperable, so I'm not sure how else to do it. I do know I didn't have to pay for it.

Soderbergh on the future of movies: "The theatrical biz is not going away. There are too many companies that have invested too much $$$ in the prospect of putting out a movie that blows up in theaters—there’s nothing like it. It’s all going to come back." https://t.co/Plq5OKrAPA

— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) December 5, 2020

thanks Josh. just tried going via the tweet on desktop and on my phone, in incognito windows and didn't work unfortunately :( maybe it's a uk thing

put the most relevant stuff over here: the Disney-Fox merger and film/TV production/exhibition hegemony in general

I agree with him, it's kind of inconceivable to me that theaters would collapse entirely and I still don't see how studios can recoup their costs by taking things to subscription services. maybe home on demand rentals. But there will always be a theater-going audience if theaters exist, I think, for big films.

I forgot that Hulu did a 11/22/63 series. Worth watching? Thought the book was solid for latter day King.

it's quite watchable bollox iirc

thanks sic!

I liked it.

The Insider is on Amazon Prime!

man they're really gonna try and destroy two major American art industries just because Netflix is unprofitable and they tried to make a Netflix

― huge rant (sic), Friday, December 4, 2020 5:41 AM (four days ago)

turns out I have been otm in had this exactly right

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/04/att-dismantles-time-warner-to-battle-netflix-the-inside-story.html

We probably need a separate thread at this point to document all the ways AT&T/WB is punching itself in the face rn. The latest: the central players of Wonder Woman 1984 got massive payoffs to hype the film's move to HBO Max but most other affected filmmakers weren't informed until 90 minutes prior to the announcement that all of WB's 2021 film slate would be premiering on HBO Max.

Saw Christopher Nolan bitching about that and lack of "talent management" and idk, yeah its almost as if WB doesnt value the the filmmakers behind Space Jam 2, Mortal Kombat 2, Suicide Squad 3, and live action Tom & Jerry

Saw a couple articles yesterday that strongly imply the HBO Max and Roku deal is even farther away from happening than ever before. This shit is insane. At this point, part of me hopes it blows up in both of their faces and they don't get anything worked out before these 2021 movies start streaming there.

I gave in and bought a Fire Stick. Don't know if I'll keep HBO Max into January after my trial ends

I installed hbo max on my firetv before it was officially available fairly easily after searching how to do it. does that work on rokus also?

I'm close to bailing on my roku, not least of all because the remotes keep failing to connect to it. Also no fuctional Twitch app.

As far as I know, there are HBO Max/Roku workarounds for certain smart and/or 4k TVs, but haven't found one for our Roku.

https://www.cbr.com/roku-feature-hbo-max-workaround/

I never like doing the casting solution though - seems buggier and less smooth in my experience

Yeah, I saw that. Apparently our Roku device is too old for that update?

I never know whether "HBO Max" actually means HBO Max (the new service) or whether it's just being used to mean HBO (what used to be HBO Go/Now). For most people, the two are functionally synonymous, but for Roku users, they aren't. Basically, I want to know: Will I be able to watch these Warner Bros. movies on Roku, or nah?

As of right now, without any of the workarounds linked in the articles above, no.

There is an HBO app you can get on Roku if you subscribe, but it's only HBO content (no Warner stuff) that you would have if you paid for HBO through your cable company.

I recommended the Seth Roger pickle movie (was fun) to a friend who then searched for it on HBO, assuming it was part of being an HBO subscriber, but nah.

*Seth Rogen

xxp Yeah, I use that HBO Roku app all the time to watch HBO TV shows and movies that are included with the basic HBO streaming service. I just didn't know if the Warner deal was a general HBO deal or was specifically limited to the HBO Max service.

Specifically limited to the HBO Max service, as I understand it.

So far, the only thing I have wanted to watch but have been unable is Season 3 of Search Party.

It must be fun to have hundreds of billions of dollars on hand to patch over the inevitable fallout from your chronic incompetence.

It is baffling how they didn't convert the millions of existing HBO subscribers to Max better... when most of them get it for free anyway?

Yeah, and to be clear, I can watch HBO Max on my laptop...but I don't particularly want to.

The sad thing is, HBO Max might have the best catalog of all the streaming channels. TCM, Criterions, Ghibli, Looney Tunes, big Hollywood stuff, stuff like Wizard of Oz, Citizen Kane, Casablanca, iconic '60s and '70s stuff, documentaries, comedy series ...

Airplay 2 casting to Roku actually works pretty well. Still sucks about HBOMax. I'm shocked that my cable box doesn't support HBOMax, even though they give me a subscription with my HBO sub.

xxxp - I had to explain to several customers when DC movies came up at work that they get HBO Max free because they subscribe via cable.

Shifting from HBO Go/Now to HBOMax seems like it might have been an own goal.

HBO Red

HBO Platinum

HBO Pro Plus

HBOhhhhhh

HBO Covenant

HBO Redemption

HBO SE+

HBO ‘20

okay that’s it, i left it all on the field

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