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The "preview" or "trailer" option on a lot of these streaming services is completely useless. It's amazing how often the "trailer" ends up being a seemingly random 30-second clip from the movie that seems to have been picked with no thought towards conveying the tone or plot.

The most egregious recent example we came across was Young Guns II on Amazon Prime (my wife was trying to recall whether she'd seen it or not) and it was just a bizarre clip, randomly edited and cut off mid-sentence.

We finally finished the first season of Patriot. Seriously just about the funniest show I've seen in a while, long sustained belly laughs. Also, the subjective presentation of Lakeman's increasing depression/disassociation is incredibly well done, allowing the viewer the 'privilege' of getting sucked into his black hole right alongside him. Reminds me a bit of Hannibal's final season, slowly and inexorably oozing its way into this place of inescapable darkness.

Did, uh...did I happen to mention that this show is really, really funny? Despite the fact that any description of it is likely to make it sound anything but?

it is outrageously good.

If I didn't think the first episode of Patriot was funny am I not gonna think the rest of it is funny? I didn't even get that it was supposed to be funny.

it's darkly funny

Yes, this is not a show that I would tell a random neighbor or coworker to watch because it's hilarious, but I trust that the average ILXor has a sense of humor that's a bit blacker. Notably, it's dark humor that doesn't (for the most part, poor Steven) get its mileage from cruelty, which is my preference wrt dark humor and is quite refreshing. It's a very human and strangely...kind? show in a lot of ways, particularly for a show about a CIA dude who randomly executes people at his dad's say-so. It contains multitudes, is what I'm saying.

'that I WOULDN'T tell a random neighbor' etc.

Oh nm, said it right the first time, goddamn it

guy in a backpack never stopped cracking me up tbh

"Kevin Powell turned out to be kind of an amazing asshole. This story is pretty incredible (tl;dr: he and his wife torched the wrong person on social media and she sued the fuck out of them)."

jesus his defense is infuriating. The woman posted it to FB. They didn't bother to actually check her profile and see if they were suing the right person? What fucking idiots.

Paramount+, like other streamers from legacy media brands, is tapping into its storied library for original content.

On Wednesday, during its Investor Day presentation, the ViacomCBS-backed streamer revealed a slate of original TV series based on some of its iconic brands. Picked up to series are new takes on Paramount features Love Story, Fatal Attraction, Flashdance, The Italian Job and The Parallax View. All five shows join the previously announced Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies and making-of The Godfather entry The Offer and hail from Paramount Television Studios.

can't wait!

the somewhat more interesting bit of info:

Amy Schumer is reviving Inside Amy Schumer in a series of five specials, while Reno 911! and Workaholics are getting the movie treatment and Beavis and Butt-head will begin its journey to a weekly series on cable with a movie on Paramount+.

my favorite patriot thing is whenever anyone has to rattle off a bunch of mumbo-jumbo piping technical jargon

oh absolutely: RIM RIDING RIP CONFIGURATION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5-9Rfrui9A

i dunno if you're at the grand game of rock paper scissors yet but that also demolished me

wow that paramount plus lineup is fucking bleak

i, for one, can't wait for my sassy reboot of flashdance with appropriate gender/color reconfigurations

it's like a parody of the "capitalism breeds innovation" memes

All I saw were the words "Beavis and Butt-head" and I started thinking about signing up though...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksMAvbW5d8I

I'm def signing up for the cheap (with ads) tier. Looks like they'll have tons of stuff, both old & new. And, yes, I'm a sucker for '80s/'90s Paramount/Viacom nostalgia.

I'll even check out the iCarly reboot, lol (the OG actors are back)

lol forks

cannot wait for resultant paste

No Sam though xps

what - really?? she's the reason I liked the show (as an adult waaaaay too old for it). that kid was funny

i dunno if you're at the grand game of rock paper scissors yet but that also demolished me

Re: that horrifying Paramount news, it's finally sinking in that, in the face of infinite content-streaming hours to fill, corporations will increasingly insist that none of their IP ever remain dormant whether viewers want a revival of said IP or not. Here is my list of predictions for MOR reboot shows that nobody wanted or will want (check back in five years and see if any of them have been allowed to RIP): FernGully, Win Lose or Draw, Popples, Jake and the Fatman, Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael, something with Morris the Cat, Bachelor Party, She's the Sheriff, Shields and Yarnell, something with those Fruit of the Loom fruit-suited creeps, Ed (yes, the baseball chimp movie). Are your appetites properly whetted?

If there’s Meredith Baxter-Bierney content I’m in

xp If viewers don't want it, it won't last. Meanwhile they're doing new stuff too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezhm_9ehXU4

i'm holding out for small wonder

If viewers don't want it, it won't last.

Everybody in the entire world except for two ppl knew that nobody wanted Quibi, and one of those two didn’t want it either. Katzenberg & Whitman still got to shit $1.75 billion away.

Waiting on the Cosby Show reboot

If they could do it "The Connors" style, maybe

^I would totally watch "Vanessa"

We are rewatching the MCU movies in order, and the Spiderman ones aren't owned by Disney, of course. The only streaming service that has the new Spiderman movies on it is SlingTV. Anyone know the arcane corporate goings-on that led to this?

I think Sling just pulls from other services and cable networks, they don't license content themselves? It must be pulling from someplace else.

Small Wonder reboot? Isn't that just Wandavision.

^I would totally watch "Vanessa"

some variety of this is doomed to happen i'm afraid.

https://www.sling.com/

Jake and the Ilx man

xxpost If we wind up going down that road, can we just make it a behind-the-scenes series about the fashion empire of Gordon Gartrelle?

DJI: lol only FuboTV (of all networks) has both Holland films, Starz and DirectTV have the Far From Home as well. weird, but I guess Sony sold the rights to them prior to Disney+

No Incredible Hulk on Disney+ either iirc (which I'm sure people are crying about).

D+ had the first Holland film at one point (I’m pretty sure). IIRC, they made deals w/licensees to get back some of their content for a limited window around launch.

(They only recently got Moana, which is a big deal)

Anyone know the arcane corporate goings-on that led to this?

Spider-Man: Far From Home is streaming/on-demand on Fubo, Starz and DirectTV, rentable on AMC for $6, in print on DVD ($31) and Blu-Ray ($18), and available as a 4K download from Amazon, Fandango, Vudu, Apple TV, Google Play, Youtube, Redbox, DirectTV, AMC and Microsoft for $10, $15, $16, $20 or $31 depending on platform.

Spider-Man: Homecoming is streaming/on-demand on Fubo, FXNow, DirectTV and Spectrum, available for digital rent or purchase (in SD, HD and 4K) on Vudu, Amazon, Fandango, Apple TV, Google Play, Youtube, AMC, Redbox, Microsoft, DirectTV, Google Play, and Microsoft for $2.99, $3.99, $9.99, $12.99, $13.99, $14.99, or $29.99, and in print on DVD for $7.59 and Blu-Ray for $16.

Into The Spider-Verse can be rented and bought on the same platforms for $2.99 to $29.99, and bought on DVD for $11 or Blu for $13.

A box set of the three on Blu-Ray, with bonus digital download, including the bonus features (so probably the 2-hour alternate cut of Spider-Verse) is $33, basically the price of any two of them alone.

I have literally zero knowledge of the arcane goings on, but my inference is that the owners have licensed the films to various retailers, rental outfits, and DVD/Blu labels. In the last case, possibly one that they own.

Finished the first season of Dead to Me. I was lukewarm through most of it, but I liked where it went the last couple of episodes.

It’s good!