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

I know I can subscribe to something just for a trial period. The thing is, I can't be trusted to unsubscribe. So in like four years I will see that I've been unintentionally re-upping to something I never really wanted in the first place

A me problem, I know.

― coolgnoscenti (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, May 10, 2023 7:43 AM (six days ago)

lol, i have this problem as well, and I also don't sign up for free trials of stuff like that ... and it isn't really just you and me, a lot of people have this problem, which is why so many services have implemented this model ... it's why everything is $#.99 so that it looks like a "deal" and "not that much money" which are reasons people are less motivated to cancel ... and lord help anyone who has a full life with a bunch of other crises and obligations such that keeping track of trial subscriptions is like ... nowhere near enough room in one's brain for this. It's super insidious and manipulative and makes me angry when I think about it.

but back on topic ... does anyone else subscribe to Mhz Network?

We subscribed to MHz through Amazon a couple of years ago just to watch a couple of specific Swedish shows but let it lapse after that.

It's got a good amount of non-Anglo European crime & mystery shows that are pretty good ... Netflix is improving in this area, but I still like Mhz enough to keep going

re Apple above you can currently get a 3 monts free trial on PS4 and 6 months on PS5

i get all kinds of ads for Viaplay everywhere, all the dark nordic material one might need is supposedly there but who knows if it's good material.

been watching the Luxembourg(!) series CAPITANI on Netflix, which is a pretty solid bit of crime/mystery thus far. totally predictable in terms of setting (small town murder, everyone has secrets, there's hot ZONING action involving the mayor, maybe even some ANNEXATION) but the lead character is kind of a refreshingly unkempt prickly dude in ways that aren't the usual, the secondary lead is vv likable, and the episodes are a swift 25 min apiece.

Inspired by a Roy Wood Jr. joke at the White House Correspondents' Dinner (he called Succession "Power for white people") I've started watching Power on Hulu. It's not bad — half Empire, half The Wire, very soapy, of course, and the entire cast is cartoonishly hot.

Did a free trial of the BFI Apple channel so I could watch The Third Man and hooo boy is the rest of that service dire for $8/mo.

this Last Thing He Told Me show on apple tv is stupid but enjoyable if only because it was mostly filmed in the bay area but also in Austin, and then for some reason they try to pretend that the very obvious itnerior of the SF Embarcadero Hyatt is a hotel in the middle of Austin.

I'll ask here rather than on the dedicated thread: I'd avoided Succession because it seemed like it was mostly about rich people insulting each other. We've seen the first few episodes so far, and it's entertaining and well-acted, but yeah, it is essentially just rich people insulting each other. Because it's well-made it's easy enough to stick with it, but does it develop into more than just rich people insulting each other? It's hard to believe that's enough to sustain several seasons.

Succession didn't really click for me until the back half of season 1 (episode 7 or 8) and then I was all in.

not even sure that season 1 episode 2 of succession is about rich ppl insulting each other. but yes more things happen and it does become more about character over time, and the writing is just so good

Thanks! Yeah, if it sucked outright I would just cut and run, but it seems pretty good so far.

The show is a sitcom with prestige drama acting and dna.

Has anyone checked out the Fatal Attraction series, starring Joshua Jackson, Lizzy Caplan, and Amanda Peet? (I feel like you can't reference the show without naming all leads, fsr...)

ta for the nudges in this thread re Jury Duty.
Finished it last night, and loved it.
Now I am off to read the articles linked upthread.

3min 34sec of City On Fire episode 1 was all I could take before noping out permanently. Avoid.

I wonder what's the fastest I've bailed on a show I expected to like. I know I gave Whipsmart about five minutes before stopping, but then that's a movie

Er, Booksmart

bad move

I don't think I made it through the first episode of Patriot as I realised the dark humour style wasn't gonna work for me.

i don't mind dark but i'm sort of allergic to whimsy

Book Smart was so fun, one of the better teen movies out there

i sort of want my kids to see it but it it makes getting wasted and getting into trouble look like a hell of a lot of fun, not that that's any great surprise i guess

Tried episode 1 of Sweet Home last night, bailed after 15 minutes.

I got to the rapid-fire childbirth scenes in ep 1 of Dead Ringers and had to stop

xp I'm sure I was not fair to it but it completely irritated me in those first five minutes. I know it has a lot of fans and Kaitlyn Dever is great in everything else I've seen her in

Hulu and Disney Plus are pulling stuff, anything worth watching from this list? https://www.polygon.com/23729816/disney-plus-remove-willow-movies-hulu-y-last-man

Not really afaict, but would make a good poll thread.

I really enjoyed season 1 of the Mysterious Benedict Society, and my kid was obsessed with it. Sort of a Wes Anderson child genius school with slight creepy sci-fi island vibes.

Pissed that I very likely won't get through the Willow series before it gets yanked. I know reactions have been.... mixed, to say the least, but the movie was a childhood touchstone and I was looking forward to watching the series with my son, had planned to hit it later this summer when he's out of school.

Are the residuals for a show like that really so expensive? I just don't understand pulling the show you've already created in house, filmed, marketed and everything... why not just leave it up?

xp - Yeah, my son loved the Mysterious Benedict Society a lot.

This is so dumb. The Willow show will have been up only a few days short of 6 months. This feels very punitive and possibly tied to writers strike.

Also no physical release of the Willow series so... it's just gone for good.

xp - yeah, this seems like shots fired at the writers

There's some potential for this stuff to be licensed out to other streaming services, but it seems kinda like a shitty thing to do, especially with no physical media. Then again, Disney used to release stuff on VHS for a limited time, then pull it indefinitely, so I suppose there's precedent. We've all gotten used to being spoiled, but for most of history virtually no movies or TV were readily re-accessible, let alone thoroughly/comprehensively re-accessible.

Just caught Little Demon in the list, which I enjoyed and which hadn't officially been cancelled yet, but I guess this means it basically is now.

If I wanted to watch ad-supported junk I wouldn’t pay Disney/Hulu $20/mo.

Loved the Last Man comics but think I only made it through about 3 episodes of the show

Spent large parts of this week's Silo thinking how much a de-aged Iain Glen resembles Bryan Cranston.

Morrisp I'm watching Fatal Attraction but not expecting much, basically just giving it time cause I'm in love with Caplan

Lmk if it's worth checking out!

Sweet Home was one of those I got an ep 1 taster, jumped to watching the final ep in full, and felt satisfied. The Uncanny Counter series, though, enjoyed walking through the entire set.

been watching the Luxembourg(!) series CAPITANI on Netflix, which is a pretty solid bit of crime/mystery thus far. totally predictable in terms of setting (small town murder, everyone has secrets, there's hot ZONING action involving the mayor, maybe even some ANNEXATION) but the lead character is kind of a refreshingly unkempt prickly dude in ways that aren't the usual, the secondary lead is vv likable, and the episodes are a swift 25 min apiece.

― omar little, Tuesday, May 16, 2023 9:34 AM (five days ago)

yeah ... season 2 is a bit different but still good.

Apparently The Idol screened at Cannes:

“The Idol,” or 50 SHADES OF TESFAYE: A Pornhub-homepage odyssey starring Lily Rose Depp’s areolas and The Weeknd’s greasy rat tail. Love that this will help launch the HBO Max rebrand, should slot nicely next to House Hunters!

— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) May 22, 2023

Funny, I like Euphoria but I drove by a billboard for this show earlier today and saw "from the creators of Euphoria" and I instinctively felt I did not any more of that in my life.

Have liked Silo so far (I read the books though). Laughed that we spent an entire episode about a woman fixing a generator (I really liked that section in Wool though iirc).

Horny trashy TV 100% slots in next to the Waco Magnolia freaks tbh.

Have liked Silo so far (I read the books though). Laughed that we spent an entire episode about a woman fixing a generator (I really liked that section in Wool though iirc).

― Everybody's gonna get what they got coming (gyac), Monday, May 22, 2023 bookmarkflaglink

I caught up on this show over weekend. I'm enjoying it too although I am hoping it will get more complex as it goes. It's making me miss The Expanse with all its talk of the lowers, uppers, and mids inside this system. But it doesn't have half the political intrigue of that show.

Yet!