Second season of Orange is the New Black launched today.

 

Anyone else into this?

 

I have to admit to being a bit of a TV/movie-phile.  I generally buy Blu-Rays when there's a movie I want to see rather than just watching it on PPV or In-demand (I like to collect).

 

Premium TV has really been leading a creative resurgence in recent years, probably dating back to The Sopranos.  Its nice that Netflix has become a legitimate competitor for HBO (which puts out some really great shows like Sopranos, Deadwood, Boardwalk Empire, True Blood etc).

 

House of Cards was tremendous.

 

While cable channels like AMC are getting in on the act, I annoys me a bit.  The Walking Dead would be so much better on Netflix or HBO where they could truly appeal to adults (HBO passed on The Walking Dead when Thomas Jane was attached).

 

As for Orange, it took me a few episodes to get into last season but Im looking forward to banging out a few episodes tonight.

 

As an aside, for you Trekies, it was recently the 20th anniversary of the finale of TNG, one of the best Series' Finales in TV history.

Edited February 5, 20188 yr by The Unknown Poster

brace yourselves, dark Sabrina is coming....to netflix....yeah I expected her to land at CW to pair up with Riverdale but hey it ended up somewhere

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4 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

I dont.  When I was ready to try Netflix, I signed up for the free trial.  its worth it so I kept it.  I actually argued with someone over this "sharing".  If people do that, so be it.  But some guy was whining on a different forum about how Star Trek should be on Netflix because it's "free" because he uses a friend's account and he got some blowback about stealing.  His position was Netflix encourages this.  The only thing I found online was Netflix encourages family sharing but their intent is kids move out and get their own.  Dont be cheap.  lol

FWIW, Star Trek Discovery is on Netflix in 188 countries, just not here or the US.  That's one of my pet peeves with Netflix... I understand they why have different deals for different countries but it still irks me.

Double post

Edited December 1, 20178 yr by bigg jay

On 12/1/2017 at 4:32 PM, bigg jay said:

FWIW, Star Trek Discovery is on Netflix in 188 countries, just not here or the US.  That's one of my pet peeves with Netflix... I understand they why have different deals for different countries but it still irks me.

Its a CBS thing though.  Netflix wanted Star Trek on Netflix in North America too.  In fact, it was Netflix's interest in Star Trek that was a major driver of CBS reviving the series.  Originally, CBS announced they were pulling Star Trek off Netflix completely and using it to leverage their own streaming service (like Disney announced they are planning to do).  But the realities of launching world-wide and the deal Netflix offered made CBS think twice.  They kept the US market as an exclusive because the whole point is to build up All Access.  But they let Netflix have the rest of the world, minus Canada where they got too good of a deal from Bell to say no.

******* Bell.  God I hate them.

Edited December 4, 20178 yr by Logan007

On 12/1/2017 at 8:55 AM, JCon said:

I'm five episodes into Godless on Netflix and it's been great.

Western with a bit of Deadwood flair. Not as good, of course, but very enjoyable.

There are only seven episodes so it's not much of a commitment.

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5516154/

http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/features/godless-why-netflixs-brutal-timely-western-is-a-must-see-w512344

 

I really quite like Godless.

 

http://tvline.com/2017/12/04/house-of-cards-kevin-spacey-leaving-season-6-frank-dies/

3 hours ago, Wideleft said:

I really quite like Godless.

 

That looks like the same town they used in the Magnificent Seven (new version).

Punisher on netflix. cannot stress enough how good this has been. 

27 minutes ago, SPuDS said:

Punisher on netflix. cannot stress enough how good this has been. 

Yeah, I'm quite surprised.  I'm only 2 shows in, but it's been better then I thought.

Just now, Logan007 said:

Yeah, I'm quite surprised.  I'm only 2 shows in, but it's been better then I thought.

graphic and not terribly so.. he is a ****** but still human.. really like the direction it takes and how well the casting was done.

1 hour ago, SPuDS said:

Punisher on netflix. cannot stress enough how good this has been. 

I'm not up on all the Marvel shows. Do I need to watch them for everything in the Punisher to make sense?

Edited December 4, 20178 yr by JCon

1 minute ago, JCon said:

I'm not up on all the Marvel shows. Do I need to watch them for everything in the Punisher?

I would say maybe just Daredevil season 2 since it introduces Frank in the universe, but this series really felt disconnected from everything else in the netflix universe. 

1 hour ago, 17to85 said:

I would say maybe just Daredevil season 2 since it introduces Frank in the universe, but this series really felt disconnected from everything else in the netflix universe. 

I agree, doesn't seem like its very interwoven like all the others tend to have been..  kind of a stand-alone.

http://tvline.com/2017/12/04/charlie-rose-replaced-christiane-amanpour-pbs/

40 minutes ago, iHeart said:

http://tvline.com/2017/12/04/charlie-rose-replaced-christiane-amanpour-pbs/

All Charlie needed was a table n chairs.

http://tvline.com/2017/12/06/twilight-zone-revival-cbs-all-access-series-order-jordan-peele/

Not sure who here watches Vikings on History Channel (a damn good series, IMO), but if you do, Knightfall airs tonight immediately afterward. Based on the history of the Knights Templar during the 14th century, I expect it'll be a gooder.

http://www.history.ca/knightfall/

 

Edited December 6, 20178 yr by blue_gold_84
link added

http://www.tvguide.com/galleries/the-amazing-race-30-meet-the-cast

On 12/6/2017 at 2:07 PM, blue_gold_84 said:

Not sure who here watches Vikings on History Channel (a damn good series, IMO), but if you do, Knightfall airs tonight immediately afterward. Based on the history of the Knights Templar during the 14th century, I expect it'll be a gooder.

http://www.history.ca/knightfall/

 

watched the first epi last night.. was a little meh imo. 

http://tvline.com/2017/12/08/big-little-lies-renewed-season-2-hbo-nicole-kidman-reese-witherspoon/

 

also man it is so odd that NBC isn't doing a live production this year just because of one person

http://tvline.com/2017/12/08/alice-cooper-cast-jesus-christ-superstar-live-nbc-easter-musical/

1 minute ago, SPuDS said:

watched the first epi last night.. was a little meh imo. 

Yeah, it was a pretty busy premiere episode. A lot going on, so it didn't flow all that well, IMO. The intro (The Siege of Acre) was my favourite part.

41 minutes ago, iHeart said:

http://tvline.com/2017/12/08/big-little-lies-renewed-season-2-hbo-nicole-kidman-reese-witherspoon/

 

also man it is so odd that NBC isn't doing a live production this year just because of one person

http://tvline.com/2017/12/08/alice-cooper-cast-jesus-christ-superstar-live-nbc-easter-musical/

I enjoyed Big Little Lies, great cast.  The entire first season was based on the only novel about the characters so it was thought it was a one and done.  Nice to see its coming back and season 2 based on a story by the original author.

I wonder if there will be a time jump, because since one of the kids is now on Young Sheldon I don't know if he'll participate.

2 hours ago, blue_gold_84 said:

Yeah, it was a pretty busy premiere episode. A lot going on, so it didn't flow all that well, IMO. The intro (The Siege of Acre) was my favourite part.

ya that definitely could have been it.. and I agree, that opening scene was pretty awesome.