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

9 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Anyone get Disney+ today?  I couldn’t find the app on my LG tv yesterday.    

I got it this morning. 

1 minute ago, JCon said:

I got it this morning. 

What are you streaming it through? And what do you think of it?

1 minute ago, The Unknown Poster said:

What are you streaming it through? And what do you think of it?

I downloaded the Android app on my phone. 

I'll use Chromecast for the family room and get the D+ app for TV in the bedroom.

 

I like the selection. Tons of Mickey cartoons, new and old. Old movies, like Bed knobs and Broomsticks. New Marvels movies, including Endgame. I'm excited to watch The Mandalorian tonight. Mupppets! Some older, cool movies like the Sandlot. 

 

The app was slow this morning to show everything but it seems to be loading now. 

https://tvline.com/2019/11/12/days-of-our-lives-cancelled-cast-fired-season-56/

 

actually the entire cast was released from their contracts

8 minutes ago, iHeart said:

https://tvline.com/2019/11/12/days-of-our-lives-cancelled-cast-fired-season-56/

 

actually the entire cast was released from their contracts

Days is done? Whoa...

I will be getting Disney Plus once I'm home from work,   I'll be using it off a browser and also the Xbox One.      I'll give an update once I get a chance to play with it. 

For those who have not already watched....  Disney has a 3 hour trailer showing all of their shows/movies available on day one.

5 minutes ago, Brandon said:

I will be getting Disney Plus once I'm home from work,   I'll be using it off a browser and also the Xbox One.      I'll give an update once I get a chance to play with it. 

For those who have not already watched....  Disney has a 3 hour trailer showing all of their shows/movies available on day one.

I am amazed at how big the back catalogue is. Some, great, great old live action movies and Disney films. 

Edited November 12, 20196 yr by JCon

welcome to the 5 timers club

https://tvline.com/2019/11/12/snl-will-ferrell-host-november-season-45-nbc/

 

5 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

 

Welcome to Disney+, where nothing can possib-lie go wrong. Uh, possibly go wrong. That's the first thing that's ever gone wrong.

 

 

EDIT: I hope they fix this egregious error quickly. 

Edited November 12, 20196 yr by JCon

Alrighty I bought the yearly subscription,   tried it out on three different devices. 

On Xbox one it runs flawlessly , menus load quickly and everything was snappy.      Same with my Windows 10 computer using Chrome.

On my Linux machine using Firefox it wouldn't play the videos.    

Overall everything is very easy to use (my  7  year old figured it out quickly) , the interface is slick and basic and the video/audio quality seems good to me.  

It's been a bit choppy so far casting from my Andriod. I would blame overworked servers and doubt it will be an ongoing issue. 

well it's day one, of course things won't go smoothly

Mine is streaming smoothly with a mediocre internet speed with MTS.   

I don't believe however it is streaming at 4k.... I don't see anywhere that you can force it to stream at a higher resolution.  Looks 720p to me.....

Mine had been flawless so far from my Pixel to the Chromecast dongle on my TV. So much content, hard to decide where to begin, even. I'm here mostly for the Marvel content but I'm sure there'll be other stuff (Disney flicks, Simpsons) that well get use out of... 

https://tvline.com/2019/11/12/friends-reunion-special-hbo-max-unscripted/

New true crime docuseries on Netflix.  The devil next door.  About the guy arrested in the 80’s accused of being Nazi war criminal Ivan the terrible.  

Before you sign up for Disney+

Cash back with Rakuten!

https://www.rakuten.ca/ticket/campaign/2018-Homepage-Top-Stores/store/disneyplus?sourceName=homepage

 

Gord LeClerc has been let go  from CTV WPG.

Edited November 14, 20196 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

6 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Gord LeClerc has been let go  from CTV WPG.

Oh? He's been there a long time. Anything to it or are they just moving on? 

Just now, JCon said:

Oh? He's been there a long time. Anything to it or are they just moving on? 

Part of Bell Media purge.

I wonder who else will be effected if there's a purge

Poor Gord...he's an absolute beauty of a guy. But...high salary = first to go. Such a shame...they'll go with a young kid who's making pennies on the dollar.

On 2019-11-12 at 9:40 AM, JCon said:

Days is done? Whoa...

On hiatus. Not officially cancelled. Releasing the actors from their contracts mean they can hire them back for cheaper $$$. They expect half will sign new deals & they'll bring in new actors for the rest.  Soaps are dying off. Only a couple left. 

So, I've been watching re-runs of the original tv series, Lost In Space on Shaw's Silver Screen Classics. I was an avid watcher when it was on television back in the mid 60's. Some of the monsters freaked me out back then. But I haven't watched it in half a century. I had forgotten just how bad it was. The cheap special effects, the over the top acting by Jonathan Harris who played Dr Zachary Smith & the (now) less than scary monsters. Looking back, I feel sorry for the adult actors in that series who signed on for what was supposed to have been a serious sci fi series. But after the pilot they added Harris & The Robot. The series quickly revolved around those 2 characters along with Billy Mumy who played the 10 year old genius Will Robinson with less & less storylines about the others. Still fun to watch all these years later.