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

51 minutes ago, JCon said:

I look forward to the safe-for-tv version of WAP. 

 

^^^^ This gif for my feelings toward SNL coming back with Chris F***ING Rock hosting!!!!!!!!!!!!

On 2020-09-23 at 1:42 PM, Noeller said:

What you'll find is that they really needed another episode, and hopefully that does come one day. It's very unfortunate how the 90s weren't really mentioned, despite being one of the most important eras in the genres history. Burns really had a hard-on for the early 80s stuff with Roseann Cash, Rodney Crowell, etc..... that got way more mention than it should have, IMO. 

Wow, what a disappointing end. Barely a mention of Alan Jackson, Shania Twain, etc. Why couldn't they just cut it off at the resurgence of country music in the 80s, leaving the next generation untouched? 

 

Now, I'm a big Alan Jackson fan, so I'm totally biased, but he's had a heck of a career, including as a Blue Grass musician. 

And only a picture of the Kentucky Headhunters? Tsk, tsk. 

Rodney Crowell got very little attention, despite having his commentary throughout. 

 

I will go back and watch the first four episodes again next month when my library credits renew. 

Yeah, I'm a massive AJ fan, too. And say what you want about Garth Brooks, he's by far the biggest star in the genre's history, and he barely got any time. I understand why Hank Williams and Johnny Cash got so much time, I truly do, but Garth deserved equal or more. Hopefully there's at least one more episode that'll come down eventually. Burns has done that in the past (Baseball, specifically, received a follow up some years later...) and hopefully he does with this as well. 

That's one character covered 3* to go 

https://tvline.com/2020/09/24/the-simpsons-recast-hank-azaria-replacement-carl-carlson/

 

well the link isn't showing but the new voice actor's name is Alex Desert he's had a mix of Voice work and live action work (most notably Boy Meets World and Becker and most recently Better Things)

Edited September 24, 20205 yr by iHeart

6 hours ago, Noeller said:

Yeah, I'm a massive AJ fan, too. And say what you want about Garth Brooks, he's by far the biggest star in the genre's history, and he barely got any time. I understand why Hank Williams and Johnny Cash got so much time, I truly do, but Garth deserved equal or more. Hopefully there's at least one more episode that'll come down eventually. Burns has done that in the past (Baseball, specifically, received a follow up some years later...) and hopefully he does with this as well. 

I agree. I can hope he "fixes" the mess he's made by offering a few extra episodes. 

I'm such a big fan of Ken Burns' documentaries, which is why I'm a bit gutted on how the last two episodes unfolded. The genre is so massive that you can't cover everything. 

But, we still have the music. 

 

Little info on why it ends where it ends

Quote

Though the film incorporates the voices of younger performers such as Secor, the Dixie Chicks and Rhiannon Giddens, Burns decided to stop his narrative in the mid-'90s, just after the ascendance of Garth Brooks.

"We want to let the last 25, 30 years breathe a little," Burns explains. "We did this in 'Baseball' ... or in 'Jazz,' people criticized us for stopping in the mid-'70s. But I feel that you don't really know how important something will be in the scheme of things for a couple of, three decades, maybe.

"So we put on the brakes and stop at a certain point and let the critics and journalists and near-historians argue and discuss what's going on today. That's fine, but in what I do we actually need the perspective that the passage of time gives us."

 

8 hours ago, Noeller said:

Yeah, I'm a massive AJ fan, too. And say what you want about Garth Brooks, he's by far the biggest star in the genre's history, and he barely got any time. I understand why Hank Williams and Johnny Cash got so much time, I truly do, but Garth deserved equal or more. Hopefully there's at least one more episode that'll come down eventually. Burns has done that in the past (Baseball, specifically, received a follow up some years later...) and hopefully he does with this as well. 

 

59 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:

Little info on why it ends where it ends

 

That's a bullshit excuse. We know damn well in 2020 what the impact of 1991 Garth was. Christ. But whatever.... Again, hopefully there'll be added chapters down the road. 

12 hours ago, Jpan85 said:

Little info on why it ends where it ends

Cause country music died in the 90s

 

https://tvline.com/2020/09/25/family-guy-cleveland-voice-recast-arif-zahir-mike-henry/

Judging by the country talent we see on TSN during Thursday night football I can see why Burns stopped when he did. 

https://tvline.com/2020/09/28/the-orville-season-3-premiere-date-delayed-pandemic-hulu/

https://tvline.com/2020/10/01/f-is-for-family-ending-renewed-final-season-5-netflix/

that was quick, also season 3 was only 5 episodes long and really mask centric, you don't suppose they were trying to tell us something

 

Edited October 2, 20205 yr by iHeart

11 minutes ago, iHeart said:

that was quick, also season 3 was only 5 episodes long and really mask centric, you don't suppose they were trying to tell us something

 

Splitting season up most likely then.

I don't know a part of me is thinking that they were halfway through making the season but then the pandemic reared it's ugly head and halted production, but it did end on a rather appropriate cliffhanger

https://tvline.com/2020/10/02/cobra-kai-season-4-renewed-watch-netflix-teaser-video/

 

I thought they said that season 4 wasn't going to take place in Hawkins, guess something must have changed

https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/stranger-things-4-set-photos-reveal-new-looks-max-nancy-dustin/?fbclid=IwAR2XCHbTsxNA60x2cJCS7w9yhbJNM-UuH4IGUVE5YE6nrKlQY1dVzFyKIkA

this is a very stupid price but then I saw this and was like....understood

 

Hmmm, I'm still paying $9.99 for Standard. I have been tempted to upgrade to Premium but that will be jump from (I'm assuming) $10.99 to $18.99. Nope, no thanks. 

Also yesterday I noticed that SNL took off the geo block for alot of their videos on youtube (I don't know if it's just for the election though) many classic sketches are now viewable, including the tv funhouses....this is one of my favourites. This was made at the height of Disney's straight to dvd boom 

 

Now if only Conan would take the geofence off his

Edited October 15, 20205 yr by iHeart

2 hours ago, iHeart said:

 

It's getting to the point the person im borrowing netflix from is gonna ask me to pay up.

But until that day comes when he finds out im okay.

John Brown is one of my favourite American historical figures.  This show is far more entertaining than I could have hoped.

 

https://thenextweb.com/media/2020/10/13/netflix-no-longer-offers-free-trial/