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.

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22 hours ago, iHeart said:

no you are not seeing things, Elon Musk really is going to be hosting SNL on May 8th

What a terrible idea. 

yeah this is a very odd pairing....Miley is funnier than he is.

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So what's the deal with why everyone hates Musk so much? Is it just that he's rich or is there something more that I missed about why he's actually an *******...? 

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

So what's the deal with why everyone hates Musk so much? Is it just that he's rich or is there something more that I missed about why he's actually an *******...? 

He's a billionaire & a self made one at that. So extremely rich & people are jealous. 

3 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

He's a billionaire & a self made one at that. So extremely rich & people are jealous. 

He is also pompous and arrogant.

4 hours ago, Noeller said:

So what's the deal with why everyone hates Musk so much? Is it just that he's rich or is there something more that I missed about why he's actually an *******...? 

At times he can be a complete ******* and an idiot.  I don't think it's the jealousy of the wealth.  

4 hours ago, Noeller said:

So what's the deal with why everyone hates Musk so much? Is it just that he's rich or is there something more that I missed about why he's actually an *******...? 

He's a goofball. Went on Joe Rogan and smoked weed, making himself a meme in the process. More recently he defiantly kept Tesla factories open despite lockdown orders and tried to cover up the eventual outbreak. Americans were scraping by on a single stimulus cheque for weeks on end and he's out here blowing up $50mil spaceships. He's just your average billionaire with a robot car company and spaceships that does cameos on Big Bang and Rick & Morty

I saw someone on Twitter refer to him as a real life Hank Scorpio from Simpsons.... Seems like that might check out. 

17 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I saw someone on Twitter refer to him as a real life Hank Scorpio from Simpsons.... Seems like that might check out. 

which is kind of ironic considering that he actually DID guest star on the Simpsons 6 years ago

Say what you want, the man's brilliant. Not in your typical billionaire brilliant either, truly a great mind.

 

Hes a bit of a dip **** sometimes. However hes also changing the world. All the great ones are **** heads 

10 hours ago, iHeart said:

yeah this is a very odd pairing....Miley is funnier than he is.

But he probably sings better then Miley.

5 hours ago, Tracker said:

He is also pompous and arrogant.

Just be glad him and Bezos are not crazy Repubs.

How can anyone criticize the man who invented tunnels? 

8 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

But he probably sings better then Miley.

Just be glad him and Bezos are not crazy Repubs.

Miley has an incredible signing voice. You may not like her songs but her voice is amazing. 

and despite me not caring for her Disney Channel show, I found myself having Party in the USA on a continuous loop back on November 7th (but then again I had multiple party songs playing)

Miley can wail....she's absolutely bonkers crazy, but she can wail. The amount of respect she has within the music industry is large...

20 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Miley can wail....she's absolutely bonkers crazy, but she can wail. The amount of respect she has within the music industry is large...

Agreed, I am not a huge fan, but mad respect. She is crazy talented.

1 hour ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

Agreed, I am not a huge fan, but mad respect. She is crazy talented.

Mostly in the area of crotch movement display.

well I'm not surprised to be honest, last night was worth watching to see Glenn Close do "Da Butt", not to mention the Best Supporting Actress winner make a pass at Brad Pitt

https://tvline.com/2021/04/26/tv-ratings-oscars-93rd-academy-awards/

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16 hours ago, CodyT said:

Say what you want, the man's brilliant. Not in your typical billionaire brilliant either, truly a great mind.

 

Hes a bit of a dip **** sometimes. However hes also changing the world. All the great ones are **** heads 

My take too. I don't know why people seem to think he HAS to be brilliant in every aspect of life. He's obviously next level smart. Is he an expert in virology? No...so should anyone take his opinion on it as gospel? Also no. But the twitter universe demands weird things of people at times.

I have no issue with him honestly, but I do find it funny when people call him an idiot. 

21 hours ago, Tracker said:

He is also pompous and arrogant.

Which comes back to being rich & powerful. 

1 hour ago, Bigblue204 said:

My take too. I don't know why people seem to think he HAS to be brilliant in every aspect of life. He's obviously next level smart. Is he an expert in virology? No...so should anyone take his opinion on it as gospel? Also no. But the twitter universe demands weird things of people at times.

I have no issue with him honestly, but I do find it funny when people call him an idiot. 

Like I used to say to my teenage sons back in the day when they screwed up. They're in their 30's now. "Just because you're intelligent doesn't mean you're smart."

1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Which comes back to being rich & powerful. 

Like I used to say to my teenage sons back in the day when they screwed up. They're in their 30's now. "Just because you're intelligent doesn't mean you're smart."

That's sort of like the difference between knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge is being aware that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it on your ice cream.

10 hours ago, Tracker said:

That's sort of like the difference between knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge is being aware that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it on your ice cream.

That's a very good summation. 

wasn't there another series recently that was a streaming exclusive?

https://tvline.com/2021/04/27/flintstones-animated-bedrock-series-fox-elizabeth-banks-pebbles/

eh what could go wrong

https://tvline.com/2021/04/28/john-mayer-talk-show-paramount-plus/

https://tvline.com/2021/04/29/dexter-season-9-premiere-date-showtime-revival-trailer/