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

2 hours ago, Tracker said:

Disturbingly accurate.

The parallels to modern times are stark.

4 hours ago, Wideleft said:

Curious if anyone else is watching (or has at least recorded) Ken Burns' latest - America And The Holocaust.

As always, amazing, educational and thought-provoking.  

As I always like to bring up...nice of the USA to join WW1 and WW2 as soon as they started and save millions of lives.

Learned how much of Nazi policy  was based on American Jim Crow laws.

4 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:

Learned how much of Nazi policy  was based on American Jim Crow laws.

Hitler's American Model by James Q Whitman is really interesting and goes deep into this topic.

ooo shots fired

I hope there will be a dedication, but to be honest, I'm kind of wondering if it's too soon

 

pluto tv canada has a launch date

 

https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/pluto-tv-announces-canadian-launch-date-unveils-first-look-at-content-825729910.html

 

Edited September 25, 20223 yr by iHeart

Sooo excited for this! That damned clicker noise too!

Edited September 26, 20223 yr by itchy

15 minutes ago, itchy said:

Sooo excited for this! That damned clicker noise too!

Pedro's on a roll. 

13 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Pedro's on a roll. 

Not sure bout the actor playing ellie. Doesn't have the look but she was powerful in Game of Thrones so we'll see

On 2022-09-21 at 4:00 PM, Wideleft said:

Curious if anyone else is watching (or has at least recorded) Ken Burns' latest -

how, where do you watch this?

22 minutes ago, Mark F said:

how, where do you watch this?

It was on PBS last week.  If you have a VPN app, you may be able to watch it on PBS's website.

https://www.pbs.org/show/us-and-holocaust/

 

1 hour ago, itchy said:

Sooo excited for this! That damned clicker noise too!

I know that's a Hank Williams song but who is the singer?

TSN app. 🦨

keeps shutting off, or spinning gear, or frequently, not available for streaming in your area 😂

my area.... is Canada. 

so I sent them a request for some assistance, saturday.

as of Monday..... no response.

monopoly =  crappy product. 

this is as solid an axiom as the theory of relativity.

not even mentioning some of the oddballs they have working on their broadcasts.

will cancel that "service" day after the grey cup.

TSN  makes gubmint look streamlined, slick, and responsive.

 

 

 

Edited September 26, 20223 yr by Mark F

1 hour ago, Mark F said:

TSN app. 🦨

keeps shutting off, or spinning gear, or frequently, not available for streaming in your area 😂

my area.... is Canada. 

so I sent them a request for some assistance, saturday.

as of Monday..... no response.

monopoly =  crappy product. 

this is as solid an axiom as the theory of relativity.

not even mentioning some of the oddballs they have working on their broadcasts.

will cancel that "service" day after the grey cup.

TSN  makes gubmint look streamlined, slick, and responsive.

 

Are you referring to TSN Go?  If so, it's probably your bandwidth or other apps running that's causing the problem as I've had this same issue in the past, but watched all games this weekend and did not experience any buffering.

6 minutes ago, Fatty Liver said:

Are you referring to TSN Go?  If so, it's probably your bandwidth or other apps running that's causing the problem as I've had this same issue in the past, but watched all games this weekend and did not experience any buffering.

yes.... tsn go

 

not bandwidth..... only one thing running, got 500  mbs download speed. 

 

 

Edited September 26, 20223 yr by Mark F

It's 100% a TSN issue.  The issue being that their streaming service is terrible.  It's not just the app either because I've run into the same issue using their website on my laptop.  You can go on twitter pretty much any day of the week to find people across the country complaining about the same thing.  It's very hit and miss.  Somedays, there are zero problems, other days you wonder why you pay for this "service".  

1 hour ago, bigg jay said:

It's 100% a TSN issue.  The issue being that their streaming service is terrible.  It's not just the app either because I've run into the same issue using their website on my laptop.  You can go on twitter pretty much any day of the week to find people across the country complaining about the same thing.  It's very hit and miss.  Somedays, there are zero problems, other days you wonder why you pay for this "service".  

hit and miss. this is my experience 

barely better than pirate streams.

and.... three days, still no response to my complaint.

and it isnt very hard to make a stream work. 

bare bones operation.

 

Edited September 26, 20223 yr by Mark F

4 hours ago, Mark F said:

TSN app. 🦨

Adblock on? 

4 hours ago, Fatty Liver said:

I know that's a Hank Williams song but who is the singer?

Pretty sure it's Williams just tweaked.

6 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Pretty sure it's Williams just tweaked.

Blasphemy, it sounds like they lowered the key he sang it in.

Anyone watching Rings of Power? There is a lot of internet hate, calling it woke, unfaithful to the lore, etc, but as a casual LOTR fan, I just find it...boring?

Characters in the show don't converse so much as just make grand proclamations to each other, and as a result I struggle to care about any of them.

House of the Dragon has hooked me, though. Moves way too fast, but the story and characters are great so far.

1 hour ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Adblock on? 

no.... but thanks.

Edited September 27, 20223 yr by Mark F

19 hours ago, Mark F said:

TSN app. 🦨

keeps shutting off, or spinning gear, or frequently, not available for streaming in your area 😂

my area.... is Canada. 

so I sent them a request for some assistance, saturday.

as of Monday..... no response.

monopoly =  crappy product. 

this is as solid an axiom as the theory of relativity.

not even mentioning some of the oddballs they have working on their broadcasts.

will cancel that "service" day after the grey cup.

TSN  makes gubmint look streamlined, slick, and responsive.

 

 

 

No doubt about that. Damn app doesn't even update. I have to log off and log back in to get the latest highlights/GOD.

17 hours ago, bigg jay said:

It's 100% a TSN issue.  The issue being that their streaming service is terrible.  It's not just the app either because I've run into the same issue using their website on my laptop.  You can go on twitter pretty much any day of the week to find people across the country complaining about the same thing.  It's very hit and miss.  Somedays, there are zero problems, other days you wonder why you pay for this "service".  

I find Crave to be equally problematic. 

7 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

No doubt about that. Damn app doesn't even update. I have to log off and log back in to get the latest highlights/GOD.

I find Crave to be equally problematic. 

If you have high-speed internet, consider IPTV.

Just now, Tracker said:

If you have high-speed internet, consider IPTV.

Thanks, I will check into it.