Anyone notice how the ads on most streaming platforms have literally quadrupled in length over the last couple of months? If I see that Uber Eats ad with the laughing couple one more time I'll lost it or stream elsewhere as Prime is godawful now. Will check out HBO max instead and choose the ad free option that's for bleedin' sure!
@THEBrew I can't speak for others but yeah I've felt like Prime has got worse for it. It's strangely inconsistent though. When I did my recent Boys rewatch some episodes would have three ad breaks in them as well as the start but later ones had none.
They seem to be getting longer as well. I gave up rewatching The Office a few weeks ago because a 22 minute show had 4-5 minutes of ads in it.
@THEBrew@BearsEatBeets I'm thankful I've managed to avoid the ad-based tiers for now, but I guess it's only a matter of time before the ad free tiers get prohibitively expensive.
22 minute show with 4-5 minutes of ads? Closing in on the "classic" US network model, then. A "half-hour" show was 20-22 minutes and the remaining 8 to 10 was filled with ads and other noise. Don't know if it's still the case as I haven't been to the US for many a year, but I expect very little has changed (and certainly not for the better).
@FuriousMachine Do you think the Spiderman you showed me a couple of months ago is still coming? I haven't seen anyone mention it and I've checked a couple of Streaming services but never found it. It was black and white, that's why I wanted to see it.
@THEBrew I've never seen an advert on a Streaming service but I frequently bounce VPNs, maybe that affects it. Prime and Netflix would be UK by default, maybe there are tiers for the subscription? Someone else handles mine so I have no idea, I didn't even know adverts were a thing on there.
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@GirlVersusGame Absolutely, Spider-Noir premieres on MGM+ on May 25th and hopefully on other internationally available streaming services at the same time or shortly thereafter
@GirlVersusGame Both Prime and Netflix have ads at the basic subscription level. As far as I know that is standard across most if not all of the streaming services. I don't subscribe to all of them, so can't say for for sure.
I was on the top level on Netflix when they introduced ads, so have never experienced them. On Prime and YouTube, I didn't last too long until I ponied up to get rid of ads.
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Been having a great time with Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2 recently. Can't wait to see where they're gonna take last week's cliffhanger, and the production quality is through the roof. It always was before, but there have been some next-level sequences lately.
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@Werehog Great to hear; looking forward to picking that back up - Lady Mariko x Godzilla x Kong is absolutely my jam, but the introduction of a Norwegian Netflix show that not only doesn't suck but is actually pretty damn good (at least by Norwegian standards) has monopolised my TV viewing recently. Only two episodes left of "Detective Hole" and I'm off to the world of Monarch
(as an aside, I know perfectly well that "Hole" is the name of the protagonist and is pronounced hoo-leh, but whenever I refer to the show in Norwegian I refer to it as if it was a direct translation of "The Detective-Hole", because it makes me giggle)
That's the issue I have with Prime, it's the fact they have recently increased the ads so much it practically forces you to go ad free. Luckily the selection on Prime is pretty crap of late so I'll just go ad free elsewhere like HBO Max. I wish I could cancel Prime completely but rely on it for deliveries so that's not an option.
@FuriousMachine Yeah, I'm not sure we should be discussing a "Detective Hole" on a family forum!
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters continues to be great fun. This week's episode had some brilliant scenes. My only criticism is that it's a little too obvious that it got hacked apart and re-assembled in the post-production editing suite; there's a lot of ADR plastered over reaction shots and B-roll, but it all hangs together well enough. And while the Titan budget has most definitely seen a substantial increase, the show still works as the place where the MonsterVerse can preserve its decent human characters and storylines, freeing up the movies to come along and be the popcorn spectacle that they are.
I also caught the first two episodes of the latest Star Wars show, Maul: Shadow Lord. Some really great stuff right out of the gate, presenting itself as more of a mobster detective thriller than anything else, drawing from shades of Gotham City in its set-up. Quality voice cast and lots of promise, even if its ultimate destination is a fixed point, and it's hands down the best-looking animated show I have ever seen.
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@Werehog You're right, we should think of the children and avoid discussing any Detective Hole on here. I'll just leave it with saying that the one on Netflix was quite good and refer back to my earlier post with impressions and trailer for the Detective Hole curious out there.
Glad to hear that Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is holding up! To be honest, as long as Miss Sawai is there to mesmerise me they could all be acting in front of a backdrop painted by pre-schoolers for all I care
The arrival of The Boys threatened to throw my plans for catching up on "Monarch" into disarray, but I've managed to catch the first three episodes of the latter nonetheless. Realised that the movie, Rental Family (which I watched again last night) contained a "Monarch" reunion of sorts, as Mari Yamamoto and Takehiro Hira appear in both (and does excellent work in both).
I've been seeing a lot of superlatives for Maul: Shadow Lord so I will absolutely be checking out that one soon. "Mobster detective thriller" sounds like something I'd enjoy, especially now that there's a Detective Hole (sorry - last time, I swear) shaped hole in my viewing schedule (which awaits new seasons of Sugar, Ballard and the debut of Spider-Noir to fill it).
@FuriousMachine Absolutely, Spider-Noir premieres on MGM+ on May 25th and hopefully on other internationally available streaming services at the same time or shortly thereafter
Brilliant thanks, I couldn't find it online or elsewhere. I wasn't sure if it was just a Pilot or a fully fleshed out series. It would be good to have a show to drop some feedback on and I imagine that will be a popular one. The graphic novel was really good, if it captures even half of that then it will be a winner. I feel like I've been saying I'm going to watch Alien Earth for a year now, the same for season two of DareDevil. Then there's Stranger Things which now four people have recommended, I dropped The Simpsons around maybe season five or six. It wasn't at all bad, I think it's a culture thing and a timing thing. The exception was the Treehouse of Terrors, I watched maybe thirty of those in a compilation, they did lose steam half way in. All of the classic movies/stories were addressed in the first few specials, after that it got kind of ridiculous. I liked the Poltergeist one where 'life with the Simpsons?' then the house pretty much teleported itself away. Cape Fear was a good one too and the one with a robot voiced by Pierce Brosnan, the Nightmare on Elm Street one too.
I got through maybe three seasons of Friends, about the same for SouthPark, I think Futurama is next I've been hearing good things about that. I gave up on Game of Thrones, it was very good just kind of depressing because everyone dies even the wolves. I finished Black Books too, I have to watch Red Dwarf too, both are British comedies. Watching Bill Bailey eat that tiny Book of Calm was just brilliant and Dylan Moran is just funny even as a person.
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@Scottyy I started watching Invincible a couple of years ago but just stopped. I can't remember why because I was enjoying it. I do plan to go back to it sometime soon.
Good to see someone else liking Rooster. I stumbled onto it a few weeks ago and started it not realising it was so new that it was still releasing weekly. I've loved it so far but not surprising when it's got Bill Lawrence (Ted Lasso, Scrubs) behind it.
I don't know where were you last but 3rd season was good with a great finale. 4th season was going fine but last 2 episode upped the ante a lot! I recommend going back, other than mediocre 2nd season, it's a fun show.
Rooster is comfort show. Latest episode's ending was crazy! Laughed my head off. Also, I recommended Shrinking too, same creator. But you can leave it after 1st season, it doesn't go anywhere after that finale.
@Scottyy I think I was still in the first season when I stopped but maybe once the whole set is out I'll go through them all.
I've not watched this weeks Rooster yet but thinking of doing that right now.
I've heard about Shrinking but I don't have Apple TV. I do plan to resub at some point to see the second season of Silo so I will give that a try when that happens.
EDIT: Just watched Rooster and you were right about the ending 😄.
Yeah, definetely check the series again. It's fun even though not a masterpiece or anything. Yeah, Rooster ending was crazy!
Speaking of Shrinking
S03
Well, just like S02; this too felt unnecessary overall. I don't think this series needed more after Season 1. Nothing they did felt totally necessary to show. Also I didn't like how not-funny it got since Season 1. I laugh so little compared to before. Episode 7th was the best since I laughed a lot in that. Finale was a good closure I feel. We really don't need anymore of this world tbh.
@FuriousMachine I'll check out 7 days - just did a quick check and the cast list is insane! (Jon Hamm... Michael Sheen... Karen Gillan!)
OK so Industry isn't quite as malicious as Succession, and there are genuinely a few characters to root for, but it might not be for you. Give it a whirl and watch the first couple, if it doesn't click then give it a miss mate
I'm only now watching Industry season 3, but so far the season (and the series as a whole is amazing). For me it's up there with series like The Sopranos. There's a lot to unpack in each episode, and I love how the series doesn't spend time on trying to make sure the viewer understands it. Instead it trusts I'm able to distill some meaning from each episode on my own.
Why can't Max drop the whole new season of its shows all at once, like everyone else does? Instead of this one episode a week, over many weeks crap. I wanna binge!!!
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