Television

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I kinda like it. One has a more saucy connotation. The blur is such a tease.

I prefer the blur since I don’t have to add additional text but I always forget which is which so I just do whichever one I click on first because I am lazy.

 

[Bull Shannon]

My anticipation for another round of Squid Game has felt muted (I know the first season had an open ending, but it just seems like a well with diminishing returns), but I got around to episode 1 last night. I enjoyed it, as much as one can enjoy such intensity, and I was reminded why the first season was so engrossing and watchable. Being on Netflix's ad tier and getting served Squid Game branded ads for pizzas and video games was a tad dissonant though.

 

[EvanBenner]

Being on Netflix's ad tier and getting served Squid Game branded ads for pizzas and video games was a tad dissonant though.

This reply is probably better suited in the video games thread, but it actually pisses me off how some developers sold out to Netflix and now have their games locked behind a Netflix sub.

I was a huge fan of the original Monument Valley. Then, the devs gave heavy favor to Apple on the release of MV2, so I as an Android owner had to wait what felt like forever to play the sequel. Now MV3 is downloadable on both iOS and Android but requires an active & paid Netflix account login. Our Netflix is on my SO's account and we'd have to dig up the credentials since it's just been permanently logged on on our Playstation for literal years. After the earlier term of Apple exclusivity on MV2, this just feels like a second middle finger from Ustwo, the developer.

 

[Matt M]

Those fuckers got rid of The West Wing over the weekend. Hopefully they sell the right to Peacock.

Just reading that West Wing is supposed to be available again starting today

 

[Bull Shannon]

This reply is probably better suited in the video games thread, but it actually pisses me off how some developers sold out to Netflix and now have their games locked behind a Netflix sub.

I was a huge fan of the original Monument Valley. Then, the devs gave heavy favor to Apple on the release of MV2, so I as an Android owner had to wait what felt like forever to play the sequel. Now MV3 is downloadable on both iOS and Android but requires an active & paid Netflix account login. Our Netflix is on my SO's account and we'd have to dig up the credentials since it's just been permanently logged on on our Playstation for literal years. After the earlier term of Apple exclusivity on MV2, this just feels like a second middle finger from Ustwo, the developer.

I always viewed games on netflix as a weird extra perk, not an arm of their sloppy stewardship of digital media. That's way disappointing!

 

[EvanBenner]

Just reading that West Wing is supposed to be available again starting today

Good luck to y'all. MAX has shown its ass as an untrustworthy platform on too many occasions for my liking.

It may take The Last Of Us to convince me to give them another penny under Zaslov's shit leadership.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Reacher - season 3 trailer dropped today.