Raheem
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Sundance is part of Prime. You can't subscribe to it separately. So it's a hustle really. You subscribe to Prime, but any time you find something you actually want to watch, you click on it and get asked for more money.
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Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
It’s a continued fragmentation of service. You can subscribe to half a dozen steaming services and still not be get access to the films you want.
It’s a shit state of affairs for consumers.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
No it’s not. You just have to pay for some films. You get a hell of a lot for very little. Seems fair to charge a few quid a month for the add-on channels
Raheem
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It's not really about whether you're getting value for money (although, with Amazon's add-on channels you are usually not, compared to similarly-priced standalone services). Amazon's model seems to be set up to take money from customers by stealth. Firstly by making it easy to sign up to Prime without realising you've done it. But even if you make a conscious decision to subscribe, you're unlikely to realise that the good stuff is behind further doors that require further payment. So people end up paying substantially more than they initially thought they would be, plus more if they're not on the ball about managing their subscriptions and cancellations.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I dunno what you’re looking at, but the paid for channels and films are blatantly indicated
Raheem
Well-Known Member
I suppose so. And also no-one's holding a gun to anyone, and there's worse things happening in the world. None of that means it isn't as I described, though.
T & P
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Amazon Prime has increasingly become a gateway drug for much of the decent content, fwiw.
If you like horror, almost all of the decent stuff is behind the Shudder additional paywall. Similar situation with the Stephen King-type quality series, which can only be accessed past the Starzplay paywall.
If you like horror, almost all of the decent stuff is behind the Shudder additional paywall. Similar situation with the Stephen King-type quality series, which can only be accessed past the Starzplay paywall.
Grandma Death
Reconfiguring & Reconstructing
Blew me away this. Deffo crashed into my Top 5 documentaries of all time. This is the proper ugly side of corporate greed that will see your jaw spend most of the time on the floor. Cracking documentary!
T & P
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I guess it’s not as much of an issue for people watching Prime on a computer or device, but on the TV through the built-in app, the sound balance for most Amazon films and series is unbelievably shit.
An all-time record was reached today whilst watching Psycho Goreman on Shudder (pretty good actually). We had to rack up the volume to 70 on our TV (25 would be too loud for terrestrial channels) to properly hear the dialogue, and of course the sound effects were incredibly loud by comparison.
At least Netflix offers you the option to downgrade the sound to bog standard quality, which often mitigates the issue. But it’s really fucking shit with Amazon
An all-time record was reached today whilst watching Psycho Goreman on Shudder (pretty good actually). We had to rack up the volume to 70 on our TV (25 would be too loud for terrestrial channels) to properly hear the dialogue, and of course the sound effects were incredibly loud by comparison.
At least Netflix offers you the option to downgrade the sound to bog standard quality, which often mitigates the issue. But it’s really fucking shit with Amazon
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
I just started watching Fat Tony & Co, which seems like a pretty solid Australian drug/gangster romp.
It's part of the Underbelly franchise which is also ace and on Prime.
Both based on real life characters
Mr.Bishie
It's part of the Underbelly franchise which is also ace and on Prime.
Both based on real life characters
Mr.Bishie
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
It’s probably old news but I really enjoyed Patriot after finding it earlier this week. Offbeat, darkly comic spy show which presents the CIAs covert ops as hopeless and ill fated. Not so much feet of clay, as of mud.
It’s clever, surprising, and not so much “character led” as “character meandering”.
Shame there were only two series. I enjoyed it enormously.
It’s clever, surprising, and not so much “character led” as “character meandering”.
Shame there were only two series. I enjoyed it enormously.
cybershot
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The back catalogue is about to see a rather large increase in content.
Amazon buys Hollywood studio MGM for $8.45bn
The move gives the US tech giant the chance to expand the library of movies available on its streaming service.
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T & P
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More of a non-recommendation this, but then I’ve always seen threads like this as a discussion platform anyway...
Disappointed with Solos. Basically a one-man-show Black Mirror anthology, and starring fairly fairly big names, so overall lots of potential in the right hands.
Unfortunately the three episodes I’ve watched so far were pretty flat and felt like a massive missed opportunity. Not terrible but you are left wondering how much better this could have been.
Disappointed with Solos. Basically a one-man-show Black Mirror anthology, and starring fairly fairly big names, so overall lots of potential in the right hands.
Unfortunately the three episodes I’ve watched so far were pretty flat and felt like a massive missed opportunity. Not terrible but you are left wondering how much better this could have been.
haushoch
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On our continued search for enjoyable films without guns and car chases, we came across "A Man Called Ove". It's lovely.
IMDB summary: Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his new neighbours.
We really liked it, and it's not as predictable as it sounds from the above description.
IMDB summary: Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his new neighbours.
We really liked it, and it's not as predictable as it sounds from the above description.
Sorry, you’ve lost me there.
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
Patriot.
it’s a quirky, slow, dark-as-pitch espionage comedy. I liked it a lot.
it’s a quirky, slow, dark-as-pitch espionage comedy. I liked it a lot.
I flagged it last year when it was still free to watch. It is very good. I would definitely recommend it.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Arrrrrhhhh! I have been watching 'Soulmates' thinking it was 'Solos', wondering when Helen Mirren would come into it, and bearing with it because I heard the last episode ties it all together in a really satisfying way. Arrrhhhhhhhh.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
. . . . oh no. Solos is pretty shit too.
8ball
Maximum Facepalm
krtek a houby
Anger is Hi-NRG
On the last season of The Man in the High Castle. Certainly moved on (a bit) from the glacial pace of the first 2 seasons - just feels a bit odd after
Anyways, parallel worlds always of interest.
a sizeable chunk of the cast are gone at the end of season 3 and beginning of 4... still, it hasn't gone completely to shit like Wayward Pines did
Anyways, parallel worlds always of interest.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
They are mercifully only 25 minutes each if that.
One thing that is good is that they are all audio based, so you can just get on and do something else why listening. I'm up to morgan freeman.
Just curious as to what the final reveal is. Though I think I have an idea, and if I am right it's pretty boring.
Maybe this is the new Prime formula. Dispatches from elsewhere, Solos, soulmates,
8ball
Maximum Facepalm
Well, if it is I can save myself a bit of cash each month.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Having now finished it I can confirm that Solos was shite.
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