Apple TV+ recommendations?

[Kid_Eternity]

It’s got not just Kurt Russell but his son playing him as his younger self, due to looking like a carbon copy. Worth watching for that alone

The transition between the two was brilliant!

 

[spudulike]

We're hooked on "Shape Island". Excuse: we look after a four year old grandson.

I'm rooting for Triangle.

I'm the King of Halloween!

 

[Orang Utan]

Yeah I can't stand the drip feed either, if I didn't have A|TV+ as part of another sub I would just pay for a month or two each year to binge all the stuff worth watching...

you and T & P and your ilk are ruining the television experience with your demands to binge. Find it so frustrating!

 

[danny la rouge]

you and T & P and your ilk are ruining the television experience with your demands to binge. Find it so frustrating!

Bingeing is the best thing about modern TV. It began with physical box sets: the joy of being able to watch an evening of television you actually choose to watch, instead of just being the best choice out of what happens to be on next. It’s wonderful. And then when streaming adopted that model, it was great. I want to watch 3 episodes in a row of whatever it is I’m enjoying. Even better if you can go straight from one season into the next, and therefore actually remember the plot and who the characters are! Love it.

More bingeing. Hooray for bingeing.

 

[Orang Utan]

It means I miss out on loads of stuff though, and I matter more than everyone else

 

[danny la rouge]

It means I miss out on loads of stuff though, and I matter more than everyone else

How do you miss out on stuff because people like bingeing?

 

[Orang Utan]

How do you miss out on stuff because people like bingeing?

I can only keep up with a series if the episodes are broadcast in the traditional manner, even on streamers. I can get on top of a series if I can watch one episode weekly. If a whole season is released at once, I won't get around to watching it, unless it's something I consider essential. But I'll still watch only one at a time, and then will have to avoid spoilers on here, other social media, and IRL, cos I seem to be surrounded by greedy fuckers who seem to watch telly in ALL of their free time and have bolted an entire season in two evenings.
(I also remember what's happening cos I only watch good stuff that demands my attention and keeps me engaged. I find I don't remember anything if I rush through. I also don't have the time to binge, so one hour of tv an evening is quite enough to deal with)

 

[T & P]

you and T & P and your ilk are ruining the television experience with your demands to binge. Find it so frustrating!

Flattered as I am by your apparent suggestion that I exert any influence in the decision making of major TV studios, I’m pretty certain that they don’t monitor conversations in this forum about the wonders of bingeing. I certainly haven’t written to any studios ‘demanding’ anything.

 

[Orang Utan]

Flattered as I am by your apparent suggestion that I exert any influence in the decision making of major TV studios, I’m pretty certain that they don’t monitor conversations in this forum about the wonders of bingeing. I certainly haven’t written to any studios ‘demanding’ anything.

I wasn’t being serious! But streaming HAS ruined a lot of television for me (and many others, I assume)

 

[T & P]

I wasn’t being serious! But streaming HAS ruined a lot of television for me (and many others, I assume)

Fair enough, certainly about the spoilers bit.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Bingeing is the best thing about modern TV. It began with physical box sets: the joy of being able to watch an evening of television you actually choose to watch, instead of just being the best choice out of what happens to be on next. It’s wonderful. And then when streaming adopted that model, it was great. I want to watch 3 episodes in a row of whatever it is I’m enjoying. Even better if you can go straight from one season into the next, and therefore actually remember the plot and who the characters are! Love it.

More bingeing. Hooray for bingeing.

Exactly. Appointment tv is antiquated nonsense in this day and age!

 

[danny la rouge]

Exactly. Appointment tv is antiquated nonsense in this day and age!

But if one so chooses, one can set one’s own appointments. So it’s win win, really.

 

[Orang Utan]

But if one so chooses, one can set one’s own appointments. So it’s win win, really.

There’s too much choice! Some people need structure!

 

[danny la rouge]

There’s too much choice! Some people need structure!

OK, tell me which programmes you like and I’ll tell you when to watch them.

 

[danny la rouge]

If you want, I can tell you which programmes to like too.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

There’s too much choice! Some people need structure!

No they don’t, they just need a good recommendation alg.

 

[Sweet FA]

I can only keep up with a series if the episodes are broadcast in the traditional manner, even on streamers. I can get on top of a series if I can watch one episode weekly. If a whole season is released at once, I won't get around to watching it, unless it's something I consider essential. But I'll still watch only one at a time, and then will have to avoid spoilers on here, other social media, and IRL, cos I seem to be surrounded by greedy fuckers who seem to watch telly in ALL of their free time and have bolted an entire season in two evenings.
(I also remember what's happening cos I only watch good stuff that demands my attention and keeps me engaged. I find I don't remember anything if I rush through. I also don't have the time to binge, so one hour of tv an evening is quite enough to deal with)

Stop moaning, you're clearly not trying hard enough. You've got to work at watching telly if you want to get your serieses in. Put the hours in man. Sleep less; sack off socialising.

 

[A380]

The fact that most people watch most of their TV on demand ( streaming or time shifting) means the national grid has far fewer TV pick ups - i.e back in the old three channel days, when Coronation Street ended 10 million people would put their kettles on so 2 power stations would need to be put on line. Now this hardly ever happens except during big national events. This smoothing of demand makes the electricity generation system much more efficient.

So basically if you don’t like streaming it’s like drowning baby pandas…

 

[Orang Utan]

The fact that most people watch most of their TV on demand ( streaming or time shifting) means the national grid has far fewer TV pick ups - i.e back in the old three channel days, when Coronation Street ended 10 million people would put their kettles on do 2 power stations would need to be put on line. Now this hardly ever happens except during big national events. This smoothing of demand makes the electricity generation much more efficient.

So basically if you don’t like streaming it’s like drowning baby pandas…

But streaming is not necessarily binging. I never watch actual telly, but I still need to pace out my watching at a sustainable level. I don’t have 3 hours spare every evening to gorge myself on overrated overextended tv shows.

 

[A380]

But streaming is not necessarily binging. I never watch actual telly, but I still need to pace out my watching at a sustainable level. I don’t have 3 hours spare every evening to gorge myself on overrated overextended tv shows.

Yeah yeah. Tell that to the blue whales….

 

[Orang Utan]

Yeah yeah. Tell that to the blue whales….

Fuck em, the fishy endangered giant cunts

 

[A380]

Fuck em, the fishy endangered giant cunts

Actually they aren’t fish, they are actually legumes…

 

[Chz]

Actually they aren’t fish, they are actually legumes…

Culinary vegetables, but biological fruits.

 

[Orang Utan]

Culinary vegetables, but biological fruits.

Actually, they’re technically classified as herbs on account of their baleen

 

[spitfire]

Actually they aren’t fish, they are actually legumes…

no u r

 

[Kid_Eternity]

The fact that most people watch most of their TV on demand ( streaming or time shifting) means the national grid has far fewer TV pick ups - i.e back in the old three channel days, when Coronation Street ended 10 million people would put their kettles on so 2 power stations would need to be put on line. Now this hardly ever happens except during big national events. This smoothing of demand makes the electricity generation system much more efficient.

So basically if you don’t like streaming it’s like drowning baby pandas…

There you go the argument has been won!

 

[Silas Loom]

One and a half episodes into For All Mankind: is it suddenly going to improve? By which I mean, does the alternate history diverge rapidly and entertainingly (massive wars in space? Aliens?) from real events? Or is this basically a Mad Men style slice of social history with pinpoint accurate costume design, only with the advertising and PR stuff (which, to me, was fascinating) replaced with the tedious detail of running lunar transport services?

 

[Lazy Llama]

No massive wars, no aliens (so far), it's more about the politics - e.g. private enterprise vs state-funded, espionage, personal struggles, relationships, accidents etc.
The current series is set early 2000s If I remember correctly. Moon, Mars, asteroids, continuing Soviet Union etc.

 

[T & P]

Anyways, it's high time to go back on topic. Mother-in-law has arrived for Christmas, and as she loves theatre and singing we put on Hannah Waddingham Home for Christmas for her. Recommended to any fan of variety shows and music. She's a great classically trained singer and has a mind blowing voice, so always a joy to watch if you like singing. This also has cameo appearances from many of the cast from Ted Lasso. An enjoyable 40 minutes of variety entertainment filmed at the London Coliseum that will please your elderly relatives, and you if you like stage performing arts.

 

[T & P]

And just finished this week's episode of Slow Horses. Somehow it keeps getting even better, even with the sparce screen presence of Gary Oldman. Can't believe we're nearly at the end of it. One of the best and ridiculously understated TV shows of the last few years.