Disney + streaming video recommendations thread
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ATOMIC SUPLEX
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When did that start?S4 of Only Murders in the Building is arguably the best one yet so far
Have they dumped the whole lot at once or are they drip feeding it.
Probably worth doing the £1.99 for three months.
T & P
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We’re up to episode five out of ten as of today, so if you’re hoping to scoop it all up inside a month’s membership, I’d say wait until mid-October before rejoining.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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offer ends 27th. . . but it's for three months anyway so plenty of time.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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I signed up on the 1.99 deal for three months. Wowzers, those ads have really picked up since I was last subscribed. It used to only be about 20 seconds of advertising for another disney show, not intrusive. Feels a little bit too much now.
Also, at first glance not a huge amount to get excited about over the next three months. Inside out 2 maybe, Agatha, Solar Opposites new series, kinds of kindness, New Only Murders in the building. . . . Might watch Mr Inbetween again.
I noticed Macross is all over it now, but I only wanted the old early 80s show . . . and that seems to have been caught up in some annoying legal worldwide ownership bullshit so I'll probably never see it. . . . I was always curious because in the early 80s my village model shop sold (along with airfix war planes) these crazy half robot planes and robots with massive gun heads. The designs looked very exciting to my 10 year old brain. I bought and made a couple. Turns out they were Super Dimentional Fortress Macross models and probably would be worth a fortune now. Predated the idea of transforming robots (in disguise). I'd really like to see where they came from, plus I have a soft spot for 70s/80s anime (gets a bit shit in the 90s).
Also, at first glance not a huge amount to get excited about over the next three months. Inside out 2 maybe, Agatha, Solar Opposites new series, kinds of kindness, New Only Murders in the building. . . . Might watch Mr Inbetween again.
I noticed Macross is all over it now, but I only wanted the old early 80s show . . . and that seems to have been caught up in some annoying legal worldwide ownership bullshit so I'll probably never see it. . . . I was always curious because in the early 80s my village model shop sold (along with airfix war planes) these crazy half robot planes and robots with massive gun heads. The designs looked very exciting to my 10 year old brain. I bought and made a couple. Turns out they were Super Dimentional Fortress Macross models and probably would be worth a fortune now. Predated the idea of transforming robots (in disguise). I'd really like to see where they came from, plus I have a soft spot for 70s/80s anime (gets a bit shit in the 90s).
Lord Camomile
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Yeah, while I didn't think it was the greatest piece of TV, I really liked that it just felt very different from pretty much all their other stuff.
Was quite disappointed when it devolved into more typical Marvel fare by the end, but was still hopeful they'd do more stuff like that (in that they wouldn't be like that, IYSWIM
) even if just more 'one-shots'. Alas...Have enjoyed Agatha so far, for similar reasons. Thought Ep3 felt a little 'cheap filler episode', but still keen to watch the rest. Hahn is, of course, carrying the show, but there's a lot of other decent stuff going on too. Certainly the most interesting thing Marvel have done on screen for a while.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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I'll give it a go. It does seem that Marvel make attempts to take risks and do something different (Wanda, Loki, She Hulk etc) but then just cave in (to studio pressure?) and turn everything into that same old marvel CGI snooze fest.
I don't know much about actual marvel comics so I can't comment, but I really really really enjoyed Alan Moores Americas Best universe. Different stories and characters had totally different genres and styles, (borrowing ideas from 100 years of comic books) but stories and could still cross over in a natural and interesting way. It was vibrant exciting, engaging and fun. Not just a continuing boys own onslaught of dashing do gooder Tom Strong. TV and film has had just as much of a rich history of adventure genres to riff on.
krtek a houby
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Alan Moore also did a stint on Marvel's Captain Britain, which crossed over with Marvel's Doctor Who... or rather the Special Executive
Special Executive - Wikipedia
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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I am unfamiliar with all of Moores Marvel and DC output minus watchmen.
I wonder now if it is too late for me to be enthralled with his earlier works. Did he do some Swapthing? I think I might have read that and not been very interested. Probably sacrilegious to say so, but I didn't really enjoy Warlords V for Vendetta.
I wonder now if it is too late for me to be enthralled with his earlier works. Did he do some Swapthing? I think I might have read that and not been very interested. Probably sacrilegious to say so, but I didn't really enjoy Warlords V for Vendetta.
DaveCinzano
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Are you doing a funny? That was ‘V For Vengeance’, and was in Hornet, Hotspur and Victor, not Warlord. ‘V For Vendetta’ was in Warrior.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Moore's run on Swamp Thing was outstanding. During those years, he created the character John Constantine, who got his own title - Hellblazer and Jamie Delano wrote it. Delano also took over Captain Britain after Moore left that title. After AM exited Swamp Thing, Rick Veitch took over. He had quite an act to follow, and imho he did a great job.
Another title that Moore excelled on in the 80s was Miracleman (aka Marvelman). Initially it started in Warrior before graduating to its own title with Eclipse Comics. It's been reprinted a few times and Neil Gaiman took over the title in the 90s.
I tend to prefer Moore's output from that era, before he became a grump but there were occasional comics like The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen that were worth a read.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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I think his complete Americas Best output is his very best, the way it all mixes together, even with other writers (inc Veitch). . . and even concludes all the 'stories' at the end of Promethia. I think my personal favorite was Top 10 which was not directly connected to the Tom Strong universe like LOEG. . . but as a O'Neil super fan, I can't ignore the brilliance of The League if Extraordinary Gentlemen.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Have read very little of ABC, didn't get into Promethea at the time because of the dense prose (at least in the issue I picked up) ... maybe give it a go again, one day.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Promethia is tough, it does go off a moore flight of fancy somewhat. . . . But in conjunction with the other very different stories and characters it all makes for a fine and complete body of work. I probably wouldn't have delved in had I not picked up discounted collections, but I don't got hooked.
Top 10 is my favourite, but like LoEG, it's not part of the ABC shared universe as such (they both have their own extended universes).
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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. . . Disney plus question. It's stopped working on my macbook pro properly. Last time I subscribed it was fine, but now it only loads a back screen instead of a menu. No pictures for any of the films. What has happened? A quick Internet search doesn't bring up any recent changes.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Brilliant third episode of Agatha All Along- really enjoying this
Just watched the first one. Started off ok, but then maybe moved on too quickly. Boring fight bit and now I'm not that gripped.
Not helped by the fact that since my last visit to disney the app / website has become a total mess.
Doesn't work properly on my . . . .
Chromebook - keeps adding subtitles, drops out of full screen mode every 30 seconds and it is not an absolute nightmare to search through available films and programmes unless they are in the immediate 'recommended' section.
Mac - Menu is just blank, no pictures.
TV - doesn't work at all.
T & P
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Well that’s not going to improve your viewing experience…
It gets better with more characters involved from the next episode.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Just scrolling the menu is a pain. Lets say I want to add some Horror flicks to my list. If I go to 'film' select 'horror' and scroll down, then want to view more info on a film, as soon as I come out, I am back in the main menu and have to click 'film', 'horror' and scroll back down from all the films from the top all over again. It wasn't like that before, I would have remembered. I also seem to remember being able to just browsing the 'star' selection.Well that’s not going to improve your viewing experience…
Not a huge amount has been added since I was last here. . . Season of Futurama, Solar Opposites, Only Murders, Agatha, Inside Out . . . . then I will be done.
. . . and the adverts go on much much longer.
Epona
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Oh I absolutely hate the Disney+ UI, if you've got any visual impairment it's impossible to see what things are from the little thumbnail images - so you end up clicking on them to read the description, click, back, click, back, click, back, on each fucking individual show that you don't immediately recognise from the thumbnail.
scifisam
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S4 of Only Murders in the Building is arguably the best one yet so far
We've only watched ep 1 so far, but agreed, it's back on form.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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I'm watching the second one now and the singing is making my skin crawl. The witches road? It's all so cringworthy.
The show is really not grabbing me.
I'm out.
I lasted longer than echo and secret invasion so at least there is that.
T & P
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As DotCommunist krtek a houby Chz and ATOMIC SUPLEX and I were all discussing Ryan Murphy very recently in another thread, a shout out to anyone interested to check out his brand new series on Disney, Grotesquerie.
Has got mixed reviews so far (don’t know if the reviewers have watched the entire show or just the two episodes available), but I myself really liked the first one. Very promising start, and a properly fucked up plot at that
Has got mixed reviews so far (don’t know if the reviewers have watched the entire show or just the two episodes available), but I myself really liked the first one. Very promising start, and a properly fucked up plot at that
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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I watched the first one. I wouldn't have bothered if not for this post. The name and the little picture they used to advertise it in the menu make it look like a Disney spook story. The dreadful music seems to go along with hocus pocus light halloween entertainment drama too.As DotCommunist krtek a houby Chz and ATOMIC SUPLEX and I were all discussing Ryan Murphy very recently in another thread, a shout out to anyone interested to check out his brand new series on Disney, Grotesquerie.
Has got mixed reviews so far (don’t know if the reviewers have watched the entire show or just the two episodes available), but I myself really liked the first one. Very promising start, and a properly fucked up plot at that
The show is clearly better than that, though I am am a bit worried that despite the very dark subject matter of the killings, it might turn into a sunday afternoon odd couple cop/nun crime team up.
Terrible terrible music.
T & P
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Agatha All Along is getting increasingly silly with each passing episode. But at the same time I’m enjoying it more because of it.
Not the best Marvel Universe series ever, but definitely nowhere near the worst either. Certainly a lot more fun, self -parodying entertaining fodder than anything Marvel Studios has done for a long while. Not to mention triggering the right alt-right demographic to the edge of cardiac arrest, what with an all-female strong cast challenging patriarchy and historical sexism
Not the best Marvel Universe series ever, but definitely nowhere near the worst either. Certainly a lot more fun, self -parodying entertaining fodder than anything Marvel Studios has done for a long while. Not to mention triggering the right alt-right demographic to the edge of cardiac arrest, what with an all-female strong cast challenging patriarchy and historical sexism
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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It's disappointingly formulaic and a pretty cringworthy watch.
Something happens, something witchy is said that supposedly explains it, then something witchy is suggested to stop it. Something witchy happens. Repeat.
It's like a high budget charmed without a plot.
Something happens, something witchy is said that supposedly explains it, then something witchy is suggested to stop it. Something witchy happens. Repeat.
It's like a high budget charmed without a plot.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Agatha All Along is getting increasingly silly with each passing episode. But at the same time I’m enjoying it more because of it.
Not the best Marvel Universe series ever, but definitely nowhere near the worst either. Certainly a lot more fun, self -parodying entertaining fodder than anything Marvel Studios has done for a long while. Not to mention triggering the right alt-right demographic to the edge of cardiac arrest, what with an all-female strong cast challenging patriarchy and historical sexism
Excellent - sounds like She Hulk, which was one of my favourites.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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It's not.
I enjoyed She Hulk. It's nothing like that at all. It's not funny / silly in that way.
The show so far has been people standing around waiting for things to happen, then, a la lord of the rings, 'a thing just happens' and something is done to stop it, something supernatural that we only hear about in a exposition dump just before it is put into action. There are two or three seeded story 'arcs' which come up in each episode, but are not really intertwined in the plot (we are just reminded that they exist for later). It's really lazy writing.
. . . and not really related but. . . in Wandavision, I hated the 'It was Agatha all along' bit. Firstly it was 'Wanda' all along and secondly, unless you read the comics you don't care who Agatha is anyway. It annoys me that I am reminded of this when it makes even less sense as the title of the new show.
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