If it turns out that Apple TV+ has the highest-quality content out of all streaming services… A new study reveals that Apple TV+ has the highest-quality content when compared to Netflix, HBO Max, Prime Video, Disney+, and Hulu. […] In terms of their libraries of content, Apple TV+ has the highest percentage of “good” and… Continue reading Apple TV+ quality
Tag: TV
Comics are weird
A couple of minutes into his video speculating1 about a new-to-the-MCU appearance by a guest character in this week’s episode of The Falcon And The Winter Soldier, , which storyline the Power Broker first showed up in Jack Kirby’s comic adaptation/expansion of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Mind BLOWN! Comics are, as MovieBob says, Weird… I’m… Continue reading Comics are weird
Cold Calls
After watching this week’s instalment of For All Mankind early this morning1 I found myself dipping into the first half dozen episodes of new Apple TV+ show Calls before starting work for the day, then picked up on the final three episodes this evening. I was aware that this show was coming, but had deliberately… Continue reading Cold Calls
Wish lists and watchlists and halting and catching fire
It’s a shame that Halt and Catch Fire diesn’t seem to be on any UK streaming services just at the moment when this Halt and Catch Fire Syllabus has popped up. This site features a curriculum developed around the television series, Halt and Catch Fire (2014-2017), a fictional narrative about people working in tech during… Continue reading Wish lists and watchlists and halting and catching fire
For All Mankind season 2
A full trailer for For All Mankind Season 2 has been published. Looks as if the rest of the world is set to watch the Cold War playing out a quarter of a million miles away. Given where season 1 left off this was probably always going to be the sort of storyline they gave… Continue reading For All Mankind season 2
Evil geniuses
Contemplating the new year, I was just thinking that it was about time I pruned the list of streaming media services I’m subscribed to.1 I hadn’t watched a show on NowTV regularly since I drifted away from Lovecraft Country halfway through the season, I thought. I meant to quit NowTV once Game of Thrones finished,… Continue reading Evil geniuses
Fame while hidden from view
Catching up with my podcast queue the other day, I was slightly taken aback at the moment in episode 153 of Imaginary Worlds where Doug Jones mentioned that he’s recently turned sixty years old and finds himself having to think a bit harder nowadays about whether a younger performer might be a better fit for… Continue reading Fame while hidden from view
BSG is back
Happy to see Battlestar Galactica return to BBC2 tomorrow. Looks as if the plan is for two episodes a week on Saturdays, so that’ll be something to look forward to. Admittedly All This Has Happened Before and All This Will Happen Again, but perhaps this time knowing in advance how badly they lost their grip… Continue reading BSG is back
Halt and Catch Fire, finished
As promised I’ve finished watching Halt and Catch Fire now, and am happy to report that, as promised, it got better and better as our four main characters moved on from their first season efforts to make an IBM PC clone only better. As Tom Armitage put it after he rewatched the show earlier this… Continue reading Halt and Catch Fire, finished
Thought bubbles
To my mind, the most interesting point in this account of the producers of The Blacklist are finishing off their mostly-in-the-can-already season of TV with a little help from animators) comes towards the end: Did you want to channel the comic-book aesthetic specifically? EISENDRATH: […] In live action, you would have been able to read… Continue reading Thought bubbles