What Movie or Series Are You Watching?

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This is just a general question. I have DirecTV and get my CBS, Fox and NBC networks from NY/LA because they do not offer locals in my area. I got an email stating I will be losing those channels on June 1 due to Stelar act. Congress says I cannot have the channels because they are out of market for me (I take that to mean advertising $ is lost on me because I do not shop in NY or LA) and DTV is refusing to expand so I can receive them locally. (Which why would they expand when they lose people to streaming than they gain new customers?)

So we are hemhawing about switching altogether to Dish (they do offer locals that would not be out of market for me) or just streaming. I rely on my DVR a lot though...if I get several weeks behind on something, are all the episodes typically still available or are they only up for a limited time? Plus sports...do the streaming networks show football or how would I watch that?

It irritates me. If I choose to pay for a channel I should get to watch it. That is what I think anyway.
 

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Just started season 3 of mr mercedes, I know that it's based around the finders keepers story, I just hope it's better than the book. Although to be fair, one of my big issues with the book was
a distinct lack of bill and holly for half of the book. (The reused themes of misery and shawshank redemption and one of my least favourite of Stephen's habits - people surviving being shot in the head didnt help either)
and they cant do that for the series.
 

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Did anyone watch the Snowpiercer? I haven't seen the movie, but the premise of the series is interesting. I am totally having to suspend disbelief with it but I want to be entertained, so it was intriguing.
 

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Finished the first season of Extras. (silly fun)

Finished first 2 seasons of After Life (fantastic)

Working on Russian Doll. (quirky)


Did anyone watch the Snowpiercer? I haven't seen the movie, but the premise of the series is interesting. I am totally having to suspend disbelief with it but I want to be entertained, so it was intriguing.
Snowpiercer, the movie, is excellent. The show, not so much.
 

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Finished the first season of Extras. (silly fun)

Finished first 2 seasons of After Life (fantastic)

Working on Russian Doll. (quirky)


Did anyone watch the Snowpiercer? I haven't seen the movie, but the premise of the series is interesting. I am totally having to suspend disbelief with it but I want to be entertained, so it was intriguing.
My SO was ready to turn it off after 10 minutes but I said I wasn't ready to give up that easily. I might have to watch the second show by myself but want to give it a chance. He's also the reason why I waited to watch Breaking Bad until this April when I signed up for Netflix and binged it. We watched the first episode and then he was done. We only have one TV and I'm not usually a daytime TV watcher so makes it more challenging when we don't agree on shows.
 

Edward John

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My SO was ready to turn it off after 10 minutes but I said I wasn't ready to give up that easily. I might have to watch the second show by myself but want to give it a chance. He's also the reason why I waited to watch Breaking Bad until this April when I signed up for Netflix and binged it. We watched the first episode and then he was done. We only have one TV and I'm not usually a daytime TV watcher so makes it more challenging when we don't agree on shows.
Are you talking about Snowpiercer? I never thought much of the series either if that is what you are referring to, the movie is much better.
 

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Are you talking about Snowpiercer? I never thought much of the series either if that is what you are referring to, the movie is much better.
Yes, the TV series which just premiered here this week so there's only been one episode aired that I'm aware of. I've never seen or even heard of the movie so don't have anything to compare it with.
 

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My SO was ready to turn it off after 10 minutes but I said I wasn't ready to give up that easily. I might have to watch the second show by myself but want to give it a chance. He's also the reason why I waited to watch Breaking Bad until this April when I signed up for Netflix and binged it. We watched the first episode and then he was done. We only have one TV and I'm not usually a daytime TV watcher so makes it more challenging when we don't agree on shows.
Whenever my parents watch TV I can always hear it and my mom laughing at it because their room is right below mine
 

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Might want to add noise canceling headphones to your gift wish list unless that really isn't an issue for you. :)
I usually wear headphones anyways, I’m also sure they hear me when I talk to friends in the wee hours of the night. My dad jokes that he knows I’m asleep when he doesn’t hear me digging through the refrigerator at 1 am
 

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Bong Joon Ho only knew about the original graphic novel because it was illegally translated to Korean, and he didn’t know it was a bootlegged copy until he tried to contact the illustrator for film rights
The film itself is excellent, I did know that it was based on a comicbook, I also believe it was French. The French comicbook market is massive.