Apple TV+

[Dukefrukem]

$4.99/month


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rg0y7NT1gU

[Irish]

I don't understand the value proposition. Five bucks a month and they have no hook ... just rando, expensive shows.

Most of the shows look terrible. The Momoa thing might be the dumbest premise I've ever heard. "Hey, let's make a television series that's filled Birdbox style idiocy."

Also, ffs, Joel Kinneman needs to fire his agent.

[Dukefrukem]

The Value is a an Apple branded product.

The end.

[Irish]

But there's no crossover there.

Nevermind that Apple has a history of flopping when they wander from their core strengths.

I guess it doesn't matter because they have money to burn, but still ... it's weird to see these polished ads for a service that looks anemic right from the start.

[Dukefrukem]

Hehe sorry Irish. I'm with you. My post was in jest.

[Irish]

ha, no worries.

I'm mostly sitting here scratching my head at this announcement. Their steam like gaming platform is similarly odd.

[Dukefrukem]

It also feels half baked. Are they also going to get other network shows on there too like Netflix? Or is it just going to be this random assortment of "original" programming.

[Irish]

Yeah I've been trying to find that out.

From what I understand right now, though, the answer is no. It's Apple shows only.

Their launch line-up is like ... 9 shows. (All originals? Plus Oprah. I think they needed something like Star Trek Disco or The Mandalorian to convince people to slap down the initial 5 bucks.)

Butt you do get the service free for a year if you buy an Apple device.

[Dukefrukem]

I have a feeling they don't plan to make money with this. This is just a perk on why you should buy iphones over anyone else. They have so much money banked as you said, they dont even care if they make money from the subscription.

The tricky part for them will be if other phones (like Samsung and whoever else makes phones and tablets today) just throw in a free year of Netflix or Disney+ when you buy a Samsung S37.

[Dukefrukem]

Well at least AppleTV will have the Tom Hanks led WWII Naval ship thing.

https://deadline.com/2020/05/tom-hanks-greyhound-apple-tv-wwii-action-film-apple-wins-auction-1202938467/

[Wryan]

Tackling Asimov's Foundation, it appears. That'll be....tough. But it looks neat and has some good actors.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgbPSA94Rqg

[Dukefrukem]

Does look neat.

[Skitch]

Neat my ass, that looks fucking rad as hell! There hasn't been nearly enough adaptations of Asimov or Arthur C. Clarke's work. I know Morgan Freeman has been trying to get Rendezvous With Rama off the ground for years.

[Irish]

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oh hey guys whatre we talking about today

[Skitch]

What? Who?

[Irish]

I'm trolling, mostly.

Asimov was a serial groper in a way that would get him blackballed and put on a government watchlist today. Clarke has long been rumored to have been a pedophile (like, there was a reason he lived in Sri Lanka for so many years).

I thought of it because of this recent spate of boomer-ish sci-fi ("Dune" etc) and how out of date and out of touch it seems. A couple of years ago I noticed people talking shit online about the "holy trinity" (Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein) of Golden Age sci-fi, based on their public and private lives. (I was admittedly shocked that younger generation didn't dig Heinlein at all, for instance).

Thinking about it now, it seems really weird that Hollywood is stuck on adapting dead authors and 50 year old novels when like NK Jamisin and her peers are current and wildly popular and sitting right there.

Anyway, the trailer looks good. I don't think Apple is the right fit for this tv show (or any tv show), though, and Goyer is the wrong person to adapt this work (or any work, haha).

We'll see, I guess.

[Skitch]

I didn't know that. I would love to see an adaptation of Stranger in a Strange Land.

[Dukefrukem]

Goyer is the wrong person to adapt this work (or any work, haha).


I love this line.

[Philip J. Fry]

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Probably my most anticipated animated film of the year!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Z_tybgPgg
Holy shit, this looks even better than I thought!

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[Ivan Drago]

Boooooooooooooooooooooo.

[Mal]

So they're finally licensing programming they didn't create. They should try that more often.

[DFA1979]

Boooooooooooooooooooooo.

This. I guess I should be surprised that some streaming company didn't buy it up years ago.

[Philip J. Fry]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNmTM4BSI6w

[Peng]

Damn, For All Mankind season 2 finale is just great. All kind of thrilling, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful in its vision. Love this show.

[[ETM]]

I like the increasing attention the show is getting with all the critical buzz. Season 3 should be really interesting.

Fun fact: the cosmonaut who shakes hand with Danielle in the joint mission is played by Serbian actor Nikola Đuričko, who is basically a household name in these parts. I grew up watching him in everything from sitcoms to commercials. Good to see he's got those Russian roles pinned down, I see he is in all of Stranger Things Season 4.

[Philip J. Fry]

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[Philip J. Fry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PkRVGeYh84
On June 25.

[Dukefrukem]

First interesting thing Apple has done?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xW8fKK_5IE

[bac0n]

Tackling Asimov's Foundation, it appears. That'll be....tough. But it looks neat and has some good actors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgbPSA94Rqg

Is anybody watching this? I watched the first two episodes of this last weekend at my in-laws' house, and... I gotta say I have mixed feelings on it.

On the one hand, the visuals are gorgeous and the production values are off the charts. It's also nice seeingsome of the more prominent characters from the books (most notably Salvor Hardin) played by a woman (at least the first Foundation book is pretty much a sausage fest).

On the other hand, David S Goyer and the other writers seem to be trying to lengthen things out by stuffing the series with cheese whiz, trying to inject a sort of game of thrones in space sort of vibe which seems really forced, and not in the spirit of the source material at all. It's as if, I dunno, they put Star Wars style space battles in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Anywho, the jury's still out on this one. Anybody else have any opinions?

[Morris Schæffer]

Black Bird has an incredibly gripping 1st episode. I'm hooked.