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    Dammit, Max. RIGHT when I was considering dumping the service, they lure me right back with this one. They're at least tempting me to continue.


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    Quote Originally Posted by MontuckyFried View Post
    Dammit, Max. RIGHT when I was considering dumping the service, they lure me right back with this one. They're at least tempting me to continue.

    I can’t decide how I feel about this. It seems more GoT than Dune, but I am definitely going to watch it

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    Imma got hooked.
    Excellent cast.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Supermoon View Post
    I can’t decide how I feel about this. It seems more GoT than Dune, but I am definitely going to watch it
    Absolutely, but that's a big part of the appeal for me! Then again, isn't GoT kind of a medieval/fantasy sort of Dune? I mean, you got all the big houses, the political drama, the behind the scenes masterminding and sneakiness, the complete and utter, murderous obliteration of rival houses, etc., etc. Right?

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    Heck, throw out the space ships and ornithopters, and it's absolutely medieval. One of my favorite SF semi-genres is a combined feudal/empire context with a sprinkle of advanced technology combined with primitive savagery. Takes a truly talented writer to pull it off, though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MontuckyFried View Post
    I mean, you got all the big houses, the political drama, the behind the scenes masterminding and sneakiness, the complete and utter, murderous obliteration of rival houses, etc., etc. Right?
    Sounds like Knot's Landing.

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    Re: Scavengers:

    Quote Originally Posted by MontuckyFried View Post
    Finally got around to this one and I really enjoyed it!... and apparently so did most the other viewers with an 8.7 on IMDB, and 100% critic/94% audience score on RT. Ended up blasting through the season pretty fast. Your Nausicaa ref is on point for sure. Have you watched it yet? I don't know what the hell's going with the suits over at Max, but they've been on a bit of a tirade lately, axing all sorts of good content while renewing tons of garbage. They apparently put the kibosh on the next season, but in an interesting twist of events, Netflix just picked the rights to the show, so looks like we should eventually get a chance to see what's in store for what's left of the crew of the Demeter! Season 1 concluded quite nicely IMO with juuust the right amount of cliffhanger. Where you're not left feeling frustrated but look forward to the next chapter. The creators did a great job with that.
    I don’t currently subscribe to HBOMax…however it’s coming to NF 5/31, so I’ll get back to you about it in the NF thread after I binge it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dookeyXXX View Post
    I don’t currently subscribe to HBOMax…
    Can't blame you. Unless Dune: Prophecy ends up being REALLY good, then don't bother. Max has been pissing me off lately with their recent and upcoming massive purges of their dwindling movie catalog. Went to watch Goldfinger the other day and saw it said "Leaving Soon" or something like that, and ends up they dumped like half the Bond movies last year and dumping the rest of them end of July. Tried looking for Thunderball and ends up NOBODY has it available for streaming without a rental fee. Thankfully I did some digging in my closet today and found it (and the rest of the Bond films) in my own stash so crisis averted, but still annoying. [once again making the case for physical/backed up media, eh?!]

    On top of their increasingly pathetic film library (which sucks because it USED to be really good), they've been ramping up ads big time. When I first tried it out, there were maybe a couple ads per movie, and now it's as bad as watching it on cable TV. Good thing I subscribed with a black friday special for $3/month, but now that the 6 months is probably up, I think it's time to pull the plug on them.

    Max is axing amazing stuff like Scavengers Reign which was very well received, while renewing garbage like Velma which pretty much nobody likes. They're also throwing money at tons of trashy reality shows which I also mostly hate. On the flipside, Paramount+'s libary is actually proving to be pretty good for the price. They also frontload the commercials on movies so you can watch the movie uninterrupted, which is nice.

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    Watched Aniara last night. Swedish sci-fi about a spaceship to Mars that goes off course. Thought it was great. Not a special effects driven thing; more of a bleak commentary on humanity that happens to be set in space.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PB View Post
    Heck, throw out the space ships and ornithopters, and it's absolutely medieval. One of my favorite SF semi-genres is a combined feudal/empire context with a sprinkle of advanced technology combined with primitive savagery. Takes a truly talented writer to pull it off, though.
    Hmmm; first episode was a little underwhelming. Character development seemed weak and scattered. I know too early to really judge, but still .....The Desmond Hart character (Travis Fimmel) immediately reminded me of Fimmel's character in Raised by Wolves - twitchy and weird, and not in a good way. Marc Strong as the Emperor seemed like a perfect casting, but as written the Emperor so far is weak and confused.

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    This documentary is getting a ton of buzz (I don’t have HBO anymore so I haven’t seen it)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a55pyQsI3GQ

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    There is a recording going around of the movie makers calling up one of the Steely Dan guys and asking if he would be interviewed for the movie. He says fuck you and hangs up. Probably not real but if it’s real it’s fantastic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EWG View Post
    There is a recording going around of the movie makers calling up one of the Steely Dan guys and asking if he would be interviewed for the movie. He says fuck you and hangs up. Probably not real but if it’s real it’s fantastic.
    They shed some light on the Donald Fagen “interview” in this article:
    https://variety.com/2024/music/featu...in-1236224613/

    My understanding from reading this piece is that Donald Fagen initially declined to be interviewed, but his manager eventually said that he would.
    The director breaks it down and sounds pretty good natured about it.

    I have always been under the impression that Fagen never really liked being interviewed regardless of the situation/topic…
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    Quote Originally Posted by PB View Post
    Hmmm; first episode was a little underwhelming. Character development seemed weak and scattered. I know too early to really judge, but still .....The Desmond Hart character (Travis Fimmel) immediately reminded me of Fimmel's character in Raised by Wolves - twitchy and weird, and not in a good way. Marc Strong as the Emperor seemed like a perfect casting, but as written the Emperor so far is weak and confused.
    Well .... I wish I could say it significantly improved, but ......
    The furred whale props looked like the rejects from Obi-Wan.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MontuckyFried View Post
    Dammit, Max. RIGHT when I was considering dumping the service, they lure me right back with this one. They&#39;re at least tempting me to continue.
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    Is it worth watching?</p>

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    I found it frustratingly weak and difficult to swallow, but I watched it all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dookeyXXX View Post
    This documentary is getting a ton of buzz (I don&rsquo;t have HBO anymore so I haven&rsquo;t seen it) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a55pyQsI3GQ
    I always thought it was flattering to be made fun of - from that trailer

    No its not flattering because we all know its horrible music and just because famous contrarian hipsters like it just because its not cool to like easy listening corporate rock made for radio play, it doesnt mean its listenable and that a doc should be made about it.

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    Steely Dan is horrible music, yeah that scans. You don’t have to like it but your statement is moronic

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    Steely Dan is total shit and so are you so that scans.

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    HBO Max Recommendations

    Where are you located muted? I want to meet the kind of person that thinks Steely Dan is shit.

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    I don't think Steely Dan is shit but I also think they're quite different than the other bands mentioned in that trailer; I wouldn't consider them "yacht rock" like those others
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    I like Steely Dan and don’t consider them Yacht Rock.
    Haters gonna hate and are best ignored.

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    Im still trying to get my head around Chevy Chase playing drums w Steely Dan before they became Steely Dan. Apparently the 3 were college buddies. I hate all of them but Chevy more. But how tf are they not yacht rock?!?

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    Yacht rock is awesome.
    Soma.fm Left Coast Seventies is the best.

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    Watch the documentary. It’s actually very good and Steely Dan was the genesis of yacht rock. Some of it is not great but you would be surprised how interconnected all the bands of the genre are.

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