Amph Airwaves, Streams, Fibers & Cords: General TV Discussion

Vudu & FandangoNOW have merged.

Keeps the Vudu name and will be the official content rent/buy source for Roku, competing against iTunes, Prime Video and Google Play/YouTube. Launching today with 200,000 new & catalog titles. 4K and Dolby audio format support on "a good portion" of those titles.

 

Animaniacs relaunch Season 2 date announced:



Been making my way through the first season recently, but pacing myself. Absolutely loved this short piece:

 

I think they've done a pretty good job of recapturing the meta humor and style of the original run. There's at least 2 great, laugh-out-loud jokes every episode between the quick-quips, wise-cracks and maroon moments. Maybe having Pinky & the Brain every episode is a little too much, since those can sometimes stretch the runtime (but usually have the funniest lines, so it balances out). And those smaller vignettes, like the security cam bit above, are actually quite clever sometimes.

 

Good. I had several issues on the PS4 app when trying to skim/pause/rewind on the Snyder Cut and a couple other films that I've watched on there. Granted, I haven't really used the service all that much since it launched, so folks who watch stuff on there more often would likely have those issues multiplied.

 

so TCM is launching a "brand refresh" today, including a new logo:



less 50s diner, more 70s technicolorish logo.

comes with new studio look for primetime mank:



like the multiple levels - robert osborne's first set was two stories, and the first-ever tcm intro (gone with the wind) started by his walking down the stairs.

times has a detailed look at the reasons behind the changes: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/arts/television/turner-classic-movies.html

as long as they keep playing the classics, i don't think many of us will care. but i appreciate that they've taken the steps that they have to keep up with the changing times, primarily through the expansion of their offerings on hbo max.

 

For anyone who grew up on Blue's Clues or have kids that watch it, Steve just made a super wholesome video in celebration of the show's 25th anniversary-

 

That's quite a bump in the road for them.

 

Game Awards has definitely become a good show- but it benefits greatly from the WORLD. PREMIERE. hype, effectively making it like a mini-E3 event on top of an award show. So there's a high commercial, mainstream, factor involved to draw eyeballs. Movie award shows would have to integrate a mini-Comic-Con aspect to replicate that and that would probably both overshadow, and run counter to, most awards side-goal of highlighting quality fare that may have gotten overlooked by the mainstream (or will never have that level of appeal to begin with, despite the quality).

But it is a thought for a starting point to explore.