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

Laughing until I remember Oz the Great and Powerful exists.

 

For what it's worth we watched Sonic 2 last night on Amazon Prime and it began with "An MGM+ Presentation" title card. So obviously Amazon Prime and MGM+ are going to share content.

I do agree with @The2ndQuest that the rebrand they desperately needed it and are off to a good start but like @solojones said, I cannot justify adding a another streaming service especially since again we get cable TV as well. Plus too it doesn't look like it is something our kids would be watching a lot which is something I been trying to look for when we added streaming services. Netflix I say right now is the one that watch the most followed by Disney+. I don't know perhaps down the road we will add it especially if we finally ditch cable TV.

 

The K2 s1 e2
Two episodes into this K-drama and I think I’m done with this Bourne wannabe. Episode 1 at least had a really good fight scene, ep 2 was dull, and when the fight scene came it was choppy and unengaging. If you want a good K-drama with action scenes I suggest you go with either The Uncanny Counter (supernatural demon hunters), or Taxi Driver (group of vigilantes targeting criminals that are slipping through the cracks).

 

Netflix had a massive fourth quarter in 2022:

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/19/netflix-nflx-earnings-q4-2022.html

My guess it's the combination of a couple big shows hitting like "Wednesday" and "The Crown" along with the new ad tier but Netflix won't release those numbers to next quarter. Also, Hastings is stepping down as co-CEO and will be the executive chairman.

 

@The Regular Mustache To answer your question from a few days ago on a different thread, Peacock might be the first one to go though for now Comcast sounds confident 2023 will be the bottom for it and start to see gains after that:

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/26/peacock-losses-to-peak-this-year-slowly-adds-subscribers.html

To me both hinge a lot on how fast cable TV cutting continues particularly Peacock. Paramount I think offers much more content that people will want outside of that (plus if they continue to offer Showtime as a bundle package) but Peacock is such a barren wasteland that really nobody seems to want it unless you get it for free (like we do since we have Comcast internet and TV though you just need Comcast internet for free basic Peacock) or you cut your cable TV and want it as part of your "digital TV package". I have a couple friends that have done that though all of them except one have Comcast internet so they get it for free anyway.

Everyone else I think is okay for now, even HBOMax despite all the stupidity they are pulling off. Netflix just had a great fourth quarter as I think long term going to ad subscription option saved their bacon. Amazon Prime is well not going anywhere along with Disney+ or Hulu and I think Apple will continue trying to build up their streaming service especially since not only are they continuing to push Apple TV but also because rumors are slowly circulating that the flatscreen TV they been developing the past few years could be ready soon so obviously they want their own streaming service to be add in with it.

So again to me Peacock seems like the most likely to get the axe first. They don't offer much, their library is putrid especially since Universal properties seem to be scattered and are not really interested in acquiring a studio say like Sony Pictures to acquire new content and stuff for an expanded library. But watch the crazy guy who runs HBO will pull the plug within six months just to spite me LOL!

 

I totally agree that Peacock is the most likely one to go. Rian Johnson's new show Poker Face seems to be the only legit hit they have and that just came out! This is going to be Seeso all over again. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeso

 

@heels1785 A lot of it will ride with who buys WWE. The most sense would be for Comcast to simply buy it but Shell made it sound like they might not make an offer for it. What if Fox buys it? I don't think they will want it on a competitor's streaming service but I could be wrong.

@The2ndQuest Agree but again I think their overall library is lacking which is I think the rumors of them potentially looking at buying WB Discovery makes a lot of sense. Heck they finally get HP under their umbrella which I am sure they want to truly start back up again somehow to keep the interest in Harry Potter World at their theme parks going.

@Guidman The last Olympics were a complete disaster for NBC particularly on Peacock. Some things played into that from the large time difference and it being six months after the last Olympics since the Tokyo Games were held about six months earlier. Perhaps the Paris games next summer will be better for them with the traditional gap between games intact plus a small time difference.

 

They also just transferred their lone daytime soap opera "Days of Our Lives" from NBC over to their streaming service in an attempt to get revenue from an older audience of streamers as well.

 

Tomb Rider tv series in the works.

 

Updated. Movie, Tv series and a game connected.

 

That is a spectacularly bad idea so, um, I guess it is a good fit for Tomb Raider.

 

I hope all is at least decent to good. Tv show and game i have high hopes for, lets see on the movie.

 

Ugh..like I love the recent games and I'm interested in a game or show separately but.... Ugh..this has never worked..and yes it's been tried before.

 

I would contend that the fact that there is maybe one one-off reboot in the entire Tomb Raider series, and that you do not seem to know this is the case, is, ironically, pretty demonstrative of how poorly “coordinated plans” can go.

 

Most importantly, Peacock is the only place where you can get The Blacklist, and follow the exciting story of Elizabeth Keen.

 

As long as Yellowjackets keeps going, I'm ok.

 

I haven't really been able to find much info yet, but I'm hoping the "Essential" Paramount + plan for $4.99 / month sticks around with no increases. The only reason we even have that is for Champions League and Europa League soccer. Likewise, the only reason we have Peacock's $4.99 / month plan is for Premier League soccer.

 

Ahh yeah see I have currently the higher level Paramount+ Showtime and I'm hoping that price yearly goes down just a bit, or that there's a deal at least.