That means a lot of people tried to watch that episode at once. Netflix
users are beginning to complain en masse about how blurry their
streaming is. This is because of corporate wars between Netflix and the
telecoms. Companies like Comcast, TWC, AT&T, Verizon are steamed because
we want to watch Netflix instead of their lame offerings. This just
makes me see American corporate types as just the stuffed shirts they
really are. But I've hated those types since the 1970s when they used
come into the jazz clubs I played in and asked we play softer so they
could have a business meeting.
If you want to see an odd film try "Random Acts of Violence". I watched
it on Netflix last night unblurry because I may be getting a Google CDN
for Netflix since I run it using Chromecast. The movie is a very dark
comedy.
On 03/10/2014 10:41 AM, TurquoiseBee wrote:
You heard that HBOGo crashed while trying to stream the last episode
of "True Detective," right? Sounds not ready for prime time to me.
Speaking of Not Ready For Prime Time, I think you can safely skip a
much-hyped and little-delivering new show combining the talents of
Alfonso Cuaron and J.J. Abrams called "Believe." I watched the pilot,
and won't be bothering to follow up. Lame procedural about yet another
kid with psychic powers being chased by bad people and protected by
good people. BORING.
Fortunately, for those of us of the pirate or HBO persuasion, "Game Of
Thrones" will be back soon. Here be dragons.
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*From:* Bhairitu <[email protected]>
*To:* [email protected]
*Sent:* Monday, March 10, 2014 6:13 PM
*Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] True Detective: epilogue
Sounds like a good show and I would gladly pay a $1 an episode to
watch it. I'm sure others here would too. But HBO is the most
snobbish of the Premium channels. There was quite an uproar among
folks who wanted to watch "Game of Thrones" that they couldn't just
buy episodes. Up until I booted Comcast out of my house I had HBO
mostly for a couple years "for free." I say "for free" in quotes
because that's what Comcast called but I'm sure HBO was getting their
money out of the deal.
Maybe HBO wouldn't mind selling episodes the day after on places like
iTunes, Amazon, VUDU, Google Play, etc but they are bound by contracts
with the cable and satellite companies. If they wouldn't want to do
that then they are in the "business parlance" leaving money on the table.
And folks in the US don't want to risk ridiculous fines and prison
terms for just downloading torrents of the episodes. Torrents, as I
explained before implicate the user because to have any torrent
download speed you have to open your port so that the packets you've
downloaded and be sent out from your computer to others. However a
recent court decision in Germany says that "watching" a show on some
foreign server is not a crime.
The other solution with HBO is HBOGo but you need someone to give you
their password. I could probably do that with my sister but she
wouldn't understand it to even set up HBOGo that they wouldn't even
use themselves. But that is most often the way that cable cutters
watch in the US.
On 03/10/2014 02:05 AM, [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
Very satisfying conclusion to what will undoubtedly be seen as the
best TV show of the year. I'll offer no spoilers, just reflections.
First, it was *exactly* My Kinda Series because it was almost
completely character-driven. As series writer Nic Pizzolatto confirms
in a long interview today, the plot involving the serial killers and
the murders was merely a structural device that he needed to provide
a framework for the story he was really interested in telling. That
is, an analysis of the characters and relationships of two men, over
a period of 17 years. As compelling as the plot sometimes was, it
simply *wasn't the point*. It could just as easily have been a
robbery, except that the statue of limitations on robbery probably
doesn't last that long in Louisiana.
Second, he confirms my earlier rant here against those who looked
down on the philosophy that Rust Cohle spouted, calling it "hogwash."
He points out that to believe that, you pretty much have to consider
Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche hogwash, because the
philosophy was theirs, sometimes verbatim. So much for the education
levels of mainstream TV critics.
Third (having already seen a couple of completely dumbass reviews
after the final episode), he pooh-poohs the idea that Rust "finds
God," pointing out that at best he's moved about 5% away from his
previous dark view of life. It's not an insignificant 5%, but
certainly not a shift to being a believer.
Fourth, I am filled with nothing but admiration for Woody Harrelson
and Matthew McConaughhey's performances in this series, which will
without question earn them both Golden Globe and Emmy nominations.
Woody's work is less flashy, which will mean that he probably won't
win, but he was just as good as Matthew's.
And fifth, I look forward to more of "the same, but not really" next
year. "True Detective" was always intended as an anthology, with
completely different sets of characters and plots each year.
Pizzolatto even gives a hint in his interview as to what next season
will bring: "It's about hard women, bad men, and the secret occult
history of the United States transportation system." Can't
wait...it'll be like a Dan Brown novel, but created by someone who
can actually write. :-)
hard women, bad men and the secret occult history of the United
States transportation system.
Read more at
http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/true-detective-creator-nic-pizzolatto-looks-back-on-season-1#1wW88PixZCHuYuFx.99
hard women, bad men and the secret occult history of the United
States transportation system.
Read more at
http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/true-detective-creator-nic-pizzolatto-looks-back-on-season-1#1wW88PixZCHuYuFx.99
