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TV: The League Of Anarchy Is A Bunch Of Justified Mad Men

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Watching the History Channel last week there was a show I hadn't seen before called "Ancient Impossible" which looks at a bunch of incredible achievements from ancient civilizations. Some are easily recreatable today, others difficult, and some still have no explanation. While I'm watching I have a thought of, 'well, this is a refreshing change from Ancient Aliens, actually refutes a lot of it.'

So, what comes on during the commercial break? "This is it. We've compiled more experts than ever before to decide once and for all in a brand new series. Premiering soon: Ancient Aliens: THE ULTIMATE EVIDENCE"

Sigh...

I know the running joke used to be they were the Hitler Channel, but at least that was real history.
 
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History channel sucks. H2 is better, but it is headed down the same road. History international seems to be where it's at now. Oh, and PBS.
 
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On Saturday I officially ditched cable. I got tired of paying a huge bill for content that mostly didn't interest me.

I signed up for HBO Now, their new streaming service through iTunes. I also am an Amazon Prime member, which I've been making use of the past couple days with the lousy weather. The video quality is good, but the player through my PS3 locks up during content loads or screen changes. It looks like it's a PS3 network issue as I can get video to load through my iPad without issue.

I'm thinking about joining Netflix, but I keep hearing that their movie selection is somewhat lacking for their streaming service and they've dropped DVD service for new members. I don't know if I'm going to add any other services yet, but I will keep an eye out for what the different services offer.
 
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St. Clown said:
On Saturday I officially ditched cable. I got tired of paying a huge bill for content that mostly didn't interest me.

I signed up for HBO Now, their new streaming service through iTunes. I also am an Amazon Prime member, which I've been making use of the past couple days with the lousy weather. The video quality is good, but the player through my PS3 locks up during content loads or screen changes. It looks like it's a PS3 network issue as I can get video to load through my iPad without issue.

I'm thinking about joining Netflix, but I keep hearing that their movie selection is somewhat lacking for their streaming service and they've dropped DVD service for new members. I don't know if I'm going to add any other services yet, but I will keep an eye out for what the different services offer.
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I have Netflix streaming and one-disc DVD shipping. The big difference I see between those two are the newer releases. Disc has them, streaming does not, in general. I also view through PS3, and Netflix does have to reload more often than it should, but being in an apt may have some affect on that (peak streaming times and whatnot).

In general, streaming seems to concentrate on TV shows, older/classic, and foreign movies, which is fine with me, as I give most any movie a chance. If you want the latest blockbuster (as in, the past 5 years), streaming may not be the best choice for you.
 
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Well, I was one of the 5 people in the US that watched every episode of Battle Creek. Have to say that it got better as the season went along. Kind of bummed it's not coming back.
 
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American Ninja Warrior started last night. :)

If the first episode is any indication, they've definitely ratcheted up the difficulty as they couldn't even get 30 to finish the qualifying course and went to the "furthest, fastest" tiebreaker.
 
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Jimjamesak said:
American Ninja Warrior started last night. :)

If the first episode is any indication, they've definitely ratcheted up the difficulty as they couldn't even get 30 to finish the qualifying course and went to the "furthest, fastest" tiebreaker.
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Cool episode. The new obstacle is interesting (and hard).
 
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So anyone watching Aquarius? I don't know what to make of it. I want to like it, and the Manson family angle is intriguing and has promise. But the things they're doing with it, and the other plotlines, are just cliched and derivative, so there just doesn't seem to be any payoff from it. .
 
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rufus said:
So anyone watching Aquarius? I don't know what to make of it. I want to like it, and the Manson family angle is intriguing and has promise. But the things they're doing with it, and the other plotlines, are just cliched and derivative, so there just doesn't seem to be any payoff from it. .
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I'm watching it. Derivative? Not sure. I watch a lot of cop shows. Seems to be different enough but we'll see.
 
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The pilot for UnReal was pretty good. Admittedly, a lot of the fun comes from also having watched years of the Bachelor.
 
Kepler said:
The pilot for UnReal was pretty good. Admittedly, a lot of the fun comes from also having watched years of the Bachelor.
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I really enjoyed it. I loathe all things Bachelor so I found it pretty interesting. I'm sure it's really true to form.
 
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Scarlet said:
I really enjoyed it. I loathe all things Bachelor so I found it pretty interesting. I'm sure it's really true to form.
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If anything it may be not cynical enough. The love interest angle between the show runner and camera guy is a potential show-wrecker, but hopefully they'll just give it the de rigeur 10 minutes per episode and spend the rest of the time on the sheer bile.

I'm sure the writers working the show had a great time talking about making a show ostensibly making fun of idiotic shows with idiotic audiences while having to appeal to their own idiotic audience with stuff like the love triangle. :)
 
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Kepler said:
The pilot for UnReal was pretty good. Admittedly, a lot of the fun comes from also having watched years of the Bachelor.
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I do not know of this show, but I have voluntarily watched 2 reality shows (in the standard form, I don't count stuff like Ink Master). My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance and Joe Millionaire, both of which made fun of reality contestants and the lengths they would go. Is it anything like that?
 
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Brenthoven said:
I do not know of this show, but I have voluntarily watched 2 reality shows (in the standard form, I don't count stuff like Ink Master). My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance and Joe Millionaire, both of which made fun of reality contestants and the lengths they would go. Is it anything like that?
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This show is about the crew actually working behind the scenes. It's "Noises Off," but extremely ill-tempered.
 
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