TV/Movies Megathread

[Habbaku]

I'm three episodes in so far. It's a nice, little show.

[Syt]

New Ted Lasso episode was very lovely and a nice breather.

The soundtrack on the house boat weirded me out, though.

I recognized the first song on the radio - it's "Und es war Sommer, one of German singer Peter Maffay's greatest hits, but in a Dutch cover version (Google-fu says it's the 1977 version by Rob de Nijs, "Het Werd Zomer"?).

Then the Dutch cover of a Kenny Rogers song - less notable, but stuff like this was a staple for my childhood and my parents' preference for an oldies/schlager station: many 60s/70s hits from the US and UK had incredibly successful German cover versions. In some cases I only learned of the existence of the original much later. Happy to hear our neighbors did the same.

And finally, coming back to Peter Maffay, with his 1970 debut song "Du", but this time in the German original. I thought someone in the sound department messed up, but no - turns out the song was number 1 in Netherlands and Belgium for several weeks in 1970, and is still popular today, it seems. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du_(Peter_Maffay)

Just really not the kind of music I expected from this show, ever.

Best line in the episode, from Will while on the phone with his mum: "And I met this awesome couple who invited me to a threesome."

[Savonarola]

In 2009 The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press ceased regular home delivery.  This was a hard blow to my Grandfather who turned 90 that year, and had home delivery of both papers his entire adult life (and who wasn't on the interwebs.)  I was reminded of that this morning when I got a message that Netflix was going to cease delivery of DVDs in September.

I was disappointed, but not really surprised; since I think I'm the only person left in America who still watches DVDs.  I am not at all impressed by Netflix's streaming content; so I'll cancel in a couple days.  Does anyone subscribe to The Criterion Channel?  That looks like the best fit for me; but I'm curious if it is any good.

[mongers]

In 2009 The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press ceased regular home delivery.  This was a hard blow to my Grandfather who turned 90 that year, and had home delivery of both papers his entire adult life (and who wasn't on the interwebs.)  I was reminded of that this morning when I got a message that Netflix was going to cease delivery of DVDs in September.

I was disappointed, but not really surprised; since I think I'm the only person left in America who still watches DVDs.  I am not at all impressed by Netflix's streaming content; so I'll cancel in a couple days.  Does anyone subscribe to The Criterion Channel?  That looks like the best fit for me; but I'm curious if it is any good.

:sad:

[grumbler]

...I think I'm the only person left in America who still watches DVDs.

You are not.

[crazy canuck]

...I think I'm the only person left in America who still watches DVDs.

You are not.

Yeah, we have some favourites we watch from time to time.  Its just easier then trying to remember what streaming service they might be on and whether it still holds the rights.  I wish we had collected more when we had the chance.

[Grey Fox]

I can mail you some DVDs, CC. Not interested in my dad's collection.

[crazy canuck]

I can mail you some DVDs, CC. Not interested in my dad's collection.

I would definitely take delivery

[Josquius]

I don't even currently have a setup capable of playing British DVDs. 

[Josephus]

I bought a Blu-Ray player the other day. They're pretty cheap. Mostly I use it for music concert films.

[Duque de Bragança]

I was disappointed, but not really surprised; since I think I'm the only person left in America who still watches DVDs.  I am not at all impressed by Netflix's streaming content; so I'll cancel in a couple days.  Does anyone subscribe to The Criterion Channel?  That looks like the best fit for me; but I'm curious if it is any good.

Yeah, the US or possibly North America in general, is more advanced in preferring blu-ray i.e HD over DVD, as far as physical media go. 

Dematerialised is huge over here as well, but being a genre and sometime classics aficionado, Netflix and the like is nowhere near enough.
That german blu-release of a Better Tomorrow II was a bit of disappointment, only marginally better than the DVDs I have (seems close to the Korean ones only with the original mono this time). OTOH, Bruno Mattei's work (he is no Lucio Fulci beware) has been released on UHD. 
I'm still waiting for good releases of John Woo's classics outside of the Far East, mind you. A Better Tomorrow II, german blu-ray edition was not exactly much better than the DVDs I have.

Criterion moving to UHD means the end of region-locking so it's more interesting than their geo-locked (unless VPN'ed) streaming/dematerisalised service for the few titles I would be willing to get (e.g la Règle du Jeu and Baron Munchausen).

[Duque de Bragança]

I don't even currently have a setup capable of playing British DVDs. 

Region problem or no player at all?
DVD drives are dirt cheap for computers (Blu-ray is another story).

Otherwise, most consoles since PS2 days days have a DVD drive (Nintendo being the notable exception). Avoid crappy "digital" versions however (PS5 & latest X-Box).

[garbon]

I use my ps4 for dvd/bluray. I have already told my husband that at some point we will need to get rid of our collections of dvds (and cds!) that we basically never watch.

[Duque de Bragança]

I bought a Blu-Ray player the other day. They're pretty cheap. Mostly I use it for music concert films.

If you have a decent sound set-up (anything more than the TV speakers most of the time) it's even better.
Weren't you interested by Cross of Iron? I saw it's getting re-released in UHD blu-ray soon, not in North America it seems however.

[Josquius]

I don't even currently have a setup capable of playing British DVDs. 

Region problem or no player at all?
DVD drives are dirt cheap for computers (Blu-ray is another story).

Otherwise, most consoles since PS2 days days have a DVD drive (Nintendo being the notable exception). Avoid crappy "digital" versions however (PS5 & latest X-Box).

I have a Japanese PS3, which should be the same region as Europe but isn't, and my DVD player is so old it only has scart out.
My DVD drive on my computer died at some point.