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  1. Zookster

    Name all your streaming devices...

    Not including mobile devices... Living room: Apple TV (just bought an hour ago) Roku Ultra 2020 4K FireTV Max Cromecast w Goggle TV PS3 PS4 LG Smart TV Bedroom: 4K FireTV Stick Roku Ultra 2016 Cromecast w Goggle TV 10yo Sony blu-ray player (not sure if apps still work)
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    Quantum Leap Coming Back!

    For me the casting isn't the issue, it's the writing (i.e., what they've done with the cast). Everyone is rather bland, especially Addison and Ian. Yes, Ian, the quintessential tech-geek-with-a-quirk trope, but here relatively mild regardless of whatever eye-makeup or funky sports coat they put...
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    Star Trek: Picard

    As a casual fan I would've literally never questioned Seven as a Starship captain if not for this thread. I think she's more than qualified. And she did work under a chain of command for some time with Janeway so it's not like she's unfamiliar with the protocols. Her experience counts probably...
  4. Zookster

    Last Movie Streamed

    ELVIS! Great movie! Probably my favorite of the recent musical bio pics (Respect, Rocket Man, Bohemian Rhapsody), and I say that as someone who doesn't consider himself a fan per se (50s oldies were never by thing).
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    Peacock TV

    I have no regrets signing up for a year last month at $22. (avg. $1.83/mo.), mainly for EPL. The ads aren't too bad (three to four 30-60 ad breaks per hour show), and I like their Sky TV content (watching The Undeclared War right now) and the occasional Peacock original (Girls5eva, The Resort...
  6. Zookster

    Paramount +

    Free to Walmart Plus members now: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/walmart-plus-has-a-new-perk-paramount-plus-at-no-extra-cost/
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    HULU service

    I've always used prepaid phones and never cracked a screen in my life, including when I had a full-time job I had to leave my house for every day. I'm still using my phone throughout the day, browsing the web, social media, reading ebooks, etc. No pets or kids, so I'm sure that helps. I've...
  8. Zookster

    HULU service

    Same. Though I only get a new phone about every other year (I just get the one-year service card for $125 minus discount code). Also worth mentioning, the minutes/texts/data roll over, so I'm now up to 14K in all categories and ready to get my teenage girl on.
  9. Zookster

    The Old Man (FX)

    The production timeline was extended and interrupted multiple times due to the pandemic and Jeff Bridges battling cancer and covid. Some scenes cut from season 1 will serve to open season 2. [linked article contains s.1 spoilers]...
  10. Zookster

    What are you Watching?

    Just to highlight a few things that I'm enjoying that might not be on a lot of folks' radar: I just finished Paper Girls and started A League of Their Own on Prime. I liked Paper Girls, but two episodes into League, it's a bit soapier than I was expecting. I heard it gets better. Ten Percent...
  11. Zookster

    Peacock TV

    Yes, for the record, it was the Chargers. Since I hadn't realized Rams were originally from Cleveland, I consider them an organic LA team (i.e., not traitors). And Raiders haven't been associated with LA in nearly two decades. If anything, they would be the LV Traitors. At any rate, back on...
  12. Zookster

    Peacock TV

    Nope, but I understand the confusion.
  13. Zookster

    Peacock TV

    LA Traitors
  14. Zookster

    Peacock TV

    Streaming is becoming the new cable: lock up exclusive sports programing to compel subscriptions. Even services that didn't start out as something you'd ever think would offer live sports are getting into the act, such as Apple TV+. To watch all your MLB team's games, you now need a cable...
  15. Zookster

    HBO's Westworld

    It almost sounds like you never watched season 3. Yes, season 4 did drop the viewer into a slightly different world and advanced time line, but it's not a total jump from the Westworld theme park-focused seasons.
  16. Zookster

    Peacock TV

    I signed up for a year of Peacock last week on a special $22 deal (for ad-supported), mainly for EPL. I'd been away from the service since last fall, and I still find little else to watch on it. Some of the shows in my watchlist I can watch on other services I currently have without ads. I've...
  17. Zookster

    Paramount +

    You wouldn't think Star Trek had a lot to do with Paramount+ numbers from the P+ groups I follow. Star Trek is practically an afterthought. Most posts over the past few months were about 1883, iCarly, Seal Team, new movies, and international soccer. I suspect there's a lot of churn from those...
  18. Zookster

    Paramount + is Slow to Load

    I'm active in a Paramount+ Facebook user group and it's not uncommon to see people post about problems they are having running the Paramount+ app. Invariably it turns out they are either using a "smart" TV or an older or entry-level (i.e., low-memory underpowered) streaming device. Other than...
  19. Zookster

    HULU service

    Same. I have 6 other ad-free services (Paramount+, HBO Max, AppleTV+, AMC+, Disney+, and Prime) and just don't have time to get my money's worth from $13/mo ad-free Hulu at present. For $1/mo., I could justify 5-6 mins of ads per hour show watching the occasional show (how many I was getting...
  20. Zookster

    HULU service

    The ad-load creep has made Hulu unwatchable for me since subbing last November on the $1/mo BF deal. I'll push my way through a couple more shows on my must-watch list and season 5 of Handmaid's Tale this fall, but I'm mainly watching ad-free Disney+ right now thanks to the $2.99/mo. deal I'm...
  21. Zookster

    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

    Well, she's Illyrian and that's what they do. They are species that regularly practice genetic modification. But worse, as the adage goes, "it's not the crime, it's the cover up." She lied to Starfleet about being a genetically altered Illyrian.
  22. Zookster

    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

    I'm not as versed in TOS or canon as many are here, so I was really confused in the finale (great episode overall, btw) about this 100 years of war (or peace?) with the Romulans. When Pike was trying to negotiate with the Romulan commander to come to a peaceful resolution, the commander talked...
  23. Zookster

    YTTV commercial skip

    It's a common experience for new YTTV users that as soon as they add their favorite shows to their Library, they go in and select what's available right away, which invariably is a VOD version (clearly labeled as such). Just like a traditional provider DVR, it takes time for new episodes to air...
  24. Zookster

    For All Mankind (Apple TV+)

    My only gripe about this series is anything having to do with the Mrs. Baldwin/Gordo Jr tryst. There's a s.2 recap on the service where some of the cast members seem to share my feelings about it (Eww!)
  25. Zookster

    The Old Man (FX)

    Watching something like this and Dark Winds makes it even less likely I'll get to some of the other network drek piling up on my DVR since early spring.