The Television Streaming Thread: Part II - Hot Takes, Jags Fans, and Bert

So one of the Gen V powers is becoming a puppet?

Im in

More stupid decisions coming from Warner Bros Discovery

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Yes, let’s ditch one of the most widely-recognized brands in entertainment (HBO) and replace it with one that a) has lost much of its relevance and b) sounds completely generic.

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ā€œHome Box Officeā€ actually makes more sense than ever in the current era where people are streaming the latest movies at home.

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It’s especially weird because HBO isn’t just well known it’s kind of synonymous with big budget, high quality productions. Like I am more inclined to watch a well reviewed ā€œHBO dramaā€ than a well reviewed ā€œdramaā€, because it carries with it the weight of maybe this is another Wire or Sopranos or (early seasons of) GOT. Netflix doesn’t have that je ne c’est quoi.

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And Cinemax means late night softcore porn, at least to those of us of a certain age.

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White Lotus

I know they made a point to show Tanya partying and hoovering up coke and ultimately getting distracted by Italian beef, but still I was a little surprised at her reaction to seeing a picture of young Greg and Quentin right there in the room. I guess that amazing revelation simply didn’t dominate her thoughts at the time.

EDIT: I also saw someone’s theory that Tanya already killed Greg and has his body jammed into one of her super heavy suitcases. However slim the chances of that I am now rooting for it.

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je ne sais quoi

Sorry, the mega nit in me had to clean that one up. :smiley:

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Fuck le you.

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Finally finished BCS. Satisfied with the journey.

What should I watch next?

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Slow Horses season two starting up on Apple+, good time to binge season one.

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Didn’t love that white lotus episode but Daphne (finally learned her name!) and Aubrey Plaza both looked fantastic.

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ditto. seemed a bit of a throwaway episode.

Pantheon

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White Lotus

I’m still on team the gays have done nothing wrong and I’m going down with that ship if need be. They’re literally the one crew we’ve seen no bad behavior from (I’m not counting Jack stealing the rice balls). I refuse to believe they are involved in a murder or blackmail plot.

lol dude

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It may well be lol me

. Between the Greg cowboy picture reveal plus the red light in the final scene that appears to show Tanya and the ā€œmafiaā€ guy being filmed, plus Portia being practically kidnapped and the story Jack told…they sure seem to be screaming the thing that we’ve been speculating about for weeks now. Hell the final episode is called ā€œBYGā€ I’m sure you’ve heard of that trope before…

Although it could just be Jack and Quentin and not all of them, but they’re at the very least screaming at us that the two of them are up to no good.