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, letā€™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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Itā€™s especially weird because HBO isnā€™t just well known itā€™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 doesnā€™t have that je ne cā€™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 didnā€™t dominate her thoughts at the time.

EDIT: I also saw someoneā€™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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Didnā€™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

Iā€™m still on team the gays have done nothing wrong and Iā€™m going down with that ship if need be. Theyā€™re literally the one crew weā€™ve seen no bad behavior from (Iā€™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 toldā€¦they sure seem to be screaming the thing that weā€™ve been speculating about for weeks now. Hell the final episode is called ā€œBYGā€ Iā€™m sure youā€™ve heard of that trope beforeā€¦

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