Apple Picks Up 'High Desert' TV Show Starring Patricia Arquette and Directed by Ben Stiller

[insomniac86]

Yes. Most of Apple’s shows have been must see. TV shows like For All Mankind, Little America, Ted Lasso, Mythic Quest, Servant, Defending Jacob, Dickinson, and Home Before Dark are of the best TV of 2019-2020. They are must see shows. Unfortunately, Apple TV+ is still young and doesn’t have the word of mouth that causes buzz and eventually makes a show branded as “must see,” but this way you get to be the trailblazer who recognized greatness before the masses did. The way the great shows weren’t recognized initially in ratings numbers (see the AMC shows like BB, etc).

I'm glad you enjoyed all those shows!
Sadly for me from the first releases, I only enjoyed Defending Jacob. See looked beautiful and had great actors but I couldn't see passed (no pun intended) the premise of the show. Blind people would die out so quick if a virus came through rapidly and knocked out sight from 99% of the worlds population. The other Apple TV shows to me where trying too hard to be politicly correct and were far to left wing propaganda for my liking.

For me Amazing Stories was a HUGE let down. I was expecting something with essences but eps 2,3,4 were poorly written. Eps 1 & 5 were ok.

Of their recent releases, Dads was good, Greyhound was ok, the Long Way "X" has been enjoyable. I'm looking forward to Tiny World, Tehran and Foundation.

I still have to watch The Banker and I haven't yet given Ted Lasso a shot.

What's everyone else's favourite Apple TV shows?

 

[Ar40]

I'm glad you enjoyed all those shows!
Sadly for me from the first releases, I only enjoyed Defending Jacob. See looked beautiful and had great actors but I couldn't see passed (no pun intended) the premise of the show. Blind people would die out so quick if a virus came through rapidly and knocked out sight from 99% of the worlds population. The other Apple TV shows to me where trying too hard to be politicly correct and were far to left wing propaganda for my liking.

For me Amazing Stories was a HUGE let down. I was expecting something with essences but eps 2,3,4 were poorly written. Eps 1 & 5 were ok.

Of their recent releases, Dads was good, Greyhound was ok, the Long Way "X" has been enjoyable. I'm looking forward to Tiny World, Tehran and Foundation.

I still have to watch The Banker and I haven't yet given Ted Lasso a shot.

What's everyone else's favourite Apple TV shows?

If you can't stand the left wing stuff, you will love Ted Lasso - it is refreshingly apolitical and stays away from social justice anything. It's just an amazing refreshing show. Mythic Quest and Trying don't get political either and are hilarious. The Banker is an incredible movie as well. Also, Central Park really doesn't have politics, but I can understand if you don't want to watch a show that is very into the environment/nature (it's really minor though, more a theme thing rather than any explicit nagging).

 

[Vjosullivan]

Peggy decides to make a life-changing decision to become a private investigator.

Because what TV needs is another detective series.

 

[insomniac86]

If you can't stand the left wing stuff, you will love Ted Lasso - it is refreshingly apolitical and stays away from social justice anything. It's just an amazing refreshing show. Mythic Quest and Trying don't get political either and are hilarious. The Banker is an incredible movie as well. Also, Central Park really doesn't have politics, but I can understand if you don't want to watch a show that is very into the environment/nature (it's really minor though, more a theme thing rather than any explicit nagging).

I just want to clarify, I’m an Aussie and our left/right wing stuff doesn’t align with US politics. Point is, I’m not for right or left. I just felt that most of the stuff I saw was trying way too hard with the Politically Correct stuff. To the point that it was just put there for the hell of it and not for the plot or character development.

Mythic Quest i’ll have to give another go. First ep didn’t draw me in.

Trying and Central Park don’t look to be my thing.

My favourite shows that I’ve watched this year have been Devs (loved it), The Boys, Project Bluebook (really enjoyed it), Upload (has potential). I think project blue book was 2019.

 

[Ar40]

Because what TV needs is another detective series.

Yes. Correct. As a detective series fanatic, I agree wholeheartedly with you, and choose to read your comment sans-sarcasm.

 

[DeepIn2U]

makes sense, it’s good we have the choice. Although it possibly promotes weird and unhealthy habits like binging all of it at once if someone is so inclined to maximize this strategy, especially as the catalog grows. I like how they staggered the release of the morning show. It’s how TV was originally designed and gives the mind time to reflect upon each episode, and promotes socializing with others about the show in the meantime. Remember Lost? But having the choice is important.

since announcement of COVID-19 pandemic in early March - I think the entire WORLD has been binging all of streaming services at once: Gaming, video conferencing completely changed (especially for businesses & content creators and movie stars), video/TV streaming, even educational training.

where have you been ma’an?

 

[ipedro]

They sure are coming out with a lot of new upcoming shows lately. Might be worth a subscription (or bundle) after all!

We’ve always known that there were a lot of shows in the pipeline. Months before tv+ even launched, there were already confirmations of over a dozen shows in production.

People complained because there it started with a small number of shows. But unless you’re a TV junkie that does nothing but watch TV all day, you’d never get through all the content before more was added. And that’s what’s been happening.

 

[garylapointe]

something like netflix has 30+ tv shows and movies coming and going every month.

It has that many movies that arrive AND leave in the SAME month? So that you'd completely miss them if you skipped a month? Most stay 2-6 months, right?

Regardless, if they're not Netflix exclusives, they're going to be on another streaming service at some point.

 

[cmaier]

Mythic Quest i’ll have to give another go. First ep didn’t draw me in.

Episode 5 is a work of genius.

 

[topdrawer]

It has that many movies that arrive AND leave in the SAME month? So that you'd completely miss them if you skipped a month? Most stay 2-6 months, right?

Regardless, if they're not Netflix exclusives, they're going to be on another streaming service at some point.

yes, most stay for a long time, but the turnover of shows leaving every month is a lot. sometimes they are only available for sale and sometimes the go to another streamer. but you never know and either way you'd be chasing them around or missing them completely

 

[garylapointe]

yes, most stay for a long time, but the turnover of shows leaving every month is a lot. sometimes they are only available for sale and sometimes the go to another streamer. but you never know and either way you'd be chasing them around or missing them completely

But if you only subscribed every third month (or every other month) to Netflix, you'd save quite a bit. If one escaped past your radar (and some possibly get away anyway), you could rent or even buy it and still be ahead. Heck, you could use the savings to rent/buy a couple that never come to streaming.

If you're going to get AppleTV+ for a month or two and binge it, you're probably not watching much on some other services at the same time.

 

[topdrawer]

But if you only subscribed every third month (or every other month) to Netflix, you'd save quite a bit. If one escaped past your radar (and some possibly get away anyway), you could rent or even buy it and still be ahead. Heck, you could use the savings to rent/buy a couple that never come to streaming.

If you're going to get AppleTV+ for a month or two and binge it, you're probably not watching much on some other services at the same time.

true, i was just pointing out the the services don't imply the same content structure. also you'd be surprised how expensive rentals/buying is. say you wanted to catch Lost (a pretty old show) which was on netflix. $3/episode gets pricy really fast, so you buy at 24 dollars per season, that's a cool 144 dollars.

 

[garylapointe]

true, i was just pointing out the the services don't imply the same content structure. also you'd be surprised how expensive rentals/buying is. say you wanted to catch Lost (a pretty old show) which was on netflix. $3/episode gets pricy really fast, so you buy at 24 dollars per season, that's a cool 144 dollars.

You picked a specifically pretty expensive show for 6 seasons. OBVIOUSLY, that would be a poor choice to buy when you're pinching pennies. Now, 12 seasons of The Big Band Theory at $49.99 is a bargain.

That said, you don't need to subscribe to Netflix for 12 months to watch Lost. And if you're binging it, you don't really need anything else at the same time.

I think Netflix in 4k is the most expensive non-live service out there (even not in 4k, it's still pretty high up there). Skipping it for 4 months a year, covers 5-12 months of most other services.

If you're binging AppleTV+ for $4.99, why pay for Netflix at the same time?