It's lunacy they decided to do Apple TV+ in the first place....Compared to the others apple isn’t exactly spending the big bucks. Netflix adds more in a month than apple will all year. This is still very much a hobby. One in which no one but apple has any clue of how success is measured. It’s lunacy to compare it with anything else given the unknowns.
Midnight Mass was bonkers! In a good way!Agreed, I am in your same boat. I'd love to cancel Netflix, but I always find myself on it. I finish Midnight Mass and tell myself "this is the last one", then I go to Squid Game... and next is You S3, which will then be followed by Cobra Kai S4 and Stranger Things S4. And many documentaries fill the holes...
It’s a shame you don’t like/watch Ted Lasso and The Morning Show. Some of the best acting I’ve ever seen have been in those two shows. Gugu Mbatha-Raw was under rated in her performance on The Morning Show last year. As was Mark Duplass. Billy Crudup got a lot of the attention because his character is pretty flashy. But I found the real substance of the story delivered by Gugu Mbatha-Raw.For me, Apple TV+ is synonymous with dull slow paced series with emotionless acting. I really wanted to make it through “See”, but found myself doing other things while watching it, eventually not knowing what happened and reluctantly giving up during season 2. “Foundation” looks amazing, but again, the slow pacing and all the characters seemingly medicated makes it another hard-to-watch show on Apple+ . I think Apple is wanting to go the highbrow Masterpiece Theater route, but that is not a draw for the mass audience they’re seeking.
Couldn't Disney+ be described the same way?With its nanny, run-of-the-mill, politically correct content who is surprised by this. The only reason there is content at all is because Apple is spending the big bucks.
It truly was. Linklater (Father Paul) deserves an Emmy for his role.Midnight Mass was bonkers! In a good way!
I really like TMS, and I agree on body Crudup and Mbatha-Raw. Duplass is great too. As far as acting, I think that ironically Aniston is what lowers the bar. She’s ok at most.It’s a shame you don’t like/watch Ted Lasso and The Morning Show. Some of the best acting I’ve ever seen have been in those two shows. Gugu Mbatha-Raw was under rated in her performance on The Morning Show last year. As was Mark Duplass. Billy Crudup got a lot of the attention because his character is pretty flashy. But I found the real substance of the story delivered by Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
You are not kidding. I actually looked him up afterwards. Zack Gillford nailed it too. The monologue just felt real and not forced plus the great actors.It truly was. Linklater (Father Paul) deserves an Emmy for his role.
Largely I agree with you, but there are exceptions. Greyhound for example was a great film. Unfortunately no one I tell about it can watch it, since they either don't have Apple devices or don't subscribe to TV+.With its nanny, run-of-the-mill, politically correct content who is surprised by this. The only reason there is content at all is because Apple is spending the big bucks.
Me, I want explosive, edgy content that challenges the status quo.
I can’t think of anything more explosive, edgy and challenging of the status quo than the way Gugu Mbatha-Raw’s character made me, a woman, finally see and understand exactly how and why adult women presumably with their own agency fell victim to the likes of Matt Lauer. In my own struggles with sexism and harassment in the work place and in healthcare I was still missing a key perspective that The Morning Show provided to help me understand how and why these things happen. And how and why good average men like Chip fail to see and recognize it at first along with everyone else.With its nanny, run-of-the-mill, politically correct content who is surprised by this. The only reason there is content at all is because Apple is spending the big bucks.
Me, I want explosive, edgy content that challenges the status quo.
The used to be. As you said, the brand has being severely watered down. People will still use it, but it's certainly no longer the premium brand it once was. I think people have come to see it as another Netflix me-too.They can't be explosive and adult - that's HBO
HBO has lots of non HBO content. No real comparison.How about numbers for a more accurate comparison like HBO Maxxx
Very very true. Heck, even Samantha Slouan (Bev) was perfect in her role.You are not kidding. I actually looked him up afterwards. Zack Gillford nailed it too. The monologue just felt real and not forced plus the great actors.
Well, technically there is a nanny in Servant…And there’s been nothing “Nanny” in Servant or Ted Lasso.
I’m not really sure how any of it is politically correct or run of the mill. It’s arguably some of the most original content in entertainment. I’d liken it to the content HBO Max puts out like Big Little Lies or Westworld. Ironically, your comment on wanting edgy explosive content sounds like Die Hard 4 & 5 or the next avengers movie (unless I am reading the wrong. Maybe you mean more like Django? Or Hateful 8?)With its nanny, run-of-the-mill, politically correct content who is surprised by this. The only reason there is content at all is because Apple is spending the big bucks.
Me, I want explosive, edgy content that challenges the status quo.
Umm Apple TV is not as tame as you think. Even Ted Lasso has sex scenes and plenty of F bombs all the time.With its nanny, run-of-the-mill, politically correct content who is surprised by this. The only reason there is content at all is because Apple is spending the big bucks.
Me, I want explosive, edgy content that challenges the status quo.
(I wanted to separate the serious part from my stupid joke, hence the double quote).I can’t think of anything more explosive, edgy and challenging of the status quo than the way Gugu Mbatha-Raw’s character made me, a woman, finally see and understand exactly how and why adult women presumably with their own agency fell victim to the likes of Matt Lauer. In my own struggles with sexism and harassment in the work place and in healthcare I was still missing a key perspective that The Morning Show provided to help me understand how and why these things happen. And how and why good average men like Chip fail to see and recognize it at first along with everyone else.
Same here. I was a month too late.I forgot I even had apple tv for like 6 months when I got the free trial with a new device. Canceling next month.
In all fairness, translating Foundation to film is at the limits of the impossible.I enjoyed Apple TV+ films like Palmer, and series' like Home, but ultimately cancelled after they released a show called Foundation. It's pure bait and switch, with the story differing so much from the original works of Asimov that it would be more accurate to give it some other title.
Reminds me of a piece I read recently about the feud between Weinstein and Jackson during the making of Lord of the Rings. Weinstein, who was proud of never having read LotR, wanted one of the hobbits to die (for drama) and Saruman to be more Star Wars-ish. Luckily Weinstein didn't get to sully LotR, but it appears someone who didn't read Foundation got to write the script. Either way, the responsibility lies with Apple TV+.