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First Season of Critically Acclaimed Show 'Little America' Now Available to Stream on Apple TV+
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So far it’s just you and everyone else with no discerning taste 😑
Hey - I owned Netflix for 4 years. I enjoyed it back before they started canceling my favorite shows. I enjoyed Sense8, I loved the Marvel shows - esp. Daredevil. But some point over the last two years they just started pumping out bland and also-ran content to try to spread as wide a net as possible. It's mostly mindless garbage now - even as they lose their backlog of content to the other services. They have now "indefinitely hiatus'd" my favorite show Mindhunter. When Stranger Things 4 is released I'll re-sub for one month (and catch Witcher) and then bid it adieu for another year.
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Darth Tulhu
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I guess it also depends if you have a family or not. We watch older gameshows like Jeopardy there, as well as a lot of the anime and animated series.
My watchlist is HUGE,and I'm still getting caught up with older shows; I haven't watched a single episode of MadMen, for example, and recently got caught up with Arrow and finished Bones, Lost, and Person of Interest (outstanding show).
I just started Peaky Blinders (it's fantastic), and intend on FINALLY finishing off Jessica Jones.
I guess it really depends on the shows that interest you, to be sure. But Netflix has a LOT of content for the 6 of us in my household. Something the other services cannot match.
Mad Men is one of the best shows of all time. Priority numero uno for you.
That's fair. I've seen Mad Men and Breaking Bad. Both are excellent. Netflix does have a good back catalog of content - definitely agree with you on that. I'm just more at the new content stage, and don't enjoy most of what Netflix puts out - I give their originals a shot, but more often than not I come away disappointed and it puts a bad taste in my mouth having spent time I'm not going to get back for something that ultimately lets me down.
Oh wow! I definitely have enjoyed the content I've watched so far (mostly just Servant and The Morning Show) but I certainly have not been watching it more than any of the other streaming services, so it's interesting to hear that you guys have.
Admittedly, I sort of forgot about this show haha. But I'm looking forward to it again all the same, as I just enjoy underdog stories with happy endings. Still tho, Little America feels like it'll have..an agenda..if you know what I mean... But probably my favorite thing about The Morning Show is that it's really pretty balanced for the most part. They did a good job of capturing the complexity and all sides of the "Me Too" movement, and I think showed the world that you shouldn't necessarily believe everything you hear or vilify someone because the media tells you you should.
Based on what I've seen, I think you will be pleasantly surprised.
Whether it is good or not, Apple is getting too darn preachy with their shows. I'm not into preachy shows, regardless how I feel about the shows or their message. I want to be entertained, not preached at. So far Apple has failed to entertain me, but then again I’m not some robot moron like those depicted in the original Apple TV commercials for Macintosh in the early 1980s wherein said morons blindly follow the "evil" company (Microsoft, IBM, etc.) like fanboys. And yet Apple fanboys have become that evil too. Whatever garbage Apple churns out, the fanboys applaud and anyone who points out that is merely garbage gets a new one torn...
That entire post was basically you preaching your viewpoint from a soapbox. Ironic?
Or, the shows just don't appeal to you - and you perceive preaching differently than us. I personally do notice threads of preachiness at times, but I shrug it off as the shows are top notch quality. I can assure you I am not a "blindly following moron," - I have owned Netflix, do own amazon Prime, pay for Hulu and HBO. When I praise Apple shows, it's because they are putting out excellent content, and I get really annoyed when people blindly bash it because that's what cool to do.
You mean the one that's completely optional? The one for everyone but no one in particular? The one that doesn't require your feedback? That lecture?
The trailer. That’s what the trailer is for. To determine if it’s worth watching. Pass. Shows like this are a dime a dozen on Netflix. People complain Netflix has a lot of crap to sift through? It’s shows like this that they’re talking about.
For All Mankind was very good but I feel like fans are waiting to see how it pans out in season 2. Once you go down that alternate reality road and start too rewrite history, things can go terribly well or just terrible because it works as an exponential domino effect. I'm waiting to see how they make that big jump into the 80s before I get excited for season 2.
Seems like every time I turn around I'm being lectured about SOMETHING.
I would really enjoy a show where stuff blows up, and if not gun fire, laser beams or something.
Simplistic? True. But I'm not watching TV to attend a subtle ethics seminar. I get plenty of that at work.....
Watched the first 3 episodes and am blown away by how good this is. Great stories and production values. Very high quality but also human stories based on real life characters.
Understand how some people say the other shows have been too ‘preachy’ and was nervous about this too but so far can say they’re nothing like that. Really emotional and deep stories where you really connect with the characters. Great soundtrack for each of the ones I’ve watched so far too.
For those hating on it before watching, I’d say just give it a go. Hopefully you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
Understand how some people say the other shows have been too ‘preachy’ and was nervous about this too but so far can say they’re nothing like that. Really emotional and deep stories where you really connect with the characters. Great soundtrack for each of the ones I’ve watched so far too.
For those hating on it before watching, I’d say just give it a go. Hopefully you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
Darth Tulhu
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For those complaining about "preaching" shows:
You are ALWAYS getting "preached" at (even right now). It's called: communicating.
Stories are told. The question is whether the story is compelling or not to you.
In regards to this show, some people like to learn about the groups outside their comfort zone, others don't.
Fair enough, but usually the ones complaining are the ones who want to segregate people out, one way or another.
I'm glad shows like this exist; shows that highlight positivity in overcoming the obvious and glaring cultural differences in the US, let alone the world.
I LOVE freedom (under logical and fully-reasoned laws), which is why I cannot abscribe to the narrow, dogmatic view of the Jedi. I prefer to have a...larger view of the force.
A Nigerian cowboy in the US is both an excercise in freedom AND rebellion, and it's punk rock as frak.
The critics can kiss my lightsaber.
You are ALWAYS getting "preached" at (even right now). It's called: communicating.
Stories are told. The question is whether the story is compelling or not to you.
In regards to this show, some people like to learn about the groups outside their comfort zone, others don't.
Fair enough, but usually the ones complaining are the ones who want to segregate people out, one way or another.
I'm glad shows like this exist; shows that highlight positivity in overcoming the obvious and glaring cultural differences in the US, let alone the world.
I LOVE freedom (under logical and fully-reasoned laws), which is why I cannot abscribe to the narrow, dogmatic view of the Jedi. I prefer to have a...larger view of the force.
A Nigerian cowboy in the US is both an excercise in freedom AND rebellion, and it's punk rock as frak.
The critics can kiss my lightsaber.
Nothing about this service has wowed me. And See was an absolute disaster.
LOL. Thanks for confirming what I already knew.
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BRAVO!! This comment is a masterpiece.
Sith Lord: Major respect!
People successfully transitioning from one life in another country to another life in a brand new country isn't preachy.
Yes it is. Apple wants To tell everyone how they should live their lives.
I enjoy a good American dream story (being the child of immigrants myself), but I’m also put off by stories with agendas, even if I am on board with the agenda. To me, stories are beautiful and strong when they are pure stories without any premade-by-the-filmmaker judgments attached—giving over that role completely to the viewer.
If any of these stories were a one off, I wouldn’t suspect any agenda—I’d say it’s just a story someone was inspired to tell. It’s only the fact that it’s an anthology series (several stories with the same theme), especially in this political climate (and especially because it’s Apple), that makes me suspect these were made partially with an agenda. And that weakens it for me.
I’m sure they’re still inspiring stories, but now I’m just a little on guard. And maybe it is what it is, and the filmmakers took all that into account. Maybe the films will be so powerful that I won’t feel like there was an agenda after watching them, or I won’t care if there was. Who knows.
If any of these stories were a one off, I wouldn’t suspect any agenda—I’d say it’s just a story someone was inspired to tell. It’s only the fact that it’s an anthology series (several stories with the same theme), especially in this political climate (and especially because it’s Apple), that makes me suspect these were made partially with an agenda. And that weakens it for me.
I’m sure they’re still inspiring stories, but now I’m just a little on guard. And maybe it is what it is, and the filmmakers took all that into account. Maybe the films will be so powerful that I won’t feel like there was an agenda after watching them, or I won’t care if there was. Who knows.
I honestly need to go back to it, still in my up next. I watched the first two episodes and kind of lost interest. I will definitely give it another shot though now that you mention it.
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I just think the quality of the shows are better on Apple TV. Netflix is still good, don’t get me wrong, but their stuff can sometimes feel not as well put together, in terms of acting, writing, and how it is shot. I think Apple is aiming for an HBO type audience, focusing on quality over quantity. Netflix feels like they just overproduce a ton of stuff and a few things are good.
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