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Linux_Is_Best, to Netflix
@Linux_Is_Best@mstdn.social avatar

It would seem every South Korean TV show on Netflix has been pulled.

For example, "My Demon" is gone, but so is 1/2 of my watch list.

Both with and without a VPN.

Skavau,

? Where are you?

youronlyone, to tv
@youronlyone@c.im avatar

I'm not a big fan of the giant monster genre (like Godzilla) but is a good series.

I don't even know what the genre is properly called! 🤣🤣🤣

@tv @tv @scifi @sciencefiction @sciencefiction

Skavau,

Kaiju

Damaskox, to Soundtracks
Damaskox avatar

Dammit! I hate it that I cannot edit a thread picture anymore after creating a thread in kbin!
I just get an error and that's it.

One fail and I need to make a copy of the other thread with the correct image and delete the other thread...
Also, if it takes longer to create the thread and I re-click the create-button, here we go without the picture...

Skavau,

@Damaskox I had noticed this myself, but didn't feel as strongly about it.

kurtsh, to television
@kurtsh@mastodon.social avatar

What's on your Mount Rushmore of Sci-fi TV series? I'm gonna go with:
✅ Mr. Robot
✅ Battlestar Galactica (Remake)
✅ The Expanse
✅ Star Wars: Andor

Honorable Mentions:
☑️ Marvel Studios: Loki
☑️ Westworld
☑️ Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
☑️ Twilight Zone (any)
☑️ Star Wars: The Mandalorian

Skavau,

@kurtsh I'm gunna quibble about "Mr. Robot" being sci-fi. It flirts with it, pretends to be, but ultimately... isn't

For me: Farscape, The Expanse, Battlestar Galactica, Dark, Severance

Honourable: Westworld, Altered Carbon, Silo

CultureDesk, (edited ) to television
@CultureDesk@flipboard.social avatar

"Credit sequences are telling fascinating stories in seconds," says IndieWire writer Mark Peikert, who bemoans the modern trend of hitting skip as soon as the theme music starts. He spoke to show runners and creative agencies about how these sequences are developed. Are you a skipper or a watcher? Tell us in the comments what show you think has the all-time best opening credits (we say it's "White Lotus").

https://flip.it/y5_XQr

Skavau,

@CultureDesk Black Sails

liztai, to television
@liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

Honestly, I am just tired of superhero movies. What, it has been 10 years of them? People want something different.

That's why I have retreated to spaces. I also watch Western dramas, but usually one thay doesn't run for seasons. I am also SUPER TIRED of tv shows getting cancelled before there is a proper ending!!

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/marvel-reboot-loki-the-marvels-1235788993/

Skavau,

Well I mean superhero doesn't dominate western TV shows like it does films.

Skavau,

Although oddly enough I do hear Moving is supposed to be very good.

Skavau,

Kdrama is literally just "Korean Drama". Superhero is a specific genre, and it's dominated by the MCU (in film).

18+ syntaxseed, to random
@syntaxseed@phpc.social avatar

There are few things more infuriating in the entertainment world... than cliffhangers added to the end of a finished series, for the sake of artistry or to "keep the door open" to a sequel.

What a giant f*ck you to the viewers who invested hours only to be left partially unconcluded.

If I watch a limited series, it's because I damn well don't want cliffhangers.

Grr. 👎

Skavau,

@syntaxseed Sometimes "Limited Series" become series proper

Skavau, to television

Opinion: It's about time a Steam service for TV existed

I know you can buy access to content to some TV shows on the Apple store, Amazon and the Microsoft Store - but these are still subject to geoblocks, not accessible in many countries and only offer a relatively small selection of TV shows anyway (and even then they're subject to this shit.)

Think about how video games have been fundamentally transformed. You can buy the majority of video games on Steam (or just use other similar apps). They're all basically released everywhere on day 1. They're automatically yours forever (until such a potential when Steam goes down - but you can easily extract and secure the files if you worry about that).

The same is not remotely true with TV. I understand that multiple streaming services were obviously going to emerge as TV production expanded. I understand that expecting to be able to watch everything on Netflix for £9.99 a month was never going to be realistic. But alongside these streaming services, a Steam-type client should've emerged allowing people to just buy seasons of content on the services. For people who want to legally keep what they watch, paying something like £5-15 per season (with sales much like Steam). No geoblocks. No restrictions.

I say this because in many cases I have had no choice but to pirate to watch a TV show season. It literally was not available to me through any legal source. I could not digitally buy it, nor was any streaming service accessible to me carrying it. This is now happening to Americans more and more (I am not American) with European series being heavily delayed. The last season of Babylon Berlin released in October. It's carried by Netflix in the USA, who are clearly not interested in acquiring the latest season - and are probably holding the content hostage (or Sky are being obstructive). It's also not accessible in France or many other European countries too.The show has suffered from staggered international releases since it was initially released, essentially throttling its popularity potential (most expensive German series ever made at one point).

As for me? I'm British. I could not, and still can't watch the second season of Balkan Shadows anywhere legally according to Justwatch. Paris Police 1900 season 2 is also still not accessible for me. This is really quite pathetic when you think about music and video games.

Skavau,

Most video games that release on Steam release everywhere. A game from Germany, for instance, doesn't just release in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands and then gets a staggered release elsewhere finally arriving in the USA 6 months later.

Skavau,

Digital ownership is still better than no ownership at all.

Skavau,

To be fair, I'm also complaining about international releases outside the purview of Hollywood. German releases. Serbian releases. They geoblock harder than American shows.

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