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The TV Thread (GoT spoilers)

invisibleman18

They would have clauses preventing them making a car show on another network wouldn't they? Also important to note that they can say pretty much what they want on BBC without advertising. On another network they may not be able to be so critical about cars as advertisers would have some control over what they say.

QuincyAbeyie

Just watched the season 2 finale of Black Sails. How the clusterfuck of a show that was season 1 transformed into such great television this season, I'll never know.

goon

Just started watching Banshee, about 4 or 5 episodes in. Good entertainment, can't turn down some good old sex and violence even if the story itself is lacking a little.

Only just realised he has what I assume must be a super power in the last episode, as he seemingly only has to look at a girl and quite literally the next thing you know, they're doing the dance with no pants.

Biggus

Pissed off one of the major characters was axed (literally) in Vikings, WTF??

y va marquer

Better Call Saul's a lot better than I thought it would be.
It is a little off putting that the characters look older than they did in Breaking Bad, makes the flash backs quite hard to figure as well.

QuincyAbeyie

I imagine that making Jonathan Banks look young is incredibly difficult. Haven't been bothered by it myself, to be honest.

Gazza M

i'm making an attempt to go legit with my tv viewing thanks to good old malcolm turnbull forcing my hand. using a combo of netflix, plex, and chromecast. works well, but australian netlifx is a bit neutered compared to the us version. not sure how long i'll last before i revert to the dark arts and just get a VPN

QuincyAbeyie

Just install Hola as an add-on to your browser. A flag appears, and you can choose which country to use.

Gazza M

heard mixed things about that extension, and i'm always sus when it comes to 'free' VPN-type services. performance wasn't great when i tried using it to watch region blocked stuff on hulu, but i didn't use it for very long tbf. if i start mucking about with VPNs, i'll get a good one and revert to using something like popcorn time

QuincyAbeyie

I've watched Netflix in HD with it, worked fine. Don't use it anymore though, Popcorn Time all the way.

Irishgunner

Gazza M wrote:
heard mixed things about that extension, and i'm always sus when it comes to 'free' VPN-type services. performance wasn't great when i tried using it to watch region blocked stuff on hulu, but i didn't use it for very long tbf. if i start mucking about with VPNs, i'll get a good one and revert to using something like popcorn time

You only need the vpn for the initial connection on netflix, once the video starts loading you can turn it off. So no performance issues.

I use zenmate personally, instead of hola, I've never had an issue with it.

Daz

Gazza M wrote:
i'm making an attempt to go legit with my tv viewing thanks to good old malcolm turnbull forcing my hand. using a combo of netflix, plex, and chromecast. works well, but australian netlifx is a bit neutered compared to the us version. not sure how long i'll last before i revert to the dark arts and just get a VPN

Are you genuinely worried about piracy because of the new metadata laws?

Burnwinter

Brandis is quietly bringing in ISP level pirate policing Daz. Based on a three strikes premise - you get warned first (eg for visiting TPB) then get served or disconnected.

Gazza M

good shout irish, zenmate works well. got us/uk content for netflix now

daz - if the content i want is available, my money is on the table. $9/month for access to all au/us/uk netflix content is worthwhile. its only a few $$$ more than getting a reliable vpn and pirating. as burnsy said, turnbull/brandis are ramming their 3 strike policy through no matter how much resistance isp's are putting up. eventually isp's will be liable to render your ip address & personal info to rights holders and they will be qithin their rights to take legal action against you. still alot of grey areas on how it will be enforced and how much it will cost to implement, even turnbull admitted he knows most people will just get a vpn anyway

Burnwinter

I've never minded the prospect of paying for content, but I've always objected to the channel licensing models, which are pretty much going to force me to go part-legal, part-illegal in future.

Just want a straightforward marketplace for all content I'm interested in where I pay something reasonable for content—about what I would've paid at an old VHS rental store sounds fair, $5-10 for a new release film and $5-$10 for a season of television.

goon

Completely agree Burns, it's all split between Netflix, Amazon Prime and Sky at the moment and even then you're limited because what you want to watch doesn't appear on there.

Jens

y va marquer wrote:
Better Call Saul's a lot better than I thought it would be.
It is a little off putting that the characters look older than they did in Breaking Bad, makes the flash backs quite hard to figure as well.

It's phenomenal. Not all episodes have been slam dunks but over all it's been an excellent season of television.

ChiliPalmer

Rampage wrote:
y va marquer wrote:
Better Call Saul's a lot better than I thought it would be.
It is a little off putting that the characters look older than they did in Breaking Bad, makes the flash backs quite hard to figure as well.

It's phenomenal. Not all episodes have been slam dunks but over all it's been an excellent season of television.

Agree. Especially the last episode was top notch, although Chuck is annoying me to no end.

Saul/James is really an amazing character in every possible way, he's quickly becoming an all time favourite of mine.

Daz

Burnwinter™ wrote:
Brandis is quietly bringing in ISP level pirate policing Daz. Based on a three strikes premise - you get warned first (eg for visiting TPB) then get served or disconnected.

Aw man, but I just got me eyepatch, hook and parrot me hearties! I'm a late starter so surely I should be given some kind of allowance to make up for all the shit I haven't downloaded?

Burnwinter

Sorry mate. The Empire has just declared "Mare Nostrum" on the ocean of digital content.

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