#RIP Paul Darrow, actor, 1941-2019. Best known for playing Avon in the 1970s British sci-fi TV series Blake's 7, a character famous for his unapologetic self-importance, and sardonic quips like;
"I’m not expendable, I’m not stupid, and I’m not going."
#OnThisDay, May 31, 1921, the Greenwood district in Tulsa, Oklahoma, known as “Black Wall Street”, was attacked by a white mob that burned the neighborhood, killing between 100 and 300 black people and injuring hundreds more (depicted in Watchmen, 2019)
Le contrôle des télés connectées : on vous présente notre enquête
Le modèle de la télévision a complètement changé depuis l’arrivée des téléviseurs connectés. On a enquêté sur la collecte de données des fabricants et sur ce que ça peut engendrer pour la programmation culturelle à l’écran.
Geht es euch auch so, dass wenn ihr euch heute Serien anschaut, die ihr in euren jungen Jahren absolut genial fandet, heute fragt, wie man sich damals so einen Müll ansehen konnte?
@tezoatlipoca 30 hour, surely you're--oh, wow, it is.
I'm only 15 minutes in but yeah it's not quite Squid Game production quality but at that length holy shit.
I'll at least give it an episode or two, not sure I want to read subtitles all day today
@timrichards we watch a lot of SBS OnDemand and very little iView. Am using a Pi-hole to remove most ads from OnDemand, making it a much better viewing experience.
We're not still buying DVDs, but we have kept our collection of a couple of hundred titles just in case we ever need to take a break from streaming services to save money. And I'm currently watching season 2 of Doctor Who because it isn't on any streaming services I subscribe to.
DVDs, Blu-ray revival: Why physical media is making a comeback
Tonight is the one-hour series finale of #YoungSheldon
Not only is the season cut short, 13 (really 14 episodes), but most of it has been building the new spin-off about Georgie, Mandy & McCallisters
Three's Company did this with Jack's soon to be wife & it bombed
MeeMaw & Missy haven't signed on to the spin-off
I feel like they really cheated us because we learned about them in YS and now their futures will be pretty much a mystery, except for what filler they do in the spin-off #TV
2/ There were some touching moments in the finale. Mary turned fanatical religious zealot; Sheldon even got baptized to comfort her but in full scuba outfit.
Missy was angry at everyone, and Georgie stepped up and took over as head of household, even arguing over casket price.
Sheldon was Sheldon, working in his Star Trek imagination to deal with it.
They turned MeeMaw into a drunk, from George's death onward through TBBT, a drunk. How could they do that? #YoungSheldon
Today, May 10, is Springfield’s annual “Whacking Day”, when citizens drive snakes to the center of town and club them. It was invented in 1924 as an excuse to beat Irish immigrants (The Simpsons, s04e20 “Whacking Day”, 1993)
@Strider Ugh, Amazon must be stopped at all costs...They've huffed enough chemicals to become deranged, unregulated POS! I really hope more people drop their Prime Subsciption in a form of protest.
@Strider Marvel and DC are the worst offenders of Multiverse abuse! They couldn't seem to settle on a continuity and that seriously messed with the quality of their stories.
Idea for the BBC: Take all those antique, auction type TV programmes clogging up BBC 1 and 2 and stick them entirely on a specific channel called BBC Boomer. Go on. I dare you. #TV#UK#BBC
Eine Serie, die einen jüdisches Leben besser verstehen lässt. Aber vor allem eine Serie, die auf berührende Weise „Fragen, die in jeder Familie existieren: Familie, Liebe, Identität und Zugehörigkeit.“
Kaum zu glauben, dass diese Serie aus Deutschland kommt und in der ARD läuft.
Ein Drittel aller Werbespots für klimaschädliche Produkte
Einer Studie zufolge wirbt rund ein Drittel aller Werbespots im deutschen Fernsehen und bei YouTube für klimaschädliche Produkte. Liegt darin ein Verstoß gegen den Medienstaatsvertrag?
Do I keep watching a show I'm really enjoying even though I just learned that the show was cancelled with a huge cliffhanger & the season I'm on is the last.
@syntaxseed Unless cancellation was a result of bad writing I'd say go for it.
Cliffhanger is still better than disappointing closure. You can always make up the plot continuation on your own, but it's impossible to fool yourself by pretending that things you've watched didn't happen.
If you're a fan of the Great British Bake Off, you should check out The Big Brunch on HBO Max. It might be better than Bake Off. I haven't finished the season yet, but so far it's great.
