My Random TV Thread

56 Days on Amazon Prime. This one was really good. A bunch of folks you've never heard of in a story from a book we didn't read. A body is discovered in the bathtub of an upscale apartment in Boston. We slowly uncover the killer, insane backstories, and a predictable but weird ending. The whole resolution is strange, but the story is great. The woman is pleasant to look at when naked. The timeline flashbacks are easy enough to discern, but more frequent than I'd like.

3.5 out of 5 termites.
 
RackMaster said:
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https://twitter.com/x/status/2031045581565501650

This is just crazy. I've noticed this with a couple shows I've seen, but thought maybe I was just remembering them wrong. Nope. Instead, programming execs are quietly rewriting our history. Regardless, of whether it's done for innocent or very deliberate reasons, this practice should stop and we should be given the original, unended programs, as they were intended.
 
Blizzard said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/2031045581565501650

This is just crazy. I've noticed this with a couple shows I've seen, but thought maybe I was just remembering them wrong. Nope. Instead, programming execs are quietly rewriting our history. Regardless, of whether it's done for innocent or very deliberate reasons, this practice should stop and we should be given the original, unended programs, as they were intended.
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Friends had that happened with HBO Max, and nothing left out was worthy of being left out and cut.
 
@Blizzard this is why I use other sources that store locally from original sources. It's crazy at times the changes that occur. Sometimes it's a fix of a blooper, other times it is a straight up removal of a scene... mostly it's something subtle, but it's there.

It even happens from the original streaming release to the version streaming a few years later.

Back in the cable days, I'd understand for commercial and run time reasons, but on streaming, it's clearly to change a narrative in one way or another (not that the needed cuts weren't chosen for the ssme reason).

If you have or have access to a DVD/Blu-ray or chance to borrow it, compare it. Download or rip when you are able.
 
Editing to remove certain things has been around for awhile and unrelated to streaming, streaming just makes it more readily available or visible. Remember, "Han shot first?" 1997.

Han shot first - Wikipedia

Which is all part of a slew of changes to the original movies.
Changes in Star Wars re-releases - Wikipedia

I'm not giving streaming services a pass. They weren't the first to moralize on a topic when it didn't suit someone's agenda.
 
Unfamiliar Netflix

Cold War era German spies get a visit from the past trying to tie up loose ends. Russian antagonist, espionage, hit teams. Watch it.

German with subtitles which might turn some people off. I'm a few hundred hours into German on Duolingo and realize I can't understand shit...

4 of 5 sus flaschen Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbeir
 
BlackSmokeRisinG said:
Unfamiliar Netflix

Cold War era German spies get a visit from the past trying to tie up loose ends. Russian antagonist, espionage, hit teams. Watch it.

German with subtitles which might turn some people off. I'm a few hundred hours into German on Duolingo and realize I can't understand shit...

4 of 5 sus flaschen Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbeir
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There's also one with English dubbing. I thought it was ok.
 
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