I’ve watched a few things. Fantastic sets and production quality. Terrible acting and writing.
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I keep seeing that they have some good science fiction shows and meaning to sign up. I just haven't. Maybe when work buys me a new phone. I seem to remember a free couple of months last phone. I just didn't get around to it.
I really enjoy The Foundation. It almost gives you whiplash by switching between slow burn and intense action. But I do not mean that in a bad way whatsoever. A really cool aspect of the show is that it does not take place over the span of a normal movie. It takes place over a couple(?) of centuries. There's different characters that come and go, and some others that have other ways of surviving the long time span. But it really shows you the long term consequences of certain actions.
Any particular sci-fi shows that caught your eye? Been wanting to check something out.
Severance is great. Silo is OK. For all Mankind was great in the earlier seasons. Foundation is good. Extrapolations is good, but too unrealistic for the subject matter, IMO. Dark Matter (2024) is pretty good, reminds me of Sliders from my childhood.
Edit: Oh, Sunny was good too.
There is definitely a good amount of good sci fi. Definitely worth checking out when you can get a free promo. They come up fairly frequently, I've had 3 free 3 months (9) over the past year and a half or so
Maybe if they made an android app that works on phones and tablets.
Android app Currently only works on androidTV boxes if you can figure out how to create 2 Apple accounts
That's why I pirate their shows. Most are still rather mediocre.
They're not available here, and can I even watch on Google TV? Sailing the high seas seems to be the best. Not my problem if I need an apple tv to watch apple tv +
Not my problem if I need an apple tv to watch apple tv +
You do not need an AppleTV to watch. The app is available on quite a few popular platforms, including many SmartTVs, Roku, Fire Sticks, PS4, PS5, several Xbox models, and Android TV.
On android TV there's an app. Amazon's Appstore as well for their fire TV sticks. But yeah
Yeah everything should be on one service otherwise it's just easier to browse torrent sites that have everything on one service
I already subscribe to enough services and I really don't want to give Apple my money.
There are some definite hits and some definite misses on Apple TV+ here's the best and worst I've seen so far:
"For All Mankind" - An awesome realistic Sci-Fi show that feels like a prequel to "The Expanse". 4 seasons so far of top notch Sci-fi. Highly suggest for folks that were into The Expanse.
"Silo" - Premise is basically Fallout except they call the vaults "silos" instead. Excise the peppy energy and self-awareness of Fallout and boom, you've got your gray mush run of the mill dystopian thriller "Silo". It's been a real yawner for me, I couldn't make it through even 4 episodes.
The Silo books are way better. They seemed to have changed some plot points to tell a slightly different story, but the main premise seems to be holding up. Book two is a huge tonal shift, so it'll be interesting to see how they handle that in the show.
Apple TV is the best streaming service at the moment, hands down. I say this as a lifelong Apple hater. So many bangers:
- Slow Horses
- Silo
- Ted Lasso
- Severance
- Bad Monkey
Then I have Shrinking and Disclaimer on my to watch list.
I am on the fence about disclaimer. It is not a bad show, I am just unsure I like the subject matter. So far everything we have watched on Apple TV we have enjoyed.
Shrinking is incredibly good if you enjoyed Ted Lasso. They characters are real and don't make stupid "ish" decisions because they understand consequences exist. They also dont use movie logic. If something happens, it's not brushed under the rug, but it's also not blown out of proportion. It is dealt with how humans would actually deal with it. The show relies on good characters, and real life issues dealt with in a new goofy way. The only issue I have is they kinda let the train off the rails a little in season two, but it's still very grounded compared to most all other media.
A perfect 5/7
Sunny was good too
Pachinko is one of the best shows across any streaming service, yet for some reason, Apple has buried it to the point that it’s nearly impossible to find in their UI.
For all mankind is fantastic too
Sooo good
I see pirated Apple shows all the time and I just pass. I'm very uninterested in their content, even for free.
If I were to commit myself to a single streaming service it would probably be Apple TV
Which are your favourite shows ?
Severance by far
What else?
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