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Your favourite Apple TV+ exclusive?
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Favorites:
Ted Lasso
Tehran
Home Before Dark
Defending Jacob
Trying
Others:
The Morning Show
Dickinson
Mythic Quest
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Loved Dickinson and Calls, but I will be honest...nothing I have tried on Apple TV has been bad. Calls was a really haunting and different experience. I am normally the type that multi-tasks a show while doing something else, but Calls was the first thing in years that demanded my full attention.
They really seem to be going for quantity over quality. The library is still very small, I can easily keep up with everything on the service, but almost every single show I have watched has been stellar. 1971 is maybe the only miss for me, and that is purely on my musical taste.
I haven't delved into their movie selection too much, I almost never watch movies, but with how good their shows are I may try it out.
I actually cancelled Netflix because, while they have a huge library, it is mostly not very good comparatively. Haven't missed it yet.
They really seem to be going for quantity over quality. The library is still very small, I can easily keep up with everything on the service, but almost every single show I have watched has been stellar. 1971 is maybe the only miss for me, and that is purely on my musical taste.
I haven't delved into their movie selection too much, I almost never watch movies, but with how good their shows are I may try it out.
I actually cancelled Netflix because, while they have a huge library, it is mostly not very good comparatively. Haven't missed it yet.
Given that there is so little on Apple TV+, you could literally watch everything they have in less than a month... normal binge-style watching that is.
Since their description and often times content don't mesh, it's probably a good idea to just try each one and see if it grabs your attention.
There are a few shows that people watch purely because the subscription is free... that if they had to outright sub to watch it, they'd probably skip it until a couple of seasons have racked up.
That's really the big issue with Apple TV+, the length of the seasons are really short and the subsequent seasons are far apart... so if you're all in to Ted Lasso for example, you could literally sub for one month then skip 6 months to a year before you would need to sub again... and that's watching as the episodes get released.
It's one thing if they have 8 years worth of a show on their service... but when they only have 6 episodes total... well it's a pretty sad service. Disney+ and Netflix and Hulu for example may have exactly the same amount of first run content to share with you, but they also have a back catalog of older content to keep you entertained between the down time. With Apple TV+, it's mostly down time with very little else.
Since their description and often times content don't mesh, it's probably a good idea to just try each one and see if it grabs your attention.
There are a few shows that people watch purely because the subscription is free... that if they had to outright sub to watch it, they'd probably skip it until a couple of seasons have racked up.
That's really the big issue with Apple TV+, the length of the seasons are really short and the subsequent seasons are far apart... so if you're all in to Ted Lasso for example, you could literally sub for one month then skip 6 months to a year before you would need to sub again... and that's watching as the episodes get released.
It's one thing if they have 8 years worth of a show on their service... but when they only have 6 episodes total... well it's a pretty sad service. Disney+ and Netflix and Hulu for example may have exactly the same amount of first run content to share with you, but they also have a back catalog of older content to keep you entertained between the down time. With Apple TV+, it's mostly down time with very little else.
It’s the other way around
They are going for quality over quantity.
My favourite shows:
See
Dickinson
Ted Lasso (and I don’t like anything sports related)
Mythic Quest
Really? You can't just sit down and watch a show? You'd have be a rock to have not seen the HUGE amount of praise Ted Lasso has gotten. Can't waitch a 30 minute episode?
Incredible.
Having recently received a free one year subscription, I just watched the first season of Ted Lasso over the past two days, 5 episodes a day. Much better than I expected. Looking forward to season 2.
This week I also watched the 8 episodes of 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything. Very enjoyable for those interested in the music and social changes of that era.
The Beastie Boys documentary will be up next I think.
This week I also watched the 8 episodes of 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything. Very enjoyable for those interested in the music and social changes of that era.
The Beastie Boys documentary will be up next I think.
See
Little America
Mariah Carey’s Christmas special
Oprah Winfrey’s book club:
interview with Mariah Carey, Barack Obama and Isobel Wilkerson.
Little America
Mariah Carey’s Christmas special
Oprah Winfrey’s book club:
interview with Mariah Carey, Barack Obama and Isobel Wilkerson.
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That was good. The original seasons are now ruined for me by not being in 4K.
