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Decker 01-26-23 07:31 PM

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Season 3 was a boring confusing mess. They really got far away from what made the show cool and interesting. I am not aware of anyone who liked it much.
Season 4 was a lot better and even cool in spots. Then it really shit the bed in the final two episodes. So much so that I didn't mind its cancelation. Still the season is worth watching.

dex14 01-31-23 09:05 AM

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Roku and Tubi will be the free streaming homes for Westworld, Raised by Wolves, The Nevers and other Warner Bros. Discovery content that was recently removed from HBO Max, as part of a co-exclusive deal that all told includes “hundreds” of TV series and movies from the WBD portfolio.

As reported in December, WBD’s plan was to shop the series it had removed from its own subscription streaming service (as part of an expansive and seismic cost-cutting move) and shop them to FAST (free, ad-supported streaming TV) services.

Warner Bros. Discovery’s co-exclusive deals with Roku and Tubi include all seasons of Westworld, Raised by Wolves, The Nevers, The Time Traveler’s Wife, Finding Magic Mike, Head of the Class, Legendary and F-Boy Island, many of which were abruptly disappeared from HBO Max late last year.

TVLine has confirmed that both deals include all 12 episodes of The Nevers, including the final six that have never aired/been seen.

All told, both FAST services will offer up “hundreds of TV series and movies” from the WBD portfolio’s other brands, such as Discovery Channel, HGTV, Food Network and TLC. That includes the likes of Cake Boss, My Cat from Hell, Breaking Amish, Caribbean Life, How It’s Made, Paranormal Lockdown, The Tomorrow People (I’ve heard of that one!) and My Five Wives, plus select seasons of The Bachelor, The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise.

Tubi says it will begin them rolling out its WBD content “as early as February 1 and throughout the month,” while Roku is simply saying “Spring 2023.”
https://tvline.com/2023/01/31/cancel...release-dates/

randian 01-31-23 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by dex14 (Post 14228129)
TVLine has confirmed that both deals include all 12 episodes of The Nevers, including the final six that have never aired/been seen.

So the final 6 won't air on HBO Max? That's rather disappointing.

Jay G. 02-01-23 11:47 AM

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Well, since today is February 1, I checked Tubi for Recently Added:
https://tubitv.com/category/recently_added

Lovecraft Country has been added, and has an HBO logo in the bottom right:
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/dvdtalk...5e0ce45cc1.jpg

https://tubitv.com/series/300009901/...try?start=true

fujishig 02-01-23 11:51 AM

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Not that I'm going to watch them with ads but do they censor these?

stingermck 02-01-23 12:24 PM

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Wow, from HBO to Tubi, land of the asylum catalog and the worst free movies.

DJariya 02-01-23 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by stingermck (Post 14228824)
Wow, from HBO to Tubi, land of the asylum catalog and the worst free movies.

:shrug: Well, raising extra cash from dead shows that most aren’t watching anymore.

randian 02-01-23 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by stingermck (Post 14228824)
Wow, from HBO to Tubi, land of the asylum catalog and the worst free movies.

Taken to its logical conclusion this will eventually happen to every back catalog series HBO Max has. Other services have already started copying what HBO Max is doing. It looks like they’ve concluded that back catalog doesn’t attract subs, which taken to its extreme means only the most recent season will be available ad-free. That’s pretty much what CW’s app does already. This destroys the value of an ad-free sub especially if you’re coming to a series late.

DJariya 02-01-23 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by fujishig (Post 14228801)
Not that I'm going to watch them with ads but do they censor these?

No, Tubi doesn’t censor content. I watched an R rated movie once that had nudity and it was there. You just have to deal with the built in ad breaks.

Alan Smithee 02-01-23 01:46 PM

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If you use Kodi, you can watch Tubi and Crackle with no commercials. They don’t have 5.1 audio though so wish these shows just stayed on HBOMax.

Dan1boy 02-01-23 02:42 PM

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Generation S1 is also up on Tubi from HBO Max. Wife and I enjoyed this one and done.

The Spectre 02-01-23 03:38 PM

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Don’t wanna jinx it but some animated shows that were announced as being gone last night are still streaming on HBOMAX

DJariya 02-01-23 04:31 PM

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If you were hoping to catch up on Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler, you better hurry. It was just cancelled today. Who knows how long HBO Max will keep it.


Josh-da-man 02-02-23 09:22 PM

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Between HBO Max and Showtime/Paramount+ removing and dumping programs en masse, and Netflix's anti-password sharing measures, it seems like they're really wanting to push people to use t******s.

fujishig 02-03-23 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Josh-da-man (Post 14229580)
Between HBO Max and Showtime/Paramount+ removing and dumping programs en masse, and Netflix's anti-password sharing measures, it seems like they're really wanting to push people to use t******s.

I think it's more that the relatively cheap prices we've been paying are unsustainable in the long run, at least for the amount of content they're putting out.

story 02-03-23 05:52 PM

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After 15+ years of asking her on and off if we can get HBO, my wife now wants HBO to watch The Last of Us. Okay. I'll take it how I can get it.

Any good deals out there for no-ads version? We have Amazon Prime, Hulu, Roku, Paramount+, Netflix, Disney+, if any of those are part of how to get a deal. Seems like the way to go is directly at $150/year.

whotony 02-03-23 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by story (Post 14229897)
After 15+ years of asking her on and off if we can get HBO, my wife now wants HBO to watch The Last of Us. Okay. I'll take it how I can get it.

Any good deals out there for no-ads version? We have Amazon Prime, Hulu, Roku, Paramount+, Netflix, Disney+, if any of those are part of how to get a deal. Seems like the way to go is directly at $150/year.


If you have Comcast most if not all of HBO content is free for a week or so.

Otherwise 🤷🏼‍♂️

story 02-03-23 06:04 PM

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We do not have cable, no.

RichC2 02-03-23 07:23 PM

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Whose your ISP? I know I still have it free as an AT&T Fiber Internet subscriber.

But none of those you listed are running deals on HBO Max.

davidh777 02-03-23 09:12 PM

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Yeah, I get it free from my AT&T phone.

DJariya 02-03-23 09:16 PM

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$149.99 seems to be the standard 1 year no ads price right now. If you order through their website.



fujishig 02-03-23 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by davidh777 (Post 14229975)
Yeah, I get it free from my AT&T phone.

That's on a grandfathered plan though (I have the same thing). I don't think they offer it any more, especially since AT&T sold HBO off.

TheBang 02-04-23 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by story (Post 14229897)
Any good deals out there for no-ads version? We have Amazon Prime, Hulu, Roku, Paramount+, Netflix, Disney+, if any of those are part of how to get a deal. Seems like the way to go is directly at $150/year.

One year of HBO Max with ads for $70:

https://www.hbomax.com/redeem?code=PSTLOU

Most HBO Max originals (like the Last of Us) do not air with ads.

Jay G. 02-04-23 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by story (Post 14229897)
After 15+ years of asking her on and off if we can get HBO, my wife now wants HBO to watch The Last of Us. Okay. I'll take it how I can get it.

Any good deals out there for no-ads version? We have Amazon Prime, Hulu, Roku, Paramount+, Netflix, Disney+, if any of those are part of how to get a deal. Seems like the way to go is directly at $150/year.

Prime Video will give you a 7 day free trial for HBO Max when subscribing as a "channel." It'd be $15.99 a month after the trial.

Maybe you should ask if you really need a full year of HBO Max, or really most of those services you subscribe to. Sure, you'll save around $42 paying for a full year upfront, but you could watch all of The Last of Us and a lot of other exclusive HBO/Max content in, say, a 2 month span, which would save you $118 over pre-paying for a full year. And while you're binging HBO Max, do you also need Hulu, Disney+, Paramount+, Netflix for those two months?

Josh-da-man 02-04-23 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Jay G. (Post 14230062)
Prime Video will give you a 7 day free trial for HBO Max when subscribing as a "channel." It'd be $15.99 a month after the trial.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0B8TQTLK1/

Maybe you should ask if you really need a full year of HBO Max, or really most of those services you subscribe to. Sure, you'll save around $42 paying for a full year upfront, but you could watch all of The Last of Us and a lot of other exclusive HBO/Max content in, say, a 2 month span, which would save you $118 over pre-paying for a full year. And while you're binging HBO Max, do you also need Hulu, Disney+, Paramount+, Netflix for those two months?

Yeah, if price is an issue, people would be wise to stagger their streaming services. Get Netflix one month, Disney+ the next month, HBO Max the month after that, then Prime, then Paramount+ the next.

Just subscribe to a service like Netflix during a month when there's something you really want to see, like Stranger Things, then catch up with everything else. Then get Amazon Prime when something like Rings of Power or The Boys is streaming. (Just using these series as examples.)

Really, there is so little A-list content on any of these services that folks are just wasting money on them during the "dry" months. Even Disney+ has dry periods without new Marvel or Star Wars content, and Paramount+ hasn't had new Trek for a couple of months. It's sort of a waste to subscribe to a half a dozen streaming services all year long when the good content is spread out so far. Outside of Disney+ (Marvel, Star Wars) and Paramount+ (Star Trek), I find that the other streaming services don't really offer a lot of worthwhile year-round content that interests me. The others only have maybe three "must watch" series per year, if even that.

DJariya 02-04-23 10:49 AM

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If you only watch streaming services for big IP genre TV content, of course you’re not going to have enough coming out year round. HBO has so much that comes out every month. Movies that you may have missed and other dramas, documentaries and more. $12 plus per month for the year price, which nowadays is one fast food meal and cheaper than most 4K discs is more than worth it to have that kind of library at your fingertips.

I know not everyone is interested in the same thing, but IMO Paramount plus is more than just a Star Trek streaming service.

But in the end it’s up to you and the time you have and if you can spare than $150 for your entertainment budget.

Josh-da-man 02-04-23 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by DJariya (Post 14230111)
If you only watch streaming services for big IP genre TV content, of course you’re not going to have enough coming out year round.

When it comes to streaming, my interest is nearly all for original content. I don't have a lot of interest in bingeing Friends reruns or old movies.

And catalog content tends to jump around from service to service a lot, and it's a pain in the ass to keep track of it.

This actually makes me wonder if there's a database somewhere that keeps track of where all of the streaming content is, so someone could just go the site, enter a title, and see if it's currently available on a streaming platform.


dex14 02-04-23 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Josh-da-man (Post 14230253)
This actually makes me wonder if there's a database somewhere that keeps track of where all of the streaming content is, so someone could just go the site, enter a title, and see if it's currently available on a streaming platform.

https://www.justwatch.com/

randian 02-04-23 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Josh-da-man (Post 14230253)
When it comes to streaming, my interest is nearly all for original content. I don't have a lot of interest in bingeing Friends reruns or old movies.

And catalog content tends to jump around from service to service a lot, and it's a pain in the ass to keep track of it.

This actually makes me wonder if there's a database somewhere that keeps track of where all of the streaming content is, so someone could just go the site, enter a title, and see if it's currently available on a streaming platform.

https://reelgood.com/

fujishig 02-06-23 09:15 AM

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I mean you try convincing my kids that they can live without access to Bluey any month of the year.

My intention when Disney+ came out was to cancel Netflix and only sub like twice a year, and my kids torpedoed that too. But yeah if it were just me, I'd just rotate services.

Dan 02-06-23 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Josh-da-man (Post 14230253)
This actually makes me wonder if there's a database somewhere that keeps track of where all of the streaming content is, so someone could just go the site, enter a title, and see if it's currently available on a streaming platform.

JustWatch and ReelGood were already mentioned, but Plex does this too. You have to select which apps you want results for (curated to the subs you have I guess), and then when you do a search, it shows you where it can be watched, and depending on your device, may even open that app for you. I haven't used this feature much, but it seems decent enough.

TomOpus 02-06-23 12:56 PM

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I use JustWatch on a daily basis. Helps me keep track of new episodes in my watch list you can set up for movies and shows.

fujishig 02-06-23 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by TomOpus (Post 14230896)
I use JustWatch on a daily basis. Helps me keep track of new episodes in my watch list you can set up for movies and shows.

I honestly don't see how anyone can navigate streaming without something like JustWatch. Though as a Plex user I'm eager to try that option out.

Like oftentimes the service itself doesn't do a good job of advertising what they got besides the really big titles. Amazon Prime in particular gets a boatload of changes every other day that you would never know if you don't check JustWatch.

fujishig 02-07-23 08:44 AM

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Decker 02-07-23 12:00 PM

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For those who missed out on Lovecraft Country before HBO Max pulled it, it can be purchased for $7.99, along with one other feature from a selection of WB movies for $4.99, at Fanflix.co as part of their Black History Month Special

DJariya 02-07-23 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Decker (Post 14231398)
For those who missed out on Lovecraft Country before HBO Max pulled it, it can be purchased for $7.99, along with one other feature from a selection of WB movies for $4.99, at Fanflix.co as part of their Black History Month Special

They didn’t pull it. I see all 10 episodes still there.

RichC2 02-07-23 02:16 PM

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Yeah, Lovecraft Country wasn't on the chopping block. Not yet at least.

Decker 02-07-23 03:56 PM

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Oh, my mistake. I thought it was already pulled. I guess it's on Tubi and HBO Max then.

JeffTheAlpaca 02-08-23 06:28 AM

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I was watching "Sex Before the Internet" on Vice and did not know Real Sex is not available on HBO on Demand on Directv or on HBO Max.

RichC2 02-08-23 08:02 AM

re: Max — Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service
 
Yeah, they dropped Real Sex, Cathouse and Taxi Cab Confessions back in '18 for some stupid reason.

Edit: Also, apparently HBO Max is no longer merging with Discovery+ entirely (Discovery+ will exist on its own, and it's unknown if all its content will be ported to "Max"): https://deadline.com/2023/02/warner-...ng-1235253134/


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