I may be crazy, but I thought at one time I read an article that The Batman was going to play on HBO Max alongside opening in theaters. Was that ever the case?

No.

It will be added after 45 days.

That was the case when it was scheduled for 2021 theatrical release. When it got bumped into 2022, they announced it would no longer be day-and-date. That was for 2021 WB movies only.

The Batman was moved to 2022 in Oct. 2020. The day and date HBO Max plan was announced Dec. 2020. It was never part of the announced movies.

I can wait 45 days.

I guess you're right about that. I swear I had heard Batman was going to be a part of that but must be mistaken.

I would have bet the ranch it was part of that too. Oh well, thanks for clearing things up guys. Appreciate it.

Potentially stupid question - is there a way to turn off autoplay (I primarily watch on the HBO MAX Xbox app), either always or to 'cancel' it while watching a show?
I've been watching Flight of the Conchords and sometimes there are credits gags that get the last few seconds skipped because it goes to the next episode.

Just on some devices. Xbox or Roku is not included: https://help.hbomax.com/us/Answer/Detail/000001251

Turn off autoplay

Autoplay can be turned off on Cox devices, LG TV, VIZIO TV, XClass TV, Samsung TV, and Xfinity devices. Here's how to turn off autoplay:

1. Open HBO Max and then choose the Settings icon (lower left).
2. Scroll over and choose Experience. Here you can turn autoplay on or off.

Other devices: Autoplay can't be turned off. If you don't want to watch the next episode, pause or stop playback before the next episode begins. Stay tuned as we add this functionality to all devices.

And there it is

It's probably telling that despite being subbed to Paramount + I have no idea what shows those two pics are from, like at all.

Ha, same.

I have been getting Max free with my AT&T internet. I wonder if that is going to last.

Yeah, that'll be sad. I actually use HBO Max quite a bit but not sure if I want to add another ~15/month service to my stable (and that's if they don't raise the price.)
I did a quick look at Discovery Plus. At least on the front page, not a single program I have any slightest interest in ever seeing, and not really a single channel I recall ever watching. Yay?

Discovery+ is $4.99 a month right now. If they raised the price, it’d be $20 for the two services, assuming they use the current prices as reference.

The two services may just end up costing $14.99 with the Discovery content rolled into HBO Max.

Maybe because Paramount+ and Discovery+ are two entirely different services.

You're right, I meant I subscribe to HBO Max and have no idea what either of those two pics are for. My apologies (I assume one is from HBO Max and one is from Discovery+, right?).

I assume the Discovery one was a 90 Day Fiancée and maybe the HBO one is Euphoria (which I have zero desire to ever watch).

The HBO Max still is from Gossip Girl 2021

Still had no idea about them.

I have HBO Max. I'd love to be able to watch old episodes of Mythbusters and Dirty Jobs if those come with the merger. If they raise the price, though, I'm out.

So I have HBO Max through DirecTV and Discovery + through a $59 1/year promo with a free Amazon Firestick that I got a few weeks ago.

Now I'm confused what happens with this.

I have to believe that the price will go up for the merged service a few bucks. I know a lot of you guys are tight with your entertainment money and any kind of "price increase" will annoy you. But, even if HBO Max went up to $19.99/month, it's still a good value.

Fuckin' $19.97 a month is all I'll go or I'm OUT.

I watched a couple episodes of Euphoria and never went back.

They could use the Discovery content as an excuse to raise prices but many would say they’re being charged more for stuff they don’t want. Anything above $15 is pushing it, my parents are still getting Netflix but I wouldn’t blame them for dropping it as it just isn’t worth that much. Still think I’d go with HBO if I could only have one service. They just have the best mix of old and new movies, high and low brow stuff.