Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: shawn Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: TV news for June 23-29, 2024 Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2024 08:03:55 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 154 Message-ID: References: <1620270784.741395686.839152.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <0u818jhs9hhbo4erpkolche83qa67q5cqo@4ax.com> <258457971.741401364.021329.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <4cb18jlgvbdg4jhv2g7lboi55a2k0c7rb2@4ax.com> <1064758964.741422580.932085.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2024 14:03:56 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b527a1d2265f084b4160cf9b3db8ccaa"; logging-data="547510"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19gU+BsWAagYEYHbJHw3+Sso0OXWwdaEOM=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:cSz7DKHn9MRKbSo5zq8+pPsVJDM= Bytes: 7165 On Sun, 30 Jun 2024 00:02:14 -0700, anim8rfsk wrote: >shawn wrote: >> On Sat, 29 Jun 2024 17:55:07 -0700, anim8rfsk >> wrote: >> >>> shawn wrote: >>>> On Sat, 29 Jun 2024 16:26:04 -0700, anim8rfsk >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ian J. Ball wrote: >>>>>> On 6/29/24 2:46 PM, Robin Miller wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>     ABC news >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>> NFL loses 'Sunday Ticket' trial, ordered to pay $4 billion by federal >>>>>>> jury  (June 27) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-loses-sunday-ticket-trial-ordered-to-pay-4-billion-by-federal-jury-225928049.html >>>>>> >>>>>> Excellent - at this point, nothing would make me happier than to see the >>>>>> professional sports leagues driven into bankruptcy, and forced to return >>>>>> to OTA television! >>>>> >>>>> Why? I want sports off my TV altogether. >>>> >>>> Hey, if returns to OTA at least you won't have to pay extra for the >>>> sports that you never watch with your cable bill. >>> >>> What will you bet? >> >> I will put a massive $0.01 bet on the NFL returning to OTA and >> dropping the Sunday Ticket. Yes, I'm that confident. Of course even if >> it did happen it might not happen till a decade or more of court cases >> are worked through. > >That wasn’t the bet. The bet I offered was that my cable price would go >down. There’s no way in hell they’ll ever take off that ESPN whether or not >they’re providing me with any sports. > True. As long as ESPN is on the cable/satellite systems prices aren't going down even if ESPN can't show a single NFL game. >> >>>> >>>>>>> Paramount+ Prices To Rise For Most Tiers Starting In August  (June 24) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://deadline.com/2024/06/paramount-price-hikes-in-august-1235981617/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ["The company said the Paramount+ with Showtime plan will increase by $1 >>>>>>> to $12.99 per month for both existing and new customers, while the cost >>>>>>> of the Paramount+ Essential plan will rise by $2 to $7.99 per month for >>>>>>> all new subscribers. The Paramount+ Limited Commercial Plan will >>>>>>> increase by $1 to $7.99 for current subscribers."] >>>>>> >>>>>> [finger] >>>>> >>>>> The question is what will happen to those of us that get it free because I >>>>> won’t pay a dime for it. >>>> >>>> Your price will double. >>> >>> lol >>> >>> >>>> >>>>>>> Maggie Grace On Her ‘Lost’ Character’s Exit: “Still The Worst Heartbreak >>>>>>> Of My Career”  (June 26) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://deadline.com/2024/06/maggie-grace-lost-shannon-exit-1235983429/ >>>>>> >>>>>> Yeah, that I think most would agree that this was a premature character >>>>>> kill off. >>>>>> >>>>>> But, then again, in retrospect, "Lost" did a lot of stuff wrong. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Like lying to the audience about what was going on. >>>> >>>> That was bad from a viewer perspective but I'll give them credit as it >>>> kept people talking about the show. >>> >>> True, but not favorably. >> >> Oh, I agree, but people kept guessing what the show was about for >> years while the show was still on the air. >> >> >>>> >>>>> >>>>>>> Jeremy Renner Says He Doesn’t Have “Energy” To Play “Challenging” Roles >>>>>>> After Snow Plow Accident: “I Can’t Just Go Play Make-Believe Right Now” >>>>>>> (June 25) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://deadline.com/2024/06/jeremy-renner-energy-challenging-roles-snow-plow-accident-1235983221/ >>>>>> >>>>>> Yeah - dude will never be the same, no doubt. >>>> >>>> Sad, but bad accidents do happen. The good thing is he's already had a >>>> good career as an action hero so now he can take on more sedate roles. >>>> >>> >>> It’s not like Marvel is making action hero movies anymore anyway. Certainly >>> not with white men. >> >> True, they do seem to have a focus on women now for their action hero >> movies. I wonder how that is working out for them. > >Well, the most recent stinky cheese Larson offering something like $300 >million. Which sounds like a lot but how much did they spend on making it and the marketing the movie. > >> >> It's actually not a bad idea if they had good stories/writing and had >> some compelling actors. So far they've managed to fail on all >> accounts. I thought they had a great concept with MS MARVEL if they >> had stuck with the new hero trying to come grips with her powers and >> how it changes her life. Then the writers feared they wouldn't get a >> second season to tell their story so they rushed the character >> development (she went from barely being able to use her powers to >> doing all sorts of stunts in just the course of a day or two) and >> pushed the story to Pakistan so they could bring up the >> Indian/Pakistan history. Oh, and they introduced the coolest character >> in the leader of the Red Band only to kill him off shortly after we >> met him. > >I thought Ms. Marvel augered in with the second episode where they made all >kinds of weird changes from the pilot. > > >> >> All of which would have been fine if it had played out over a second >> season but it was a massive shift in tone and the style of the story >> telling (lot's of anime/cartoon scenes in the first three episodes >> that kept it light hearted. That disappeared after those episodes.) >> > >I was long gone by episode four. Four was where it got weird like it was an entirely different show. I swear it had to be the writers being desperate to get their India/Pakistan history tale in their show so they moved everything up from what might have been a good second season plot line to fill up the second half of the first season.