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From: "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-07-10 (Thursday)
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 11:43:54 -0700
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On 7/11/25 10:26 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:

> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>
>> After an arduous workout, I watched:
>>
>> Nothing.
>>
>> What did you watch?
> 
> Hey, thanks for asking!
> 
> As I no longer have DVR service at night (thanks Cox) I’m slogging through
> a lot of stuff I recorded from the TCM mythology marathon, which they
> apparently are running every Wednesday night this month.
> 
> Clash of the Titans

The Harry Hamlin version?! Not the "Release the Kraken!!" version?

> Jason and the Argonauts
> My Son, the Hero
> The Minotaur
> Atlantis the Lost Continent
> 
> Also, they showed.
> The Last of Sheila
> 
> Of course I can’t watch any of this when my DVR service goes out overnight
> so I turned to the fire stick
> 
> Last night, I watched ALIENS. Everything said it had the extended cut but
> everything lied especially Hulu. The running time shows that they are all
> just playing the regular cut.
> 
> I also tried to watch some stuff on PRIME that they were advertising on the
> fire stick as free. They lie like the big dogs they are.
> 
> The Avengers (the old British spy show)
> The fire stick says it’s free but when you go there, it turns out that only
> the last worst season with Tara King is free.
> 
> Then it tried to get me to watch SHERLOCK.
> While it assures me Sherlock is free, only the first season is.

It's this kind of thing that is going to get me to drop Prime (Video). 
My yearly subscription is up in August, and I will be cancelling.

I guess I will just get Prime Video for random months here and there 
when stuff like new seasons of "Reacher" drop.

> This is pretty much the same bait and switch crap that DoorDash is pulling.
> If I didn’t get Amazon for the shipping, I would dump the service.
> 
> Also, I tried to switch my inter-web service to T-Mobile and failed
> spectacularly.