I do like small chunks. I think 2 episode premiere plus a 2 episode finale is great. I think Andor did an excellent job with mini movies every week. I’m happy different shows experiment. Overall as long as we have a week to week momentum, I’m in.

I don’t think waiting for a show to completely release and then bingeing it, is the best experience for watching streaming TV series.

I think talking about a show “around the water cooler” makes a show generally more enjoyable. The “water cooler” can be both in person, friends or coworkers, or just online.

I do think some shows, typically “bad” shows, using this method is fine. Since you can just skip/speed through a bad episode and just remember the good stuff. As an example Star Trek Discovery is a perfectly OK show. A solid, “Yeah, it’s not so bad.” Watching it week to week is generally a bore, but speed running it makes it worth it.

They do touch on it in Mandalorian season 3, episode 6 (“Chapter 22”). Although I don’t think they come to any conclusion that resolves any of the ethical implications.

K2SO also has an interesting line where he mentions being aware of events when he was under the Empires control.

Of course the real character of interest in this conversation is C3PO. His mind is wiped at the end of Revenge of the Sith and it’s viewed as a joke, but really only happens to explain why he knows nothing by the events of A New Hope.

They also “kill” him in Rise of Skywalker and try to make it a touching moment, but then just revive him again for laughs.

So for characters like C3PO I 100% agree. (Although he is comic relief, so maybe he’s a poor choice to base ethics on.)

Weekly with batches seems to be the best.

Two-three episodes premiere, weekly episode release, two-three episode finale.

The Netflix method of splitting the season into two binges a month apart is the worst method. As the article notes the last season of Stranger Things did almost everything, a month or so delay, then the finale. That sucked and took a lot of wind out of the sails. They plan to do a similar thing with the finale season which is a mistake.

Disney+ has this right so far. Drop a few at once, next week drop a few more. Andor did it in three episode groups. Daredevil did smaller groups. Spider-Man did small groups. It’s the best way.

If you want to drop it all at once, I’m in for that too, but I suspect that method is slowly going away.

Weekly releases is the “standard” and I’m good with that as long as it’s actually weekly. Some shows that air on “regular TV” still have random skip weeks for sweeps or whatever stupid reason exists. I hate when an episode just isn’t airing. I’m prepared for weekly, be weekly.

That’s exactly what I’ve been saying for years. Sure the “golden age” is over, but the “silver age” is still worth the time.

Plus characters like Shauna only appear later on. Shauna is a fun character to add to the town of Springfield.

That’s what I’d prefer and that’s how they (seemingly) handled it with Jimbo Jones. Mo Collins replaced Pamela Hayden, he had a small but significant role in the episode with a handful of lines. Done & done.

Giving the new voice actor a single line as older Milhouse seems weird.

Ultimately it’s going to be fine, but just weird.

They did an excellent job with the first half. I was against splitting the film, but I can’t see any fault with what they ended up creating.

Of course the second half is the weaker half of the story. Not bad, just weaker, less iconic music. Curious to see if they make any changes or additions.

Ah right the brother! It’s been too long.

And yeah, it got worse but it didn’t get boring.

I guess I find it odd compared to Jimbo Jones, who Hayden also voiced. Mo Collins took over and it was a regular episode with Jimbo having several lines.

Maybe it’s because Collins did an amazing job… But if that’s the case find a better replacement for Milhouse.

Strong agree. I think Prison Break slowly goes off the rails with more spies and conspiracy. It’s not out of nowhere given Lincoln’s original crime is murdering the Vice President (allegedly), but it does eventually just get ridiculous.

I still like the later seasons for the characters, but it is wildly different from where they started.

Season 2 was rough, but I think season 3 was a good soft reboot. After that it’s all downhill again, but it almost righted itself.

Macleod’s debut will see Milhouse in a minimized role, as the character only has one line in the episode — and will appear in a scene where he, Bart, and Lisa are all adults, so all of their voices will probably sound a little different from their usual adolescent selves.

What an odd way to introduce a new voice actor.

(Andor season 2 spoilers, obviously.)

The individual rebels in the Star Wars universe are great at their job. Kleya especially, we see how Luthen raised her and her ability to distract and infiltrate.

But the rebellion as a whole? They seem just as ineffective as the Senate they came from. I was surprised how ineffective and unwilling the rebellion was by the end of Andor, but watched Rogue One right after and they’re equally ineffective.

I have to assume Alderan was a HUGE swinging point for them to get their shit together and combined with the destruction of the Death Star finally got them kicked into gear.

Everyone just seemed so distrustful of Luthen and Kleya. Maybe it’s because we see so much of their story but the rebellion owes them so much.

I binged the first two seasons and really enjoyed the show. It does feel like we’re going to reach a point where the build up will topple. I would have guessed season 3 to be a logical finale, but if they’ve got an idea for one more I’m in.

Curious to know what 8bitdo software exists and doesn’t work on Linux. I own two controllers and only ever used them on my Switch and SteamDeck.

So if it has software, it isn’t needed, and out of the box it just works.

People have always gone to the kitchen when ads play. That’s not a new secret of modern TV.

I suspect mobile phones are the biggest distraction from ads, if it’s not already out it will be as soon as the ad starts. I suspect that’s also why many people don’t care about ads, they weren’t paying attention anyway.

With terrible engagement rates we get more ads, worse ads, which have even worse engagement rates. I’d say the bottom has to drop out eventually but I’ve seen live sports and it’s clear you can shove infinite ads and people will still watch.

Born Again was good, but you’ve got to know that it went through a whole production reboot so it’s an uneven season. As a result it’s a great setup for season 2, but just an ok first season.

I’d say watch it, but I won’t blame you if you wait until season 2 is about to come out. Luckily it’s already well into production and shooting so it shouldn’t be to long (hopefully late this year or early next year).

My immediate reaction was that the show only had two seasons. So… Yeah I apparently blocked that last one out completely.

Big fan. I went in with low expectations and found it great. It has its problems with some storylines but I think the core of it still works well.

Definitely looking forward to season 2.

2010s to 2030s, maybe longer.

We have the most prestige TV now than any other time. Streaming has given us so much great quality TV by itself, but it also allowed more traditional TV the ability to expand and gain stronger followings.

That same era also has A LOT of crap and mid level stuff, but it also has the peak.