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3 hours ago, Not a cat said:

This.

It's like watching the Stanford prison experiment in real time.  Some of these idiots need to learn basic calculation of expected future value.  The guy that held out for 100k at the very beginning got it.

And speaking of money, I just do not understand the economics of streaming.  Between insane prize money being thrown around like candy, complex sets and games, thousands of cameras and dozens of support staff, how much money is this costing? How in the hell does Amazon turn a profit?

I actually looked this up, and to my astonishment, the production cost is in the ~100MM range, but it seems to be Mr Beast's investment.  I don't know how that's possible, but it is a fascinatingly stupid experiment.

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24 minutes ago, Chips O'Toole said:

I actually looked this up, and to my astonishment, the production cost is in the ~100MM range, but it seems to be Mr Beast's investment.  I don't know how that's possible, but it is a fascinatingly stupid experiment.

Uhhh, if true...

How much does MrBeast earn a year?

$700M a year

MrBeast earns a huge amount of money every year from his various business ventures — up to $700M a year, according to CNBC

Yea I thought Mr beast paid for this mostly. Dude makes stupid money and now has candy and energy drinks and shit. 

On 1/13/2025 at 9:23 PM, Gil Bang said:

just stumbled across "On Call".  Gritty police procedural set in LGB.  so far I'm digging it. 

 

On 1/14/2025 at 10:01 PM, Mez2 said:

Saw first two episodes, so far so good. Not on the level of Bosch but still strong, to, quite strong.

Same. Reminds me of an updated Adam-12.

7 hours ago, RPM said:

 

Same. Reminds me of an updated Adam-12.

So Southland?

I've only watched the first one but Southland is exactly what I was going to say the vibe reminded me of. 

Southland was a really good show.

  • 2 weeks later...

So Prime is releasing a new series next month based on the story of King David called "House of David."  If it sticks to scripture, it has the potential to be as violent and salacious as anything HBO has ever put out.

Tom Green show was seminal to me during my early teenage years. Love the documentary; put me back in that era 25 years ago. 

You're Cordially Invited was not terrible.  I had very low expectations going in and it managed to exceed them.  I wouldn't recommend watching alone but if the wife/gf wants to watch it, you could do worse.

Fire Aid, the concert benefit, that happened last night, is available on Prime. 

Pretty wild Beast Games episode in regards to people taking their share of the $$. I laughed my ass off at the one dude.

Almost none of them treat it like the competition that it is. The odds of winning the $5M is tiny, so any time they can maximize what they can take off the table guaranteed, they should. The people who turned down $1M are morons.

2 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

Almost none of them treat it like the competition that it is. The odds of winning the $5M is tiny, so any time they can maximize what they can take off the table guaranteed, they should. The people who turned down $1M are morons.

Yeah it's a bizarre, stupid, sometimes fascinating social experiment putting these morons in situations where they have to decide between different sums of money now and screwing over their peers and a possibility of more money later. 

 

The ones that honor an unofficial contract to be fair and get everyone through to the end always end up looking dumb when one player does a little risk-reward analysis and takes the money. 

 

We keep remarking on how obvious it is that they had no idea how to make a reality show. We barely know the contestants and don't care at all who wins, it's just interesting enough seeing them screw each other over or sometimes illogically make some altruistic choice and end up with nothing. 

On 1/18/2025 at 4:52 PM, DDD Dad said:

So Southland?

It’s not as good as the late lamented Southland.  That show was greatness.  

2 hours ago, Chips O'Toole said:

Yeah it's a bizarre, stupid, sometimes fascinating social experiment putting these morons in situations where they have to decide between different sums of money now and screwing over their peers and a possibility of more money later. 

 

The ones that honor an unofficial contract to be fair and get everyone through to the end always end up looking dumb when one player does a little risk-reward analysis and takes the money. 

 

We keep remarking on how obvious it is that they had no idea how to make a reality show. We barely know the contestants and don't care at all who wins, it's just interesting enough seeing them screw each other over or sometimes illogically make some altruistic choice and end up with nothing. 

It’s a fascinating show.  Folks are just 3 digit numbers, they do something dramatic, and then gone and forgotten.  Most interesting is how folks confuse a game focused on greed and make it a virtue exhibition.  As the game has progressed it’s been entertaining to watch as certain players have built cults of personality.  How some are vilified for taking big prizes and some are congratulated.  How previous altruism like the dude who turned down almost a million to not whack his group was later lynched.  The group is getting ugly as they are down to that final crew.  They wanted to kill the dude that took $650k and ignored the one previous that took $223k.  
 

if there’s a second season it would be interesting who signs up and how they play.

2 episodes into On Call. Loving it and, yesh, definitely has the Southland vibe.

But WhyTF half hour episodes?!

Colin Jost is a great host for Pop Culture Jeopardy. I’m almost too old to play.

You’ve been too old for a long time already

15 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

Colin Jost is a great host for Pop Culture Jeopardy. I’m almost too old to play.

I am too old to play.  I hardly know any of this shit.  

My successful response rankings:  

Jeopardy Teen Tournament / Jeopardy Celebrity Tournament
Jeopardy College Tournament
Jeopardy
Jeopardy ToC
Pop Culture Jeopardy 

I can only imagine how lost I'd be on the new version. When they updated the first Trivial Pursuit last century, I went from a killer player to a dumbass. Demoralizing.

In looking for fill in brainless junk to watch, I found My Kitchen Rules AUwith over 400 eps and the UK version with several seasons.  And 16 seasons of 24 Hours in A&E which is an UK ER reality.  

On 2/1/2025 at 11:08 PM, Mac8111 said:

Pretty wild Beast Games episode in regards to people taking their share of the $$. I laughed my ass off at the one dude.

Just caught up on this show the last 10 days or so...dude went at Deano for trying to save his ass by taking some innocent pawn down with him. but when it comes to getting out of his mortgage, "putting his family first", and debt...he took the lions share of the free money leaving the rest with scraps.. what a fucking twat. at least the tatooed face guy who did the push ups, and hanging challenges had merit on taking more money than he shouldve, $223,000 was fair IMO. 

The virtue signaling on this show is crazy.  It’s a game; the goal is to survive in order to win.  I imagine on subsequent seasons there will be murders on this show.

I'm starting Battlestar Galactica with the 2003 mini series.  I've watched this, but it's probably been 10-15 years ago.

If you have the PBS add on, Vienna Blood is solid.  Very good period piece. 

12 hours ago, Elvis said:

I'm starting Battlestar Galactica with the 2003 mini series.  I've watched this, but it's probably been 10-15 years ago.

The first couple of seasons were just fucking amazing. Game of Thrones gets a lot of  credit for the "prestige TV" label these days, but Battlestar Galactica, Rome, and From the Earth to the Moon really primed things for what we now have.

On 2/8/2025 at 6:40 PM, Texzilla58 said:

 I imagine on subsequent seasons there will be murders on this show.

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6 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Game of Thrones gets a lot of  credit for the "prestige TV" label these days,

I think you meant to say The Sopranos. 

9 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Battlestar Galactica, Rome, and From the Earth to the Moon really primed things for what we now have.

I own the Signature Edition DVD box set, the Bluray set and got it on a thumb drive somewhere. 

Every once in a while we watch Inspector Morse  Endeavor on Prime. It's one of the best British detective series I've seen and it's not old (2013-2023) so the picture is quality. Bonus - the only ad on Prime is a 15 second blip at the start of the show.  I wasn't sure about it after watching Ep. 1 (seemed too slow) but I'm glad to have gone past. 

"Fresh out of Oxford University, a young detective constable faces the harsh realities of 1960s England while solving a string of complex cases using nothing but his keen intellect and unwavering determination."

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21 hours ago, Chopper said:

Every once in a while we watch Inspector Morse on Prime. It's one of the best British detective series I've seen and it's not old (2013-2023) so the picture is quality. Bonus - the only ad on Prime is a 15 second blip at the start of the show.  I wasn't sure about it after watching Ep. 1 (seemed too slow) but I'm glad to have gone past. 

"Fresh out of Oxford University, a young detective constable faces the harsh realities of 1960s England while solving a string of complex cases using nothing but his keen intellect and unwavering determination."

I really appreciate you posting this.  I enjoyed Endeavor a great deal and wanted to go back and watch some of the Morse series, but at that time no one was carrying them.  I guess there's just so much content it's hard for them to effectively let people know what's in their current libraries.  And I noticed the past few years that quite a few movies and series move from platform to platform.  Black Sails comes to mind, having started on Prime and Starz, now it's making its run on Netflix.  But again, thanks for the heads up!

 

Endeavor is one of my all time favorite series. Just so well done.

1 hour ago, pyrohornIII said:

I really appreciate you posting this.  I enjoyed Endeavor a great deal and wanted to go back and watch some of the Morse series, but at that time no one was carrying them.  I guess there's just so much content it's hard for them to effectively let people know what's in their current libraries.  And I noticed the past few years that quite a few movies and series move from platform to platform.  Black Sails comes to mind, having started on Prime and Starz, now it's making its run on Netflix.  But again, thanks for the heads up!

 

Glad you caught the title screw-up. Until yesterday I didn't realize it was a prequel. 

Elle Woods prequel in the works. It'll probably suck but this is cute.

 

Behind but wife and I started On Call.

Birth felt it was part Southland, Bosch, End of Watch.

Also chuckled that the lead female cop is nepo baby of Donald P Bellisario.

3 episodes in and liking it but the 30min episodes always end jarringly.

Wife and I watched The Escape Artist.  Good lawyer/murder/trial mini series.  Some of my favorite UK actors:  David Tennant, Ashley Jensen, Sophie Okonedo, Anton Lesser, Stephen Wight.  Good watch if you like that genre.

 

On 1/30/2025 at 1:23 PM, Guadaloopy said:

So Prime is releasing a new series next month based on the story of King David called "House of David."  If it sticks to scripture, it has the potential to be as violent and salacious as anything HBO has ever put out.

Watched Ep 1 last night, fully thinking what you posit in your post.

It pretty much sucks so far.  There was no way I could watch another Ep after the first one( in one sitting.)  It was plodding and even boring at times.

35 minutes ago, Iceman said:

Watched Ep 1 last night, fully thinking what you posit in your post.

It pretty much sucks so far.  There was no way I could watch another Ep after the first one( in one sitting.)  It was plodding and even boring at times.

Yeah, when I saw it was rated 13+, I knew it wouldn’t be good.  

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Another Simple Favor is the worst movie I’ve seen in 20 years. Blake Lively is legitimately fucking crazy. 
 

Stay strong out there dudes with wives/girlfriends. Mow the yard, take a nap, go for a run, walk the dogs, run an errand. Don’t watch this movie. 

^^^

No chance I'm ever watching that shit, but you would have thought that Lively/Reynolds would used every last ounce of their remaining clout to delay the release of a movie where she portrays a scheming, vindictive, two-faced, crazy lady.

Sorry, I already watched it.  I’ll watch anything with Anna Kendrick in it.  She’s my perfect woman.

3 hours ago, Ghost of NMAS said:

Sorry, I already watched it.  I’ll watch anything with Anna Kendrick in it.  She’s my perfect woman.

I'll still watch it too.  I liked the first one and Kendrick and Lively are easy to look at.

40 minutes ago, WBT said:

I'll still watch it too.  I liked the first one and Kendrick and Lively are easy to look at.

It's a stupid movie, and in my opinion not as good as the first one, but it's still entertaining and Lively is just hot. Kendrick is funny and I love the location.

Kendrick is funnier and hotter.  Lively really irritated me in that movie.  Somewhere under there Kendrick has a great rack.

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