HBO and HBO/MAX free preview

My Cox just told me there’s a free preview. It also tells me it started two
days ago which is always just so incredibly annoying! Is there anything I
should be checking out?

--
The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

On Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 5:26:18 PM UTC-4, anim8rfsk wrote:
> HBO and HBO/MAX free preview

> My Cox just told me there’s a free preview. It also tells me it started two
> days ago which is always just so incredibly annoying! Is there anything I
> should be checking out?

Yes, check-out all you can eat IPTV buffet ... for only peanuts a month...

https://torrentfreak.com/0-50-per-month-pirate-iptv-packages-hit-by-bein-emergency-injunction-220907/

anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:

>HBO and HBO/MAX free preview

>My Cox just told me there’s a free preview. It also tells me it started two
>days ago which is always just so incredibly annoying! Is there anything I
>should be checking out?

You should plow through the list of made-for-HBO telefilms to see if any
interest you. Of course, Barbarians at the Gate isn't there.

I loved The Wire. I may revisit that some day. Did you see Deadwood?

They claimed The Wire was center cut for 4:3, with soft matting on the
sides. They claim to turn The Wire into 16:9, they digitally replaced
artifacts and equipment that got into the fuller frame. I don't
understand why 4:3 wasn't full frame from the start, but whatever.

Most of the time, I'm wondering what idiot would pay the additional
monthly fee for HBO, but that would be me. Lately I've watched more
series on Showtime.

In article
<1349725352.684365098.169487.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>,
anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:

> HBO and HBO/MAX free preview
>
> My Cox just told me there’s a free preview. It also tells me it started two
> days ago which is always just so incredibly annoying! Is there anything I
> should be checking out?

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON is the best thing they've got going right now.

On 9/8/2022 4:50 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> In article
> <1349725352.684365098.169487.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>,
> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> HBO and HBO/MAX free preview
>>
>> My Cox just told me there’s a free preview. It also tells me it started two
>> days ago which is always just so incredibly annoying! Is there anything I
>> should be checking out?
>
> HOUSE OF THE DRAGON is the best thing they've got going right now.

Yes, I can't see the gay guys watching Thursday Night Football.

anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:

> Is there anything I should be checking out?

Want to watch OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH for me?

--
Let's go Brandon!

Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> HBO and HBO/MAX free preview
>
>> My Cox just told me there’s a free preview. It also tells me it started two
>> days ago which is always just so incredibly annoying! Is there anything I
>> should be checking out?
>
> You should plow through the list of made-for-HBO telefilms to see if any
> interest you. Of course, Barbarians at the Gate isn't there.
>
> I loved The Wire. I may revisit that some day. Did you see Deadwood?
>
> They claimed The Wire was center cut for 4:3, with soft matting on the
> sides. They claim to turn The Wire into 16:9, they digitally replaced
> artifacts and equipment that got into the fuller frame. I don't
> understand why 4:3 wasn't full frame from the start, but whatever.
>
> Most of the time, I'm wondering what idiot would pay the additional
> monthly fee for HBO, but that would be me. Lately I've watched more
> series on Showtime.
>

HBO has always run everything in the wrong aspect ratio up until they
actually started making stuff in 16:9. It’s a big reason why I don’t have
it.

The listings for the HBO free preview have been pushed off screen by the
news about the queen.

A lot of the stuff is just a literal preview.
Episode one of House of the Dragon
Seven seasons of Game of Thrones
And that’s all they feature

If I go down into the sampler I pretty much can’t read the titles of
anything and decent titles don’t pop up when you click on them

As best I can make out I can see some sort of samples of

The rehearsal
Gemma yep?
The time travelers wife
We own (something too small to read)
The baby
Game theory
Sports crap
Gilded age
Somebody somewhere
On the record
Catch and kill
The white lotus
Paws
Mayor east town
The Nevers
Painting with John
Industry
The undoing
How to something too small to read
The valve
Lovecraft country
I’ll be gone in the dark
Perry Mason
I may destroy you
Daddy
We’re here
The plot against America
Mega millions
The new pope
His dark materials
Katherine great
Watchmen
Gemstone
Euphoria
Love life
Original sin
Rap shit
The staircase
Tokyo something
Julia
Minx
Something Doody
Peacemaker
Doom patrol
Station seven

Now most of these say they’re good through 11/18

Close enough
Sort of
A bunch of really awful looking animation

There’s also a just added section

Although it’s hard to tell if the section is free

Elvis
HardKnocks
Industry
Westworld
Belfast
And after that I can browse by genre
In including black, Latino, lesbian

Nope there’s no white programming

And then there are links to a dozen various HBO channels but if you try to
look at any of them it will default subscribe you

Let’s arbitrarily see what happens when I push Elvis
It wants to know if I want to buy it for $23
No
Then it wants to know if I’d like to watch it for free
OK
First I get a Cinemascope add for house of the dragon
Then I get letterboxed Elvis. Wow. I haven’t seen HBO letterbox anything in
decades.

--
The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
> In article
> <1349725352.684365098.169487.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>,
> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> HBO and HBO/MAX free preview
>>
>> My Cox just told me there’s a free preview. It also tells me it started two
>> days ago which is always just so incredibly annoying! Is there anything I
>> should be checking out?
>
> HOUSE OF THE DRAGON is the best thing they've got going right now.
>

Thanks. I think I’ll probably take a look at that. I’ll make sure it’s not
already available to me through Plex first.

--
The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:

>The baby

I keep trying to watch this but then I forget about it. BTR1701 liked
it.

>Gilded age

I thought much of it wa funny. Very very expensive but very very light
entertainment.

>Somebody somewhere

You have to be in the mood, which applies to most of their shows, and
one of the cast members just died.

>The white lotus

I watched it. It was bad.

>Mayor east town

Mare of Easttown, the Kate Winslet thing. I wanted to like it. Portions
of it were good. It was massively rewritten 'cuz production got shut
down for COVID. I wrote this up extensively here on Usenet.

>The Nevers

It never even completed season 1. I have no idea what's going on. The
show runner got fired.

>Industry

I didn't like it and didn't finish it.

>The undoing

Nicole kidman thing. It was bad. The ending contradicted everything we'd
seen previously.

>How to something too small to read
>The valve

I can't even guess.

>Lovecraft country

Parts of this weren't bad but overall it was a failure.

>Perry Mason

I despised this.

>I may destroy you

Never tried it.

>The plot against America

Decent; Philip Roth adaptation

>Mega millions

Didn't care for it

>The new pope

Skipped

>His dark materials

Has it's moments; needed more Ruth Wilson being more evil

>Katherine great

Ask Ian

>Watchmen

When they weren't lecturing and weren't hectoring, there was something
entertaining there, but they came up with a completely condescending
explanation for racism.

It's raining frozen squid!

>Gemstone

The Righteous Gemstones

I never tried it even though the cast made it tempting

>Euphoria

If you have to ask, you can't afford the brain cells

>Love life
>Original sin
>Rap shit
>The staircase

I think I liked this

On Thu, 8 Sep 2022 21:48:22 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

>anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>
>>HBO and HBO/MAX free preview
>
>>My Cox just told me there’s a free preview. It also tells me it started two
>>days ago which is always just so incredibly annoying! Is there anything I
>>should be checking out?
>
>You should plow through the list of made-for-HBO telefilms to see if any
>interest you. Of course, Barbarians at the Gate isn't there.
>
>I loved The Wire. I may revisit that some day. Did you see Deadwood?
>
>They claimed The Wire was center cut for 4:3, with soft matting on the
>sides. They claim to turn The Wire into 16:9, they digitally replaced
>artifacts and equipment that got into the fuller frame. I don't
>understand why 4:3 wasn't full frame from the start, but whatever.
>
>Most of the time, I'm wondering what idiot would pay the additional
>monthly fee for HBO, but that would be me. Lately I've watched more
>series on Showtime.

I get HBO/HBOMax for free as part of my Internet service. I'm not sure
why AT&T does it that way but if you get anything other than the basic
Internet service you get HBO/HBOmax for free.

On Thu, 8 Sep 2022 18:03:25 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:

>Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>> HBO and HBO/MAX free preview
>>
>>> My Cox just told me thereâ??s a free preview. It also tells me it started two
>>> days ago which is always just so incredibly annoying! Is there anything I
>>> should be checking out?
>>
>> You should plow through the list of made-for-HBO telefilms to see if any
>> interest you. Of course, Barbarians at the Gate isn't there.
>>
>> I loved The Wire. I may revisit that some day. Did you see Deadwood?
>>
>> They claimed The Wire was center cut for 4:3, with soft matting on the
>> sides. They claim to turn The Wire into 16:9, they digitally replaced
>> artifacts and equipment that got into the fuller frame. I don't
>> understand why 4:3 wasn't full frame from the start, but whatever.
>>
>> Most of the time, I'm wondering what idiot would pay the additional
>> monthly fee for HBO, but that would be me. Lately I've watched more
>> series on Showtime.
>>
>
>HBO has always run everything in the wrong aspect ratio up until they
>actually started making stuff in 16:9. It’s a big reason why I don’t have
>it.
>
>The listings for the HBO free preview have been pushed off screen by the
>news about the queen.
>
>A lot of the stuff is just a literal preview.
>Episode one of House of the Dragon
>Seven seasons of Game of Thrones
>And that’s all they feature
>
>If I go down into the sampler I pretty much can’t read the titles of
>anything and decent titles don’t pop up when you click on them
>
>As best I can make out I can see some sort of samples of
>
>The rehearsal
>Gemma yep?
>The time travelers wife
>We own (something too small to read)
>The baby
>Game theory
>Sports crap
>Gilded age
>Somebody somewhere
>On the record
>Catch and kill
>The white lotus
>Paws
>Mayor east town
>The Nevers
>Painting with John
>Industry
>The undoing
>How to something too small to read
>The valve
>Lovecraft country
>I’ll be gone in the dark
>Perry Mason
>I may destroy you
>Daddy
>We’re here
>The plot against America
>Mega millions
>The new pope
>His dark materials
>Katherine great
>Watchmen
>Gemstone
>Euphoria
>Love life
>Original sin
>Rap shit
>The staircase
>Tokyo something
>Julia
>Minx
>Something Doody
>Peacemaker
>Doom patrol
>Station seven
>
>
>Now most of these say they’re good through 11/18
>
>Close enough
>Sort of
>A bunch of really awful looking animation
>
>There’s also a just added section
>
>Although it’s hard to tell if the section is free
>
>Elvis
>HardKnocks
>Industry
>Westworld
>Belfast
>And after that I can browse by genre
>In including black, Latino, lesbian
>
>Nope there’s no white programming
>
>And then there are links to a dozen various HBO channels but if you try to
>look at any of them it will default subscribe you
>
>Let’s arbitrarily see what happens when I push Elvis
>It wants to know if I want to buy it for $23
>No
>Then it wants to know if I’d like to watch it for free
>OK
>First I get a Cinemascope add for house of the dragon
>Then I get letterboxed Elvis. Wow. I haven’t seen HBO letterbox anything in
>decades.

TOKYO something is actually TOKYO VICE. It's a series worth checking
out. It's based on a book about a US citizen (white guy) that went to
Japan and became a crime reporter for the biggest Japanese newspaper.

On Thu, 08 Sep 2022 14:50:07 -0700, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

>In article
><1349725352.684365098.169487.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>,
> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> HBO and HBO/MAX free preview
>>
>> My Cox just told me there’s a free preview. It also tells me it started two
>> days ago which is always just so incredibly annoying! Is there anything I
>> should be checking out?
>
>HOUSE OF THE DRAGON is the best thing they've got going right now.

I've heard that Matt Smith is having a wonderful time chewing up the
scenery.

On 2022-09-09 01:03:25 +0000, anim8rfsk said:

> Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>> HBO and HBO/MAX free preview
>>
>>> My Cox just told me there’s a free preview. It also tells me it started two
>>> days ago which is always just so incredibly annoying! Is there anything I
>>> should be checking out?
>>
>> You should plow through the list of made-for-HBO telefilms to see if any
>> interest you. Of course, Barbarians at the Gate isn't there.
>>
>> I loved The Wire. I may revisit that some day. Did you see Deadwood?
>>
>> They claimed The Wire was center cut for 4:3, with soft matting on the
>> sides. They claim to turn The Wire into 16:9, they digitally replaced
>> artifacts and equipment that got into the fuller frame. I don't
>> understand why 4:3 wasn't full frame from the start, but whatever.
>>
>> Most of the time, I'm wondering what idiot would pay the additional
>> monthly fee for HBO, but that would be me. Lately I've watched more
>> series on Showtime.
>
> HBO has always run everything in the wrong aspect ratio up until they
> actually started making stuff in 16:9. It’s a big reason why I don’t have
> it.
>
> The listings for the HBO free preview have been pushed off screen by the
> news about the queen.
>
> A lot of the stuff is just a literal preview.
> Episode one of House of the Dragon
> Seven seasons of Game of Thrones
> And that’s all they feature
>
> If I go down into the sampler I pretty much can’t read the titles of
> anything and decent titles don’t pop up when you click on them
>
> As best I can make out I can see some sort of samples of
>
> The rehearsal
> Gemma yep?

"Irma Vep". I have no idea about this one, despite starring Alicia Vikander.

> The time travelers wife

Overall, I liked this, but one season barely got into it, let alone get
to any sort of conclusion.

You're probably better off with the movie version.

> We own (something too small to read)

"We Own This City"? I have no idea what it's about, but I think I would
hate it.

> The baby

I know I'd hate this. I bet you would to.

> Game theory
> Sports crap
> Gilded age

I quite enjoyed this, but you have to like period dramas/satires.

> Somebody somewhere
> On the record
> Catch and kill
> The white lotus

Important to you? - It stars Hi-Ho Dadaddio (and Sydney Sweeney!)!!

I haven't tackled it yet, but I suspect I will dislike it as much as
Adam did, so I'm in no hurry.

> Paws
> Mayor east town

"Mayor of Kingstown"? - If so, it stars Jeremy Renner. I know little
about it, but the people that watched it seemed to like it.

> The Nevers

The last show Joss Whedon got fired from. It's on my list, but I'm
waiting for the second 5 episodes to drop, and it's now been over a
year of waiting!!

> Painting with John
> Industry

There's one hott girl in this, but I doubt it's enough to get me to watch it.

> The undoing

Adam explained this.

> How to something too small to read
> The valve
> Lovecraft country

Adam explained this.

> I’ll be gone in the dark
> Perry Mason

Adam explained this.

> I may destroy you

I suspect you would hate this.

> Daddy
> We’re here
> The plot against America

Adam explained this. It's on my list (but far down it...).

> Mega millions
> The new pope
> His dark materials

See: "The Golden Compass", but in series form. I found season #1
frustrating. I have been meaning to get to season #2, but still haven't
yet...

> Katherine great

Are you sure?! - This is a Hulu show! (But maybe HBO did a movie on the
same subject?...)

> Watchmen
> Gemstone

Adam explained thess.

> Euphoria

You would HATE this even more than I would! Even Sydney Sweeney naked
nudity is not enough!!

> Love life

Anothology series with Anna Kendrick - unfortunately, she's not in it
enough for me to bother...

> Original sin

The PLL (Bitches!) spinoff. It just got picked up for season #2 in the
last 24 or so hours.

> Rap shit
> The staircase

Adam explained this.

> Tokyo something

"Tokyo Vice". shawn explained this. It's on my list.

> Julia
> Minx

Starring THE LADY!! (but not Hooten!). It's on my list (but *way down it*).

> Something Doody
> Peacemaker

James Gunn does a silly take on a DC comics (villain? hero?) character
- it wasn't "outstanding", but I definitely enjoyed it.

> Doom patrol

An apparently very weird/odd DC comics show. The people that like it
*really* like it! It's on my list, but I still haven't pulled the
trigger.

> Station seven

"Station Eleven". It's post-plague, post-apocalypse show, but it's
supposed to somehow be "different" than the usual post-apocalypse
stuff. It's on my list...

> Now most of these say they’re good through 11/18
>
> Close enough
> Sort of
> A bunch of really awful looking animation
>
> There’s also a just added section
>
> Although it’s hard to tell if the section is free
>
> Elvis

Recent movie from Baz Luhrman [hurl!]
I will watch it, eventually.

> HardKnocks
> Industry
> Westworld

You can probably watch season #1 of this, and skip the rest....

> Belfast

Recent Kenneth Brannagh effort - critically acclaimed, but I'm still
not sure if I'm going to watch it or not...

> And after that I can browse by genre
> In including black, Latino, lesbian
>
> Nope there’s no white programming
>
> And then there are links to a dozen various HBO channels but if you try to
> look at any of them it will default subscribe you
>
> Let’s arbitrarily see what happens when I push Elvis
> It wants to know if I want to buy it for $23
> No
> Then it wants to know if I’d like to watch it for free
> OK
> First I get a Cinemascope add for house of the dragon
> Then I get letterboxed Elvis. Wow. I haven’t seen HBO letterbox anything in
> decades.

--
"Who would ever do this to him!?" - HottCiara on DOOL (04-27-2020), asking
who would stab Victor Kirakis... How about ANYONE WHO'S EVER MET HIM??!!

On 2022-09-09 02:34:53 +0000, shawn said:

> On Thu, 08 Sep 2022 14:50:07 -0700, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>
>> In article
>> <1349725352.684365098.169487.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>,
>> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>> HBO and HBO/MAX free preview
>>>
>>> My Cox just told me there’s a free preview. It also tells me it started two
>>> days ago which is always just so incredibly annoying! Is there anything I
>>> should be checking out?
>>
>> HOUSE OF THE DRAGON is the best thing they've got going right now.
>
> I've heard that Matt Smith is having a wonderful time chewing up the
> scenery.

He's arguably not in it enough. That may, or may not, change.

--
"Who would ever do this to him!?" - HottCiara on DOOL (04-27-2020), asking
who would stab Victor Kirakis... How about ANYONE WHO'S EVER MET HIM??!!

Ian J. Ball <IJBall@mac.invalid> wrote:
>On 2022-09-09 01:03:25 +0000, anim8rfsk said:

>>Gemma yep?

>"Irma Vep". I have no idea about this one, despite starring Alicia Vikander.

You can read anim speel chucker?

It's interesting. A mad French director is recreating a silent vampire
movie in which the newly created vampire becomes more and more
seductive. The best parts were recreating the old movie, which is also
contrasted with footage of the old movie itself. The off-camera stuff is
a lot weaker but, damn, there are mean shots at celebrities and
television production.

>>We own (something too small to read)

>"We Own This City"? I have no idea what it's about, but I think I would
>hate it.

It's absolutely outstanding. I think BTR1701 liked it better than me. A
massive indictment of city of Baltimore politics with regard to law
enforcement, without the condescention of 62nd Street (which I watched
at the same time) and other shows that came out in the last couple of
years about bad police.

>>The white lotus

>Important to you? - It stars Hi-Ho Dadaddio (and Sydney Sweeney!)!!

>I haven't tackled it yet, but I suspect I will dislike it as much as
>Adam did, so I'm in no hurry.

Save yourself. Don't watch.

>>Paws
>>Mayor east town

>"Mayor of Kingstown"?

No. Mare of Easttown, the Kate Winslet tv series.

>>The Nevers

>The last show Joss Whedon got fired from. It's on my list, but I'm
>waiting for the second 5 episodes to drop, and it's now been over a
>year of waiting!!

They burned them?

>>The undoing

>Adam explained this.

There is no explanation for this terrible show.

Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
>
>> Is there anything I should be checking out?
>
> Want to watch OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH for me?

Pretty sure the answer is “no“

Unless it’s “oh hell no“

>
> --
> Let's go Brandon!
>
>

--
The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> The baby
>
> I keep trying to watch this but then I forget about it. BTR1701 liked
> it.
>
>> Gilded age
>
> I thought much of it wa funny. Very very expensive but very very light
> entertainment.
>
>> Somebody somewhere
>
> You have to be in the mood, which applies to most of their shows, and
> one of the cast members just died.
>
>> The white lotus
>
> I watched it. It was bad.
>
>> Mayor east town
>
> Mare of Easttown, the Kate Winslet thing. I wanted to like it. Portions
> of it were good. It was massively rewritten 'cuz production got shut
> down for COVID. I wrote this up extensively here on Usenet.
>
>> The Nevers
>
> It never even completed season 1. I have no idea what's going on. The
> show runner got fired.
>
>> Industry
>
> I didn't like it and didn't finish it.
>
>> The undoing
>
> Nicole kidman thing. It was bad. The ending contradicted everything we'd
> seen previously.
>
>> How to something too small to read
>> The valve
>
> I can't even guess.
>
>> Lovecraft country
>
> Parts of this weren't bad but overall it was a failure.
>
>> Perry Mason
>
> I despised this.
>
>> I may destroy you
>
> Never tried it.
>
>> The plot against America
>
> Decent; Philip Roth adaptation
>
>> Mega millions
>
> Didn't care for it
>
>> The new pope
>
> Skipped
>
>> His dark materials
>
> Has it's moments; needed more Ruth Wilson being more evil
>
>> Katherine great
>
> Ask Ian
>
>> Watchmen
>
> When they weren't lecturing and weren't hectoring, there was something
> entertaining there, but they came up with a completely condescending
> explanation for racism.
>
> It's raining frozen squid!
>
>> Gemstone
>
> The Righteous Gemstones
>
> I never tried it even though the cast made it tempting
>
>> Euphoria
>
> If you have to ask, you can't afford the brain cells
>
>> Love life
>> Original sin
>> Rap shit
>> The staircase
>
> I think I liked this
>

Thanks!

--
The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Sep 2022 21:48:22 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
> <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>
>> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>> HBO and HBO/MAX free preview
>>
>>> My Cox just told me there’s a free preview. It also tells me it started two
>>> days ago which is always just so incredibly annoying! Is there anything I
>>> should be checking out?
>>
>> You should plow through the list of made-for-HBO telefilms to see if any
>> interest you. Of course, Barbarians at the Gate isn't there.
>>
>> I loved The Wire. I may revisit that some day. Did you see Deadwood?
>>
>> They claimed The Wire was center cut for 4:3, with soft matting on the
>> sides. They claim to turn The Wire into 16:9, they digitally replaced
>> artifacts and equipment that got into the fuller frame. I don't
>> understand why 4:3 wasn't full frame from the start, but whatever.
>>
>> Most of the time, I'm wondering what idiot would pay the additional
>> monthly fee for HBO, but that would be me. Lately I've watched more
>> series on Showtime.
>
> I get HBO/HBOMax for free as part of my Internet service. I'm not sure
> why AT&T does it that way but if you get anything other than the basic
> Internet service you get HBO/HBOmax for free.
>

At my minimum level of service Cox tacks on ESPN and charges you an extra
20 bucks.

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shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 08 Sep 2022 14:50:07 -0700, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>
>> In article
>> <1349725352.684365098.169487.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>,
>> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>> HBO and HBO/MAX free preview
>>>
>>> My Cox just told me there’s a free preview. It also tells me it started two
>>> days ago which is always just so incredibly annoying! Is there anything I
>>> should be checking out?
>>
>> HOUSE OF THE DRAGON is the best thing they've got going right now.
>
> I've heard that Matt Smith is having a wonderful time chewing up the
> scenery.
>

Oh! That’s the thing he’s in. I’ll check that out, but it turns out it is
on Plex so I don’t need to do it as part of this preview. Thanks!

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Ian J. Ball <IJBall@mac.invalid> wrote:
> On 2022-09-09 01:03:25 +0000, anim8rfsk said:
>
>> Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> HBO and HBO/MAX free preview
>>>
>>>> My Cox just told me there’s a free preview. It also tells me it started two
>>>> days ago which is always just so incredibly annoying! Is there anything I
>>>> should be checking out?
>>>
>>> You should plow through the list of made-for-HBO telefilms to see if any
>>> interest you. Of course, Barbarians at the Gate isn't there.
>>>
>>> I loved The Wire. I may revisit that some day. Did you see Deadwood?
>>>
>>> They claimed The Wire was center cut for 4:3, with soft matting on the
>>> sides. They claim to turn The Wire into 16:9, they digitally replaced
>>> artifacts and equipment that got into the fuller frame. I don't
>>> understand why 4:3 wasn't full frame from the start, but whatever.
>>>
>>> Most of the time, I'm wondering what idiot would pay the additional
>>> monthly fee for HBO, but that would be me. Lately I've watched more
>>> series on Showtime.
>>
>> HBO has always run everything in the wrong aspect ratio up until they
>> actually started making stuff in 16:9. It’s a big reason why I don’t have
>> it.
>>
>> The listings for the HBO free preview have been pushed off screen by the
>> news about the queen.
>>
>> A lot of the stuff is just a literal preview.
>> Episode one of House of the Dragon
>> Seven seasons of Game of Thrones
>> And that’s all they feature
>>
>> If I go down into the sampler I pretty much can’t read the titles of
>> anything and decent titles don’t pop up when you click on them
>>
>> As best I can make out I can see some sort of samples of
>>
>> The rehearsal
>> Gemma yep?
>
> "Irma Vep". I have no idea about this one, despite starring Alicia Vikander.

The description says “an actress has an encounter with a former lover that
reignites dormant passions “
There look to be eight episodes all of which are available free through
11/18
So I’ll make a note for that but not worry about it this weekend

>
>> The time travelers wife
>
> Overall, I liked this, but one season barely got into it, let alone get
> to any sort of conclusion.
>
> You're probably better off with the movie version.

I’ve seen both movie versions. I probably not in a hurry to watch this one.

>
>> We own (something too small to read)
>
> "We Own This City"? I have no idea what it's about, but I think I would
> hate it.

Yeah, I had to drill in to see it says “this city “
Even knowing what it says I can’t read it in the icon
It also is available free and ad free through 11/18

>
>> The baby
>
> I know I'd hate this. I bet you would to.

I don’t know that I’m in the mood for a surreal horror show tonight

>
>> Game theory
>> Sports crap
>> Gilded age
>
> I quite enjoyed this, but you have to like period dramas/satires.
>
>> Somebody somewhere
>> On the record
>> Catch and kill
>> The white lotus
>
> Important to you? - It stars Hi-Ho Dadaddio (and Sydney Sweeney!)!!
>

The DVR just announced that it will make a playlist out of stuff I pick
from this free preview which is apparently good for a couple of months. So
I just added White Lotus. I have to tell you, I have lost all interest in
high ho since she got married. :-(

> I haven't tackled it yet, but I suspect I will dislike it as much as
> Adam did, so I'm in no hurry.
>
>> Paws
>> Mayor east town
>
> "Mayor of Kingstown"? - If so, it stars Jeremy Renner. I know little
> about it, but the people that watched it seemed to like it.

No, it’s Mare of Easttown with Kate Winslet. Pass.

>
>> The Nevers
>
> The last show Joss Whedon got fired from. It's on my list, but I'm
> waiting for the second 5 episodes to drop, and it's now been over a
> year of waiting!!

Added to playlist. Six episodes from season one are available to me as well
as podcasts about each episode and making of stuff.

>
>> Painting with John
>> Industry
>
> There's one hott girl in this, but I doubt it's enough to get me to watch it.

The closest thing I see to a hot girl is Freya Mavor. The other women in
the cast are to put it charitably barking at the door.

>
>> The undoing
>
> Adam explained this.

It’s full of people that I don’t dislike but it doesn’t have anybody I’d
watch a show for.

>
>> How to something too small to read
>> The valve
>> Lovecraft country
>
> Adam explained this.
>
>> I’ll be gone in the dark
>> Perry Mason
>
> Adam explained this.

I hated season one, so…

>
>> I may destroy you
>
> I suspect you would hate this.

Too bad, great title

>
>> Daddy
>> We’re here
>> The plot against America
>
> Adam explained this. It's on my list (but far down it...).
>
>> Mega millions
>> The new pope
>> His dark materials
>
> See: "The Golden Compass", but in series form. I found season #1
> frustrating. I have been meaning to get to season #2, but still haven't
> yet...
>
>> Katherine great
>
> Are you sure?! - This is a Hulu show! (But maybe HBO did a movie on the
> same subject?...)

Catherine the great, 2019 series starring Helen Mirren.
But this is one of those shows the rat bastards are only making the first
episode available free. Four episodes total.

>
>> Watchmen
>> Gemstone
>
> Adam explained thess.
>
>> Euphoria
>
> You would HATE this even more than I would! Even Sydney Sweeney naked
> nudity is not enough!!

Executive producer “future the prince”
That’s enough to make me skip it right there

>
>> Love life
>
> Anothology series with Anna Kendrick - unfortunately, she's not in it
> enough for me to bother...
>
>> Original sin
>
> The PLL (Bitches!) spinoff. It just got picked up for season #2 in the
> last 24 or so hours.
>
>> Rap shit
>> The staircase
>
> Adam explained this.
>
>> Tokyo something
>
> "Tokyo Vice". shawn explained this. It's on my list.
>
>> Julia
>> Minx
>
> Starring THE LADY!! (but not Hooten!). It's on my list (but *way down it*).
>

Added to the list, thanks.

>> Something Doody
>> Peacemaker
>
> James Gunn does a silly take on a DC comics (villain? hero?) character
> - it wasn't "outstanding", but I definitely enjoyed it.

I’ve seen that. I was thinking it was that Turkish superhero movie.

>
>> Doom patrol
>
> An apparently very weird/odd DC comics show. The people that like it
> *really* like it! It's on my list, but I still haven't pulled the
> trigger.

I watched the original episode of this but I haven’t seen any of the
AlterNet stuff that’s in a different reality.

>
>> Station seven
>
> "Station Eleven". It's post-plague, post-apocalypse show, but it's
> supposed to somehow be "different" than the usual post-apocalypse
> stuff. It's on my list...

Added

>
>> Now most of these say they’re good through 11/18
>>
>> Close enough
>> Sort of
>> A bunch of really awful looking animation
>>
>> There’s also a just added section
>>
>> Although it’s hard to tell if the section is free
>>
>> Elvis
>
> Recent movie from Baz Luhrman [hurl!]
> I will watch it, eventually.
>
>> HardKnocks
>> Industry
>> Westworld
>
> You can probably watch season #1 of this, and skip the rest....
>

Seen it

>> Belfast
>
> Recent Kenneth Brannagh effort - critically acclaimed, but I'm still
> not sure if I'm going to watch it or not...
>
>> And after that I can browse by genre
>> In including black, Latino, lesbian
>>
>> Nope there’s no white programming
>>
>> And then there are links to a dozen various HBO channels but if you try to
>> look at any of them it will default subscribe you
>>
>> Let’s arbitrarily see what happens when I push Elvis
>> It wants to know if I want to buy it for $23
>> No
>> Then it wants to know if I’d like to watch it for free
>> OK
>> First I get a Cinemascope add for house of the dragon
>> Then I get letterboxed Elvis. Wow. I haven’t seen HBO letterbox anything in
>> decades.
>
>

On Thu, 8 Sep 2022 22:22:52 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:

>shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 8 Sep 2022 21:48:22 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
>> <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>
>>> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> HBO and HBO/MAX free preview
>>>
>>>> My Cox just told me there’s a free preview. It also tells me it started two
>>>> days ago which is always just so incredibly annoying! Is there anything I
>>>> should be checking out?
>>>
>>> You should plow through the list of made-for-HBO telefilms to see if any
>>> interest you. Of course, Barbarians at the Gate isn't there.
>>>
>>> I loved The Wire. I may revisit that some day. Did you see Deadwood?
>>>
>>> They claimed The Wire was center cut for 4:3, with soft matting on the
>>> sides. They claim to turn The Wire into 16:9, they digitally replaced
>>> artifacts and equipment that got into the fuller frame. I don't
>>> understand why 4:3 wasn't full frame from the start, but whatever.
>>>
>>> Most of the time, I'm wondering what idiot would pay the additional
>>> monthly fee for HBO, but that would be me. Lately I've watched more
>>> series on Showtime.
>>
>> I get HBO/HBOMax for free as part of my Internet service. I'm not sure
>> why AT&T does it that way but if you get anything other than the basic
>> Internet service you get HBO/HBOmax for free.
>>
>
>At my minimum level of service Cox tacks on ESPN and charges you an extra
>20 bucks.

Yeah, they just bumped up the cost of TV service so I'm considering my
options. One would be to drop TV service altogether as I do get quite
a few locals over the air. Another would be to combine that OTA locals
with a service like SlingTV. Or get something like YoutubeTV which is
more expensive than SlingTV but does include the locals and is still
cheaper than typical cable TV.

On Thu, 8 Sep 2022 20:22:55 -0700, Ian J. Ball <IJBall@mac.invalid>
wrote:

>On 2022-09-09 01:03:25 +0000, anim8rfsk said:
>
>> Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> HBO and HBO/MAX free preview
>>>

>
>> The Nevers
>
>The last show Joss Whedon got fired from. It's on my list, but I'm
>waiting for the second 5 episodes to drop, and it's now been over a
>year of waiting!!

It's been so long that I didn't even remember this show the first few
times I read the name in this thread. Really enjoyed that first set of
episodes and have been highly anticipating the next set. Hopefully
will see them before the end of the century.

>> Lovecraft country
>
>Adam explained this.

I'll add to the discussion by saying the show was decent but it wasn't
one that I would go out of my way to watch. Especially now that we
know it's only going to have the one season.

>> Peacemaker
>
>James Gunn does a silly take on a DC comics (villain? hero?) character
>- it wasn't "outstanding", but I definitely enjoyed it.

Oh, it's well worth watching. So long as you are okay with irreverent
comedy. It's another show that I look forward to a second season.

>> Doom patrol
>
>An apparently very weird/odd DC comics show. The people that like it
>*really* like it! It's on my list, but I still haven't pulled the
>trigger.

I have this recorded but haven't been able to get past the first few
episodes. It has a good cast and seems enjoyable enough but just
hasn't grabbed so it's dropped to the record for watching someday,
pile of shows.

>> Westworld
>
>You can probably watch season #1 of this, and skip the rest....

I'm not so sure about that. I've heard the second season suffered from
a drop in quality but supposedly the third season is back to season #1
quality. Can't say for sure myself as it's been a record to watch
later show for me.

shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

>>. . .

>I get HBO/HBOMax for free as part of my Internet service. I'm not sure
>why AT&T does it that way but if you get anything other than the basic
>Internet service you get HBO/HBOmax for free.

HBO was owned by the AT&T conglomerate, so if you subscribe to their
FTTN service (no longer marketed as U-verse), they're sister companies.

I forgot who AT&T sold HBO to but the joint marketing deals must not
have expired.

On Fri, 9 Sep 2022 06:40:08 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

>shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>
>>>. . .
>
>>I get HBO/HBOMax for free as part of my Internet service. I'm not sure
>>why AT&T does it that way but if you get anything other than the basic
>>Internet service you get HBO/HBOmax for free.
>
>HBO was owned by the AT&T conglomerate, so if you subscribe to their
>FTTN service (no longer marketed as U-verse), they're sister companies.

Oh, I know that. Just a bit surprised they marketed HBO Max by tying
it to the Internet service and not the TV service.

>I forgot who AT&T sold HBO to but the joint marketing deals must not
>have expired.

HBO is now part of the new Warner/Discovery company.

On 2022-09-09 05:22:54 +0000, anim8rfsk said:

> Ian J. Ball <IJBall@mac.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2022-09-09 01:03:25 +0000, anim8rfsk said:
>>
>>> Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>>> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> HBO and HBO/MAX free preview
>>>>
>>>>> My Cox just told me there’s a free preview. It also tells me it started two
>>>>> days ago which is always just so incredibly annoying! Is there anything I
>>>>> should be checking out?
>>>>
>>>> You should plow through the list of made-for-HBO telefilms to see if any
>>>> interest you. Of course, Barbarians at the Gate isn't there.
>>>>
>>>> I loved The Wire. I may revisit that some day. Did you see Deadwood?
>>>>
>>>> They claimed The Wire was center cut for 4:3, with soft matting on the
>>>> sides. They claim to turn The Wire into 16:9, they digitally replaced
>>>> artifacts and equipment that got into the fuller frame. I don't
>>>> understand why 4:3 wasn't full frame from the start, but whatever.
>>>>
>>>> Most of the time, I'm wondering what idiot would pay the additional
>>>> monthly fee for HBO, but that would be me. Lately I've watched more
>>>> series on Showtime.
>>>
>>> HBO has always run everything in the wrong aspect ratio up until they
>>> actually started making stuff in 16:9. It’s a big reason why I don’t have
>>> it.
>>>
>>> The listings for the HBO free preview have been pushed off screen by the
>>> news about the queen.
>>>
>>> A lot of the stuff is just a literal preview.
>>> Episode one of House of the Dragon
>>> Seven seasons of Game of Thrones
>>> And that’s all they feature
>>>
>>> If I go down into the sampler I pretty much can’t read the titles of
>>> anything and decent titles don’t pop up when you click on them
>>>
>>> As best I can make out I can see some sort of samples of
>>> [snip]
>>
>>> Painting with John
>>> Industry
>>
>> There's one hott girl in this, but I doubt it's enough to get me to watch it.
>
> The closest thing I see to a hot girl is Freya Mavor. The other women in
> the cast are to put it charitably barking at the door.

I was thinking of Marisa Abela, but Mavor is good too (but I believe
she's only on season #1).

>>> Katherine great
>>
>> Are you sure?! - This is a Hulu show! (But maybe HBO did a movie on the
>> same subject?...)
>
> Catherine the great, 2019 series starring Helen Mirren.

Yeah, I think it's a miniseries. The Hulu version is an actual TV
series, but it stars the lesser Fanning sister. :|

> But this is one of those shows the rat bastards are only making the first
> episode available free. Four episodes total.
>
>>> Julia
>>> Minx
>>
>> Starring THE LADY!! (but not Hooten!). It's on my list (but *way down it*).
>
> Added to the list, thanks.

;)

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