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I’m somewhat enjoying the new Goosebumps but as usual, those “kids” look like they’re starting 401ks and getting kicked off their parents’ insurance, not in high school 

Justin Long is killing it 

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1 hour ago, Js1 said:

I’m somewhat enjoying the new Goosebumps but as usual, those “kids” look like they’re starting 401ks and getting kicked off their parents’ insurance, not in high school 

Justin Long is killing it 

So even though a show has pg13 rating, when it’s a Disney made show I expect it to be kid friendly. I was a bit surprised with the number of times they said “sexy” and was very shocked they dropped the word porn. 
 

But I am enjoying it, so are the kids, and I think most had gone over their heads

Edited October 31, 2023 by UT_OB1

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3 hours ago, UT_OB1 said:

So even though a show has pg13 rating, when it’s a Disney made show I

Some of the TV shows on Disney before Goosebumps made me re-think what Disney's age-appropriate ratings actually mean, which is amusing.  Maybe The Simpsons made them start to recalibrate everything.

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5 hours ago, UT_OB1 said:

So even though a show has pg13 rating, when it’s a Disney made show I expect it to be kid friendly. I was a bit surprised with the number of times they said “sexy” and was very shocked they dropped the word porn. 
 

But I am enjoying it, so are the kids, and I think most had gone over their heads

Sorry to quote myself - but it was actually orgy. Still. 

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5 hours ago, UT_OB1 said:

but it was actually orgy.

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So even though a show has pg13 rating, when it’s a Disney made show I expect it to be kid friendly. I was a bit surprised with the number of times they said “sexy” and was very shocked they dropped the word porn. 
 
But I am enjoying it, so are the kids, and I think most had gone over their heads

The Goosebumps series was written to traumatize kids. The ruse was to market them for kids.

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My 5th grader has read all of the Percy Jackson books and the expanded series, and read them multiple times.  I haven’t.  He’s been ecstatic with the TV series so far, and I’ve enjoyed it, but holy shit, the obvious commercial breaks are annoying.  It’ll be on ABC at some point I guess.

The cast and pacing have been solid (and the cast has been age-appropriate unlike the movies) but Rick Riordan personally approved all of the cast/was involved with the casting, and he co-wrote the first two episodes, so it’s not surprising.  

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It's done really great numbers so far.

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/percy-jackson-and-the-olympians-premiere-ratings-viewers-1235850744/

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1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

My 5th grader has read all of the Percy Jackson books and the expanded series, and read them multiple times.  I haven’t.  He’s been ecstatic with the TV series so far, and I’ve enjoyed it, but holy shit, the obvious commercial breaks are annoying.  It’ll be on ABC at some point I guess.

The cast and pacing have been solid (and the cast has been age-appropriate unlike the movies) but Rick Riordan personally approved all of the cast/was involved with the casting, and he co-wrote the first two episodes, so it’s not surprising.  

It’s great. I’m loving it. So much better than the movies that shall not ever be mentioned again 

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11 minutes ago, Js1 said:

It’s great. I’m loving it. So much better than the movies that shall not ever be mentioned again 

My kid:

 

He loathed the movies and how much older they made everybody, and Rick Riordan has made his displeasure with them known.

I didn’t think about it, but I guess the commercial break parts are for Hulu, but Disney would be foolish not to run this on ABC at some point.  Like before season 2’s premier.

1 hour ago, mdmost said:

It's done really great numbers so far.

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/percy-jackson-and-the-olympians-premiere-ratings-viewers-1235850744/

The books came out almost 20 years ago, and Disney was the only publisher who offered Riordan a deal (they wanted a Harry Potter) and they’ve been popular ever since, so they have a built-in audience. 

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If not ABC, Freeform or something 

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Weird seeing The Big Lebowski right there in the middle of all of the Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars cartoons and movies.

Wish will be out tomorrow.

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I was really hoping they’d bring more stuff out of their vault from my childhood. I love seeing my kids faces as they try to understand how I’m the world I thought it was good television. Other than that we really seem to have no use for it. 

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All of the sudden everything streaming in 4k/HDR or whatever.  It's like I'm watching a soap opera...

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You can usually turn that cinematic mode off in your tv settings.

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On 4/3/2024 at 12:32 PM, freyguy said:

All of the sudden everything streaming in 4k/HDR or whatever.  It's like I'm watching a soap opera...

Turn that shit off. It has a different name in the menu depending on TV brand 

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No, this is only happening thru the Disney app.  Everything else is fine.

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HDR is awesome when it's done right.  I think it adds way more to the viewing experience than 4k over 1080p does.

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On 4/4/2024 at 3:12 PM, freyguy said:

No, this is only happening thru the Disney app.  Everything else is fine.

If your TV is auto detecting HDR it can switch to that picture setting automatically (which may have motion flow turned on) that automatically switches back when viewing non HDR content. Check the motion setting when watching an HDR source. 

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On 4/3/2024 at 12:32 PM, freyguy said:

All of the sudden everything streaming in 4k/HDR or whatever.  It's like I'm watching a soap opera...

It's not her or 4k, it's the refresh rate, look for settings like true motion, auto motion plus or something. Or look up your tv brand refresh rate setting name to find it

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Very much in

 

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Need to rewatch Get Back

 

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On 4/9/2024 at 11:42 AM, mdmost said:

Very much in

 

The Beach Boys needed to be the length of Get Back, complete with an hour or two of Brian Wilson working with The Wrecking Crew.  We got glimpses of how he put the music together, but damn I would have loved seeing him in his prime working on a few songs.

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Beatles ‘64 is more approachable than Get Back. The musicians’ interviews are great, but the super fans’ interviews are about what you’d expect, weird as fuck. 

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