HBO Max Streaming Service Thread

[Nerys Myk]

Was it? Huh, I thought it was an in house Fox production, especially since it starred a member of the Murdoch family.

Anna Torv's aunt was married to Murdoch. Does that really count?

 

[wayoung]

Anna Torv's aunt was married to Murdoch. Does that really count?

...That's his niece, yes, and cousin to Lachlan and the rest of them.

 

[Nerys Myk]

...That's his niece, yes, and cousin to Lachlan and the rest of them.

Not blood though.

 

[wayoung]

Not blood though.

...What? She's blood to Lachlan and the rest of the 2nd gen. She's his niece. If your siblings have kids, do they not call your partner Aunt or Uncle?

 

[Nerys Myk]

...What? She's blood to Lachlan and the rest of the 2nd gen. She's his niece. If your siblings have kids, do they not call your partner Aunt or Uncle?

Just think it's an odd leap of logic to assume her casting was due to family connections. Or the show was created to give her a job. Or the show had to be a FOX production because she was in it. I think she got it on her own merits. Her aunt divorced Murdoch in 1999, almost a decade before Fringe debuted.

 

[wayoung]

Just think it's an odd leap of logic to assume her casting was due to family connections. Or the show was created to give her a job. Or the show had to be a FOX production because she was in it. I think she got it on her own merits. Her aunt divorced Murdoch in 1999, almost a decade before Fringe debuted.

And I think it's a an odd leap of logic and naivete to think that someone getting a starring role in a TV series on a network owned by their uncle and partially run by their cousin's has nothing whatsoever to do with their Uncle owning & their cousin's partially running said TV network. Agree to disagree

 

[Nerys Myk]

And I think it's a an odd leap of logic and naivete to think that someone getting a starring role in a TV series on a network owned by their uncle and partially run by their cousin's has nothing whatsoever to do with their Uncle owning & their cousin's partially running said TV network. Agree to disagree

The proof would be?

 

[wayoung]

I'm not playing this game. I already said, we'll have to agree to disagree. If you don't want to believe nepotism exists in Hollywood, that's your prerogative. Enjoy your weekend!

 

[Nerys Myk]

I'm not playing this game. I already said, we'll have to agree to disagree. If you don't want to believe nepotism exists in Hollywood, that's your prerogative. Enjoy your weekend!

Sure it does. But was it a factor in this case? You made the claim, so back it up. Otherwise it leaves you with a not so good look.

 

[M'rk son of Mogh]

I know this can be easily dismissed as her lying, but I believe her.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-feb-01-ca-conversation1-story.html

That’s why people often ask me: Are you related to Rupert Murdoch, did that help you get the job? And I laugh. “Did you see the divorce? Like, no, I don’t think that helped.”

 

[JD]

Just signed switched from Netflix to this, and started Station Eleven this morning. Anybody else watch it?
I only watched the first episode, but I thought it was really good. Probably going to watch episode 2 later today or tomorrow morning.

 

[thribs]

Just signed switched from Netflix to this, and started Station Eleven this morning. Anybody else watch it?
I only watched the first episode, but I thought it was really good. Probably going to watch episode 2 later today or tomorrow morning.

I do like a story that it, a series about a global pandemic was delayed due to the covid pandemic.
The irony.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Just signed switched from Netflix to this, and started Station Eleven this morning. Anybody else watch it?
I only watched the first episode, but I thought it was really good. Probably going to watch episode 2 later today or tomorrow morning.

I just finished it the other day. I enjoyed it. It had a good payoff for all the different story threads at the end.

 

[JD]

Have you read the book? I haven't, but I was still curious how closely they stuck to it.

 

[wayoung]

Just signed switched from Netflix to this, and started Station Eleven this morning. Anybody else watch it?
I only watched the first episode, but I thought it was really good. Probably going to watch episode 2 later today or tomorrow morning.

I thought it was decent. Although I preferred the "Year one" stuff more than the "Year 20" stuff. I haven't read the book, I did some googling though and apparently it changes the ending quit a bit.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Started it. So far so good, Liked that they spent an entire episode on Miranda Carrol.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Have you read the book? I haven't, but I was still curious how closely they stuck to it.

No, I haven't read it. There are some articles that address the differences between the book and the miniseries below, but you might want to wait until you've finished if you want to stay spoiler free.

https://mashable.com/article/station-eleven-hbo-max-book-vs-show
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a38530784/station-eleven-book-to-tv-differences/

 

[JD]

I thought it was decent. Although I preferred the "Year one" stuff more than the "Year 20" stuff. I haven't read the book, I did some googling though and apparently it changes the ending quit a bit.

Just from the trailers, I'm pretty sure I'm going to be the opposite, the 20 years later stuff looks a lot more interesting than the stuff after the "80 Days After" jump.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

Fringe has arrived on HBO Max

It looks way better on HBO Max than it does on IMDBtv for sure (and no ads).

 

[JD]

I watched the episode of Station Eleven, and I really liked the Year 20 stuff, the Traveling Symphony seems like a really fun collection of characters.
My only issue is that I wasn't entirely clear on why

Spoiler: something happened.

Kirsten stabbed the guy her and Alex met by the lake. Was it just that she didn't trust him, and that was her way of stopping him from traveling with them?