Spoilers Doom Patrol - DC Universe Series
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That trailer looks great. It's too bad the show will be behind a paywall.
Theatrical movies are "behind a paywall." So are books, if you want to own them. Heck, so is the food we eat and the clothes we wear.
Yeah, it actually looks much more tempting than Titans, but I'll continue to #Resist. (I actually have only the vaguest idea of what writing something that way even means.) Streaming exclusives are still a no-sale for me. I'll catch up when they release the Blu-ray, like I did with Star Trek: Discovery.
That's not what a paywall is.
I mostly know the comic by reputation for the most part but this pilot seemed pretty cool. The presentation is probably closest to something like Gotham pulling it's looks from the 40s/50s to 80s/90s betrayed only slightly by budget in some of the effects. Again, from what little I know of the comic this seems a good choice to capture the right feel.
Timothy Dalton seems to be in a similar role to the one he had on Penny Dreadful putting together a team of freaks while having a few skeletons in the closet. The years have caught up with Brendan Fraser a little bit visually but he does a nice job bringing Robotman to life considering the handicaps inherent to the costume. There are stretches with a man wrapped like a mummy is interacting with a life-size rock'em sock'em robot and it remains engaging.
Timothy Dalton seems to be in a similar role to the one he had on Penny Dreadful putting together a team of freaks while having a few skeletons in the closet. The years have caught up with Brendan Fraser a little bit visually but he does a nice job bringing Robotman to life considering the handicaps inherent to the costume. There are stretches with a man wrapped like a mummy is interacting with a life-size rock'em sock'em robot and it remains engaging.
Ditto, unless they make a deal with Amazon Prime.
I agree. The retro-contemporary atmosphere is very appealing.
The premiere was called Pilot but it easily could've been called Origins. We got the origins of Mr. Nobody, Robotman, Negative Man and Elasti-Girl. They went more in depth with Robotman/Cliff Steele's origins than the other characters. They didn't touch on Crazy Jane's origin yet. Cyborg didn't appear at all. Like with Titans there was swearing but a lot more of it than on Titans. There was some nudity. I don't recall any on Titans.
The episode is narrated by Mr. Nobody and he had some funny lines. The acting was great. Brendan Fraser and Diane Guerrero stood out the most but everyone did a good job.
The episode is narrated by Mr. Nobody and he had some funny lines. The acting was great. Brendan Fraser and Diane Guerrero stood out the most but everyone did a good job.
Brandon Faser didn't wear the suit, that was Riley Shanahan. Fraser only did the voice and the human version in the flashbacks.
Same goes for Bomer, he only did the voice and flashbacks, while Matthew Zuk wore the bandages.
Err yes, it is.
The title sequence is pretty good, but I'm disappointed it's not Tiny Tim.
Generally speaking, a paywall usually refers to an additional charge nested/hidden within a product that is either billed as free or for which money has already changed hands. For example: you buy a video game but on playing discover that some of the content is locked and requires an additional payment to unlock.
Charging for bread isn't a paywall to not starving, but paying for bread that on taking it home then somehow requires you to pay more if you want more than just the first half dozen slices, or to put them in the toaster, is.
So no, this show isn't behind a paywall. It's DC/WB's product which they paid for and are choosing to sell on a platform that they also paid for. They don't let you watch the first 5 mins then pause the show until you fork over another fiver.
Charging for bread isn't a paywall to not starving, but paying for bread that on taking it home then somehow requires you to pay more if you want more than just the first half dozen slices, or to put them in the toaster, is.
So no, this show isn't behind a paywall. It's DC/WB's product which they paid for and are choosing to sell on a platform that they also paid for. They don't let you watch the first 5 mins then pause the show until you fork over another fiver.
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Well, it's behind a wall that I have to pay to get over. 
I'm not really keen for paying for a service just to watch one show when I have no interest in anything else on there. I'll probably buy the DVD set when it comes out, though, because then I'll actually own the one thing I'm interested in.
Twilight Zone? I may be willing to pay for that. We'll see how it turns out.
I'm not really keen for paying for a service just to watch one show when I have no interest in anything else on there. I'll probably buy the DVD set when it comes out, though, because then I'll actually own the one thing I'm interested in.
Twilight Zone? I may be willing to pay for that. We'll see how it turns out.
Nope.
Part of the subtext for a paywall is that it is a barrier to access that some companies impose but that others do not to access similar products. Hence the "wall" part. No supermarket just gives their food away, and no supermarket supports food distribution by advertisement.
All those things aside, paywalls have a specific model for payment, and the term applies to accessing content online. A fruit or a vegetable is not online content. Not everything that is paid for is said to exist behind a paywall. Terms have meaning.
Well, it's behind a wall that I have to pay to get over.
Do you have cable TV? If so, then you're paying for your shows every month -- indeed, you're paying for many channels you don't even watch. This is the same thing, except you're just paying for one channel at a time, like when you subscribe to premium cable channels.
It's absolutely anyone's prerogative if they wish to subscribe to a service or not, but complaining about the existence of various subscription services is a bit of a Catch-22, because we wouldn't be getting all these wonderful TV series with great production values to choose from if such services didn't exist...
Indeed. Nothing drives creative innovation like a little commercial competition. Monopolies on the other hand (which is what everything under a single subscription fee would be) only encourages the minimum effort for the maximum profit.
I mean, when was the last time you heard about some cheap, lazy, lowest common denominator reality show being the newest "must binge" craze?
I mean, when was the last time you heard about some cheap, lazy, lowest common denominator reality show being the newest "must binge" craze?
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