HBO Makes Streaming Free
Very happy about this. I just discovered Veep seasons 1 & 2 available on Amazon Prime. I completed season 2 last night and was extremely bummed about not jumping right into season 3. Problem now solved. That show has been my nightly stress elixir for the last week-plus. Laughter is so therapeutic.
At the expense of looking like a rube, what's the scale of political comprehension needed for the humor in Veep? Say Schoolhouse Rock (1) - Real Time with Bill Maher (10). If you had to compare the humor to another show, which would it be?
Not sure if Bill Maher exhibits that much political comprehension.
I would phrase it like "not sure if Bill Maher exhibits THAT much..." and score him a 10 on entertainment and 7 on how aware you have to be of politics to enjoy it, because it's brilliant commentary but it's not like he's got a deep grasp of policy. If political comprehension of the viewer/listener needed to enjoy is what we're measuring, 10 is probably The Weeds podcast.
Veep is around a 5 or 6. If you're a fan of the West Wing you'll get everything. If WW was challenging to follow, you'll still be OK but if WW was totally unenjoyable because you were like "WTF is everyone taking about" then you'll still like Veep but it's not always going to make sense.
It took me almost a season of Veep to realize that's the same actress that was in My Girl. She aged a lot better than Macaulay Culkin did.
No Curb Your Enthusiasm?! Still stuck watching 3 min clips on YouTube I guess.
His coronavirus PSA is pretty Curb-like.
I'm sure they have it, unless this is some kind of limited viewing option.
i don't know about that program specifically but it is a limited viewing offer. some shows like westworld, game of thrones, cherynobyl aren't part of the viewing offer.
Chernobyl? Isn't t the current situation depressing enough?
Curb is free in Amazon Prime Video. It’s a free service if you have a Prime account.
Last I checked, it’s free with Amazon Prime, or the first 8 seasons or so.
Wow! Thanks for sharing.
i see. Limited content.
Oh, to see Sopranos again. I saw that from Day 1 and watched it through.
I know people say The Wire was better, and it's very true the best of The Wire was better than the best of The Sopranos, but the latter was excellent every season until the end (I loved the last episode). The Wire's final season and a half fizzled compared to prior.
By the way every season of The Wire is also available with this.
The Wire is as good as TV gets.
Just finished watching the Sopranos again. Was as good as I remember.
You may want to change the title to say "some" programming is free.
Very limited programming on limited devices
That's a great pic of JL Dreyfuss!
She has aged well.
Having literally billions of dollars at your disposal tends to help. Or so I hear. I guess you have more first-hand experience with that than I do.
I wish I had her beauty regimen
Free HBO, Free PHub Premium, free cash from the Govt
Ya know this covid thing aint so bad after all
Not sure if it's part of the free content, but HBO is streaming the movie 'The Nice Guys'. I highly recommend it.
Highly recommend Ballers. Not a family show though. But if you like sports, The Rock, and seeing cameos, and some comedy sprinkled in, it's a good show.
Silicon Valley is good too. If you've worked in the Bay Area, it's a documentary. If not, it's quite hilarious -- just know shit like what one sees in Silicon Valley happens for real.
Awesome let's consume more propaganda that tells us capitalism is good actually.
I must be doing something wrong. It keeps asking me for my cable provider log in.
April 10th, 2020 at 10:41 PM ^
This is great news. I'll finally be able to watch Silicon Valley.