Re: That 70s Show 720p S01e02
Raingarda Krzynowek
The politics of this is something I find quite fascinating. It reminds me a bit of Kingdom on Netflix, though that was about Korean feudalism and zombies (and one of the best shows on Netflix, please go watch it!). Here we have the dead king and everyone vying for power. Toranaga appears to be the only one with enough honor and spine to stand up to the powerful regent Ishido Kaznari (Takehiro Hira) and already you can hear the drums of war beating. But if four of the five regents ruling Japan are against Toranaga, the chances of his survival are even grimmer than those of the Dutch and English sailors.
What did I miss? What did you think? I really hope the show continues to be as good as this episode, but then I was tricked by the second episode of Daryl Dixon, which was really great, and the rest of that show was a pretty big letdown in spite of its great production values and leads. We shall see.
I have watched Seasons 1 & 2 about 30 times, even this week. I can resume my Season 2 episodes but Season 3 won't work. I have been waiting for this for so long and the place where I get my Wifi during the work week closes in 40 minutes. I am so ****** at you Apple - you had to know this was going to be a popular one tonight! (And no my restrictions toggle is not on)
I had a problem watching season 3 of Ted Lasso too. It would not let me log in on the TV. Then is said the form mat would not play on my tv. I have checked my password and my account everything is good. I have watch Season 1&2 without problem. I actually play season 3 episodes 1&2 using air play to get it on the tv but it doesn't like that any more either. I don't know how to fix this. I don't want to cancel apple+ but maybe that's the goal. I am not being able to use it and I am paying a monthly subscription. That is a waist of money.
That is a strange thing to occur, especially since you have no issues resuming episodes from the first two seasons for the same show. Regarding any product feedback you'd like to provide to Apple for consideration, you can use this link to submit it: Product Feedback
How f*cked is this! Yes, it's small in the scheme of life, but I'm paying for this and Apple Support is a) clueless on how to fix it, and b) doesn't know anything about refunds. I had to walk them through it.
I have Apple One and when I try to watch Season 3 it says that I can try Apple TV+ free for 7 days. Apple TV+ is included in my Apple One subscription. I watched all of Season 1 and 2 just this week with no issues. It did not automatically start season 3 episode 1 as it had for all previous episodes. I don't want to "start a free trial" and then get hit with the $8.99/month fee when I already pay for the subscription. It would be paying twice for the same thing. Whoever set up the Season 3 upload has messed it up.
I am having the some problem. I got error in loading message. Played Episode 5 to turn off captions. Then got the extended spinning wheel of death. (Apple TV Gen 2) Thankfully, it will play on my Fire Stick in the bedroom.
Update: Going to the Samsung apps and re-installing AppleTV worked, at least for a while. After pausing the show and rewinding a bit, it froze again and had to re-install a second time. But finally finished the episode.
I think what's happening is episode 1 and 2 aired twice (once on Sunday and once on Thursday) and maybe that's why the numbering of episodes is off track. Not sure if that is the answer.
We have Direct TV app and it's labeling Missoula as episode 4 but it's actually episode 2.
It's calling the episode Springland as episode 2 but its actually episode 3 set to air 2/25 and episode Mt. Shasta airing on 3/3 as episode 3 but that one will actually be episode 4.
I'm basing what I think the order of the episode numbers should be for each episode title based on when they air each Sunday night.
When I Google the series I can't find any website that has the episode numbers and titles lining up correctly.
The episodic press release that came out on 1/29 originally had "Springland" airing on 2/18 as the second episode, then on 2/8 they issued another release with "Missoula" now on 2/18 and bumped the rest of the episodes by a week, which is why the URL in the release for Springland ends with "feb-18" and has an editor's note about the airdate being changed after publication. The on set publicity photos for "Springland" and "Mt. Shasta" are also timestamped a month before the stills for "Missoula", so either they were filmed out of order or CBS is airing it out of order.
Also, Gracenote's guide data powers a lot more than just Channels DVR. The episode numbering issue also affected DIRECTV, Optimum, Cox, Xfinity, Verizon FiOS, most ex-TWC/Brighthouse Spectrum systems, Bell TV up in Canada where the show is simsubbed by CTV, along with Silicondust/HDHomeRun and anything using Schedules Direct.
Channels DVR's software fetches guide data once a day, so you probably still have yesterday's data in the cache. I'm looking at the Gracenote API right now, they corrected the numbering. Zap2it also reflects the corrections.
Foodnetwork says one thing, zap2it (gracenote?) says another - sometimes missing entire seasons and smooshing into another, TVDB has something else. I've seen where zap2it would go back and alter episode numbers.
"Fifteen Million Merits" is the second episode of the first series of the British science fiction anthology series Black Mirror. It was written by the series creator and showrunner Charlie Brooker and his wife Konnie Huq[note 1] and directed by Euros Lyn. It first aired on Channel 4 on 11 December 2011.
Set in a world where most of society must cycle on exercise bikes in order to earn currency called "merits", the episode tells the story of Bing (Daniel Kaluuya), who meets Abi (Jessica Brown Findlay) and convinces her to participate in a talent show so she can become famous. The episode was inspired by Huq's idea that her technology-obsessed husband Brooker would be happy in a room covered by screens; it additionally drew motivation from the narrative of talent shows leading to fame. "Fifteen Million Merits" incorporates elements of dystopian fiction, science fiction and drama, and offers commentary on capitalism.
The episode received a positive critical reception. The relationship of Abi and Bing drew comparison to that of Julia and Winston in Nineteen Eighty-Four, whilst Abi's objectification was compared to that of female media figures. The episode's ambiguous ending led to discussion about the commodification of dissent. The visual style and music of the episode were praised, as was the romance between Abi and Bing. The acting received a mixed reception, as did the world-building, but the depressing humour and bleak tone of the episode garnered positive reviews. "Fifteen Million Merits" was nominated for a British Academy Television Craft Award, but did not win; while on critics' lists of Black Mirror episodes by quality, it generally places middling or poorly.
Bing Madsen (Daniel Kaluuya) lives in a room surrounded by screens that wake him up, serve as a video game console and feature regular adverts. He rides on a stationary bike to generate electricity in exchange for "merits", which he needs to pay for his daily cost of living. He sits next to Dustin (Paul Popplewell), an obnoxious man who degrades the overweight cleaners as they pass and watches pornography as he cycles.
Overhearing Abi Khan (Jessica Brown Findlay) singing in the toilets, Bing convinces her to enter Hot Shot, a virtual talent show whose winners can live a life of luxury. He offers to buy her entry ticket, having inherited millions of merits from his deceased brother. The ticket costs more merits than he thought, 15 million, almost his entire savings, but he buys it. Bing goes with Abi to the audition and she gives him an origami penguin. Abi is made to drink a carton of "Cuppliance" before performing "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)" by Irma Thomas for the judges Wraith, Hope and Charity (Ashley Thomas, Rupert Everett and Julia Davis, respectively). The judges are unimpressed, but Wraith offers a place for Abi on his pornography channel WraithBabes. Despite Bing's protestations from backstage, Abi, succumbing to pressure from the audience and judges, accepts.
Whilst in his room, Bing sees an advertisement for WraithBabes featuring Abi. He cannot afford the merits to skip it, and a high-pitched noise sounds when he looks away from the screens, so he must watch. Increasingly agitated, he smashes a screen out of frustration and then hides a shard of glass under his bed. Bing becomes obsessed with buying another Hot Shot ticket, cycling and living frugally. He buys a ticket and hides the shard of glass in his trousers. Onstage, he starts performing a dance number, then pulls out the shard and threatens to slice his own neck. Wraith goads him to do it, but the other judges encourage him to speak. Bing passionately and angrily rants about the heartless, artificial system they live under. Hope declares the speech the most heartfelt in Hot Shot history and offers Bing his own regular show on one of his channels.
Bing is shown recording his show, where he rants while holding the shard to his neck. Despite criticising the system on his show, he now lives in a luxury apartment, and the episode ends with him looking out from his room at what appears to be a vast green forest.
The executive producers Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones began work on Black Mirror in 2010, having previously worked together on other television programmes. The programme was commissioned for three hour-long episodes by Channel 4, taking its budget from the comedy department. Brooker's production company Zeppotron produced the show for Endemol.[3] "Fifteen Million Merits" was the first Black Mirror episode to be written, though it aired second, following "The National Anthem".[4]
"Fifteen Million Merits" was written by Brooker and his wife Konnie Huq;[note 1] an inspiration for the episode was Huq's remark that Brooker would "basically be happy in a room where every wall" was an iPad screen.[1] Huq had conceived of a future where the walls of every house would be a touch-screen television, whilst Brooker had been inspired by avatars and Miis on the Xbox 360 and Wii. Huq had also had an idea that gyms should be powered by the energy produced by its exercise equipment.[2]
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