I totally forgot about season 3 of For all mankind starting today. I really enjoyed both season 1 and 2 of this show.
Category: tv
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I’ve used NOWTV to watch F1 this season but I’ve recently cancelled my account, all for one reason – their iOS apps.
I started to watch it on Apple TV and ads aside (losing the audio, which isn’t a bad thing) it worked ok but their iPadOS might be one of the worst apps I’ve experienced. For example I missed FP1 today so wanted to catch up, I was presented with the never ending waiting loop as seen in the image above. This happens about 70% of the time on any of their streaming – it’s not really acceptable when they charge £30 a month. This was the final straw for me and I’ve cancelled my account until they show some focus on their mobile experiences.
I’ll listen to it on the radio for the rest of the season I think unless I see some improvement.
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It’s interesting to see Netflix is losing subscribers and as someone that occasionally dips into the service it’s not a surprise. I’d argue that Stranger Things is the only reason to subscribe for a month and binge. Drive to Survive was good in the first 2 seasons but is now blatantly made up for the drama.
I’ve found their original content to be overwhelming in terms of numbers of it available and underwhelming in terms of content.
In an age where a lot of us are watching our spending and there’s now good competition from the likes of Disney and Apple it’s no wonder they are losing Subscribers, especially when they seemingly put the price up whenever they feel like it.
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I’ve been an F1 fan for as long as I can remember, only cemented when I was lucky enough to get to travel to Belgium and watch the GP 10 years ago, wow time goes quickly. Unfortunately here in the UK we are stuck with paying SKY for our coverage. The best deal I found on this is £20 a month for NOWTV so it’s not exactly cheap.
F1 TV has been the best experience for me to watch in the past with no ad breaks but the same race coverage. You also get the ability to catch up straight away instead of the day after like with SKY.
I’ve seen a massive uptick in views on my post about this and it shows the interest that us here in the UK have for paying F1 for their own service. Unfortunately we won’t get this in the normal manner and have to pay SKY for a good while yet.
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I’ve only really just started out with Apple TV+ and started to watch Foundation. I’m a big sci-fi fan and it looked interesting. I’m 4 episodes in and it’s hooked me. I can see this series running for multiple seasons already and has a lot of world building to do.
I love the design of the world, somewhere between the patina of Star Wars and Blade Runner. The acting is fantastic and the budget is sky high, it’s one of the best looking shows I’ve seen. Amazing filming locations and cool ship design along with it too.
I’m not spoiling anything here so far but I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how good this show is after seeing it being dumped on a bit.
The first episode is free so if you’re into epic sci-fi I definitely recommend giving it a go.
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Disney+ has had a great start and this week saw the start of The Book of Boba Fett. He’s in my top 3 favourite characters and this is a story I’ve been waiting for since I was 6 years old watching Return of the Jedi in the cinema. I wasn’t apprehensive at all given the creators behind this project and their work on The Mandalorian, knowledge and obvious love for the franchise.
I’ve only seen it once all the way through so far so I’m still digesting it but I’m very pleased with what I’ve seen on the first viewing. I love the music and the way it’s intermingled the present along with flashbacks. There’s a few classic characters in there and some cool new ones.
It’s hard to talk about this episode without spoilers so I’ll leave this as initial impressions but I’m very satisfied with the first chapter.
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Link: Star Wars YouTube
I’m a huge fan of The Clone Wars series and the final season that included The Bad Batch were some of my favourite episodes. This is going to be an interesting series to see what happens to this group of clones after the fall of the Clone Wars and the start of The Empire.
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As an F1 fan it’s been a frustrating time trying to watch live coverage without spending a fortune on a SKY package but there is a way to watch the official F1TV live coverage from the UK. You’ll also save a good bit of money vs the £35 a month SKY Sports package, which is completely wasted on someone that isn’t really interested in any other sports.
The first thing you’ll need to do is get yourself a VPN, I recommend getting ExpressVPN via your iOS device and signing up for your free 7 day trial to give it a go. If you decide to sign up it’ll be £90 a year (around £8 month) or £11.99 a month if you want to pay monthly.
Once installed and setup (set your location as the USA), head to the App Store and download the F1TV app. Now you have the app installed, launch and sign up to F1TV Pro for £5.99 a month. This gives you access to everything, live and archived races. You can also replay the races when you want if you miss the live stream rather than wait for the SKY schedule.
So total is around £14 a month, less than half the price and much better access.
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Today Disney Plus now includes STAR content and I’m pleased to see a load of stuff Ill enjoy catching up on.
My favourites include
- Futurama
- The Strain
- The X-Files
- Starship Troopers
- Titan A.E.
- Modern Family
- Office Space
Parental controls all seem sensible to me but real world testing will show me if it’s effective or not. (Kids always find a way 😀).
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I won’t be spoiling the show yet, I’ve really enjoyed season 2 so far and the latest might be one of my favourites. If you watched the clone wars (and why haven’t you?) you’ll know we get a series of episodes following an arc then a completely different episode in a different part of the galaxy or with a little side quest.
This felt like it could have been an episode of the clone wars series, a fun adventure on the path to something bigger.
It combines some of the best elements of Star Wars – family, humour and action.
The Mandalorian continues to be a series we all sit down and watch (multiple times) as a family and look forward to every week.
LJPUK 