Comments on: The Series and the Mini-Series https://www.isegoria.net/2011/05/the-series-and-the-mini-series/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sat, 29 Aug 2026 13:45:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: David Foster https://www.isegoria.net/2011/05/the-series-and-the-mini-series/comment-page-1/#comment-210267 David Foster Mon, 16 May 2011 22:35:04 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=24860#comment-210267 Comcast is in the process of acquiring a controlling interest in NBC Universal; surely a primary reason for this is that they want to be a content creator/owner rather than just a distributor of same.

]]> By: Buckethead https://www.isegoria.net/2011/05/the-series-and-the-mini-series/comment-page-1/#comment-210074 Buckethead Mon, 16 May 2011 19:48:59 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=24860#comment-210074 I imagine rather a lot. If either AMC or HBO — or any cable network doing original programming — started offering their stuff on the internet, I imagine that the cable companies would make their lives, um, interesting. And there’s no way in the short term that HBO could get as much green from people like me to make up for a loss of income from the cable companies.

Longer term, I don’t think it can be too much longer before the cable companies get disintermediated. But then, who’d a thunk that we’d still be paying for text messaging after all this time. (Someone once calculated that it would cost $5,991.88 to download a song via SMS.)

]]> By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2011/05/the-series-and-the-mini-series/comment-page-1/#comment-209999 Isegoria Mon, 16 May 2011 19:00:04 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=24860#comment-209999 That does raise an interesting question: Just how badly do HBO and AMC need the cable companies?

]]> By: Buckethead https://www.isegoria.net/2011/05/the-series-and-the-mini-series/comment-page-1/#comment-203509 Buckethead Thu, 12 May 2011 17:21:48 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=24860#comment-203509 The wife and I are watching True Blood right now — about half-way through season 3. The first season was mediocre, but showed promise. It’s gotten better as it has gone along, and I’d have to say that season 3 is pretty compelling.

HBO prematurely axed my two favorite of their series — Deadwood and Carnivale. Bastards. The Wire I’ll get to someday, and maybe The Sopranos. Maybe. I’m interested in Game of Thrones — I really, really wish I could buy a subscription to just HBO and watch their stuff over the internets, because I don’t want to pay $70 a month to watch a couple movies and shows on one channel.

AMC had a really good series last Fall, The Walking Dead. It’ll be back for season 2 next fall.

]]> By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2011/05/the-series-and-the-mini-series/comment-page-1/#comment-202749 Isegoria Thu, 12 May 2011 00:08:06 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=24860#comment-202749 It may be time to spring for a Netflix subscription.

]]> By: Foseti https://www.isegoria.net/2011/05/the-series-and-the-mini-series/comment-page-1/#comment-202588 Foseti Wed, 11 May 2011 21:27:49 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=24860#comment-202588 This was a frustrating post, since it’s hard to find the older series.

I think The Wire is over-rated (season 3 is fantastic, 1 is great, the rest are not). I loved Friday Night Lights too.

Most of the HBO series are worth watching.

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