Paramount+, what gems have you found? (NO SPOILERS)

Paramount+, what gems have you found? (NO SPOILERS)

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DodgyGeezer

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Tuesday 21st June 2022
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well seeing as Paramount+ is launching in the UK 23rd June I thought it might be an ideal opportunity for a thread related to that, especially as there would appear to be quite a few worthwhile offerings...

DodgyGeezer

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Tuesday 21st June 2022
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ReallyReallyGood said:
How many individual streaming services is that now? 7 or 8?
too many!!

We share D+, Prime (not just for streaming) and NF with the 'kids'. As we have Sky cinema (it was either free or near as dammit on the last special offer) P+ is free so a no-brainer really. I do think though that at least one or 2 of the plethora available will fail in the not too distant future - as you intimate, too many.

DodgyGeezer

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Wednesday 22nd June 2022
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Loving Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. So far removed from the turgid mess of Piccard and the stshow of STD it's hard to believe they were produced by the same company (though in fairness it's early days yet!!)

Halo looks interesting and I've heard good things about Yellowstone...

DodgyGeezer

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Wednesday 22nd June 2022
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well that's annoying - both ST:SNW and Halo are only first 3 episodes. The rest drop weekly, even though the US is quite some way ahead of us

DodgyGeezer

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Thursday 23rd June 2022
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normalbloke said:
Anybody else having to sign in every single time or am I being a dullard?
nope - no need to sign in every time

DodgyGeezer

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Friday 24th June 2022
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pquinn said:
Does Halo get better? I mean it looks OK visually but the whole thing felt a bit hollow and cheap and badly acted.

Sort of like a fan made thing you'd find on YouTube made by a team of visual effects/props types.
I'm enjoying it - though I will admit that it's not the best out there it is 'good enough'

DodgyGeezer

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Tuesday 5th July 2022
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just starting on Yellowstone - 3 epi's in and it's holding both of our attention

DodgyGeezer

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Thursday 21st July 2022
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Prolex-UK said:
DodgyGeezer said:
just starting on Yellowstone - 3 epi's in and it's holding both of our attention
Great series.

Well worth your time
you are not kidding - really enjoying it, and there are some quality performances!

DodgyGeezer

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Friday 29th July 2022
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cuprabob said:
Also watched S3 of "Yellowstone" which did not disappoint.
annoyingly S4 isn't on P+ yet (luckily my BiL has it on bluray)

DodgyGeezer

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Wednesday 3rd August 2022
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well looks like La Brea has now dropped on P+: can't say that E1 has overly grabbed me. The SFX were dreadful, the acting ropey and it seems to be a "spot what series/film this has been taken from" competition (a LOT of Lost)

DodgyGeezer

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Thursday 4th August 2022
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Davie_GLA said:
Smollet said:
S4 of Yellowstone is due to be released on Paramount+ on 17/8
Sweet! I hope it maintains the momentum
it does (IMO)

Edited by DodgyGeezer on Saturday 13th August 15:15

DodgyGeezer

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Sunday 14th August 2022
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Antony Moxey said:
Just finished Halo, although it seems as though I’m the only one on the planet who enjoyed it. Just starting Strange New Worlds so we’ll see how that goes, although so far any peril seems easily solved and everyone’s happy in time for the next episode far too quickly: it’s no TNG (yet).

Trouble is, it’s only recently that a load of Marvel stuff was dumped onto Disney so after ploughing through Daredevil and Jessica Jones I’m still only 2/3 of the way through Luke Cage before it’s Iron Fist, Punisher, the rest of Miss Marvel etc etc.

There’s too much!!
nope I too enjoyed Halo - but then again I haven't played the games, looking forward to S2. Regarding SNW I really enjoyed the whole series (though I didn't particularly take to E8).

DodgyGeezer

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Thursday 1st September 2022
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just found out that Top Secret is on P+ thumbup

DodgyGeezer

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Thursday 1st September 2022
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cuprabob said:
DodgyGeezer said:
just found out that Top Secret is on P+ thumbup
The irony of your post is not lost on us smile
roflrofl I didn't even notice that getmecoat

DodgyGeezer

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Tuesday 27th December 2022
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just stumbled across Tulsa King - yes it's cliched but E1 was an interesting/fun start...

DodgyGeezer

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Friday 3rd February 2023
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DodgyGeezer

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Tuesday 7th March 2023
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just watched "Sometimes When We Touch" a three-parter about Yacht-rock/soft rock. Bit back-and-forth with the years, some unexpected entrants in the genre (Lionel Richie?) and some interesting factoids (I had no idea whatsoever that Ray Parker Jr was so damn talented!).

Worth it if only for the nostalgia


DodgyGeezer

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Thursday 14th December 2023
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stemll said:
ajprice said:
Paramount+ is 9n offer for £34.95 for a year, 50% off offer from £69.90. Is it worth it for what's on there?
£35 for Blue Bloods, all Star Trek including Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks, Rabbit/Hole, Yellowstone, 1923, 1883, Tulsa King, Deadwood, Bass Reeves, Your Honor, Cheers, Frasier (pretend the reboot isn't there) and Dexter I'd say yes.
for £35 I'm not sure you can go wrong - will have to sign up for that

DodgyGeezer

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Saturday 16th December 2023
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ben5575 said:
Just taken up this offer and binged the first 6 eps of Tulsa King yesterday (thanks Pidsyrolleyes). I tried Yellowstone first but it was all a little bit too serious for the festive season.

Is it me or does Paramount continuously stutter/start all the time? Seems like they don't have enough bandwidth for their set up.
yes TK is very good isn't it. Not noticed any issues with P+ stuttering all the time, or at least no moreso than D+ or Amazon

DodgyGeezer

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Saturday 16th December 2023
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and for a little nostalgia P+ has The Naked Gun films biggrin