Oooh. Can't wait! Though before the series begins we'll have to figure out how we're going to get it. I loathe and detest Comcast and just can't bear to pay good money for their 'premium cable' package anymore. And we have the kind of TiVo that's not compatible with streaming video. So, hmmm, will have to learn more about this.
Still, I'm looking forward to it.
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Hmmm, that opening scene was right out the book. The rest I had trouble placing.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious as to how they are going to handle the series, there are just so many characters and plot lines going....
I wonder what changes will be made. The Dexter series is significantly different than the books. The Dresden Files series was verging on unrecognizable to the books it was based on, and while I never read them I have that the same is true about the True Blood series
I got rid of my Comcast account several years ago. I haven't figured out how to do this yet. George has been very much involved in the filming and I trust his skills honed on Beauty and the Beast,but it most certainly will have to be different.
ReplyDeletetransceptor, books and films/tv don't mirror each other perfectly. They can't. Just as a translation from one language to another can never be a perfect match. They are interpretations. I think Showtime did a great job with Dexter. And True Blood on TV is so much better, IMO, than the books.
ReplyDeletechadao, well, if you ever do figure it out, let me know.
This has stumbled over my prejudice for years. I have a first edition of A Game Of Thrones on my shelf, I generally like George's work, but I can't get past ten pages of this.
ReplyDeleteBut I will watch it with pleasure, as usual. I can watch high fantasy like this with nary a hiccup, but reading it? Just can't.
One word, Nicola -- or maybe it's two: NetFlix.
ReplyDeleteWe'll be watching it on DirecTV, which we've kept for 8 years. Can't wait for this series; I'm actually re-reading book one and enjoying it just as much the second time (it helps being able to keep track of all the characters!)
ReplyDeleteMark, I really liked the first book. Like a river, the book had clearly defined boundaries and an obvious direction. Then...well, the series began to spread. Now it's a river delta, too many obscure channels, too much silt, some swamp, some wetland. I can't read it. I'm hoping the TV show will be more river than delta. And the actors are fantastic.
ReplyDeleteEileen, but we can't make it work with our not-up-to-them-minute TiVo to which I am passionately attached. Sadly, we don't have the budget for a new one. So we're sitting around vaguely hoping for some kind of technological miracle. Or the right lottery ticket.
Caryl, I regret the day I heard of Comcast. Their tech sucks. Their customer service sucks even harder. I feel a tantrum coming on...
ReplyDeleteRoku streams Netflix. The boxes start at $59.99. AppleTV streams Netflix, too. They cost a bit more at $99.
ReplyDeleteOf course, streaming Netflix means you'll have to wait until Season 2 starts to get Season 1.
margaret, 'wait'?? Wait, when we're talking swords and ponies and semi-clothes girls *and* northern accents?? This word must be stricken from the books...
ReplyDeleteTo get it legally without waiting, you would have to stream it via iTunes. Or maybe Amazon video - but I don't think Amazon has the current shows. I've been thinking about this too. The new AppleTV box doesn't interest me all that much since I have the old one. However the old one does not stream Netflix. Argh!
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking the way to go is one of the newer Blu-ray players that has Netflix and Amazon internet streaming built in. You can get a Sony one right now for about $99.
ITunes is kinda pricey for season tickets IMO though. But it still might be better than paying for a bunch of channels and crap one never watches.
You know you can get get a Netflix app for your iThing, right? Hook that up to your TV with a cable or dock made for that (there are cheaper versions that the Apple brand cable) and you are good to go. Same with iTunes video of course. And some of it is Hi Def.
I don't think there is an app for streaming Amazon video, but there is at least one app that supposedly lets you use flash in a browser. So maybe you could use that browser to stream Amazon video and watch it on your TV.
Not as good as one would get with HD HBO on cable, but probably surprisingly good.
The cheaper Roku box doesn't have wireless internet built in. The $99 version has wireless and is 1080p capable, but doesn't stream iTunes. come to think of it, I think you have to buy an adapter for wireless on the blu-ray.
Anyway, if I were you, I'd try hooking up that iPod touch to my TV.
Wow, Jennifer! That's a whole course in the New TV. I was just going to suggest that Nicola could run the Netflix CD on her desktop. I had no idea such wonders were available!
ReplyDeletejennifer, Eileen, yep! Thank you for all that info. Yet the choke point is always Comcast...
ReplyDeleteEileen I started looking into this stuff when I wanted to stop paying for a bunch of cable stuff that I never watch back in LA. Options are getting better now. And, well, I like gadgets. :)
ReplyDeleteI am no fan of Comcast! I have cursed them many times since I've been here. No good alternative for internet!
That iPod touch may not play nicely with your wireless router though, now that I think about it.
I have friends with HBO; they DVR stuff like this & we watch it together. I do a lot of my television watching as a tribe.
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