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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9692749" data-attributes="member: 7023840">I don't do my streaming rankings anymore (after all, what's the point... more and more it's Netflix and everyone else) but I think that the difference between AppleTV and Amazon is interesting.Amazon is going vast library, and has made acquisitions to the library. But the interface is terrible, 95% of the content on it is terrible, and I only ever go there when I have something specific I want to watch. That doesn't mean that there aren't some gems, but they spend a LOT of money to produce content that is usually awful (Citadel???) or ruin things given time (I thought the first season of Reacher was a fun popcorn watch, but the most recent season was only watchable in the MST3k making fun of it way ....).Apple, OTOH, is definitely approaching it like the old HBO model. Few shows, but quality, and with a very high hit rate. Not all of them are great, and some of them aren't good, but as a general proposition I know that if a show is on Apple, it's going to be worth checking out.Here's some of the ones that I have enjoyed off the top of my head:Severance, For All Mankind, Slow Horses, Ted Lasso, Shrinking, Silo, Mythic Quest, Pachinko, Foundation, Dickinson, Masters of the Air, Your Friends & Neighbors, Tehran, Sugar, The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin..... and more.Now, sometimes there will be a show that you might not get into. A lot of people I respect tell me that Manhunt is great, but I've tried to watch it three times now and ... dunno. Haven't made it past the first twenty minutes.Right now, I just finished The Studio. Which is ... so so so good if you're into the Business. The penultimate episode made me laugh harder than anything I've seen in years. I was in physical pain from laughing so hard for so long. I'd recommend getting it just to watch that show. And I just started Murderbot, and while I'm only two episodes in, I'm already loving it.Oh, and James Bond? Look, I think the announcement of the director is good news. But arguing about whether the reboot will be successful or not is a mug's game until we see the finished product. I do think that it bodes well since it shows that the new rights-holder is taking it very seriously and will invest in it.But let's save our serious Bond arguments for when they announce the new Bond, because that's when things tend to spin out of control. A BLOND BOND???? Yeah, remember that?ETA- now that I think about it, maybe we can all just re-use our arguments about D&D (tradition v. change) and apply them to Bond!</blockquote>

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