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[Inferno313]

No. $100 for all streaming media services covered under one consolidated payment. Who wouldn't want this?

It's not even like it's unfeasible. I just think that there hasn't been a company to be ambitious enough to be up to the task.

$100 would be rediculous considering you can get the vast majority of non-sports streaming content by subscribing to Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and HBO Now for ~$40/month.

 

[Krowley]

I mostly enjoyed the book and I think it should translate pretty well to a mini-series format. The story should be easy to split up into an episodic structure.

 

[Extra Sauce]

It's right there in the title, dude!

So it's been out for 52 years then. Gotcha.

edit: Nevermind, I thought it was coming out 11/23/2015 but you were kidding all the way.

 

[gutshot]

No. $100 for all streaming media services covered under one consolidated payment. Who wouldn't want this?

It's not even like it's unfeasible. I just think that there hasn't been a company to be ambitious enough to be up to the task.

I think what you and him are talking about are two different things.

You want a service that ties all the existing streaming services into one interface and monthly payment.

He is asking for a service that ties all the existing streaming services into one PLUS adds streaming services for all major sports leagues around the world PLUS all movie studios' entire catalogs PLUS select cable networks that don't yet have a streaming option. All for $100 a month.

The former is realistic, the second is a laughable fantasy.

 

[Jest Chillin]

Am I mistaken or doesn't this book have some connections to The Dark Tower series? Not major ones but connections none-the-less.

 

[Allforce]

Do you ever make a post based on reality?



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I'd like to tell a time-travel story where this guy finds a diner that connects to 1958... you always go back to the same day. So one day he goes back and just stays. Leaves his 2007 life behind. His goal? To get up to November 22, 1963, and stop Lee Harvey Oswald. He does, and he's convinced he's just FIXED THE WORLD. But when he goes back to '07, the world's a nuclear slag-heap. Not good to fool with Father Time. So then he has to go back again and stop himself..... only he's taken on a fatal dose of radiation, so it's a race against time.

I'm hoping since this is a miniseries that they decide to do a fairly faithful adaptation of the book.

 

[neogaffer1]

James Franco is such a bad choice for the main protag.

 

[brau]

I am in. Just the names JJ and Stephen King got my interest.

 

[Cosmic Bus]

Are these being dumped at a certain day or do I need to wait for them to release an episode a week until they are all out to subscribe to Hulu for a month?

Hulu originals are on a weekly basis instead of a one-time drop like with Netflix.

 

[Chris R]

Hulu originals are on a weekly basis instead of a one-time drop like with Netflix.

Good to know.

April it is then!

 

[Interfectum]

The book was fucking awesome. I hope they do it justice.

 

[Dr Campino]

Hey, they filmed this here (Guelph, Ontario). Might have to check it out because of that.

 

[brau]

The book was fucking awesome. I hope they do it justice.

Its been a while since i read any Stephen King. Maybe i should pick this up. I am almost done with "The Martian".

 

[arya's prayer]

I'm hoping since this is a miniseries that they decide to do a fairly faithful adaptation of the book.

I'm hoping for exactly the opposite. The book was about 400 pages too long. I really hope they minimize all the jodie bs

 

[Chris R]

I'm hoping for exactly the opposite. The book was about 400 pages too long. I really hope they minimize all the jodie bs

The Jodie stuff was great IMO, great slice of life from the period.

I want the ending tweaked though. I didn't think it was a terrible idea, just a terrible execution.

 

[Goodstyle]

Doesn't sound like a particularly interesting story. I mean, is there a reason why saving JFK carries so much stakes? Was he going to do something truly incredible, but was stopped by this assassin? Not a knock against his presidency, but what is the main character's emotional attachment to this? That JFK being president for another 5 years would have made America great?

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

How seriously involved was J.J. seriously with this? When they say "From J.J. Abrams" do they mean he's directing the pilot, or showrunning, or something? Or do they really just mean "A Bad Robot Production."

Honestly, with his track record, it could mean anything.

 

[#sorrynotsorry]

Doesn't sound like a particularly interesting story. I mean, is there a reason why saving JFK carries so much stakes? Was he going to do something truly incredible, but was stopped by this assassin? Not a knock against his presidency, but what is the main character's emotional attachment to this? That JFK being president for another 5 years would have made America great?

Yes a lot of people believe this.

 

[Pagusas]

My wife and I were in downtown Dallas on one of the days this was filming. They had signs up warning people not to panic from the sound of gun fire and such.

 

[Interfectum]

Doesn't sound like a particularly interesting story. I mean, is there a reason why saving JFK carries so much stakes? Was he going to do something truly incredible, but was stopped by this assassin? Not a knock against his presidency, but what is the main character's emotional attachment to this? That JFK being president for another 5 years would have made America great?

The reason why it's JFK is the portal only goes back to 1958. So what big thing could you alter from 1958 on to change the world? The closest thing is JFK assassination. They mentioned 9/11 but they would be too old to do anything by the time 2001 rolled around.

 

[DeviantBoi]

Got excited... but then I remembered Under the Dome.

 

[Robdraggoo]

The best parts of the book are just trying to find ways to live in the past, finding work, making money, spying on Oswald, i really hope it focuses on those aspects and doesn't get too plotty. But only 8 episodes so im not getting my hopes up.

JJs a big sk fan, i remember he had bought the rights to the dark tower series some years back for 19$. But coulndt do it for some reason. Im sure he will do it some justice.

But franco?

Not the person i imagined in my while reading the book, not even close.

Cautiously optimistic

 

[CrichtonKicks]

Am I mistaken or doesn't this book have some connections to The Dark Tower series? Not major ones but connections none-the-less.

As I recall there were some minor references but nothing major. There was also a little cameo by a couple of characters from It.

 

[The Shadow]

Doesn't sound like a particularly interesting story. I mean, is there a reason why saving JFK carries so much stakes? Was he going to do something truly incredible, but was stopped by this assassin? Not a knock against his presidency, but what is the main character's emotional attachment to this? That JFK being president for another 5 years would have made America great?

Specifically? Basically the portal goes to one specific date in 1958. They have no control over it. Al, the guy that is narrating in the preview, has taken "vacations" in the past for weeks or months at a time and gets the idea that if he lived in the past for just 5 years, conceivably, you could stop JFK's assassination.

The major take-away from the book isn't so much the time travel or the actual assassination. It's much more about someone who's used to the internet, modern health care, and cell phones living for 5 years in the late 50's-early 60's and adjusting, as well as elements of a detective story thrown in. I'd also say there's elements of fatalism in it, since other people are "saved", but history kind of has a way of negating those changes.

Regardless if the mini-series is any good, I'd highly recommend the book.

 

[Karish]

So glad they seem to be giving this the proper treatment. One of my favorite books.

 

[Jest Chillin]

As I recall there were some minor references but nothing major. There was also a little cameo by a couple of characters from It.

Nice. I'll give it a shot just to see if I can spot those (assuming they're even intact in the show).

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Loved the book so I'm in for this.

 

[Mushroomer25]

Hulu? Come on.

I am so sick and tired of there being so many disparate internet networks. It makes cutting the cord legally hard. If you were to compare it to making the transition from CD to Internet for music, they are in the post-Napster but pre-iTunes stage in terms of fractured services.

I want one umbrella platform I pay for that gives me all of:

- Netflix, YahooScreen, and Hulu original programming
- HBO and AMC
- NBC, CBS, FOX, ABC
- Movie catalogues of all companies
- NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA, EPL, CL

That I pay something like $100 bucks a month for if I want everything, and maybe $30 bucks a month for a more slim down offering. And yes, give me the option to select which networks, film studios, etc I want to subscribe to that changes the price. Just in one consolidated platform.

Congratulations on inventing cable television.

I don't mind separate services. They're different channels, and with various apps - it's not that hard to switch through all the content. Still, I would appreciate something that can streamline everything I have access to into one easily searchable site.

 

[rainking187]

I was super interested while watching the trailer until the part about Hulu came up. Don't have it and don't have any plans to get it. Maybe if the show gets a DVD release.

 

[xxracerxx]

Hulu? Come on.

I am so sick and tired of there being so many disparate internet networks. It makes cutting the cord legally hard. If you were to compare it to making the transition from CD to Internet for music, they are in the post-Napster but pre-iTunes stage in terms of fractured services.

I want one umbrella platform I pay for that gives me all of:

- Netflix, YahooScreen, and Hulu original programming
- HBO and AMC
- NBC, CBS, FOX, ABC
- Movie catalogues of all companies
- NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA, EPL, CL

That I pay something like $100 bucks a month for if I want everything, and maybe $30 bucks a month for a more slim down offering. And yes, give me the option to select which networks, film studios, etc I want to subscribe to that changes the price. Just in one consolidated platform.

My head might spin off from my body by shaking my head so hard.

 

[a secret-boss]

just alter the ending of the book.

being a new subscriber of Hulu recently this is good

 

[brainchild]

$100 would be rediculous considering you can get the vast majority of non-sports streaming content by subscribing to Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and HBO Now for ~$40/month.

Sure. I was just clarifying the proposition. You're free to assert what amount you feel is acceptable.

I think what you and him are talking about are two different things.

You want a service that ties all the existing streaming services into one interface and monthly payment.

He is asking for a service that ties all the existing streaming services into one PLUS adds streaming services for all major sports leagues around the world PLUS all movie studios' entire catalogs PLUS select cable networks that don't yet have a streaming option. All for $100 a month.

The former is realistic, the second is a laughable fantasy.

Well, I wasn't so much talking about the amount as I was the overall concept. But yeah, $100 is a bit unrealistic if it included all of that. However, the point is that there should be a platform that includes all of that, even if it's $200+. I just want the convenience of having everything in one place without having a ton of different bills.