site posted:

Anxiously waiting for the notice that at&t will charge internet users more to use Netflix but won't add a surcharge for their own streaming service

Mr Hootington posted:

That and the $50 package for all of their streaming services.


Or I will cackle like a madman when DCUniverse is folded into the new Warner brothers streaming service and the comics are dropped.

X-O posted:

Would anyone care if the comics were dropped? From my understanding the collection is so sparse that anyone interested in comics has probably read all the things they want to from it.

X-O posted:

Would anyone care if the comics were dropped? From my understanding the collection is so sparse that anyone interested in comics has probably read all the things they want to from it.

sticksy posted:

Beyond that, t "Community" section where fans debate who would beat who in a fight endlessly

X-O posted:

Oh did the buy the CBR or Comcvine forums?

sticksy posted:

Beyond that, t "Community" section where fans debate who would beat who in a fight endlessly, old Timmverse stuff I can watch elsewhere and their own Wikia is pretty weak.

Mr Hootington posted:

You forgot half the posts of people begging Time Warner to charge them more.

El Gallinero Gros posted:

Don't forget how CBR makes sure that like, 99% of users seem to have who would be on their ideal which female X-men squads (with like, 15 characters on each one) they most want to gently caress.

Wheat Loaf posted:

Alaois posted:

Surely that just means they're not trying hard enough.

El Gallinero Gros posted:

So the Exiles Complete Collection came out and I bought it. It was very, very good.

And it loving crushed me, specifically issue #16. Spoilers for anybody who is currently reading through it.

John Proudstar has died recently, and Nocturne, his lover and the mother of his unborn/miscarried child, spends the whole issue remembering how their relationship became romantic, how they resolved an issue they had relating to his insecurity about what he is, and the conception of their child.

I've mentioned before that my lover/future wife passed away very suddenly in an accident. I guess I was feeling vulnerable that night as well as missing her, because I had to put the book down. I cried. A lot. I calmed down and tried to go to sleep...woke up around 3 AM, and started crying again.

If you have a sweetie in your life, do me a favor and give them a tight hug and let them know that you love them.

X-O posted:

What?

El Gallinero Gros posted:

I dunno, I think being tryhards is probably something they're pretty good at.

Mr Hootington posted:

There are a number of threads and posts in the DC community area of people asking for higher tiers to get access to more comics or the TV shows and movies that are not available.

One guy was furious that people could buy comics through the service without a subscription.

El Gallinero Gros posted:

Well, yeah. That too.

This might surprise everyone, but they haven't been able to gently caress them.

X-O posted:

OK, that makes a bit more sense I guess. I thought you meant they wanted to pay more money for what they were getting now. That didn't make any sense at all, but neither does this streaming service in general.

Mr Hootington posted:

There are a couple posts saying that too. It really is a psychotic place.

Alaois posted:

listen if Paul Dini could do it, anyone can

Open Marriage Night posted:

She doesn’t look like Zatanna anymore, but his wife is super nice. Hoping to see them again around Thanksgiving.

Rhyno posted:

We put an actual for real offer on a beautiful house today but it was just past business hours so they have til 6pm today to respond and I am going bonkers.

Mr Hootington posted:

There are a number of threads and posts in the DC community area of people asking for higher tiers to get access to more comics or the TV shows and movies that are not available.

One guy was furious that people could buy comics through the service without a subscription.

sticksy posted:

I am admittedly a crazy and stupid person but I would possibly be interested in this, too?

I alluded earlier to the current DCU offering being lackluster across the board, my naive hope has that it would be somewhat akin to Marvel Unlimited - and maybe it might in the future! And I realize that the scope of DCU is pretty different from that ie MCU is a service offering 15-20,000 digital issues + most recent titles from 6 months ago for $99/year.

I signed up because I wanted the comics but DCU's available comics, today at least, are meager at best imo. I don't know if with their model, they think they'll lose more money from digital sales than they would with an Unlimited-esque subscription or they want to establish different media formats like TV shows and be their own little Netflix or since Netflix has broken every media conglomerates brains and they're all determined to "pivot" to this. It'd be interesting to see what the cost breakdown of the subscription is today like how much shows like Titans comprise of the $75, sure to be $100 in a year or two, 25% for digital comics rights, 25% for DCAU stuff, 25% for old movies and show rights etc .

I don't see them having an subscription option that's really focused comprehensively (or exclusively) on the comic side - it feels like the traditional cable TV model where you don't actually pay for just what you want, you get a bundle that has what you really want plus stuff you probably don't but paying for regardless. If they did offer that separately or say added a tier that provided that, even if it was somewhat more expensive a ie equivalent to Unlimited + $20 for access to the other stuff = $120/year (even though I don't like or want the non-comics content and disagreed with their pricing model, from a business POV I realize there is value to that they would expect to charge.)

I'm rambling but all of this is a lot of to say even though I think their strategy and model is lovely, I could still be open to paying a premium if need be so I got what I really wanted.

Skwirl posted:

I don't have pm's so I can't tell XO directly, and I don't want to screw up the new thread, but yelling "gently caress off Nazi" is a proven tactic to get Nazis to gently caress off.

https://twitter.com/splinter_news/status/1051975490314166272

Skwirl posted:

https://twitter.com/splinter_news/status/1051975490314166272

Wheat Loaf posted:

I really wish Marvel would announce they're reprinting Fall of the Mutants as a proper omnibus (as they are with Mutant Massacre) because it would go a long way towards helping me to decide whether I want to swap out and replace my paperbacks.

Pastry of the Year posted:

https://twitter.com/BAKKOOONN/status/1051959437999501312

lol


Honest question: I bought a few Marvel omnibii because I liked the idea of having all these wonderful comics collected in a sturdy, single volume (hardbacks feel permanent, and there's a nice feeling to knowing "now I have everything I need of [x] forever"), but I find myself realizing that their sheer size make them nearly impossible to comfortably and enjoyably read. How do you do it? I don't necessarily object to having Simonson's Thor on a specially-purchased book pedestal the way some homes have an heirloom Bible, but I'm not gonna stand there for two hours to read it.

Rhyno posted:

They accepted our offer! Rhyno gonna own a house!

Lurdiak posted:

Hell yes Rhyno! Congrats! Owning a house is a huge deal in this economy.

A Strange Aeon posted:

I read them at the kitchen table usually while eating breakfast. I'm working through the Shield omnibus I got for fifty bucks and enjoying it immensely! I just got to where Steranko takes over, and I really enjoyed the Kirby layouts before, so it's been a really fun read.

A plus is the individual issues have all been half length since they were one half of Strange Tales, which makes finishing an issue over breakfast somewhat doable.