2015 TV/Movie/Book Thread with Spoilers

[Newz]

Sling is now available across the country.

ESPN
ESPN2
AMC
TBS
TNT
Food Network
HGTV

You can sign up for a week long trial and see how you like it.

I was going to cancel my Charter TV this month anyway, and this is a nice alternative.

Linky link.

Going to check this out when I get home. If it had Fox Sports I would be ordering it without thinking twice... but the exclusion of Brewers/Bucks games in the package kind of sucks.

[ReasonablySober]

Sling is now available across the country.

ESPN
ESPN2
AMC
TBS
TNT
Food Network
HGTV

You can sign up for a week long trial and see how you like it.

I was going to cancel my Charter TV this month anyway, and this is a nice alternative.

Linky link.

Going to check this out when I get home. If it had Fox Sports I would be ordering it without thinking twice... but the exclusion of Brewers/Bucks games in the package kind of sucks.

One thing I've kinda learned is how rarely I watch live sports at home on the TV, which...is basically why I thought I wanted TV in the first place. I've been watching all my NBA on Ballstreams, and last summer I used MLB.TV for baseball. NFL/NCAA are about the only places I really need live programming anymore.

[Newz]

Sling is now available across the country.

ESPN
ESPN2
AMC
TBS
TNT
Food Network
HGTV

You can sign up for a week long trial and see how you like it.

I was going to cancel my Charter TV this month anyway, and this is a nice alternative.

Linky link.

Going to check this out when I get home. If it had Fox Sports I would be ordering it without thinking twice... but the exclusion of Brewers/Bucks games in the package kind of sucks.

One thing I've kinda learned is how rarely I watch live sports at home on the TV, which...is basically why I thought I wanted TV in the first place. I've been watching all my NBA on Ballstreams, and last summer I used MLB.TV for baseball. NFL/NCAA are about the only places I really need live programming anymore.

I barely watch TV at all. Right now I have a Roku and an Amazon Prime membership... that's it.

What is Ballstreams?

[Newz]

One thing I've kinda learned is how rarely I watch live sports at home on the TV, which...is basically why I thought I wanted TV in the first place. I've been watching all my NBA on Ballstreams, and last summer I used MLB.TV for baseball. NFL/NCAA are about the only places I really need live programming anymore.

I looked up Ballstreams and can't get to the site from work. I understand what it is now...

I guess my question is with NBA copyright licensing and League Pass... how is Ballstreams legal? Is it actually safe to order it?

If it is that + the TV package you linked seems pretty ideal.

[ReasonablySober]

One thing I've kinda learned is how rarely I watch live sports at home on the TV, which...is basically why I thought I wanted TV in the first place. I've been watching all my NBA on Ballstreams, and last summer I used MLB.TV for baseball. NFL/NCAA are about the only places I really need live programming anymore.

I looked up Ballstreams and can't get to the site from work. I understand what it is now...

I guess my question is with NBA copyright licensing and League Pass... how is Ballstreams legal? Is it actually safe to order it?

If it is that + the TV package you linked seems pretty ideal.

It's probably not legal, and I honestly have no idea how it's still running. But it was up and working all of last season and I've been using it uninterrupted this season too. The feeds are better quality than League Pass, it's cheaper, you can rewatch archived games, and the lag most nights is only a difference of 5-10 seconds from what's happening on TV. On Friday night I went to a bar to catch the Hawks/Warriors and they didn't have the game. So at our table I used my iPhone to stream the game and it worked perfectly (we weren't all huddling around my little phone but it was useful to keep up).

I signed up for three months in November, re-upped again a week ago.

[Newz]

One thing I've kinda learned is how rarely I watch live sports at home on the TV, which...is basically why I thought I wanted TV in the first place. I've been watching all my NBA on Ballstreams, and last summer I used MLB.TV for baseball. NFL/NCAA are about the only places I really need live programming anymore.

I looked up Ballstreams and can't get to the site from work. I understand what it is now...

I guess my question is with NBA copyright licensing and League Pass... how is Ballstreams legal? Is it actually safe to order it?

If it is that + the TV package you linked seems pretty ideal.

It's probably not legal, and I honestly have no idea how it's still running. But it was up and working all of last season and I've been using it uninterrupted this season too. The feeds are better quality than League Pass, it's cheaper, you can rewatch archived games, and the lag most nights is only a difference of 5-10 seconds from what's happening on TV. On Friday night I went to a bar to catch the Hawks/Warriors and they didn't have the game. So at our table I used my iPhone to stream the game and it worked perfectly (we weren't all huddling around my little phone but it was useful to keep up).

I signed up for three months in November, re-upped again a week ago.

How much does it cost? No local blackouts (so you can view Bucks games) right?

[ReasonablySober]

I looked up Ballstreams and can't get to the site from work. I understand what it is now...

I guess my question is with NBA copyright licensing and League Pass... how is Ballstreams legal? Is it actually safe to order it?

If it is that + the TV package you linked seems pretty ideal.

It's probably not legal, and I honestly have no idea how it's still running. But it was up and working all of last season and I've been using it uninterrupted this season too. The feeds are better quality than League Pass, it's cheaper, you can rewatch archived games, and the lag most nights is only a difference of 5-10 seconds from what's happening on TV. On Friday night I went to a bar to catch the Hawks/Warriors and they didn't have the game. So at our table I used my iPhone to stream the game and it worked perfectly (we weren't all huddling around my little phone but it was useful to keep up).

I signed up for three months in November, re-upped again a week ago.

How much does it cost? No local blackouts (so you can view Bucks games) right?

1 Day - $7.49
1 Week - $12.99
1 Month - $17.99
3 Months - $39.99
6 Months - $59.99
1 Year - $99.99

No blackouts.

[Matches Malone]

I looked up Ballstreams and can't get to the site from work. I understand what it is now...

I guess my question is with NBA copyright licensing and League Pass... how is Ballstreams legal? Is it actually safe to order it?

If it is that + the TV package you linked seems pretty ideal.

It's probably not legal, and I honestly have no idea how it's still running. But it was up and working all of last season and I've been using it uninterrupted this season too. The feeds are better quality than League Pass, it's cheaper, you can rewatch archived games, and the lag most nights is only a difference of 5-10 seconds from what's happening on TV. On Friday night I went to a bar to catch the Hawks/Warriors and they didn't have the game. So at our table I used my iPhone to stream the game and it worked perfectly (we weren't all huddling around my little phone but it was useful to keep up).

I signed up for three months in November, re-upped again a week ago.

How much does it cost? No local blackouts (so you can view Bucks games) right?

I used it for the day membership to try it out. I ended up watching the Bucks game in London. I couldn't believe how well it streamed with very minimal lag. Highly recommend ball streams. I especially like how you have to wait for them to give you a pass code so they don't have an abundance of people clogging up their servers. There are no local blackouts as far as I can tell.

[Newz]

1 Day - $7.49
1 Week - $12.99
1 Month - $17.99
3 Months - $39.99
6 Months - $59.99
1 Year - $99.99

No blackouts.

I am going to give it a try. If random charges start popping up on my credit card or if that site closes down... you can expect an angry post pointed in your direction.

[VooDoo7]

Didn't realize Better Call Saul was starting tonight until I saw an ad this morning. I am excite.

I enjoy the first episode. The reviews for season 1 have been very good. New show on tonight at it's regular timeslot. (9pm CST)

[ILikeBigBucks]

Didn't know where to post this but didn't want to start a new topic. Just found out that Nick offerman will be do a stand-up show at the pabst theatre in may. Tickets go on sale this week. I know there's plenty of parks and rec fans on here and his stand-up stuff is pretty good too. I'm definitely getting tickets.

[ReasonablySober]

Sony makes a deal with Marvel's Cinematic Universe. Spider-Man is going to appear in an upcoming Marvel movie. Next Capt filk?

[emunney]

Sony makes a deal with Marvel's Cinematic Universe. Spider-Man is going to appear in an upcoming Marvel movie. Next Capt filk?

Probably. That's the Civil War one, right?

[glenn]

Didn't know where to post this but didn't want to start a new topic. Just found out that Nick offerman will be do a stand-up show at the pabst theatre in may. Tickets go on sale this week. I know there's plenty of parks and rec fans on here and his stand-up stuff is pretty good too. I'm definitely getting tickets.

Very cool. Saw him last time he was in town and had a great time.

[glenn]

Sony makes a deal with Marvel's Cinematic Universe. Spider-Man is going to appear in an upcoming Marvel movie. Next Capt filk?

Holy ****

[ReasonablySober]

Andrew Garfield is out as Spidey. I only watched the movies for the first time last weekend and I thought he did a solid job. Guessing now that the films are in the MCU they could probably get some more star power.

[Turk Nowitzki]

Andrew Garfield is out as Spidey.

Where are you seeing this? My first question when I read this was whether Garfield would continue in the role.

[ReasonablySober]

Andrew Garfield is out as Spidey.

Where are you seeing this? My first question when I read this was whether Garfield would continue in the role.

Buzzfeed confirmed it.

The did some shuffling with the release dates of the films, everything being bumped back. Here's the new order:

Avengers: Age of Ultron: May 1, 2015
Ant-Man: July 17, 2015
Captain America: Civil War: May 6, 2016
Doctor Strange: November 4, 2016
Guardians of the Galaxy 2: May 5, 2017
Spider-Man: July 28th, 2017
Thor: Ragnarok: November 3rd, 2017
Avengers: Infinity War, Part 1: May 4, 2018
Black Panther: July 6th, 2018
Captain Marvel: November 2nd, 2018
Avengers: Infinity War, Part 2: May 3, 2019
Inhumans: July 12, 2019

Bolded were moved.

If Spidey's making an upcoming appearance in a Marvel movie before he gets his own feature, it'd have to be Civil War.


Comic spoiler baseless speculation:

Spoiler:

They could bring back Tobey, forget the last two Spidey films ever happened, kill him off and go with Morales. Would be ballsy for a plot that just came about a couple years ago.

[Badgerlander]

[glenn]

Huh?