Yo I finished watching The Mandolorian. There's so much on this app it's nuts.

Gargoyles b.

The 90s X-Men cartoon.

Darkwing Duck.

All versions of DuckTails.

Bonkers.

TailSpin.

A fucking Jeff Goldblum show.

So. much. content.

My only slight beef with Disney+ is their insistence on family content only. That excludes a lot of R-Rated Fox content.

I thought it was going to go head to head with some other streaming services. This is going to make a killing no doubt, but I'm not sure it's going to TKO Amazon or Netflix. Maybe they're not even trying to.

...check this out: https://www.businessinsider.com/top-disney-plus-exec-what-service-needs-to-succeed-2019-11

It requires a subscription (nope nope nope).

Visually they knocked it out of the park.

Story-wise, well, let's see where it goes. It held my interest to be sure, but that last little bit at the end, that was the clincher. No spoilers since shit JUST came out, but I think Star Wars fans will be pleased.

got a free year through verizon that i can wait to activate until june 2020

seeing that it has the x-men cartoon almost made me open a new tab lol

Don't get me wrong, I didn't wait, and The Mandalorian is really really good...

But the new content is pretty light right now. I think Disney realized that, which is why they are releasing their shows episode by episode instead of letting people binge the whole season in one sitting.

Unless I mean you are in it to watch some of the newer films and classics that you've probably already seen before. In terms of replay value Disney+ is more than worth it.

Personally, my kids will love it, but I doubt I'll re-watch anything on it except maybe the last half hour of Endgame.

Bottom line: I'd wait a couple of months.

and im glad they didnt just make a shit load of shows and are taking their time especially since the quality is like this. Look how crazy it is to think they should have 30 diff shows at this Mandalorian quality LOL WTF.

They released it one by one to keep people talking and interested like they seen with HBO shows. And having it one by one where the series finale is AFTER the release of their big movie Episode 9 just keep the Star Wars fandom going and going. Makes so much sense. Why release it all and then have it get lost of the amount of tv shows that are already out there in the world of streaming. Look how quickly people stopped talking about Stranger Things 3 and that shit was fucking great.


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Personally I see it both ways. You're not wrong, going back to the old structure of releasing episodes over time does make the show, let's say 'less disposable', but also if they released it all in one batch, they wouldn't have that much else to offer in original content. The Marvel Shows, the Obi-Wan show--all of that is more than a year away. The World According to Jeff Goldblum is probably not going to bring in subscribers by the thousands lol.

it's pretty much a no brainer. If you have 12 months free you can activate, just do it now and if you don't think there's enough content to warrant paying $7 per month then cancel in a year.

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X Men- the animated series
Adventures of Gummi Bears
Ducktails
Tailspin
Darkwing Duck
Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers

Movies:
Roger Rabbit
Sword in the Stone
Robin Hood
Rescuers: Down Under

I know have all the animated movies but those are just some I loved growing up.

>Movies:
>Sword in the Stone
>Robin Hood
>Rescuers: Down Under
>

I love the 90s movies (Disney Renaissance) too but I never see anyone mention these. I've only seen The Rescuers once and it was years after I first saw the sequel. I don't remember much but I do remember being disappointed.

>Movies:
>Roger Rabbit
>Sword in the Stone
>Robin Hood
>Rescuers: Down Under


all favorites of mine too

if so, it's a wrap.

that and x-men will stay in the late night smoke sesh rotation

....including Amazing Friends.

My weekend is fuuuucked lol

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Double damn, they even have the other early '80s series, with "Doom: Master of the World" episode.

I don't think they have the '70s "Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can" series though.

>I don't think they have the '70s "Spider-Man, does whatever a
>spider can" series though.

I don't remember seeing that on there either.

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He would know that there is no way that Apple+ can compete in any way other than through acquisition.


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Like, all those Disney acquisitions were leading to this payoff. This content cannot be matched.

once they eventually buy everyone out of the Hulu deal. They would be able to really maximize that whole FOX acquisition. Theres no reason why they cant have adult content and ESPN content on Disney+. Netflix splits up the kids section very well and Disney can afford to figure out the best way for parental control features if they don't like the current model of that feature. But having everything centralized at Disney+ will be the real Netflix killer especially if they invest in getting rights to more live sports streaming other than UFC and college stuff.




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https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/zoe-kravitz-series-high-fidelity-moves-to-hulu-from-disney-1203184815/

Now I know that they are purposely branding these streaming networks.

and by gating them in different places, they're making it more likely that as a household you'll pay for all of 'em.


shit's not a mistake

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...what choice you got?

They launched with, what four original series? And maybe one of them had decent buzz/reviews. In 2019, you can't wade into the streaming wars with **just** Jennifer Aniston and Khal Drogo.

they have a whole year to find a few hits before people *might* have to start paying for it.

it's not an actual competition.


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Just wait, in 3-6 months they are going to announce astronomical subscriber numbers. All because they are giving you a free year when you buy their other shit.

It's Apple Music 2.0

Nah, fucking around. This is dope. Wife got amped when she saw Flight of the Navigator and Bedknobs and Broomsticks were on there.

I need some space Wilford Brimely in my life.

had to stream Mandalorian which was....a letdown

tried to live chat help this morning waited almost an hour before having to go

and here i thought they said they weren't tripping off pword sharing

After 3 days of it not working at all, crazy wait time for non-existent support, and not caring for Mandalorian I had to pull the plug. Bummer.

If I do hop back in it'll be when they get the tech side ironed out and the Marvel originals start running.

but the content seems thin as hell to me.

bought it because i have two toddlers and the wife wants to show them all the 80s/90s classics that we grew up on, but a half dozen cartoons and a few new ones ain't really giving me long-term value.

netflix still has a shitload more things i want to watch than Disney+. I can't see myself ever putting on Disney+ after the kids go to bed, unless the Jeff Goldblum remake of Bourdain's show is any good.

I can see it getting old really quickly though.

And I agree. I DO like the Star Wars and Marvel franchises, but that only means I am about to pay $6.99 a month for exactly one show, with the promise of another quality show in the fall of 2020.

Other than that it's just some shit for my kids to watch.

Guess I was just hoping for a little more.

Maybe they have more cards up their sleeves on the way. I don't need R-Rated cussing and murder in a show, but they gotta give something for the grown folks to watch after the kids go to bed. Duck Tales is not going to do it for me.

owned by disney

they're not here to make sure you never watch netflix again

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knowing my habits i might watch a movie or a couple of episodes one weekend and then not watch it for weeks.

im not big on rewatching movies...or shows really. at this point i think i might be better off waiting a month or two then get a trial to get caught up on The Mandalorian.

its cool that it exists and theres obviously a market for it. i recently started doing the above with netflix. get it for a month to catch up then cancel. i think thats my move going forward on all video streaming services.

like...ok

it *just* launched.

it is a nostalgia/general appeal service.

if you don't like Disney's library of content...why would you personally need to have this as your favorite streamer?

it might not be for you. if they got you to pay for it...they don't need for you personally to stop watching anything else. just cut the check

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Which is exactly what the DisenyBust crew is doing.

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Disney+ will serve my kids well.

I like The Mandalorian.

I'll watch the Marvel shows when they come out.

I'm just hoping they also release more interesting shows, dramas or even comedies, for an older audience. I don't think that's asking too much.

with a wide variety of new original content. At launch, just having all the stuff there from existing Disney properties is well worth the price of admission. As time goes on, yeah I'm expecting them to include more original content. But at the price they are charging they could have dropped it with just the vault and it would be worth it. Original content is a bonus.

and all these complainers definitely dont share passwords for others shit they stream online.

People are weird.

I don't regret getting it, and I'm not cancelling when my free trial ends tomorrow.

That's just my hope for future original content.

well I just hope they release other stuff that's *less appealing than the stuff they already have*

is a bizarre outlook


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Which is cool. You do you. I just would like them to bring more to the table. I'm sure that I'm not alone. But ultimately I like what I like, I don't really give a shit about what others consider 'less appealing'.

I don't see why that has to be a debate.

The Mandalorian has more appeal than marvelous mrs. maisel.

this is just a fact

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says the only person trying to make it a debate

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...let's make a deal. I won't reply to your comments if you don't reply to mine. I really do not like you. I can't say that for anyone else on this board.

lemme take that weight off of you

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which, in fairness seems to be the general consensus, but in logging on and perusing the library, all i see is a fairly small handful of past marquee titles and an extremely slim offering of new original content.

i'm not so much shitting on the platform as much as pushing back on this widely-held notion that it's exploding with reams and reams of content.

It's got like a half dozen classic animated movies + a half dozen star wars movies (half of which are ass) + a bunch of marvel movies (which some people like).

glad y'all like it though.

it has a lot of stuff people our age are nostalgic for.


that, in some viewpoints, could be called "everything." it is not literally "everything"

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Though I will be binging through Gargoyles, and both versions of Duck Tales (I'm surprised the OG still holds up pretty well, and how I don't hate the updated version).

Biggest issue seems to be episodes being out of order on some shows. I'd rather not need to check an episode guide online, but Disney will get to fixing it at some point.

I saw the first two somewhere else and i dug it, but not enough to sign up. I'll probably wait until they're all up, then get the free trial and binge the rest

You're right, IMO it isn't really worth it. I guess unless you are willing to wait a whole year for the Marvel shows to start up. Only by then, if you signed up for a year subscription, it will probably be up for renewal around the time Falcon and Winter Soldier is about to get released.

Personally I have kids so I will get my money's worth out of it. But if I didn't, The Mandalorian would not have been enough to warrant the $$$.

But it's Disney, they are like the industry hydra right now, I'm still hoping that they have more up their sleeves on the way.

I love Disney+ star wars and nostalgia boners all day sonnnnn


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that good old Disney okie doke.

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are rotating off because they've long been licensed for occasional exclusivity on other channels or streaming services



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I'd seen the Samarai Jack style shorts before which Im disappointed aren't on disney+ but is on youtube so not a big deal.

I saw the movie, which isn't that good and somewhat made me reluctant and a few episodes but didn't have the time to watch while on Cartoon Network. I found an essential episode guide that cuts out the filler with 66 episodes. Its pretty good, like some of the Mandalorian history in it as well to help me with that show. I'll get to Rebels next which I saw the first season of is all.

I never think to go there when I'm looking for something to watch.

Kinda over Star Wars and kinda over Marvel stuff right now too.

Lemme gon' cancel this right quick.


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release of tentpole shows at least during this first year. After The Mandalorian ended the next original series is The Clone Wars season 7 dropping next month, but that's just an additional season of an old show, and doesn't cast a wide net.

They should have had something like Falcon & Winter Soldier ready to drop a couple months after The Mandalorian. I know there's a Pixar series coming out, obviously more Marvel shows and Star Wars shows, but looking at the dates all this stuff isn't dropping for a while.

I don't know if you read, but they recently pushed up the release date for WandaVision to later this year. Maybe they realized they spread themselves to thin. I don't know if it is because people are dropping Disney+ or what. I can just say personally I know a lot of people that were like, The Mandolorian is done and so am I. Even more people don't want to mess with Disney+ at all until there's more exciting new content than just The Mandolorian.

So I guess I'm still getting something out of it.

Having not seen Winter Soldier before Endgame I've come to realize how these movies feel really linked together in some cool ways, I get why I didn't understand some of the biggest story beats in Endgame as much as the people sitting next to me (on your left, for example).

Maybe it was just an off night, but Disney+ kinda sucks at streaming. I never had issues with Mandalorian, but these movies would constantly slow down to a crawl or speed up to hyperspeed for seemingly no reason while the audio would remain constant, and then the feed would either lock up, immediately revert to where the glitch started or just stay where the glitch stopped and it was never predictable which it'd be. I was already sick so it just made for another series of downbeat moments in my day.


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Had a lot of problems with movies timing out part way through. It wasn't the internet cause we'd switch over to my prime account if I owned the movie and it played just fine.

On my brother's AppleTV it would sometimes play the audio from the last tv show I watched while I watched something else. Never seen anything like that before and it's really annoying to have to shut an app down to get it working right again.

Like I said, the problems are smoothing out, but those were some weird glitches.

I will say that I think the layout is a little better than Netflix/Prime/Hulu (and miles better than HBO GO), although that's partially because the library is not as expansive.

but now thats there ive been happy
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It's a documentary on the history of the Disney parks and attractions.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/obi-wan-disney-series-delayed-004223338.html


Yeah, Im gonna watch Clone Wars season 7 when it comes later this month and then prob cancel for a while. Glad didn't get the year subscription.