Amazon Prime Video, General Discussion [Ireland]

pixelburp

It's crazy to think that fadó fadó Eddie Murphy was the biggest star in Hollywood; a Pluto Nash or two later and suddenly he's box office poison. A very fickle industry really.

brevity

Not sure if people are set up with the UK prime but this seems like a good deal.

Selected Prime Video Channels 99p per month for 3 months (Shudder, Starzplay, Hayu, Sundance Now, Noggin & Acorn TV) @ Amazon

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/selected-prime-video-channels-99p-per-month-for-3-months-3628845?utm_source=mappshare&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=3628845

EltonJohn69

killbillvol2 wrote: »

Maybe don't watch it then.

I’m a fan of the original, I’m a big fan of Eddie and that last film he did in Netflix.... but this trailer at least does not look good.

killbillvol2

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

I’m a fan of the original, I’m a big fan of Eddie and that last film he did in Netflix.... but this trailer at least does not look good.

I liked his last one too - Dolemite Is My Name I presume you're thinking of. Can't even see a reason why they'd make this one.

Synode

Started watching Upload tonight. Think I made it through 4 episodes. Cheesy fluff. Looks good though, as in special effects and polished. No way it's worth the 8.0 it has on IMDB

secondrowgal

brevity wrote: »

Not sure if people are set up with the UK prime but this seems like a good deal.

Selected Prime Video Channels 99p per month for 3 months (Shudder, Starzplay, Hayu, Sundance Now, Noggin & Acorn TV) @ Amazon

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/selected-prime-video-channels-99p-per-month-for-3-months-3628845?utm_source=mappshare&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=3628845

The Stand (2020) on Starzplay

Ashbourne hoop

Started watching The Terror. Three episodes in and it's very good.

Mr.Nice Guy

Finished Season 4 of the X-Files. Plenty of high points in this season, although I thought it ran out of steam near the end. The season finale, Gethsemane, was probably the weakest of these early season ones imo, although they did create mystery with the cliffhanger.

I really liked the start of the season. Enjoyable opener involving the healer and the Alien Bounty Hunter, while the second episode, Home, was one of the creepiest episodes I’ve seen. That scene where the family attack the sheriff as the music ‘Wonderful, wonderful’ plays was very unsettling.

Paper Hearts for me was the episode of the season. The villain Roche in this was one of the best I've seen in the show as he messes with Mulder's head. I also enjoyed Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man and Leonard Betts. Scully’s cancer is a big storyline in this season and Gillian Anderson’s acting is fantastic, particularly in Memento Mori.

The mythology episodes didn’t impress me as much as previous seasons. I didn’t care for how Krychek was utilised, and Mulder in Russia was pretty silly. Marita Covarrubias, while easy on the eyes, didn’t really add a whole lot, and wasn’t as interesting to me as her predecessors. Skinner was a highlight when he was around.

Overall, a strong season and the good episodes tend to be very good. I’m going to keep going into Season 5.

The Black Oil

Most of what you've outlined there falls in sync with that book I mentioned re critiques. By this stage the show was well onto its stride with a cinematic feel. See for example Tempus Fugit where we see the shot of the crash site. Home seemed to freak Fox out and I don't think it was re-aired and it's why the Irish DVDs for year 4 are 18 rather than the usual 15.

Paper Hearts is heartbreaking. You don't hire Tom Noonan to play a saint.

I think the story for Memento Mori was broken over a weekend after Darin Morgan couldn't deliver. I might have that wrong. Critics tend to hate Chris Carter's monologues.

Yes, Laurie Holden...

dublinman1990

Advanced talks have been ongoing between Amazon & the FIA to live stream F1 races on Prime Video in future.

https://www.motorsportweek.com/2020/12/24/f1-in-advanced-talks-to-stream-races-on-amazon/?feed_id=12938

Reports are saying that it's very likely that live F1 racing would be available on Prime Video while in combination with other streaming services.

smilerf

I hope they bring in the ability to lock the screen like netflix
Very frustrating when you accidentally hit the screen and all imdb stuff comes up

dulpit

smilerf wrote: »

I hope they bring in the ability to lock the screen like netflix
Very frustrating when you accidentally hit the screen and all imdb stuff comes up

Agreed, although xray is an amazing service and one I miss when watching something anywhere else...

Tea drinker

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

There is nothing new in this service ever.

It's like the Russians vs the Germans in WW2. The Germans had better tanks but the russians were able to turn out a lot more of an inferior product.
Mind you if the Russians put out as much garbage as Netflix did we would all be sprechen sie deutch.

Happy Christmas from Stalingrad

The Continental Op

Is there a poll anywhere for the worst film on Amazon Prime?

I think I found a contender last night when I tried Dauntless: The Battle of Midway.

Not only is it a poor film but they music score is the worst I've ever heard.

If you are daft enough to watch it let me know how suitable the music for Elgar's Jupiter is when the plane takes off.

artvanderlay

Synode wrote: »

Started watching Upload tonight. Think I made it through 4 episodes. Cheesy fluff. Looks good though, as in special effects and polished. No way it's worth the 8.0 it has on IMDB

I loved Upload, and thought it was one of the best shows of the year. Shame it only had a few episodes, but it has great production, excellent cast and some really good laughs. Plus the lead actress is gorgeous!

icdg

dublinman1990 wrote: »

Advanced talks have been ongoing between Amazon & the FIA to live stream F1 races on Prime Video in future.

https://www.motorsportweek.com/2020/12/24/f1-in-advanced-talks-to-stream-races-on-amazon/?feed_id=12938

Reports are saying that it's very likely that live F1 racing would be available on Prime Video while in combination with other streaming services.

The exclusive rights to Formula One in Ireland have already been sold to Sky Sports
through to the end of the 2024 season, so don’t expect F1 on Prime Video here anyone soon.

EltonJohn69

icdg wrote: »

The exclusive rights to Formula One in Ireland have already been sold to Sky Sports
through to the end of the 2024 season, so don’t expect F1 on Prime Video here anyone soon.

Even if amazon got the rights, it would get lost on their menu

beauf

The Continental Op wrote: »

Is there a poll anywhere for the worst film on Amazon Prime?

I think I found a contender last night when I tried Dauntless: The Battle of Midway.

Not only is it a poor film but they music score is the worst I've ever heard.

If you are daft enough to watch it let me know how suitable the music for Elgar's Jupiter is when the plane takes off.

Such a bad movie... Lot of money spent on the effects etc..

km79

Just got an email
Due to brexit I can no longer watch UK catalogue
Assume that knead premier league games too
I will be cancelling now if that’s the case
It might help cut down my online shopping for a few months

Picky owner

Got an email from Amazon today,anyone set up with prime video uk living in Ireland,will lose access to it after Jan 1 and revert to the limited catalogue in Ireland.Thanks Brexit.

Picky owner

km79 wrote: »

Just got an email
Due to brexit I can no longer watch UK catalogue
Assume that knead premier league games too
I will be cancelling now if that’s the case
It might help cut down my online shopping for a few months

Yep, not worth keeping now.

beauf

Looks like we are going to lose the ability to use UK accounts.

....We noticed you have been watching Prime Video content from outside the UK and we want to notify you of upcoming changes to your experience. These are a result of the changing applicability of the EU regulation on cross border portability of online content services when the United Kingdom’s post-Brexit transition period ends. As a result of this, UK customers such as yourself will no longer have access to the full UK catalogue while traveling to EU countries, including Ireland starting 1st January 2021....

I only switched to the UK because I couldn't get the Expanse to work on my Irish account.

Ricey3509

I got the same email - is there any information available on the differences between prime video in Ireland and the UK?

Outkast_IRE

What confuses me is that even some of the film's Amazon have funded in the USA don't make it to the service here . Sound of metal being one recent example but there are loads of others .

Dave..M

Yup, that'll be that for me also on the full fat Prime sub, question mark over shopping and now nuking the better UK Primevideo catalogue. God save Brexit, tallyho Amazon!

yankinlk

Same here. I wont miss the horrible interface.

What Is a good alternative streaming service for Ireland? I have Netflix and Disney+ already - i dont do Sky. (no sports interest and no reality tv)

The Continental Op

Mine was switched to a the Irish catalogue just before Christmas when the interface was changed.

Got it switched back to the UK but I'm hoping because I pay from a UK bank in Sterling and have some deliveries to a UK account that I can keep set to the UK?

ted1

Is the Irish catalog any good ? What’s the German prime like ?

Sleeper12

ted1 wrote:

Is the Irish catalog any good ? What’s the German prime like ?

Smart dns is very reasonably priced. You can get prime UK, iplayer and all the UK apps with it. You can also get any US streaming service that you are willing to pay for with the dns. HBO MAX, Hulu, Showtime prime video US etc.

I'm on prime UK from Dublin but because I use a smart dns I wasn't sent the email that many above got. My UK service won't be affected.

Dave..M

The Continental Op wrote: »

Mine was switched to a the Irish catalogue just before Christmas when the interface was changed.

Got it switched back to the UK but I'm hoping because I pay from a UK bank in Sterling and have some deliveries to a UK account that I can keep set to the UK?

Same here, still got the email though.... I'd suggest it's more to do with the geolocation of the IP address being used since the email notes that I'd been watching outside the UK and says I will still access limited content when outside the UK (Amazon series) but will have everything once back in the UK, not even the 30 day grace you get on other services. On the foot of that I'm expecting to be nuked Jan 1 since I don't do VPN.