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    #1202
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users Posts: 39,822 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    National Geographic stuff is great probably watching more of that than any of the Disney stuff.

    Also so glad the Murdochs don’t own National Geographic anymore.

    I’m looking forward to rewatching the OJ documentary which I watched at the time. Amazing stuff but sorry he was guilty as sin.


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    #1203
    km79
    Registered Users Posts: 48,211 ✭✭✭✭km79


    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    National Geographic stuff is great probably watching more of that than any of the Disney stuff.

    Also so glad the Murdochs don’t own National Geographic anymore.

    Any documentaries in particular that you would recommend?


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    #1204
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,546 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    km79 wrote: »
    Any documentaries in particular that you would recommend?

    Lost Treasures of the Maya.

    Lasers reveal Maya war ruins
    Archaeologists discover ancient fortifications that evoke a “palpable sense of fear.”
    Archaeologists guided by laser images of a remote region of northern Guatemala have discovered 20-foot-high walls, watchtowers, and other evidence that ancient Maya societies waged large-scale warfare over many years. The finds have upended long-established impressions of a civilization that tamed the jungle and built thriving cities, then declined and disappeared beneath the dense tropical forest.

    Among the most startling discoveries was a large fortress complex now called La Cuernavilla. Built on a steep ridge between the Maya cities of El Zotz and Tikal, the heavily fortified site included high walls, moats, watchtowers, and caches of round stones that likely served as ammunition for warriors’ slings. It is the largest defensive system ever discovered in the region, “and possibly in all of the ancient Americas,” says Stephen Houston, a Brown University archaeologist and Maya scholar.


    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/lasers-reveal-maya-war-ruins


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    #1205
    Brief_Lives
    Registered Users Posts: 3,080 ✭✭✭Brief_Lives


    PespiChallenge wrote: »
    Disappointed in what Star are offering so far.

    What is Star?


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    #1206
    The Inbetween is mine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,705 ✭✭✭The Inbetween is mine


    Brief_Lives wrote: »
    What is Star?

    Ex Kerry footballer...not a lover of Joe Brolly


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    #1207
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users Posts: 8,789 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    Watched Solar Opposites, found it hard to see passed the Rick & Morty style but really enjoyed it


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    #1208
    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 32,601 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    PsychoPete wrote: »
    Watched Solar Opposites, found it hard to see passed the Rick & Morty style but really enjoyed it
    It's really good actually, gets better as it goes along I think. Season 2 due soon.
    Lots of weird stuff as you would expect...
    the stuff in the wall with all the shrunken people is really weird, quite emotional weirdly in places!


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    #1209
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users Posts: 39,822 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    So I’ve watched the first two episodes of the OJ simpson documentary and it’s as good as I remember. Even though I knew the backstory of his NFL career and because of the documentary LA92 I knew about the riots in LA from prior to that. It’s just really well made but from memory I believe they go very graphic about the case which I might take it handy with that.


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    #1210
    S.M.B.
    Registered Users Posts: 9,373 ✭✭✭S.M.B.


    Nomadland is coming to Star the Friday after the Oscars. Potentially adding a Best Picture to the platform a few days after it's win would be some serious positive PR for Disney.


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    #1211
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,546 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    S.M.B. wrote: »
    Nomadland is coming to Star the Friday after the Oscars. Potentially adding a Best Picture to the platform a few days after it's win would be some serious positive PR for Disney.

    It's been on Hulu for a few weeks now it got a same day release on streaming and cinema in the States.


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    #1212
    corks finest
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    The Inbetween is mine wrote: »
    Ex Kerry footballer...not a lover of Joe Brolly

    VG


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    #1213
    The Raging Bile Duct
    Registered Users Posts: 2,100 ✭✭✭The Raging Bile Duct


    Really enjoyed Feud: Bette and Joan, an eight part mini-series about the animosity between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford that was a result of working together on Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? and the fall out from it. It gives a great insight into these two ageing actresses and the Hollywood system that had abandoned them. Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange are brilliant in it with a fantastic supporting cast including Judy Davis, Alfred Molina and Stanley Tucci.


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    #1214
    Need a Username
    Registered Users Posts: 1,566 ✭✭✭Need a Username


    Is there a way to opt out of Star completely with needing to lower the age rating?


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    #1215
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,617 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    Need a Username wrote: »
    Is there a way to opt out of Star completely with needing to lower the age rating?

    I don’t think so. For all the marketing hype it’s essentially a completely integral part of Disney+, not a separate service.It has a co equal status with the Disney, Marvel, Pixar, Nat Geo, and Star Wars brands.


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    #1216
    Need a Username
    Registered Users Posts: 1,566 ✭✭✭Need a Username


    icdg wrote: »
    I don’t think so. For all the marketing hype it’s essentially a completely integral part of Disney+, not a separate service.It has a co equal status with the Disney, Marvel, Pixar, Nat Geo, and Star Wars brands.

    I got on to Disney support after posting and after a long wait was told the same as you say here.

    I was sure in the investor day announcement that it was said that you could decide which profile had Star. I thought the adult nature of much of that content makes it different to Marvel, Pixar, etc. but obviously Disney doesn’t see it that way.

    I created a profile for the youngest child of “9+ and below”

    I had to make the other 14 to allow access to Mandolorian and Marvel which allows Star content I’m not comfortable with but I will just have to hope they don’t put any of it on.


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    #1217
    The Raging Bile Duct
    Registered Users Posts: 2,100 ✭✭✭The Raging Bile Duct


    Need a Username wrote: »
    I got on to Disney support after posting and after a long wait was told the same as you say here.

    I was sure in the investor day announcement that it was said that you could decide which profile had Star. I thought the adult nature of much of that content makes it different to Marvel, Pixar, etc. but obviously Disney doesn’t see it that way.

    I created a profile for the youngest child of “9+ and below”

    I had to make the other 14 to allow access to Mandolorian and Marvel which allows Star content I’m not comfortable with but I will just have to hope they don’t put any of it on.

    You can further restrict what they watch with the need for a PIN code for certain programmes as far I can tell. Never used anything like that because it wouldn't be an issue for me.



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    #1218
    Need a Username
    Registered Users Posts: 1,566 ✭✭✭Need a Username


    The Raging Bile Duct wrote: »
    You can further restrict what they watch with the need for a PIN code for certain programmes as far I can tell. Never used anything like that because it wouldn't be an issue for me.


    The PIN is to block access to a profile but you can’t block movies or series of your choosing.

    That would be most welcome though.


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    #1219
    Need a Username
    Registered Users Posts: 1,566 ✭✭✭Need a Username


    Are we ever going to get Disney+ and Prime Video added to the Apple TV app here in Ireland?


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    #1220
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,617 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    Need a Username wrote: »
    Are we ever going to get Disney+ and Prime Video added to the Apple TV app here in Ireland?

    Except for Apple TV+, Apple doesn’t support that feature on the Apple TV app in Ireland. No idea why.


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    #1221
    Need a Username
    Registered Users Posts: 1,566 ✭✭✭Need a Username


    icdg wrote: »
    Except for Apple TV+, Apple doesn’t support that feature on the Apple TV app in Ireland. No idea why.

    I’ve assumed it legal/licensing issues for the like of Prime and that they are unwilling to go to the expense or effort for Ireland. Or else have simply over looked us.

    Disney own all the titles on Disney+ and maybe there I still legal issue as but I suspect that overlooking us is the case for sure - like how on iTunes they not upgraded some movies to 4K. We are the same region as U.K. but the employees doing the uploading just missed Ireland on those movies. Happens for lot of studios - there are a few hundred movies missing here due to simple error.


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    #1222
    OU812
    Registered Users Posts: 6,046 ✭✭✭OU812


    Need a Username wrote: »
    Are we ever going to get Disney+ and Prime Video added to the Apple TV app here in Ireland?

    I noticed while browsing movies yesterday that some of them are displaying the Disney+ tag on their tile. So it may be on the way.


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    #1223
    Dodge
    Registered Users Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭Dodge


    icdg wrote: »
    I don’t think so. For all the marketing hype it’s essentially a completely integral part of Disney+, not a separate service.It has a co equal status with the Disney, Marvel, Pixar, Nat Geo, and Star Wars brands.

    Star is effectively where they dump the content that doesn’t fit in with the other brands


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    #1224
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,617 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    Dodge wrote: »
    Star is effectively where they dump the content that doesn’t fit in with the other brands

    Essentially. A problem from day one for the Simpsons which never fit into any of the brands (it’s never had a Disney credit on screen).

    It could have been 20th Century I suppose, but Star gives more flexibility, if at a cost of having to rebrand the existing Indian channels.


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    #1225
    Need a Username
    Registered Users Posts: 1,566 ✭✭✭Need a Username


    OU812 wrote: »
    I noticed while browsing movies yesterday that some of them are displaying the Disney+ tag on their tile. So it may be on the way.

    You saw that on Apple’s TV app?


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    #1226
    OU812
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    Need a Username wrote: »
    You saw that on Apple’s TV app?

    Yes. Was looking through some of the offers they have and noticed it.

    Predator 2 is one of them


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    #1227
    robinph
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,094 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    Need a Username wrote: »
    I got on to Disney support after posting and after a long wait was told the same as you say here.

    I was sure in the investor day announcement that it was said that you could decide which profile had Star. I thought the adult nature of much of that content makes it different to Marvel, Pixar, etc. but obviously Disney doesn’t see it that way.

    I created a profile for the youngest child of “9+ and below”

    I had to make the other 14 to allow access to Mandolorian and Marvel which allows Star content I’m not comfortable with but I will just have to hope they don’t put any of it on.

    I have a kids profile with access to Frozen etc, and dodgy stuff from back in the racist Disney days, then left one adult profile as was but without a pin, that gives access to Moana and some Star content, then another adult profile with a pin set that gives access to everything up to Deadpool levels.

    Not a great way to set restrictions at all, but there is now several levels of access you can create.


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    #1228
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,546 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    A bit disappointed that Millennium isn't on Star or even the one season of The Lone Gunmen to complete Chris Carters shows with the X-Files.


    Millennium was such a great series however I've never seen it on any streaming site.


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    #1229
    Mr Crispy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,877 ✭✭✭Mr Crispy


    Yeah, Millennium was great. Very underrated, or maybe just under-viewed!


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    #1230
    JJayoo
    Registered Users Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭JJayoo


    Any sneaky free trials knocking around?


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    #1231
    Need a Username
    Registered Users Posts: 1,566 ✭✭✭Need a Username


    OU812 wrote: »
    Yes. Was looking through some of the offers they have and noticed it.

    Predator 2 is one of them

    I’ve seen mistake in those image tiles before (the movie title in Spanish, a BBC logo in the corner, etc.)

    This could be such but hopefully you are right.


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