BLOCKED_PUNT
Footballguy
kind of wild folks confused Mr. Robot with Robot Chicken
I have 6 pickles left
I have 6 pickles left
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The Top 300 Greatest TV Shows of All Time: FBG Consensus: 50 Lists received. 40: Veep (260 Viewers)
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FarFromHome
Footballguy
Make this make sense. I tend to stay away from shows in different languages that need subtitles yet always have the subtitles on for shows in English. Smh
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I see episodes on Youtube, but nothing besides that.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Just realized how terrible the BBT laugh track it’s just constant. Even when stuff isn’t funny
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Mr. Robot I don't see streaming either. Loving these great recommendations that nobody can watch! 
Eephus
Footballguy
Mr. Robot I don't see streaming either. Loving these great recommendations that nobody can watch!
Not even on the Criterion Channel?
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Mr. Robot I don't see streaming either. Loving these great recommendations that nobody can watch!
Not even on the Criterion Channel?
Don Quixote
Footballguy
Looks like you can buy some used DVD’s for $3.00 off eBay.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
You're just trolling now, right?
Yo Mama
Footballguy
It was just a joke about me not understanding all the Canadian lingo on Letterkenny.
Jayrod
Footballguy
This was my highest ranked non-300 ranking at #21. I watched it in its entirty and then started again but only lasted the first few seasons.Sarah Shahi and Amy Acker are on my short list.
Instinctive
Footballguy
Sarah Shahi is the CIA girl I am referencing. Yeah she's got that it factor for sure.
Sarah Shahi and Amy Acker are on my short list.
Instinctive
Footballguy
I actually watched "Who Is Erin Carter?" because I thought she was the lead. I think it's actually just someone who looks pretty similar but that was a great little miniseries I'd recommend anyway.Sarah Shahi is the CIA girl I am referencing. Yeah she's got that it factor for sure.
Sarah Shahi and Amy Acker are on my short list.
landrys hat
Footballguy
krista4
Footballguy
Still have all 10firmly in the chamber and 23 of my top 25 still to come.
I also have all 10 of my pickles still to come! I feel confident that they will all make the list, though I suspect my #10 will be coming along any time now. Or maybe it won't...? Enough David Lynch fans here?
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
"Not on streaming" is not the same thing as "Not available on a subscription streaming service". There was a time, not so long ago, that we all paid a rental fee to watch our programming.
Almost everything is still rentable/purchasable in digital form. Here's Mr Robot for $25. There are 45 episodes so that works out to $.56/episode. Shoot the locks off your wallets.
And physical media is still available. And also has the advantage of being something you can sell once you're done with it. Here's Mr Robot for $45.
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Almost everything is still rentable/purchasable in digital form. Here's Mr Robot for $25. There are 45 episodes so that works out to $.56/episode. Shoot the locks off your wallets.
And physical media is still available. And also has the advantage of being something you can sell once you're done with it. Here's Mr Robot for $45.
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The Gator
Footballguy
I had it between Vikings and The ShieldStill have all 10
I also have all 10 of my pickles still to come! I feel confident that they will all make the list, though I suspect my #10 will be coming along any time now. Or maybe it won't...? Enough David Lynch fans here?
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
Man, I thought my viewership would increase as we went along. 
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
I have 9 pickles left. (Am I doing that right?) Fawlty Towers is by far the least chalky of my top 10, but there's one other I wouldn't be surprised to see before #50.
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
I might be leader in the clubhouse.
Ive already had 5 pickles (The Young Ones, Big Train, Flowery Twats, The Inbetweeners and Police Squad)
One of my pickles might not make the list as I thought we would have seen it by now.
Two of my pickles are certain top 10 ranked shows
The other two we should see on the higher to middle end.
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BLOCKED_PUNT
Footballguy
It's not the amount of pickles we have but what we do with them that matters!
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
And if we fire all our pickles early and go to sleep?
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Sorry, I am trying save money and decrease my subscriptions as well. I am not cold purchasing shows I've never seen for $25-45. Yes, I get that I can buy and rent most things on Amazon or buy the discs. I can also wait in line at the library for the 1 copy of the show my library service has."Not on streaming" is not the same thing as "Not available on a subscription streaming service". There was a time, not so long ago, that we all paid a rental fee to watch our programming.
Almost everything is still rentable/purchasable in digital form. Here's Mr Robot for $25. There are 45 episodes so that works out to $.56/episode. Shoot the locks off your wallets.
And physical media is still available. And also has the advantage of being something you can sell once you're done with it. Here's Mr Robot for $45.
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Most of my post was playful poking, but certainly you can understand the frustration of having multiple streaming services and STILL having to rent/buy or get from the library a surprisingly big portion of stuff people want to watch. It's a pretty known show, so I was mildly surprised one of them doesn't own it and have it on their service. Shows like Faulty Towers I expect to have more issues finding.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Looks like the pickles all just do one motion though. Pretty boring.
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Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
pickles are fun
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
I'm kinda teasing too, but also a bit serious.Sorry, I am trying save money and decrease my subscriptions as well. I am not cold purchasing shows I've never seen for $25-45. Yes, I get that I can buy and rent most things on Amazon or buy the discs. I can also wait in line at the library for the 1 copy of the show my library service has."Not on streaming" is not the same thing as "Not available on a subscription streaming service". There was a time, not so long ago, that we all paid a rental fee to watch our programming.
Almost everything is still rentable/purchasable in digital form. Here's Mr Robot for $25. There are 45 episodes so that works out to $.56/episode. Shoot the locks off your wallets.
And physical media is still available. And also has the advantage of being something you can sell once you're done with it. Here's Mr Robot for $45.
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Most of my post was playful poking, but certainly you can understand the frustration of having multiple streaming services and STILL having to rent/buy or get from the library a surprisingly big portion of stuff people want to watch. It's a pretty known show, so I was mildly surprised one of them doesn't own it and have it on their service. Shows like Faulty Towers I expect to have more issues finding.
Paying for a monthly streaming service is just another way of renting. Sure it's an "all I can watch" version of it, but you still don't own anything once your month is done. The advantage is that you can watch an episode or two of a show and bail if you don't like it. But it's still sunk cost and you paid something for it in both dollars and time. Things still break down to a "cost per watch" amount.
I would advocate checking out the show from the library (if only libraries had more Blu-Rays!
) if only just to check something out. Unfortunately libraries will eventually/soon run into a lot of their movies falling victim to disc rot.To your point, is it surprising that Mr. Robot isn't available to stream anywhere? Yes it is. It was at one time, I know, because I watched it on Hulu. The licensing for all this stuff must be a weird thing. But not every buffet is going to have every menu item available at all times, I guess.
TLDR - Mr. Robot is worth watching no matter how you need to get to it.
zamboni
Footballguy
Some less amused folks are a bit half sour about it.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
I've been relishing the conversation. It's this thread's bread and butter.
It's the principle of the thing. Paying for multiple services (that are now injecting more and more commercials) and then needing to pay an additional fee on top of that ever increasing subscription is a hard pill to swallow. It just seems wrong and I won't do it for most cases. There was to be an overwhelming reason to make me do it. I already spend way too much as it is.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
I understand having a budget and I think that's wise. But not every service has to be subscribed to each and every month. When there's a show on Apple I want to watch, I'll pay $10 for the month and watch that show for that month. Same with Max/Paramount/Netflix/Etc.
Most cell phone carriers have deals with one or more services - Verizon, for example, has a Netflix/Max add-on for $10/month. Sure it's with ads, but it's not very obtrusive.
I understand your argument much more when you start talking about "subscriptions" like YouTube TV. But I think that's more of a "cable substitution" than a "streaming service". If we returned to the old Cable TV model, the programming would be WAY more restrictive and we'd be back to "when is that show that I want to see actually on?" and then have to set the DVR or make time to sit and watch it.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Anyway, I think Mr. Robot is worth spending the money on. I think it's a great show.
Scoresman
Footballguy
This is why any moral qualms I may have had using a service like Stremio went out the door a long time ago. Streaming services have become just as much of a racket as cable had become. I already pay enough for streaming to be able to see the shows I want to see IMO and I refuse to sign up for new services just for the one or two shows I want to see.
Scoresman
Footballguy
This is definitely true.
Scoresman
Footballguy
Scoresman
Footballguy
69 - Firefly
Sci-Fi/Fantasy/HorrorScore: 414
Average Rank: 33.4
Five hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.
List Breakdown
Brutal Penquin 3turnjose7 4Psychopav 5Jayrod 17
Sullie 19
kupcho1 34
Maik Jeaunz 42
landrys hat 43
Barry2 64
Nick Vermeil 67
BlackCrowes 69
krista4
Footballguy
Never heard of it. Is it a show about dead people in heaven?70 - The Good Place
Comedy
Score: 412
Average Rank: 19.5
Four people and their otherworldly frienemy struggle in the afterlife to define what it means to be good.
List Breakdown
Jayrod 12
Don Quixote 14
whoknew 21
Bottomfeeder Sports 39
McBokonon 53
Instinctive
Footballguy
Does this get better after the end of season 1? We kind of lost interest a couple episodes in, as it gets a little tired, repetitive. How does it bounce back?70 - The Good Place
Comedy
Score: 412
Average Rank: 19.5
Four people and their otherworldly frienemy struggle in the afterlife to define what it means to be good.
List Breakdown
Jayrod 12
Don Quixote 14
whoknew 21
Bottomfeeder Sports 39
McBokonon 53
Nick Vermeil
Footballguy
It’s pretty forking good.Does this get better after the end of season 1? We kind of lost interest a couple episodes in, as it gets a little tired, repetitive. How does it bounce back?70 - The Good Place
Comedy
Score: 412
Average Rank: 19.5
Four people and their otherworldly frienemy struggle in the afterlife to define what it means to be good.
List Breakdown
Jayrod 12
Don Quixote 14
whoknew 21
Bottomfeeder Sports 39
McBokonon 53
kupcho1
Footballguy
So you're the one.
Run, don't walk, and immediately watch this show (I think it's still on Netflix)
DO NOT DO ANY READING ON IT PRIOR TO WATCHING IT!
You can thank me later.
I don't know that it could get any better, but it definitely keeps up. The first episode in season 2 might be the funniest of all.
kupcho1
Footballguy
I've never seen Lasso (other than the Premier League commercial from which it originated) so I don't know.
Yes
Yes
kupcho1
Footballguy
For those of you that ranked reality shows, I hope when you're sent to the Bad Place they give you the penis bees.
krista4
Footballguy
I'd say similar to Lasso. Not a sitcom. Serialized story.
McBokonon
Footballguy
70 - The Good Place
Comedy
Score: 412
Average Rank: 19.5
Four people and their otherworldly frienemy struggle in the afterlife to define what it means to be good.
List Breakdown
Jayrod 12
Don Quixote 14
whoknew 21
Bottomfeeder Sports 39
McBokonon 53
I’ll probably watch this a second time at one point. It’s likely I’d move it higher once I do.
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