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  1. I don't disagree. They typically sell the 4 & 6 versions of these cars because people want a "pony" car but can't afford the V8 part. I think they should concentrate the effort on making the 4/6 versions more affordable to move volume. Then make it less of a step for those 4/6 drivers to later upgrade into a decent v8 car instead of optioning them all to the teeth making them unaffordable.

     

    GM isn't as interested in moving volume/market share as much as they are in pure profit right now. I wish it were different, I personally think new cars are way too expensive, but that's what they are focused on right now.

     

    I'm sure all these new electric vehicles will be affordable, too. /s

  2. FYI, You get free hbo max if you have an Amazon prime account.

     

    Oh NICE! Do you just sign into HBO Max with your Prime login or what?

     

    Edit: "You can add HBO on Prime Video Channels to your Prime membership for $14.99/month. To do this, go to amazon.com/HBO and start your free trial (an eligible Prime membership is required)." So it's an extra $14.99/mo on top of Prime?

  3. I honestly haven't followed it much, but I think we will still see movies. Actually I think we will see better more original movies on lower budgets instead of the endless stream of mega block buster hero movie garbage that's coming out of there now. The big budgets will be gone but I think that mostly means less money for the ultra rich and mega stars. Movies, and as I note below the amazing volume of high quality TV will still feed the industry, especially the workers there.

     

    And they made a Matrix 4... dear god why? At least it still has Keanue and one of the Wachowskis involved. I assumed it wouldn't since that is what typically happens, due to time and difficult with puling something like that together after so long.

     

     

     

    I had forgotten about that, the first few episodes are really good but that's as far as I had gotten in it. I can't remember where I was watching it through, but I don't think it was HBO. I think it was available either on Hulu or Prime in Canada or Japan, via using a VPN.

     

    I would argue that many of the good mini-series/series like this are long form movies, and much better than many of the for theater movies that have come out lately. This is the direction I think the industry has been going anyway, due to customer demand; enabled due to streaming technology and much better audio and video at home. COVID is just blowing out the already slowly extinguishing flame of mega theaters more quickly.

     

    I agree about some of the higher quality tv shows lately. Vikings has been a favorite of mine since it first aired. My family recently went through the show The Crown on Netflix. I don't care about the royal family at all, but that show was very well done, especially the cinematography.

     

    As a life long Star Wars fan that didn't like most of the new Disney Star Wars movies (The Force Awakens and Rogue One were ok), The Mandalorian has gotten things back on track, IMHO.

  4. We cut the cable cord a few years ago and have Netflix, Prime, Disney+, and Hulu (for free through Sprint). I'm not paying for anymore streaming services.
  5. The Xbox Series X is this new top model, the Series S is their new more budget friendly model. The Xbox One X is the best last gen model and probably easy to find on FBM and CL for cheap. There is the plain Xbox One, which was the original last gen model until the One X upgrade. The 360 is ancient in comparison to all of those listed above and likely not worth the used price difference from an Xbox One. Also, I believe all Xbox games are backwards compatible, meaning the older games will work on the newer consoles (and work better).

     

    PS - Again, the Series X is the brand new, hard to find model. The One X is the previous model that you can find used. Xbox loves their "X"'s.

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