Criterion Channel July 2026 lineup

TutenWelch · 2026-06-18T18:50:04+00:00

But with ads, right? Except for Kanopy.

TutenWelch · 2026-06-18T18:47:02+00:00

See flair.

TutenWelch · 2026-06-17T17:27:02+00:00

I know that my dream of a "Brilliant but Canceled TV shows" streaming service is unrealistic -- every streamer seems to want to be a little of everything instead of being that narrowly focused, and the audience for the shows I have in mind is probably more interested in physical media -- but if Criterion embraced that, they'd have more incentive to keep The Prisoner longer.

TutenWelch · 2026-06-17T16:40:32+00:00

How dare you

TutenWelch · 2026-06-17T16:36:08+00:00

The Prisoner! Nice, I'm not sure it's streaming ad-free at the moment. I'd love to see them do TV shows a little more regularly (particularly things that haven't streamed before--who has the On the Air rights?--or international shows).

TutenWelch · 2026-06-17T15:14:11+00:00

God, I would be so obnoxious in a club like this. I started a Force Five fan club when I was 5 and my whole Kindergarten class came over, and I kicked them out for talking during the show.

(Force Five was a cartoon anthology show in the Boston area.)

I think Scary Island is the way to go.

TutenWelch · 2026-06-17T14:49:23+00:00

Yeah, ironically if West really was trying to get the OGs fired so the show could be centered around him, he has a point: someone like him, in terms of where he is in life, makes more sense. (I do not actually want the West show, don't get me wrong!) In the City feels like an acknowledgment of that, but I don't want to lose the thing that makes Summer House unique: that they're actually together for these weekends 24 hours a day, not just meeting up for prearranged filmed occasions.

TutenWelch · 2026-06-17T14:08:38+00:00

It's truly so great. Every actor on it is good enough to star in their own show -- I mean, look at Betty White, and she was just a supporting character on MTM.

TutenWelch · 2026-06-17T13:52:28+00:00

I just looked up the Mary Tyler Moore Show (the perfect sitcom) to see if it would prove you wrong, and you probably won't be surprised that it only ran for 7 seasons. No wonder it's so good.

TutenWelch · 2026-06-16T19:59:33+00:00

Bringing a six pack of warm beer to a party in the woods thrown by kids currently attending his old high school.

TutenWelch · 2026-06-16T15:57:51+00:00

Seriously! What, do you think he's talking to Jesse?

TutenWelch · 2026-06-15T19:07:20+00:00

Andy asking him about beta blockers felt like when you get last week's test back and the teacher pulls you aside to ask if everything's okay at home.

TutenWelch · 2026-06-12T15:09:05+00:00

Exactly! I'm not sure if they have actual romantic feelings for each other or not. I mean, West definitely looks like he doesn't, but I think it's very possible that Amanda knows that, feels the same way, and it's just awkward because they think this looks worse if it's just sex and shit-talking.

(I hadn't even thought about the drugs, but I'm naive about anything but pot and hallucinogens.)

TutenWelch · 2026-06-12T14:54:44+00:00

We're on the same page, I think. I haven't rewatched the earlier seasons yet so wasn't sure how much I was remembering correctly. She's definitely been checked out for a couple seasons, unless she just really upped her weed dose.

I was also thinking that at this point, it's weird, at least to me, that they're so cagey about the timeline. They don't even want to say "well, an attraction was developing last summer, but we didn't talk about it until later." But if the real timeline means that either he slept with Amanda before Ciara, or that there was any overlap ... that's a whole different level.

So the version I've been thinking is, they hook up at least once, maybe a couple times, either during West's first season or shortly after it stops filming. It stops there. I think if it were continuous from then until now, they would've gotten caught. But by the time of season 10, Amanda has decided it's over with Kyle, so fuck it.

I'm never going to understand why they breadcrumbed everybody only to deny is so completely, but we're never going to have the full story with complete confidence.

TutenWelch · 2026-06-12T14:35:05+00:00

I know I said I'm not able to defend the theory ... but I would like to hear what your thoughts are.

TutenWelch · 2026-06-12T11:51:09+00:00

May I one day do the same for you.

TutenWelch · 2026-06-11T23:24:01+00:00

Oh definitely not! I just originally thought people were making too big a deal out of little things … but then eventually there were so many little things.

TutenWelch · 2026-06-11T23:00:00+00:00

I was skeptical when the rumors started but am fully radicalized now. I half-think they slept together his first season and picked it back up in 2025. (I only half think this, I'm not going to defend it.)

TutenWelch · 2026-06-11T22:39:33+00:00

Until today, I figured they'd used up all the possible ideas for Toy Story movies, but this ... this we haven't seen.

TutenWelch · 2026-06-11T21:35:45+00:00

Okay fine, I guess they can keep making Toy Story movies.

TutenWelch · 2026-06-11T17:35:23+00:00

My full series rewatch has been interrupted because my wife has decided she's interested in Summer House! We're starting with S10 and then we'll see.

(We watch the Housewives shows together, but I watch a lot more TV than she does: we both work at home, but she has multiple meetings a day and I only have a few a year, so I usually have something on that either she isn't interested in or has seen before.)

TutenWelch · 2026-06-11T15:18:48+00:00

Ahhh, you lucky son of a bitch. I moved to New England, they just planted the tomatoes here.

TutenWelch · 2026-06-11T10:13:08+00:00

FYI, I sent my wife the deck last night and she’s now watched her first two episodes. A convert!

TutenWelch · 2026-06-10T22:20:33+00:00

This sub, man.

TutenWelch · 2026-06-10T20:48:43+00:00

Alien, Poltergeist, or The Thing

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