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kieyra

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Meanwhile, for those interested in the history aspect but not so much the romance of this kind of show, I am super excited for Wolf Hall (BBC mini) coming next year:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Hall_(TV_series)

Meanwhile, the London stage adaptation of the same material is moving to Broadway:

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/25/wolf-hall-stars-will-join-transfer-to-broadway-next-year/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

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The library apparently found the missing Lord John books because they called me about them yesterday. I went in to pick them up today, and the librarian scanned my card to see what to grab and her who

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Had a day off from work that wasn't super drizzly rainy windy and disgusting. I present the Scottish Shetland Island Cliffs of Esheness:

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Waaay back in the 20th century, I managed a bookstore. One day, Diana Gabaldon dropped by unannounced to sign copies of her books. She was a bestselling author, so I knew who she was, but was left blu

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justmehere

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I haven't canceled Starz yet (likely next week), and I just looked at the On Demand listing. For whatever reason, Outlander is only available until 10/30. Not sure if Starz determines that or the cable company. If it's Starz, it's another incomprehensible move. Why not entice people to remain by allowing them to watch episodes during the long hiatus? Oh well. I currently have the episodes on my DVR, but it doesn't have great capacity so I won't be able to keep them all. -- I'd love to know how many new subscriptions they gained because of the show and how many they lost (or will lose) this month.

 

I also wonder what they're going to do about DVD/Blu Ray releases. Part of me hopes they release the half season before the show comes back (Christmas time would be fantastic -- unrealistic, I know), and part just wants the whole season together. If they wait until March to release the half season, they might as well wait and do the whole season together. At that point, I can wait for a full season release because they'll surely do a marathon or have it On Demand again by late March.

Nidratime

Nidratime

I haven't canceled Starz yet (likely next week), and I just looked at the On Demand listing. For whatever reason, Outlander is only available until 10/30.

 

 

Really? Too bad. I was hoping to have a friend who does not have cable over to watch them periodically. She couldn't do them all by October 30. I don't have a DVR, but I do have a combo VCR/DVD recorder and have them recorded on tape. The tape recording just doesn't look as good as they do on demand.

WatchrTina

WatchrTina

 

I just looked at the On Demand listing. For whatever reason, Outlander is only available until 10/30

How can you tell?  I just looked and didn't see anything that suggested an end date but we may have different cable carriers and maybe that makes a difference. I have Time Warner Cable.  

 

Anyway, I may have a solution.  I just love HBO GO because I can watch every single episode of every HBO original series whenever I want, regardless of whether or not it is available OnDemand through my cable carrier.  I have to watch on my computer or on my iPad but that's fine with me (the sound is better with good headphones anyway so I actually prefer the iPad sometimes.)  Starz has the StarzPLAY ap  for your tablet or StarzPLAY.com for your computer.  You have to log in via your cable subscriber info but once that is set up you should have all the episodes of Outlander available whenever you want (assuming Starz follows the HBO GO model.)

 

Warning:  When I first got HBO GO I didn't leave the house for entire weekends re-watching the entirety of Deadwood and binge-watching The Wire for the first time.

 

Hope this helps.

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WatchrTina

WatchrTina

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I only got Starz for Outlander but they have successfully enticed me into being interested in Black Sails, which has its first 8 episodes OnDemand now and which comes back in January .  So I may substitute Black Sails for the Outlander time-slot in my life during the Outlander hiatus.  I suspect that's exactly what Starz hopes we will do but in this case I'm fine with being mildly manipulated.

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Petunia846

Petunia846

Anyway, I may have a solution.  I just love HBO GO because I can watch every single episode of every HBO original series whenever I want, regardless of whether or not it is available OnDemand through my cable carrier.  I have to watch on my computer or on my iPad but that's fine with me (the sound is better with good headphones anyway so I actually prefer the iPad sometimes.)  Starz has the StarzPLAY ap  for your tablet or StarzPLAY.com for your computer.  You have to log in via your cable subscriber info but once that is set up you should have all the episodes of Outlander available whenever you want (assuming Starz follows the HBO GO model.)

 

Unfortunately my cable provider doesn't do the StarzPLAY thing, so that doesn't help me.

 

Did you guys see how Sam accidentally tweeted a link to a porn site in his birthday tweet to Cait? Their reactions cracked me up.

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justmehere

justmehere

How can you tell?  I just looked and didn't see anything that suggested an end date but we may have different cable carriers and maybe that makes a difference. I have Time Warner Cable.  

 

Anyway, I may have a solution.  I just love HBO GO because I can watch every single episode of every HBO original series whenever I want, regardless of whether or not it is available OnDemand through my cable carrier.  I have to watch on my computer or on my iPad but that's fine with me (the sound is better with good headphones anyway so I actually prefer the iPad sometimes.)  Starz has the StarzPLAY ap  for your tablet or StarzPLAY.com for your computer.  You have to log in via your cable subscriber info but once that is set up you should have all the episodes of Outlander available whenever you want (assuming Starz follows the HBO GO model.)

 

Warning:  When I first got HBO GO I didn't leave the house for entire weekends re-watching the entirety of Deadwood and binge-watching The Wire for the first time.

 

Hope this helps.

 

I'm on Cox cable, so yeah, the set up may be different. When I look at the On Demand listings and choose more info on a particular episode, it shows the "expiration" date. If your system doesn't have that, it may be my cable company making the decision.

 

I completely forgot about STARZ Play. Of course, there's a big difference between my laptop screen and my television! But it's something to think about. It does look like they've got everything up there along with the extra bits. I haven't been enticed to Black Sails, which is a case of prejudging, I'll admit. I'm imagining lots of gratuitous violence and use of women. --It's a money matter as well.

 

I don't see a half season DVD release making any sense- just keep them in your DVR.

Toss everything else but keep this! They make for a lovely rainy afternoon.

 

 

I guess I just expect companies to try to get as much money as possible - charging more for each half than they could get away with doubled for the full season, if that makes any sense. For example, they might charge $25.00 for each half but $50 might not fly for the full season. (Although $25 for 8 episodes seems too high to me anyway -- just an example.)

 

As for space on my DVR, it's about ongoing recording. I usually delete everything right after I watch it, but sometimes there's not much room before I get a chance to view things. And then, Justified's final season is coming in January. Last season was probably the weakest, but I expect this one to be good (hope!), and it's a keeper for a while. Few months till then, though, so who knows; if I rewatch enough maybe I'll be glad of a break! Deletion will only occur if absolutely necessary.

Glaze Crazy

Glaze Crazy

My DirectTV doesn't have an end of availability date for Outlander.  The only one that shows an end date is the free showing of Sassanach and that's a 2015 date.  I'm still planning to cut Starz eventually.  I just got a Roku (so I can watch my Amazon Prime on my TV) and I'm debating a Netflix account for it too, so I can direct the cost of Starz towards that for the next 6 months.

 

I have both a DVD recorder and a video transfer thingy (I don't think they are on the shelf anymore, but I got it at Best Buy about 5 years ago) so I can move the series off my DVR if I need the room. 

justmehere

justmehere

I still haven't finished the last season of Justified. It was a disapppointing season. Since next season will be the last, I really hope they can step it up. I'm still holding out hope that they can get Ian McShane for the last season.

 

Yeah, it was far from their best. Ian McShane would be great, even in a cameo appearance, to round out all the Deadwood visitors.

 

Something definitely feels wrong tonight, not having an Outlander episode to watch! The Highlander movie is on (flashback scenery), and I read The Exile (from the library), but they haven't begun to fill the gap.

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Bort

Bort

What TV shows are you all watching until April? Which books?

TV is my usual array of network shows: Once Upon a Time, Revenge, Big Bang Theory, Blacklist, Person of Interest, Nashville, Vampire Diaries, Grey's Anatomy. Then Pretty Little Liars in the winter.

For books, I'm working my way through the Outlander series -- listening mostly. I checked out the audiobooks at the library and listen at my desk at work. It really helps make it look like I'm actually doing something (I'm in a bit of a lull at the moment). Currently on the third book.

With all that crap, April will be here before I know it.

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Tif

Tif

I started Black Sails. I think Outlander spoiled me regarding this type of show. Reading MOBY again and waiting for Fiery Cross from library.

If you are having problems getting into Black Sails, I totally understand.  I absolutely LOVED some episodes and some episodes seemed interminably long.  Personally, I couldn't get into Elenore's story at all.  I really don't care all that much about Max either.  

Petunia846

Petunia846

The only other show I'll stay up and watch is Once Upon a Time, but even that I just turned off halfway though this week and went to bed (I get up early). I like that, Sleepy Hollow, Parenthood, and Reign.

 

I'm reading the Lord John books at the moment. The first one was pretty dull, just started the second, so we'll see.

 

All the TV and reading is going to get cut back soon when November starts, because I'm going to do NanoWriMo for the second year. All writing, all the time.

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Nidratime

Nidratime

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I'm not really invested in any shows other than Outlander at the moment. I do watch Nashville, The Amazing Race, Project Runway, and Modern Family. When the new seasons begin, I will probably watch American Idol and Downton Abbey -- although I'm not as interested in either as I once was.

 

I have a huge reading pile and am involved in a reading challenge in order to make my way through all these books. So, I can't necessarily recommend anything I'm reading at the moment, until I'm done each book and can decide whether I liked it or not. ;-) However, I recently read Maria Semple's Where'd You Go, Bernadette and really enjoyed it. If anyone is looking for Time Travel type books that are really good, I'd suggest Susanna Kearsley's Mariana ... for starters. She has a couple of others that I haven't gotten to yet. If anyone's looking for an historical series to read -- no Time Travel -- I'd suggest Winston Graham's Poldark Saga, starting with the book, Ross Poldark.

 

I've never listened to the Outlander audiobooks, so I'm starting those so I can refresh my memory about the events of the series. The Scot, from the Scot and the Sassenach podcast will be doing a series of podcasts or videos delving into Outlander (the book) and its story structure over this hiatus, so I thought I'd follow along with him. I don't know when the first one will be "broadcast," but it should be in the next few weeks, I'm guessing.

 

ETA: Some other books I've enjoyed lately:

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Elizabeth, the First Wife by Lian Dolan

And this is favorite of mine from years ago:
The Second Coming of Lucy Hatch by Marsha Moyer

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WatchrTina

WatchrTina

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I've just started Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson as a sort of Outlander counter-point. According to the blurb I read it is set in two time frames as well -- England during WWII (!) and the present (or an alternative version of the present.) If I love it, there is a prequel out there that is set in . . . wait for it . . . the 17th/18th century! So I'll be experiencing a completely different sort of historical fiction / fantasy / SciFi universe that just happens to touch on the same time frames as Outlander. The author is male and his books read very male to me so that will also be an interesting counter-point. I picked it because I absolutely LOVED the first book by Neal Stephenson that I read several years ago -- the SciFi/Fantasy/CyberPunk "Snow Crash," which I highly recommend.

I'm watching lots of things on TV but none of them are appointment TV for me right now. The only thing I'm commenting on is Sons of Anarchy, which I'm hate-watching during it's final season. I have to see how this train wreck ends.

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Nidratime

Nidratime

I've always loved the book by Annemarie Selinko, "Desiree," which is the story of the daughter of a wealthy merchant who was once engaged to Napoleon but who ultimately married one of his generals and then became the Queen of Sweden. It was made into a movie in the 1950's starring Jean Simmons, Marlon Brando and Michael Rennie. That was definitely a Hollywood production. I would love for it to become a miniseries. Something more realistic. It's a fabulous story.

 

1950's movie:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046903/?ref_=nv_sr_2

 

Desiree, the book:

http://www.amazon.com/D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9e-Bestselling-Story-Napoleons-First/dp/1402244029/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1412902561&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=Desireee

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WatchrTina

WatchrTina

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I did not lament my Outlander-less Saturday this weekend because I went to the Austin City Limits Music Festival.  There, I was lucky enough to hear a Scottish singer named Paolo Nutini (obviously he's of Italian descent but he's a Scot!)

 

Since I know this board like hot Scots, here ya go.  Enjoy!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eullRZSuJbw

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mishy

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here, I was lucky enough to hear a Scottish singer named Paolo Nutini

 

 Paolo Nutini is amazing. I saw him here 8 years ago when his first CD came out and while his second CD was only sort of good, his new CD is amazing. I've heard Paolo talk many times and he loves to mumble and his accent his thick so a lot of time you're like, what the hell are saying Paolo? But his voice is amazing.

Bort

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I've seen [A Princess for Christmas] more times than I care to admit-largely because I love Katie McGrath, who plays the titular Princess. It's shameless cheese and you'll be able to tell where the plot is going after 10 minutes, but I love it.

I set the DVR for it and am now about to watch it but when I saw that Katie McGrath was also in it, I was all, "Score!" I also ridiculously love her. She was my favorite part of Merlin. And Dracula.

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justmehere

justmehere

Sigh. My cable box/DVR died and I had to exchange it. Of course, that meant losing my saved recordings of the series. My cable co. doesn't have Outlander available right now anyway, so it doesn't matter that I stopped my subscription. Hopefully they'll offer it on demand during the upcoming free preview so I can at least catch it again before spring.

WatchrTina

WatchrTina

Well, I just got home from seeing Emulsion, starring Sam Heughan. I won't talk about the plot because, spoilers.  Let's just say it's noir, it's confusing, I did NOT figure it out in advance so the pay-off at the end was satisfying, and Sam had some great moments, that I also won't talk about because, spoilers.  But he did a really good job in a tricky role.

 

Sam looks nothing like Jamie in this movie (as you can tell from the poster).  In fact, in a couple of shots near the end of the film he could totally pass for a teenager.  It was a little disturbing.  

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