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Post by momrek06 on Dec 4, 2018 22:11:05 GMT
There's an adorable 30-minute animated story called "Angela's Christmas" on Netflix. It's based on a story by Frank McCourt who wrote "Angela's Ashes." denz
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Post by denz on Dec 6, 2018 1:44:29 GMT
There's an adorable 30-minute animated story called "Angela's Christmas" on Netflix. It's based on a story by Frank McCourt who wrote "Angela's Ashes." denz Thanks Momrek!
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Post by Kao on Dec 6, 2018 6:06:15 GMT
I just watched Elf for the first time on AMC. What an adorable movie!
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Post by lonnie on Feb 3, 2019 3:30:21 GMT
Hallmark channel is going to have christmas movies every friday throughout the whole year now. lol
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Post by Eastcoastmom on Feb 8, 2019 22:16:37 GMT
Hallmark channel is going to have christmas movies every friday throughout the whole year now. lol My sister posted a link on my Facebook page telling me this. I replied back that as much as I enjoy my Hallmark movies, whether Christmas, Fall, Valentines- themed, etc, I do NOT want to watch them more than once! Highbrow they are not! 😄
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Post by MissScarlet on Feb 12, 2019 19:24:10 GMT
Hallmark channel is going to have christmas movies every friday throughout the whole year now. lol My sister posted a link on my Facebook page telling me this. I replied back that as much as I enjoy my Hallmark movies, whether Christmas, Fall, Valentines- themed, etc, I do NOT want to watch them more than once! Highbrow they are not! 😄 After watching last Christmas season's marathon of Christmas movie on ION TV, I had my fill 'till next Christmas. There's only so much of those movies a person can take. I was already pretty sick of them by the time Christmas got here & was glad the movies were done. I agree about the non-highbrow comment.
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Post by waywyrd on Oct 20, 2020 22:41:59 GMT
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Post by Arielflies on Oct 20, 2020 23:29:31 GMT
Ahhh, c'mon. I can't afford to add another subscription and now I'll miss my favorite holiday shows. I wonder if they are on DVD?
ETA: The holiday DVD 3-pkg is Blu-ray only at Amazon - priced around $24
I don't have a blu-ray player. sigh
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Post by MissScarlet on Oct 21, 2020 3:08:34 GMT
That's disappointing that the Peanuts Christmas Special won't be on. I've seen it a thousand times, but still watch it every time. Kind of like The Wizard of Oz. I am looking forward to those corny Christmas movies. I'm hoping ION does a marathon again this year.
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Post by momrek06 on Oct 21, 2020 3:25:20 GMT
But from the article you can watch it FREE!!! “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” debuted Oct. 19 on Apple TV+. The Halloween special will air for free on the streaming service from Oct. 30 to Nov. 1.“A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” will be released on Nov. 18, and will be available for free from Nov. 25 to Nov. 27. “A Charlie Brown Christmas" will stream exclusively on Apple TV+ starting on Dec. 4, and will be available for free from Dec. 11 until Dec. 13.
Jot these dates down for those that do not have APPLE TV!!!
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Post by Arielflies on Oct 21, 2020 5:09:38 GMT
Set your clock. You still have to sign in to Apple + and take a short time free time that won't cover all of them. I'll play them in my head.
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Post by momrek06 on Oct 21, 2020 6:21:41 GMT
Set your clock. You still have to sign in to Apple + and take a short time free time that won't cover all of them. I'll play them in my head. What does “take a short time free time that won’t cover all of them” mean Arielflies ❓❓❓ I just thought if FoRT FANS were feeling really sad they could not see any of the PEANUTS Holiday shows FREE, it’s actually not hopeless!!!
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Post by Arielflies on Oct 21, 2020 16:32:49 GMT
Doesn't Apple give you a free 30 days like others before the charges start? I see what you say, though, those particular days are free so set your clock/calendar for those and, if you don't want to have the service, be sure you don't sign up during those days.
@momre06 - I thought of you during the news yesterday that Disneyland won't open for the foreseeable future. Hopefully, the union workers will get to the Governor to make an exception.
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Post by waywyrd on Oct 21, 2020 17:32:53 GMT
From what I see, Apple gives you a 7 day free trial before the charges kick in. I don't want to download another app or pay for yet another streaming service. My gripe is that it's a children's classic that's been on free, network TV forever. This site has them all for free, no sign ups and you can download the file to your computer if you want. Suck it, Apple. It's The Great PumpkinA Charlie Brown Christmas
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Post by momrek06 on Oct 21, 2020 17:40:27 GMT
Doesn't Apple give you a free 30 days like others before the charges start? I see what you say, though, those particular days are free so set your clock/calendar for those and, if you don't want to have the service, be sure you don't sign up during those days. @momre06 - I thought of you during the news yesterday that Disneyland won't open for the foreseeable future. Hopefully, the union workers will get to the Governor to make an exception. Arielflies.......yup, sadly Orange County is not in the "zone" that the state wants the OC in before they open up again. I understand BUT AT THE SAME TIME I feel badly for those employees who are so EAGER to get back to work. As far as me, I would have probably waited anyway IF INDEED Disneyland got the GREEN LIGHT to open yesterday. ONCE OPEN, I would like to see at the least 2-3-4 months WITH NO VIRUS ISSUES and then I will contemplate heading over there. So in the meantime the opening maybe around MARCH 2021. IF the OC is in the right "zone".
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Post by MissScarlet on Oct 21, 2020 21:11:29 GMT
I don't have Apple+, and even though I'd love to see the Peanuts specials, I won't be getting the "free" sample. I never sign up for any "free" trials of any service unless I fully intend to have it roll into payment afterwards. I just don't like the idea of giving them my personal info & CC #, and then having to go in & cancel to keep the charges from kicking in.
If it really was "free", as in click on it & it just shows up for a week/month or whatever, I'd love it, but I just don't like the buy now, cancel later in the nick of time bit. I'd rather do without.
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Post by Critical on Oct 23, 2020 2:45:18 GMT
I got a free year of Apple+ when I bought my phone last year. I probably wouldn't pay for it. IMO, there's not enough programming to warrant a monthly subscription. Maybe in a few years it'll improve. I watched everything I wanted to see in about the first few weeks and now I only check it maybe once a week to confirm that there's nothing new I want to see.
Maybe I'll watch the Peanuts specials, but maybe not. I didn't watch every year when they were on broadcast TV.
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Post by MFWalkoff on Oct 23, 2020 8:10:26 GMT
I have the free year of AppleTV also, and I barely ever watch it.
To me, no matter what kind of "deal" they offer, it's not the point. These traditional specials have been on free TV for decades, but now because of technology and corporate greed, broadcast TV is slowly being abandoned. Why shouldn't someone be able to sit down with their kids/grandkids and watch a Peanuts special together the same way they did when they were a kid?
Let them create as much new content as they want and charge whatever they want for it. Using a tradition like a 50-year-old holiday special as bait is pure greed.
Sure, the counterpoint would be "it's available on DVD and Apple is offering it free for a week". How generous of them. It's been free for 50 years. Now it's tied to a subscription package. How many subscription streaming channels can you afford at the same time? And how much does it cost to flip to Channel 7? It's just wrong.
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Post by acookertv on Oct 23, 2020 10:57:55 GMT
It's tied to a subscription because it's the kind of think that we mistakenly claimed we wanted. For years I listened to people talk about how much they wanted cable subscriptions to be a la carte and kept thinking it was a bad idea ... that it would end up being more expensive. Streaming basically gives us the a la carte we thought we wanted, and now everyone is mad about the number of subscriptions they have to have and how it adds up.
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Post by MFWalkoff on Oct 23, 2020 11:56:22 GMT
Streaming systems aren't 'a la carte' -- they just bundle the programming in different ways.
I can understand creating new Star Trek shows or having a special edition of Big Brother to lure subscribers into a service like All Access. But holding old family holiday specials hostage? That's a little crass and a little craven. It hits an emotional center in many consumers.
The FCC grants each of the networks a free license to the broadcast airwaves, and they are allowed to make money off it with ads in exchange for making the programming free over the air. They make mountains of more money off the same programming though cable and streaming fees. I'm just wondering what kind of message this one small decision about one show is sending about the future.
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Post by waywyrd on Oct 23, 2020 13:10:38 GMT
To me, no matter what kind of "deal" they offer, it's not the point. These traditional specials have been on free TV for decades, but now because of technology and corporate greed, broadcast TV is slowly being abandoned. Why shouldn't someone be able to sit down with their kids/grandkids and watch a Peanuts special together the same way they did when they were a kid?
Let them create as much new content as they want and charge whatever they want for it. Using a tradition like a 50-year-old holiday special as bait is pure greed. I wish I could like this 100 times. What's going to get snapped up next, Rudolph and the Grinch? It's bullsh*t. Yeah, I can pay for their service (but I won't) or buy the DVD, but part of what I enjoyed about watching on network TV was that I knew a lot of other people around the country were watching at the same time, it's a tradition for a lot of folks. A small, shared experience that was one of the few things I looked forward to over the holidays.
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Post by justCoz on Oct 23, 2020 17:40:38 GMT
I have the free year of AppleTV also, and I barely ever watch it. To me, no matter what kind of "deal" they offer, it's not the point. These traditional specials have been on free TV for decades, but now because of technology and corporate greed, broadcast TV is slowly being abandoned. Why shouldn't someone be able to sit down with their kids/grandkids and watch a Peanuts special together the same way they did when they were a kid? Let them create as much new content as they want and charge whatever they want for it. Using a tradition like a 50-year-old holiday special as bait is pure greed. Sure, the counterpoint would be "it's available on DVD and Apple is offering it free for a week". How generous of them. It's been free for 50 years. Now it's tied to a subscription package. How many subscription streaming channels can you afford at the same time? And how much does it cost to flip to Channel 7? It's just wrong. What about people who can't afford internet to access the app, even if they show it for "free"? That's what disturbs me. When the pandemic started I read several stories about families who were having trouble connecting their kids to online school for that reason. It really is still a thing. I think the idea that anyone can access their app shows how out of tune they are with poor people. They assume because they make it "free to watch" that makes it okay, but it really isn't truly free. A one time purchase of a TV is much cheaper and more accessible than monthly internet payments. Another aspect of that is people like my in-laws who don't care about the internet and only purchase 2GB a month. They would have no idea how to access Apple TV, or have the internet usage to run it if they did. Not because they can't afford it, but because they don't live their lives connected. They do have a very basic TV service provider that isn't internet based. I don't even watch those specials, maybe I've seen them once or twice, so it won't personally affect me. However, it puts a bad taste in my mouth and I'll be less likely than I was before to even consider signing up for their service. To me, it's the idea that they would take a beloved classic that's been free for years and decide they'll hijack it to get more people to sign up for their service. I'm not impressed with that kind of thinking that really doesn't consider poor people or even those without internet. They just want to use it to increase their bottom dollar. It's a privileged point of view to assume everyone can just watch it when they offer the free days. In my MIL's case, she has a lot of things she recorded over the years, so hopefully if this was something she enjoyed she has it on tape somewhere!
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Post by justCoz on Oct 23, 2020 17:45:49 GMT
Oh, I just thought too, of all the years for them to be so elitist that 2020 is the worst one to do that in. Before this year you could maybe make a case that you didn't know that not everyone these days has internet access. I don't know how many countless stories I heard/read that mentioned how hard it was for some kids to do school online. What rock have the people that made that decision to put their profits ahead of accessibility been living under?
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Post by acookertv on Oct 23, 2020 18:14:30 GMT
I hate to say it, but the motivation has always been profit. When the Charlie Brown specials were on ABC, and before that when they were on CBS, the networks sold advertising in them to make a profit. They did not run them out of the goodness of their hearts to bring holiday cheer to small children. Consumers said they wanted more content and wanted more control over what to subscribe to. As I said in my earlier post, people demanded a la carte cable offerings for years. When the cable companies would not do it (because they knew it would cost more that way than packing it together) streaming services got into the business of allowing consumers to buy what they wanted to. It has made it more difficult for TV networks to turn a profit, and put all the money for buying content into streaming platforms.
You're right JustCoz that it stinks for those who don't have internet accessibility. That said, that issue has existed for a long time for consumers who live in rural areas where TV signals or cable wires don't reach. Some of that can be addressed in cities working to expand wi-fi and get people more access. But the entertainment offerings we have now we have because we demanded it. As the pussycat dolls warned us - be careful what you wish for cause you might just get it.
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Post by dagwood on Oct 23, 2020 19:41:26 GMT
I have the free year of AppleTV also, and I barely ever watch it. To me, no matter what kind of "deal" they offer, it's not the point. These traditional specials have been on free TV for decades, but now because of technology and corporate greed, broadcast TV is slowly being abandoned. Why shouldn't someone be able to sit down with their kids/grandkids and watch a Peanuts special together the same way they did when they were a kid? Let them create as much new content as they want and charge whatever they want for it. Using a tradition like a 50-year-old holiday special as bait is pure greed. Sure, the counterpoint would be "it's available on DVD and Apple is offering it free for a week". How generous of them. It's been free for 50 years. Now it's tied to a subscription package. How many subscription streaming channels can you afford at the same time? And how much does it cost to flip to Channel 7? It's just wrong. The irony here is the Christmas special is anti-greed. Making it simple again.
I'm pissed.
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Post by lonnie on Nov 18, 2020 22:36:08 GMT
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Post by justCoz on Nov 18, 2020 22:53:15 GMT
They must have gotten some crazy backlash to do this!
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Post by Arielflies on Nov 19, 2020 23:10:04 GMT
I happily discovered that I recorded Charlie Brown Christmas last year. So, as long as my DVR isn't wiped in the meantime, I'll have the original at the proper time of year.
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Post by MissScarlet on Nov 20, 2020 0:21:51 GMT
The ION Christmas Movie Marathon is back. It starts Sunday the 29th. All day. At this point it's only on Sundays, but that's a start. I noticed a few new ones I haven't seen. I'm so looking forward to this.
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Post by justCoz on Dec 14, 2020 17:58:34 GMT
One complaint I have this year is when they assume everybody can see their stupid text conversations. Other shows do it too, but I've particularly noticed it on the Xmas movies this year. My TV is not large, so I have to pause the screen in exactly the right spot, get up closer to the TV to be able to see the texts well enough to read them.
What do people who have vision problems and rely on hearing to fill in the gaps do? Or, for that matter, illiterate people?
I wish they'd start reading them out loud echo-y like they do when they're "thinking". It seems a simple fix. I hate having to read shows anyhow, but really hate when I can't even see them to read them.
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