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AGU-PODThis week on the show, Steve, Mike and Mike join together to discuss Midwest Media Expo, Transformers, HasCon, Bourne, Power Rangers, Television, Game of Thrones, Captain America Civil War, GI Joe and more! All this and more on another exciting episode of Altered Geek!

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20 Comments

  1. I like TFG1 Mike cut the cord around August and haven’t looked back since. I ended getting a Amazon fire stick so now just rely on streaming services like Netflix, Hulk, and Amazon. I also use Sling TV mostly for AMC for Walking Dead and ESPN for football.

    After about nine months using them I find Netflix is still the superior streaming services. It depends what you are looking for but their original programming is solid, decent movie selection especially for documentary fans, and a lot of TV shows to choose from that aren’t available anywhere else.

    I’d actually put Amazon second. They have majorly stepped up their game when it comes to original programming. Bosch, Man in the High Castle, Mozart in the Jungle, Transparent, and Mad Dogs are some of their best stuff. Amazon also gets a lot of FX’s series and has a great deal with HBO were shows will appear on there five years after they debut. That may sound like a long time but that’s all of The Sopranos, The Wire, Oz, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Deadwood, and even some of the seasons for newer shows like Veep.

    We use Amazon shipping a lot as well so $100 the year for free shipping, amazon instant video, and Amazon Music (which is highly underrated) is perhaps the best deal available. Amazon’s movie select may actually even be better than Amazons. Where Netflix tends to get a lot of the great docs Amazon gets a bunch of best Indie flicks of the year.

    If you get rid of cable and just rely on Amazon and Netflix you’ll be set. I can’t recommend getting Sling tv. It’s nice that its only 10 bucks a month and you get ESPN, AMC, TBS, TNT, CNN, and some other notable channels. Overall though I find their service is not super reliable especially if I’m trying to watch a major event like Walking Dead or Monday Nigh football.

    I also have access to Hulu and though I like it, it’s not something I would honestly pay for myself. Though I’m not someone that tends to need to watch shows right when they come out. Hulu does have the added bonus of also having the Criterion Collection though which is a huge benefit in their favor.

    My prediction is that what you will see is major networks getting more deals like the one HBO has with Amazon or Networks moving away from Cable networks and towards working with streaming services more. I don’t see each channel offering their own services for $5 a month being super successful. Before you know it you’d be paying more to get less, and I could see networks finding it easier to have Netflix pay for their shows rather then spending the money to pay for their own streaming services.

    1. THE ONLY reason why I cut the cord is that I was kinda forced to the apartment building i live in doesn’t have cable hookups in the bedrooms. And they don’t alow you to run cable unless it’s taped to the ceiling. It was easier and cheaper to just cut the cord. Hulu had what I needed as far as keeping up with the current shows I watch.

      FX’s FIRST OS that launched their Original Series stuff back in 2002 The Shield JUST hit hulu…. oh yeah and TNT’s Rizzoli & Isles is on there now. So that’s why I’m loving Hulu, outside of the fact of my NEED to watch Flash and Legends to keep up with everyone else. Paying $12.00 a month for Hulu gets you AD FREE…. which is more than fine with me. I wish Supergirl had been on Hulu, but it wasn’t and VBS still runs ads unless you pay for their all access service.

      The cool thing as far as I can tell about CBS all access is that they give you behind the scenes features and even allow you to stream the episodes of some shows live as they air. I’ve had Netflix for years now, currently as long as Phineas & Ferb stay on there til I finish POWCA I’m cool … if they remove it before then, which I doubt… seeing as Season 4 just got added in December… I’d be very pissed.

      With Hluu I was able to find 1 new show each from NB and ABC that I really like. They are NBC’s Shades of Blue and ABC’s The Catch.

      IF I didn’t HAVE to cut the cord I wouldn’t have. But it is kinda freeing.

    2. Came here to say the same thing about Amazon. It’s actually quite awesome. One of the best services.

  2. I like TFG1 Mike cut the cord around August and haven’t looked back since. I ended getting a Amazon fire stick so now just rely on streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon. I also use Sling TV mostly for AMC for Walking Dead and ESPN for football.

    After about nine months using them I find Netflix is still the superior streaming services. It depends what you are looking for but their original programming is solid, decent movie selection especially for documentary fans, and a lot of TV shows to choose from that aren’t available anywhere else.

    I’d actually put Amazon second. They have majorly stepped up their game when it comes to original programming. Bosch, Man in the High Castle, Mozart in the Jungle, Transparent, and Mad Dogs are some of their best stuff. Amazon also gets a lot of FX’s series and has a great deal with HBO were shows will appear on there five years after they debut. That may sound like a long time but that’s all of The Sopranos, The Wire, Oz, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Deadwood, and even some of the seasons for newer shows like Veep.

    We use Amazon shipping a lot as well so $100 the year for free shipping, amazon instant video, and Amazon Music (which is highly underrated) is perhaps the best deal available. Amazon’s movie select may actually even be better than Netflix. Where Netflix tends to get a lot of the great docs Amazon gets a bunch of best Indie flicks of the year.

    If you get rid of cable and just rely on Amazon and Netflix you’ll be set. I can’t recommend getting Sling tv. It’s nice that its only 10 bucks a month and you get ESPN, AMC, TBS, TNT, CNN, and some other notable channels. Overall though I find their service is not super reliable especially if I’m trying to watch a major event like Walking Dead or Monday Nigh football.

    I also have access to Hulu and though I like it, it’s not something I would honestly pay for myself. Though I’m not someone that tends to need to watch shows right when they come out. Hulu does have the added bonus of also having the Criterion Collection though which is a huge benefit in their favor.

    My prediction is that what you will see is major networks getting more deals like the one HBO has with Amazon or Networks moving away from Cable companies and towards working with streaming services more. I don’t see each channel offering their own services for $5 a month being super successful. Before you know it you’d be paying more to get less, and I could see networks finding it easier to have Netflix pay for their shows rather then spending the money to pay for their own streaming services.

    1. THE ONLY reason why I cut the cord is that I was kinda forced to the apartment building i live in doesn’t have cable hookups in the bedrooms. And they don’t alow you to run cable unless it’s taped to the ceiling. It was easier and cheaper to just cut the cord. Hulu had what I needed as far as keeping up with the current shows I watch.

      FX’s FIRST OS that launched their Original Series stuff back in 2002 The Shield JUST hit hulu…. oh yeah and TNT’s Rizzoli & Isles is on there now. So that’s why I’m loving Hulu, outside of the fact of my NEED to watch Flash and Legends to keep up with everyone else. Paying $12.00 a month for Hulu gets you AD FREE…. which is more than fine with me. I wish Supergirl had been on Hulu, but it wasn’t and CBS still runs ads unless you pay for their all access service.

      The cool thing as far as I can tell about CBS all access is that they give you behind the scenes features and even allow you to stream the episodes of some shows live as they air. I’ve had Netflix for years now, currently as long as Phineas & Ferb stay on there til I finish POWCA I’m cool … if they remove it before then, which I doubt… seeing as Season 4 just got added in December… I’d be very pissed.

      With Hluu I was able to find 1 new show each from NB and ABC that I really like. They are NBC’s Shades of Blue and ABC’s The Catch.

      IF I didn’t HAVE to cut the cord I wouldn’t have. But it is kinda freeing.

  3. I like TFG1 Mike cut the cord around August and haven’t looked back since. I ended getting a Amazon fire stick so now just rely on streaming services like Netflix, Hulk, and Amazon. I also use Sling TV mostly for AMC for Walking Dead and ESPN for football.

    After about nine months using them I find Netflix is still the superior streaming services. It depends what you are looking for but their original programming is solid, decent movie selection especially for documentary fans, and a lot of TV shows to choose from that aren’t available anywhere else.

    I’d actually put Amazon second. They have majorly stepped up their game when it comes to original programming. Bosch, Man in the High Castle, Mozart in the Jungle, Transparent, and Mad Dogs are some of their best stuff. Amazon also gets a lot of FX’s series and has a great deal with HBO were shows will appear on there five years after they debut. That may sound like a long time but that’s all of The Sopranos, The Wire, Oz, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Deadwood, and even some of the seasons for newer shows like Veep.

    We use Amazon shipping a lot as well so $100 the year for free shipping, amazon instant video, and Amazon Music (which is highly underrated) is perhaps the best deal available. Amazon’s movie select may actually even be better than Amazons. Where Netflix tends to get a lot of the great docs Amazon gets a bunch of best Indie flicks of the year.

    If you get rid of cable and just rely on Amazon and Netflix you’ll be set. I can’t recommend getting Sling tv. It’s nice that its only 10 bucks a month and you get ESPN, AMC, TBS, TNT, CNN, and some other notable channels. Overall though I find their service is not super reliable especially if I’m trying to watch a major event like Walking Dead or Monday Nigh football.

    I also have access to Hulu and though I like it, it’s not something I would honestly pay for myself. Though I’m not someone that tends to need to watch shows right when they come out. Hulu does have the added bonus of also having the Criterion Collection though which is a huge benefit in their favor.

    My prediction is that what you will see is major networks getting more deals like the one HBO has with Amazon or Networks moving away from Cable networks and towards working with streaming services more. I don’t see each channel offering their own services for $5 a month being super successful. Before you know it you’d be paying more to get less, and I could see networks finding it easier to have Netflix pay for their shows rather then spending the money to pay for their own streaming services.

    1. THE ONLY reason why I cut the cord is that I was kinda forced to the apartment building i live in doesn’t have cable hookups in the bedrooms. And they don’t alow you to run cable unless it’s taped to the ceiling. It was easier and cheaper to just cut the cord. Hulu had what I needed as far as keeping up with the current shows I watch.

      FX’s FIRST OS that launched their Original Series stuff back in 2002 The Shield JUST hit hulu…. oh yeah and TNT’s Rizzoli & Isles is on there now. So that’s why I’m loving Hulu, outside of the fact of my NEED to watch Flash and Legends to keep up with everyone else. Paying $12.00 a month for Hulu gets you AD FREE…. which is more than fine with me. I wish Supergirl had been on Hulu, but it wasn’t and VBS still runs ads unless you pay for their all access service.

      The cool thing as far as I can tell about CBS all access is that they give you behind the scenes features and even allow you to stream the episodes of some shows live as they air. I’ve had Netflix for years now, currently as long as Phineas & Ferb stay on there til I finish POWCA I’m cool … if they remove it before then, which I doubt… seeing as Season 4 just got added in December… I’d be very pissed.

      With Hluu I was able to find 1 new show each from NB and ABC that I really like. They are NBC’s Shades of Blue and ABC’s The Catch.

      IF I didn’t HAVE to cut the cord I wouldn’t have. But it is kinda freeing.

    2. Came here to say the same thing about Amazon. It’s actually quite awesome. One of the best services.

  4. I like TFG1 Mike cut the cord around August and haven’t looked back since. I ended getting a Amazon fire stick so now just rely on streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon. I also use Sling TV mostly for AMC for Walking Dead and ESPN for football.

    After about nine months using them I find Netflix is still the superior streaming services. It depends what you are looking for but their original programming is solid, decent movie selection especially for documentary fans, and a lot of TV shows to choose from that aren’t available anywhere else.

    I’d actually put Amazon second. They have majorly stepped up their game when it comes to original programming. Bosch, Man in the High Castle, Mozart in the Jungle, Transparent, and Mad Dogs are some of their best stuff. Amazon also gets a lot of FX’s series and has a great deal with HBO were shows will appear on there five years after they debut. That may sound like a long time but that’s all of The Sopranos, The Wire, Oz, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Deadwood, and even some of the seasons for newer shows like Veep.

    We use Amazon shipping a lot as well so $100 the year for free shipping, amazon instant video, and Amazon Music (which is highly underrated) is perhaps the best deal available. Amazon’s movie select may actually even be better than Netflix. Where Netflix tends to get a lot of the great docs Amazon gets a bunch of best Indie flicks of the year.

    If you get rid of cable and just rely on Amazon and Netflix you’ll be set. I can’t recommend getting Sling tv. It’s nice that its only 10 bucks a month and you get ESPN, AMC, TBS, TNT, CNN, and some other notable channels. Overall though I find their service is not super reliable especially if I’m trying to watch a major event like Walking Dead or Monday Nigh football.

    I also have access to Hulu and though I like it, it’s not something I would honestly pay for myself. Though I’m not someone that tends to need to watch shows right when they come out. Hulu does have the added bonus of also having the Criterion Collection though which is a huge benefit in their favor.

    My prediction is that what you will see is major networks getting more deals like the one HBO has with Amazon or Networks moving away from Cable companies and towards working with streaming services more. I don’t see each channel offering their own services for $5 a month being super successful. Before you know it you’d be paying more to get less, and I could see networks finding it easier to have Netflix pay for their shows rather then spending the money to pay for their own streaming services.

    1. THE ONLY reason why I cut the cord is that I was kinda forced to the apartment building i live in doesn’t have cable hookups in the bedrooms. And they don’t alow you to run cable unless it’s taped to the ceiling. It was easier and cheaper to just cut the cord. Hulu had what I needed as far as keeping up with the current shows I watch.

      FX’s FIRST OS that launched their Original Series stuff back in 2002 The Shield JUST hit hulu…. oh yeah and TNT’s Rizzoli & Isles is on there now. So that’s why I’m loving Hulu, outside of the fact of my NEED to watch Flash and Legends to keep up with everyone else. Paying $12.00 a month for Hulu gets you AD FREE…. which is more than fine with me. I wish Supergirl had been on Hulu, but it wasn’t and CBS still runs ads unless you pay for their all access service.

      The cool thing as far as I can tell about CBS all access is that they give you behind the scenes features and even allow you to stream the episodes of some shows live as they air. I’ve had Netflix for years now, currently as long as Phineas & Ferb stay on there til I finish POWCA I’m cool … if they remove it before then, which I doubt… seeing as Season 4 just got added in December… I’d be very pissed.

      With Hluu I was able to find 1 new show each from NB and ABC that I really like. They are NBC’s Shades of Blue and ABC’s The Catch.

      IF I didn’t HAVE to cut the cord I wouldn’t have. But it is kinda freeing.

  5. My issues with conventions is what they are turned into since the boom in the last decade. Conventions used to be created by fans for fans in a way for people to get together to share, converse, and purchase items about different properties they love. Now they are run by different corporations that are simply in it for the money and nothing else. The price of autographs has gotten insane. They keep finding new ways to charge more money like with early entry or VIP tickets. And they are often so poorly unorganized. I remember one convention I went to I wanted to get Stan Lee’s autograph on a few things. Literally spent over half my day just waiting in line, and I paid extra money to get in early.

    1. I waited a while in line but didn’t spend all that long for autographs. We got free autographs at this convention but to get one of their photos signed it was $20 but that was from the actors. I understood that. But the changing of tactics based on miss-organization I couldn’t get behind.

      I agree conventions have gotten bad. Unless they are run by the fans I don’t enjoy them as much. I still enjoy TFCon from all those years ago the most. GrandCon wasn’t bad either albeit little of interest to me in the panels area.

    2. Smaller community run conventions can be the best because they have little corporate interference. The best conventions I have attended for that are MAGFest and ConBravo. The best corporate run one I’ve done is PAX EAST from 2010-2013 and it has a very good on the ground community involvement 9/10. The worst Ive done is Toronto Fan Expo due to interference from all levels.

  6. My issues with conventions is what they are turned into since the boom in the last decade. Conventions used to be created by fans for fans in a way for people to get together to share, converse, and purchase items about different properties they love. Now they are run by different corporations that are simply in it for the money and nothing else. The price of autographs has gotten insane. They keep finding new ways to charge more money like with early entry or VIP tickets. And they are often so poorly unorganized. I remember one convention I went to I wanted to get Stan Lee’s autograph on a few things. Literally spent over half my day just waiting in line, and I paid extra money to get in early.

    1. I waited a while in line but didn’t spend all that long for autographs. We got free autographs at this convention but to get one of their photos signed it was $20 but that was from the actors. I understood that. But the changing of tactics based on miss-organization I couldn’t get behind.

      I agree conventions have gotten bad. Unless they are run by the fans I don’t enjoy them as much. I still enjoy TFCon from all those years ago the most. GrandCon wasn’t bad either albeit little of interest to me in the panels area.

    2. Smaller community run conventions can be the best because they have little corporate interference. The best conventions I have attended for that are MAGFest and ConBravo. The best corporate run one I’ve done is PAX EAST from 2010-2013 and it has a very good on the ground community involvement 9/10. The worst Ive done is Toronto Fan Expo due to interference from all levels.

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