RIPPA Posted July 5, 2022 Author Share Posted July 5, 2022 In the hopes of luring more Movie and TV productions to film in the state, Arizona is set to pass a 15-20% tax break on production costs. The credit will have annual cap rising from $75 million to $125 million over three years. Basically, they were tired of everything going to New Mexico The full story is a hoot for the baffling logic the politicians - both for and against - used in casting their vote https://variety.com/2022/politics/news/arizona-film-tax-credit-125-million-1235308004/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 (edited) That is a funny read. Leaving the politics out of it, this is probably the best quote otherwise: Quote Rep. Justin Wilmeth, a Republican from Phoenix, argued during a floor debate that the state has been losing out to “other states that are uglier and less cool than Arizona.” Not sure if Arizonans (is that even a term?) consider their state "cool". Then again, probably the worst of them (see above) think it's too cool. EDIT: Heh, if Woke Hollywood reads this I hope they decide to stay in New Mexico just to spite them. Edited July 5, 2022 by Curt McGirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 “Cool” is a word I’d rarely use for Arizona, even when I went there for Cactus League games in mArch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 I don't want to start an advice thread so this might be where to put my question. I have a Dish Network DVR. How can I save some of the files on it to a PC? I have a ton of Dynamite and Rampage and basically everything else that I'd like to save on some kind of external hard drive or my new laptop to save up space. If I have to buy another DVR and chain them together, I can do that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 6, 2022 Author Share Posted July 6, 2022 Dish itself claims you can use an External HD https://my.dish.com/support/products/hopper/how-to/manage/transfer-recordings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 7, 2022 Author Share Posted July 7, 2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru became the biggest opening ever over 4th of July weekend ever with $125.1 million It surpassed Transformers: Dark of the Moon ($115.9 million) for the record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister TV Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 If you have Prime Video most of the add-on channels like Showtime, AMC+ and Starz, are 99 cents a month for 2 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 We just did it for Paramount+ (Discovery back half of the season, Picard S2, BNW, back half of Prodigy for the 10 year old, Blues Clues for the 4 year old), Starz (The Becoming Elizabeth show, the Ghostbusters movie), and Epix (Because the wife likes how batshit crazy Brittania is). Not sure if there's anything else we'll look at on any of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 Yes it is sports related but many have it via the Disney bundle The cost of ESPN+ is jumping from $6.99 a month to $9.99 starting August 23 (A yearly subscription can be bought at $99.99) The Disney Bundle's price will remain $13.99 however the always ominous "for now" was included in the press release 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 This is the reason I never signed up for the Disney Bundle. I might have saved $1/m, but I refuse to give any money to ESPN after 22 years of subsidizing that bullshit with my cable bill while never once watching it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 PSA for the gamers among us: the 22nd (so probably tonight at midnight) is the last day to redeem either a 6 month (PS5) or 3 month (PS4) trial of Apple TV+. I previously had a free trial through Apple when I bought a new iPhone a year ago, and it still let me claim this with my Apple ID, so yeah. Go get that shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 He deserves a medal for that. Fuck the MPA(A). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 27, 2022 Author Share Posted July 27, 2022 Because just what everyone wanted... Hulu will now start airing political and issue ads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 1 hour ago, RIPPA said: Because just what everyone wanted... Hulu will now start airing political and issue ads I'm surprised they weren't already. Guess it will serve as encouragement for people to go ad-less . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 10 hours ago, RIPPA said: Because just what everyone wanted... Hulu will now start airing political and issue ads I swear they have in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Sheldon Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Anything that cuts back on pharmaceutical ads is okay by me. My biggest complaint with Hulu is the ad volume being 4 times as loud as the program I'm watching. Nothing like trying to catch up on Letterkenny at 3am and BAM, here's an ad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contentious C Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 They absolutely have been airing political ads for a while. I was getting boatloads of local ads for county garbage I didn't care about. Plus they've been doing a lot of those lame-ass dark money ads about specific bills that Big Tech or the medical/pharma industry are lobbying for/against for a long, long time. Though I'm not surprised about the initial dropping or the subsequent backlash: cowards gonna coward, after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 Okay - apparently it was they weren't running ads for "contentious issues" (NPR specifically stated abortion rights and gun control in their story) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Hulu runs ads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Had a Netflix sub for over a decade. That ended the other day. Also canceled Paramount+ for now. Current subs: YouTube TV/Disney+/HBO Max/Amazon Prime/Peacock for a grand total of $143/month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 I just got a year of paramount+ for free from Sprint/T-Mobile. Shrug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once has become the first A24 movie to make over $100 million globally Current breakdown is $68.9 million domestically, $31.1 million internationally 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonial Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 https://www.thewrap.com/hbo-max-removes-original-movies-streaming-the-witches-locked-down/ At least six HBO Max films appeare to have been pulled from the streamer, along with plans to release the House Party remake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Do not, my friends, become addicted to streaming originals. They will take hold of you and you will resent their absence! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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