TV Tuesday: Long Term Preservation

Apr. 21st, 2026 12:41 pm
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Laptop-TV combo with DVDs on top and smartphone on the desk



[personal profile] aurumcalendula reported last month that a set of Wiseguy DVDs had a non-working disc. And apparently Warner Bros DVDs made in 2006-2008 will all stop working. Earlier laser disc recordings also had similar issues.

Do you have a lot of DVDs? How long have you been collecting them? Have you run into problems with them? Is it important for you to preserve particular shows?

Speak Up Saturday

Apr. 18th, 2026 03:43 pm
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Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?
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Noah Wyle gave a really interesting (and long!) interview to GQ. The original is paywalled so I've provided an archived link.

WARNING: It contains spoilers for the season 2 finale, so if you've not watched it yet, or are only part-way through season 2 or whatever, proceed at your own risk.

This one section really caught my attention (does not contain spoilers):

“It’s a couple of things that work beautifully in concert. First: no music. Audiences are so sophisticated, but what they’re not accustomed to is being told how to feel,” Wyle says. “You take all that out and it forces a level of engagement where you’re now looking for clues within the frame of the screen, which forces you to look up from your phone. And I think that is extremely engaging, especially to young viewers who aren’t accustomed to being asked to participate in a nonpassive way in the viewing experience."

I hadn't even noticed that there's no music! And it is true that The Pitt is one of the shows that I pay full attention to while watching -- never occurred to me that the absence of music might be partly behind that.

Margo's Got Money Troubles Trailer

Apr. 15th, 2026 04:49 pm
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College dropout and aspiring writer, Margo (Elle Fanning), is the daughter of an ex-Hooter’s waitress (Michelle Pfeiffer) and ex-pro wrestler (Nick Offerman). After an affair with her junior college English professor leaves her pregnant, Margo turns to OnlyFans to support herself. Reconnecting with her estranged father, who shares wisdom gleaned from his wrestling, Margo achieves remarkable success. This David E. Kelley series also stars Marcia Gay Harden, Greg Kinnear, Michael Angarano, Rico Nasty, and Lindsey Normington.

Now on Apple TV.

TV Tuesday: Gathering Ideas

Apr. 14th, 2026 09:41 am
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Laptop-TV combo with DVDs on top and smartphone on the desk



The [community profile] 3weeks4dreamwidth event is gearing up again, running from April 25 to May 15. Organizers are collecting ideas for events that can be held at different communities. You can see last year's kickoff post for more information.

Have any of you participated before? How do you think [community profile] tv_talk might contribute to celebrating Dreamwidth’s 17th year?

The case of the missing notifications

Apr. 11th, 2026 11:58 pm
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I keep forgetting to post about this: we've been troubleshooting the "missing notifications" problem for the past few days. (Well, I say "we", really I mean Mark and Robby; I'm just the amanuensis.) It's been one of those annoying loops of "find a logical explanation for what could be causing the problem, fix that thing, observe that the problem gets better for some people but doesn't go away completely, go back to step one and start again", sigh.

Mark is hauling out the heavy debugging ordinance to try to find the root cause. Once he's done building all the extra logging tools he needs, he'll comment to this entry. After he does, if you find a comment that should have gone to your inbox and sent an email notification but didn't, leave him a link to the comment that should have sent the notification, as long as the comment itself was made after Mark says he's collecting them. (I'd wait and post this after he gets the debug code in but I need to go to sleep and he's not sure how long it will take!)

We're sorry about the hassle! Irregular/sporadic issues like this are really hard to troubleshoot because it's impossible to know if they're fixed or if they're just not happening while you're looking. With luck, this will give us enough information to figure out the root cause for real this time.

Speak Up Saturday

Apr. 11th, 2026 03:34 pm
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Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?

Bait Trailer

Apr. 10th, 2026 09:43 pm
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This is either his big break or his last shot. An actor in London (Riz Ahmed) suffers an existential crisis while auditioning for the role of James Bond. Now on Prime Video.

Big Mistakes Trailer

Apr. 9th, 2026 09:17 pm
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Now on Netflix.

Two directionless siblings are blackmailed into the world of organized crime. Starring Dan Levy, Taylor Ortega, Laurie Metcalf.

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