tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321134829069086485.post6699543489766062586..comments2024-02-21T02:07:17.268-05:00Comments on Cultureshark: Yeah, the Warner Archive Instant Roku channel IS improved, but...Rick Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11341452515020374640noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321134829069086485.post-25419530278989325832015-08-21T13:43:48.282-04:002015-08-21T13:43:48.282-04:00I appreciate the excellent comment, Michael. I am ...I appreciate the excellent comment, Michael. I am planning on re-evaluating WAI soon when I do a survey of the various SVOD channels. <br /><br />In short, I agree with you yet I still feel I get value because I can barely keep up with what's on there. However, that is perhaps more a function of my own free time and all the other stuff I am trying to watch than a reflection of their content. I also hoped they would add a bunch of the obscure little programmers that show up on TCM, whether on DVD or not, and at first it looked like a possibility. Lately, new content has been recycling previous content and/or TV/TV movies.<br /><br />Unfortunately, WAI is our best hope right now. My hope and fear is that the service would be/would have been better without cutbacks and restructuring in that department. I am still hoping for improvements in the content area.Rick Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11341452515020374640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321134829069086485.post-2953930266045852892015-08-21T13:36:58.102-04:002015-08-21T13:36:58.102-04:00Let's talk content. While there are some gems,...Let's talk content. While there are some gems, much of the bulk of Warner's offering can't compare with, say, Turner Classic Movies -- unless you're in the mood for binge-watching a Bowery Boys film festival or putting up with the unfortunate depiction of African-Americans in the plethora of Charlie Chan films. <br /><br />I expected far more of Warner-First National's films from the 20s, 30s and 40s when the studio was kicking out some 50 films a year. That's 1,500 movies from the Jack Warner era, yet only a relative handful are offered. <br /><br />There's also significant hyperbole in Warner's claim that new movies "are added all the time." New content is minimal. It's easy to blow through the Archive offerings in a month or two of casual viewing. Then what? Well, just watch it again. And again. <br /><br />If you're cord-cutting, the Warner Archive is a Band-Aid that'll soon wear off, not a cure for losing TCM. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01224289670567628253noreply@blogger.com