#random-red-ramblings

I just thought it was super cute c:

Would it be more beneficial to campaign at potential buyers for a rescue rather than pleading with someone who's already made their decision? I feel like the BBC at least already had enough interest that they brought the broadcasting rights, and they have no problem with short running (3-5 season), 10-episode series. They also have an MO to run programming that is representative of the license fee payers.

Idk, as a UK resident this is the best scenario I can think of. I'm not as familiar with other companies, and I know viewer opinions do carry weight as pretty much everyone in the UK is taxed to fund the BBC. They have a televised show, Points Of View, which is entirely for people to contact with their feelings about currently airing programs.

I don't expect you to have the answer, just thinking out loud! (I did contact renewasacrew about this but haven't heard anything back yet). Regardless, I did contact the BBC myself saying why it'd be beneficial for them to rescue it the day after we got the news.

(They also have a good track record for releasing stuff on DVD)

Yeah, I agree that OFMD is too good for Max. To have a show do THAT well, and then receive a 40% budget cut for its second season, and then get canceled before it can complete its story? Insulting.

I have no industry knowledge, so this is me just wondering out loud, I keep going back and forth on what would be more likely, Max reversing its decision or another streamer picking it up. On the one hand, reversing the decision would be a blow to Zaslav's ego. Men like that don't like admitting they made a mistake. On the other, I imagine there would be more red tape to go through selling the show elsewhere? I don't know! I just wonder. And I just really want that final season!

I don't know a ton about BBC, but from what you say here, it seems like a solid option! And from what I've been hearing, reaching out to specific services (as opposed just tagging all of them in every post) is the way to go. Make it more personalized, make them see the benefits, etc.

Now that @asneakyfox has won me over, my preferred choice at the moment is AppleTV. There's an international audience, they don't seem as IP hungry as Max (Ted Lasso was also anticipated to be three seasons from the beginning, and that's what they got), they appreciate unique, quality shows that value storytelling that may not be picked up elsewhere, such as Severance. They don't seem as strict on run times, so it means we may be able to get longer episodes with Taika and Rhys doing bits! And there are a good amount of parallels between OFMD and Ted Lasso (feel-good comedies that go surprisingly deep, found family, discussions of mental health) that OFMD could very much fill that void Ted Lasso left behind.

Thank you for your excellent resource archiving! I was wondering if you had any idea from S1, what time "Max" releases their episodes? Like, if episodes are airing on October 5th, will that be 00:00 or some time in the evening? (Asking as someone in a non US timezone who is considering booking time off work so I don't go insane)

Hey hey hey!

Unfortunately i don’t know when they’ll air the episodes but my guess is same time as the teaser aired tonight!

So that would be 7pm my time (CEST)

6pm UK time

And i think:

10:30pm indian time

1am (on the 6th) chinese time

3am (on the 6th) australian time

Idk where in the world you are so i just put in some different options there hahah

But it seems like max isn’t always consistent with their uploading schedule so really it’s just a guess

They are most likely going to be following the LA timezone though. When it’s 7pm for me it’s 10am in LA.

If we assume they upload it at midnight that would be 9am for me. So that would mean:

8am UK

And i think:

12:30pm indian time

3pm chinese time

Yes, I can! It’s a 1938 installment of a limited edition classics series distributed by The Heritage Press to subscribing members of The Heritage Club (owned by George Macy who is actually a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, a rank established by none other than Napoleon himself). Specifically it’s a reprinting of a five volume edition that was part of the Limited Editions Club, also printed in 1938 but much rarer. The illustrator is Lynd Ward and he actually did illustrations for lots of the Limited Edition series!

My particular copy came with an accompanying Sandglass pamphlet which is characteristic of the Heritage Press editions. It’s a really quite exhaustive detailing of how the book was printed and bound down to the exact fabric, paper, ink, and font used.

It’s all very snooty but I love my fancy books! You can actually get these editions relatively cheap online, I found mine in a rare bookstore for thirty bucks. The Limited Editions edition which is, shh, not as good looking but I still want very, very badly, you can find signed by Lynd Ward starting at $220.

Brothers in Arms

Happy Wonderful and Strange Exchange (2018) Here’s my gift to @random-red-ramblings. What a dream prompt! Station shenanigans when Frank is Sheriff and Harry's a deputy is something we can all enjoy! 

“As Sheriff, Frank Truman runs a tight ship but occasionally, he needs a little help getting back on course. Also Harry is there. Hijinks ensue.”

The other part is here if you want more Trumans.