Amazon Prime Video, General Discussion [Ireland]

odyssey06 · 21-11-2022 9:53am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119893823#Comment_119893823

Thanks for the heads-up. Outside of the app itself, have you come across a good listing of new additions for Amazon Prime Ireland?

I can find lists for US version, but that doesn't always track for Ireland.

CastorTroy · 21-11-2022 11:58am

Don't have Prime so can't confirm accuracy but does justwatch work for you?

https://www.justwatch.com/ie/new

gmisk · 21-11-2022 12:08pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119900884#Comment_119900884

Yeah I use that in general too pretty accurate

odyssey06 · 21-11-2022 12:35pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119900884#Comment_119900884

Thanks for the tip, yeah that looks good.

And if I set release year this to this year I can get a good idea of what is 'new' Amazon Prime content.

delboy85 · 22-11-2022 12:52am

I'm up to episode 5 of "The Devil's Hour". I think it's just okay. It feels like something you'd see on BBC1. Solid but unremarkable.

munsterdevil · 03-12-2022 3:17am

What the hell is up with Prime? Lot of shows are now geo blocked and you have to buy others and prices are in sterling???

Charlie19 · 03-12-2022 3:10pm

I watched a movie with Woody Harellson about two soldiers that are assigned the mission of informing the next of kin of deceased soldiers killed in action.

The Messenger (2009) is a very good film

odyssey06 · 03-12-2022 3:24pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119951623#Comment_119951623

Can you name a couple of the shows you are seeing as geo-blocked?

odyssey06 · 03-12-2022 11:02pm

Watching first episode of Three Pines. It is set in Canada, brings in tensions with indigenous communities in Quebec. Main actor is Brit Alfred Molina who is very good in it as a detective in the Maigret mould. Reminds me of Cardinal also. I like what I have seen so far but wonder how well they will stretch it out into a series.

gmisk · 04-12-2022 9:43pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119904813#Comment_119904813

I gave up after episode 3...I was pretty confused tbh!

steve_r · 04-12-2022 9:45pm

Are the Premier League games on the 26th on Amazon Prime ROI or is that just for the UK?

icdg · 04-12-2022 9:53pm

Just for U.K., on Premier Sports here.

gidget · 05-12-2022 10:21pm

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Debub · 05-12-2022 11:33pm

Does anyone know if John Wick (part one) is on Prime please? I can see part 2 and 3, but not one

thanks

Charlie19 · 06-12-2022 2:16am

Only 2 ad 3 there on mine when I searched.

peteeeed · 08-12-2022 5:52pm

Mike Flanagan to Adapt Stephen King's Dark Tower for Amazon

In the wake of moving from an overall deal with Netflix to Amazon, writer/director Mike Flanagan and his longtime executive producer Trevor Macy have revealed that they have acquired the rights to a screen adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower. Flanagan said to Deadline in an interview that he’s already written a pilot script and season outlines for the show, and imagines a series that will run for five seasons and culminated by two self-contained feature films.

The Dark Tower is, at it’s core, a Western. It fuses science-fantasy and horror and sets in the frame of a classic Americana tradition. The plot follows Roland of Gilead as he chases down the mysterious man in black. It’s a very contained story, weaving worldbuilding and travelogue, and when it was first published as a series fo five short stories, fans immediately latched onto it’s genre-mashing and King’s grim style. King later revised and expanded the Dark Tower series, which now stands at eight novels.

https://gizmodo.com/mike-flanagan-stephen-king-dark-tower-amazon-1849868950

pixelburp · 08-12-2022 7:18pm

Oh wow, that's a helluva swing. I don't blame Flanagan for bailing on Netflix. Doctor Sleep was way better than it ever had any right to be.

kerplun k · 08-12-2022 9:37pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119971826#Comment_119971826

Please be good, please be good, please be good.

Full_Circle_81 · 09-12-2022 3:56pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119971826#Comment_119971826

Thats amazing news. He seems to have an affinity for King adaptations (or creating shows in a similar vein). I'd love to see this series being tackled properly. After so many false starts over the years, it felt like the failure of the movie squashed all future plans.

Only surprise here is that Amazon are willing to fund yet another sprawling fantasy series, having so recently invested in Wheel of Time and Lord of the Rings. I hope that, once started, they can see the series through to its conclusion (something I doubt will happen with Wheel of Time).

gmisk · 09-12-2022 9:05pm

New Christmas film added called something from tiffanys its not too bad at all if you fancy a sappy romantic Christmas flick. Zoey Deutch (who is in one of the most underrated recent romcoms set it up) is really good as the lead.

peteeeed · 14-12-2022 7:49pm

‘God of War’ TV Series a Go at Amazon

The streamer has greenlit a series based on the award-winning PlayStation game God of War. The Wheel of Time’s Rafe Judkins will serve as showrunner on the adaptation, and Oscar nominees Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby (Children of Men, Iron Man, The Expanse) are writing and executive producing with Judkins.

Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios are producing God of War in association with PlayStation Productions.

“God of War is a compelling, character-driven franchise that we believe will captivate our global customers as much with its expansive and immersive worlds as its rich storytelling,” Vernon Sanders, head of global television at Amazon Studios, said in a statement. “We are honored to share in the adventure of exploring the God of War mythology in such a momentous way with Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions and [game developer] Santa Monica Studio.”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/amazon-god-of-war-tv-series-1235281943/

Charlie19 · 15-12-2022 10:48pm

I usually watch prime through a fire stick but I recently got myself a Chromecast with Google tv and the amount of different movies that Ive came across that you wouldn't find after scrolling every genre on the fire stick.

Not sure if it's down to different platforms or what but I might try the PS4 next and maybe the laptop.

ILikeBoats · 16-12-2022 11:03am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120001585#Comment_120001585

Really? You'd think it's the same account just different streaming medium. I also use a firestick and generally give up on prime when looking for a movie!

Charlie19 · 16-12-2022 5:17pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120002553#Comment_120002553

Yes 100% on the home screen without opening the prime app on the Chromecast, there is folders there from most of the streaming apps and here you'll find many movies on prime that you wouldn't normally see whilst within the prime app.

So prime app looks to be the same on both Chromecast and FS but it's the home screen on Google where the difference is.

munsterdevil · 19-12-2022 11:12am

The biggest issue with making an effective Dark Tower series is the scope of the whole thing. There are 8 novels and other short stories/novellas, but as any fan will tell you, it goes well beyond that, e.g. The Stand is heavily tied into the Dark Tower.