re: The Count of Monte Cristo (PBS) Limited Series

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The Count of Monte Cristo

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"We oughta file that under "Educational" too, oughten we?"

- Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding
- Shawshank State Penetentiary

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Because their federal funding was cut and they have to depend on private donations like other broadcast stations.

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PBS+ has been around for years. I subscribed to it through Prime in order to watch Broadchurch a few years back. Sleepy Joe was president at that time. As another poster pointed out, this is the equivalent of buying stamps.

But yes, PBS and especially, NPR, disqualified themselves from receiving federal funding by producing slop and alienating approximately half the country (likely representing a majority of the tax revenue used to fund them). As someone else said, FAFO.

Yes, it's a beast of a book. I think my copy is 1200 pages or close to it. But I thoroughly enjoyed all 1200 of those pages.

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This and their outright refusal to pronounce any names the French way were my biggest complaints.

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This

Pronouncing them HAY Dee and Al Bert drive me nuts. That and saying Castle Dif instead of Chateau Dif.

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Having to watch one at a time for now. Liked the first episode but the difference between Fernand of this and Fernand in the 2002 movie is pretty shocking. Never read the book.

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Weren't Fernand and Dantes BFF in that one? Fernand hated Dantes pretty much from the get go in the book.

This one is closer to the book so you're going to see some pretty shocking differences all around. I used to love that movie but don't think i could view it the same after reading the book.

The amount of botox and lip filler available to Heloise Villefort back in the early 1800's is kind of baffling. In an otherwise great cast, this lady stands out as one of the worst actresses I think I've ever seen.

Watched episode 6 last night.

SPOILERS FOR EP 6







So I figured Edmond and Mercedes were going to end up together in the end (and I was going to be mad about it) because the Abbe made a point to tell Edmond to marry her while he was in prison. Plus they had her give him the watch and he held on to it for his entire imprisonment. And Mrs. Iwy says Haydee is too young so it wouldn't look right with those two ending up together and they have done virtually nothing to show the closeness Edmond and Haydee had. Now Fernand is abusive to Mercedes so all the signs pointing to Edmond and Mercedes reunion.

But maybe I was wrong. That or they are just adding some drama. Because in this episode he revealed the watch/his identity and virtually told her he had moved on similar to the book. Still think they'll end up together but holding out hope it will stay faithful.

PBS Masterpiece is what I'm watching it on. It's an add on to Prime.

I had a PBS Living subscription add on on Apple for like $2.99 that I had just so the Mrs. could watch Antiques Roadshow that I thought it was going to air on. But it was actually a different PBS subscription. I think it's $7.99 after the free trial.

Going to cancel it after I'm done with the show because there aren't many things on there to make it worth keeping the subscription.

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Call me a cheapskate, but why in the hell do we as American taxpayers have to pay extra to stream PBS?

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Because their federal funding was cut and they have to depend on private donations like other broadcast stations.

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I had to subscribe to it under Biden’s Autopen (Masterpiece Theater programming like Monte Cristo & don’t know about PBS’s other programming), so when did funding get cut to cause need for subscriptions back then?

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Going to cancel it after I'm done with the show because there aren't many things on there to make it worth keeping the subscription.

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If I wait long enough between subscribing and allow some seasons to show all or at least most of its episodes I can watch a few seasons for a month’s charge, but it’s very sporadic with quality programming in English and requires a longer wait in between subscriptions to make it worthwhile than other services. Last time I even had some promo thru Prime for $2.99 for 2 or 3 months, and right before the second promo priced month was to be charged I cancelled as there was nothing else I wanted to watch.