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Close Enough
2020 · TV series · 11 min episodes · 3 seasons
Created by J.G. Quintel
A surreal take on transitioning from 20-something to 30-something centering on a married couple juggling such everyday challenges as parenthood, friendship, ham theft, stripper clowns and choosing the right day care.
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Yeah, and I suspect also potential weirdness with tax law and writing off TV shows as a loss makes it hard to release again.
I actually do have legit copies of Infinity Train, I bought all four seasons on Amazon before the huge purge a couple years ago, but I would like legit copies of Close Enough.
I genuinely don't know what Warner Bros actually wants us to do? Is their official stance "it's ok to pirate it"?
Sure, I've bought more than my share of movies, games, books, TV series, but at this point I've kind of drawn a line in the sand of "I will only buy physical media" or "I will only buy it if I can get a DRM-free copy" (e.g. GOG.com). I don't like the idea of my media disappearing the second it becomes inconvenient for the entertainment company.
Sadly, it feels like Blu-rays are becoming a rare thing, particularly in the US. I wanted to buy legit copies of Infinity Train and Close Enough before they were taken off HBO Max, but as far as I'm aware there's no legitimate way to purchase Close Enough. At least Infinity Train can be bought off Amazon streaming still I guess.
It feels like these companies want it both ways. They want total control of the media landscape, while simultaneously taking away the media that we actually like, presumably for tax writeoffs.
Yeah, in regards to HBO Max, I signed up a couple years ago specifically to watch cartoons like Close Enough and Infinity Train. Not only were both those shows canceled but they were purged from HBO Max for streaming entirely.
I managed to buy legit copies of Infinity Train on Amazon, but now the only way that I am aware of to watch Close Enough is piracy.
The recent Amazon “pay us more or you get ads” thing feels a bit rent-seekey to me. I don’t watch Prime enough to justify paying an extra $3/month, and so I think what’s going to happen to me is that I just stop watching Prime entirely.
What really frustrates me is that companies are basically stopping releasing Blu-Rays, particularly for TV shows. I have over 400 legitimately purchased movies about about 40 complete series in Blu-Ray; I am more than happy to support creators by paying them a reasonable compensation, what I don’t want to do is pay those creators forever for the privilege of watching the same thing over and over.
> The main reason that I subscribed to it was for its broad range of exclusive animated content, like Close Enough, Final Space, Infinity Train, and Adventure Time: Distant Lands. All but one of those have been removed from Max now (I guess for tax writeoffs and avoiding royalties?), and with their recent price increase for a bunch of awful reality TV shows, I'm done.
The depressing US tradition of animation (especially the 2D variety) being treated as third-rate or worse continues.
Honestly I think I am going to cancel my Max subscription.
The main reason that I subscribed to it was for its broad range of exclusive animated content, like Close Enough, Final Space, Infinity Train, and Adventure Time: Distant Lands. All but one of those have been removed from Max now (I guess for tax writeoffs and avoiding royalties?), and with their recent price increase for a bunch of awful reality TV shows, I'm done.
I do not know that there's anything I care about less than "My 600 Pound Life", and no matter how much they try and get me to watch that or "Pawn Stars", I find it unlikely that that's going to change no matter how many times they try and convince me otherwise.
I'm generally all for paying for my media (I have a lot of blu-rays, I own the entire series of Adventure Time and Adventure Time: Distant Lands on blu-ray), but I almost feel like piracy is kind of a civic duty at this point. If these corporations are going to make it impossible to watch their media legitimately, then the community needs to step and preserve the shows themselves.
And maybe we should resist programs that are "exclusive to streaming".