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bf3h62u1a4j9hy6y95mz t1_j9is0tw wrote

Reply to comment by theMezz in Do they make a .... by theMezz

I have never once gone through what you're describing in the 4 TVs I've purchased in the past 5 years. I just plug in an apple TV and it works fine. You don't have to connect them to the internet. You're going to be sacrificing picture quality looking for some no name brand without a smart interface.

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fcocyclone t1_j9irmrz wrote

Reply to comment by theMezz in Do they make a .... by theMezz

What part about it being 'smart' do you hate? You can use most samsung or sony tvs and never interact with the smart functions. I know my sony has an option to simply go to the last used input on start, which if not using the smart tv functions would go to whichever HDMI i'd been using.

For the most part they just throw in the smart features because most people want them. They can be ignored pretty easily.

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Paolo94 t1_j9inriy wrote

Ehh, Rick was kidnapped in season 9. I feel like the peak of the show (in terms of quality and viewership) and the fandom (in terms of the show consistently being in the pop culture conversation) was around season 6. Things started to peter off after that, especially because the quality of the show took a massive dip with seasons 7 and 8.

The show was still popular during season 9, but the numbers weren’t nearly as high as the show at its peak. And general perception of the show was already tainted from the previous two seasons, even if season 9 (debatably) rebounded in terms of quality. So any talk of making a movie around this time was already way too late in my opinion.

This show probably won’t even air until next year, so the fact that there‘ll be 6 years in between when the spin-off movies were first announced, to when we’ll finally see Rick again, probably doesn’t help either. This is well, well, well beyond the point where the story could have made the biggest impact. And I feel the same about all the other spin-offs. Why did they wait until now to legitimately start expanding this universe? It just boggles my mind.

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