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OldBaldy1701E

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1. Monopoly, monopoly... look at what you've done to me!

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 10:14 AM

Dec 2025

(Sung to the tune of 'Tragedy' by The Bee Gees)

Those vultures will not rest until they live out the 'Highlander' movie over and over.

'There can be only one' my ass.

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Netflix to buy Warner Bros. film and streaming assets in $72 billion deal [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 2025 OP

Monopoly, monopoly... look at what you've done to me! OldBaldy1701E Dec 2025 #1

Netflix was first on the market almost 30 years ago, when it offered DVD movies to people for $5-$10 per month! ancianita Dec 2025 #7

I meant it more as an outcome of their desire to keep growing. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2025 #9

So are you implying that's a bad thing? ancianita Dec 2025 #10

Everything is finite. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2025 #11

Not in electronics and the Internet, or there wouldn't be quantum computing already. ancianita Dec 2025 #12

To watch NFL games on Christmas day (3) requires TWO pay for view streaming services Bengus81 Dec 2025 #13

To me it isn't about who, it's about the consolidation. Now the Charter/Cox merger is a done deal Bengus81 Dec 2025 #14

Oh dear RedArkGuy Dec 2025 #16

trump has made it clear he wants the Paramount/trump loving Ellison to win this, so I won't be surprised if he lostincalifornia Dec 2025 #2

The only hope to avert that RedArkGuy Dec 2025 #17

Well, mcconnel did it for a year to block President Obama's Supreme Court nominee. lostincalifornia Dec 10 #23

Better than the WB library going to Paramount and the Ellisons Fiendish Thingy Dec 2025 #3

Agreed! I was hoping it would be Netflix. Auggie Dec 2025 #8

I was thinking the same thing TexasBushwhacker Dec 2025 #22

If there is anything I really want, I just buy it on DVD/BluRay. valleyrogue Dec 2025 #4

There has been talk of Ouroborosnek Dec 2025 #20

Not only those, but also film cameras, which I don't understand. valleyrogue Dec 2025 #21

I hope it goes though instead of a Reich winger buying those assets. kimbutgar Dec 2025 #5

All I can see is a bunch millionaires becoming billionaires slightlv Dec 2025 #6

So we proponents of journalism independent of Trump fealty are RedArkGuy Dec 2025 #15

Remember that these studios have been bouncing around for decades BumRushDaShow Dec 2025 #18

It has been interesting Ouroborosnek Dec 2025 #19