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In response to
"Better Call Saul, Plot Against America, Roswell New Mexico, Breeders, Bull, Broken Places, Andy Cohen, Manifest, Dispatches From Elsewhere, other stuf -- nm"
by
Beaker
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My Brilliant Friend: The Story of a New Name, Never Too Small (Youtube), also Quibi drops content today -- (edited)
Posted by
Beaker (aka Anniebecca)
Apr 6 '20, 04:52
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Quibi: Today also brings the launch of Quibi, short for the “quick bites” of programming for mobile. The platform contains mobile-based shows featuring celebrities from Jennifer Lopez to Joe Jonas to Chrissy Teigen to Reese Witherspoon to Chance The Rapper (there’s a lot more celebrities, we just can’t get over all those names together) Quibi has 20-plus shows out now, and we’re providing bite-sized reviews to match these bite-sized selections. Along with scripted shows—sorry, “Movies In Chapters”—the service also offers documentaries like the affecting I Promise from producers LeBron James and Marc Levin, unscripted game shows like Gayme Show!, and daily news shows. Look for our complete guide to what’s available at launch—and worth your time—on the site later today.
Should I get it? Quibi is a pretty low investment at the moment, with a 90-day free trial. However, there’s a Hulu-esque payment system: $4.99 a month for shows with ads, $7.99 for without. (No word on whether the ads are bite-sized as well.) As mentioned, you can’t watch the content on a TV or on laptop: You can only do so on your phone (and iPad/tablet, which is important for squinters like us). It could prove to be a nice distraction from switching between news sites, and it’ll have a lot better production value than your friends’ Instagram stories. You could conceivably finish all this content in one day, though. It was made as an on-the-go service, to potentially watch when you’re stuck in line at the grocery store. Of course, now we’re too focused on staying six feet away from everyone to look at our phones—then again, those lines do wrap around the block a few times...
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