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   super70s to suzeeq   
   Re: Amazon Prime Roku stick   
   09 Feb 26 16:11:21   
   
   From: super70s@super70s.invalid   
      
   On 2026-02-09 17:13:14 +0000, suzeeq said:   
      
   > On 2/9/2026 8:38 AM, super70s wrote:   
   >> On 2026-02-09 09:53:57 +0000, shawn said:   
   >>   
   >>> On Mon, 9 Feb 2026 09:45:24 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Adam H. Kerman  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> I borrowed the Amazon Prime Roku stick from the library.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> It occurred to me that Heads of State (2025) is on the Prime. As Rhino   
   >>>> and others observed, it's light entertainment and quite enjoyable. Idris   
   >>>> Elba isn't challenged by the script, but John Cena impressed me with   
   >>>> improved acting, giving the character personality, and a deft comic   
   >>>> touch.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> ASL in the fight scenes wasn't annoyingly short and Priyanka Chopra was   
   >>>> fun to watch, when she was doing her own fighting, in those scenes. I   
   >>>> did miss the long spectacular hair. I don't care if it's unrealistic for   
   >>>> the character. If she needs her hair dressed immediately after fighting,   
   >>>> that's what I want to see.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I saw that the Stephen Root character was named Arthur Hammond in his   
   >>>> death scene with captions. At know point did we hear the name in   
   >>>> dialogue. Similarly, neither the male nor female henchmen were named.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Jack Quaid was amusing in the safe house scene.   
   >>   
   >> Has anyone tried that Kanopy app that requires a library card? We have   
   >> a pretty nice library for a city my size but I haven't been inside of   
   >> it in 45 years so I didn't know if it would be worth it just to sign up   
   >> with Kanopy.   
   >>   
   > I think a lot of its content is documentaries and foreign films. I get   
   > more use from the Hoopla digital app because I can download ebooks as   
   > well as non-recent tv shows, movies, and music. But I can only d/l 10   
   > titles per month. Which is fine for books, but for a long tv series,   
   > you end up having to wait sometimes to finish a season.   
      
   Yeah I think Hoopla was the one I was trying to think of, that's   
   another one that requires a library card.   
      
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