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Rob Helmerichs
08-31-2008, 06:01 PM
At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper is changing its title to just plain At the Movies as of the 9/6 episode, and the old SP isn't picking up the new episodes (on my S3, anyway).
terpfan1980
08-31-2008, 07:12 PM
At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper is changing its title to just plain At the Movies as of the 9/6 episode, and the old SP isn't picking up the new episodes (on my S3, anyway).

No more Roeper on it either.
wmcbrine
08-31-2008, 07:36 PM
Yeah, basically the show as we knew it is dead. No reason to prefer it over the knock-offs now. I suppose I'll give it a chance, but I'm unhappy with Disney's handling of this.
anom
08-31-2008, 09:20 PM
So Roeper's off already? I would have thought he'd say good bye or something. The last show ended just like any other.
Rob Helmerichs
08-31-2008, 09:57 PM
He probably showed up for work the next day and found out his keycard didn't work any more...
TomF
09-01-2008, 05:27 AM
There's been a number of articles about this situation. It was not a very amicable split. Disney basically wanted to dumb it down and negotiations between them and Roeper broke off. He announced that he would no longer be a part of it and the next day Roger made a similar announcement. Look for them both back together in some manner again.
sieglinde
09-01-2008, 10:05 AM
I watched the last minute or so of the At the Movies they showed on Sunday. (March 31st repeat of the last show) Roper said a gracious good bye saying he was very honored to have done the show with Ebert and then by himself. It was very nice.
anom
09-01-2008, 11:02 AM
There's been a number of articles about this situation. It was not a very amicable split. Disney basically wanted to dumb it down and negotiations between them and Roeper broke off. He announced that he would no longer be a part of it and the next day Roger made a similar announcement. Look for them both back together in some manner again.
I think Ebert's tv days are over forever.

I watched the last minute or so of the At the Movies they showed on Sunday. (March 31st repeat of the last show) Roper said a gracious good bye saying he was very honored to have done the show with Ebert and then by himself. It was very nice.
Oh. I skipped the last couple of episodes because they were reruns. It's good that he got some closure. I was never a big fan of Roeper, but he's been on the show for a long time now.
terpfan1980
09-01-2008, 11:39 PM
When I check for 'At the Movies' on my Verizon FiOS DVR I'm coming up with it on the Wealth Channel. I'm not sure it's been picked up by any other stations in the D.C. area, but oh well.

I'll be curious to see though where Roeper winds up at.
sieglinde
09-02-2008, 07:04 PM
Since it is syndicated your milage may vary. I have recieved it for years on ABC and the new show is on ABC also.
mattack
09-02-2008, 11:11 PM
I watched the last minute or so of the At the Movies they showed on Sunday. (March 31st repeat of the last show) Roper said a gracious good bye saying he was very honored to have done the show with Ebert and then by himself. It was very nice.

Darnit.. I would have watched it if I knew they were going to show it.. I think I recorded it but then nuked it right away when I knew it absolutely was a rerun.

Is the footage online? I go to the main show, but I can only see a way of showing the Rocker review.
sieglinde
09-03-2008, 07:08 PM
I don't know. I never found this show in unbox or itunes either.
JohnDG
09-04-2008, 02:54 PM
Looks like "The Ultimate Trailer Show" is that best TV review show out there right now. :-)

Any suggestions for a replacement for "At the Movies?"

jdg
mattack
09-04-2008, 11:22 PM
I think someone else mentioned it, but Roeper is supposed to be back with a new show at some point. I made a WL (though I admit I don't remember if I made it auto-recording) for Richard Roeper. While I admit I originally just thought he was the seat filler guy, he grew on me. He's no Siskel nor Ebert, but he's decent... and can be funny.
jayfest
09-06-2008, 06:05 PM
It'd be OK with me if he brought either Michael Phillips or A. O. Scott with him onto his new show, too.
sieglinde
09-08-2008, 12:05 PM
The new show was not great but then it was not awful so I will continue with it.
Rob Helmerichs
09-08-2008, 12:19 PM
The new show was not great but then it was not awful so I will continue with it.
Kind of how I felt. I'm not terribly optimistic, but I'll give them a chance to see if they settle into something worthwhile.
jlb
09-08-2008, 12:47 PM
It'd be OK with me if he brought either Michael Phillips or A. O. Scott with him onto his new show, too.

I don't know quite how MP can make the transition from swimming to Movie Critic, but if anyone can, I guess he can.


As far as what to do now.....I stick to Apple's website for trailers, but for reviews, I will still just go to Ebert's page on the Sun Times website:

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/
sieglinde
09-08-2008, 07:12 PM
Swimming? Was he a professional swimmer and then a movie critic or did he do something else inbetween?
latrobe7
09-08-2008, 07:19 PM
The round-table thing was lame. A great big 'meh' from me, as well; I look forward to what Ebert & Roeper (with or without the critics who've filled in) do next.
latrobe7
09-08-2008, 07:20 PM
Swimming? Was he a professional swimmer and then a movie critic or did he do something else inbetween?

I think he was making a play on words; Phillips == Phelps...
mattack
09-08-2008, 11:09 PM
The new show was not great but then it was not awful so I will continue with it.

Actually, I thought it was pretty awful, but I didn't delete my SP.. If/when Roeper's new show comes on, then I will.

I actually thought the roundup was reasonable, EXCEPT he didn't have to do the full freaking introduction 3 times.

Also, why did the guy have a MacBook at one point? IIRC, he didn't use it. I thought he was going to look something up on the web or something.

Is the one guy the son of the older Lyons movie reviewer?

There was another competing movie review show I recorded for a while. (I recorded it for less than a year, then they quit making it.) It wasn't very good, but even it was better than this one. IIRC, it had Medved on it.
Lenonn
09-10-2008, 12:25 AM
Watched it with my folks this past weekend. I think it's getting eliminated from the season passes.
Syzygy
09-15-2008, 09:26 AM
Not going to watch any more movie-review shows unless they show every movie clip in hi-def widescreen. (And, of course, I'll keep watching it only if the reviewers seem interesting. There was a show about movies on HDNet that I found unwatchable because of the host's personality.)
sieglinde
09-15-2008, 06:48 PM
Stupid college football is going to mess with it in my area on Saturday's so back to watching it on Sundays.

Meh. The game was over, way over. USC destroyed Ohio without mercy. Then they kept talking and talking and talking.