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“The Gilded Age” Review: “Downton Abbey” Meets “The Age of Innocence” in New HBO Series

Rating: 8/10

I feel I should disclose that, when it comes to The Gilded Age , I may not be the most objective of critics even if I strive to be. The new HBO drama that debuts this Monday, January 24, has too many of the elements I gravitate to the most in storytelling. 

It’s a period piece set in 1882 New York that can be watched as a history lesson but still keeps things entertaining enough with lots of melodrama and romance. There’s an almost infinite array of chic gowns, frequent mentions of tea and apple tarts, and women have the juiciest roles. 

Plus, The Gilded Age is created by Julian Fellowes — you may know him as the writer and creator of Downton Abbey and the screenwriter of the also period Gosford Park (2001).

And if you’re a fan of Edith Wharton’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Age of Innocence or Martin Scorsese’s 1993 adaptation with Winona Ryder, Daniel Day-Lewis and Michelle Pfeiffer, you’ll feel perfectly at home here. The Gilded Age is set in the same society made of snobby old-money New Yorkers who disapprove of having a profession, taking it too seriously or having made a fortune but coming from a humble background. They’ll only socialize with people who live on a fashionable street. They’ll go to the opera more to be seen than to actually see. And they’ll always, always, always vacation in Newport while dressed in neutral colors and armed with a tennis racket.

I devoured the five episodes of The Gilded Age available for review. And was only sad because the whole nine-episode first season wasn’t at hand in its completion. I didn’t mind at all that the first episode was longer than one hour even when I tend to prefer my audiovisual entertainment on the shorter side .

Things start in The Gilded Age when the young Maryan Brook (Louisa Jacobson, Meryl Streep’s youngest daughter) finds herself penniless after her father dies. She’s forced to move from rural Pennsylvania to Manhattan, more specifically to the very desirable corner of 61st Street and Fifth Avenue. Her up-until-then-estranged aunts live in a handsome brownstone there. They are the widow Agnes Van Rhijn (Christine Baranski) and her unmarried sister Ada Brook (Cynthia Nixon). “You’re my niece and you belong to old New York,” Agnes tells Maryan when they first meet, adding that they only receive old people in her house. “Not the new, never the new.”

By new, she means new money and more specifically her new across-the-street neighbors: the Russells. George Russell (Morgan Spector) is a ruthless railroad tycoon. Bertha Spector (Carrie Coon) is a socially famished and calculating lady with a very large house. She’ll stop at nothing to climb the New York social ladder. And even though she’s completely capable of playing a long game, things can’t change fast enough for her. Defeat is very much not her color. Mr. and Mrs. Russell are perfect for each other; they love that the other one is as unapologetically ambitious as they are. They feed off of that. 

Spector and Coon are smoldering hot on the screen as the implacable Russells. My only qualm about them is that I couldn’t quite believe the actors, who are in their very early forties, could be the parents of Harry Richardson, who plays recent college graduate Larry Russell, and Taissa Farmiga, the not-out-yet Gladys Russell. Both actors are in their late twenties. But not all shows can be Yellowjackets when it comes to age-appropriate casting, I guess. 

In true Fellowes fashion, the downstairs world at both households is also depicted, and we get to know a little — albeit not in so much detail as when it comes to their rich counterparts — about the cooks, lady’s maids, housemaids, butlers, footmen and housekeepers. The Gilded Age is very much a large ensemble, and a few of the stories among the service have been hinted at but not quite developed yet. 

One of the most compelling characters in the show is Peggy Scott (Denée Benton). She’s a young Black woman from Brooklyn who ends up working as a secretary for Agnes Van Rhijn. Her dream is to become a professional writer. “You’ll meet obstacles in your way. You’re a colored woman, to name two,” Agnes tells her. The wealthy widow takes an immediate interest in Peggy and admires her initiative. 

Through Peggy, we see a different side of New York: Her parents own a lofty brownstone in a mostly Black Brooklyn neighborhood and have made a comfortable living thanks to the family business, a drugstore. And even though Peggy and Maryan are the same age and have much in common, the former reminds the latter they’re from different worlds and not friends. Peggy’s story, and the secret she keeps that both Maryan and the viewer are anxious to know, kept me hooked on The Gilded Age . “For a New Yorker, anything is possible,” she muses early on in the show, and I couldn’t but empathize with her writing pursuits.

You can enjoy The Gilded Age if, like me, you’re a fan of inclusive period dramas. The show is also a great watch for New York lovers thirsty for some history tidbits — the Statue of Liberty’s right hand could be seen at Madison Square Park in Manhattan in 1882; the main sculpture at Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain was designed by the sculptress Emma Stebbins — or for those eager to concede Gilded Age New York and present-day New York have a lot in common. Life can still be about whose guest lists you’re on — at least in pre-COVID times.

I particularly relished Nixon, Baranski and Coon’s performances. The first one pretends to be an unsubstantial spinster without much to say. You’ll soon find out she’s not. The second one is stony and affectless, uttering biting remarks such as “It sounds dull enough to be respectable” and “If you don’t want to be disappointed, help those who help themselves.” I did miss her throaty Diane-Lockhart-from- The-Good-Fight laugh though. Coon is simply flawless as the calculating and stern Mrs. Russell. “Life is like a bank account. You cannot write a check without first making a deposit,” she tells a foe in need of her mercy.

On top of all that, there are a few real-life characters in the show. Linda Emond plays the nurse and American Red Cross founder Clara Barton. Through Barton’s endeavors and the reach of her work, we learn charity was also the way into some of New York’s most exclusive circles. Nathan Lane is simply spot-on, Southern accent and all, as Ward McAllister. He was the gatekeeper to New York’s 19th-century high society. You’ll learn about his Four Hundred , the 400 people in what was considered fashionable New York society, led by the Mrs. Astor (Donna Murphy).

I’m anxious to see what the remainder of the season has in store for Maryan, Peggy, Agnes, Ada and the Russells. When I finally get my hands on the yet unwatched The Gilded Age episodes, the plan is to make a pot of strongly brewed tea, warm up the scones, take out the fruit preserves and just savor the binge.

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Turn Your Xbox 360 into a Streaming Netflix Player

Netflix subscribers, if you've got an Xbox 360 and a Windows Vista PC, you don't have to shell out $99 for Roku's Netflix Player box to get your Watch Instantly library on your TV screen—you already have everything you need. Using the free Windows Media Center plug-in, vmcNetflix , you can turn your Xbox 360 into a Netflix Watch Instantly box. Here's how.

What You Can Expect

Once you've installed and set up vmcNetflix ( original post ), here's a video demonstration of what you can expect.

With vmcNetflix, you can watch, browse, and queue movies to your Netflix Watch Instantly queue all from your Xbox 360 or Vista Media Center . A highlight of the list of growing features listed on the vmcNetflix site include:

• Stream WatchNow movies directly to the Media Center player.
• Download WatchNow movies to a "Watch Later" gallery.
• Support for Vista Extenders on both x86 and x64 platforms.
• Support for Netflix Instant Queue.
• Support for Episode listings.
• Search for movies by keyword.
• Browse DVD and WatchNow movies by genres.
• Sort Gallery by Title, Year, or Star Rating.
• View your queue, history, and recommendations.
• Add, remove, move movies in your queue.
• Supports DVD/Movie Parental Controls

What You'll Need

Now that you've got an idea of the end product, let's take a look at the short list of things you'll need to turn your Xbox 360 into a Netflix player.

• An Xbox 360
• Windows Vista with Vista Media Center (it's included by default in Vista Home Premium and Ultimate)
• A Netflix subscription
• The freeware vmcNetflix plug-in

Got all that? Then let's set it up.

Step 1: Set Up Your Xbox as a Media Center Extender

If you've already set up your Xbox 360 as a Media Center extender, you can skip this step. Unless you're already using your Windows PC as a Media Center powerhouse and have a tuner card installed on your Windows machine , chances are you haven't had much reason to set up your Xbox as an extender. With vmcNetflix, you've got a great reason.

Microsoft already provides detailed instructions for setting up your 360 as a Media Center extender , so here's the nutshell version. Start up your Xbox 360, head to the Media blade, and select Media Center. Since you haven't already set up an extender, your Xbox will walk you through the setup process between your Xbox and your PC. The Xbox will generate an eight-digit code to authenticate the connection between the two. Then you need to fire up Media Center on your PC, go to Tasks -> Add Extender, and fill in the blanks in the setup wizard with your eight-digit code when prompted.

Step 2: Install the vmcNetflix Plug-in

Now that your Xbox is set up as a bona fide Vista Media Center extender, you're ready to download and install the vmcNetflix plug-in . There's nothing to it, so just download the latest plug-in from the link and go through the installer.

Step 3: Set Up Watch Instantly on Your PC

Before you can stream Watch Instantly videos to your 360 extender, you need to make sure your PC is Watch Instantly-ready first. If you've already watched videos on this computer using Netflix's Watch Instantly feature, you can skip this step. If not, forge ahead.

Your PC needs to install a plug-in or two from Netflix to help deal with the DRM and such used to stream videos. Installing them is as simple as logging into your Netflix account using Internet Explorer, clicking the Watch Instantly tab, and then playing anything . You don't have to finish it, so just click Play on the first video you stumble across.

Netflix will prompt you to install their plug-in before the video starts, so just accept their prompts and install. When you're finished with the simple installation, you should be watching the video you just chose. Once you're there, you can stop the playback. Soon you'll be watching that through your Xbox, on your TV, from the comfort of your living room.

Step 4: Set Up vmcNetflix on Your Xbox 360

Now you need to run your Xbox 360 in Media Center extender mode. To do so, turn it on, head to your Xbox dashboard, and fire up Media Center from the list where you set it up originally. Your Xbox will find your computer and start up in Media Center mode.

Once there, scroll down to the Online Media section and then move left to select the program library. You should see an entry for vmcNetflix. Fire it up.

Since this is the first time you've run vmcNetflix on your extender, you'll need to set it up with your Netflix account. Doing so is as simple as providing the plug-in with your Netflix username and password. Do that, and you're ready to start watching movies.

Step 5: Enjoy!

That's all there is to it. You can now stream any Netflix Watch Instantly video directly to the TV in your living room using the Xbox 360 that's already there. No $99 out of your pocket, no extra piece of equipment to add to your entertainment center. vmcNetflix handles everything nearly perfectly, from separate episode listings for television shows to managing and accessing your Netflix Watch Instantly queue.

The vmcNetflix plug-in has been in steady development for a few months now, but as the video above points out, the vmcNetflix plug-in can be a little slow and sometimes buggy. I hardly notice the sluggishness, though thinking about it, it does feel a little slower than normal Media Center extender operation. If you run into bugs, the vmcNetflix homepage offers tips for troubleshooting. I've found that restarting my 360 and/or Media Center PC remedies any problems. Be sure to check back in with the vmcNetflix homepage from time to time and keep an eye on updates, since the developer is fixing problems and adding features at an impressive pace.

Also—as the video pointed out—vmcNetflix can download Watch Instantly videos and save them on your computer. This comes in very handy because saving videos means you don't have to worry about downloads buffering, and video playback, fast-forwarding, and rewinding all work better. The downside is that saving videos is not part of the Watch Instantly terms of service.

If you've been using vmcNetflix to turn your Xbox 360, Vista Media Center, or other Windows Media Center extender into a full-fledged Netflix streaming device, let's hear about it in the comments.

Adam Pash is a senior editor for Lifehacker who needs no Roku Netflix Player (though he wouldn't mind one in the other room). His special feature Hack Attack appears every Tuesday on Lifehacker. Subscribe to the Hack Attack RSS feed to get new installments in your newsreader.

Peacock grows its paid subscriber base to 15 million after pulling back shows from Hulu

NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell revealed in a CNBC interview that Peacock added more than 2 million paid subscribers in the third quarter, bringing the total to over 15 million. The recent growth shows the streaming service is recovering from its slowdown at the end of the second quarter when Peacock stalled at 13 million paid subs .

Shell claimed the boost in subs stemmed from a strong content lineup, including NBC next-day episodes that Peacock reclaimed from Hulu.

“It’s really driven by the content…So all of our content that’s on NBC, Bravo, our other channels for the first time in the next couple of weeks is coming to Peacock where it used to go to Hulu,” Shell said in yesterday’s interview.

NBCUniversal announced in August that starting on September 19, Peacock Premium will get next-day access to current seasons of NBC shows the day after they debut on the linear network. Earlier this year , the company also took next-day Bravo shows from Hulu.

Paid subscribers can watch the hit franchise “Law & Order,” as well as “One Chicago” and other popular shows like “Saturday Night Live,” “Real Housewives,” “Top Chef,” “The Voice,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “Late Night With Seth Meyers” and “America’s Got Talent.”

Shell also confirmed that Disney is planning to buy Comcast’s 33% stake in Hulu, as has been expected . “It sounds like [Disney is] going to buy it…It’s a great asset,” he said. “If it were put on the auction block, it would fetch a high price—it would be a pretty robust auction. We’d want to participate in the auction… that’s not what we anticipate happening.”

The company will lose a valuable asset once Comcast no longer owns a stake in Hulu. Peacock is behind its competitor Hulu, which has 46.2 million subscribers.

Expanding its content library and investing in more original titles appears to be helping the streamer get back on track — slowly but surely.

In addition to NBC and Bravo content, Peacock is investing in more originals to gain more subscribers. For instance, Peacock is investing in original films as part of its deal with Lionsgate . Also, the streamer recently announced its upcoming first original adult animation series , “In the Know,” starring “Beavis and Butt-Head” creator Mike Judge and Zach Woods from “Silicon Valley.”

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Stunning animation and non-stop action highlights this sequel. In the year 2032, a cyborg detective investigates the brutal murder of a "sexbot" who had also murdered her customer. Voices: Akio Otsuka, Atsuko Tanaka, Koichi Yamadera.

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In the year 2032, Batô, a cyborg detective for the anti-terrorist unit Public Security Section 9, investigates the case of a female robot--one created solely for sexual pleasure--who slaughtered her owner.

• Mamoru Oshii
• Shirow Masamune
• Bandai Visual Company
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• Akio Ôtsuka as Batou (voice)
• Atsuko Tanaka as Major Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
• Kôichi Yamadera as Togusa (voice)
• Tamio Ôki as Section 9 Department Chief Aramaki (voice)
• Yutaka Nakano as Ishikawa (voice)
• Naoto Takenaka as Kim (voice)
• Gou Aoba as (voice) (as Go Aoba)
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• Yuzuru Fujimoto as (voice)
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Batô is a living cyborg. His whole body, even his arms and legs, are entirely man-made. What only remains are traces of his brain and the memories of a woman. In an era when the boundary between humans and machines has become infinitely vague, Humans have forgotten that they are humans. This is the debauchery of the lonesome ghost of a man, who nevertheless seeks to retain humanity. Innocence... Is what life is.

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In the year 2032, Batô, a cyborg detective for the anti-terrorist unit Public Security Section 9, investigates the case of a female robot--one created solely for sexual pleasure--who slaught... Read all In the year 2032, Batô, a cyborg detective for the anti-terrorist unit Public Security Section 9, investigates the case of a female robot--one created solely for sexual pleasure--who slaughtered her owner. In the year 2032, Batô, a cyborg detective for the anti-terrorist unit Public Security Section 9, investigates the case of a female robot--one created solely for sexual pleasure--who slaughtered her owner.

• Mamoru Oshii
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• Akio Ôtsuka
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• 113 User reviews
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• 66 Metascore
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• 6 wins & 8 nominations

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Cyborg detective Batou is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by gynoids—doll-like cyborgs, which all malfunctioned, killed, then self-destructed afterwards. The brains of the gynoids initialize in order to protect their manufacturer's software, but in one gynoid, which Batou himself neutralized, one file remains: a voice speaking the phrase "Help me."

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2004, Sci-fi/Anime, 1h 38m

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A mostly mechanical cyborg (Akio Ôtsuka) and his human-looking partner (Kôichi Yamadera) track robotic sex dolls that have murdered their masters.

Rating: PG-13 (Violence|Disturbing Images|Brief Language)

Genre: Sci-fi, Anime

Original Language: Chinese

Director: Mamoru Oshii

Producer: Mitsuhisa Ishikawa , Toshio Suzuki

Writer: Masamune Shirow , Mamoru Oshii

Release Date (Theaters): Sep 17, 2004  original

Release Date (Streaming): Feb 21, 2017

Box Office (Gross USA): $924.5K

Runtime: 1h 38m

Distributor: DreamWorks SKG, Go Fish Pictures

Production Co: Production I.G., Dentsu, Studio Ghibli, Kodansha Ltd., Bandai Visual Co. Ltd.

Sound Mix: Dolby EX, Surround, DTS

Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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Akio Ôtsuka

Bateau Voice

Atsuko Tanaka

Major Motoko Kusanagi Voice

Koichi Yamadera

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Yutaka Nakano

Ishikawa Voice

Hiroaki Hirata

Yoshiko Sakakibara

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Masaki Terasoma

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A okay follow up continuing the story of the male lead from the first, not as enthralling as the first but it does have some moments to move it along

I used to think the first film was incredibly complex and therefore, very inaccessible. However, the 2nd film is even more convoluted and theory heavy than the first to the point where you can't help but feel it doesn't steer you in a direction that ultimately serves the story's overlying plot. And not the look like a brainless twat, but it really needed more action to balance out with the dialogue heavy philosophical referencing. Nevertheless, a worthy sequel to the original GITS; just lacks the balance in execution that the first maintained.

I liked the philosophical ideas in this film. It was well paced and I was interested to see what happened. The main problem I had with the film was in the script, it was like every minute they had to utter another quote, or saying, which was very annoying.

Sitting here scratching by Basset hound watching Bato do the same in the movie is some serious deja vu. It's maybe more a measure of myself, but I really miss the super cyber-sexual Major Motoko and her brief appearance in a unattractive mannequin's body just doesn't do it for me. The story is constructed around Bato who is the 2nd most developed character in the series, but surprisingly there is no back story---none---nill. No flash back to pre-section 9 days as Rangers no flash back to section-9 days as many of the other reviews site it is an intellectually and philosophically deep story, but fails to draw you in at a gut level even when Motoko pulls so hard her cybernetic arm flays apart, seen that one before with more impact. OK before you pan me the Visuals and audio really are excellent in the blu-ray format.

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