I recently had the pleasure of diving into some animated content, and I must say, I'm pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. I have a soft spot for characters like Harley Quinn and Kite Man, whose dynamic and entertaining stories keep me engaged. Furthermore, Rick and Morty consistently deliver with their unique blend of sci-fi and humor, while Moral Orel exceeded my expectations with its intriguing approach and depth.However, I encountered some difficulties with shows like War World. It's challenging for me to follow the storylines due to the absence of audio tracks. As someone who often juggles tasks like doing laundry while watching, I appreciate having an audio description soundtrack. This allows me to keep up with the story through sound, only needing to glance at the screen occasionally.I strongly urge content creators, especially those behind DC animated movies, to integrate audio description soundtracks. Starting with prominent titles like Injustice would be a great move, ensuring that audiences like me can fully enjoy and understand the content without missing out on any details.

I was a huge fan of HBO when I first watched Game of Thrones, The GOAT. I loved True Blood and Sopranos back in the day. His Dark Materials was fun but they took way too long to finish it and they botched the end of the series…like so many Media Companies do. They’ve done a few other monumental shows like John Adams, Band of Brothers, The Pacific, and Chernobyl, which was perfection. I still watch Hard Knocks. I’m sure I’m leaving some great shows out. But that was in the past. They’ve pretty much done nothing that even comes close to paying for. One of the biggest problems aside from the poor writing and casting, is that HBO takes waaayy too long between seasons. By the time the next series is out, it’s been forgotten about or my interest isn’t there. The most recent, The Last of Us, season 2 caused me to almost cancel my membership. The main character is hard to look at, the ‘girl power’ is unrealistic, along with the lesbian scene in the middle of murderous monsters and gangs was so out of place. It was shoved in there to appease whatever lesbian director they have. Straight trash is what it turned into. Had it not been for family members who also watch, I would’ve canceled and never looked back. Disappointed is how I feel about HBOMax lately. And if the shows don’t get any better, I will be canceling by years end, which saddens me greatly. Come on HBO, get your act together and start producing great shows again.

The streaming experience on iPad and laptop is unacceptable. When an ad break begins, the video pauses on the last scene of the show, and the ad countdown appears as usual. However, instead of transitioning smoothly to the ads, the video often remains frozen, with subtitles still playing, for the entire 1-2 minute ad break. In some cases, the ad never loads at all, leaving the screen frozen for up to 3-5 minutes before resuming.When the show finally resumes, the subtitles are out of sync for another 1-2 minutes. With ads appearing so frequently during episodes, this makes the platform nearly unwatchable. I’ve followed every troubleshooting recommendation provided, but nothing has resolved the issue. This problem is particularly frustrating when watching series rather than movies.Additionally, there are significant issues with rewinding. A single 10-second rewind works fine, but anything beyond that causes glitches. The video either refuses to load or rewinds much farther than intended. In some cases, an ad break corrupts that part of the show entirely, making it impossible to watch, even if you exit and reload or try rewinding again.I’ve used Max in the past without these problems, but since resubscribing, the experience has been severely degraded. These issues need to be resolved immediately.

Whenever it is time for a commercial break, instead of pausing the show and going straight into the advertisement, the show will pause and stay STUCK on whatever screen/frame it paused on for 2-3 minutes and THEN it will start playing the adverisements ; which last around an additional 2 minutes. So I’m waiting 5 sometimes 6 minutes between “Ad breaks” just for the show to come back. (And actually , it could be longer but I am just estimating, I never really timed it. ) Not only that, the lagging messes up the flow of the show and clashes with the auto play somehow and the next episode will try to start playing before the current one has actually ended; cutting off the end portion of the episode I’m watching. If I try to rewind, the rewind button/time stamp does not correspond with what part of the episode that it is supposed to. I do like this streaming service for the content, but if you think that I, in an attempt to avoid the disruptive Ad’s, am going to pay $17 for THIS, this right here?!…. then you are mistaken. It’s bad enough that there are Ads on a streaming service. I should at least be able to view the show without having to fight and schffle against whatever causes the app to not run smoothly.