Dish Scapes on 199 is interesting

[pattykay]

Dish Scapes is part of the package.

Gallery by Dish Scapes is $5 a month. It has past Dish Scapes and many other scenes.

And, as a reminder to anyone else reading this, the Gallery app is only available if you have a Hopper. The free monthly Dish Scapes are available in every programming package, on any HD Dish receiver.

 

[TheKrell]

Gallery by Dish Scapes is $5 a month.

I don't think I tried any Gallery before it became $5/mo. What exactly does it do if you select one?

 

[pattykay]

I don't think I tried any Gallery before it became $5/mo. What exactly does it do if you select one?

If I remember correctly, it plays it for an hour, just like a VOD event.

 

[grc]

A quick look ahead in the guide reveals that June's Scape will be a magical enchanted forest.

 

[TheKrell]

A quick look ahead in the guide reveals that June's Scape will be a magical enchanted forest.

I hope I see bigfoot this time!

 

[zippyfrog]

I have been watching the enchanted forest a little bit this morning, and this one feels nostalgic for me. I can't quite put my finger on it. Some combination of the Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Fern Gully, and one of the forests from the Legend of Zelda series. Granted, only have had it on for 10 minutes, but the short time I had it on I like it.

 

[captgregg]

So I'm laying in bed in the early morning hours half asleep and I hear this deep gruff voice speaking inside the house. I jump up thinking it's an intruder only to find out it's just the Enchanted Forest dishscape. I was a little spooked. I like this one.

 

[captgregg]

If I remember correctly, it plays it for an hour, just like a VOD event.

Actually, I few nights ago I chose the first christmas dishscape and it does play for an hour but it automatically repeats. It eventually did quit but I do not know how many cycles it made.

 

[captgregg]

So I'm laying in bed in the early morning hours half asleep and I hear this deep gruff voice speaking inside the house. I jump up thinking it's an intruder only to find out it's just the Enchanted Forest dishscape. I was a little spooked. I like this one.

...damn disco gnomes!

 

[Craig Stover]

The daytime part is nice, but the night is a little creepy, except for the disco gnome.

 

[TheKrell]

The daytime part is nice, but the night is a little creepy, except for the disco gnome.

Yeah, I saw the gnome come out and kick a tree for no apparent reason. What makes him a disco gnome? OIC; he comes out again, this time from the tree house, and dances to music and a light show. A fairy appears and dances around too, but not with the same music. A mysterious lady in purple comes out and conjures up a magical flower, which disappears shortly after she leaves again. Aha! I saw a Robin Hood type character come out and shoot 6 arrows at once! And some robust-looking bare-chested man in a grass skirt and wielding a big club came out and growled a bit before being passified by the fragrance of a flower.

And a unicorn. Alas, no bigfoot, at least so far.

 

[pattykay]

I like that we finally get to see a close-up view of that fly-eating plant from the Halloween Dish Scape. It makes me wonder if this month's Scape is actually located adjacent to where that Scape took place. All of this stuff could have been happening just off-screen the entire time we were watching the Halloween Scape. If lawn gnomes start popping up during the next Halloween Scape, now we'll know the reason why.

 

[pattykay]

I also like that Dish seems to have partially used a suggestion I made last year, about a different Scape:

Okay, I've got it! After Shark Week is over, it will be time for the annual Kids Binge-A-Palooza. So, they could put a pineapple there, and show SpongeBob coming out of it. Dish did just reach a new contract with Viacom, so this idea is not as far-fetched as it might seem.

Nickelodeon is sponsoring this month's Scape, and it is airing in conjunction with this year's Kids Binge-A-Palooza.

 

[pattykay]

Aha! I saw a Robin Hood type character come out and shoot 6 arrows at once!

I like when this character comes back and shoots the tree with an arrow. That poor tree! The only talking tree in this section of the forest, and it has to put up with so much abuse!

 

[sklunk]

I like when this character comes back and shoots the tree with an arrow. That poor tree! The only talking tree in this section of the forest, and it has to put up with so much abuse!

Yeah he gets kicked by 1 gnome (tree laughs) then gets hit with a rock by another gnome (tree says "stop waking me up"). During the beginning and end of nightfall he also whistles tunes and rolls his eyes ...

 

[captgregg]

They should tweak the scene where the archer shoots the arrows toward the viewer and have one of the arrows hit the screen causing a spiderweb crack and then have the witch or sorceress lady appear to magically fix it...or the disco gnome since he lives right there...

 

[maggiedeahne]

I like the three Cheshire-like cats that appear.

 

[zippyfrog]

I see my programming guide says July is "Neon Springs". Neon springs is described as a "desert destination with hot air balloons"

 

[maggiedeahne]

Thanks Dish for the Bigfoot balloon and the low-flying alien balloon. That saves me from having to scour the countryside for them!

 

[Craig Stover]

While I like this one, I think I like last year’s better. It just had that nice Americana patriotic feel to it with the farm in the foreground and the small town, with the carnival and fireworks at night, in the background.