Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies from IMDB's Top 250 List
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Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies from IMDB's Top 250 List
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#2I can understand that the media companies don't want to cooperate with Netflix by denying them access to their IP but it's sad that they haven't been able to launch a real alternative to Netflix during all these years.
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#3It's getting to the point that their OC more than makes up for it.
The big studios are just asking for more piracy at this point.
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#4Netflix is clearly making heavy investments in what we've tended to call "Television" programming. It's often deep dramas that are very engrossing, much more so than TV offered a decade or two ago. Netflix likely sees higher returns here.
Movies are quickly becoming the "short story" of the cinematic world, IMO (though those countless sequels and prequels are an exception). When done well they have a strict beginning, middle and end.
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#5While I'm sure it's not entirely Netflix's fault (media companies realizing their back catalog has a value), it seems to be a common evolution for movie services to move to providing their own content. Look at HBO. In the 1980s, it was all about showing movies (the name even meant "Home Box Office"). Now it is all about Game of Thrones and what not. With things like House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, etc., that's what Netflix is doing as well.
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#7I can understand that the media companies don't want to cooperate with Netflix by denying them access to their IP but it's sad that they haven't been able to launch a real alternative to Netflix during all these years.
Everyone is now launching their own streaming service. Basically, the cable TV phenomena for entertainment has now moved on to the Internet.
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#8It should be noted that IMDB is owned by Amazon, but setting that aside it most definitely is unfortunate to see that so many great films are locked up behind licensing barriers.
We may never see them get released into public domain.
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#9I find it strange that Spotify is able to list almost any band and music out there, and streaming video providers not. They are even forced to create their own content.
Seems that the music industry has a better separation between content creators and providers than the movie and series industry.
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#10I can understand that the media companies don't want to cooperate with Netflix by denying them access to their IP but it's sad that they haven't been able to launch a real alternative to Netflix during all these years.
Sure they have. Torrents are popular and effective. They work great. The studios clearly prefer we use them; their repeated decisions leaving them as the sole functional choice show that.