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As much as I dislike Amazon, I am continually surprised at how hands off their streaming creations seem to be. Expanse is probably biggest anti-corporate rant on TV I saw in a while. If they continue to treat their streaming arms as another business and not PR, it is a great move.
We could really use laws that force, once again, some sort of separation between production and distribution. Better stuff gets made in this kind of ecosystem.
The only thing I can think of is that Stargate might finally have a change to reappear
The camera fades to the control room. A ragged Dr Jackson with a headset is arguing with someone. The room is abuzz with many others doing the same.
This is the moment the audience first can see the logo on his shirt. "Amazon Galactic"
Atlantis has become the Amazon headquarters for the Milky Way. Daniel Jackson is just one of many customer service representatives. The Jaffa were retrained to do deliveries across the Galaxy.
The Goa'uld are long gone.
OR ARE THEY?
Camera pans to Jeff Bezos. His eyes glow just as the camera fades to black.
I asked years ago (and I'll ask again!) I wonder what Las Vegas would look like if tech companies started buying / building hotels in Vegas At one point MGM owned almost 1 third - half the strip (ish) - recently they've been selling off properties which is a shame, MGM properties are my preferred resorts. Maybe Amazon can breath some life into Excalibur or Luxor but it sounds like those are not part of the deal
lol, online monopoly isn't enough for the tech companies? You want them to monopolize offline too? :)
That raises an interesting question - how would non-tech companies compete online? Shouldn't tech companies be an effective monopoly in tech?
Do mining companies have a monopoly on the mining industry?
This makes it very likely that the beloved Stargate franchise will return as an Amazon Prime exclusive franchise, which will be great news for those of us like myself with appetite for 60+ more seasons of that show (after the 17 seasons that have already been made). I watched the sci-fi show "The Expanse" on Amazon Prime Video. Season 4 (the one made by Amazon Prime Video) felt like it had a tenth of the budget compa…
If I had to pick a single politically uniting issue, breaking up Amazon and big tech would be it. Why has this not happened yet? Is the out of power party afraid the in power party will get credit? (This has been discussed when both parties were in power) If the government can't get something with this kind of support done, I fear the road we are headed down .
Is the appetite really there for anyone other then perhaps Facebook?
So what we're seeing is a repeat of the film industry from 1930's-1950's. You want to see a Paramount movie, you must go to a Paramount theater. Today you want to watch an Apple show you must go to Apple's VOD. We could really use laws that force, once again, some sort of separation between production and distribution. Better stuff gets made in this kind of ecosystem.