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Re: The $55M saga of a Netflix series nobody will ever see

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Post by JasonSage »

c0pium wrote: post #237
stevage wrote: post #175

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Strange choices. ESB is in almost every way a much better film than Star Wars. T2 much better than T1. Aliens better than Alien. I haven't seen the other two, bet I'll just assume they also have better sequels.

You have terrible taste.

And you have to let everybody know just how bad you think Dune is, in the most snarky and belittling way possible. Seriously, every reply of yours on this entire topic is combative.

Have you considered what your agenda here is, and whether you’re participating in this discussion in good faith?

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Post by beautron »

matwood wrote: post #106
WalterBright wrote: post #85

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I don't understand all the love for Dune. I read it, it was ok, and that was it. 3 underwhelming film adaptations is more than enough. Special effects don't make a movie anymore. What matters is plot (and music). For example, "Colossus the Forbin Project" is very good. Some other very good scifi movies: . Invaders from Mars . Flash Gordon (1980) . Terminator . Star Wars IV . Alien

Alien(s) - FTFY ;)

I enjoy Aliens—it's the bigger, more over-the-top production of the two.

But I prefer Alien for its intimacy and slowly growing horror. John Hurt's character's arc stunned me as a child, and is still one of my favorite turns of storytelling. I love the set design and overall tone of the movie. It's a different space mood than other space movies. And it nails that feeling of being hunted on a spaceship (so far as I would know).

Re: The $55M saga of a Netflix series nobody will ever see

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Post by BiteCode_dev »

supermatt wrote: post #222

They (all major streaming services) throw away millions on series they never release, they reduce spending on new series, and yet they still manage to increase the cost of the service - and some are even adding pre-roll advertising? I was a huge advocate for these streaming services, but with the unjustified pricing hikes, ongoing georestriction of content, and the addition of advertising into a paid service, it has…

Honestly despite paying for netflix, I never stopped using torrents, even for netflix shows.

Their UI is terrible and the geographic limitations are annoying, your watch list is unusable and the suggestions keep getting in your way. It's like their are not using their own product, and netflix is the least bad of the streaming services.

Much easier to use the stremio app for most things.

Re: The $55M saga of a Netflix series nobody will ever see

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Post by santiagobasulto »

> Soon after he signed the contract, Mr. Rinsch’s behavior grew erratic, according to members of the show’s cast and crew, texts and emails reviewed by The New York Times, and court filings in a divorce case brought by his wife. He claimed to have discovered Covid-19’s secret transmission mechanism and to be able to predict lightning strikes. He gambled a large chunk of the money from Netflix on the stock market and cryptocurrencies. He spent millions of dollars on a fleet of Rolls-Royces, furniture and designer clothing.

wtf, I was expecting some chaos on a Hollywood studio, but that's a bit much.

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Post by Gareth321 »

c0pium wrote: post #231
afterburner wrote: post #164

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Eventually special effects will become so easy to do well that a cheaply produced Dune will capture all its facets. Although you'll still need a good writer to make it compelling.

If the source material was better it would be easier. The first book is ok but it’s all downhill from there, and fast.

Hoo boy, that’s an opinion alright.

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Post by Jare »

jonhohle wrote: post #179
matwood wrote: post #106

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Alien(s) - FTFY ;)

There’s so much good dialog in Aliens that I’m always amazed was written in the mid 80s and would play just as well if it were new today (mostly spoken by Hudson): “Game over, man!”, “yeah, but it’s a dry heat”, “ Somebody said "alien" she thought they said ‘illegal alien’ and signed up!”

I don't know if that bit of dialogue was in the original script, but it is pretty much the story of how the actress Jenette Goldstein went to audition for the movie - she thought it would be about immigrants (she was one herself, an American in the UK).

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Post by toasted-subs »

santiagobasulto wrote: post #244

> Soon after he signed the contract, Mr. Rinsch’s behavior grew erratic, according to members of the show’s cast and crew, texts and emails reviewed by The New York Times, and court filings in a divorce case brought by his wife. He claimed to have discovered Covid-19’s secret transmission mechanism and to be able to predict lightning strikes. He gambled a large chunk of the money from Netflix on the stock market and…

Which is why "inning" people should be illegal.

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Post by rootsudo »

santiagobasulto wrote: post #244

> Soon after he signed the contract, Mr. Rinsch’s behavior grew erratic, according to members of the show’s cast and crew, texts and emails reviewed by The New York Times, and court filings in a divorce case brought by his wife. He claimed to have discovered Covid-19’s secret transmission mechanism and to be able to predict lightning strikes. He gambled a large chunk of the money from Netflix on the stock market and…

unrelated but this is why whale hunter companies exist. Why bother with volume when if you position a product to extract the most value from someone that can make one purchase $$$$ vs hundreds/thousands of smaller ones.

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Post by pdntspa »

WalterBright wrote: post #85
hinkley wrote: post #55

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SciFi did a miniseries, just before or just after they changed their name. It wasn't bad. I think it was about 10 hours. The problem is that a lot of the payoff is at the end of book 3, and then book four tips the whole thing upside down with some deep religious and philosophical elements that I'm not sure everyone is ready for. I'm always a little surprised how few people have read Dune relative to Lord of the Rings…

I don't understand all the love for Dune. I read it, it was ok, and that was it. 3 underwhelming film adaptations is more than enough. Special effects don't make a movie anymore. What matters is plot (and music). For example, "Colossus the Forbin Project" is very good. Some other very good scifi movies: . Invaders from Mars . Flash Gordon (1980) . Terminator . Star Wars IV . Alien

Say what you will about the plot for the 2021 film, but you absolutely cannot argue that the music in it was bad.

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Post by isoprophlex »

rootsudo wrote: post #248
santiagobasulto wrote: post #244

> Soon after he signed the contract, Mr. Rinsch’s behavior grew erratic, according to members of the show’s cast and crew, texts and emails reviewed by The New York Times, and court filings in a divorce case brought by his wife. He claimed to have discovered Covid-19’s secret transmission mechanism and to be able to predict lightning strikes. He gambled a large chunk of the money from Netflix on the stock market and…

unrelated but this is why whale hunter companies exist. Why bother with volume when if you position a product to extract the most value from someone that can make one purchase $$$$ vs hundreds/thousands of smaller ones.

That's... interesting. I had no idea, but of course that's a thing.
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