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

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Post by jkhdigital »

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…

Sounds like he had a schizophrenic psychotic break. His behavior and especially his conspiratorial comments are classic schizophrenia. (Source: My sister and late aunt are schizophrenic)

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Post by px43 »

rgblambda wrote: post #278
bhpm wrote: post #276

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just wait until I can buy it on the Apple TV store or I don’t watch it. Torrenting and maintaining the software to play movie files on my TV takes time and it just isn’t a priority for me.

>Torrenting and maintaining the software to play movie files on my TV takes time I've never thought either of those things took much time or effort. Though admittedly I've never timed myself doing it.

For new people getting into it, there are quite a few traps that make it really easy to download malware or sign up for phony services pretending to be popular torrenting sites. As with all things, it's easy once you know how to do it, but the learning curve has gotten trickier over time as search engines have been flooded with malicious misdirections that no one seems incentivized to clean up.

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Post by ewweezdsd »

bhpm wrote: post #276
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…

I just wait until I can buy it on the Apple TV store or I don’t watch it. Torrenting and maintaining the software to play movie files on my TV takes time and it just isn’t a priority for me.

To be honest all you need is a torrent client, HDMI cable and a laptop. Not much time required. With slightly more effort you can even intall Plex or Jellyfin on your laptop, and stream directly to your smart tv.

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Post by duped »

c0pium wrote: post #233
kadoban wrote: post #113

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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. It's the Count of Monte Cristo meets Star Wars, with great world building, pretty good plot and characters and a lot of interesting philosophy, sociology, strategy and tactics. What's not to love? The scifi miniseries was decent. The 1984 one was...barely Dune, though I enjoyed it.…

You should read the count of monte cristo, it’s in an entirely different league in terms of writing compared to Dune. The philosophy is transparent, the tactics and strategy are basically nonexistent, and the sociology is missing any kind of coherence.

The irony of Dumas is that his father's life is almost more interesting than any of the plots of his books

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Post by vinyl7 »

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…

A lot of, if not most of, our modern tech economy over the last 10-15 years is all very economically nonviable. It only worked because of ZIRP and free money. It's all unsustainable and fake. It would be nice to get back to an economy based in reality, but that would undo all the "progress" we made since the dotcom bust and 2008 crash. Can't let that happen, so we'll probably keep the coke fueled party going so the crash will happen when it's somebody else's responsibility.

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Post by lifeisstillgood »

>>> 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.

Oh wow. From a mental health stand point we hope he gets support

from a netflix stand point, oh brother.

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Post by dv_dt »

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #255
beAbU wrote: post #254

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I use Netflix to discover things I might be interested in, and if I want to keep watching I go to the high seas. I have all the other mainline streaming apps installed, sans a login. I use it purely for discovery. I have to say that the frequency of finding something worthwhile on netflix is decreasing...

Well, I did consule a lot of content. Humanity can only produce so many awesome things every day. We got used to abondance and quality.

It’s more that Netflix accumulated more internal content gatekeepers over time. They became the filters

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Post by 1000100_1000101 »

davely wrote: post #285
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…

This is where services like Rdio (sigh), Spotify and Apple Music have done really well, in my opinion. If I want to listen to some music, it’s practically guaranteed to be right there in the one music service I’m paying for. If I want to watch a show or movie, there’s now a bunch of cognitive overhead going going on. - Which app is it in? - Do we have that one? - Do we have a subscription? - Wait, how do we navigate…

I like JustWatch. Search for a show, it will show you where it's available for free, where it's available with subscription, and where you can buy it... and not just the major services, but TV channel sites, too. (Note, I'm Canadian, and it's showing Canadian TV, like CTV. No idea if they just happen to be Canadian, or they show what's available elsewhere.)

Shows what's trending across services.

Also has a "new" tab. Select which services you subscribe to, and it will show what's added to each service. It seems to remember my service selections via a cookie, so I don't even have to bother making an account.

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