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What We Watched: A Netflix engagement report

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Post by pier25 »

ghshephard wrote: post #105
nomel wrote: post #74

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I was fairly disappointed in 1899, after coming from Dark (same creators). Dark was incredibly dense, by comparison. Dark is easily my top show on Netflix, so far.

Concur regarding Dark - it's kind of amazing that Netflix can, when it wishes to, produce "HBO Caliber" content - but so much of the time it's just time-filler drek. I don't regret a single minute of the time I spent watching Dark 3-4 years ago, nor the time I spent in the office discussing it, or even the time I tried to graph it all (with varying degrees of success)...

> it's kind of amazing that Netflix can, when it wishes to, produce "HBO Caliber" content

Netflix greenlights the projects and provides the money but it doesn't really produce the shows.

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Post by jncfhnb »

Kye wrote: post #92
Tadpole9181 wrote: post #86

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Less pessimistically, we now have content for a broader diversity of tastes - greater than ever before. As a result, people can choose to watch shows socially with friends, as well as have content just for themselves. And consuming that content can lead to finding new social groups based on shared interests, if they do desire. I find the diatribe of "things got better, we got worse" so... boring and antisocial? You n…

What We Do In The Shadows is extremely queer and has managed to develop significant reach, and that makes me happy. I thought some of the jokey bi stuff in the first season would be throwaway like usual, but they keep dialing it up. The writers are very well-versed in the vampire meta, and it shows.

Idk. On one hand all the main characters are gay or bi (I think Collin is?). On the other it’s almost entirely a non issue. The vampires have no concept of gay culture at all. As a straight guy with no particular connection to in group lgbt culture this seems preferable. It’s often culturally alienating. What we do in the shadows is comfortably normative

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Post by nickthegreek »

A4ET8a8uTh0 wrote: post #85
layoric wrote: post #66

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> The Big Bang Theory 420,400,000 That is just depressing IMO.. I don't understand the appeal to that show..

It had an interesting characters at first, but then it quickly devolved into relationship show with all the character adjustments necessary to make it happen. I enjoyed it, but I enjoyed it the same way I enjoy Seinfeld. It is an equivalent of chips and icecream. Filling, but ultimately bad for you.

Putting Seinfeld and Big Bang in the same bucket hurts my soul. Not sure how either are bad for you though. People need a way to decompress and a 22min sitcom is a great way to transition from one mood to another.

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Post by spiderice »

thebradbain wrote: post #118

For anyone else wondering “why they’ve decided to do this”— This is an outcome of the WGA strike negotiations. Now writers (and actors, and anyone else) can use this information to better negotiate their worth with studios, rather than it being 1-sided. All other streaming services should be following suit soon. https://www.wgacontract2023.org/the-campaign/what-we-won > Streaming data transparency: Companies agree to…

Is this list only self-produced programs then? The Netflix announcement makes it sound like it included everything on Netflix.

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Post by jncfhnb »

jay_kyburz wrote: post #37
kranke155 wrote: post #12

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Witcher S1 is at row 171 Witcher S2 at row 233 Witcher S3 at row 556

I really love the production values, the costumes, the makeup, the world. I love the idea of the Witcher. But I have no idea what the story is about or what anybody is talking about. It's just all way too complicated.

I thought season 1 was straightforward once you understood the dual timelines

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Post by anvuong »

tantalor wrote: post #100

Kind of funny that Netflix, the video hosting website, uses YouTube to host their videos on their website.

Why is that funny? If you treat Youtube as a social network, which it pretty much is, then it would actually be funny if Netflix is not on it.

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Post by tempusr »

Dig1t wrote: post #83
andrei_says_ wrote: post #80

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It’s nerdy and pedantic and I like seeing that part of me made fun of.

I really love the show, I think it's a combination of likable characters and feeling special when you understand a physics/chemistry/scifi etc reference. It makes you feel smart because you are in on the references that the smart people are making.

Sure, but the show displays toxic masculinity as a dorky thing that "nerds" just do.

Overall, I believe the show is a terrible role model for how men who are in STEM fields should behave to others who do not fit the stereotype.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3-hOigoxHs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L7NRONADJ4

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Post by thebradbain »

spiderice wrote: post #125
thebradbain wrote: post #118

For anyone else wondering “why they’ve decided to do this”— This is an outcome of the WGA strike negotiations. Now writers (and actors, and anyone else) can use this information to better negotiate their worth with studios, rather than it being 1-sided. All other streaming services should be following suit soon. https://www.wgacontract2023.org/the-campaign/what-we-won > Streaming data transparency: Companies agree to…

Is this list only self-produced programs then? The Netflix announcement makes it sound like it included everything on Netflix.

I imagine they’re just releasing everything at this point so they can show the total number of hours watched to investors, who I would guess will also be very interested in the numbers as a benchmark for valuing streaming services going forward.

Suits (2011) for example is not a Netflix original, yet it made it into their top 10 by hours viewed.

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Post by jncfhnb »

Huh, wow, good for Alice in borderlands. Didn’t expect it to do so well.

Death games are kind of cliche by this point but I liked this show. The games were fun and not as depraved. They were often dumb and unbalanced. And the final fight was wildly choreographed much better than almost any non martial arts thing

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