There Are Now More Shows Streaming Than There Are on Broadcast or Cable
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#2On Netflix most of their own series are low production value crap. I don't even bother checking them anymore even if the subject sounds interesting, unless I hear about them in the media first.
This can't be good for them in the long run if the Netflix name becomes associated with filler content.
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#3On Netflix most of their own series are low production value crap. I don't even bother checking them anymore even if the subject sounds interesting, unless I hear about them in the media first. This can't be good for them in the long run if the Netflix name becomes associated with filler content.
As opposed to broadcast and cable?
For me, the average Netflix show is easily better than the average show from every network except HBO.
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#4On Netflix most of their own series are low production value crap. I don't even bother checking them anymore even if the subject sounds interesting, unless I hear about them in the media first. This can't be good for them in the long run if the Netflix name becomes associated with filler content.
Big mouth, orange is the new black, black mirror, house of cards, narcos....? I think they are doing a pretty decent job
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#5It's no more the age of info overload but sensory and stimulation overload.
All cultures have a handful of the same stories they replayed to themselves for thousands of years. Now we somehow believe all this bullshit "variety" is required to entertain ourselves. It isn't true and it will break down.
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#6On Netflix most of their own series are low production value crap. I don't even bother checking them anymore even if the subject sounds interesting, unless I hear about them in the media first. This can't be good for them in the long run if the Netflix name becomes associated with filler content.
As opposed to broadcast and cable? For me, the average Netflix show is easily better than the average show from every network except HBO.
> As opposed to broadcast and cable?
Which is why nobody bothers checking out broadcast/cable shows anymore. They have become synonyms with crap.
Netflix is playing a dangerous game here by letting content quality slip. And I don't think it's about the money, they obviously have it and are willing to spend it, but there is only so much acting/producing talent out there.
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#7It is funny how the thing that is breaking the cable stronghold is the same thing that will bring it back. By 2020 there will be at least 15 competing streaming services backed by large entertainment companies.
How many subscriptions will people end up paying for then? Someone will then have the idea to consolidate it into one or two packages. Rinse, repeat.
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#8On Netflix most of their own series are low production value crap. I don't even bother checking them anymore even if the subject sounds interesting, unless I hear about them in the media first. This can't be good for them in the long run if the Netflix name becomes associated with filler content.
Big mouth, orange is the new black, black mirror, house of cards, narcos....? I think they are doing a pretty decent job
House of cards: filler by season 3 and the last season turning into an incoherent mess to deal with the accepted but voluntary PR response of axing the main character, out of all possible responses.
Orange is the new black: loses all forms of ‘conflict’ as a literary device by season 3
And these are the flagship titles!
Low bar
Edit: since downvotes pause my ability to post for hours so I cant even respond, the only point is that this is what a Netflix fan can expect to experience from any show they get into. The “good” shows have the above experience, no matter what the rationale or external pressure was, and then there is everything else which is even worse.
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#9It's no more the age of info overload but sensory and stimulation overload. All cultures have a handful of the same stories they replayed to themselves for thousands of years. Now we somehow believe all this bullshit "variety" is required to entertain ourselves. It isn't true and it will break down.
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#10It's no more the age of info overload but sensory and stimulation overload. All cultures have a handful of the same stories they replayed to themselves for thousands of years. Now we somehow believe all this bullshit "variety" is required to entertain ourselves. It isn't true and it will break down.
You should tell that to the ancient Greeks, with their yearly competitions for new plays, and dozens of playwrights. Sophocles alone wrote a hundred and twenty plays, and he had a much smaller potential audience than someone writing for Netflix.