Casual Viewing – Why Netflix looks like that

Post by bigstrat2003 » Sat, Dec 28, 2024, 5:29 PM UTC

briandear wrote: post #81

paulgb wrote: post #40

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Exactly. The one example they use gets a 5.2 on IMDB and 42% on rotten tomatoes. Not all movies are high art, nor should they be. It’s for a certain audience. We’ve had crappy made-for-TV movies since long before streaming and it hasn’t been the death of cinema.

42% means that some professional critics considered it “fresh.” That’s scary to me.

Post by marcosdumay » Sat, Dec 28, 2024, 5:30 PM UTC

lynguist wrote: post #32

It’s supposedly ragebait but it’s not actually bad. - Netflix produces the casual viewing content next to other niches, and just serves this as well. The other stuff doesn’t go away, this is in addition. - This is something you can put on during long car trips, no need to focus on the screen, just focus on the audio, and it’s easier to listen to than an audiobook (which is just a narrated actual book). - It has nothi…

Post by bigstrat2003 » Sat, Dec 28, 2024, 5:33 PM UTC

phartenfeller wrote: post #90

Definitely not surprising. The quality of Netflix originals is on a decline for years. I see this label as a warning nowadays. There are enough good quality movies and shows. My life is too short to spend it with mediocre entertainment that leaves no lasting impression or thoughts. I don't need to pass time I want to make most out of it.

Post by atombender » Sat, Dec 28, 2024, 5:36 PM UTC

foobarqux wrote: post #56

I don’t remember the program but in the years of broadcast TV there was a writer on a nightly talk show explaining why all TV episodes were so bland. He said that he wrote an intricate plot for TV which was rejected because the show had to be watchable by someone doing this dishes. So this isn’t a phenomenon new to the Netflix era.

Post by salgernon » Sat, Dec 28, 2024, 5:40 PM UTC

Loughla wrote: post #237

Xenoamorphous wrote: post #232

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I love apocalyptic movies (even ones that are not considered great) but the few I started watching on Netflix were really bad.

Can you name a good apocalyptic movie? I'm really struggling to come up with one. Twister, sort of, and that's neither good nor apocalyptic really. Edit: Twelve Monkeys. I think that counts.