The nice thing about casual viewers like me is I can rewatch and catch something new.
Casual Viewing – Why Netflix looks like that
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#302Earlier quoted context omitted.
I’m afraid that the risk of failing to understand my sarcasm is one my readers will have to take, unaided by sarctags and helpful expositions
What you seem to be missing is that people are reading your post in a non-sarcastic, non-ironic manner and agreeing with it. As Poe's law points out, that will always be the case. Poe's law speaks to the size of the population on the internet and of the range of viewpoints it hosts as a result.
I am not OP; my simple point is that I don’t really care how “people” interpret my comments, and I will continue to write for those who _are_ clever enough to comprehend my intent (which one might imagine most people on this forum to be).
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#303Earlier quoted context omitted.
The article listed lots of examples... It's an exceptionally long article so you'd be forgiven for missing them, but there are definitely many examples given. In fact that's actually what my main complaint is about this article - the point it's making is a good one but the article is probably 5x longer than it needs to be.
The original link was https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2024/12/27/netflix-tells-wr... which is probably what your parent is commenting on. Some people complained that that's basically a blogspam article that recycles n+1's article, others disagreed and argued there's value in a focused short article - it seems like mods agree with the complainers and changed the link silently to the current one.
Thanks, that clears up the confusion!
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#304Nowadays, whenever I browse Netflix, I feel like that Bruce Springsteen song, "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)."[a] Sure, there are lots of choices, but they all kinda suck . I find myself wondering, why? The OP weaves an insightful, opinionated narrative that explains how we got here. Much of it rings true. This passage, in particular struck a chord with me: > Several screenwriters who’ve worked for the streamer told m…
Well, people that want to half-watch TV deserve stuff made for them too. Netflix has shows made for really watching too. I don't know if they are rebellious acts from their makers, brought without an option, or actual choices, but Netflix does have them. My impression is that Netflix cornered themselves into the same AAA race to death that the major movie studios are in. Everything is too expensive, so they can't acc…
> Well, people that want to half-watch TV deserve stuff made for them too.
What? No they don't. Film and television are visual art forms that are meant to be viewed and given the appropriate attention. There's already plenty of mediocre television out there you can use as background noise; we don't need to intentionally lower the bar for the media that's being made. As the article mentions, Netflix has already played its part in ruining the job landscape for writers and actors. I guess they see a need to play their part in devaluing the work that remains.
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Mad Max, obviously, Night of the Comet, The Quiet Earth, A boy and his dog. I think the early 80s was a good time for the genre. Planet of the Apes, Soylent Green, and that other Charleton Heston movie with zombies that I can’t remember (not a huge fan of zombies) The Road is a fairly recent movie that fits. British TV had Space 1999, lots of early Doctor Who and an attempt at the Tripods series by John Christopher.…
British TV had Space 1999 Not be confused with Spaced (1999) :)
Also an incredible show but for very different reasons.
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#306Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, people that want to half-watch TV deserve stuff made for them too. Netflix has shows made for really watching too. I don't know if they are rebellious acts from their makers, brought without an option, or actual choices, but Netflix does have them. My impression is that Netflix cornered themselves into the same AAA race to death that the major movie studios are in. Everything is too expensive, so they can't acc…
> Well, people that want to half-watch TV deserve stuff made for them too. What? No they don't. Film and television are visual art forms that are meant to be viewed and given the appropriate attention. There's already plenty of mediocre television out there you can use as background noise; we don't need to intentionally lower the bar for the media that's being made. As the article mentions, Netflix has already played…
6.5/10 movies only deserve 65% attention, and 6.5/10 is the target imdb rating for all streamers. Not bad, not great, but good enough to avoid controversy and maintain subs.
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#307Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is still good cinema and television, it's just shockingly difficult to find. The first person who figures out how to sort the wheat from the chaff and does so with no interior motive could be a millionaire immediately.
This App Store review makes Mubi sound promising: "MUBI IS TERRIBLE! *---- 6y ago • Nick2866 MUBI is terrible there's no good action or horror films it's crazy because almost all of the movies on the app I haven't even heard of and I'm a big movie buff. So just don't waste your time with MUBI just get Netflix or amazon prime."
Mubi has a truly fantastic art house selection along with a few more accessible films like the recent critically acclaimed horror, The Substance.
It’s worth checking out on trial, or at least browsing the catalog, but the collection was too esoteric for me to keep a subscription. If you like art house, though, and especially if you’re cool with diving into unknown titles, it’s pretty impressive.
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#308Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, people that want to half-watch TV deserve stuff made for them too. Netflix has shows made for really watching too. I don't know if they are rebellious acts from their makers, brought without an option, or actual choices, but Netflix does have them. My impression is that Netflix cornered themselves into the same AAA race to death that the major movie studios are in. Everything is too expensive, so they can't acc…
> Well, people that want to half-watch TV deserve stuff made for them too. What? No they don't. Film and television are visual art forms that are meant to be viewed and given the appropriate attention. There's already plenty of mediocre television out there you can use as background noise; we don't need to intentionally lower the bar for the media that's being made. As the article mentions, Netflix has already played…
“ Film and television are visual art forms that are meant to be viewed and given the appropriate attention.”
According to who…?
There’s not even a universally agreed upon definition of ‘art’ last time I checked.
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#309Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, people that want to half-watch TV deserve stuff made for them too. Netflix has shows made for really watching too. I don't know if they are rebellious acts from their makers, brought without an option, or actual choices, but Netflix does have them. My impression is that Netflix cornered themselves into the same AAA race to death that the major movie studios are in. Everything is too expensive, so they can't acc…
> Well, people that want to half-watch TV deserve stuff made for them too. What? No they don't. Film and television are visual art forms that are meant to be viewed and given the appropriate attention. There's already plenty of mediocre television out there you can use as background noise; we don't need to intentionally lower the bar for the media that's being made. As the article mentions, Netflix has already played…
Don't worry, very, very soon the crappy shows that people half-watch will no longer be produced. By humans.
We'll still need people to create actually good content, but that crappy filler stuff will be generated.
It will be a special kind of hell, but there will probably be some way to find out what to actually spend your time watching.
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#310Earlier quoted context omitted.
Being English-as-in-UK I often run into situations where my dry/sarcastic humour completely fails to be clear to USians. Then again from the UK POV the leftpondians barely count as native English speakers anyway ;)
(So I guess "Rightpondia" would be Airstrip One?)
We Have Always Been At War With Eurasia.