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Trash ? The Diplomat has as good a production value as any. So does Bridgerton. Adolescence is basically a single shot marvel. Others - Stranger Things, Money Heist, Black Doves. Not to mention their true crime documentaries. Warner Brothers makes quality content. I think this is an almost perfect fit.
None of those are close to peak HBO content sorry.
Could there be a worse news regarding where content production is headed? Netflix production is trash and all they care is about metrics like viewers who have watched at least x% of certain content. Cuz if they have, and they accumulate y minutes of viewing, they are unlikely to cancel. This is to the point that they are exclusively making dumbed-down content that can be good background noise while viewers scroll thr…
Trash ? The Diplomat has as good a production value as any. So does Bridgerton. Adolescence is basically a single shot marvel. Others - Stranger Things, Money Heist, Black Doves. Not to mention their true crime documentaries. Warner Brothers makes quality content. I think this is an almost perfect fit.
Money Heist is completely a soap opera.
Not saying that those aren't good productions but they aren't on par with what HBO used to deliver (True Detective, The Wire, Sopranos, etc.), notwithstanding the leap of faiths HBO take sometimes with stuff like The Rehearsal, and How To With John Wilson.
Netflix is very much formulaic, cinematography of Netflix shows is also quite bland/generified.
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I agree with the glove fit bit, while at the same time thinking that we're at the next level of siloed bubbles. All aspects of your world, tailored to how you already think, including TV series/movies/etc. No new ideas. (Not saying this is your intent, and yes I do indeed watch what I like. I am not immune to the very thing I worry about)
Don't get me wrong - I might have poorly communicated my intent. I want to be catered to and subverted. I want to see things I'm comfortable with and things that make me question everything I know. Things that make me deeply uncomfortable. The full range of experiences. I just want it to be great and hit the notes in ways that leave me in awe. This does happen with current media, but it's exceedingly rare. It's a com…
Yet perhaps I am too jaded on this. There will be lots of niche content...
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HBO cancelled Perry Mason, one of the better done noir detective series. That was kind of the nail in the coffin for me. I still get it free because of my AT&T subscription, but I can't argue that Netflix has really come out with anything really worth watching either - Department Q and Mindhunter are only two that I think of that were decent. I agree that the majority of stuff on streaming services is complete garbag…
HBO died many years ago when ATT fired all the executives that had the taste and vision to make HBO what it was. They probably had some half decent stuff in the pipeline, but by now, I imagine there is no influence from the HBO of yore.
Reportedly.
Yuck!! My ex forced me into getting a Netflix subscription because she was dying to watch Stranger Things. It wasn't half bad for the simple reason I grew up in the 80's. The only thing I binge watched was Black Mirror, Sense 8 and a few documentaries. Since I was forced to get a subscription, thankfully I never gave those bastards my CC info. I just created an account and went to Target or Walmart and bought a coupl…
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I prefer Netflix to Oracle-ied Paramount. I don't want Ellisons to own more than they do. Netflix is boring, Ellisons are evil.
Anyone that thinks Netflix buying WB would be better than the Ellisons knows nothing about the media business. Look at what James Cameron said about it last week, everyone prefers the Ellisons over Netflix because Netflix actively wants to kill the theatrical and physical media businesses
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HBO cancelled Perry Mason, one of the better done noir detective series. That was kind of the nail in the coffin for me. I still get it free because of my AT&T subscription, but I can't argue that Netflix has really come out with anything really worth watching either - Department Q and Mindhunter are only two that I think of that were decent. I agree that the majority of stuff on streaming services is complete garbag…
Thank you for mentioning Department Q and Mindhunter — these were amazing. Netflix has a lot of content some of it is actually really good.
Could there be a worse news regarding where content production is headed? Netflix production is trash and all they care is about metrics like viewers who have watched at least x% of certain content. Cuz if they have, and they accumulate y minutes of viewing, they are unlikely to cancel. This is to the point that they are exclusively making dumbed-down content that can be good background noise while viewers scroll thr…
HBO cancelled Perry Mason, one of the better done noir detective series. That was kind of the nail in the coffin for me. I still get it free because of my AT&T subscription, but I can't argue that Netflix has really come out with anything really worth watching either - Department Q and Mindhunter are only two that I think of that were decent. I agree that the majority of stuff on streaming services is complete garbag…
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Anyone that thinks Netflix buying WB would be better than the Ellisons knows nothing about the media business. Look at what James Cameron said about it last week, everyone prefers the Ellisons over Netflix because Netflix actively wants to kill the theatrical and physical media businesses
"they are evil but at least they are less into streaming." I don't know.
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Trash ? The Diplomat has as good a production value as any. So does Bridgerton. Adolescence is basically a single shot marvel. Others - Stranger Things, Money Heist, Black Doves. Not to mention their true crime documentaries. Warner Brothers makes quality content. I think this is an almost perfect fit.
Production is good but not great, The Diplomat is quite melodramatic going too much into soap opera territory. Money Heist is completely a soap opera. Not saying that those aren't good productions but they aren't on par with what HBO used to deliver (True Detective, The Wire, Sopranos, etc.), notwithstanding the leap of faiths HBO take sometimes with stuff like The Rehearsal, and How To With John Wilson. Netflix is v…