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I've seen a couple of Netlflix shows and don't understand the improvement. It's the same TV junk but over the Internet. Now even made by the same people. Other
by blfr 8y ago
I've seen a couple of Netlflix shows and don't understand the improvement. It's the same TV junk but over the Internet. Now even made by the same people.
Other forms of content have been completely transformed by the change in medium. Podcasts have built upon their radio legacy and diversified tremendously. YouTube allowed people to share nearly anything from incoherent rants to whole college courses.
Netflix merely replaced the ads with subscription and remains the same cognitive parasite TV was, pumping out stuff that you're better off not watching at all. Another Grey's Anatomy or Glee, do you want that?
- s2g 8y agoI pity your lack of knowledge of the quality of TV right now.
- endisukaj 8y agoThere's tons of great TV shows nowadays. Mentioning Grey's anatomy and Glee does a disservice to TV. Besides the obvious Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad there's Stranger things, Black Mirror, Westworld, just to name a few. Hell, all of the above are much much better than 90% of the crappy Marvel/superhero/blockbuster movie Hollywood keeps spewing nowadays.
- muse900 8y agoI'll agree with you and the OP. I think what the OP is trying to say here is that for example netflix just mass produces shows with the same people over and over again dropping the quality of its shows. I'd say netflix has some good shows to watch, but the way its going and the way its producing shows I'd say most of netflix shows are garbage with only a few of them being nice to watch.
- isostatic 8y agoWhat you consider garbage others consider good. Netflix knows what you watch, they are the product, you are the customer. There's no competition for time slots where people who like $goodshow are drowned out by people who like $populartrash With legacy tv you are the product, the show is the overhead, and the advertisers are the customer. With Netflix you are the customer and the show is the product.
- blfr 8y agoGlee and Grey's Anatomy are from the OP, not my examples. Netflix is hiring the creators of these shows to make more shows, presumably somewhat similar. Breaking Bad is not from Netflix, neither is GoT which was interesting for about 1½ seasons. Even worse, Black Mirror was IMHO better before it moved to Netflix (but to some extent this is true of every show, creators have more pent-up, fresh ideas in the beginning). While the tidal wave of capeshit is unwatchable and depressing, this is not all the competition Netflix has to contend with. First, you have every movie and tv show ever made. Then you can watch them again. Most shows can't even beat a 7th rewatch of Seinfeld. Second, you can do something else than watching TV, like hitting the gym, writing a blog, taking your dog for a surprise extra walk, playing with your kids, making a steak instead of having takeout, cleaning your room while listening to Jordan Peterson telling you to clean your room... anything really. And, I would argue, all of these are a better use of time than anything on Netflix right now.
- quink 8y ago> Netflix merely replaced the ads with subscription and remains the same cognitive parasite TV was, pumping out stuff that you're better off not watching at all. I fundamentally disagree - there's plenty of absolute gems on broadcast TV that are rendered unwatchable by ads and requiring a specific time. Brooklyn Nine-Nine is one I'm watching right now that I'd never watch on either TV, buy the DVD of or watch a limited selection of episodes on any of the broadcaster's streaming services that have ads.
- phobosdeimos 8y agoYouTube isn't junk? Good god man ecelebs are the death of civilisation.