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The best Netflix originals are the British shows they've rebranded as Netflix originals in the US. The actual Netflix created ones have largely missed the mark

The best Netflix originals are the British shows they've rebranded as Netflix originals in the US. The actual Netflix created ones have largely missed the mark for me.

ljm 7y ago
And a lot of 'Netflix originals' over in the EU are essentially localised variations of a theme. The theme is usually the end of the world, zombies, or the dead coming back to life. Or some horrible phenomena at the edge of a forest, and the once peaceful town is under attack from the supernatural. What makes it worse is that Netflix now dubs foreign content by default to make it all look English. And they do their best to trick you.
- jrnichols 7y ago
  what's frustrated me about Netflix originals is the same thing that drove me away from a lot of traditional TV - some awesome shows being cancelled after 2-3 seasons. I had hoped that Netflix would at least give their own shows a good story arc, but nope. they're doing the same thing Fox/CBS/NBC do. i still much prefer shows without commercials, though.
  - dreamcompiler 7y ago
    Somebody wrote about this during the last week (can't remember where): Netflix purposely only produces two seasons of shows, because that's the right amount to convert new subscribers without alienating old ones enough to quit.
    - yissp 7y ago
      https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/the-slow-death-of-hollywood?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyMDEwNDcsInBvc3RfaWQiOjgxODYyLCJfIjoiSHdIQXciLCJpYXQiOjE1NjI3MDA1NDgsImV4cCI6MTU2MjcwNDE0OCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTExNTI0Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.b8NC4YJVESPkFZQRoJZ5b8QDnjb-6WFM7kRIsx-Skng https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/the-slow-death-of-hollywo...
- dreamcompiler 7y ago
  You can still watch it in the original language with subtitles. It's just a setting. But yeah, why is everything about "horror forests" nowadays? It's been done to death. Maybe because so many people nowadays have never seen a tree?
Consultant32452 7y ago
I enjoy the standup specials. I remember when Comedy Central used to have stand up comedy. But I also remember when MTV was mostly music.
- Beldin 7y ago
  Remark that that past evolution (of niche formats) does not bode well for the future of streaming video. Case in point: I expect ads to arrive (within a decade) to streaming videos, much like they did for cable. (Cable's main advantage in the early days was the lack of ads - or so I'm led to believe)
  - cgriswald 7y ago
    They’re already here. I even pay Hulu extra for no ads only to be greeted occasionally by a statement that due to licensing agreements a video has to have ads. And even the things that “don’t have ads” have ads for their other streaming videos, or try to cram ads in between auto plays.
  - dreamcompiler 7y ago
    True. In the early days of cable networks there were no ads. But slowly they came back when they realized people would tolerate them. Now cable seems like mostly ads with a little bit of ghost hunting sprinkled in.

The best Netflix originals are the British shows they've rebranded as Netflix originals in the US. The actual Netflix created ones have largely missed the mark for me.

ljm 7y ago

And a lot of 'Netflix originals' over in the EU are essentially localised variations of a theme. The theme is usually the end of the world, zombies, or the dead coming back to life. Or some horrible phenomena at the edge of a forest, and the once peaceful town is under attack from the supernatural. What makes it worse is that Netflix now dubs foreign content by default to make it all look English. And they do their best to trick you.

jrnichols 7y ago
what's frustrated me about Netflix originals is the same thing that drove me away from a lot of traditional TV - some awesome shows being cancelled after 2-3 seasons. I had hoped that Netflix would at least give their own shows a good story arc, but nope. they're doing the same thing Fox/CBS/NBC do. i still much prefer shows without commercials, though.
- dreamcompiler 7y ago
  Somebody wrote about this during the last week (can't remember where): Netflix purposely only produces two seasons of shows, because that's the right amount to convert new subscribers without alienating old ones enough to quit.
  - yissp 7y ago
    https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/the-slow-death-of-hollywood?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyMDEwNDcsInBvc3RfaWQiOjgxODYyLCJfIjoiSHdIQXciLCJpYXQiOjE1NjI3MDA1NDgsImV4cCI6MTU2MjcwNDE0OCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTExNTI0Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.b8NC4YJVESPkFZQRoJZ5b8QDnjb-6WFM7kRIsx-Skng https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/the-slow-death-of-hollywo...
dreamcompiler 7y ago
You can still watch it in the original language with subtitles. It's just a setting. But yeah, why is everything about "horror forests" nowadays? It's been done to death. Maybe because so many people nowadays have never seen a tree?

Consultant32452 7y ago

I enjoy the standup specials. I remember when Comedy Central used to have stand up comedy. But I also remember when MTV was mostly music.

Beldin 7y ago
Remark that that past evolution (of niche formats) does not bode well for the future of streaming video. Case in point: I expect ads to arrive (within a decade) to streaming videos, much like they did for cable. (Cable's main advantage in the early days was the lack of ads - or so I'm led to believe)
- cgriswald 7y ago
  They’re already here. I even pay Hulu extra for no ads only to be greeted occasionally by a statement that due to licensing agreements a video has to have ads. And even the things that “don’t have ads” have ads for their other streaming videos, or try to cram ads in between auto plays.
- dreamcompiler 7y ago
  True. In the early days of cable networks there were no ads. But slowly they came back when they realized people would tolerate them. Now cable seems like mostly ads with a little bit of ghost hunting sprinkled in.