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Seems long overdue given the value that most users are getting from Netflix plus the relative inability for most traditional Hollywood studios to produce films
by chanfest22 6y ago
Seems long overdue given the value that most users are getting from Netflix plus the relative inability for most traditional Hollywood studios to produce films at previous rates for the foreseeable future.
- centimeter 6y agoThe value I got from netflix cratered after every network started their own exclusive paid service.
- vertis 6y agoThis was my reaction as well. How has Netflix delivered more value when shows that I could previously watch on Netflix are no longer there. They keep cancelling shows that I like as well.
- dvfjsdhgfv 6y agoApart from a few notable exceptions (like The Queen's Gambit), there is an enormous difference in quality between Netflix and Hollywood productions. Netflix redefined the meaning of 'pulp'.
- tptacek 6y ago(A) I don't think that's empirically true; it's easy to rattle off high-quality Netflix content, which is why so many people subscribe to it. (B) I don't think that's theoretically true either, in that Netflix and "Hollywood" both get content the same way: by buying it from production companies.
- seg_lol 6y agoThere is lots of room at the bottom.
- fastball 6y agoA few? Off the top of my head: - The Queen's Gambit - Narcos - House of Cards - Russian Doll - Ozark - Stranger Things - Tiger King - Dear White People - The Witcher - The Umbrella Academy - The Crown - Space Force And that's just TV shows. There are a lot of films they've put out that are very good as well.
- hombre_fatal 6y agoI think it just shows you how much time people spend watching TV, so much that they have (or at least think they have) consumed all the worthy content on Netflix. I wonder how many HNers would be happier if they replaced their excess TV consumption with something more fulfilling than working out how they can subscribe part-time to every service just so they can watch even more. Aside, add "The Alienist" to that list. Great period piece in early New York with Dakota Fanning and Luke Evans. Has nothing to do with aliens btw.
- Invictus0 6y agoEvery time I tell people I don't watch TV, they immediately ask me what I do, as if watching TV is the only thing to do.
- nine_zeros 6y agoI used to be the guy not watching tv everyday. And then I got married Kidding. TV, especially good quality production, has been a great way for me to tune out of politics and the toxic environment of life in America. It's sad but for anyone just looking to get past the nightmare TV is a real boon.
- fastball 6y agoHave you tried cutting out the news in general? Helped me a lot. I just read Wikipedia's current events[1] section once a week or so. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events
- nine_zeros 6y agoCutting out news is hard when the administration actively pushes policies that affect me and people close to me on a weekly basis. With the current government, I might lose loved ones to covid, deportation, violence, healthcare disaster, job loss, mental problems, drug abuse, gun shooting or just plain ol suicide. Choose your poison cuz this otherwise this government will choose one for you.
- phatfish 6y agoAll the low budget productions that used to fill out Blockbuster Video are now filling out Netflix and Amazon. I always wondered who actually rented those movies and how they made money. I guess the formula still works because people must be watching them on Netflix...
- jjeaff 6y agoThere is a lot of money to be made in low budget productions. Because the market of consumers is big and the cost to produce them are low. And you occasionally end up with a blockbuster and have something like Paranormal Activity that cost $15k to make and made millions in the box office.