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Say goodbye to a storied brand. This is another example of a FAANG company that is too greedy to stick to their core competencies. A comedian once called Amazon

Say goodbye to a storied brand. This is another example of a FAANG company that is too greedy to stick to their core competencies. A comedian once called Amazon Prime "the 7th best way to watch television," which I thought was pretty spot-on. Their "originals" are pretty terrible. Will owning a studio help? Certainly it won't if they try to manage that studio's output. This is just like them trying to running a game studio. How's that workin' out fer ya?

coredog64 5y ago
Prime video has a different mission than Netflix or Disney+. Prime video exists to keep you reasonably attached to Prime. Prime keeps you shopping at Amazon first. As long as you understand that, the content Amazon offers for free makes sense.
- mimixco 5y ago
  I think you've made my point. If you unload free movies as gifts for people who buy other stuff from you... maybe the movie business isn't really for you? :-)
foobiter 5y ago
they’ve got some good originals, just not at the rate Netflix does… I’d say they’re maybe 3rd or 4th. Not bad for what’s basically just an add-on to Prime.
thatguy0900 5y ago
I really like the boys and invincible. Granted that's all I've ever watched on Amazon prime, and they are both based on comics so I'm not sure how "original" they are. But they can make good shows.
BitwiseFool 5y ago
It used to be the case that any sufficiently large company attempts to become a bank, but now they also want to produce their own TV shows as well.
WorldMaker 5y ago
MGM hasn't been much of an "active" studio since the 90s, seemingly on a long slow decline shutting down active projects. After key studio retirements, MGM has seemed to be okay with mostly just being a holding company and surviving off of almost nothing but it's relationship with EON Productions leaving them the distributer of James Bond films and royalties from (re)releases from their back catalog. If Amazon is buying them to be an active studio, they've made entirely the wrong choice. (Amazon is probably buying them entirely for their deep back catalog and IP. Which is why they were up for sale in the first place.)

coredog64 5y ago

Prime video has a different mission than Netflix or Disney+. Prime video exists to keep you reasonably attached to Prime. Prime keeps you shopping at Amazon first. As long as you understand that, the content Amazon offers for free makes sense.

mimixco 5y ago
I think you've made my point. If you unload free movies as gifts for people who buy other stuff from you... maybe the movie business isn't really for you? :-)

foobiter 5y ago

they’ve got some good originals, just not at the rate Netflix does… I’d say they’re maybe 3rd or 4th. Not bad for what’s basically just an add-on to Prime.

thatguy0900 5y ago

I really like the boys and invincible. Granted that's all I've ever watched on Amazon prime, and they are both based on comics so I'm not sure how "original" they are. But they can make good shows.

BitwiseFool 5y ago

It used to be the case that any sufficiently large company attempts to become a bank, but now they also want to produce their own TV shows as well.

WorldMaker 5y ago

MGM hasn't been much of an "active" studio since the 90s, seemingly on a long slow decline shutting down active projects. After key studio retirements, MGM has seemed to be okay with mostly just being a holding company and surviving off of almost nothing but it's relationship with EON Productions leaving them the distributer of James Bond films and royalties from (re)releases from their back catalog. If Amazon is buying them to be an active studio, they've made entirely the wrong choice. (Amazon is probably buying them entirely for their deep back catalog and IP. Which is why they were up for sale in the first place.)