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> _Contrast Netflix with HBOMax and Disney+, each of which have consistently incredible quality._ Agree on HBO, but I wouldn't be able to tell with such certai

> _Contrast Netflix with HBOMax and Disney+, each of which have consistently incredible quality._ Agree on HBO, but I wouldn't be able to tell with such certainty whether Disney+ has consistently higher quality than Netflix, or Disney+ has simply the benefit of owning almost all recognizable world-building IP in the industry (Disney itself, Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar, plus everything they acquired when they acquired FOX). For example: Not being a die-hard Star Wars Fan and being oversaturated with the Marvel franchise for years now, content from these universes on Disney+ is in no way of higher quality to me than comparable-size content of Netflix i.e. Stranger Things, Mindhunter, Peaky Blinders,... I find myself increasingly browsing Disney+ like "oh, interesting!...maybe another time...", but that might be just me. In addition, I keep noticing how Disney+ is producing big-budget series which end up with only ~8 20-30min episodes, whereas Netflix and HBO still consider ~50mins to be the minimum.

moonchrome 4y ago
I feel like Disney+ value is family/children content. Marvel and Star Wars are beaten to death.
- bombcar 4y ago
  Disney+ is for kids I’d say. The absolute wealth of that back catalog is insane. However they’re hard pressed at the bottom by YouTube two hour repeat videos of Baby Shark (the absolute most watched video in history - https://youtu.be/XqZsoesa55w https://youtu.be/XqZsoesa55w - 12 billion )
omgmajk 4y ago
I mean, except HBO keeps pruning its library lately. Raised by Wolves and Westworld just disappeared for example and that made me quite annoyed.
- LegitShady 4y ago
  westworld beyond season 2 was a dumpster fire anyways. an obvious example of poor long term plans.
  - rickdeckard 4y ago
    Agree, Season2 was already deteriorating from episode to episode, with the finale making me wonder how they expect to progress in another season. By Season4 the aimless world-building reached a degree that it's unlikely they could ever connect back to the same audience as Season1... HBO's Watchmen on the other hand...a pity that they killed it after just one season...
    - LegitShady 4y ago
      I think the whole 'park' atmosphere actually made westworld more interesting. the stakes were high locally but not globally, and that left a lot of room for growth and interesting stories. Once they jumped out of the park and made the main characters pretty unlikable, the whole thing sort of flopped, to me. Season 2 was the last of that. I never watched HBO's watchman because I was a fan of the original comic books and modern remakes of almost everything are terrible. You could be right though, I haven't seen it.
      - rickdeckard 4y ago
        Yeah, agree. You should give HBO's Watchmen a try nonetheless. It's set a few decades after the story of the graphic novel, basically continuing the path of "alternate history", (not so much the path of the original characters)
  - omgmajk 4y ago
    That might be true, I have not seen it. That's the point, they were on my watch list and now they are gone.

moonchrome 4y ago

I feel like Disney+ value is family/children content. Marvel and Star Wars are beaten to death.

bombcar 4y ago
Disney+ is for kids I’d say. The absolute wealth of that back catalog is insane. However they’re hard pressed at the bottom by YouTube two hour repeat videos of Baby Shark (the absolute most watched video in history - https://youtu.be/XqZsoesa55w https://youtu.be/XqZsoesa55w - 12 billion )

omgmajk 4y ago

I mean, except HBO keeps pruning its library lately. Raised by Wolves and Westworld just disappeared for example and that made me quite annoyed.

LegitShady 4y ago
westworld beyond season 2 was a dumpster fire anyways. an obvious example of poor long term plans.
- rickdeckard 4y ago
  Agree, Season2 was already deteriorating from episode to episode, with the finale making me wonder how they expect to progress in another season. By Season4 the aimless world-building reached a degree that it's unlikely they could ever connect back to the same audience as Season1... HBO's Watchmen on the other hand...a pity that they killed it after just one season...
  - LegitShady 4y ago
    I think the whole 'park' atmosphere actually made westworld more interesting. the stakes were high locally but not globally, and that left a lot of room for growth and interesting stories. Once they jumped out of the park and made the main characters pretty unlikable, the whole thing sort of flopped, to me. Season 2 was the last of that. I never watched HBO's watchman because I was a fan of the original comic books and modern remakes of almost everything are terrible. You could be right though, I haven't seen it.
    - rickdeckard 4y ago
      Yeah, agree. You should give HBO's Watchmen a try nonetheless. It's set a few decades after the story of the graphic novel, basically continuing the path of "alternate history", (not so much the path of the original characters)
- omgmajk 4y ago
  That might be true, I have not seen it. That's the point, they were on my watch list and now they are gone.