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Netflix is specifically buying local productions. Changing them on fundamental levels just to cater some us-viewer seems pointless.

keiferski 2y ago
That is true in some cases, but not Squid Game, which was specially produced by Netflix.
- slightwinder 2y ago
  Which is what I meant. They look for promising projects in other countries and finance them partly or even buy them as a whole. But those projects usually already existed before Netflix came in, meaning they are not specifically designed for Netflix and the US-market. Squid Game for example was written 10 years before Netflix started financing them. And this is even more obvious when they finance sequels to old series which were already running decades ago.
  - keiferski 2y ago
    I’m not sure how that really is an argument against my point. Thousands of scripts exist, and in the process of them getting made, the funders and producers have influence on the content. The idea that fully-written scripts are just made without any input or pushback from the funders/producers is not how the film industry works.
    - slightwinder 2y ago
      No, that's exactly how the Industry (also) works. There are different styles of projects, but scripts being finished before any money flows in, is pretty common. And at those point changes are usually small. And usually they also don't plan ahead to become some global hit. But the point is that Netflix specifically buys productions from different countries, to cater to the fans of those cultures. If they wanted to have a US-ified script, they wouldn't need to go to such lengths, they could just hire some us-asian writer to get another ethnic US-series.
    - butlike 2y ago
      I think they're making a <valid> claim that funding creates a bias. Netflix funding squid game created a bias to rewrite a potentially-done script for US audiences.
      - keiferski 2y ago
        Yes. No one else seems to be able to read the comments up thread. Netflix funded the production. Netflix has an influence on what the script is. At no point was I interested in arguing about whether it was a “Korean show” or not.
      - tuna74 2y ago
        Netflix wants subscribers in Korea so they have every motivation to create content that Korean people want to watch. If Americans like it as well that is just a bonus.
    - monkey_monkey 2y ago
      Please detail some of the specific things that Netflix influenced to make Squid Games less Korean.
- kalleboo 2y ago
  Netflix funds and produces lots of local productions targeted at local markets, with zero eye towards the US market[0]. They still get international subtitles because that's cheap enough. If those shows turn out to have a more global appeal than expected, great, but they were still only originally targeted at the local market. It makes no sense if Netflix is trying to gain subscribers in Korea to make a Korean show targeted at US audiences. [0]Example: https://about.netflix.com/ja/news/asura-trailer-special-art https://about.netflix.com/ja/news/asura-trailer-special-art

keiferski 2y ago

That is true in some cases, but not Squid Game, which was specially produced by Netflix.

slightwinder 2y ago
Which is what I meant. They look for promising projects in other countries and finance them partly or even buy them as a whole. But those projects usually already existed before Netflix came in, meaning they are not specifically designed for Netflix and the US-market. Squid Game for example was written 10 years before Netflix started financing them. And this is even more obvious when they finance sequels to old series which were already running decades ago.
- keiferski 2y ago
  I’m not sure how that really is an argument against my point. Thousands of scripts exist, and in the process of them getting made, the funders and producers have influence on the content. The idea that fully-written scripts are just made without any input or pushback from the funders/producers is not how the film industry works.
  - slightwinder 2y ago
    No, that's exactly how the Industry (also) works. There are different styles of projects, but scripts being finished before any money flows in, is pretty common. And at those point changes are usually small. And usually they also don't plan ahead to become some global hit. But the point is that Netflix specifically buys productions from different countries, to cater to the fans of those cultures. If they wanted to have a US-ified script, they wouldn't need to go to such lengths, they could just hire some us-asian writer to get another ethnic US-series.
  - butlike 2y ago
    I think they're making a <valid> claim that funding creates a bias. Netflix funding squid game created a bias to rewrite a potentially-done script for US audiences.
    - keiferski 2y ago
      Yes. No one else seems to be able to read the comments up thread. Netflix funded the production. Netflix has an influence on what the script is. At no point was I interested in arguing about whether it was a “Korean show” or not.
    - tuna74 2y ago
      Netflix wants subscribers in Korea so they have every motivation to create content that Korean people want to watch. If Americans like it as well that is just a bonus.
  - monkey_monkey 2y ago
    Please detail some of the specific things that Netflix influenced to make Squid Games less Korean.
kalleboo 2y ago
Netflix funds and produces lots of local productions targeted at local markets, with zero eye towards the US market[0]. They still get international subtitles because that's cheap enough. If those shows turn out to have a more global appeal than expected, great, but they were still only originally targeted at the local market. It makes no sense if Netflix is trying to gain subscribers in Korea to make a Korean show targeted at US audiences. [0]Example: https://about.netflix.com/ja/news/asura-trailer-special-art https://about.netflix.com/ja/news/asura-trailer-special-art