There are a couple other interesting announcements included in here as well (that I didn't want to make separate posts about and flood the site). I think Guillermo del Toro running a horror...
There are a couple other interesting announcements included in here as well (that I didn't want to make separate posts about and flood the site). I think Guillermo del Toro running a horror anthology series could be amazing, definitely looking forward to seeing what comes out of that.
Also, the fact that Netflix is planning to have 470 more originals come out before the end of the year is insane.
Oh yeah, good call. I enjoyed that one a bunch too. Edit: I'm pretty pumped about over 400 netflix originals coming by end of year. From what I've watched they have more hits than misses. Have you...
Oh yeah, good call. I enjoyed that one a bunch too.
Edit: I'm pretty pumped about over 400 netflix originals coming by end of year. From what I've watched they have more hits than misses. Have you watched Bright?
I enjoyed it, but I just enjoy this story in most of its incarnations, so maybe I'm not a good source. I also tend to do stuff while watching Netflix, and pulpy science fiction is great for that.
I enjoyed it, but I just enjoy this story in most of its incarnations, so maybe I'm not a good source. I also tend to do stuff while watching Netflix, and pulpy science fiction is great for that.
Insanely awesome. Has anyone bothered to watch cable lately? The ads are almost as long as the shows now, and almost everything that isn't cheap-to-produce reality-tv or formulaic recycled cop...
Insanely awesome.
Has anyone bothered to watch cable lately? The ads are almost as long as the shows now, and almost everything that isn't cheap-to-produce reality-tv or formulaic recycled cop drama is long gone. Cable prices are up something like 70% over the last decade as cable companies desperately try to plug the hole in their revenues caused by cord-cutting. Sooner or later, they'll hit a breaking point where a hell of a lot of people cancel in disgust, and the steep drop in their profits they've been trying to hide with rate hikes will be even worse than the long slow decline.
Few industries have ever deserved to fail as much as modern cable television. They could own all of the modern fiber if they'd invested in the infrastructure like they said they would when taking billions in taxpayer money to fund building those networks. Instead they just took it as profit and did nothing at all. Quite a stupid business decision long-term, and the consequences are here.
Now we have 10G wireless around the corner, Musk's 4,500 satellite network, and an army of municipal fiber deployments marching across the country. Seems like competition is about to make a comeback.
I'm sure a ton of those new Netflix shows will be crap. Some will probably be blockbusters. Quite a bit of it might end up being something new that's had a hard time finding a home on cable - niche programming for specific markets. In the end it doesn't matter, all Netflix needs is one show good enough to get people to pay $9/mo for their content. Right now that's ~130 million subscribers in 190 countries, a market the scope of which cable companies can only dream about. Netflix does have some $22 billion in debts of one form or another, but with over a billion a month in revenue, that's manageable already.
The New York Times had a relevant article yesterday: Why Traditional TV is in Trouble. They talk about advertising in it a decent amount, but also a different factor that you didn't mention: the...
They talk about advertising in it a decent amount, but also a different factor that you didn't mention: the median age of "traditional" TV viewers is only going up, almost all younger people lean much further towards using Netflix and other streaming services.
I'll own it -- I'm just old and cranky, I guess. Because I find hardly any of Netflix's Originals worth my time. I thought when they first started producing shows (House of Cards, OITNB) they were...
I'll own it -- I'm just old and cranky, I guess. Because I find hardly any of Netflix's Originals worth my time. I thought when they first started producing shows (House of Cards, OITNB) they were going for the premium audience with highbrow, high production value, and high concept writing... but now it just seems like they are "regular tv" with tons of mediocre shows for every demographic.
Don't get me wrong, I'm happy places like Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, etc. exist and allow for a diversity of voices so everyone can find their niche, but I do think there might be a smidge too much tv right now. There were 487 scripted shows that aired in 2017 -- that's a bit ridiculous.
There are a couple other interesting announcements included in here as well (that I didn't want to make separate posts about and flood the site). I think Guillermo del Toro running a horror anthology series could be amazing, definitely looking forward to seeing what comes out of that.
Also, the fact that Netflix is planning to have 470 more originals come out before the end of the year is insane.
I'm also happy that Lost in Space got picked up for Season 2. It was pulpy and fun.
Here’s hoping they renew Altered Carbon too... that was also quite good, IMO, but there has been neither hide not hair about a season 2 so far.
Oh yeah, good call. I enjoyed that one a bunch too.
Edit: I'm pretty pumped about over 400 netflix originals coming by end of year. From what I've watched they have more hits than misses. Have you watched Bright?
Does it get better? I got really bored within the first 10 minutes...
I enjoyed it, but I just enjoy this story in most of its incarnations, so maybe I'm not a good source. I also tend to do stuff while watching Netflix, and pulpy science fiction is great for that.
Insanely awesome.
Has anyone bothered to watch cable lately? The ads are almost as long as the shows now, and almost everything that isn't cheap-to-produce reality-tv or formulaic recycled cop drama is long gone. Cable prices are up something like 70% over the last decade as cable companies desperately try to plug the hole in their revenues caused by cord-cutting. Sooner or later, they'll hit a breaking point where a hell of a lot of people cancel in disgust, and the steep drop in their profits they've been trying to hide with rate hikes will be even worse than the long slow decline.
Few industries have ever deserved to fail as much as modern cable television. They could own all of the modern fiber if they'd invested in the infrastructure like they said they would when taking billions in taxpayer money to fund building those networks. Instead they just took it as profit and did nothing at all. Quite a stupid business decision long-term, and the consequences are here.
Now we have 10G wireless around the corner, Musk's 4,500 satellite network, and an army of municipal fiber deployments marching across the country. Seems like competition is about to make a comeback.
I'm sure a ton of those new Netflix shows will be crap. Some will probably be blockbusters. Quite a bit of it might end up being something new that's had a hard time finding a home on cable - niche programming for specific markets. In the end it doesn't matter, all Netflix needs is one show good enough to get people to pay $9/mo for their content. Right now that's ~130 million subscribers in 190 countries, a market the scope of which cable companies can only dream about. Netflix does have some $22 billion in debts of one form or another, but with over a billion a month in revenue, that's manageable already.
The New York Times had a relevant article yesterday: Why Traditional TV is in Trouble.
They talk about advertising in it a decent amount, but also a different factor that you didn't mention: the median age of "traditional" TV viewers is only going up, almost all younger people lean much further towards using Netflix and other streaming services.
I'll own it -- I'm just old and cranky, I guess. Because I find hardly any of Netflix's Originals worth my time. I thought when they first started producing shows (House of Cards, OITNB) they were going for the premium audience with highbrow, high production value, and high concept writing... but now it just seems like they are "regular tv" with tons of mediocre shows for every demographic.
Don't get me wrong, I'm happy places like Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, etc. exist and allow for a diversity of voices so everyone can find their niche, but I do think there might be a smidge too much tv right now. There were 487 scripted shows that aired in 2017 -- that's a bit ridiculous.