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Post by Jeremy on Nov 7, 2018 17:54:52 GMT -8
Latinum... that's one of those units of time that's half a decade, right? Must you misinterpret all my DS9 references? I still haven't forgiven that "Thong Song" joke.
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Post by Jeremy on Nov 9, 2018 12:54:43 GMT -8
Not sure how much writing I'll get done this month, but I was able to dash off a quick piece on Disney, Netflix, and capitalism. All topics I'm sure you love.
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Post by Jeremy on Dec 21, 2018 11:48:53 GMT -8
It's "Best of the Year" time! I've got pieces on my top films and TV shows coming before the end of the month, but in the meantime, here's a look at some books! Which are, of course, about films and TV shows.
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Post by Jeremy on Mar 15, 2019 14:04:21 GMT -8
Every few months, I like to write about the current state of the TV world. The unexpected cancellation of One Day at a Time seems like a good time to check in on the latest with Netflix and the streaming wars.
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Post by Quiara on Mar 16, 2019 7:47:04 GMT -8
Those reactions to the cancellation - oof!
I mean, on the one hand, yes, it's embarrassing how much Netflix is paying for Friends. On the other hand, yikes, people are really up in arms about a TV sitcom getting cancelled after... three seasons?
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Post by Zarnium on Mar 16, 2019 11:02:36 GMT -8
Honestly, if this resulted in shows being written and finished as just one season instead of hoping that the Netflix executives renew for multiple seasons, I wouldn't mind. I've taken a liking to short, concise shows over long sprawling ones, though that's just a personal preference.
Come to think of it, when was the last time a serialized, continuity-driven show lasted for over 100 episodes? They used to be relatively common, with shows like Buffy and The West Wing, but I can't think of many like that now.
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Post by Incandescence 112 on Mar 16, 2019 12:06:18 GMT -8
Honestly, if this resulted in shows being written and finished as just one season instead of hoping that the Netflix executives renew for multiple seasons, I wouldn't mind. I've taken a liking to short, concise shows over long sprawling ones, though that's just a personal preference. Come to think of it, when was the last time a serialized, continuity-driven show lasted for over 100 episodes? They used to be relatively common, with shows like Buffy and The West Wing, but I can't think of many like that now. Supernatural will probably outlast The Simpsons.
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Post by Jeremy on Mar 16, 2019 17:24:30 GMT -8
Those reactions to the cancellation - oof! I mean, on the one hand, yes, it's embarrassing how much Netflix is paying for Friends. On the other hand, yikes, people are really up in arms about a TV sitcom getting cancelled after... three seasons? Were it airing on a network, maybe there wouldn't be as much of an uproar. (Although some network shows also provoke angry reactions when cancelled - see Brooklyn Nine-Nine.) But it's on Netflix, a platform which not long ago was renewing everything under the sun. Plus the fact that One Day at a Time focuses on minority groups that are generally underrepresented in family sitcoms - yep, cancelling it is guaranteed to send Twitter into a tizzy. Come to think of it, when was the last time a serialized, continuity-driven show lasted for over 100 episodes? They used to be relatively common, with shows like Buffy and The West Wing, but I can't think of many like that now. Several shows on the broadcast networks can make this claim (the CW alone has Supernatural, Arrow, and The Flash). Most serialized cable/streaming shows, though, limit themselves to 13 episodes per season at most, and rarely last more than 7 seasons total, so they don't usually get to 100 episodes. ( Shameless and The Walking Dead are two of the only exceptions I can think of.)
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Post by Zarnium on Mar 16, 2019 20:14:20 GMT -8
Hmm, I didn't realize the DC shows had so many episodes per season.
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Post by Jeremy on Mar 22, 2019 14:37:03 GMT -8
Supernatural will probably outlast The Simpsons. Nope! Turns out Supernatural will end next year, after 15 seasons and 327 episodes. ( The Simpsons will continue airing forever, obvs.)
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Post by Incandescence 112 on Mar 23, 2019 6:36:03 GMT -8
Supernatural will probably outlast The Simpsons. Nope! Turns out Supernatural will end next year, after 15 seasons and 327 episodes. ( The Simpsons will continue airing forever, obvs.) Nice! Maybe they can finish the run with dignity. I haven't watched the show in ages, but Seasons 2-5 were pretty solid popcorn entertainment.
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Post by Jeremy on Mar 23, 2019 17:52:08 GMT -8
Yeah, those early seasons could be a lot of fun. Truth told, the only post-S5 episode of Supernatural I've watched was last year's "Scoobynatural" (a mostly animated episode that served as a Scooby-Doo crossover). It didn't make me want to go back and catch up on the other 200 episodes, but it was solid satirical entertainment.
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Post by Jeremy on Nov 8, 2019 13:02:33 GMT -8
Wow, been a while since I updated this thread. Anyway, here's another piece on the streaming wars, which are now more heated than ever.
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Post by otherscott on Nov 8, 2019 13:36:46 GMT -8
Ultimately I think it's going to be Netflix that is going to get crushed here. They can't keep spending like they're spending, and they just don't have enough beloved properties to really compete once most of the back catalog of non-Netfix properties get snapped up by the content owners. Even leaving Disney aside, HBOMax and Peacock are going to have the big back catalog advantages that once made Netflix so great in the first place. I think, ultimately, Netflix had to do better with their originals when they were unopposed - they had that chance to build a back catalog people cared about and I'm really skeptical they did. They have Stranger Things and Bojack Horseman and then what else that people really and truly care about?
Apple TV I think waited 5 years too late to try and do what they're doing here, no one is excited for 4 shows of, by all accounts, mediocre quality when we have Disney+ launching the same month. No one who isn't an Apple shill who will immediately get whatever they next put out, anyways. I just can't see that service surviving unless it gets thrown in with something else. Maybe they'll find it worthwhile if they continue to have a permanent promotion where every new Apple product you buy comes with 2 years of free Apple TV like they are doing on launch. It could have an Amazon Prime Video type life in that case. As a standalone service, I would say it has zero chance unless it produces some masterpieces over the next year.
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Post by Jeremy on Nov 9, 2019 21:00:00 GMT -8
Worst news for Netflix is that their most-watched show, Friends, is leaving the site in a few weeks. Their second-most watched show, The Office, expires at the end of 2020. The Disney-owned shows and films they acquired are on their way out as well. Pretty soon, there may be more originals on that site than acquired properties.
I think they'll suffer, but not get crushed per se - Netflix's original backlog is enormous, to the point that we've never even talked about some 95% of it. They may not be the best in quality, but their excess in quantity will keep them going for a while, even in the face of increasingly heavy competition.
I completely forgot about Peacock. Lord, the next few months are going to be even more insane than I thought.
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