Well, yeah…they couldn’t afford to, because of all the other consolidations that came before this one: other “losses” in the streaming wars have been Fox, MGM, Discovery, etc
…but I think that losing HBO, who did at one time really push the others to up their game to compete with Game of Thrones etc, really bookmarks a place in time where the quality is going to drop off a cliff. Netflix hasn’t made an interesting series since early when Stranger Things/Narcos/Ozark were fighting in the streaming wars. They’re going to be even more motivated to produce easy clickbait slop going forward because it’s pretty much just Amazon as competition now - since Disney and Paramount mostly put out “niche” stuff.
Like…what the hell is that new Game of Thrones comedy thing they teased right before this happened? That has to have been produced to be Netflix-friendly.
I guess this the beginning of the end of the streaming wars. It was fun while it lasted.
Soon all the cutting edge series’ will be replaced by the low effort high “engagement” slop that Netflix produces.
Well you say that but HBO haven’t exactly been firing on all cylinders lately on their own back.
Well, yeah…they couldn’t afford to, because of all the other consolidations that came before this one: other “losses” in the streaming wars have been Fox, MGM, Discovery, etc
…but I think that losing HBO, who did at one time really push the others to up their game to compete with Game of Thrones etc, really bookmarks a place in time where the quality is going to drop off a cliff. Netflix hasn’t made an interesting series since early when Stranger Things/Narcos/Ozark were fighting in the streaming wars. They’re going to be even more motivated to produce easy clickbait slop going forward because it’s pretty much just Amazon as competition now - since Disney and Paramount mostly put out “niche” stuff.
Like…what the hell is that new Game of Thrones comedy thing they teased right before this happened? That has to have been produced to be Netflix-friendly.
netflix is already mostly slop, if you considered thier soon cancelled shows.
Apple TV currently for more ‘high-tier’ content.
Forgot about Apple, sorry. I always comment off the top of my head because I’m lazy. I even just watched the new Pluribus ep.