• Hot Saucerman@lemmy.ml
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    lost subscribers to their no password sharing policy.

    What, we’re just gonna gloss over how absolutely dogshit their in-house “Netflix Originals” media has become?

    It’s also because their current shows suck, and because any shows that are actually good get shitcanned after season 2, because Netflix sees less consumer growth after two seasons.

    Their saving grace is stuff like Black Mirror but to be fair that didn’t start out as a Netflix original and Charlie Brooker has tight control over his property.

    When they started Netflix Originals, they knocked a bunch of them out of the park, now they just make weak trash with bad CGI, costumes, and makeup.

    Stuff like 13 Reasons Why or The Witcher are just straight up irredeemable trash.

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      It’s also because their current shows suck, and because any shows that are actually good get shitcanned after season 2, because Netflix sees less consumer growth after two seasons.

      I’m always surprised at how often other people (not you) will defend this practice from Netflix. It’s classic case of following the data in a stupid way. If their data shows that interest drops off after two seasons, I don’t doubt it.

      But… that comes with a cost. They have built a reputation as a company that doesn’t properly finish shows that they start, that will leave viewers hanging. That makes it harder to get people invested in a new series, even one that’s well reviewed. Why get interested in something you know will end on a cliffhanger?

      That kind of secondary order impact from their decision isn’t going to show up in data. Doesn’t change that it happens all the same.

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        Just gotta say you fucking nailed it. The long-term knock-on effect of people not wanting to start a new Netflix show only to like it and for it to be cancelled is too real.

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          It’s basically the Google Effect, with how no one gets excited about their new products these days for much the same reason.

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        time slots in tv were a blessing in disguise because it made the choice “what should I run in this time slot” rather than “should I run this show”.

        This now leads to shows getting axed when in the past they be moved to a different time slot or would be left alone until they found something better.

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      Also their non-fiction is pretty bad too. It’s almost as bad as Amazon Prime now.

      Graham Hancock’s series “Ancient Apocalypse” on there is essentially nonsense.

      https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/nov/23/ancient-apocalypse-is-the-most-dangerous-show-on-netflix

      Why did it get approved? Because his son is senior manager of unscripted originals!

      Also, they have a documentary on the “Blue Zones” where people supposedly live to 100 regularly. This is pseudoscience that has been exposed as poor record keeping for years.

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      One Piece Live Action was better than I dared hope for. I hope the quality continues, but given their track record, I’m not holding my breath.

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        I’m worried it will end up like Game of Thrones and slowly go off the rails as the series goes on, ending sooner than the original series and botching the ending.

        I say this as someone not particularly invested in One Piece, but I know lots of folks who are, and it would be genuinely shitty for the live action to undermine the original. I agree, I hope the quality manages to keep up to the fans expectations and in this instance, they don’t flub it.

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          Thankfully, the difference is that One Piece is still releasing new chapters regularly, and is apparently in its final arc. So, if nothing changes, the live action will almost certainly not finish before the manga does.

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      I had to stop admitting how much I hated the Witcher because of the torrential down votes I would get. It was irredeemably unwatchable.

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        Honestly the first season gets a pass from me cause Henry cavill did a spectacular job even with lacklustre writing. That second season was a step back in every way and after finding out that they’ll continue the series after cavill leaves because the writers are sh*tying on the ip, I just haven’t bothered watching the 3rd season. Nothing their to keep me invested anymore.

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        That’s sad because it’s absolutely trash. Writing is trash, sets are trash, costumes are trash, makeup is trash, CGI is trash.

        Also, super unpopular opinion: Cavill wasn’t a very good Geralt, yet everyone wants to jerk him off like he’s the only saving grace of the show. Nah, he fucking sucks, too.