I disagree, the old model of a new episode every week is a relic of broadcast TV from the 50s and 60s, when production models for shows were very different.
New episodes every week on Disney+ or Amazon come across to me like trying to create artificial scarcity when the episodes are clearly locked in and finished well ahead of time.
Not only does a weekly release schedule allow for discussion, speculation, and anticipation, but it also makes getting into a show easier for most people. Hear about some cool new show that started airing three weeks ago? You can get caught up in an hour and a half and then watch and discuss along with everybody else. Oh it was an entire 15 episode season dumped in a single day? Hope you've got six hours to set aside to watch something that by the time you're done with it everyone else will have already exhausted all discussion on.
Animation that they are responsible for makes up less than 1% of their output. Animation is always going to be a part of streaming except on channels (like Paramount Plus) where they don't already have a big library and would have to create it from scratch. This is why Apple TV+ got in bed with the Peanut's people and with Skydance.
This. I hate the binge model. A lot of good shows fail to accumulate a proper fan base because they’re effectively over as soon as they premiere.
I disagree, the old model of a new episode every week is a relic of broadcast TV from the 50s and 60s, when production models for shows were very different.
New episodes every week on Disney+ or Amazon come across to me like trying to create artificial scarcity when the episodes are clearly locked in and finished well ahead of time.
>the old model of a new episode every week is a relic
Only where you are talking about 26 episodes.
I agree that binging is a mistake. It's the french fries and fast food of consumption of entertainment. When we have short seasons as with Low Key Season Two, six episodes is nothing for being dropped weekly - and is a perfect example of where that helped the show with the coverage.
Can anyone explain to me why are those frickers making a lot of profit again out of nowhere? Weren't they just getting rid of a lot of shows? They are making less content than before but somehow their stock is skyrocketing. At least Disney and WB are losing money for the dumb shit they did but Nettflix somehow got away with it.
They are saving animation as they and the rest of Hollywood begin to accept again Netflix's primary role as a facilitator of content rather than a creator. They are saving animation by maintaining a viable distribution model, not by making animation. They suck at that.
Amazon Web Services hosts most of the internet and has such a massive market cap that its value alone subsidizes the rest of the company including all of the loss leaders in their online market. Because of this, they can undercut any other industry they want and grab exactly one third of it so they have a little extra room to grow and don't have to worry about anti-trust or FTC problems.
If any of that bothers you, you can thank Clinton and Dubya for deregulating in the 90s and 00s.
>You want change, vote third party.
Sadly I think all out anarchy is the solution. The system really need violent upheaval and scary everyone with the potential of a world war is not doing to cut it anymore.
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What we need is some kind of revolution. Hopefully non-violent, but of course The System and Powers That Be probably aren't gonna go down without a fight. Geez, this is like the late '60s all over again
Their works range from "ok" to "actually pretty good" and they seem to be taking more risks than made-for-cable, shame about the cutbacks
Saving
Shilling.
Killing by Shilling trash.
Sorry, not sorry.
Binge watching is a mistake
This. I hate the binge model. A lot of good shows fail to accumulate a proper fan base because they’re effectively over as soon as they premiere.
Amazon shill detected.
Then explain bojack and stranger things
Bigass marketing budgets.
I disagree, the old model of a new episode every week is a relic of broadcast TV from the 50s and 60s, when production models for shows were very different.
New episodes every week on Disney+ or Amazon come across to me like trying to create artificial scarcity when the episodes are clearly locked in and finished well ahead of time.
Don't digest! Consume consume consume!
It isn't like people haven't been binging on VHS and DVD sets for decades before Netflix started the streaming model.
Was it better before when there were commercials every ten minutes? I know Netflix just started commercials, but for a while they didn't.
Not only does a weekly release schedule allow for discussion, speculation, and anticipation, but it also makes getting into a show easier for most people. Hear about some cool new show that started airing three weeks ago? You can get caught up in an hour and a half and then watch and discuss along with everybody else. Oh it was an entire 15 episode season dumped in a single day? Hope you've got six hours to set aside to watch something that by the time you're done with it everyone else will have already exhausted all discussion on.
Should shows really be aiming to create a persistent fanbase first instead of just being good?
Yes, you wabt each episide to be good and you want peple taljing about each episode.
Animation that they are responsible for makes up less than 1% of their output. Animation is always going to be a part of streaming except on channels (like Paramount Plus) where they don't already have a big library and would have to create it from scratch. This is why Apple TV+ got in bed with the Peanut's people and with Skydance.
>the old model of a new episode every week is a relic
Only where you are talking about 26 episodes.
I agree that binging is a mistake. It's the french fries and fast food of consumption of entertainment. When we have short seasons as with Low Key Season Two, six episodes is nothing for being dropped weekly - and is a perfect example of where that helped the show with the coverage.
>I agree that binging is a mistake.
It's like the "episodic" video game" trend of streaming.
You obsessed chuds are the people killing this board, not "le billionares are shoving wokie propaganda into my basedtoons >:("
N Iger lover
I'm going to the one place not corrupted by capitalism (yet) SPACE!
It would take decades of work from people who care about the art to actually fix cartoons.
>It would take decades of work from people who care about the art to
get fired and cancelled for being hate-filled weirdos.
Can anyone explain to me why are those frickers making a lot of profit again out of nowhere? Weren't they just getting rid of a lot of shows? They are making less content than before but somehow their stock is skyrocketing. At least Disney and WB are losing money for the dumb shit they did but Nettflix somehow got away with it.
Killing with the initial pretense of saving it then making it worse slowly over time while suffocating out the alternatives.
They are saving animation as they and the rest of Hollywood begin to accept again Netflix's primary role as a facilitator of content rather than a creator. They are saving animation by maintaining a viable distribution model, not by making animation. They suck at that.
They take risks but then they cancel most of their shit after a single season so whatever
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I unironically have the most faith in Amazon at this point
Amazon only purpose is to deliver shit you can't find on your nearest walmart, they suck at everything else.
How did Amazon turn into such a shameless monopoly anyhow, they do literally every single thing nowadays(and it's always low quality)
Amazon Web Services hosts most of the internet and has such a massive market cap that its value alone subsidizes the rest of the company including all of the loss leaders in their online market. Because of this, they can undercut any other industry they want and grab exactly one third of it so they have a little extra room to grow and don't have to worry about anti-trust or FTC problems.
If any of that bothers you, you can thank Clinton and Dubya for deregulating in the 90s and 00s.
okay so now get to re-regulating this shit.
Republicans and Democrats are both funded by political donations and favours from the companies they deregulated. You want change, vote third party.
>You want change, vote third party.
Sadly I think all out anarchy is the solution. The system really need violent upheaval and scary everyone with the potential of a world war is not doing to cut it anymore.
What we need is some kind of revolution. Hopefully non-violent, but of course The System and Powers That Be probably aren't gonna go down without a fight. Geez, this is like the late '60s all over again