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zoux posted:Aw I was looking forward to that, do you have any of the reviews? Yahoo TV Variety Grantland Village Voice I think critics got to see as many of 6 of the 10 episodes already for review.
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I'll still watch it because the subject and period is interesting to me and I'll give it a shot but yeah, there's something to be said about business decisions getting in the way of making a show. This sounds like a GOT ripoff to the highest degree, possibly might even be worse than all the Lost-ripoffs we got in the span of 2006-2009 or so, where no one either on the business or creative side seems to understand why the show they're ripping off is good and just copy the wrong parts while skipping the ones that made it good. It's beautifully shot though, apparently, even from the trailers alone.
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Sober posted:OITNB, while obviously not Irish Joe's cup of tea, is probably the closest thing Netflix has to being actually 'good' at the moment. I haven't had the chance to watch Bojack Horseman yet. House of Cards though felt way to sterile most of the time and got boring to watch as Kevin Spacey just bulldozed over the competition (for the lack of a better word) like nothing. He had, what, 2 setbacks in all of the first season? That gets boring to watch. Apparently he just goes full supervillain in S2 and the show is not self-aware enough to realize it or something? BoJack Horseman is great, but it's an outlier in terms of style. A friend of mine -- or maybe an article I can't find -- theorized that Netflix is trying the Tomato Sauce strategy of having a whole bunch of shows with unique flavors; something for everyone. BoJack, Orange is the New Black, House of Cards, Marco Polo...these shows don't share a lot of stylistic DNA. (The upcoming Bloodlines might find some common ground with House of Cards, but we'll see.) The point is to get and keep subscribers of all kinds, and since Netflix isn't bound to timeslots, their room to play is only limited by their budget.
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DivisionPost posted:their budget. Which, we should remember, is stacked.
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Well, Netflix is trying to produce all kinds of new content, so they do a prestige drama here, an anime there, a zeitgeist capturing dramedy there, a weird animated show there, a show for people that like Game of Thrones and historical epic fiction. Netflix has the ambition to go after ever conceivable demographic.
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They also have nearly perfect metrics on what their subscribers watch and rewatch and therefore will watch.
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zoux posted:They also have nearly perfect metrics on what their subscribers watch and rewatch and therefore will watch. Still waiting for the Pewdiepie-Maru cop show.
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Sober posted:House of Cards though felt way to sterile most of the time and got boring to watch as Kevin Spacey just bulldozed over the competition (for the lack of a better word) like nothing. He had, what, 2 setbacks in all of the first season? That gets boring to watch. Apparently he just goes full supervillain in S2 and the show is not self-aware enough to realize it or something? One issue with this is whenever underwood does experience a setback, it doesn't seem like it. Spacey makes a stern monologue at the camera, and he gives the impression that this is no big deal and everything is still under control.
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Spatula City posted:Well, Netflix is trying to produce all kinds of new content, so they do a prestige drama here, an anime there, a zeitgeist capturing dramedy there, a weird animated show there, a show for people that like Game of Thrones and historical epic fiction. Netflix has the ambition to go after ever conceivable demographic. Quick, we need to be first to come up with a Skinemax-esque name for Netflix's softcore cable porn. It can't be Netdix.
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Maybe I'm weird but I like watching pure evil Kevin Spacey destroy the competition. It'll make it all the more satisfying when the whole thing comes crashing down around him. Almost like he's building some kind of...
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Regy Rusty posted:Maybe I'm weird but I like watching pure evil Kevin Spacey destroy the competition. It'll make it all the more satisfying when the whole thing comes crashing down around him. Almost like he's building some kind of... Well, unless they decide to go in a very different narrative direction from the novels or the BBC adaptation...
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House of Cards is a solid B. Perfect on Showtime.
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It'll be ok. HBO had to Arli$$ before it could Sopranos.
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zoux posted:It'll be ok. HBO had to Arli$$ before it could Sopranos. It also had Oz and the Larry Sanders show. Nothing can excuse Arli$$
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zoux posted:It'll be ok. HBO had to First and 10 before it could Sopranos. It also had Dream On.
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Aphrodite posted:Quick, we need to be first to come up with a Skinemax-esque name for Netflix's softcore cable porn. Nipflix, obv
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Aphrodite posted:Quick, we need to be first to come up with a Skinemax-esque name for Netflix's softcore cable porn. Netfux would be the obvious choice.
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Nettitx?
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Manos del Sino posted:It can't just be NetflixXx? That's not any different if you're saying it out loud
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Mike Tyson Mysteries got renewed! I was kind of worried it wouldn't, because it is such a wonderful cocktail of highbrow and lowbrow weirdness that it could've easily just picked up no viewers.
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Wandle Cax posted:That's not any different if you're saying it out loud Not if you wiggle your eyebrows when you say it.
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DivisionPost posted:
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Mu Zeta posted:It's probably a comedic role like Key and Peele I'm hoping for something more along the lines of Glenn Howerton's role; comedic, with a few chances to do some heavier stuff.
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Aphrodite posted:Quick, we need to be first to come up with a Skinemax-esque name for Netflix's softcore cable porn. Qwikster.
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zoux posted:Netflix has a bold plan. They realize that is... a lot of shows, right? I don't know that this is going to work out for them. Kaizoku posted:Qwikster. Wankster (by 50 CentTM)
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Sober posted:OITNB, while obviously not Irish Joe's cup of tea, is probably the closest thing Netflix has to being actually 'good' at the moment. I haven't had the chance to watch Bojack Horseman yet. House of Cards though felt way to sterile most of the time and got boring to watch as Kevin Spacey just bulldozed over the competition (for the lack of a better word) like nothing. He had, what, 2 setbacks in all of the first season? That gets boring to watch. Apparently he just goes full supervillain in S2 and the show is not self-aware enough to realize it or something? While I agree the show's on the sterile side, and the main character is probably too competent and lucky with weak competition in the first two seasons. But the show is self-aware about how horrible of a person the main character is. But that doesn't necessarily mean all viewers will catch on. (See: Breaking Bad.) And as for the character having it too easy, I assume the show is called House of Cards for a reason and everything will start going to hell for him next season. That being said it is sort of a boring show structure to have to wait so long for the protagonist to come into extreme trouble and take a real loss.
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DivisionPost posted:Your first official cast members for Fargo Season 2 are Jeffrey Donovan, Kirsten Dunst, and Jesse Plemons. Dunst and Plemons' characters are obviously big, but Donovan's role is likely a supporting one. The role of Lou Solverson is still open.
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Josh Lyman posted:I'm not so sure about Kirsten Dunst. The last movie I liked her in was... Bring It On? You need to watch Melancholia.
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Josh Lyman posted:I'm not so sure about Kirsten Dunst. The last movie I liked her in was... Bring It On? Someone hasn't seen Elizabethtown.
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Wandle Cax posted:Someone hasn't seen Elizabethtown. I saw it. The Legolas shoe movie with the MPDG
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zoux posted:Hell the last movie I liked her in was Interview with a Vampire Aatrek parachute spotted.
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I signed up for a free month of Amazon Prime to get some holiday items shipped quickly. Are there any Amazon exclusives I should marathon?
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