Yeah, no.
Discovery Renewed for Season 2
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Yeah, no.
There's also a direct sales element too. Whilst I assume subscriptions are bae, they probably don't mind if somebody subscribes and parts with $30 a pop just for the show.
You don't continue to drop $8 or $9 million per ep on the show because your strategy is to be hopeful. It has been renewed because it has yielded them success in whatever metrics matter to them right now.
People could rationalize all they want, but that's the simple truth of it
Numerous lackluster Starship Troopers sequels would suggest otherwise.
Agreed. Starfleet Marines =most shit fanwank EVAR
Interesting in that a lot of the market is Neflix (overseas) and that is a tool (creates the budget for further production) to encourage US audiences to join access. Least that is how I'm interpreting it.
The decision is purely money as it's the bottom line. Until the next number crunching exercise
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Listen to these guys, folks. Nobody really likes or enjoys Discovery. It's all just a conspiracy by CBS and Netflix to make it seem like it's popular when it's really not. I should know, I listen to Midnight's Edge.
Agreed.
Incredible how far people go to try and steal DSC's thunder...
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Pathetic, really is the word I would use...
Pathetic, really is the word I would use...
So divorced from reality that it's amazing that there isn't some form of alimony involved.
When its a streaming show, 'joining access' = 'ratings'.
If it wasn't encouraging subscriptions, it wouldn't be renewed. It's insanely expensive.
He didn't say that, and I think you know it. Of course Discovery is there in the hopes of it driving more subscriptions. That is the only reason it exists. That is the reason Netflix makes its own shows, and the reason Hulu makes its own shows, the reason Amazon Prime makes its own shows, the reason HBO makes its own shows...
Besides, Starfleet isn't military...
Exactly so. That's obvious and straightforward and even given my habitual abrasiveness I'm surprised that anyone would try to dispute it.
I can agree that it was "in the hopes" when it was created like any other subscription based show, but that's not WHY it gets renewed. Game of Thrones doesn't get renewed seven times out of "hope", it gets renewed because of certainty. Discovery got renewed for being a proven success.
To merely say "in the hopes" implies it's all just a big gamble and nothing more. You don't spend this kind of money on something a second time unless you see significant results.
If they thought their subscription level would stay just where it is they wouldn't continue investing money in such an expensive show. Companies don't spend money like this to "maintain," but to grow. They are carrying it on in the hopes that it will continue to drive more new subscriptions.
Okay cool, just clearing up that we're on the same page of Discovery being a proven success, regardless of how you feel of the show itself.
Exactly. CBS wants to have eight million subscribers by 2020. They don't do that if Discovery and other shows don't continue to grow the brand.
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