HBO Max Streaming Service Thread

[FreezeC77]

My first thought was.

Why ?

Pretty easy answer there.

Established entertainment companies want to negate risk and 'original' ideas being given money to be developed are becoming more and more the exception.

 

[TimeIsAPredator]

I don't see why not. The films were good, but hardly so definitive that the book material never needs to be touched again.

Don't see what there is to gain (money obviously)
It's reminds me of that string of live action Disney classics that was definitely not done for money and copyright reasons.

 

[Rich Watson]

The biggest problem with the series is going to be finding enough parents willing to sign their kids up for ten years of abuse and harassment for someone else's views.

 

[wayoung]

The biggest problem with the series is going to be finding enough parents willing to sign their kids up for ten years of abuse and harassment for someone else's views.

That will not be a problem.

 

[TimeIsAPredator]

That will not be a problem.

This needs a "super like" button.

 

[Dee1891]

Yeah, but the later books should have been a lot shorter. The Phoenix movie was the shortest of the bunch (if we count Hallows as one big movie) for good reason: that book sucks rotten troll toes.

I thought "Goblet of Fire" was the worst novel. It was unnecessarily padded.

 

[tomalak301]

While I am not in favor of resurrecting threads, this is my own thread so I figure what the heck. I actually just resubscribed to this service, and yesterday found out it's going back to the HBO Max name. Not sure what WBD is doing, but I'm still interested in a few shows on this service. I'm going to start it eventually, but has anyone seen "The Pitt". It looks like ER meets 24, and I'm intrigued.

 

[Noname Given]

From a Variety article on the subject:

Branding Experts on Decision to Flip Max Back to HBO Max: ‘A Corporate Walk of Shame’

Branding experts said Warner Bros. Discovery's decision to resurrect the HBO Max name was a tacit acknowledgement that it made a strategic error.

variety.com

 

[JD]

With every decision we hear about, it feels more and more like the people in charge of WB Discovery have no idea what they're doing.

 

[Jayson1]

HBO still makes quality shows but I feel like now they only make quality shows that come with a brand name. I miss what they were doing just a few years ago when they still had stuff like "Barry" "Succession" "Vice Principals" etc. As good as "The Penguin" was or "House of Dragon." "The Last of US" or the upcoming Harry Potter show. I can't say we needed more "Game of Thrones" or another comic book show or zombie video game show or more Harry Potter. I feel like 'The White Lotus" and "The RIghteous Gemstones" use to be the norm.

 

[JD]

I think that goes back to Zazlav again, he said when he came in that he wanted to focus more on their big franchises.

 

[Jayson1]

Yep. They guy is all about business and doesn't care about art or prestige tv which is what HBO was known for.

 

[Mike Farley]

While I am not in favor of resurrecting threads, this is my own thread so I figure what the heck. I actually just resubscribed to this service, and yesterday found out it's going back to the HBO Max name. Not sure what WBD is doing, but I'm still interested in a few shows on this service. I'm going to start it eventually, but has anyone seen "The Pitt". It looks like ER meets 24, and I'm intrigued.

The Pitt is actually quite good. A few weeks ago I binged through the whole thing in a couple of days. It actually started life as an E.R. sequel but changed up when they couldn't secure the rights.