100% this. If network TV had used the Netflix model during its heyday, classic shows like "Seinfeld," "Hill Street Blues" and even "All in the Family" would have been cancelled after one season rather than given time to build word of mouth.
This. There was a show on netflix we had watched. It was fun enough, then they released a 2nd season I think two years later. Well, it had been too long ago and the recaps hadn't done a good enough job of summarizing what had gone on, and we didn't feel like continuing because of that.
Speaking of Netflix, has anyone had their lists reordered recently? I feel like they might have changed the way lists are ordered. It used to be the newest added things would always be near the front, but several days ago, it's like the list got reshuffled. Things I had recently added were moved either to the middle or very end, and older things moved to the front, which made it kind of frustrating to navigate and started to make me wonder why we even have lists in the first place. A suggestion to Netflix would be to allow us to order our list the way we want. Most Streaming service UIs are terrible in their ease of use when in relation to remote use. For instance, why do I have to click on a title in order to add it to a list? Why can't I just have a button on the remote like a + or - be able to add or remove when hovering over the title? Too many clicks, man. Too many clicks.
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I don't know if it's maybe different in different regions or different on smart tvs, but in my experience the netflix list has never reliably put new items to the top and they've always deliberately shuffled the list order at least a couple times a year. I assume it's part of their constant attempts to manipulate you into watching more by artificially forcing things to stand out more (same reason they're constantly changing the thumbnail images). Very annoying, though honestly still better than the dumb shit you have to put up with trying to make a list on d+, amazon prime or apple+.
Yeah, I'm aware that they periodically shuffle it, but this time around it feels very different and kind of broken. Why of all things is something I just added a couple of days ago way at the end of my list, for example? It makes navigating it so much more painful given that they don't really have an easier way to go through it other than to scroll your way across, which can take a long time if you have a long list. Some stuff I've already watched which I haven't yet removed is also at the beginning of the list, and that doesn't account for stuff that receive new content which typically do move towards the front.
What's worse is that Netflix does seem to recognize this is part of the problem, as evidenced by their occasionally releasing episodes in "blocks" spread out over a month or two, but they only do that with their biggest shows. I think they're worried that they'd lose subscribers if they abandoned their binge model, and they might lose a few, but I don't think most subscribers would care. There's so much content on the service that there's plenty for them to watch while they wait a week for the next episode.
yup. i'm the anti-binger - i have entire lineups of 80s,90s and 2000s shows that i am watching, but i watch one a week and try to line up with more or less traditional season structures, then alternate with a different batch of shows. the impact and reflection on the episodes is so much greater, you actually look forward to the next episode, and when the show "comes back" it actually is impactful and exciting, and feels like time has passed. also when i really enjoy a show, i can make it last for years, and truly appreciate it, rather than burn it all out and then never have it again. it totally works for me.
I mean, give it time maybe? Give it time for people to find it. It only just literally came out this past Wednesday. If they get viewership numbers from a single week, then sure, the numbers will be lower. Claiming that viewership numbers are lower when it just released a week ago is kind of ridiculous.
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I didn't even know they were making it until I saw an interview last week. And I didn't know it was actually out until right now. And I'm not currently subscribed to netflix so it'll have to wait at least few weeks if not longer.
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the movie theaters era is gonna be long gone
even thought the movie theaters era been gone since the 2010s era when movies in the theater universe started transitioning to the streaming universe
I'm a fan of the movies but I haven't had the chance to watch it yet. Because, you know, life.
I am more or less the same way. I can watch a few episodes of something in a given week tops before I want to switch over to something else. And if I do try and watch multiple episodes of anything in a day, I can get to maybe three, tops, before I get bored and even sometimes annoyed with the show.
Yeah, they seem to want it both ways. These things need traction, and traction takes time. Giving things a week simply isn't enough, especially when sometimes things require word of mouth, and then of course there's the backlog to get through. I don't binge either. At most, I'll watch an episode a day, two if they're super short like with The Four Seasons.
And speaking of Netflix, it seems they will be introducing measures to crack down more on password sharing by introducing per-profile MFA on July 26th. I don't remember Netflix having any form of authentication (TFA or MFA) beyond username and password, so on the one hand extra security is always a good thing, but I can see this being highly inconvenient for the less tech-savvy and elderly.
Ohh, that is sacriligeous! Life! What on earth would possess you to have an actual life!! Netflix demands your instant attention and drop whatever you're doing. Drop your laundry, drop your dishes, drop your kids. Because what is life when you have Netflix??.
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well adam sandler does have his own studio production company called happy gilmore
Actually, the company's name is Happy Madison, and they're making this film.
Hold on.
Wait a minute.
Just a second.
There's nepotism in Hollywood?
Wait a minute.
Just a second.
There's nepotism in Hollywood?
yes.
Nepo babies have taken over Hollywood. Andie MacDowell's daughter Margaret Qualley, Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid's son Jack Quaid (who starred in one of Amazon's top series for five seasons), Kyle Chandler's daughter Sydney Chandler (starring in Alien: Earth), J.J. Abrams' singer daughter Gracie Abrams, Ewan McGregor's actress and model daughters Esther Rose McGregor and Clara McGregor, Bryan Cranston's daughter Taylor Dearden (who starred in The Pitt), Arnold Schwarzenegger's son Patrick Schwarzenegger, and Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke's daughter Maya Hawke are just some of the young stars who have achieved significant positions in Hollywood thanks to their family connections.
There are also names like Isa Briones and Ariana Greenblatt, whose fathers were Broadway actors and producers and who also acted in Hollywood.
I forgot to mention Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel's daughter, Deva Cassel.
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That was sarcasm.
And Hollywood 'dynasties' have been around for almost as long as Hollywood has existed.