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Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros

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phartenfeller ◴[] No.46160586[source]
I don't like this. Netflix rarely creates excellent content; instead, it frequently produces mediocre or worse content. Will the same happen for Warner? Are cinemas now second behind streaming?

Edit: I agree Netflix has good Originals. But most are from the early days when they favored quality over quantity. It is sad to see that they reversed that. They have much funding power and should give it to great art that really sticks, has ambitions and something to tell, and values my time instead of mediocrity.

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amrrs ◴[] No.46160784[source]
Honestly speaking Netflix has good catalog, much more comparable to Hollywood. Take the latest Frankenstein for example.

Don't look at only series. They also have recipes repurposed. But they acquire good titles and also produce some good ones.

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1. tiborsaas ◴[] No.46160878[source]
I have 459 titles on my IMDB watchlist and a tiny percentage of it is available on Netflix (if at all), but this is anecdotal and might have to do something to where I live.
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2. bookofjoe ◴[] No.46161242[source]
459!? It must take a while to check your list…
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3. lxgr ◴[] No.46161474[source]
Netflix outside of the US is a very different experience.

In the US, it's mostly their own productions and older content they explicitly acquired, but elsewhere, especially in markets that don't have a local HBO or Disney streaming service, they have incredible backlogs.

I remember finding basically everything I could wish for on there when traveling in SE Asia almost a decade ago, compared to a still decent offering in Western Europe, and mostly cobwebs in the US.

4. tiborsaas ◴[] No.46173343[source]
After checking 20 titles and getting no results you can notice the pattern.