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Tim Whatley posted:Disney will probably just buy Netflix in 2 years Netflix has an unsustainable debt load for sure, but their market cap is in the neighborhood of $130 billion, and even Disney doesn't have that sort of cash on-hand, especially not after the Fox acquisition closed.
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Timby posted:Netflix has an unsustainable debt load for sure, but their market cap is in the neighborhood of $130 billion, and even Disney doesn't have that sort of cash on-hand, especially not after the Fox acquisition closed. Yea I guess the assumption is that if/when there comes a point where Netflix needs to get the debt down they can pretty easily just turn the cashflow on by just dialing back on production of new content for a year or two. They spend an ungodly amount on content every year.
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Aug 28, 2019 20:51
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Basebf555 posted:Yea I guess the assumption is that if/when there comes a point where Netflix needs to get the debt down they can pretty easily just turn the cashflow on by just dialing back on production of new content for a year or two. They spend an ungodly amount on content every year. I'm going to be very interested to see what happens when they lose the licenses to some of their most popular shows. Friends and The Office are both getting yanked early next year, I'm almost positive that the new ViacomCBS behemoth is going to put Cheers, Frasier and all of the Star Treks on CBS All Access when that acquisition closes later this year, and let's face it: Netflix has had a lot more misses than hits when it comes to its original content. Ted Sarandos is probably guzzling a bottle of Maalox like it's candy at this point.
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Aug 28, 2019 21:14
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Timby posted:I'm going to be very interested to see what happens when they lose the licenses to some of their most popular shows. Friends and The Office are both getting yanked early next year, I'm almost positive that the new ViacomCBS behemoth is going to put Cheers, Frasier and all of the Star Treks on CBS All Access when that acquisition closes later this year, and let's face it: Netflix has had a lot more misses than hits when it comes to its original content. Ted Sarandos is probably guzzling a bottle of Maalox like it's candy at this point. Yea there's this invisible line that everyone knows exists where they've lost enough content to where subscriptions would start to fall off the cliff but nobody knows exactly where that line is. And that's really when you can say they're in deep trouble, when people start cancelling subscriptions en mass. The first sign that the poo poo is hitting the fan for them would probably be if they drop the subscription price, because that's been doing nothing but going up for a long time now.
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Aug 28, 2019 21:23
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Everyone's freaking out about Friends and The Office like you can't go to any thrift store ever and buy the entire show on blu-ray or DVD for $10-15.
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Aug 28, 2019 21:26
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Franchescanado posted:Everyone's freaking out about Friends and The Office like you can't go to any thrift store ever and buy the entire show on blu-ray or DVD for $10-15. It still baffles me that those are the top-watched shows on Netflix.
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Aug 28, 2019 21:31
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Timby posted:It still baffles me that those are the top-watched shows on Netflix. I use Ancient Aliens as a sleep aide, so I've probably "watched" every episode like ten times at this point but I don't actually watch them really. I sometimes wonder if that's what people are doing with these old sitcoms like Friends.
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Aug 28, 2019 21:32
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Basebf555 posted:I use Ancient Aliens as a sleep aide, so I've probably "watched" every episode like ten times at this point but I don't actually watch them really. I sometimes wonder if that's what people are doing with these old sitcoms like Friends. To be fair the Cheers end theme is the most go-to-bed closing of a show.
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Aug 28, 2019 21:34
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Timby posted:I'm almost positive that the new ViacomCBS behemoth is going to put Cheers, Frasier and all of the Star Treks on CBS All Access when that acquisition closes later this year, and let's face it: Netflix has had a lot more misses than hits when it comes to its original content. Those shows are already on that service. I have it already for a few reasons and it's not bad. I hope that the catalog gets bigger once the merger goes through. I could see CBS All Access rebranding, remaining the paid Viacom/CBS service and adding Viacom properties like stuff Nick shows, etc. Pluto could remain the free service and I'd be ok with all that. Pluto isn't bad but you do have to wade through a lot of bad stuff. I'm more interested in the future of Hulu. Right now it's a mishmash of content from the big 4 networks and other cable channels. Will it eventually morph into ONLY Disney owned content as existing deals expire or will they negotiate to keep some around? It would be nice to still have a service to let cord cutters watch network TV.
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Aug 28, 2019 21:34
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Jose Oquendo posted:I'm more interested in the future of Hulu. Right now it's a mishmash of content from the big 4 networks and other cable channels. Will it eventually morph into ONLY Disney owned content as existing deals expire or will they negotiate to keep some around? It would be nice to still have a service to let cord cutters watch network TV. Playstation Vue baby
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Aug 28, 2019 21:35
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Basebf555 posted:Playstation Vue baby I should have specified, a cheap plan to watch network TV stuff. I had a discounted DTV Now plan and I canceled it a few months ago because I barely used it. Of course everyone's needs are different but PS Vue isn't for me.
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Aug 28, 2019 21:43
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Timeless Appeal posted:I definitely watch Cheers as a before bed time show. Yeah, this was the same for me. It's like my brain was programmed by Nick at Nite, a televised Pavlovian sleep-aid. I think FRIENDS has just made a resurgence as an "unironically good show" nowadays. Half of my friends have done rewatches of it within the past year, and I've heard comedians and podcasts I like reference it with genuine affection. I get it. I rewatched 3rd Rock From the Sun a few years back and was blown away by not only how funny it is, but how cleverly funny it managed to be. I stopped watching after three seasons, but it was fun while I was interested. The quality of writing in that era of sitcoms was pretty great. I don't really watch sitcoms anymore, but am I wrong when I think that Big Bang Theory and Last Man Standing* are hot garbage compared to stuff like Frasier and 3rd Rock? *I have no idea about current / new sitcoms.
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Aug 28, 2019 21:45
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Franchescanado posted:The quality of writing in that era of sitcoms was pretty great. I don't really watch sitcoms anymore, but am I wrong when I think that Big Bang Theory and Last Man Standing* are hot garbage compared to stuff like Frasier and 3rd Rock? Not at all. NBC's comedy lineup in the '90s was unparalleled. You had the ending seasons of Cheers, then there were Seinfeld, Frasier, Wings, NewsRadio, 3rd Rock, Friends, to a lesser extent Mad About You. They only ever came close to reaching those highs in the mid-2000s, when they had Community, 30 Rock, The Office, Parks & Rec and Scrubs all running concurrently.
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Aug 28, 2019 22:05
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Timby posted:Not at all. NBC's comedy lineup in the '90s was unparalleled. You had the ending seasons of Cheers, then there were Seinfeld, Frasier, Wings, NewsRadio, 3rd Rock, Friends, to a lesser extent Mad About You. They only ever came close to reaching those highs in the mid-2000s, when they had Community, 30 Rock, The Office, Parks & Rec and Scrubs all running concurrently. Yeah, that's a great point. You know what sitcom Netflix needs? Night Court. Somebody. Anybody. Bring back Night Court.
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Aug 28, 2019 22:11
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Franchescanado posted:Yeah, that's a great point. It's a Warner show so maaaaybe there's hope when HBO Max comes out (or whatever their new service is called)
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Aug 28, 2019 22:14
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Jose Oquendo posted:It's a Warner show so maaaaybe there's hope when HBO Max comes out (or whatever their new service is called) I have no faith in Warner doing anything competent with its catalog.
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Aug 28, 2019 22:22
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Timby posted:It still baffles me that those are the top-watched shows on Netflix. For some reason Friends and The Office have crossed the generational threshold and are incredibly popular among teenagers right now.
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Aug 28, 2019 22:35
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Friends is pretty homophobic by today’s standards. I’m surprised people even bother with it. It’s a relic.
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Aug 28, 2019 22:41
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Class Warcraft posted:For some reason Friends and The Office have crossed the generational threshold and are incredibly popular among teenagers right now. I mean they are two of the most popular, accessible shows of all time it’s not really surprising.
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Aug 28, 2019 23:02
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I remember Friends being used as an example of a foreign man being pop-culturally behind in an episode of Monk a decade ago.
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Aug 28, 2019 23:04
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sponges posted:Friends is pretty homophobic by today’s standards.
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Aug 28, 2019 23:25
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Crows Turn Off posted:I watched the series last year some time and I actually thought it was pretty good about it. Do you have an example? Chandler worries constantly that people think he’s gay. Friends is a weird half-step that was progressive for it’s time yet problematic now.
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Aug 28, 2019 23:33
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nate fisher posted:
I watched The Beach Bum in theaters and it made me just totally lose my sense of time. I could have been in that theater for an hour, I could have been there all day. It was amazing.
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Aug 28, 2019 23:38
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:I watched The Beach Bum in theaters and it made me just totally lose my sense of time. I could have been in that theater for an hour, I could have been there all day. It was amazing. Same. It’s still my favorite movie of the year.
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Aug 28, 2019 23:40
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The Fall on Netflix is pretty cool. The tv show not the movie. Gillian Anderson's a detective in Belfast trying to catch a serial killer, played by the dude from 50 Shades of Grey. They were both good as hell in this. I'm not usually into crime dramas, but I liked this because there's no real mystery and it's a pretty understated show overall. I liked that you never really get the full picture about what's going on with most of these characters and their lives and you just have to glean what you can from their interactions. I thought the circumstances of the third season were a bit silly at first but I was on board by the end of it, although I think that was mainly due to Jamie Dornan's performance. He seriously ruled in this and was just really great at being creepy and offputting.
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Aug 28, 2019 23:43
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pseudorandom name posted:Chandler worries constantly that people think he’s gay.
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sponges posted:Friends is pretty homophobic by today’s standards. I’m surprised people even bother with it. It’s a relic. I have no memory of that particular faux pas but I do remember it not being very good. Also, thank you to whoever recc'd Booksmart itt. I liked that one.
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Aug 28, 2019 23:55
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Timby posted:Not at all. NBC's comedy lineup in the '90s was unparalleled. You had the ending seasons of Cheers, then there were Seinfeld, Frasier, Wings, NewsRadio, 3rd Rock, Friends, to a lesser extent Mad About You. They only ever came close to reaching those highs in the mid-2000s, when they had Community, 30 Rock, The Office, Parks & Rec and Scrubs all running concurrently.
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Timeless Appeal posted:Even now, people also like Superstore a lot and The Good Place is the best show on television. The Good Place is amazing but most of NBC's lineup, outside of the Chicago shows, is trash nowadays.
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Dr. S.O. Feelgood posted:The Fall on Netflix is pretty cool. The tv show not the movie. Gillian Anderson's a detective in Belfast trying to catch a serial killer, played by the dude from 50 Shades of Grey. They were both good as hell in this. I'm not usually into crime dramas, but I liked this because there's no real mystery and it's a pretty understated show overall. I liked that you never really get the full picture about what's going on with most of these characters and their lives and you just have to glean what you can from their interactions. I thought the circumstances of the third season were a bit silly at first but I was on board by the end of it, although I think that was mainly due to Jamie Dornan's performance. He seriously ruled in this and was just really great at being creepy and offputting. Seconding this. I've refused to watch the third season because I can't see where they could possibly go with it but it's a really good show.
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Aug 29, 2019 01:22
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Timby posted:The Good Place is amazing but most of NBC's lineup, outside of the Chicago shows, is trash nowadays. Chicago shows?
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Aug 29, 2019 01:32
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Chicago shows? Chicago Med / PD / Fire. PD is the best of them by far but they're all enjoyable Dick Wolf pablum. They're all ridiculously well-cast, too (somehow Jon Seda figured out how to act between his time on Homicide and when he started on Chicago PD a few years back).
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Aug 29, 2019 01:37
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Timby posted:The Good Place is amazing but most of NBC's lineup, outside of the Chicago shows, is trash nowadays. Man, ER was also a perfect little gift though for moms like mine with little TV nerds like myself and my sister. Go through two hours of letting your kids watching inappropriate comedy and let ER bore them to sleep while you get to stare at George Clooney.
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Aug 29, 2019 02:12
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Zwabu posted:Seconding this. I've refused to watch the third season because I can't see where they could possibly go with it but it's a really good show. I think you should watch the rest of it. There are some things that I would normally think of as hokey but the performances were good enough to sell it for me. I was satisfied with where it ended up. I've heard the creator wants to do another season with a different story at some point in the future, which could be neat. Gillian Anderson said she was down for it, which means I am too I guess.
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Aug 29, 2019 03:16
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Franchescanado posted:Everyone's freaking out about Friends and The Office like you can't go to any thrift store ever and buy the entire show on blu-ray or DVD for $10-15. The Office is like pure relaxation for me. The thing I love is I can just randomly pick one to watch. I've seen them all many many times so im never in the mood for one. I just like it being on. Changing out DVD's ruins that. Wherever the Office goes, I go. I need that goddamn show.
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Aug 29, 2019 07:56
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Locked in my three years of D+, but I also know I'll be utilizing it. I don't expect them to make a bundle with Hulu no ads so I just went for it.
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Detective No. 27 posted:I remember Friends being used as an example of a foreign man being pop-culturally behind in an episode of Monk a decade ago. I've been living in Ukraine the past few years and they're REALLY into Friends and, weirdly, ALF. They loving love ALF. I get asked about ALF all the time, which is a show I just missed out on growing up, so I know nothing about it. 90's/00's sitcoms are a relatively new exposure for them, so their current youth generational cohort have the television tastes and pop knowledge of a Western Gen-Xer lol
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Aug 29, 2019 14:11
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Basebf555 posted:I use Ancient Aliens as a sleep aide, so I've probably "watched" every episode like ten times at this point but I don't actually watch them really. I sometimes wonder if that's what people are doing with these old sitcoms like Friends. I have a friend who falls asleep to the soothing narration of Peter Thomas on Forensic Files
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SirSamVimes posted:Binged through the first season of Final Space, and I'll give it a solid Not Bad. A bit cheesy, but has some solid laughs and dramatic moments. i would rank david tennant as one of the best tv villains of all time in jessica jones
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Just finished GLOW. Season 3 was good overall, but the writing of the show is starting to wane a bit. The finale is a perfect example. Ruth is comically idealistic and stupid at this point. Turning down being a director of a show she loves and a job she's good at doing to continue trying to be a "real" actress which has been a disaster for her. She's not someone I want to root for, nor is she someone I want to hate. She comes across as a lost cause that I have no interest in seeing her "journey". Timby posted:It still baffles me that those are the top-watched shows on Netflix. Seriously. Friends is so 90s and was never even that good. The Office is overrated as gently caress. punk rebel ecks fucked around with this message at 17:01 on Aug 29, 2019 |
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