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The State of Netflix
Posted By Iroquois
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Extremely cool how a Best Picture nominee by one of the greatest living filmmakers is singled out as a "vanity project" yet multiple semi-forgotten Ryan Reynolds vehicles with nine-figure budgets...
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The State of Netflix
Posted By Iroquois
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He would be one of the usual suspects (sorry).
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The State of Netflix
Posted By Iroquois
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Yeah, I suppose you're right. I just don't like to suffer this kind of foolishness, especially when it escalates into something absurd like defending Bright, but you make a good point about...
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The State of Netflix
Posted By Iroquois
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Maybe so. That part still came later and reads like backpedaling after calling it a "good look", bringing up "Disney Star Wars" in what might just be a non sequitur but also reads as some kind of...
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The State of Netflix
Posted By Iroquois
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I thought the context was obvious - based on comments in this thread, you apparently think that trigger warnings, a concept rooted in acknowledging other people's mental health issues, is something...
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The State of Netflix
Posted By Iroquois
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Even after taking into account how it divided opinions, Last Jedi fandom is part of the Star Wars fandom, one of the largest (if not the largest) fandoms in existence. Does Bright even have a fandom?
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The State of Netflix
Posted By Iroquois
That it's okay to mock sensitive people for no...

That it's okay to mock sensitive people for no good reason? Between that and



I'd say you're doing a pretty good job of being wrong.
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The State of Netflix
Posted By Iroquois
Just because you can't see something doesn't mean...

Just because you can't see something doesn't mean it isn't there.

Anyway, back on topic, the Spielberg news is...a little disappointing, especially coming from a guy who got his start directing TV.
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The State of Netflix
Posted By Iroquois
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The State of Netflix
Posted By Iroquois
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None of that makes it above criticism, though. It's still a badly-executed backdrop, there's no reason we should "believe" Netflix about audience numbers that can't be quantified by outside parties,...
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The State of Netflix
Posted By Iroquois
Yeah, and even at their worst they're still...

Yeah, and even at their worst they're still better than a company called Trigger Warning Entertainment building an action movie around an extremely clumsy and half-assed metaphor for race relations.
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The State of Netflix
Posted By Iroquois
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It's...not a good look.
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The State of Netflix
Posted By Iroquois
20 years sounds a lot more likely than 5 years,...

20 years sounds a lot more likely than 5 years, I'll give you that much. In any case, it depends on how long it takes for the invention of a physical format that's not only sufficiently superior to...
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The State of Netflix
Posted By Iroquois
Physical media may have its shortcomings, but...

Physical media may have its shortcomings, but it's not like Netflix and other streaming services don't have their own rather serious flaws either. I've complained many times about how titles...