I believe the real tragedy of Masters of the Air is that it billed itself as another Band Of Brothers, Pacific show, and it was not in the same ballpark. While I agree with the writing comment, I thought the visuals were poor, too.
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Apple TV+ Curbs Costs After Expensive Projects Fail to Capture Viewers
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Maybe Apple should buy DirecTV Stream (the streaming DTV is largely private equity owned apparently) and go more all in here
Interesting comment. If what you say is true, Apple should have just produced shows to sell to the streaming services. This is basically what HBO did years ago when it was better. It would license films and libraries and focus on really good content for their original programming. Apple seemed to try this while using their brand and marketshare in the phone/computer world to cover their risks in content development. I am totally ok with this, but when you start to charge subscriptions and compete with Netflix, you are going to find yourself in this dilemma.
There are more good to excellent shows on Apple TV+ than Netflix and it is a 4th of the cost. Most networks produce high volume but low quality. The average reviews on IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes are higher for Apple TV+ shows than even HBO. HBO is also going down with quality.
Foundation, Severance, Shantaram were all good. But honestly Netflix has Star Trek, Dexter, The Sandman, The Witcher, Stranger Things… more good stuff.
I might cancel Netflix and sub Apple TV for a few months to catch up when Severance Season 2 is out.
I might cancel Netflix and sub Apple TV for a few months to catch up when Severance Season 2 is out.
It's sort of like the huge mistake the Pac-12 made trying to "do their own thing entirely" as opposed to partnering with ESPN.
The Pac-12 is now gone, very much due to that huge mistake
Netflix has much more than a lot of people don't even know and this is their value.
In addition many productions are not from US so there are different cultures and values I really appreciate.
I scrolled through a lot of comments, but nobody seems to notice the obvious. Apple content is produced in US with a US audience in mind. Netflix has shows from all over the world. While I watch US shows from time to time I much enjoy shows from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Italy, Poland, UK ...
Of cause, a lot of people from those countries enjoy shows from their point of view in their original language, too.
Of cause, a lot of people from those countries enjoy shows from their point of view in their original language, too.
IMO, it would be interesting to see them add more low-budget indie films or even 'shot in iPhone' type content instead of competing with Netflix et al. Aspiring actor/directors gaining access to a platform like this would be awesome.
Who wants to pay for a subscription to indie films shot with a cell phone?
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>>Apple spent more than $500 million combined on movies from directors Martin Scorsese, Ridley Scott, and Matthew Vaughn, and upwards of $250 million on the World War II miniseries Masters of the Air
So that's where the RAM and SSD upgrades go to. We're patrons of the arts !
So that's where the RAM and SSD upgrades go to. We're patrons of the arts !
I'm not wishing for apple to buy them but to spend that much and make a better product.
It’s all about marketing. This will never succeed just because it’s called Apple TV+.
The Apple Vision Pro will never succeed either. I don’t know who’s naming these things but they are really dumb.
Imagine the iPhone being called Apple phone. You think it would have succeeded as it has? Of course not. Name is one of the most important things of marketing.
Makes you wonder what the tech world would look like if more companies stayed private and focused. I could complain about Steam's UX all day, but they've never given me the ick as hard as the Mother Nature skit or Microsoft's Recall disaster.
They're chasing after awards and not chasing after entertainment.
Where did you read that Freevee is the most watched streaming service? I thought it was YouTube followed by Netflix as far as average daily viewing.
That simply is NOT true. There are many foreign shows on Apple Plus.
Tehran - Iran (I believe filmed in Israel)
Finding Alice (Israel)
Pachinko (Korea and Japan)
Trying (England)
Ted Lasso (England)
Slow Horses (England)
Criminal Record (England)
Invasion that is mostly in US, England and Japan.
Those are just the ones I have watched. There are probably more. Just to say that Apple content is NOT just produced in the US. Some of the above may be filmed elsewhere and produced in the US but I am pretty sure most are filmed and produced overseas. Ted Lasso for example was actually produced in London. (Google it)
It’s produced for the US maybe, but for example Foundation was mostly filmed in Eastern Europe (due to lower cost)