I have to disagree on this. Netflix has a lot of great original shows that aren’t reality or true crime related.
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I got some exposure to it at a family house when visiting for a week and after a couple episodes I was over the shtick.
It seems like a concept that demoed well when being pitched, without thinking about extrapolating it out to a full show and what that would look like (or not)
How can they expect daily views to be high when they offer a tiny fraction of the content of other services? When one finishes one of their "award winning" shows, what's there left to watch? That's right, Netflix.
Yeah who actually pays for AppleTv+? They should buy Paramount Plus that way they could equal Netflix’s views for 3 days in a month. 😂
Did I read that right, The second season of Severance is 20 million per episode? If it’s anything like the first season it shouldn’t cost that much at all. I mean the set is mainly just one room, and some snaking hallways. Game of Thrones shot was all over the place and it was 15 million at its height.
Apple’s biggest problem is hiring ‘A’ list actors. Shows should be story driven not actor driven.
Apple’s biggest problem is hiring ‘A’ list actors. Shows should be story driven not actor driven.
Do what you want Apple, but please don't cut down "SILO" and "For all Mankind". I need those and can't wait.
I actually really liked Foundation. Apple just needs to do what they were doing a few months ago and have movies from other studios be available on the platform. I liked being able to rewatch Blade Runner 2049 and other movies with TV+ only
I am a fan of band of brothers and the pacific. I was hoping this would be good
I am a fan of band of brothers and the pacific. I was hoping this would be good
Maybe you'll enjoy it?
I gave it 5 (maybe 6? can't recall) episodes and I just found it completely random and uninteresting on the writing side.
There may be sense of truth to that. I wonder what would happen if Apple would close a deal with top creators at Youtube or Nebula to make some shorter format stuff. Would be interesting.
Poor writing is a common problem for today's show. The last show I watched with fantastic writing was Better Call Saul S7. Even this, comparing to its S1-6, has a worse script.
Poor script makes the show unprofessional, makes viewer quickly jump out of the play.
Apple should have spent the $20 billion to redesign the damn charging port on their freaking mouse. Apple is going in too many directions. Maybe next, they'll release a line of washing machines & laundry detergents.
I wish Apple had spent all of this money on getting gaming to work on the mac. Acquire some studios, get some Apple Arcade exclusives, make a good emulation layer for Windows games. Any serious effort would be welcome.
Severance, Slow Horses, Foundation, Ted Lasso are all quality shows I have really enjoyed.
The only real reason why I have Apple TV+ is because it’s include with my student Apple Music subscription. The last series I watched on there was ‘Manhunt’. While it was good, it wasn’t something that was fantastic like Ted Lasso and Severance was. I want to watch Presumed Innocent, but other than that, there really isn’t much that I want to watch on that service.
Once my student subscription is over, I highly doubt I’ll keep ATV+. At this point, I’m content with just having Netflix, Hulu bundle (w/ D+ and ESPN+) and Max subscriptions.
Once my student subscription is over, I highly doubt I’ll keep ATV+. At this point, I’m content with just having Netflix, Hulu bundle (w/ D+ and ESPN+) and Max subscriptions.
Agreed.
Gaming is something that actually makes money.
Apple should know this since they profit handsomely from all the toxic and addictive, essentially a casino, gaming apps on their iOS App Store ... where they are all too happy to get their cut.
with the current HW configuration(8GB base RAM) and locked HW config, I double the effort of porting quality games is not so easy at all. Xbox loses fight to PS5 just because the weakest variant (series S)
Gee... who hatched that plan I wonder?
On all fronts, Apple is reaping what they sow under Tim
He's sold out the ideals completely to focus totally on "number go up"
Not entirely surprising. Netflix were essentially the pioneers of modern tv/movie streaming. The only other services that come close are your major studios and networks that already had decades worth of tried and tested content to attract subscribers.
Apple were always going to struggle from a standing start. They really should have partnered with a major studio from day one.
Apple were always going to struggle from a standing start. They really should have partnered with a major studio from day one.
Thank goodness, it was terrible
I hate reality Tv but you’re right. People still want to talk about tv around the water cooler and the reality genre are the only shows you must watch as they happen. Nobody watches previous seasons of Apprentice for example.
As a product it’s absolutely awful, but it gives people a feelings that old fashioned linear TV gave them.