I wonder if they plan on having any shows with adult content (i.e. GoT like) ?
I hope they don't have any shows that do adult content quite the way Game of Thrones did.
It started with porn quality nudity. It finished with porn quality writing.
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Really? So a reboot of Amazing Stories with Steven Spielberg producing doesn't appeal? Or See, a futuristic, post-apocalyptic drama? For All Mankind imagines the space race if the Soviets made it to the moon first? Servant, produced by M. Night Shamalan, no interest there either? How about Prehistoric Planet, imagining the earth in the final days of the dinosaurs?
I absolutely will have a close look at Amazing Stories with an open mind and I'm certainly not discounting it now. But I think Spielberg's involvement is a huge strike out of the gate. When I hear Spielberg and SciFi in the same sentence, all I can think of is A.I. and Minority Report. He also brought us the Jurassic Park sequels, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, and he absolutely mutilated the fantastic book Ready Player One. Even looking up his good movies I don't think he's done anything good in terms of scifi/fantasy for the past 30 years. I was really wondering what Apple was thinking putting an otherwise excellent sounding SciFi property in his hands.
See sounds like a horrible idea that I have zero interest in. First, I don't think I can get past the fact that if civilization were wiped out and the survivors were all blind, those blind survivors would be nothing more than the dinner buffet for every predator species on the planet. Second, aside from that little plot hole, the whole premise is just too far beyond stupid. I love sci-fi and can suspend disbelief. I just can't suspend it past stupid plots and writing.
For all mankind, you're wrong, the basic premise is not "what if the soviets made it to the moon first". It's "what if the moon landing were't the end of the space race but the beginning of a much longer marathon." As a space junkie that premise sounds very interesting. The fact that they felt the need to swap it and make the soviets get there first is just annoying. Why discount the efforts of thousands of geniuses who achieved something. The fact that these writers/producers think that's a good direction gives me zero interest in anything else these writers/producers have to say. It just pisses me off and makes me wonder why modern media has to crap all over the achievements of Western culture. And the fact that you got the premise wrong is understandable given the way they spun the show at the announcement event. But that is just so much more of their crapping on Western Civilization. So, the Soviets knew when to throw in the towel and concede, but the Americans just keep moving the bar and changing it up until they can claim victory. That is not the premise of the show, but it's the way they portrayed the show at the event.
I'm also looking forward to learning more about their Foundation series. I loved those books. But I fear more of a "Ready Player One" adaptation than something that will do justice to the books.
My biggest question is how many of these can possibly be completed in time for the expected fall launch of Apple TV +?
I would assume most won't be ready by launch and that's by design. If Apple is spending $6 billion on this content and Apple releases it all at once, people will churn thought what's interesting to them in a few months and it will be a disaster for Apple. Netflix has 140 million customers. If Apple matched that (not very likely given they're going up against disney in November) but the customers only stuck around 2 months and blew though all the content, Apple would make $1.4 billion in gross revenue (after everyone's free month), and out of that they'd have to pay for overhead and bandwidth. They need to recoup $6 billion here.
I make films and television for a living and it takes a long time to get anything from concept to delivery (many, many months if not years) and I don't see how Apple can possible have more than a half dozen things ready in the timeline given.
Right, and I'm sure the list covers content in every stage of the process.
Would Apple really launch a streaming service for $9.99/month with so little programming, especially given the streaming service competition out there? I feel there is a big piece of the puzzle missing here. Hopefully we will know in a few days.
I'm looking forward to the answer to that one as well, because given what I've seen of the content, I can't imagine I'd sign up at any price.
