• rmuk@feddit.uk
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    9 hours ago

    A boomer coworker recently said something that made a lot of sense to me: Netflix is for 2020s TV what Motown was for 1960s music. They’ve turned the artform into a production line, constantly optimising to shovel out as much content as possible, hunting the minimum viable product, and occasionally, very rarely, producing something good almost by chance. L

      • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Loooong before. But I will say, most shows at least got a decent shake before Netflix became a producer. These days even a solid season 1 with rave reviews isn’t a guarantee of a season 2.

        • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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          i think Netflix practically killed sitcoms, as they never give shows any chance to build an audience before they cancel it.

          on the other hand, they made Centaur would, so it’s not all that bad

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    Glad they are finally cutting costs at least. Will be nice to see the subscription cost finally drop for a change instead of perpetually getting jacked up with no improvements in the service provided. So when does the lower cost subscription start?

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      9 hours ago

      I really want to get into it but its pacing is ever slightly too slow. Is it worth pushing through? I think I stopped right after the episode where the wife is introduced.

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        It stays pretty slow but does begin to get a bit… weirder. The end of the season was rad and got me really hyped for season 2. I’ve actually watched the first season 2 times now.

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    22 hours ago

    I’m divided because on one side AI is taking away many jobs that now outputs low quality shit. On the other hand, AI may allow small creators to see their vision become real with tight budgets, specially in countries without a strong movie industry.

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      20 hours ago

      I’m sorry but you’re a clown if you think AI is going to be a tool used to help the little guy. Is like zuckerberg claiming Facebook will help connect and bring us together.

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        17 hours ago

        Is like zuckerberg claiming Facebook will help connect and bring us together.

        I don’t like to admit it, but it has in my case. Pretty wild calling someone a clown for having a pretty good point/valid concern.

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      24 hours ago

      it sure does matter to all the VFX artists who’s work the AI has been trained on without their consent, and who now aren’t getting hired because the plagiarism machine is cheaper

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    I mean, they’ve been using “AI” to write scripts for at least a couple of years (Hot Frosty and The Gray Man were obviously not thought nor written by a human, for example), so I guess this was inevitable.

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      How things are made matter just as much as the thing itself. People who can’t understand this simple fact are half the reason our environment is being destroyed.

      If the end result is all that matters, there are a ton of unimaginable horrors that could be done.