Netflix's big risk.

Insidious Von

Insidious Von

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Is Troy: Fall of a City Netflix's Game of Thrones?

Netflix will upload what I believe is a mini series in April, just in time to compete with GoTs. If it's based on Homer's Iliad than this is what finally pushes me to Ignite, or a variation of. This will be nothing less than a home theater production. The male roles are fairly interchangeable but you better get the female leads right! Bella Dayne (Humans, Black Mirror) plays Helen of Troy, the other is Lex King (pictured) whom I know nothing about.

 
Lex King is Aphrodite, no small role for an unknown. She is gorgeous but that will only go so far if she doesn't have the chops.

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Lex King is a South African runway model who's transitioning to acting. Can she follow in the footsteps of that other fashion model?

 
Insidious Von said:
Is Troy: Fall of a City Netflix's Game of Thrones?

Netflix will upload what I believe is a mini series in April, just in time to compete with GoTs. If it's based on Homer's Iliad than this is what finally pushes me to Ignite, or a variation of. This will be nothing less than a home theater production. The male roles are fairly interchangeable but you better get the female leads right! Bella Dayne (Humans, Black Mirror) plays Helen of Troy, the other is Lex King (pictured) whom I know nothing about.

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I was reading reviews and they're not so good for this series, she's hot though. Any other good series on netflix?
 
Netflix needs to make these big risks because in the future, they'll be losing content and competing directly against other content producing companies like eg: Disney. So they need to start producing their own content to make up for what they are going to lose. So it might be a big risk - but they have to make it, because the bigger risk is being a company with less and less content to distribute as traditional content producers get into the streaming game themselves.
 
Twister said:
I was reading reviews and they're not so good for this series, she's hot though. Any other good series on netflix?
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House of Cards before season 6 of course
Bodyguard a UK / Netflix
Black Mirror is another UK / Netflix collab like Twilight Zone / Outer Limits
Stranger Things has that 80's throwback feel to it
Narcos / Narcos: Mexico are the best series Netflix has done so far. You have to put up with subtitles, but it's worth it if you can look past that
 
essguy_ said:
Netflix needs to make these big risks because in the future, they'll be losing content and competing directly against other content producing companies like eg: Disney. So they need to start producing their own content to make up for what they are going to lose. So it might be a big risk - but they have to make it, because the bigger risk is being a company with less and less content to distribute as traditional content producers get into the streaming game themselves.
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Exactly. Netflix will lose a huge catalog of content once Disney's streaming service is up and running. I don't think it's as big a risk as everyone makes it up to be because the secret sauce of Netflix is their algorithm to know what people want to watch. That lessens the blow somewhat, but it's still very expensive to produce their own content.
 
Twister said:
I was reading reviews and they're not so good for this series, she's hot though. Any other good series on netflix?
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Critics sometimes miss the point on a film or series. They hated Venom but audiences loved it, its made more money than the critical darling Wonder Woman. Venom also means that Jim Carrey is still relevant, Tom Hardy used The Mask as his blueprint.

According to Bloomberg, Netflix is committed to original productions to ride out the glut of streaming services. Disney will have a problem since they are no very good at creating content beyond their franchises. Netflix wants to be there when streaming services start getting culled, it's going to be cut throat. Netflix is creating their own stable of actors, so far Millie Bobby Brown is their biggest star. I recognize almost none of the actors in Troy. That's one hell of a Daughter of Zeus and Goddess of Love, I'll be watching to see if she can act.

The two female leads of the series, Aphrodite and Helen.

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explorerzip said:
Exactly. Netflix will lose a huge catalog of content once Disney's streaming service is up and running. I don't think it's as big a risk as everyone makes it up to be because the secret sauce of Netflix is their algorithm to know what people want to watch. That lessens the blow somewhat, but it's still very expensive to produce their own content.
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It's very bad at predicting what I would want to watch.
 
Have I time traveled or something? This isn't an upcoming show next April, it came out early 2018.
 
Netflix has been stuck making its own content for a few years now, as only 'b' stock movies are willing to license with them any more.
The major networks are all prepping their own streaming platforms.
 
IAmDave said:
Have I time traveled or something? This isn't an upcoming show next April, it came out early 2018.
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Really, this is the first I've heard of this show. Has it been available on Netflix since that time?

It could be a dry run for Netflix. HBO had to learn the lessons from Rome before they got it right with Game of Thrones. Rome looked promising on it's first season, but without Cairan Hinds (Julius Caesar) the ratings dropped for the second season.

Ironically Game of Thrones was first pitched to CBS, but Les Moonves was more interested in getting a blow job from Vanessa Taylor than producing the show.
 
Netflix will release Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, on Dec 28. The show was originally picked up from the BBC, budget cuts forced the BBC to cancel it. Brilliant show, with a futuristic Alfred Hitchcock vibe to it.

Fion Whitehead, one of the young break out actors from Dunkirk has the starring role.

 
Insidious Von said:
Netflix will release Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, on Dec 28. The show was originally picked up from the BBC, budget cuts forced the BBC to cancel it. Brilliant show, with a futuristic Alfred Hitchcock vibe to it.

Fion Whitehead, one of the young break out actors from Dunkirk has the starring role.

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Definitely one of my fave shows. I agree quite brilliant, way out of the box thinking and provides a unique insight and perspectives of what the future could bring.
 
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