Apple told some Apple TV+ show developers not to anger China

Re:Apple told some Apple TV+ show developers not to anger China by Reason077 on Saturday October 12, 2019 @05:54AM (#21231832)

I see lots of trailers for upcoming Apple TV+ shows that look vaguely interesting, but then I remind myself that it’s Apple and they’d never risk doing anything even remotely edgy, racy, subversive or controversial.

Don’t want to risk offending someone and harming the brand and it’s squeaky-clean, inoffensive values!

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Re:Apple told some Apple TV+ show developers not to anger China by Despegar on Saturday October 12, 2019 @01:12PM (#21234623)

Most of the Apple TV+ shows announced so far have TV-MA ratings [1]. They're also making the follow-up miniseries to Band of Brothers and The Pacific which will undoubtedly be violent [2].

[1] https://tv.apple.com/

[2] https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/apple-launches-h...

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Re:Apple told some Apple TV+ show developers not to anger China by slededit on Sunday October 13, 2019 @10:27AM (#21240524)

Sex and especially violence is common fare in entertainment now. The real "edginess" is in the landscape of ideas, and the range of acceptability has been increasingly narrowed over time.

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Re:Apple told some Apple TV+ show developers not to anger China by inatreecrown2 on Saturday October 12, 2019 @10:11AM (#21233231)

And this is why Apple TV+ will fail. Apple is trying to be Disney, but we all know why we like/don’t like Apple and why we like/don’t like Disney and there ain’t enough overlay to make them stand out.

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Re:Apple told some Apple TV+ show developers not to anger China by Simon_says on Saturday October 12, 2019 @06:36AM (#21232010)

They shouldn’t even be in the content creation business. But shareholders demand their 10% growth every year.

iTunes was great, but can you imagine Apple-made music?

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Re:Apple told some Apple TV+ show developers not to anger China by layoutIfNeeded on Saturday October 12, 2019 @08:29AM (#21232508)

U2 but with rounded corners!

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Re:Apple told some Apple TV+ show developers not to anger China by dictum on Saturday October 12, 2019 @08:40AM (#21232571)

So, U2 from All That You Can't Leave Behind onwards?

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Re:Apple told some Apple TV+ show developers not to anger China by tachyonbeam on Saturday October 12, 2019 @01:02PM (#21234567)

Hold me, thrill me, kiss me, cuddle meeeee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDl1c0nR5SI

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Re:Apple told some Apple TV+ show developers not to anger China by amadeuspagel on Saturday October 12, 2019 @06:37AM (#21232017)

It's interesting that shareholders are now blamed for demanding growth, when typically they're blamed for demanding stock buybacks.

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Re:Apple told some Apple TV+ show developers not to anger China by sudhirj on Saturday October 12, 2019 @07:38AM (#21232260)

Isn’t it the same thing? Growth in share price, not necessarily in revenue or profit. https://youtu.be/ylLTMYt24lA

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Re:Apple told some Apple TV+ show developers not to anger China by geodel on Saturday October 12, 2019 @08:01AM (#21232362)

I feel Apple shows would aim to be kid version of Disney kids.

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Re:Apple told some Apple TV+ show developers not to anger China by jasonvorhe on Saturday October 12, 2019 @06:19AM (#21231931)

Why would they? Not everything has to be any of these things. Sometimes you can just produce decent entertainment and that's fine, as long as you don't claim to be breaking new ground.

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Re:Apple told some Apple TV+ show developers not to anger China by AdrianB1 on Saturday October 12, 2019 @08:09AM (#21232410)

If you don't dream of a world full of lobotomized people to enjoy completely bland and inoffensive "entertainment", you need these things. Ostrich tactics don't make good products.

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Re:Apple told some Apple TV+ show developers not to anger China by Waterluvian on Sunday October 13, 2019 @01:11PM (#21241462)

Interesting how apple's branding is pretty "beige" when it comes to being generic and cheery and unoffensive to all.

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Re:Apple told some Apple TV+ show developers not to anger China by Razengan on Saturday October 12, 2019 @07:06AM (#21232129)

See is the only thing from their original shows that piques my interest, and it seems at least a little bit "edgy"?

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Re:Apple told some Apple TV+ show developers not to anger China by noah-kun on Saturday October 12, 2019 @02:09PM (#21235017)

Wow.

> [Cook] became the first CEO of a Fortune 500 company to come out as gay in 2014.

This led to one Russian institution taking down a statue of Steve Jobs, I recall.

It was only 5 years ago, but it was a first for someone with that career status.

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Re:Apple told some Apple TV+ show developers not to anger China by sjwright on Saturday October 12, 2019 @10:25AM (#21233347)

That is the very definition of pre-judice.

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