Re:Netflix's New Chapter
by gorbypark on Monday January 23, 2023 @02:55PM
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The issue is making money. There are lots of low budget movies with good plots that don’t make money (or not a lot of it). While at the same time, they can make the 5th sequel to some shitty comic book video and almost guarantee a few hundred million in profits. Of course movies can tank, but generally they are not stupid and the accounts have it figured out.
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Re:Netflix's New Chapter
by WalterBright on Monday January 23, 2023 @03:04PM
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If you're going to spent $100 million on a movie, why settle for a boring plot and pedestrian dialog?
I watched the La Brea show for a while. Lots of expensive special effects. But the dialog was just pablum. The characters each talked like they were the same person - using the same words and phrases. They behaved the same, too.
Because it makes money anyway and getting actually good people would cost more nd take longer.
Re:Netflix's New Chapter
by WalterBright on Monday January 23, 2023 @06:28PM
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I quit watching it, mainly because of the execrable dialog. When you want all the main characters to be eaten by a gru, something is wrong with the writing.
I expect the cost of a good writer is a pittance compared with the cost of the production.