06-07-2021, 02:21 AM
(06-05-2021, 12:33 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: I actually had an interesting conversation with a younger coworker during the final season of Game of Thrones. He said he was going to wait until the season was over so he could binge all of the episodes at once. I told him I couldn't imagine waiting to watch when I know there's new episodes already available. He explained that he can't watch episodes like that (once a week) because he'll forgot some of the plot. I mean, that's his prerogative but it left me scratching my head.
Fwiw, I just want Netflix to stick to a traditional release schedule. Every year, at the same exact time, a new season drops. I can live with less episodes but I can't live with less episodes and longer breaks between seasons. If you look at their content output it's well less than 50% of Network. Probably more like 25-40% the amount of episodes over multiple years.
Taking 2 years to release 8 episodes of Stranger Things is absurd. Even more so when you consider that it's a show that revolves a round children and I think only a year or so has passed in the story but more than 5 years will have passed in the filming. They're going to have to make these kids High School seniors for season 4.
I feel ya. 8 episodes after that long is ridiculous. Not sure what the issue is with Stranger Things, but it seems like old school Hollywood would've been more consistent. Maybe the problem is that network TV feels more direct pressure to keep highly rated shows going, whereas Netflix only concern is subscriptions?
Is this an issue with Hulu as well? Or any other subscription services?
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