SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
[two years ago] Netflix had 49 of the Top 250 movies on the IMDB list. That's just under 20 percent, which isn't terrible.
But we wondered how that number has held up over the last two years in the face of a quickly shrinking library. So we reran the analysis. How many of the top 250 movies does Netflix now have?
As of September 2016, that number has dropped to 31, or about 12 percent.
...
Earlier this year, David Wells, the streaming company's chief financial officer, said Netflix wants half of its content to be original productions over the next few years."We've been on a multiyear transition and evolution toward more of our own content," Wells said in a conference call in September, as reported by Variety.
Does carrying old movies and TV series really matter in a world that has already seen all of them dozens of times?
(Score: 4, Insightful) by jdavidb on Thursday October 13 2016, @03:16PM
Does carrying old movies and TV series really matter in a world that has already seen all of them dozens of times?
Does carrying old movies and TV series really matter in a world where government would like to flush everything down the memory hole?
Does preserving cultural artifacts [wikipedia.org] from religious extremists who want to destroy them really matter in a world that has already seen them for hundreds of years?
Seriously, I sit down and watch Looney Tunes with my kids because it's an important piece of 20th century history I don't want them to miss. It's like time travel. We're big on original series Star Trek, too. Should we just stop?
ⓋⒶ☮✝🕊 Secession is the right of all sentient beings
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 13 2016, @03:55PM
Oh you just 'triggered' me with that link. The first time I saw a picture of Bamiyan was in my history book and that is the most important thing in the whole history for me. And it is no more... looking at that cavity in mountain is just enough to prove what humankind can end-up doing.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Gaaark on Thursday October 13 2016, @04:37PM
Don't know really why, but i find Next Generation HARD to watch now. Original series, i could watch thousands more times, but N.G. just seems embarrassing now. Can't put my finger on why exactly.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 13 2016, @04:57PM
I get where you're coming from. They get harder for me the later you go, out to Voyager (I never did see any Enterprise episodes). Each one gets progressively hit-you-over-the-head PC that it is like a bad 80s kid-based movie where gotta have all the classic stereotypes: nerd, jock, plucky idealist, tomboy. The only one they left out was the kid in the wheelchair. The original series was more cowboy/western/action style even though they smacked you right in the face with simple morality messages. Kirk could wax poetic on the evils of racism while checking out the yeoman's legs, whereas they could paint the ex-Borg chick's uniform on her and nobody would dream of looking at anything but her eyes.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Celestial on Thursday October 13 2016, @05:18PM
I can't wait to find out how PC "Star Trek: Discovery" will be.
(Score: 1) by Bruke on Thursday October 13 2016, @08:22PM
I actually enjoyed and would recommend Enterprise. It's got a different flavor than the others and does seem less PC. It got a bad reputation, but I think it holds up better over time than Next Generation/Voyager/DS9.
(Score: 1) by gmrath on Friday October 14 2016, @12:39AM
I Second this. Enterprise is actually pretty good. One of the cable channels plays NewGen almost 24/7. I find it to be almost unwatchable now, though I did watch when it was first out and likewise Voyager. The Original Series first because it was truly groudbreaking, then Enterprise. The rest haven't held up so well over time.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday October 14 2016, @01:18AM
Some episodes are hard to watch, but overall I'd rather watch Enterprise than N.G.
The "here, let me rub disinfectant/antibacterial stuff on you" parts are both embarrassing and 'fascinating, captain' at the same time: unnecessary, but "okay, I'll watch you rub T'Pal's skin" (is name correct?. not going to Google).
Not canon, at lots of points, but could be quite good!
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 14 2016, @01:35PM
I watched a few episodes of Enterprise; it was too militaristic for my taste.