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Altered Carbon - Could Netflix do Dresden?

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Rasins:
I don't know if Bright is based on a book, but the movie didn't do too bad with the CGI and effects.  And there were some subtle ones that if you weren't looking for them, you'd miss them.  Like the Dragon and the Centaurs.

wardenferry419:
I thought Bright was a good buddy cops movie with a UF twist. Effects were decent enough.

thevickers:

--- Quote from: Yuillegan on February 09, 2018, 07:22:09 AM ---most shows barely have 3 seasons before people start losing interest (and risk losing budgets)
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I agree to a point. But I differ on some things. Mainly the budget part. I have pitched a UF series to Netflix and Amazon about 2 years ago. Went as far as the presentation package, but it didn't/hasn't panned out.
But Netflix was my first choice because of budget and audience collection.
I read and then was told that once Netflix commits to an original series, they really commit.
Networks have to pay for their content with commercials, so then those sponsors have a say in what gets aired.
Netflix is all in house. They pay for their own stuff. There are a few FX houses and movie making resources that get contracted out, but Netflix foots 100% of the bill.
I LOVE THAT! They aren't beholden to any firm or brand. I was told (also you can tell) that some of their series took seasons before they found their audience, before any real interest or attention was given.
Netflix has ALL the money they saved during their DVD days, and then streaming, before they broke into making their own content.
If they chose DF as a series, they could make 2-3 or even 4 seasons and wait patiently on the viewers to come to them.
On the other hand Fox cancelled Firefly in a half a season, and Drive in 2 episodes.
DF home should be Netflix hands down.

raidem:
I finished altered carbon, which show does a decent parallel to dresden files and or has time travel.

Yuillegan:

--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on February 09, 2018, 05:14:01 PM ---Netflix did a uf movie in the last month or two called Bright starring Will Smith.  Critics hated it, but the public seemed to like it.  I haven't had time to watch it yet.

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Yeah it wasn't I suppose good cinema, but it was fun and they landed the cgi and fantasy/modern mash up. Biggest issue I think was the heavy-handed allegories and messages, and some of the pacing. Will Smith also just annoys me in general these days, but that's on me.


--- Quote from: thevickers on February 10, 2018, 10:27:59 PM ---I was told (also you can tell) that some of their series took seasons before they found their audience, before any real interest or attention was given.
Netflix has ALL the money they saved during their DVD days, and then streaming, before they broke into making their own content.
If they chose DF as a series, they could make 2-3 or even 4 seasons and wait patiently on the viewers to come to them.
On the other hand Fox cancelled Firefly in a half a season, and Drive in 2 episodes.
DF home should be Netflix hands down.

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But an example of them cancelling a popular high-budget sci-fi/mystery show was Sense8. Hard to know what the viewer numbers were like (as Netflix guards them strongly) but based on the size of the fanbase - it came down to the fact they wanted more money to dish around (unless you believe the conspiracy theories around Netflix's new corporate direction is to be more family friendly - I point to Altered Carbon to dispute that claim). Don't get me wrong, few other networks could do DF right - maybe Amazon or Starz, at a pinch HBO - but I think I would rather them streamline it a little while maintaining the core of the DF rather than losing the series half-way.


--- Quote from: raidem on February 10, 2018, 11:31:35 PM ---I finished altered carbon, which show does a decent parallel to dresden files and or has time travel.

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Indeed, but they did close off the ending a bit abruptly (new lead actor, bold but dangerous) and the main murder mystery tends to get in the way of all the other interesting mysteries - I really didn't care much about who or why Laurens Bancroft was killed in the end, I mostly was more interested in the Envoys, AI and dark stuff in the background. And the vague alien references.

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