<story><title>The bottom is dropping out of Netflix</title><url>https://www.pajiba.com/tv_reviews/the-bottom-is-dropping-out-of-netflix.php</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>sudden_dystopia</author><text>Interesting analysis.&lt;p&gt;I find it interesting that so many people spend so much time watching tv in the first place. Growing up, I was one of those people but about a decade ago I lost interest in pretty much anything on television. There are certain shows that I will watch on occasion that get me hooked, but I usually struggle to find anything that is actually worth my time and end up just turning the tv off after surfing the streaming options for 10 minutes. It boggles my mind when I hear things like “golden age” of content.  Sure there is a ton of content, but it’s all so vapid.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>TheOtherHobbes</author><text>I only use Netflix and Prime, and both feel really stale to me. It&amp;#x27;s all &amp;quot;content&amp;quot; - good to very good production values designed to fill a gap and appeal to a demographic. But very repetitive and production line, with no passion projects, nothing too arty or quirky, nothing outside of the box, no &lt;i&gt;surprises.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some of it is quite watchable, but none of it is exciting or fresh. It&amp;#x27;s all some combination of stock soapy characters and themes in stock genre settings, usually with some comedy&amp;#x2F;sex&amp;#x2F;violence&amp;#x2F;horror added for stickiness.&lt;p&gt;Netflix could easily throw some money at graduate film makers and say &amp;#x27;Make something no one has seen before.&amp;#x27; That might or might not help retention, but it&amp;#x27;s hard to shake the feeling Netflix are deliberately aiming for the middle of the bell curve as creative policy, and missing opportunities to lead instead of trying to play it safe.</text></comment>
<story><title>The bottom is dropping out of Netflix</title><url>https://www.pajiba.com/tv_reviews/the-bottom-is-dropping-out-of-netflix.php</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>sudden_dystopia</author><text>Interesting analysis.&lt;p&gt;I find it interesting that so many people spend so much time watching tv in the first place. Growing up, I was one of those people but about a decade ago I lost interest in pretty much anything on television. There are certain shows that I will watch on occasion that get me hooked, but I usually struggle to find anything that is actually worth my time and end up just turning the tv off after surfing the streaming options for 10 minutes. It boggles my mind when I hear things like “golden age” of content.  Sure there is a ton of content, but it’s all so vapid.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ethanbond</author><text>I think there&amp;#x27;s so &lt;i&gt;much&lt;/i&gt; content that even with a very low hit rate, there&amp;#x27;s more than enough to entertain yourself to death. For example, the 18 hour Vietnam War documentary by Ken Burns is itself enough to burn a month or so of TV time.</text></comment>