The Ultimate Superheroines Forum

Putting aside the politics of it

Which would be better for producing content?

Netflix seems to be more creative and willing to take chances. Still has a high turn over rate if new stuff doesn't produce enough viewers.

Paramount is ruining the Star Trek franchise.No sign it's going to get better under new ownership.

Netflix also have 10x the resources of Paramount, and Warner Bros gives them the home-owned content catalogue they have always needed. And ownership of the DC TV shows which they have been hosting the entire collection of recently (here in the UK at least).

For the DC TV, Film and Games content Netflix are by far the greater opportunity for comics fans - Paramount represent more of the same.

Additionally, in terms of the DCAU - Netflix are pretty much the best home for this, they have a great track record of creating awesome animated for adults content.

It's a bit alien versus predator, but my feeling is that netflix are lesser evil over "my daddy gave me a company ellison" and paramount

I may be a little bias here because I hate Tom Cruise. I thought paramount was in financial trouble lately. Paramount had CBS cancel a large portion of their tv shows. SWAT, FBI Most Wanted and International, NCIS Hawaii and LA, and many more. Blue Bloods - Tom Selleck overplayed his hand. He thought he was worth way more than what CBS was offering. Guy asked for a huge pay raise and CBS balked and said fine, well just cancel the show and move Donnie Walhberg to another city and play cop there with a local family. Saves a lot of money that way. Tom Cruises latest MI movie reportedly cost $450 Million to make. Somehow, he convinced Paramount (under the old management) to shell out additional millions so the movie could get made. Well, it only made $545 Million at the box office. Paramount lost big on that thanks to ego of Tom Cruise. And while we're on the Tom Cruise subject, the guy is complete nut job. In 2005 he gave an interview with Matt Lauer in which he looked totally unhinged. I honestly thought at one point her was going to lay hands on Matt. Then he went on Oprah's show and started jumping up and down on the couch. Then he had a meltdown on the set of MI:7 when some crew were allegedly not following COVID protocol which was really tough to do.

So, as I see it Paramount needs the HBO deal more than Netflix. Honestly, I think Netflix has more original programming and has more of a worldwide presence, but Paramount has started to put together some good content lately as well.

Paramount needs the HBO deal
Netflix does not need it but may be better for content in the long term.

Paramount was plotting to make Supereroes more 'right wing' which traditionally is a recipe for shit stories and shit comedy, so while I'm not a fan of giant mergers, I'm happier to see it in Netflix's hands than Paramount, though I'd rather it be neither.

Mainly I'm just astonished Netflix has that kind of money to throw around considering all their BITCHING AND MOANING about subscribers sharing passwords and how it was hurting them financially.

If you can fucking afford to buy out one of the FOUNDING media conglomerates of American cinematic history, than you aren't fucking poor enough to boo hoo about what subscribers are doing with their god damn accounts!

Netflix would acquire a huge library of shows for content. Pretty much what Disney has been doing. While most is being shown on other cable services, they would be able to air enough immediately without having to make new content.Plus they gain rights to a larger umber of popular characters that they can use for new shows..

I think if folks are going to pick Paramount in this drama, the question has to be, based on what, with "Thanks Dad" Ellison at the helm. Ellison's kid is the great unknown at this point. It's funny. Before WBD went up for sale, folks seemed to think media consolidation might be the answer to our prayers in regard to streaming platforms increasingly exorbitant pricing, but the prospect of Netflix swallowing HBO Max whole seems to have brought out the anti trust brigade. It's anybody's guess whether Trump's FCC will greenlight this deal. In the 1990's when media consolidation became a thing, I didn't think it was either a good or bad thing. With the passing of decades, I have come to the realization that media consolidation, nearly everything being owned by one of seven companies is a surely bad thing for the consumer. 500 channels is great, except when owned by one of seven companies. We really have less choices than we used to, not more. Regardless of whether Netflix or Paramount comes out the winner for WBD, it's the consumer that loses out.

Tom Cruise has calmed down a lot since 2005, it's been 20 years, the statute of limitations for jumping over a couch, being rude to "Me Too" asshole Matt Lauer ought to be long passed. Tom Selleck's Blue Bloods had a great run, ran for 14 seasons, nothing last forever. By contrast, Selleck's much more legendary and celebrated "Magnum PI" ran for just five seasons. Maybe I am in the minority, but I have loved the most recent Star Trek films, and "Strange New Worlds" is the best Star Trek series since Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, great cast, excellent writing.

The way I see it, arguing over whether Paramount or Netflix is better for content misses the real threat hanging over all of this.

Bit by bit, the entire media landscape is getting carved up by two or three players who won’t just decide what we do watch, but what we can’t.

And that’s the part that worries me. When a tiny handful of corporations own almost everything, they’re the ones deciding what stories are “allowed,” which never see daylight, which cultural trends rise, and which get quietly erased.

So yeah, whether Netflix or Paramount ends up on top… to me, we’re still the ones getting screwed. We get the illusion of abundance, but the reality feels more and more like Blade Runner.

Shiny on the surface, hollow underneath.