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Disney got Marvel/Star Wars for $4 billion. What would it be worth today?
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That said, I'd imagine it would go for at least $15 billion but I don't think it would break the bank because outside of The Clone Wars animated series that appeared on Cartoon Network, Star Wars was thought to be mostly dead, especially had there been no feature film content from 2006-2021. |
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Dane what do you think of Amazon buying it? I know you were pretty critical of them hacking up the bond property.
At least I think it was you. |
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05-26-2021, 02:52 PM | #156 |
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Gotta agree that Amazon is short on content. Way short.
And quite frankly the other Prime benefits haven't been worth it much lately either. |
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Amazon can pretty much do whatever it wants these day but I think it was a good move to strengthen up their IP because quite frankly, it's a distant third to Netflix and Disney+. Much of their content relies on licensing deals from the other major film studios and now that Viacom and Warner Brothers have jumped in with their own streaming services, it won't be much longer before Amazon content drops dramatically. I wouldn't be surprised if in the next few years, Amazon purchases Starz!/Lionsgate because they're still weak on IP. Amazon might target Sony as well, although their new distribution deal with Netflix goes into effect in 2022 and ends in 2027. Sony has already stated that they will not create their own streamer to compete with the biggies so it won't be long before they're ripe for a sale. |
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Just from what I've been watching, Prime has as much stuff that interests me as Netflix. To me Netflix has been putting out a lot of junk lately and have a lot less stuff that I've wanted to watch, especially movies. Before the beauty of Netflix was that they piled up a bunch of series and stuff that were easy to find and watch front to back. Now that every studio is pushing their own streaming platform there is less of it, and Netflix (at least for me) has suffered. But I don't pretend to be a representation of their market. Plus we're over the point of economic gain. I'm not going back to cable/satelite, no way. But the days of being able to entertain yourself cheaper because content was consolidated are over. |
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Bezos really does want to own the world, doesn't he?
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Netflix was a much better streaming service before Disney owned 90% of Hulu and launched Disney+ in November 2019. We still have it, mainly because of the animated kids programs but I rarely use the service myself these days because they have too much crappy content that I need to scroll through to find something worth watching. Their service will only become worse when all of their licensing deals with Disney, Warners and Uni expire. Amazon is the same for me, although I will watch Season 3 of Jack Ryan and the final season of Bosch. But in all honesty, they just don't have much that appeals to me these days. I liked Flea Bag Season 1 enough but I just never got around to watching Season 2. Quote:
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Aw Yiss!!
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I get most of my stuff in 1-2 day’s. Maybe you should move near a city?
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05-26-2021, 04:53 PM | #165 |
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I’ve been experiencing that for a while now. I mean, it’s free so it’s hard to bitch about except that it is advertised as 2 day shipping (unless they stopped saying that and I missed it). Do not advertise something, not deliver on your promise AND raise the membership rates. That’s just horse shit. I’ll keep on with it though, at least for the time being, because unlike some of the others, I use Prime Video quite a bit. So I figure that’s what I’m paying for, with the occasional however many days free shipping.
Honestly, with what my online ordering mainly consist of these days (artisanal/small business goods) Amazon is rather hit and miss with what I want. So for me it’s more the principal of the matter.
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