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Nittersing

(8,111 posts) Sun Dec 7, 2025, 10:02 AM Dec 7

Netflix Cancelled Its Way Into Power. Now It HAS Warner Bros Too

"Hollywood is not overreacting. It is sounding the alarm because Netflix has a terrible pattern that stretches from creative abandonment to corporate carelessness. The company that just swallowed Warner cannot be trusted to protect legacy studios.

It cannot be trusted with workers.

It cannot be trusted with storytellers.

It cannot be trusted with the fans who made it powerful in the first place."

https://pragmaticissues.com/2025/12/06/netflix-cancelled-its-way-into-power-now-it-has-warner-bros-too/

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Netflix Cancelled Its Way Into Power. Now It HAS Warner Bros Too (Original Post) Nittersing Dec 7 OP

Sounds like somebody doesnt like Netflix Boo1 Dec 7 #1

Agree, and Cobra Kai was fun too Polybius Dec 7 #3

The Three Body Problem and Nobody Wants This intheflow Dec 7 #4

The new hit with kids is K-pop demon hunters fujiyamasan Dec 7 #13

They have great shows Boo1 Dec 7 #15

Well, they did a pretty good job with Stranger Things, don't ya think? Polybius Dec 7 #2

I find life too valuable to squander on passive entertainment. WheelWalker Dec 7 #5

He thought his leopard was special? hunter Dec 7 #6

Uh Mindhunter was based on a book. mzmolly Dec 7 #7

Would those whining about it be happy with Ellison and crew getting hold of it? fujiyamasan Dec 7 #8

Exactly. There's not really a good choice newdeal2 Dec 7 #12

It doesn't have Warner Brothers. themaguffin Dec 7 #9

I cancelled them for being too expensive. milestogo Dec 7 #10

Better Netflix than Ellison. Kid Berwyn Dec 7 #11

This times a billion LostOne4Ever Dec 7 #14

I'm not sure DU'ers are aware that Ellison would turn CNN into Fox News. So yes, take the deal with Netfix. Wanderlust988 Dec 7 #17

Meh....Netflix tried to create a lot of new content. Xolodno Dec 7 #16

Boo1

(142 posts)

1. Sounds like somebody doesnt like Netflix

Reply to Nittersing (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 10:36 AM

Dec 7

I think theyve given us some of the best and most original work available right now

Stranger Things
Squid Game
Bridgestone
The Crown
Orange is the New Black
Wednesday
Etc

Even shows that they are complaining about were given decent runs

Mindhunter got 2 seasons
Santa Clarita Diet got 3

And complaining about the password sharing policy? Do they just expect that one account should work for multiple households?

Polybius

(21,505 posts)

3. Agree, and Cobra Kai was fun too

Reply to Boo1 (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 11:05 AM

Dec 7

And the Baby Reindeer series was flawless.

intheflow

(29,986 posts)

4. The Three Body Problem and Nobody Wants This

Reply to Boo1 (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 11:35 AM

Dec 7

are both fantastic. When Netflix gets it right, it’s beautiful.

fujiyamasan

(1,219 posts)

13. The new hit with kids is K-pop demon hunters

Reply to Boo1 (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 03:56 PM

Dec 7

The spider verse animated movies were great too.

Boo1

(142 posts)

15. They have great shows

Reply to fujiyamasan (Reply #13)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 04:33 PM

Dec 7

I've really liked a lot of their anime.

Castlevania and Devil May Cry were good. Resident Evil was good too and I'm not sure why they included it in the article..

The Witcher is one I forgot to put in my original post.

Polybius

(21,505 posts)

2. Well, they did a pretty good job with Stranger Things, don't ya think?

Reply to Nittersing (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 11:04 AM

Dec 7

Best show on TV.

WheelWalker

(9,380 posts)

5. I find life too valuable to squander on passive entertainment.

Reply to Nittersing (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 11:44 AM

Dec 7

hunter

(40,367 posts)

6. He thought his leopard was special?

Reply to Nittersing (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 12:06 PM

Dec 7

The movie and television industry has always been like this.

An internet search of "shows that were canceled too soon" will confirm this.

mzmolly

(52,612 posts)

7. Uh Mindhunter was based on a book.

Reply to Nittersing (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 01:00 PM

Dec 7

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindhunter:_Inside_the_FBI%27s_Elite_Serial_Crime_Unit

I'd prefer the series be cancelled when the story ends, than have Netflix make up 'stuff' because ratings are good.

fujiyamasan

(1,219 posts)

8. Would those whining about it be happy with Ellison and crew getting hold of it?

Reply to Nittersing (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 01:03 PM

Dec 7

newdeal2

(4,763 posts)

12. Exactly. There's not really a good choice

Reply to fujiyamasan (Reply #8)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 03:07 PM

Dec 7

Netflix is a hell of a lot better than Ellison or Bezos or Musk.

Also HBO cancels shows all the time. And didn’t WB cause issues in the industry a few years ago when they released new movies online instead of just in theaters? Nobody is perfect.

themaguffin

(4,904 posts)

9. It doesn't have Warner Brothers.

Reply to Nittersing (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 02:49 PM

Dec 7

It could very well play out that way, but they don't have them (yet).

milestogo

(22,549 posts)

10. I cancelled them for being too expensive.

Reply to Nittersing (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 02:56 PM

Dec 7

Kid Berwyn

(22,889 posts)

11. Better Netflix than Ellison.

Reply to Nittersing (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 02:59 PM

Dec 7

Not all offense to Bari Weiss.

LostOne4Ever

(9,734 posts)

14. This times a billion

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Reply #11)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 04:09 PM

Dec 7

All corporate mergers are ultimately bad but the less bad choice is Netflix.

Wanderlust988

(728 posts)

17. I'm not sure DU'ers are aware that Ellison would turn CNN into Fox News. So yes, take the deal with Netfix.

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Reply #11)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 07:50 PM

Dec 7

Xolodno

(7,313 posts)

16. Meh....Netflix tried to create a lot of new content.

Reply to Nittersing (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 05:23 PM

Dec 7

Sometimes they would hit it out of the park....most of the time, not so much, so they cancel it as it was not getting the numbers they wanted. Disney+ does this quite frequently. They did this in response to most studios taking content off their platform and creating their own streaming service.

They needed to purchase a studio catalog and have familiar IP's that they could create content for. Otherwise, they would go the way their old competitor Blockbuster did.

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