preguntontas t1_ixmphrm wrote
I know some prefer it but I don't like when they split seasons in 'parts'. It's the same season, just release it all at once. Or release it weekly if you want, but the in between of releasing half a season now and half a season later doesn't make much sense to me.
RitoRvolto t1_ixmrpqf wrote
Makes a lot of sense for the streaming service. Fans would have to resub instead of being one and done in 3 days.
keving87 t1_ixn2mw2 wrote
Or, they wait a little and subscribe closer to part 2 so it falls under the month of service so they can watch both parts in one month.
myassholealt t1_ixmsr7m wrote
They have so much content that weekly episodes would make the most sense. If you have 3 shows tons of people are watching and loving, that's 3 days a week for 9-12 weeks people are tuning in.
Multi-episode dumps, even if it's split in two sets, still allow people to sub, binge and cancel.
robidizzle t1_ixp1xzu wrote
And that length of time where everyone starts talking about a show again once the new season starts? That happens twice now
royalewithcheesecake t1_ixmxybk wrote
I dunno I really enjoyed the breather between the first part of Stranger Things 4 and the final 2 episodes, gave people a chance to catch up and actually have some watercooler chat about it while it was still relevant, you don't often get that with Netflix shows.
ehsteve23 t1_ixpu3jo wrote
I get releasing most of a season and holding back the big finale till like a month later so more people can experience it at the same time
LegendEater t1_ixvslb4 wrote
When you put it like that, I actually get it. It's the modern equivalent of weekly event TV.
Radulno t1_ixnluq5 wrote
Depends if the season is built for it or not. Stranger Things split worked very well because it was placed at a point perfect for it.
IMO that's what I always defended, a show release schedule should be based on creative reasons and not business reasons as it is now. Especially since with streaming there's no reason to have weekly stuff they don't have time slots to fill.
To take some recent shows examples :
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Stranger Things split was perfectly placed, it's mostly a long movie type show so the binge release make sense. But then, they have that big twist/reveal at the end of E7 and E8 and 9 are extra long for the finale so it works well to split it here.
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House of the Dragon each episode has its own identity with an internal story that was ending by the end of the episode. With the time skips it makes even more sense to have each episode separated by a week (could have been less than a week but technically HBO still is a linear TV channel after all)
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Andor was made in 3-episodes arcs and that's clearly how it should have been released. The premiere worked perfectly because of that, they should have continued that 3 episodes a week (or at least every 2 weeks or something but still put it out as a 3-episode block). Another great example of this 3-episode arcs that actually followed that schedule was Arcane.
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Rings of Power is of the long movie format and suffered in a weekly release, it should have been a binge release completely
NoNefariousness2144 t1_ixnw2l8 wrote
Rings of Power should have released two episodes a week in December.
Instead the show stumbled on week 2 and then crashed and burned.
f-ingsteveglansberg t1_ixpvcay wrote
Stranger Things episodes became movies, so it was more like when they released those three Fear Street movies weekly.
ijakinov t1_ixn8amh wrote
When this happens usually the show isn’t done to release it all at once. And to reduce the gap between seasons and to also maintain some level of binge watching they release two batches. It’s done as a middle ground because else you’d just be waiting longer for full season while they finish up the later eps or you’d have an arguably more annoying weekly model.
bking t1_ixv9dyj wrote
Agreed. Post-production schedules are often tight. When I worked at a post house, I was usually working on series of shows as they aired. Plenty of networks want to get the ROI on their shows as quickly as possible.
You is probably having some problems that won’t let the later episodes hit the deadline for release. They’re probably problems that can be solved with more money, but why spend that when Netflix can still hit their premiere date and get an extra month of user retention out of the show?
TheBraude t1_ixmt84j wrote
So think of it as 2 seasons?
It's not like it's a new concept in streaming. The Sopranos did it 15 years ago and Breaking Bad did it 10 years ago, and the break was over a year in both cases.
It's probably due to weird contracts or something like that where they have an actor for a set amount of seasons but not a set amount of episodes.
FickleSmark t1_ixn2aig wrote
It's not that complicated. Netflix isn't hiding the fact that they want you to sub for at least two months to watch it all.
Stupidstuff1001 t1_ixo0dnp wrote
I love amazons 2 episodes a week. Gives enough to feel full and look forward to more.
Allassnofakes t1_ixolvic wrote
They do half and half because they know binge watching no ads cancel anytime was the reason people got Netflix.
But then episodic weekly encourages people to maintain subscription for longer but means no binge watching. So they half season half season instead.
And they put ads on a crap lower price tier and deny some things on that tier to avoid less subscriptions
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