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Neo2199 OP t1_j122ctp wrote

Reply to Netflix will be next on Microsoft’s shopping list (Opinion) by Neo2199

> Satya Nadella keeps thinking bigger. Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) chief executive has been buying new businesses at an impressive clip. Look for him to add Netflix (NFLX.O) to the list in 2023.

> Since his 2014 promotion into the technology titan’s corner office, Nadella has embarked on a pricey shopping spree. It started with the $2.5 billion acquisition of the company behind the hit game Minecraft. Later, Microsoft bought LinkedIn for $26 billion and the speech recognition and artificial intelligence software developer Nuance for $20 billion. Activision Blizzard (ATVI.O) was by far the largest disclosed target, at $69 billion.

> Microsoft is busy fighting U.S. trustbusters for the right to absorb the “Call of Duty” creator. Putting it under the same roof as gaming console Xbox has led to regulatory concerns about market dominance. Even if Nadella loses out on the video-game company for competition reasons, however, owning Netflix would make strategic sense and probably be an easier sell in Washington and Brussels.

> The two companies are already closely aligned. Netflix chose Microsoft as its advertising partner for a new advertising-supported subscription service. Microsoft President Brad Smith also sits on the Netflix board. Part of the rationale for a deal is that Microsoft wants to offer a video-game streaming service over multiple devices.

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Neo2199 t1_j0ck93z wrote

Reply to comment by gonzagylot00 in What’s With HBO’s Grossest Obsession, Incest? by Sisiwakanamaru

Couple years ago, there was an article on Vice talking about increasing popularity of incest porn in recent years.

Vice: How Incest Porn Is Making a Comeback - March 7, 2016

> Jeff Dillon, the vice president of business development of eLine.com (which handles popular porn hub GameLink), says that interest in fauxcest porn has increased by over 1,000 percent in the last five years. "This niche was really popular in the 70s and 80s," he says, noting the striking popularity of 1980 fauxcest feature Taboo—in which a sexually frustrated mother whose husband has recently left her ends up turning to her son, who, despite being asleep at the time, ultimately reciprocates—and other fauxcest films that were so unique, the public became fascinated.

> "But [fauxcest] faded out in the 90s," Dillon says, in part because incest stories are based on relationships between characters, and narrative in porn started to fade out of fashion. "I believe it went away in part because of the rise of B&B—big boobs and blonde hair. The 80s were the beginning of the glamorous porn superstars and contract studio stars. It led to many different genres of porn, many of which weren't story-driven."

> However, the past decade has seen a resurgence in narrative porn, setting the stage for a fauxcest comeback. "We've revisited a lot of older genres," Dillon says. "Parodies had their revival already, and now it's like producers and consumers are rediscovering the fauxcest genre, and it's back in style." Two years ago, adult studio Forbidden Fruit Films began exclusively featuring family role-play scenes. Millennial porn viewers—and especially women—have taken to the genre with a surprising appetite.

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Neo2199 t1_j0cev55 wrote

Reply to What’s With HBO’s Grossest Obsession, Incest? by Sisiwakanamaru

> Case in point: this week’s episode of Gossip Girl, which joins a long list of HBO series fascinated with family-on-family fucking with its plotline about a sister and brother going at it at a New York hotel. It’s certainly juicy. It’s definitely gross. And, let’s face it, it is a bizarre obsession. How is this still so prevalent?...

> Even more unforgivable, this was a wasted opportunity to get Kristen Bell in the voiceover booth and have her say some outrageously snarky line about incest. I was shocked to not hear the disembodied voice of Gossip Girl say something about brother-banging to cap off the episode.

> If we have to sit through the millionth incest plotline of the year, at least make it meme-worthy.

There you've it, HBO made a big mistake by not making the incest plot "meme-worthy"

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Neo2199 OP t1_iyjvxqz wrote

Reply to Steven Spielberg is at his most primal in Made-for-TV Movie 'Duel' - Spielberg spent his early 20s directing episodes for a number of shows, including 'The Night Gallery', 'Marcus Welby', 'M.D.', and 'Columbo' by Neo2199

> Before Duel, the Oscar-less Spielberg was off working as a television director wunderkind. He spent his early 20s directing episodes for a number of shows, including The Night Gallery, Marcus Welby, M.D., and Columbo. Yet, he also made a number of short films and independent feature efforts to support his filmmaking aspirations. Working in the studio system for a few years at this point, Spielberg's name was often getting thrown around to potentially helm projects. One such instance was when a secretary gave him an original short story titled Duel from Richard Matheson. Advising him to apply to direct ABC's Movie of the Week adaptation, Spielberg took her advice and directed an absolute bang up, rollicking picture that used every bit of its resources to its max potential, and then some. The film was shot over the course of 13 days on a shoestring budget, so Spielberg didn't have too much to work with, yet he didn't need much — he's Spielberg! He makes anything great. If someone handed him an orange juice and a camera, he'd know how to make it badass. Though the original TV version of Duel came out to an approximate 70 minutes, the film was so well received and successful in its efforts that Spielberg shot 20 minutes worth of extra scenes in order to pad out the run time enough for a theatrical release.

> Duel has just about the simplest story one can imagine. On the way to a meeting with a client, mild-mannered David Mann (Dennis Weaver) passes a truck driver on an old desert highway, leading the truck driver to follow him and, eventually, try to kill him. We never actually see the truck driver, but you never need to because our villain is basically the shark from Jaws on wheels. Spielberg is already a master of elevating the cinematic language of his films beyond what others might shoot in a conventional manner. But with Duel having such a lean premise which other filmmakers might bring to life without much urgency, this couldn't be further from the case here for Spielberg. If you haven't seen Duel yet, just know you'll be watching one of the angriest films that the man has ever done. Every bit of Spielbergian filmmaking is told in a cut-throat, bone dry fashion. Without any flashy effects to lean into, he was given rapid fire editing and inventive camerawork to wow audiences with, and he does so like he's fighting for his life.

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