Squirrel09 t1_jaehn86 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:18 PM

Reply to comment by LeeF1179 in Amazon Studios Boss Jennifer Salke Unfazed by Warner Bros. New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movies: ‘We Have Enough Fan Love to Sustain’ by Neo2199

According to Amazon 4th Quarter Results, It was viewed by 100m individuals with a watch time of 24 billion minutes.

Source

How that relates to expectation or Subscriber growth they didn't go into.

Squirrel09 t1_jaeggzy wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:11 PM

Reply to comment by archlector in Amazon Studios Boss Jennifer Salke Unfazed by Warner Bros. New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movies: ‘We Have Enough Fan Love to Sustain’ by Neo2199

Their plan and pitch for the series has always been a 50 episode / 5 season run.

Also, kinda a unfair statement seeing that the big budget streaming genre is relatively new. The only streaming service that has been around for long enough to have 5 seasons of something is netflix. And they have The Crown & Stranger things. Amazon Prime has Jack Ryan that is coming out with their 4th season.

Hulu, while being one of the first streaming service, never really went for the big budget original show strategy.

Most streaming services are less than 5 years old!

Squirrel09 t1_jady62u wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:14 PM

Reply to comment by Fryceratops in Amazon Studios Boss Jennifer Salke Unfazed by Warner Bros. New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movies: ‘We Have Enough Fan Love to Sustain’ by Neo2199

While true, I find the comparison between HotD & RoP mute. At least for the current conversation. The success of one doesn't mean the other is unsuccessful. HotD having more views doesn't magically make RoP unprofitable for Amazon.

And the only measure of success Amazon & HBO really care about is the number of subscriptions each show bring. Which both claim are on the road to profitability.

Obviously, HotD won as the internets preferred show. But that doesn't inherently mean RoP is unsuccessful.

Squirrel09 t1_jadvje7 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 6:57 PM

Reply to comment by Fryceratops in Amazon Studios Boss Jennifer Salke Unfazed by Warner Bros. New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movies: ‘We Have Enough Fan Love to Sustain’ by Neo2199

Not OP but, Variety Article of top shows/movies 2022.

I think the asterisk that OP didn't include is the list they're referring to is the 2022 ORIGINAL List, not overall. But still...

Squirrel09 t1_j9d46s5 wrote on February 21, 2023 at 1:14 AM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Heat Pumps Sell Like Hotcakes on America's Oil-Rich Frontier by dolphins3

I too refuse to make progress, until the perfect solution is presented.

No duh there's still more work to do. Nobody is saying this is the end, but a very good step forward.

Squirrel09 t1_ixhso3r wrote on November 23, 2022 at 3:29 PM

Reply to comment by elister in Andor - Episode 12 Finale - Discussion Thread! by PhoOhThree

> I was hoping for a little more action in this last episode...

I'm actually glad it didn't end in a big battle sequence. I've been thinking that for so many shows the season always has to end with some type of fight to set up the next season. When really, there are so many other more interesting ways to do that.

Regardless of the issues of the show, I loved the fact that Rings of Power ended >!with ~10 minutes of no dialog, but fantastic imagery and music of the creation of the 3 elven rings.!< That's my opinion of course. I know it's dangerous speaking positively about rings of power on reddit lol