Lord of the Rings TV Series Purchased by Amazon

[Lorgar Aurelian]

You will need to ask then about that, cause, for all we know, they could be.

*shrug* fine there all uruks-hais's and we haven't even been talking about proper orcs at all.

[Fabinas]

This whole conversation feels like:

https://youtu.be/XEL65gywwHQ

Never clicked on it, so, whatever you tried to tell, never reached me.

However...

Yeah, especially because they are arguing with the wind. The data was collected. People who matter to the business made their decisions weeks or months ago.

There is no developmental executive thinking about SpaghettiMonk's opinion on orcs and elves on a subforum while sitting on their golden toilet.

pwnd

[Xath]

The streaming business is not about getting people to sign up for any particular show. No platform is ever going to get over to the point where you are signing up millions of subscribers just for X show. You're providing a service of various properties you can leverage.

Who you personally know and why they do this or that is not relevant.

I am not discussing or ever have been, the quality of the show or the motivations of the consumers. This is of zero interest and concern to me- I don't care about this show one bit.

Again prime is different because the main reason for signing up for it isn't to watch shows. The main reason most people have prime is for the shipping.

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Yeah, especially because they are arguing with the wind. The data was collected. People who matter to the business made their decisions weeks or months ago.

There is no developmental executive thinking about Sven's opinion on orcs and elves on a subforum while sitting on their golden toilet.

Yes and those decision included MASSIVE changes to the production staff for a reason and it's not because the show did amazing.

[rhorle]

Yes and those decision included MASSIVE changes to the production staff for a reason and it's not because the show did amazing.

There were no MASSIVE or even massive changes. Two of Three directors were changed. Your logic is also flawed because House of the Dragon replaced one of their show runners who was also a director. So do you consider House of the Dragon to be a flop?

Just as Amazon Prime giving Prime Video for free is irrelevant because Amazon doesn't just say something was a success because they have a high total subscriber count. You are just looking for ways to put an asterisks so something that was successfully really wasn't.

[Fabinas]

Again prime is different because the main reason for signing up for it isn't to watch shows. The main reason most people have prime is for the shipping.

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Yes and those decision included MASSIVE changes to the production staff for a reason and it's not because the show did amazing.

Stop connecting those issues with success.

Stop the circle. You arguments do not refute the issue at hand. They are pointing to different issues.

Unfortunately, people watched RoP, despite it being a huge trainwreck and one of the worst created shows ever, especially for its budget.
It doesn't matter that it was given for free with Prime. Also who cares why they made changes to directors, stuff etc. The latter ones were done probably for artistic and production value issues (which imo, were abysmal).

All that matters to people in the TV/Movie industry is the entrance to the Top15 of Nielsen's Streaming shows - Most minutes viewed.

With that particular and specific metric, people concerned will never see it as a failure. Only as success.

Stop debating this. Numbers are objective and not a matter of interpretation. It's not statistic, it's not rate, it's just that. Pure minutes viewed. Even if that meant EVERYONE who watched it, watched the first minute and never tuned in with the show again (obviously not a realistic example).

Start discussing the true failures of the show, instead trying to play the hero on a hill that was already nuked.

[Dhrizzle]

If the executives think that the data they collected means the show was a success, they are morons. Again, they took a valuable IP that was coming off a 20 year content drought and spent hundreds of millions of dollars producing a show that they gave away for free. Of course the first season will get a lot of interest. But you can't make much money giving a show away for free (I'm aware that they think it's advertising for their website, that they sell more books, etc., so they did get some revenue).

But in season 2 those built in advantages will fade, and that's where the real story will be told.

Ad a show it's considered a success because it was one of few original streaming shows to break into the top 15 that wasn't made by the market-dominating Netflix.

As a product Amazon consider it a success because of the number of people who signed up to Prime and made it one of the first things they watched - for Amazon that is an important metric because they use their streaming platform to get people through the doors of their shopping centre.

Both of those definitions are more important to the people making the show than how much a few people on social media are complaining about stuff.

[Dhrizzle]

Where's your source on people signing up to prime to watch Rings of Power? I've seen them say that it brought people to the service, but said very vaguely in a way that I assumed meant that they brought already existing prime subscribers to watch the free show.

https://deadline.com/2022/12/lotr-th...al-1235201384/

And again - any "success" should be measured relative to expectations. I personally would expect a LOTR show given away for free to have good ratings. It's not impressive to do what it's supposed to do.

No-one cares about your expectations, it's people who paid for and made the show who are relevant.

[Dhrizzle]

What's interesting is that there's nothing in the actual quoted interview about sign ups during the launch window.

First couple of paragraphs give a summary that mention record number of sign-ups during the launch window. He also mentions a huge surge of people signing up to watch after the full thing was released.

To your other point - I guess we should shut down the site then, all that matters is what executives think, huh?

Shut down what site?

[Orange Joe]

You mean the one bit that literally says -> Canis c.f. familiaris(where c.f. is a Latin term meaning uncertain)<- ?, uncertain as it he is not sure?

source please?

[rhorle]

If the executives think that the data they collected means the show was a success, they are morons. The strategy may have been successful, that doesn't mean the show was.

So it was successful and didn't fail. Otherwise the strategy would be a failure as well. I don't think the executives are the ones that are morons. They aren't the ones that are unable to cope with something being a success. The words you keep looking for is "I don't like it despite its success". Lmao.

[Syegfryed]

source please?

Try opening the link that he post? lmao, source is literally on your face. the abbreviation is used different in taxonomy.

[rhorle]

This site. People here keep saying that no one's opinion matters other than executives. So I guess we're supposed to just say facts and never give opinions. Sounds boring, and sounds like the site would shut down pretty quickly.

Lol. I was right. You are looking for the words "I don't like the show even if it was a success". Opinions do matter on MMO-Champion and people share them all the time. Your opinion about the showing being a failure just happens to be wrong.

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source please?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_n...n_nomenclature

That is what the article about the dog references as a source for the definition of cf. Without access to the scientific paper that made the statement it is impossible to verify if that is how "the authority" quoted intended it to be used.

[Dhrizzle]

He specifically says "coming to the service" which, because it's not specific, I assume means "existing prime customers coming to the prime video service" because if it were new sign ups he'd be more specific. Name of the game if you're a corporation is to find the way to spin everything in the best light possible, and if there were new subscribers he would say it.

Regardless the people who made the show would be happy to have attracted lots of new viewers.

This site. People here keep saying that no one's opinion matters other than executives. So I guess we're supposed to just say facts and never give opinions. Sounds boring, and sounds like the site would shut down pretty quickly.

I never said not to give your opinion, try reading what I wrote. I said that your expectations don't matter when it comes to considering the show a success.

[Fabinas]

If the executives think that the data they collected means the show was a success, they are morons. The strategy may have been successful, that doesn't mean the show was. Again, they took a valuable IP that was coming off a 20 year content drought and spent hundreds of millions of dollars producing a show that they gave away for free. Of course the first season will get a lot of interest. But you can't make much money giving a show away for free (I'm aware that they think it's advertising for their website, that they sell more books, etc., so they did get some revenue).

But in season 2 those built in advantages will fade, and that's where the real story will be told.

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Ah right - there's no logic at all in this argument. Never mind, no point arguing with something this silly.

Goalpost moving. Essentially what Xath is doing.

Also "i disagree with the industry, even i'm not part of it, i knowz bettah. U moronz"

Yah, no point in arguing with someone so silly.

[Xath]

Goalpost moving. Essentially what Xath is doing.

Also "i disagree with the industry, even i'm not part of it, i knowz bettah. U moronz"

Yah, no point in arguing with someone so silly.

I am part of the damn industry lol. I work in marketing. The reason that Amazon is the only one that can somewhat consistently break the netflix choke hold is because people are already paying for prime for shipping. Because despite having very few critically acclaimed shows people already have access to prime video because they have prime for shipping.

[rhorle]

I am part of the damn industry lol. I work in marketing. The reason that Amazon is the only one that can somewhat consistently break the netflix choke hold is because people are already paying for prime for shipping. Because despite having very few critically acclaimed shows people already have access to prime video because they have prime for shipping.

Very Few? They have produced critically acclaimed shows for a while now. Notice how those shows didn't draw a big crowd despite having access to a large subscriber base. Just like Netflix doesn't draw 200 million for each show they produce. Your knowledge of marketing is failing you here. Because you are talking about the potential maximum Amazon has access to but not their actual draw for original content.

[Fabinas]

No the only thing that matters is the top 15 list. 15 is awesome, and 16 is a disaster.

No one actually cares about money. The industry runs on engagement based crypto.

Another strawman. Noone said such thing. Except you, because you can only see things in black and white, when some stranger in the internet proves you wrong.

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I am part of the damn industry lol. I work in marketing. The reason that Amazon is the only one that can somewhat consistently break the netflix choke hold is because people are already paying for prime for shipping. Because despite having very few critically acclaimed shows people already have access to prime video because they have prime for shipping.

It doesn't matter. They hit the number of minutes viewed. Others don't. That means Amazon can use that chip for industry leverage. And they find a way to make money though that. Or even lose money, because tax purposes, because pride as a streaming provider, because, because...

We don't know. And we shouldn't care. RoP has hit a metric that can be translated to success of the show.

Was it cost effective? Was it a quality show? I believe non of these is true. But i know better than to argue with numbers. Dismissing this particular metric, just to hit that trainwreck, dismisses EVERY entry in it.



If you really believe this argument, then you open the door to the criticism of "The Boys" success.

[Syegfryed]

I am part of the damn industry lol. I work in marketing. The reason that Amazon is the only one that can somewhat consistently break the netflix choke hold is because people are already paying for prime for shipping. Because despite having very few critically acclaimed shows people already have access to prime video because they have prime for shipping.

nonsense, just like the increase of prime subs in the Christmas/holydays period, weeks after the show landed, is obviously because the show success /s

[crusadernero]

Another strawman. Noone said such thing. Except you, because you can only see things in black and white, when some stranger in the internet proves you wrong.

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It doesn't matter. They hit the number of minutes viewed. Others don't. That means Amazon can use that chip for industry leverage. And they find a way to make money though that. Or even lose money, because tax purposes, because pride as a streaming provider, because, because...

We don't know. And we shouldn't care. RoP has hit a metric that can be translated to success of the show.

Was it cost effective? Was it a quality show? I believe non of these is true. But i know better than to argue with numbers. Dismissing this particular metric, just to hit that trainwreck, dismisses EVERY entry in it.



If you really believe this argument, then you open the door to the criticism of "The Boys" success.

They hit the numbers for S1 cause its LOTR. The show could be way worse (is that possible?) and the numbers would still be high. S2 though? S3? Doubt it if the keep on like they have.

[rhorle]

Oh dear god… how the hell do you make money through “industry leverage”? These posts are getting more and more bizarre…

By getting a pitch before other networks? Amazon has answered this question themselves. They wanted to show the industry that they can handle a large production that is on a different level than "basic" productions.

Also why wouldn't a certain level of viewership be a success? If your glass overflows it is full, right? Or do you yell at the waiter to keep pouring because you think it hasn't yet filled the glass?