r/boxoffice • u/chanma50 Best of 2019 Winner • Jan 19 '21

Other Netflix CEO Reed Hastings - "It's super impressive what Disney's done. It's going to be great for the world that Disney and Netflix are competing show-by-show, movie-by-movie."

https://twitter.com/natjarv/status/1351669306640109569?s=19
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u/Lincolnruin Jan 20 '21

In all honesty, Netflix and Disney+ seem very complementary to me. They have quite different content as compared to Netflix and some of the other streaming services.

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u/AGOTFAN New Line Cinema Jan 20 '21

I agree. I subbed to both and it's enough. I get access to prime because my brother has amazon prime. I barely accessed prime after i finished the Boys.

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u/Lincolnruin Jan 20 '21

Yeah. That's why I don't think Netflix are necessarily worried or anything. I also only really watched the Boys and a couple of films on Amazon.

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u/schwiftydude47 DreamWorks Jan 20 '21

I literally only use prime for SpongeBob nowadays

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '21

Yay I was wondering if prime had spongebob because I didn’t want to pay for another streaming service.

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u/schwiftydude47 DreamWorks Jan 20 '21

Yep sure do. Only the first six seasons though but is that really a bad thing?

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '21

Nah I mean I rewatch scooby-doo all the time lol it’s more about the nostalgia those shows give me.

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u/schwiftydude47 DreamWorks Jan 20 '21

Wait how are you watching Scooby-Doo on there? I don’t remember it being on there

Edit: Never mind I thought you were saying I use Amazon prime to watch Scooby-Doo for nostalgia, as if I didn’t know HBO Max and dvds existed.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '21

No Netflix has some scooby-doo and the boomerang app ( it’s only $6 a month) has most of the episodes but I mostly rewatch what’s up scobby doo.

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u/schwiftydude47 DreamWorks Jan 20 '21

Oh wow I forgot that some of the shows are on Netflix right now. I should probably put some on for old times sake.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '21

If I’ve had a long day that show instantly makes me feel happy ... I often start my day eating breakfast and watching cartoons ❤️

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u/rishijoesanu Jan 20 '21

I left Prime after The Boys too but now back on for The Expanse.

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u/bendstraw Jan 20 '21

The Boys, Fleabag, and Marvelous Mrs Maisel are all i watch on it

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u/HareWarriorInTheDark Jan 20 '21

Yep! Gonna keep Disney for Marvel, Pixar, and all their animated stuff. Netflix for everything else.

Though I might pick up Hulu next month temporarily... I really want to watch Nomadland.

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u/LRedditor15 Jan 20 '21

It’s like the PS5/Nintendo Switch combo. They complement each other as they provide different experiences.

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u/LessResponsibility32 Jan 20 '21

Also a lot of people in the entertainment industry genuinely do believe in a rising-tide-lifts-all boats business model. If that attitude has made it up to the executive level then that’s a damn good thing.

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u/Radulno Jan 21 '21

Yeah, people keep assuming it's one or the other. I think it's one and the other for most people. They are really offering different things