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Cyyyyk t1_jdo14c1 wrote

Apple TV+ interface has so many issues it is hard to know where to start, but another subtitle issue is that sometimes they just stop playing entirely and you have to restart the show to get them back. Normally that not a big deal except that getting a show to start in Apple TV+ is usually about a 5 minute ordeal.

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seanparis t1_jdnxbz2 wrote

Well to be fair the USSR was communist and did exhibit many features of communism. They just weren't very successful. For example it was communist under Lenin when he implemented war communism from 1918-1921 and his NEP while containing some slight market compromises was socialist. Furthermore, collectivisation under Stalin was a policy stubbornly rooted in communist ideology despite leading to the deaths of millions of Ukrainians.

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tseconomics t1_jdnwnsi wrote

Season 2 shed a lot of light on why it’s so difficult to write TV like you write novels. Nic Pizzolatto spent years writing the first season, and released it to an audience with zero expectations. Then HBO says, “Here’s a ton of money, do it again. You have 6 months.” Not only is it difficult to strike gold again with a great idea, but it’s nearly impossible to narrow down the scope of any story with such little time. Season two had many issues, but for me, it just didn’t feel organic. None of the characters felt real, so neither did the story.

I like Season three for the characters, but the story doesn’t end where I hoped it would.

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[deleted] t1_jdnvor8 wrote

>You do realize of course that all words are just made-up.

Yeah, no shit. Thats not really the “gotcha!” you think it is. That’s also why I specifically called them buzzwords: empty terms that don’t say anything meaningful.

>And that when posts are made about what shows are popular based on actual viewership those posts are downvoted to oblivion because this subreddit hates the shows that are actually popular.

Ok, so?

This show is nowhere near being “actually popular.” The latest episode had 420,000 viewers and fell 31% from its debut episode.

https://tvline.com/2023/03/22/tv-ratings-gotham-knights-episode-2-the-cw/

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