So is this finally one of the best platforms for a young cartoon showrunner to launch a series...

Pretty much. Creators can put their shows on the service without Netflix really changing anything, plus they're not completely shackled to a General Audience rating, or even soft PG. I have a feeling the version of Twelve Forever that we're getting on Netflix would've been very different to the version of Twelve Forever that would've appeared on CN if it got greenlit there.

I don't think Netflix's shows have the same budget and manpower as shows on other networks. It seems like they're rushing production from season to season to offset the inevitable hiatuses and the end result sometimes looks unpolished. Others, like Hilda, take their sweet ass time to finish each season.
We can't really say that it's a superior or inferior platform, it's just different.

I was thinking of 4-part 20 minute episodes being released every 2 days. I think this could cause a lot of discussion for every little portion of the episode. People who want to wait for the entire episode just wait 1 week as is normal, but the ones who love watching by by bit can just tune in every 2 days.

those were also big and made by dreamworks

If you even have someone to discuss it with in the first place. Binging a whole season can take up to several sittings and that's something you have to find time for. Anons are frequently lagging behind, popping out with threads like "Just finished Carmen Sandiego..." every few weeks and the discussions end up going in circles. It's also harder to avoid spoilers if you do plan to take your time with a given series.

I saw very few threads on trollhunters, and Voltron threads were a blight that rarely actually discussed the show

Then rather ask if it's either or, we should ask what kind of shows and what kind of formats benefit from the way Netflix operates.

It's also why they aren't very willing to let a show run for very long, since the algorithms say it'll stop being a draw once it stops being new

Fuck the algorithm. I’ve missed Robocop every time it has been added to netflix, because the piece of shit won’t tell me. Even tho that’s one of my favorite movies ever. Yet, it won’t stop suggesting power rangers and pokemon. I haven’t watched either since the late 90s stupid fucking piece of shit.

That's like saying a two-hour movie needs to be split up into 20 minute increments because people can't possibly discuss the movie after it's over since there's "nothing left".

>Netflix’s algorithm needs to stop giving one trillion priority points to whatever is new.
Fuck no. The fact that Netflix actually shows me what's new is basically the reason for why I ever even bother to log onto the damn thing more than like once a month. Otherwise I'd never ever know when things I wasn't already following are added.

What's the point of making it a series then? The advantage of a multiple episode format is that you get to follow it throughout the year, discuss individual parts of the story, come up with theories and have something to look forward to. Fandom stuff.
Having the whole thing served to you leaves nothing to the imagination and there's less for you to talk about as a result. Racing through the episodes makes you miss a lot of little details along the way as well.

It could have been but unfortunately nobody took into account that a lot of people have shit ideas despite being in a position to pitch a show. Now Netflix is cutting back.

Amphibia at least put out a new episode each day. I would have preferred two every week so I can soak up the fandom but whatever.

It was clever for Netflix to spin this whole idea of an inscrutable "algorithm." They can push whatever they want to their front page and people just blame some vague concept when it was an explicit business decision by Netflix.

They're just hard-coded advertisements. Semi tailored to the genres that you have watched in the past. Of course they're going to show you their new shows first. That's their primary form of advertising their new stuff.

Certain shows need certain output structures. These streaming services have the ability to market an display their shows in all sorts of different ways, there’s no need to have every series do the “dump the entire season” approach.

>I saw very few threads on trollhunters
Yeah, sorry, I didn't really mean popular on Yea Forums, but amongst 8-11 year olds, the show was the hottest shit.

Probably the best if you want to release something with minimal meddling. But you'd probably barely get a budget and would have to try and viral into fandoms to try and pander up a fanbase.

>so I can soak up the fandom
yikes

it's great for not controling content but netflix gets a lot of ownership rights. the bojack creators don't get a dime from the comedy central money it all goes to netflix.

To tell a longer story. People who are making it don't give a shit if there's no "discussion time" in between, they just care they get to tell a story in a longer amount of time. And the point of, "B-BUT THE HYPE" is fucking moot the instant the show airs. Are you saying we can't discuss any show that is currently over because, "WHAT'S THE POIIINT!"?