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I really enjoyed it actually! I was surprised at how many changes they made from the book though, for some reason I had it in my head that it was going to be a pretty close retelling of it. One thing that stood out to me was I remember (although disclaimer that it has been a few years since I read it now!)Gary being around to sow discord for a LOT longer in the book, and I think that really helped with building up the tension. I can still remember the creepiness of the reveal that, after they voted to kick him out, turns out he stayed hidden downstairs in the basement all along! The film in comparison deals with him turning on them all pretty quickly, even the moment of the monsters being let in to the house seemed a lot scarier in the book somehow, Olympia's death especially did not really live up to how I pictured it in my head.
Also I’m not sure about the films choice to keep Tom alive after that night, to me it makes more sense that Malorie became as tough and hardened as she did because she was the sole survivor with the two babies to take care of, I’m not sure that their early upbringing would have turned out the same at all if Tom had been around as a gentler influence on Malorie?
And of course the final big change was that in the book Malorie is freaked out to realise that the new community she finds had been deliberately blinding people in the beginning. I guess I can understand why they wanted to go for a simpler happy ending for the film version, but still people blinding themselves in this world does make a lot of sense? It seemed a bit odd not to deal with that part of it at all
After all my nitpicking on the changes to the book though, I definitely did really enjoy it! Sandra was especially great in it. Gave it four stars on letterboxed
And it’s just been confirmed today that The Punisher and Jessica Jones are both cancelled, with Netflix not even having the decency to wait for JJ’s third season to even air first 😡 This open letter from Jeph Loeb seems somewhat hopeful though that Disney might be having discussions to continue them on another platform? It seems like a no-brainer if they want goodwill and a big launch for expanding Hulu internationally
Also I’m not sure about the films choice to keep Tom alive after that night, to me it makes more sense that Malorie became as tough and hardened as she did because she was the sole survivor with the two babies to take care of, I’m not sure that their early upbringing would have turned out the same at all if Tom had been around as a gentler influence on Malorie?
And of course the final big change was that in the book Malorie is freaked out to realise that the new community she finds had been deliberately blinding people in the beginning. I guess I can understand why they wanted to go for a simpler happy ending for the film version, but still people blinding themselves in this world does make a lot of sense? It seemed a bit odd not to deal with that part of it at all
After all my nitpicking on the changes to the book though, I definitely did really enjoy it! Sandra was especially great in it. Gave it four stars on letterboxed
And it’s just been confirmed today that The Punisher and Jessica Jones are both cancelled, with Netflix not even having the decency to wait for JJ’s third season to even air first 😡 This open letter from Jeph Loeb seems somewhat hopeful though that Disney might be having discussions to continue them on another platform? It seems like a no-brainer if they want goodwill and a big launch for expanding Hulu internationally
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Date: 2019-02-18 06:09 pm (UTC)I haven't even thought about that with Disney+ also coming this year, but it makes sense.
I'm not surprised at all that both shows are canceled, but I really thought they'd wait until JJ is out, stringing fans along. Maybe Netflix just didn't care anymore...
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Date: 2019-02-18 06:19 pm (UTC)(Also I hope that Hulu does arrive here by the summer, I really want to watch the new Veronica Mars mini series that they’ve picked up!)
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Date: 2019-02-20 05:25 pm (UTC)Here in the U.K. for example a lot of the content that you find on Hulu in America has already been licensed to Sky or to Amazon Prime.
It's the same in Germany. For The Handmaid's Tale, you'd have to subscribe to MagentaTV which is not something I knew even existed until I saw promo posters for THT. And Netflix doesn't have the rights for House of Cards here because they sold them before expanding.
I agree that it would be smart to revive the shows on Hulu for international distribution.
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Date: 2019-02-21 01:56 pm (UTC)Majority of Hulu shows (not the originals, but the network shows that are apparently included on Hulu in America) seem to be on Amazon Prime for us at the moment. It will be interesting to see what changes there when Hulu does become available in the U.K. , because at the moment it feels like one of those rare times when the U.K. comes out ahead by having most of the shows in one place, rather than spread out across CBS Acccess, Hulu and other sites. Prime has The Good Wife, The Good Fight, Supernatural, Buffy, Angel, Dollhouse, X-Files, Lost, Runaways, Empire, Grey’s Anatomy, Bones, Prison Break, White Coller, Will And Grace, The Office etc etc etc. I don’t care about most of their originals admittedly, but they’ve really stepped it up lately with adding older box sets to binge, and my understanding is that that’s more of a Hulu thing in America
I imagine that the content will become more divided up once Hulu debuts here though, but certainly at the moment it feels like a rare thing for a streaming site to actually have more content to offer the U.K. than the US for once
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Date: 2019-05-01 07:25 pm (UTC)Amazon also has some rights for Hulu shows here. Germany has most stuff on Prime and Netflix, but we also have Magenta and Sky. The latter has Game of Thrones which is a big sell apparently. There is also Maxdome which has the rights for a couple of network shows, like The Resident and Grey's Anatomy, and some original German content which I have zero interest in.
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Date: 2019-02-18 09:12 pm (UTC)For example I read that Netflix’s deal with the CW might be ending soon because the shows will be going to WarnerBrothers new platform instead https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/arrowverse-could-go-to-warner-media-service-once-netflix-deal-expires But really most people who sign up to Warner Media will likely already be fans of those shows and subscribing for that reason, so they’re not going to increase their audience by doing things that way. It was Netflix who helped them reach out to everyone, you only have to look at shows like Riverdale and You to see what a difference that sort of exposure makes. Breaking Bad is another example of a show that became huge because of Netflix, and yet it seems in future years that type of easy accessibility is going to be lost as networks will just keep their shows on their own streaming services to keep them exclusive
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Date: 2019-02-18 09:24 pm (UTC)I liked the film version too, but for me the book was definitely much much scarier, at one point I was having nightmares while I was reading it lol and waking up in a panic about the curtains being slightly open :P It’s probably a lot easier to picture it and get lost in the story when you’re reading about people having to operate in the dark though. The ending in the book is fairly similar to the film still where she meets the community and realises that Rick is blind, but then she freaks out after that when she sees people with scars where their eyes should be and realises that they’ve deliberately blinded themselves, and Rick then reassures her that they are a safe place and don’t do that any more. They did it for protection when they were still settling, but by the time Malorie gets there they are completely safe and closed off from the creatures
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Date: 2019-02-18 08:35 pm (UTC)It seems like a no-brainer if they want goodwill and a big launch for expanding Hulu internationally
It makes sense. I mean,Marvel's Runaways has been doing well on Hulu, and if they can get Jessica Jones and the rest of them on Hulu as well, it can definitely do well for their business. Plus, Disney partially owns Hulu too, right? So it wouldn't have to completely dumb down the shows for a more "family friendly" approach like it would be on Disney+. I don't know, I don't want to get my hopes up but at the same time, with all the talk surrounding it, I want to be hopeful because how all of this has been handled by Netflix over the last several months has been such a clusterfuck that these shows deserve better. I think everyone knows that they deserved better, especially knowing that Daredevil was already planning their fourth season when they were cancelled. So, yeah.
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Date: 2019-02-19 01:16 am (UTC)Same :(
And yeah I wasn’t all that hopeful at first because it seemed unlikely that anyone else could pick the shows up if Netflix still owns the rights to the early seasons, but that note suggest that discussions could be ongoing, so it’s hard not to take a little hope from that. I definitely think it would really benefit Hulu now that more streaming sites are wanting to create their own shows, instead of relying on licensing other networks content. Not that the Marvel would be complete originals for them obviously, but acquiring them would still give them a real boost. The Handmaids Tale, Runaways, Veronica Mars, and maybe Castle Rock are their only originals that I can think of that have received much attention so far, so it would really benefit their catalogue to pick up Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and maybe launch a new show from Luke Cage/Iron Fist
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Date: 2019-02-18 09:56 pm (UTC)with Netflix not even having the decency to wait for JJ’s third season to even air first
I wouldn't really call it not having the decency? I dunno,they probably figured that everyone saw where this was heading and that JJ wouldn't be the only Marvel show left so they just announced it all in one big swoop now instead of getting people's hopes up?
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Date: 2019-02-19 01:03 am (UTC)And true, it just seems very cynical to me to announce the cancellation of a show before it’s even had the chance to air, I’ve been very unimpressed at how Netflix have handled the Marvel shows :/
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Date: 2019-02-23 01:31 pm (UTC)The movie was pretty intense. And so shocking when this guy was actually 'insane' and did the things he did.
Didn't expect it at all.
It was a really, really good movie. The first one I've watched after getting a Netflix account. :D
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