So, before I begin, I need to make it clear that, despite ‘‘Buy EU’’ movement (am European) and my sincere (and ancient) aspiration to abandon US Tech, I remained Netflix subscriber (because I found myself a niche of series and movies (think Star Trek, Downton Abbey, Virgin River, Things that made us…) that I enjoy watching, so… this was my Achiles heel and I accepted that I might not be ‘‘perfect in every way’’ and just remained with the subscription.

However, there are things that are beginning to disturb me (in a very deep sense) about Netflix, that might really lead me to cancel my subscription:

Namely, I grew rather fond of ‘‘Resident Alien’’ and I do believe that series is great (at least the first season). However, somewhere down the middle (of second season), the series started to take the dark turn and actually thumbled down to gore-violence (when Harry/Alien basically decapitates the secret agent and throws her off the train). I mean, the series had already some ‘‘icky’’ moments, but this is just pure GORE.

I did not sign up for gore! I signed up for entertainment. And gore - is not entertainment. It is deeply disturbing violence. And standardizing that in the form of entertainment is - sick. Simply - sick.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a churchgoer or a religious fanatic or anything like that, but I am aware enough to consciously decide not to watch things that damage my mental health. And if Netflix decides to insert such things casually (and into viewer’s heads), then Netflix is a sick network and not for me. Simple as that.

Furthermore, if Netflix producers think that gore is fun, then (as a person who has been through balkan wars, sleeping in a shelter…) they are welcome to spend some time in Gaza, Ukraine or Mexico. They can take their Gore-addicts with them, too.

I do understand that ‘‘R.A.’’ is SyFy/USA Network production, but Netflix productions are utter horror in that (violence) sense. Even worse.

So… I do intend to transfer my evening entertainments exclusively to DVD’s.

How do you see Netflix in the above sense?

  • rglullis@communick.newsEnglish
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    15 days ago

    I think this is something that affects Hollywood in general and will be aggravated by the dominance of streaming: distributors make money on anything you watch as long as you remain subscribed, but writers/producers of shows will only make a name for themselves and picked for more seasons if their show gets a certain number of watchers. Quality does not matter, only quantity.

    So, what better/cheaper way to get large numbers of people talking about your show? By watering down everything and appealing to the lowest common denominator and/or by appealing to shock value.

    I still keep the netflix subscription, but mostly because of the kids. But as soon as I find some time to set up my *arr system again, I will definitely cancel it.