May 27, 2019 • #
I checked out the documentary on the making of this final season of Game of Thrones, called The Last Watch. In the spirit of the extra features on the Lord of the Rings DVDs, an embedded crew followed a few of the production units to give us a sense of what it was like to put together a TV show of this scope.
Seeing the scale and pace of what they were doing with each of these final seasons as the show’s stakes got bigger, it’s a wonder that they were able to get anything accomplished...
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April 26, 2019 • #
Disney recently announced details on their upcoming “Disney+” direct-to-consumer streaming service at their Investors Day — big news for everyone in the tech and media scene since Disney is one of very few content companies with enough leverage purely from differentiated content to make a strong competing tech play against Netflix, Amazon, and others.
Most others in the traditional media space have no chance of competing on a tech level with the likes of Netflix or YouTube, but Disney has enough of its own unique IP to create their own garden and draw away enough...
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