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archlector t1_jadlo4n wrote

Reply to comment by RapsFanMike in Amazon Studios Boss Jennifer Salke Unfazed by Warner Bros. New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movies: ‘We Have Enough Fan Love to Sustain’ by Neo2199

We'll see. This is not even unique to this show. Almost no huge budget streaming genre show has gone past 4 seasons, 5 at max. And I really doubt this will break the trend.

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Squirrel09 t1_jaeggzy wrote

Their plan and pitch for the series has always been a 50 episode / 5 season run.

Also, kinda a unfair statement seeing that the big budget streaming genre is relatively new. The only streaming service that has been around for long enough to have 5 seasons of something is netflix. And they have The Crown & Stranger things. Amazon Prime has Jack Ryan that is coming out with their 4th season.

Hulu, while being one of the first streaming service, never really went for the big budget original show strategy.

Most streaming services are less than 5 years old!

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vladtud t1_jae6z27 wrote

Stranger Things is the only one, right?

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GarlVinland4Astrea t1_jaemt9d wrote

It's Amazon. They have the money. People really don't understand that there is a WORLD of difference in how wealthy Amazon is vs something like Netflix or HBO/WB.

If Bezos really wants the show to run, it will. It's basically just being used as a motor for the streaming service. Which is just a motor for the rest of Prime.

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mgsantos t1_jaevm1a wrote

Not how companies work, dude. He has money, but he also has legal obligations to shareholders and can't justify a money sink because he "likes LOTR".

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TapedeckNinja t1_jaexwda wrote

Nothing to do with him liking LotR. It's about Amazon's capacity to eat losses in the short term to drive long-term growth.

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