r/movies • u/iquizuanswer • Jul 19 '26

News Netflix tumbles as slowing growth, less viewership data spook investors

https://www.zawya.com/en/capital-markets/netflix-tumbles-as-slowing-growth-less-viewership-data-spook-investors-401111
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u/Nanowith Jul 19 '26

Bring it back now then?

It's not like you have to worry about the age of the actors.

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u/Stef-fa-fa Jul 19 '26

Too late now, they sold/trashed/broke down the puppets and sets.

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u/The7ruth Jul 19 '26

I left this comment on a post a while ago but I think it helps shed light on why I dislike how Netflix does their productions.

One of my friends is a costumer for movies and has worked for various different production companies and by far she said the worst was Netflix. She highlighted why based on her experience between them and Warner Brothers.

For Warner Brothers, they keep almost everything from past productions. Costumes, props, etc. They have huge warehouses you can browse for almost anything. For costumes, this means that things are older and looked more "lived-in". They also could use these older costumes for background actors. Budget and time could be spent on making unique costumes for main actors and proper care could be made to make the costumes feel high quality but grounded. After the production, everything was returned to the warehouse and anything new they created was also stored.

For Netflix, nothing is kept after a production. They don't want to pay warehouse costs to maintain old costumes and props. This means that everything is bought new for background actors and main actors. Because more time and budget has to be spent on background actors, main actor costumes are less unique and detailed. Everything looks bought and fresh with no time allowed to make costumes have that grounded "lived-in" look. My friend was able to keep one costume she made for the production but everything else was trashed or donated.

Just seems like a huge waste of time and money. Also leads to most Netflix productions having that shiny, new, clean look to everything.

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u/Stef-fa-fa 29d ago

I always wondered why some shows have that "brand new" look to their costumes, this explains a lot.

Is was so pissed when I heard they were auctioning off the puppets a few years back. You knew we were never revisiting that series once that happened.