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I'd settle for fewer shows with earlier release dates. It's crazy waiting over a year to watch the next season of a show.

I guess I'm a dinosaur from the olden days of TV where once per week you watched a show. Then a break for summer and the new season started in the fall.

These days it's binge watch an entire show and wait 18 months for the next season. I can't stand that who can sit still for that long?

I bet Netflix would prefer a slower production and release schedule rather than a blast of a dozen episodes. Even the actors must hate that they must also have to wait until production starts again.

Production quality is suffering too which may indicate shows are being made too fast. On Iron Fist I noticed in each episode a red laser dot and grid shining on the actors. And in one episode you could see water dripping off the camera lens housing.

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> I can't stand that who can sit still for that long?

You could... space things out yourself, you know? :)

> Production quality is suffering too which may indicate shows are being made too fast.

Debatable. There's always been bad TV series. And production quality actually seems to be going up. Game of Thrones, Westworld, House of Cards are some of the most expensive and high quality TV shows ever produced, being not that off from Holywood blockbusters in terms of actors, special effects, sets, etc.

A lot of stories seem to be written taking into account that kind of passage of time... Game of Thrones and Harry Potter is literally and figuratively the story of the characters growing up. Love on the other hand, is set immediately after season 1.

Also, shows that run on a long or continuous schedule don't allow for the kind of care and polish - if you're churning out an episode a week, you can only do sitcom type stuff. No visual effects, no story arcs (too many actors come and go), no locations (can't spend all year outdoors). Doing seasons allows the team to get together, shoot for a few months and wrap, like a 10 hour movie.

I think actors prefer few months of intense work per project a year, so they can do other stuff as well. If it's 3 to 5 days a week all year you're locked in too much.

The way they released "Designated Survivor" was similar to "old school" TV shows. With one episode per week being released. So I guess they are testing with that model

Designated Survivor is a show on NBC airing weekly, I don't get what you mean.

Netflix has distribution rights for it in many countries. Outside the US, with shows like this, they release it one episode at a time with some delay (days to weeks) from the initial US broadcast date.

Ah thanks, I had no idea

I noticed the red laser dot as well through the whole show in Iron Fist. What are your overall thoughts? It was the first Netflix Marvel show that wasn't a 5/5 in my book.

I like the show lots of action well done martial arts. I won't spoil it for anyone reading this but the show has taken quite a few twists already.

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