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Why is Netflix making so many Reality TV shows?

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Netflix is the king of streaming or even content now. I have seen it grow from a big company into an even bigger company that now seems to have Hollywood as a vassal state which would have been seen unthinkable in the 2000s. Netflix was profitable in the 2000s and was causing huge amounts of chaos at Blockbuster but it was still in that niche of being a rental place, not a studio making its own stories.

Fast forward to now, Netflix would be home to Douglas Fairbanks had it been a studio in the Silent Era before the release of the Jazz Singer.

Netflix rules filmed content in a similar way to the big studios from the 1920s to the 1950s. They were incredibly powerful institutions, nations within America with their own culture and hiearchies. They brought the faces of amazing actors to the screens.

What is Netflix great goal here?

Netflix is not Hollywood, at least in the sense of how we once understood it. Netflix is a fusion of both Television and Cinema. It is the true HBO in the sense of that label the old Cable TV channel uses. The Home Box Office is what Netflix truly is now. It is more of a box office than HBO was in the early 1980s.

However, can it truly live up to such a title?

Netflix is making show after show about young people in pods who date someone on the other side of that pod without even seeing them. This is the Love is Blind series. Its based on the axiom: Love is Blind. This axiom governs the show’s production. It is an interesting premise for sure, ignoring the Bachelor or Bachelorette shows, which have tons of in-person drama between the characters. Love is Blind does not have any of that here. It is about romance behind a hidden screen.

However, they are making equivalent shows for many other nations. Even Italy is getting a show now.

Netflix has been making more reality tv shows than ever before?

Why?

The simple reason: Cost.

Netflix was making alot of content in the years before the pandemic. However, in this age?

Netflix is basically becoming basic television again.

Netflix’s Ransom Canyon 2025 Impressions

Ransom Canyon is an intriguing Western style Romance series in the style of Yellowstone. As a suburban man, I have no relationship with this world that is depicted on screen. However, I find the series to be very interesting to watch. It is an entrance into a world that I have little experience with and yet it feels like home.

The story was called by some of the access media as being too pedestrian. These kind of complaints are why so many critics are out of touch with the American public. Ransom Canyon is part of America that isn’t on the headlines. The place, which is located near the West Texas city of Lubbock is dominated by the ranching industry.

While many Americans may believe that their food is put into cans, these people are responsible for one part of it, the beginning parts of bring it to your table. In the area of Ransom Canyon, ranching is an important part of the series. Unlike many series on Netflix which focus on Upper Middle Class professions, the people here seem more authentic to me.

Some people say that the acting isn’t very satisfying here.

On this issue, I think that the acting is not as annoying as people say it is. As a fan of Classic Hollywood, I understand that the days of overacting are not in vogue. People seem to want realistic characters with a touch of larger than life here.

What is important is the vistas and the atmosphere. The story is intriguing but what’s more important is that it doesn’t take place in an area I have seen before.

What we get in Ransom Canyon is a story about a place where ranching is still very important. This is not Severance which while interesting in concept, is not a show that has much to say about anything in my opinion. This is a show about ordinary people in rural areas of Texas.

I have only watched one episode but it has taken my attention.

While some say that it is just background noise, I disagree.

Someone had to put effort into this. Watching with some attention is worth it.

Netflix should produce more series in this style.