This Week's MPN Podcast: 'The Menu,' 'Glass Onion' Reviews; Streaming to Get More Expensive; CES Debuts New VR Headsets; Netflix Cancellations - Media Play News

Stephanie Prange

January 10, 2023

On this week’s occurrence of the Media Play News podcast, hosts Charles Parkman and Charlie Showley dissect respective articles from the manufacture that person emerged successful the past week, arsenic good arsenic connection up a mates of speedy reviews for caller movies they’ve caught connected streaming. First up, Charlie has yet watched The Menu which is present streaming connected HBO Max. It’s a large satirical instrumentality connected the pretentiousness surrounding high-end luxury eating and good worthy a watch. Charles recaps the archetypal Knives Out and shares his thoughts connected its caller Netflix-exclusive sequel Glass Onion.

From the latest salvo successful the streaming wars, Warner Bros. Discovery CFO was quoted arsenic saying the prices of streaming platforms are “…overall priced excessively low,” which is troubling considering the merger of Discovery and WarnerMedia (with HBO) person led to galore shows and movies being written disconnected and removed from the streaming lineup. One salient casualty was Batgirl, a completed $90 cardinal movie that volition present ne'er beryllium released. This, coupled with Netflix’s penchant for canceling shows aft lone a play oregon two, implies that not agelong from present streaming subscribers volition beryllium paying much for little content. Speaking of Netflix, Charlie and Charles person a back-and-forth treatment astir however Netflix whitethorn beryllium mounting itself up for nonaccomplishment by consistently canceling its archetypal programming. The cancellation of “1899” past week (after a azygous season) led to a batch of antagonistic feedback online, and much precocious the cancellation of the animated drama “Inside Job” has Charlie starting to crook much and much bearish connected the service. It appears that Netflix subscribers are conditioned to hold until a amusement completes its full tally earlier becoming invested successful it, which could pb to a antagonistic feedback loop of archetypal debased viewing numbers, starring to much cancellations, starring to adjacent little viewing numbers.

The past portion of newsworthy contented from the manufacture was CES and a metaverse-oriented showcase that had taken halfway signifier during the convention. Both hosts ain VR headsets and walk immoderate clip commenting connected the VR-specific tech announced astatine CES. Most things, similar a headset containing cartridges that let the idiosyncratic to odor definite odors during use, travel disconnected arsenic evidently dormant connected accomplishment portion others, specified arsenic a caller headset from HTC to vie with the Meta Quest 2, are intriguing. The hosts urge buying a VR instrumentality regardless, due to the fact that watching movies connected a elephantine virtual surface is simply a large experience.