The Future of Television, Is Netflix Friend of Foe, Production on "Tomorrowland," Projections for Cord Cutters, Mobile Live Streaming, "Montage of Heck"
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"We really approached this foremost as a crime drama," says "Daredevil" showrunner Steven DeKnight. "We kept saying, 'Let's edge towards 'The Wire' instead of anything else. The great thing about Netflix and Marvel is that they let us have these really long, intense scenes of people talking, which you don't get much on an action TV show."
"All my films are an attempt to create an experience of the subject rather than a history, so they adapt their personality in the presentation," explain director Brett Morgen.
One of the great riddles of the past few years is whether Netflix is friend or foe to the U.S. television industry, including broadcast TV networks, cable TV networks and pay-TV operators.
Claudio Miranda went to great lengths to lessen the bluescreen use in "Tomorrowland" after persuading director Brad Bird to turn a 65mm film into digital 4K.
Considering the nearly simultaneous introduction of Meerkat and Periscope, Jack Smith IV asks, "What paved the way for both of these apps to splash at once, when high-res camera-phones and ubiquitous Internet access has existed for years?"