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The I-Land
2019 · TV series · 42 min episodes · 1 season
Created by Anthony Salter
Wiped clean of memories and thrown together, a group of strangers fight to survive harsh realities -- and the island that traps them.
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What Netflix needs is pilot episodes instead of straight to series orders. Some of the shows that get greenlit and get minimum one season are so bad that if they had any kind of pilot/quality control process they'd never make it on beyond episode one (and thus release resources for multiple seasons of the shows they cancel or a good quality new shows). I watch some Netflix shows (eg Another Life/The I-Land) and wonder how they ever get made, it's like no one is paying attention.
They also need to give shows some kind of ending even if they are not part of their long term plans. Having a library of shows without ending is not attractive to customers.
AppleTV has been running circles around Netflix (and other streaming services when it comes to quality), what is the last critically acclaimed series on Netflix? I am not saying that your shows need to be critically acclaimed but you can't be in a state where your shows are getting panned criticlaly and on top of that not giving endings to your semi popular shows.
The most surprising part of this comment is that you made it through an entire episode of “The I-Land”. I had to turn off episode 1 about 10 minutes in before my brain went into involuntary self-destruct mode.
I think Netflix is in a lot of trouble. For years, their catalog has been shrinking, replaced with Netflix Original Series/Movies. For a while, the Original Series were actually good quality.
Then this past week, watched "The I-Land" which was heavily advertised on Netflix. Watched 1 episode, and then started episode 2, and then quit. It was basically a pile of garbage.
Apparently, I am not along in my assessment.
https://www.tvinsider.com/815148/the-i-land-netflix-reviews/
https://qz.com/quartzy/1712203/the-i-land-on-netflix-is-the-worst-tv-show-ever/
Basically, I use Netflix mainly for entertainment for my children. Since they are huge Disney fans, I can't wait for Disney to release their streaming service, so I can cancel my Netflix subscription.