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Habemus Numbers!!!
During #WBD’s Q3 2022 Earnings Report (JUL-SEP), it’s unveiled 2.8M boost in global DTC subscriptions, citing #HouseOfTheDragon as the main catalyst, but coming below #WallStreet’s 3.3M estimates, reaching 94.9M total #HBOMax+#HBO+#DiscoveryPlus subscribers
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During #WBD’s Q3 2022 Earnings Report (JUL-SEP), it’s unveiled 2.8M boost in global DTC subscriptions, citing #HouseOfTheDragon as the main catalyst, but coming below #WallStreet’s 3.3M estimates, reaching 94.9M total #HBOMax+#HBO+#DiscoveryPlus subscribers
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According to #WBD, total subscriptions in the US grew 500k, to 53.5M subscribers, and an ARPU of $10.66, a +1.1% increase
Meanwhile overseas markets were the main driver in subscriptions growth, adding 2.3M on Q3 2022, for a 41.4M international total,with an ARPU of just $3.68
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Meanwhile overseas markets were the main driver in subscriptions growth, adding 2.3M on Q3 2022, for a 41.4M international total,with an ARPU of just $3.68
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Streaming and subscriptions alone were responsible for 2.3B in revenue, -6% compared to Q3 2021.
Ads revenue more than doubled to $106M, as #HBOMax Ad-tier keeps growing in subscribers.
Even so, overall streaming Costs increased +22% to almost 3B, putting DTC -634M in the red.
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Ads revenue more than doubled to $106M, as #HBOMax Ad-tier keeps growing in subscribers.
Even so, overall streaming Costs increased +22% to almost 3B, putting DTC -634M in the red.
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Introducing the Lords of the Rings.
The first-time showrunners behind TV’s most expensive series ever made break their silence about #TheRingsofPower fandom backlash, season 2, Sauron speculation and landing the biggest gig on TV thr.cm/26wgw4f
The first-time showrunners behind TV’s most expensive series ever made break their silence about #TheRingsofPower fandom backlash, season 2, Sauron speculation and landing the biggest gig on TV thr.cm/26wgw4f
“Some of what’s been hardest to hear is the cynical point of view that this is a cash grab,” Patrick McKay says. “It’s like, oh my God, the opposite. This is the most earnest production. This is not a paycheck job for anybody. This is a labor of love" thr.cm/26wgw4f
Netflix “completely freaked out the Tolkien Estate” by proposing “a Marvel approach” to adapting #TheLordoftheRings, while HBO wanted to remake Peter Jackson’s movies. Amazon ultimately won out with #TheRingsofPower thr.cm/26wgw4f
S1.E3 Breakdown of #TheRingsOfPower 🧵& the current state of my hair as illustrated by hull Galadriel.
#TheOneRingQuisition
#TheOneRingQuisition
ORCS
1. Orcs
In the time of the coming of Elves, Morgoth ensnared many. By slow arts of cruelty, he corrupted & ensalved them. Thus, Morgoth 'breed the race of Orcs in envy and mockery of Elves'.
The Orcs multiplied; they became the bitterest foes of Elves. #TheSilmarillion
1. Orcs
In the time of the coming of Elves, Morgoth ensnared many. By slow arts of cruelty, he corrupted & ensalved them. Thus, Morgoth 'breed the race of Orcs in envy and mockery of Elves'.
The Orcs multiplied; they became the bitterest foes of Elves. #TheSilmarillion
2. `Anchor him.`
As the Orcs multiplied, they grew strong and fell where 'their dark lord filled them with a lust of ruin and death.' (chp 3, Sil)
Of all races, they know enslavement. Yet they are so corrupted, they exact the same cruelty on the other races.
As the Orcs multiplied, they grew strong and fell where 'their dark lord filled them with a lust of ruin and death.' (chp 3, Sil)
Of all races, they know enslavement. Yet they are so corrupted, they exact the same cruelty on the other races.
I will inaugurate my analysis of #TheRingsOfPower with some special info. This is not a spoiler. It's more of a leak.
Sauron's stronghold seen in Ep. 1 was invented for the show. Far north of the Forodwaith. Named 'Dûrnost' (Sindarin. ‘hellish-city’).
#TheOneRingQuisition
Sauron's stronghold seen in Ep. 1 was invented for the show. Far north of the Forodwaith. Named 'Dûrnost' (Sindarin. ‘hellish-city’).
#TheOneRingQuisition
PROLOGUE
1. `Nothing is evil in the beginning`
The fighting children is a reminder that 'evil' is an inherent aspect of Eru's Children. The fate of Men and Elves (the acceptance of death and facing the judgment of Mandos) is a key spiritual decision to the central characters.
1. `Nothing is evil in the beginning`
The fighting children is a reminder that 'evil' is an inherent aspect of Eru's Children. The fate of Men and Elves (the acceptance of death and facing the judgment of Mandos) is a key spiritual decision to the central characters.
2. `Fixed upon a light that guides her...`
The reference to the 'light' is a reference to Elbereth ('Queen of Stars') and spouse of Manwë.
The reference to the 'light' is a reference to Elbereth ('Queen of Stars') and spouse of Manwë.
#TheRingsofPower has only a 37 percent audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with some complaining about the show's diversity. Amazon halts reviews to prevent trolling: thr.cm/UYrqEiu
#TheRingsofPower audience score come a couple weeks after Marvel’s #SheHulk was declared review bombed on the site with an initial 36 percent audience rating thr.cm/UYrqEiu
How #TheRingsofPower is doing on Amazon’s own user review ecosystem is not yet clear because the company has taken the unusual step of suspending its ratings for the show. An Amazon source says reviews are being held 72 hours to help weed out trolls thr.cm/UYrqEiu
Early reactions to the series have been mostly positive, with praise directed toward the diverse cast and more prominent female characters.
For comparison, most of the lead characters in Peter Jackson’s #LOTR film trilogy were portrayed by white men. lat.ms/3cAHdKY
For comparison, most of the lead characters in Peter Jackson’s #LOTR film trilogy were portrayed by white men. lat.ms/3cAHdKY
Studios have been under pressure to diversify their casts, and companies like Amazon have been proactive in addressing it.
#TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower prominently features female characters, including the franchise’s first Black dwarf princess. lat.ms/3cAHdKY
#TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower prominently features female characters, including the franchise’s first Black dwarf princess. lat.ms/3cAHdKY
Peter Jackson says Amazon asked him to be involved with its mega-budget #LOTR prequel – and then cut off contact. Amazon suggests the story isn't quite so simple: thr.cm/M2ugCIJ
“They asked me if I wanted to be involved...and I said, ‘That’s an impossible question to answer without seeing a script,'” said Peter Jackson, “So they said...'we’ll send them to you.’ And the scripts never showed up" thr.cm/M2ugCIJ
Peter Jackson said he has no hard feelings towards the #LOTR series: “I’ll be watching it...If somebody makes a good film or TV show, it’s something to celebrate. The one thing I am looking forward to is actually seeing it as a perfectly neutral viewer” thr.cm/M2ugCIJ
Para iniciar el finde con fuerza y superar la canícula, aquí va otro hilo de #memesarchiveros
Esta vez dedicado a los #archifrikis. Pero hay de todo
¿Preparados?
Mil gracias al fabricante de #memes en la sombra
#archivos
@ArxiuToday
Esta vez dedicado a los #archifrikis. Pero hay de todo
¿Preparados?
Mil gracias al fabricante de #memes en la sombra
#archivos
@ArxiuToday
"Si olvidamos dónde hemos estado y qué hemos hecho, ya no somos humanos; solo animales"
Samwell Tarly, archivero-bibliotecario
#GameofThrones
Samwell Tarly, archivero-bibliotecario
#GameofThrones
Here’s your first look at Amazon’s #TheLordOfTheRings series which finally has a premiere date. wp.me/pc8uak-1lA4rm
The highly-anticipated epic fantasy series will debut on the streamer next fall, with new episodes dropping weekly. Filming was completed on the first season of the show today in New Zealand. wp.me/pc8uak-1lA4rm
Little is known about the plot of the series to date, including its official title, but it is known that it will take place during the so-called Second Age, thousands of years prior to the events of both the “Lord of the Rings” books and #TheHobbit. wp.me/pc8uak-1lA4rm
Ok, bit late to the #museumofme party, what with one thing and another (thanks to @wittertainment for the preferred euphemism de nos jours). But in an unusual break from auto-tweeting Instagram links to pictures of my kids, here I go...
#museumofme No. 1 - picture of me as a child. Think this is first day of school in about... 1979? I liked the milk breaks, for as long as they lasted [shakes fist, then lets it go].
#museumofme No. 2 - Something I (used to) collect: comic books. More specifically, Batman and Detective Comics, from about 1989 to, I guess 1995 - I have about a hundred-issue run in each and that was some achievement, in rural Suffolk 30 or so years ago.
