Cordkillers 463 - Barbie's Uncharted Waters

A map threatens to overshadow Barbie's impending release--here's why. Plus, Hulu gets Fox-y and The Witcher season 3 deflates. All that and more on Cordkillers!

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CordKillers: 463 - Barbie's Uncharted Waters
Recorded: July 10 2023
Guest: None

Intro Video
Netflix's reality competition show Outlast

Primary Target
TV’s Golden Era Proved Costly to Streamers
- "Investors now care about profitability rather than growth, a change that makes finding new revenue streams and retaining customers critical. Studios that for years were able to splurge on content to feed viewers’ insatiable appetite for new shows and films now must pull back to make the math work. "

How to Watch
The Philippines Threatens to Join Vietnam in Banning ‘Barbie’
Netflix has removed a Chinese-made series called "Flight to You" from its service in Vietnam
- Vietnam will not allow Warner Brothers to show its forthcoming Barbie movie in the country because it shows China's version of a map of the South China Sea. Without getting too far into it, China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei all have a dispute over where the borders are int he ocean. China uses a nine-dash line that makes most of the sea theirs. Everybody else uses a more complicated line that divides the sea up among them. The Philippines is also considering denying Warner Brothers permit to show the film there for the same reason. Editing the map to show the non-Chinese version, even outside China, could anger China which has approved the film for exhibition. Sony’s Uncharted, starring Tom Holland, was banned in both countries last year for the same reason. Barbie begins releasing internationally on July 19.

What to Watch
Dan Harmon Animated Series ‘Krapopolis’ Finally Sets Fox Premiere Date
- Dan Harmon's animated series Krapopolis is set to premiere on Fox Sunday September 24th after a special NFL doubleheader, then settle on. Regular Sunday time of 8:30 PM. [[The show is set in ancient Greece. The official logline states the show “tells the story of a dysfunctional family of humans, gods and monsters trying to run one of the world’s first cities, while also trying their best to not kill each other in the process.”]]
- VOICE CAST: Hannah Waddingham, Richard Ayoade, Matt Berry, Pam Murphy, and Duncan Trussell.

Hulu Launches Adult Animation, Anime Hub Animayhem 
- Variety reports that Hulu will launch a sub-brand focused on animation called Animayhem. “American Dad,” “Bob’s Burgers,” “Family Guy,” “Futurama” and “King of the Hill” consistently rank among the platforms top shows base don hours streamed. Hulu hosts 46 adult animated series.

Apple will stream the first episode of 'Foundation' on YouTube
- Apple continues to give free samples. Silo's first episode went on Twitter before the finale of that series and with Foundation returning July 14 for season 2, the first episode of season 1 is available for free on YouTube.

Jennifer Garner Reprising Elektra Role In ‘Deadpool 3’
Deadpool 3’s well-dressed Wolverine may be a sign of good things to come
- Deadline reports that Jennifer Garner will return to play Elektra, the role she portrayed in the 2003 movie version of Daredevil and the spinoff Elektra. This time Garner will be in Deadpool 3 with Ryan Reynolds. Also they released a picture of Hugh Jackman in the yellow 90s mutant suit.

Eyes On:
Brian: Detroiters
Tom: King the Land
On the Lookout: Hijack

Front Lines
Amazon CEO Asks His Hollywood Studio to Explain Its Big Spending
- Bloomberg's sources say that over the past several weeks, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy asked for detailed budget analyses from its Hollywood studio for its original content. In 2022, Amazon spent $7 billion on original content, licensed shows, and sports, up 40% on the year. In the past nine months, Amazon released four series that cost over $100 million to produce, but failed to crack Nielsen's top 10 most-watch streaming list.

‘The Witcher’ Season 3 Premiere Sees 15% Decrease Versus Season 2 As Audience Wanes Across First 5 Episodes
- The first five episodes of The Witcher season 3 arrived on Netflix June 29th. Samba TV estimates around 1.1 million people in the US watched it. That's a lot of people but 15% less than watched the return of Season 2. Also of the 1.1 million, 505,000 got to episode 5, so a bit of a drop-off.

Disney+ Launches Asia Originals Slate, Headed By ‘Moving’, BTS Docu-Series & ‘Tokyo Revengers’
- Disney+ announced several originals from Asia
- August 9 - Moving is based on a web toon about people with superpowers not run from the government and a mysterious assassin.
- The Worst of Evil - set in 1990s Seoul about a rural police officer recruited to help bring down a drug gang.
- Dragons Of Wonderhatch - fantasy set in a land where dragons and humans co-exist.
- BTS Monuments: Beyond The Star - a docuseries about the group.

Dispatches from the front
What’s a show you’d want to watch but haven’t had a chance to watch? I think I’d watch The Sopranos as I’ve seen many episodes but not all. But not in any rush…

What’s a show you’ve seen before but want to watch again? For me, that would be The Wire. 

And a divergent opinion, what is a show or movie broadly liked that you don't?  For me it is Always Sunny and any animated show and HATE The Big Lebowski.  Can't stand them.

There are three for you.

- Norm

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