Stuck In Development

After being pleasantly surprised around how their 2021 predictions played out, Carl and Eitan shell their top 3 boldest takes for 2022. From the future of movie distribution, the need to add more diverse types of content into streaming subscriptions, all the way to a tech giant path to irrelevance, the boys really shoot far and wide.

Before jumping into their predictions Carl and Eitan react live to Netflix's terrible, no-good earning report.

Come from the takes, stay for the Netflix bearish commentary.

Carl and Eitan, like most of the world, learned about this years’ Golden Globes after they already happened. After a longer-than-planned analysis of the winners, the two take time to review their 2021 media business predictions. Both ended up (mostly) happy with their performance!

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This week, Eitan and Carl are joined by Eitan’s extended family. Though none of the family have speaking roles, the hustle and bustle of the holidays adds to the poorly-mic’d ambience of the episode.

Family is a running theme through the episode. As proud skeptics of the democratizing power of Web3, the two discuss Jack Dorsey’s freshly-minted Block family of companies. No winter 2021 SID episode would be complete without a box office analysis, and the two are dismayed to discover just how much of the 2021 box office was dominated by the Disney family.

Enjoy your holidays, and we’ll see you in 2020, too!

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What’s that smell? A discrepancy between critic and audience scores around the beautiful art form that is cinema? Preposterous or expected?

In this week’s episode, Carl and Eitan are joined by frequent guest Kevin in exploring different interesting trends in Rotten Tomatoes land. From 2021 films that are beloved by both audiences and critics to the ones with the biggest gap in history, this episode is filled with trivia and (mostly failed) guesses.

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As the winter sun gets lower and the laziness of the holidays sets in, all Carl and Eitan want to do is catch up on the latest TV and movies. This, of course, is what they always want to do, but in the spirit of the season they do an all-WAWW episode to catch up with each other. The death of Stephen Sondheim – on the heels of the Sondheim love letter Tick Tick Boom – also serves as an introspection point for the two as they (once again) question the merit of success at all costs.

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The 30 minutes Stuck in Development podcast you didn’t know you needed! In a week all about being thankful, the boys share their gratitude for Netflix finally sharing more granular viewing data, and continue to be surprised about Bird Box being a full 50M more viewed hours than the second most viewed movie, even though it looks like Red Notice might have to say something about it. Later, they quickly dive into the latest Disney+ numbers, before closing it out with an AUA/WAWW mash-up.

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For the first time in an embarrassingly long time, Carl and Eitan had the chance to discuss a new release that they have both seen. Despite finding The French Dispatch frustrating, they were ultimately enchanted by Wes Anderson’s new film. The two also chat about Eternals’ impressive $71M opening and this week’s episode of Succession.

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Could it be? The first week with two SID episodes!? (Let’s all just agree that this was the plan all along.)

In another fast-paced news roundup episode, the boys start by chatting about the latest IP property on the selling block. Then, after Carl shares with Eitan the magic that is The Demo of all Demos (seriously, look it up on YouTube), they move quickly through a seemingly disconnected set of topics that actually have a connecting thread, at least if you squint very hard. From financial comps in M&A, to the Eternals opening weekend projections, and Facebook’s new super meta name, this is a fun one. Join us!

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The spicy takes must flow!

It was a calmer week in both the world of media and the lives of Carl and Eitan. A random smattering of IATSE and tech topics lead the episode, and the boys check in on the surprising crossover success of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune. For once, Eitan beat Carl to the theater!

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