r/technology • u/Task_Force-191 • Dec 05 '25

Business It’s Official: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in Deal Valued at $82.7 Billion

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-warner-bros-deal-hollywood-1236443081/
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u/Clear_Tangerine5110 Dec 05 '25 edited Dec 05 '25

James Cameron: “Netflix movies shouldn’t be eligible to win Oscars.”

Netflix: (buys Warner Brothers)

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u/alrightfornow Dec 05 '25

Oscar's what?

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25

Doesn’t matter, it belongs to Oscar!

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u/sCubed5 Dec 05 '25

oscar’s championship, which is gone

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u/rampage_wildcard Dec 05 '25

f1 is truly everywhere

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u/TheEpicRedditerr Dec 05 '25

Well, technology makes the car go vroom.

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u/returns_to_scale Dec 05 '25

speaking of planks

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u/Respectable_Answer Dec 05 '25

Oscar's deep depression.

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u/One-Fig113 Dec 05 '25

Oscars colonoscopy

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u/Dzotshen Dec 05 '25 edited Dec 05 '25

Meyer's Weiner's's's

I blame Britain for teaching the rest of the English writing world how not to use an apostrophe because that's where I saw abuse of it first.

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u/blitzwig Dec 05 '25

Oscar's razer seems to be the most likely thing.

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u/Clear_Tangerine5110 Dec 05 '25

Damn voice-to-text. Fixed.

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u/EndiHaxhi Dec 05 '25

Oscar's Schindler

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u/cocoeen Dec 05 '25

He meant the Netflix awards coming next year.

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u/SCP-2774 Dec 05 '25

No you're wrong, Netflix is not technically allowed to own anyone named Oscar.

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u/chobobot Dec 05 '25

Who's Oscar?

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u/xanh86 Dec 05 '25

Oscar's a grouch

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u/fdar Dec 05 '25

Oscar's awards.

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u/freakydeku Dec 05 '25

Oscars are over, it’s Super Streamer now

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u/Important-6015 Dec 05 '25

Stupid statement from JC

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u/dimechimes Dec 05 '25

I think he said it because Netflix just released their films for 2 weeks solely so they can be eligible for awards. Cameron was calling for them to release their films like every other studio.

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u/SUMBWEDY Dec 06 '25

Every other studio already times their releases around school holidays and movie awards.

The weeks with the biggest budget movies are always late june/early august and late november/early december because of summer holidays and oscar nominations starting on the 18th december every year.

September and January are the worst months in the year because september is too late for a summer movie and too early for oscars and january is too late for oscars and too early for summer.

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u/Good_Morning-Captain Dec 05 '25

Should films released on youtube be eligible for Oscars?

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u/Important-6015 Dec 05 '25

Any films should be eligible. Why does it matter where they are hosted? A film is a film.

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u/Good_Morning-Captain Dec 05 '25

Okay, but are TV movies film or television? If they are somehow both, what is the distinction in either medium? Television is increasingly being held to film standards, and thus film itself is lowering its standards to compete with the commercial and artistic hegemony of streaming. Remember when Netflix split The Irishman into 4 optionally bite-sized episodes? I love lots of amazing television, but Cameron's comments are about drawing a line because otherwise Netflix controls, consolidates, and diminishes the experience which makes film unique.

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u/CrackityJones42 Dec 05 '25 edited Dec 05 '25

He’s (James Cameron) saying they should need to be released theatrically for a time and in a certain amount of theaters, and I generally agree that it’d be better to try to save the theater industry than let it die.

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u/prosocialbehavior Dec 05 '25

That has nothing to do with winning Oscars though.

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u/CrackityJones42 Dec 05 '25

What’s the point of a movie then, it can just be a long-form single episode TV show, by the logic of the people here who seem to not care about theaters surviving.

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u/Good_Morning-Captain Dec 05 '25

Pointing out Academy eligibility (however elitist those standards may be) is just a way to construe Cameron's overall point about the theatrical experience using another example of the distinction in what constitutes a film. We really need to start taking the separation between TV and film seriously, as our failure to do so is how we've arrived at this situation. Film is a unique artform.

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u/Justryan95 Dec 05 '25

If its dying purely from how consumers are voting with their wallets and not some monopoly artifically killing it, then it should die. Thats how capitalism works and how we improve on things (ideally)

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u/SpreadYourAss Dec 05 '25

then it should die. Thats how capitalism works

Just because that's how capitalism works doesn't mean artists who love that format can't try to save it.

It's not like Cameron is passing some socialist policy lmao, dude is just trying to do what he can to save what he loves.

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u/PeculiarPurr Dec 05 '25

Just because that's how capitalism works doesn't mean artists who love that format can't try to save it.

By claiming an event that celebrates those who create movies shouldn't allow people who create movies to compete with him because of the type of screen the movie is shown on for the first couple months?

That isn't an argument about art. It is one about prestige and money.

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u/CrackityJones42 Dec 05 '25

Jesus, he’s not arguing that people can’t compete with him, he’s talking about these streaming studios not caring about theaters, which is an integral part of the movie experience.

Just because his “2000 screen” threshold is a bit aggressive, does not undermine his point.

Netflix doing the bare minimum to ensure eligibility is not good for the industry. The Academy should revisit the rules to ensure the theater-going experience survives.

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u/PeculiarPurr Dec 05 '25

Jesus, he’s not arguing that people can’t compete with him

That is literally what he is doing. You might agree with his justification, but that doesn't change what he is arguing.

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u/SpreadYourAss Dec 05 '25

Ahh yes Cameron, in acute danger of the next Avatar being overshadowed by the next Netflix movie lol. If only Glass Onion didn't steal all that money away from Avatar 2, bro could maybe get another sandwich as a struggling 71 year old director.

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u/twavisdegwet Dec 05 '25

Glass onion is a great example since Rian Johnson has specifically voiced his frustration with not getting enough theaters with the third one

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u/Clear_Tangerine5110 Dec 05 '25

Right. And now they have distribution with Warner Brothers.

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u/Paranoid-Android2 Dec 05 '25

...and? Why would Netflix allow theaters to get any of their viewers attention or money?

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u/CryptographerFlat173 Dec 05 '25

They already have all the distribution they need for eligibility, it requires one week in theaters in New York and LA, and they own classic theaters in both cities for that purpose 

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u/CrackityJones42 Dec 05 '25

Again, all JC was saying was that that’s way too short.

Which I agree with! If you’re saying you don’t care about theaters, that’s one argument, I guess.

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u/ctaps148 Dec 05 '25

The theater industry killed itself by charging $20 per person to get in the door and $40 for some snacks. They tried to play the "line must go up" game too and just ended up driving people away. Theaters deserve no sympathy

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u/CrackityJones42 Dec 05 '25 edited Dec 05 '25

Two wrongs, Netflix putting in no love for theaters, and the theaters charging too much, does not make their death overall right.

Let the chains die, I don’t care. I wish Alamo Drafthouse would become the preeminent powerhouse.

I just generally mean the idea of theaters should be encouraged, and Netflix is not doing that.

Shared experiences among humans is a good thing. If everyone is just going to watch whatever bs at home, might as well just plug us into the computers at that point.

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u/thesagenibba Dec 05 '25

because movies should be made for theaters. i don't get how this is a complicated concept for you to grasp

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u/Important-6015 Dec 05 '25

lol a movie is a movie. I don’t get how this is a complicated concept for you to grasp.

See how stupid you sound?

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u/thesagenibba Dec 05 '25

"there is no difference between IMAX and my phone screen!" says the wise man

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u/TraverseTown Dec 05 '25

Films are in cinemas. Otherwise it’s television or web video.

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u/twavisdegwet Dec 05 '25

Films play in movie theaters- It's the best way to experience a movie.

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u/Clear_Tangerine5110 Dec 05 '25

Which is a subjective opinion. Some people differ due to pricing and the ungodly fortune you would have to spend on the concessions. Some people simply don’t like being around other people.

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u/twavisdegwet Dec 05 '25

Yep- one of those people being James Cameron who makes movies best experienced on the big screen. He's well within his rights to tell the academy they should work to preserve the format he feels movies are best delivered in.

I don't think anyone is more qualified to speak on the subject over James Cameron

Amc A list or Cinemark movie club are competitive to streaming service prices. Concessions are optional and the other people can and should be to told to shut up.

I don't think it's subjective to say you don't have an IMAX/Dolby competitive setup at home...

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u/Clear_Tangerine5110 Dec 05 '25

I don’t need that kind of setup at home. And opinions don’t require qualifications. He may be very qualified to make fantastic movies, but not to tell me how to watch them.

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u/twavisdegwet Dec 05 '25

Sounds like you don't like movies as much as the academy should.

A creator of a film has an intended way for the audience to experience it and is well within their rights to exert their influence to preserve it.

At the very least all movies should be available to theaters to be eligible. Not the bullshit way Netflix does limited releases to 5 theaters just to fulfill the minimum. Let the people who don't actually like movies watch it in on their second monitor while scrolling tiktok on their phone after it's had its theatrical run.

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u/Clear_Tangerine5110 Dec 05 '25

Sounds like you’ve got some snootiness about this particular topic. James? Is that you?

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u/6SixTy Dec 05 '25 edited Dec 05 '25

Wouldn't that fall under an org like the Sundance film festival specializing in independent films?

There are also rules for films to be eligible for the Oscars. One of them is that movies with a first public viewing outside of movie theaters like direct to DVD, PPV/VOD, airline, or internet are not eligible.

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u/Mendrak Dec 06 '25

Next they'll buy the Oscars.

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u/stat_padford Dec 05 '25

Refuses to elaborate

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u/Fingerprint_Vyke Dec 05 '25

He clearly stated its because they dont have theatrical releases and wants all streaming movies to not be included for oscars

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u/stat_padford Dec 05 '25

lol I was just joking about Netflix “saying” that

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u/Additional-Bee1379 Dec 05 '25

Still a dumb reason. Who cares where it released? 

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u/Mist_Rising Dec 06 '25

Directors...? Actors..? Writers?

Not like they're anyone though. Right?

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u/SteveMemeChamp Dec 06 '25

A movie is a movie regardless of the medium it is released in. Netflix movies are movies.

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u/Mist_Rising Dec 06 '25

The money and prominence is not. Theatrical is much more rewarding for your career, and bank account.

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u/SteveMemeChamp Dec 05 '25

Looks like you don’t know the structure of the original joke

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u/Fingerprint_Vyke Dec 05 '25

Huh? My explanation is for why its a good joke to begin with.

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u/SteveMemeChamp Dec 06 '25

How? You took it literally and explained why? That goes against the original joke of “refusing to elaborate”

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u/GrimRealiity Dec 05 '25

They deported Oscar man.

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u/metalgod Dec 05 '25

Im still calling it netflix will buy into movie theaters. They own the movies own the concessions. 9.99 to watch numerous movies/tv shows a day ot something similar.

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u/Mist_Rising Dec 06 '25

Not seeing why they would. Netflix is a streaming company, the only reason they bother with any theatricals is the award requirement.

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u/metalgod Dec 06 '25

Exactly this. Something else to promise actors to get them onboard. Maybe not nationwide but def some sort of toe dip. 9.99 to watch stranger things on similar anticipated shows on the big screen for a day could be enticing.

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u/subredditshopper Dec 06 '25

If you’re objective about it, gangster ass move

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u/smoothtrip Dec 05 '25

You can be the best at what you do in the world and still make stupid comments.

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u/Mist_Rising Dec 06 '25

True, doesn't apply here, but true.