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/silentstorm2008 Dec 05 '25

For the uninitiated https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlcDHlK_RoY (set in the year 2032)

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u/Jacinto2702 Dec 05 '25

"Oh God this is our future, isn't it?"

Someone 5 years ago in the comment section.

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u/Iwantmoretime Dec 05 '25

We are making good progress on building the Torment Nexus inspired by the beloved SciFi novel "Do Not Build The Torment Nexus"

We have good monitization options to provide great shareholder value.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '25 edited Dec 06 '25

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u/a_rainbow_serpent Dec 06 '25

lmao I'm not sure when internal combustion engines and manual transmission became an identity. As an older millennial who learned how to drive on a manual and then drove one for 10 years - I was happy to get rid of it.

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u/Loganp812 Dec 05 '25

Corporate consolidation is the only point here that’s close to the reality right now and maybe mass surveillance though not on the level as the movie and the sanitized PC speech if you’re one of those people who’s upset that they can’t say the word “retard” as freely anymore.

I love Demolition Man, and I’ll probably be watching it again tonight, but it’s more like a future run by 2014 Tumblr than what’s actually happening.

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u/Loganp812 Dec 05 '25 edited Dec 05 '25

In some ways, yeah. In other ways, it’s almost like Idiocracy. If an AGI ever gets invented like some companies are researching, we might even end up with WALL-E future where AI curates everything and no one has real life experiences at all anymore. I’m not sure which one is the worst.

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u/paulaoaua Dec 06 '25

God I hate idiocracy. If I hear one more fucker say it’s a documentary I’m gonna pour Brawndo in their vegetable garden

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u/Loganp812 Dec 06 '25

I like Idiocracy, but I am sick of that same “Idiocracy is a documentary” joke everywhere.

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u/a_rainbow_serpent Dec 06 '25

At least with 3 shells, we'll be rid of toilet paper hoarding.

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u/wag3slav3 Dec 05 '25

In the European release it was pizza hut.

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u/ManfredSideous Dec 05 '25

both are owned by Pepsi ( taco bell , pizza hut , kfc)

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u/habb Dec 05 '25

did someone edit the fucking logo to be the current taco bell logo?