Disney made the right decision to release weekly because it's so much more fun to speculate about what happens next, which also ramps up the anticipation from week to week.
Having something to look forward to each week, especially during this pandemic, has been awesome.
It seems like this is the way forward for most streaming services not named Netflix. [Reply]
Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider:
I'm adjusting to it now, and it is good. I am finding it more enjoyable to watch the series in a non-binge manner.
Yea. It’s ok. I would prefer the all at once drop.
But if you don’t like weekly drop, you can just wait a couple months and binge once it’s complete. [Reply]
For a short season, 8-10 weeks, weekly drops are fine IMO. I still prefer when the first ~3 episodes drop all at once though. Think that would have helped here for those of us that do not look back fondly on Dick Van Dyke, Brady Brunch, etc. [Reply]
I don't mind the weekly schedule, I just don't get why they still follow the Netflix model of dropping everything at midnight pacific time. Enough people stay up and watch it that the spoilers are everywhere Friday morning anyway, why not put it up at 11 eastern/8 pacific? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Jamie:
I don't mind the weekly schedule, I just don't get why they still follow the Netflix model of dropping everything at midnight pacific time. Enough people stay up and watch it that the spoilers are everywhere Friday morning anyway, why not put it up at 11 eastern/8 pacific?
Their servers can barely handle launching at 12:00 am so there is now way they could handle Prime Time. [Reply]
Yes, obviously the release time is arbitrary, but it doesn't have to be arbitrary and inconvenient. I mean, every week giant spoilers are trending on Twitter almost immediately. I've actually been able to avoid most of it for WandaVision, but I've been careful since I had the Mandalorian finale spoiled for me by Twitter.
I get the server thing, but there has to be a better way to do it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Jamie:
Yes, obviously the release time is arbitrary, but it doesn't have to be arbitrary and inconvenient. I mean, every week giant spoilers are trending on Twitter almost immediately. I've actually been able to avoid most of it for WandaVision, but I've been careful since I had the Mandalorian finale spoiled for me by Twitter.
I get the server thing, but there has to be a better way to do it.
Internet spoilers are unavoidable for a TV series like WandaVision that have massive world wide audiences. It’s become a cottage industry on YouTube, Twitter and the like.
I get that you find it inconvenient but I’m routinely up at midnight, as are tens of millions on the West Coast and even East Coast, not to mention Hawaii. And since the programs are dropped at 12am PST, people in other countries are accessing them across the globe at that simultaneously, despite whatever local time episodes begin airing.
Staggered air times would lead to more spoilers for people in other countries, which is definitely not the solution, either, so I wouldn’t expect changes to the Disney+ release time. [Reply]