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Netflix House Will Let You Experience Your Favorite Shows, Movies in Real Life (netflix.com)
14 points by mgh2 on June 18, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 11 comments


> Imagine waltzing with your partner to an orchestral cover of a Taylor Swift song on a replica of the Bridgerton set

We really do live in the age of slop.


You know whats missing: kids.

Kids are what drive fantasy theme parks.

Kids want to be Elsa or Luke or Harry Potter.

They drag their parents along.

And many times the parents remember their experiences as kids and it gives them warm fuzzies.

With respect to adult fantasy, none of those shows has the deep cultural hold Star Wars or Star Trek likely from kids watching these with their parents and wanting to be like Luke or Leia and Han.

Bridgerton might be good (or not) but it’s not family entertainment. Neither is Squid Game.

My guess is that most adults will consider these fantasy worlds either sad or just a curiosity and won’t have the same enthusiasm as Disney or Universal.


There's also those of us who don't have kids, don't want them and would love to go to a theme park without dealing with 5 year olds crying or toddlers throwing tantrums.


It was the best use of money Netflix could think of other than throwing it at bad spec screenplays or renaming themselves to Qwikster.


The capacity of such venue will be very limited and there are ton of tv show "nerds" to make it viable without kids.


Judging by the website [1] this is an expansion of an "experiences" business that seems to have been running for a couple years, though I had never heard of it. On cursory inspection, they do things like Bridgerton themed tea parties at swanky hotels [2].

Which gives it some context and makes it seem less out of the blue than I had originally thought.

[1] https://www.netflixhouse.com/

[2] https://www.banyantree.com/malaysia/kuala-lumpur/offers/a-br...


Will they have a Black Mirror experience?


I feel like we are all getting that experience no matter what.


You're already experiencing it.


With Westworld-class hosts as soon as they’re feasible! (Current projection: 2029)


Everything old is new again




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