The Get Down (Netflix Original) - 2016 (Season 2 2017 has begun)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEbRXzKu__8The teaser looks dope. Too bad it ain't coming out until next year though.
The series, directed by Baz Luhrmann and called "The Get Down," aims to tell the story of how a city teetering on the edge of bankruptcy gave birth to hip-hop, disco and punk.
It focuses on a group of teenagers from the South Bronx which Netflix describes as "nothings and nobodies with no one to shelter them — except each other, armed only with verbal games, improvised dance steps, some magic markers and spray cans."
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150212/morrisania/netflix-show-about-1970s-south-bronx-has-locals-worried
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This looks like it has potential tone goat
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First day binge
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it looks worth checking out. i was just watching beatstreet the other day.
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Something in Chicago, tired of seeing New York or Los Angeles
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I Am Jay ? wrote: »Something in Chicago, tired of seeing New York or Los Angeles
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Ayyyye
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I Am Jay ? wrote: »Something in Chicago, tired of seeing New York or Los Angeles
I feel ya bro, I feel ya -
My ? got a Netflix show coming up soon. One of the first black leads for Netflix. I'll put u ? up on it once I get more info. He's still filming.
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New york is called the empire state for a reason
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South Bronx!!!! My original home
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Built 4 cuban linx wrote: »South Bronx!!!! My original home
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Any black people behind the scenes of this show?
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Yes yes y'all lol
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Sound good. Can't wait until they get to 1978
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Sound good. Can't wait until they get to 1978
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Gus Fring!!!
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I'm seeing a refreshing dearth of white devils in that trailer which is somewhat promising. A little too much disco though.
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I'm with this here.
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Nas Assoc Produced this and wrote most of the rhymes.
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The Get Down hasn't even premiered yet, but it’s already breaking some pretty shocking records.
The upcoming show is Netflix’s most expensive series to date, coming in at around $120 million, Variety reports. The 12-episode season originally had a budget of $7.5 million per episode, but went way over that number, thanks to production drama and New York state tax incentives, according to Variety. For comparison, HBO's golden goose Game of Thrones cost $10 million per episode last season, with overall production cost coming out to about $100 million.
The Get Down is run by Oscar-nominated director Baz Luhrmann, whose filmmaking style is dominated by luxe aesthetics and grandiose appeal. It’s his first TV series, though he was initially brought on in a less-involved capacity to serve as an “uncle to the project,” he tells Variety.
“The mechanism that pre-existed to create TV shows didn’t really work for this show," he said. "At every step of the way there was no precedent for what we were doing. The standard process really didn’t work, so progressively, I was drawn more and more into the center of it.”
However, production was so hectic—show-runner and writer changes, stalled filming, cost concerns—that he considered quitting the project altogether. Around set, the show is allegedly nicknamed The Shut Down by writers, who had to endure numerous re-writes and tossed out scripts, according to Variety.
Netflix, meanwhile, is incredibly supportive of Luhrmann, and is known for throwing down hefty sums to draw in big names. When House of Cards began, the company reportedly plunked down $100 million for the first 26 episodes, in order to meet the demands of executive producer and director David Fincher. Stacking the cast with Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright? Well, that also tends to weigh down a budget.
Before The Get Down, Marco Polo had the distinct honor of being Netflix’s most expensive show. The series’s first season, which has 10 episodes, cost $90 million, according to the New York Times. But Netflix will soon top that with The Crown, an upcoming series about the rise and reign of Queen Elizabeth, which some reports say cost about $156 million to make—though Netflix has not confirmed the gargantuan price tag.
Until then, The Get Down is still the king of massive spending.
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Not great to hear about all the writing issues...all them old cars and clothes gotta be expesnive
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starts today
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Gonna check it out this weekend.
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Already on Kodi. About to check it out.
https://youtu.be/usv442G6H8A
