Nothing reinforces my belief CEOs/top brass at corporations are useless more than Netflix does

Netflix just spent $320 million on that godawful "The Electric State" movie with Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt, only for it to be universally panned. It's literally one of the worst reviewed high-budget movies ever made, and even adjusted for inflation, it only cost slightly less to make than Avatar.

But that problem isn't limited to just this movie. Netflix sunk $200 million into Red Note with The Rock and Ryan Reynolds. $100M on some shitty Jennifer Lopez sci-fi movie. On the TV side of things, Netflix (and other streamers) are constantly looking for the next Game of Thrones, sinking huge amounts of money into mediocre shit like the live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Three-Body Problem.

Who are the morons making these decisions? For years, the most watched show on Netflix was The Office, by far. Half of America practically used Netflix as a The Office machine, so what does Netflix do? Do they greenlight a bunch of workplace sitcoms on similarly low budgets that could become the next Office? No, they take all of that money and spend it on exorbitant sci-fi and fantasy movies that either flop or do just okay.

This isn't just Netflix either. Almost all of the streaming services have been pumping money into these high-budget shows and movies instead of making low-budget comedies, which seems like a no-brainer to me. There's no way this can be a good business strategy. They gave Rian Johnson like 600 million dollars to make the Knives Out movies. I like the Knives Out movies, but that's just a stupid ass investment.

People like to act like the smartest people end up in these high-level positions, but the truth is that most people could do their jobs. See also: Nico Harrison of the Dallas Mavericks