New Sussex project with Netflix re polo

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Anonymous wrote:This actually looks good. I found some of their other content a bit boring.

OP here and I agree, I actually fell asleep during the lifestyle show, although I thought it was harmless and just someone else's cup of tea

I mainly wanted to counter the narrative some post here, that Harry and Meghan are broke failures because Netflix hates them, or something something. This polo drama with Netflix looks fun.

Yeah, sounds promising. Netflix only cut ties with the lifestyle show and the As Ever collaboration, that's all.

And that was the plan all along. They were really only helping her launch the brand with the show due to the partnership between them for Netflix content.

Always much ado about nothing with Harry & Meghan. They've made some PR missteps but they are certainly not the monsters people make them out to be.

Ted Sarandos unfollowing As Ever and Meghan definitely was not nothing. He follows plenty of Netflix talent, could simply have left the "follows" in place.

Something doesn’t add up here. I think it’s fake news. Probably to save face.

The only relevant thing here is that Netflix has several projects in production with Meghan and Harry--despite what the hater outlets were saying just a few days ago. Calling this news "fake" just makes you look dumb. Obviously, Sarandos doesn't actually hate Harry or Meghan. And it's a fool's errand to speculate about whether Sarandos is lukewarm, hates, or loves Meghan, based on what someone's hairdresser's cousin who parked near the Netflix parking lot told Variety. Puhleez. And this weird speculation about who Sarandos follows (and he never followed Meghan) is just whinging from sore losers.

I just find this all very strange. I'm not necessarily a hater, but I can't figure out what value add these to have for a fictional scripted series. Are they actually going to do anything real? It sounds like Netflix has script writers and other folks who will actually do most of the work. What will Harry and Meagan do? Does Netflix simply get a bigger audience of their names are attached to the projects?

They will do what other celeb producers do when the produce television shows. They will use their network and their celebrity to help secure financing and get talent on board. This one makes particular sense because Harry is very involved in the polo world. One of his best friends, Nacho Figueras, is a professional Argentinian polo player -- Figueras already worked with Harry on the polo documentary that his production company came out with a couple years ago. I would assume Figueras is involved in the scripted series too. Harry is a member of the Santa Barbara polo club and continues to compete in charity matches regularly. Harry also has good relationships with a lot of sports organizations because of his Invictus work.

This honestly makes more sense than Meghan selling jam. It perfectly dovetails with Harry's passions and is a great way to exploit their contacts and name.

Indeed. This is the whole Producer job description: line up your friends like Nacho to participate, and get some other rich polo people to help finance it. And that's what the Sussexes are, producers.

Has she ever produced anything that wasn't about herself?

Sure. Cookie Queens, which is coming to theaters this summer. They have a few projects in development, like Meet Me at the Lake and another movie or streamer project I'm not recalling, that have nothing to do with either of the Sussexes as personalities.

Try harder, hater.

I guess Netflix is a bunch of haters too as they keep canceling her shows. Try harder, PR person.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd watch a waterpolo or hockey drama before a polo one. Why? Because those guys are great-looking and we've watched them for decades in the Olympics or professional teams. I think Harry is limiting himself by focusing on his passion. Ted Lasso worked because he was a regular American coach who went to Britain to coach their players. You had British culture and its people to enjoy. Rich, elitist Florida? Please. Take us to Europe and then you've got something special.

Polo players come from everywhere in the world and travel all over it to play. You're right, the writers should work games abroad into the plot.

No they really don't. Under 25,000 people play polo in the ENTIRE world and only around 5,000 at most in the entire world. More people are playing that Harry Potter Quidditch game . There are well over a million people who play water polo.

Another reason why a show like this will never work is that filming anything to do with horses is terribly expensive. And polo horses? Even more expensive. Now add to that you can whip horses in polo and they can get inadvertently hit by mallets and balls. That isn't going to play well now.

Isn't exclusivity the whole point? I was in Santiago, Chile, recently, and we decided to splurge and go to one of the city's best restaurants. There were polo grounds right next door.

Someone keeps posting that people have to play a sport, do a thing, to be interested in watching it, and that's just not right. What matters is the drama, the acting, and yes, the potential for sweaty, naked athletes. As several here have pointed out, millions of folks who didn't like hockey and/or weren't gay watched Heated Rivalry.

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Anonymous wrote:This actually looks good. I found some of their other content a bit boring.

OP here and I agree, I actually fell asleep during the lifestyle show, although I thought it was harmless and just someone else's cup of tea

I mainly wanted to counter the narrative some post here, that Harry and Meghan are broke failures because Netflix hates them, or something something. This polo drama with Netflix looks fun.

Yeah, sounds promising. Netflix only cut ties with the lifestyle show and the As Ever collaboration, that's all.

And that was the plan all along. They were really only helping her launch the brand with the show due to the partnership between them for Netflix content.

Always much ado about nothing with Harry & Meghan. They've made some PR missteps but they are certainly not the monsters people make them out to be.

Ted Sarandos unfollowing As Ever and Meghan definitely was not nothing. He follows plenty of Netflix talent, could simply have left the "follows" in place.

Something doesn’t add up here. I think it’s fake news. Probably to save face.

The only relevant thing here is that Netflix has several projects in production with Meghan and Harry--despite what the hater outlets were saying just a few days ago. Calling this news "fake" just makes you look dumb. Obviously, Sarandos doesn't actually hate Harry or Meghan. And it's a fool's errand to speculate about whether Sarandos is lukewarm, hates, or loves Meghan, based on what someone's hairdresser's cousin who parked near the Netflix parking lot told Variety. Puhleez. And this weird speculation about who Sarandos follows (and he never followed Meghan) is just whinging from sore losers.

I just find this all very strange. I'm not necessarily a hater, but I can't figure out what value add these to have for a fictional scripted series. Are they actually going to do anything real? It sounds like Netflix has script writers and other folks who will actually do most of the work. What will Harry and Meagan do? Does Netflix simply get a bigger audience of their names are attached to the projects?

They will do what other celeb producers do when the produce television shows. They will use their network and their celebrity to help secure financing and get talent on board. This one makes particular sense because Harry is very involved in the polo world. One of his best friends, Nacho Figueras, is a professional Argentinian polo player -- Figueras already worked with Harry on the polo documentary that his production company came out with a couple years ago. I would assume Figueras is involved in the scripted series too. Harry is a member of the Santa Barbara polo club and continues to compete in charity matches regularly. Harry also has good relationships with a lot of sports organizations because of his Invictus work.

This honestly makes more sense than Meghan selling jam. It perfectly dovetails with Harry's passions and is a great way to exploit their contacts and name.

Indeed. This is the whole Producer job description: line up your friends like Nacho to participate, and get some other rich polo people to help finance it. And that's what the Sussexes are, producers.

Has she ever produced anything that wasn't about herself?

Sure. Cookie Queens, which is coming to theaters this summer. They have a few projects in development, like Meet Me at the Lake and another movie or streamer project I'm not recalling, that have nothing to do with either of the Sussexes as personalities.

Try harder, hater.

I guess Netflix is a bunch of haters too as they keep canceling her shows. Try harder, PR person.

+100

Keep reading the thread, palace PR people (or trolls, if that's what you are).

Saying it's about "her" shows is rich because you're blaming Meghan for Harry's polo documentary. Misogynoir much? And Netflix has several projects currently under development with the Sussexes, including the polo drama that's the topic of this thread.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this why Netflix is raising rates again- to supplement the Sussexes? No thanks.

Are you guys really so blinded by Sussex Hate that you think this is a remotely sane answer?

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Anonymous wrote:This actually looks good. I found some of their other content a bit boring.

OP here and I agree, I actually fell asleep during the lifestyle show, although I thought it was harmless and just someone else's cup of tea

I mainly wanted to counter the narrative some post here, that Harry and Meghan are broke failures because Netflix hates them, or something something. This polo drama with Netflix looks fun.

Yeah, sounds promising. Netflix only cut ties with the lifestyle show and the As Ever collaboration, that's all.

And that was the plan all along. They were really only helping her launch the brand with the show due to the partnership between them for Netflix content.

Always much ado about nothing with Harry & Meghan. They've made some PR missteps but they are certainly not the monsters people make them out to be.

Ted Sarandos unfollowing As Ever and Meghan definitely was not nothing. He follows plenty of Netflix talent, could simply have left the "follows" in place.

Something doesn’t add up here. I think it’s fake news. Probably to save face.

The only relevant thing here is that Netflix has several projects in production with Meghan and Harry--despite what the hater outlets were saying just a few days ago. Calling this news "fake" just makes you look dumb. Obviously, Sarandos doesn't actually hate Harry or Meghan. And it's a fool's errand to speculate about whether Sarandos is lukewarm, hates, or loves Meghan, based on what someone's hairdresser's cousin who parked near the Netflix parking lot told Variety. Puhleez. And this weird speculation about who Sarandos follows (and he never followed Meghan) is just whinging from sore losers.

I just find this all very strange. I'm not necessarily a hater, but I can't figure out what value add these to have for a fictional scripted series. Are they actually going to do anything real? It sounds like Netflix has script writers and other folks who will actually do most of the work. What will Harry and Meagan do? Does Netflix simply get a bigger audience of their names are attached to the projects?

They will do what other celeb producers do when the produce television shows. They will use their network and their celebrity to help secure financing and get talent on board. This one makes particular sense because Harry is very involved in the polo world. One of his best friends, Nacho Figueras, is a professional Argentinian polo player -- Figueras already worked with Harry on the polo documentary that his production company came out with a couple years ago. I would assume Figueras is involved in the scripted series too. Harry is a member of the Santa Barbara polo club and continues to compete in charity matches regularly. Harry also has good relationships with a lot of sports organizations because of his Invictus work.

This honestly makes more sense than Meghan selling jam. It perfectly dovetails with Harry's passions and is a great way to exploit their contacts and name.

Indeed. This is the whole Producer job description: line up your friends like Nacho to participate, and get some other rich polo people to help finance it. And that's what the Sussexes are, producers.

Has she ever produced anything that wasn't about herself?

Sure. Cookie Queens, which is coming to theaters this summer. They have a few projects in development, like Meet Me at the Lake and another movie or streamer project I'm not recalling, that have nothing to do with either of the Sussexes as personalities.

Try harder, hater.

I guess Netflix is a bunch of haters too as they keep canceling her shows. Try harder, PR person.

+100

Keep reading the thread, palace PR people (or trolls, if that's what you are).

Saying it's about "her" shows is rich because you're blaming Meghan for Harry's polo documentary. Misogynoir much? And Netflix has several projects currently under development with the Sussexes, including the polo drama that's the topic of this thread.

If you don't like the topic then stop coming in here. It's really that simple.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd watch a waterpolo or hockey drama before a polo one. Why? Because those guys are great-looking and we've watched them for decades in the Olympics or professional teams. I think Harry is limiting himself by focusing on his passion. Ted Lasso worked because he was a regular American coach who went to Britain to coach their players. You had British culture and its people to enjoy. Rich, elitist Florida? Please. Take us to Europe and then you've got something special.

Polo players come from everywhere in the world and travel all over it to play. You're right, the writers should work games abroad into the plot.

No they really don't. Under 25,000 people play polo in the ENTIRE world and only around 5,000 at most in the entire world. More people are playing that Harry Potter Quidditch game . There are well over a million people who play water polo.

Another reason why a show like this will never work is that filming anything to do with horses is terribly expensive. And polo horses? Even more expensive. Now add to that you can whip horses in polo and they can get inadvertently hit by mallets and balls. That isn't going to play well now.

Isn't exclusivity the whole point? I was in Santiago, Chile, recently, and we decided to splurge and go to one of the city's best restaurants. There were polo grounds right next door.

Someone keeps posting that people have to play a sport, do a thing, to be interested in watching it, and that's just not right. What matters is the drama, the acting, and yes, the potential for sweaty, naked athletes. As several here have pointed out, millions of folks who didn't like hockey and/or weren't gay watched Heated Rivalry.

Netflix is never going to give this a big enough budget to do all of that. It's moving to low budget dumbed down shows because they know people aren't paying attention and scrolling while watching anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd watch a waterpolo or hockey drama before a polo one. Why? Because those guys are great-looking and we've watched them for decades in the Olympics or professional teams. I think Harry is limiting himself by focusing on his passion. Ted Lasso worked because he was a regular American coach who went to Britain to coach their players. You had British culture and its people to enjoy. Rich, elitist Florida? Please. Take us to Europe and then you've got something special.

Polo players come from everywhere in the world and travel all over it to play. You're right, the writers should work games abroad into the plot.

No they really don't. Under 25,000 people play polo in the ENTIRE world and only around 5,000 at most in the entire world. More people are playing that Harry Potter Quidditch game . There are well over a million people who play water polo.

Another reason why a show like this will never work is that filming anything to do with horses is terribly expensive. And polo horses? Even more expensive. Now add to that you can whip horses in polo and they can get inadvertently hit by mallets and balls. That isn't going to play well now.

Isn't exclusivity the whole point? I was in Santiago, Chile, recently, and we decided to splurge and go to one of the city's best restaurants. There were polo grounds right next door.

Someone keeps posting that people have to play a sport, do a thing, to be interested in watching it, and that's just not right. What matters is the drama, the acting, and yes, the potential for sweaty, naked athletes. As several here have pointed out, millions of folks who didn't like hockey and/or weren't gay watched Heated Rivalry.

Netflix is never going to give this a big enough budget to do all of that. It's moving to low budget dumbed down shows because they know people aren't paying attention and scrolling while watching anyway.

Enough budget to do all what? Show some hot actor removing his polo jersey to reveal rock hard abs while contemplating whether he should marry the Danish princess his parents have chosen for him or the bohemian daughter of a painter he met in boarding school against their wishes? That's not expensive.

The most expensive part of the show would be the horses and filming the actual polo, but I think that's why Harry's involvement (and likely that of his friend Nacho Figueras who is considered a superstar of the polo world) is so useful -- there may be ways to defray these costs by partnering with a facility like Wellington NPC in Florida, and with a polo association, and providing them with free product placement to help boost the sport. Harry and Nacho are literally the *perfect* people to negotiate a deal like that, they are very well respected and appreciated within the polo community. I suspect the Polo documentary was a way of testing the waters for something like this.

I do assume the show will be dumbed down schlock, not some high minded drama. But there's real potential here.

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Just to give a sense of what the vibe of this show could be, here are just some random photos of polo players:

Nicolas Roldan:


Nacho Figueras:


Nacho and his wife Delfina:

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Anonymous wrote:This actually looks good. I found some of their other content a bit boring.

OP here and I agree, I actually fell asleep during the lifestyle show, although I thought it was harmless and just someone else's cup of tea

I mainly wanted to counter the narrative some post here, that Harry and Meghan are broke failures because Netflix hates them, or something something. This polo drama with Netflix looks fun.

Yeah, sounds promising. Netflix only cut ties with the lifestyle show and the As Ever collaboration, that's all.

And that was the plan all along. They were really only helping her launch the brand with the show due to the partnership between them for Netflix content.

Always much ado about nothing with Harry & Meghan. They've made some PR missteps but they are certainly not the monsters people make them out to be.

Ted Sarandos unfollowing As Ever and Meghan definitely was not nothing. He follows plenty of Netflix talent, could simply have left the "follows" in place.

Something doesn’t add up here. I think it’s fake news. Probably to save face.

The only relevant thing here is that Netflix has several projects in production with Meghan and Harry--despite what the hater outlets were saying just a few days ago. Calling this news "fake" just makes you look dumb. Obviously, Sarandos doesn't actually hate Harry or Meghan. And it's a fool's errand to speculate about whether Sarandos is lukewarm, hates, or loves Meghan, based on what someone's hairdresser's cousin who parked near the Netflix parking lot told Variety. Puhleez. And this weird speculation about who Sarandos follows (and he never followed Meghan) is just whinging from sore losers.

I just find this all very strange. I'm not necessarily a hater, but I can't figure out what value add these to have for a fictional scripted series. Are they actually going to do anything real? It sounds like Netflix has script writers and other folks who will actually do most of the work. What will Harry and Meagan do? Does Netflix simply get a bigger audience of their names are attached to the projects?

They will do what other celeb producers do when the produce television shows. They will use their network and their celebrity to help secure financing and get talent on board. This one makes particular sense because Harry is very involved in the polo world. One of his best friends, Nacho Figueras, is a professional Argentinian polo player -- Figueras already worked with Harry on the polo documentary that his production company came out with a couple years ago. I would assume Figueras is involved in the scripted series too. Harry is a member of the Santa Barbara polo club and continues to compete in charity matches regularly. Harry also has good relationships with a lot of sports organizations because of his Invictus work.

This honestly makes more sense than Meghan selling jam. It perfectly dovetails with Harry's passions and is a great way to exploit their contacts and name.

Indeed. This is the whole Producer job description: line up your friends like Nacho to participate, and get some other rich polo people to help finance it. And that's what the Sussexes are, producers.

Has she ever produced anything that wasn't about herself?

Sure. Cookie Queens, which is coming to theaters this summer. They have a few projects in development, like Meet Me at the Lake and another movie or streamer project I'm not recalling, that have nothing to do with either of the Sussexes as personalities.

Try harder, hater.

I guess Netflix is a bunch of haters too as they keep canceling her shows. Try harder, PR person.

+100

Keep reading the thread, palace PR people (or trolls, if that's what you are).

Saying it's about "her" shows is rich because you're blaming Meghan for Harry's polo documentary. Misogynoir much? And Netflix has several projects currently under development with the Sussexes, including the polo drama that's the topic of this thread.

If you don't like the topic then stop coming in here. It's really that simple.

No, I don't like misogynoir. Keep pretending you don't know the difference. It really is that simple.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd watch a waterpolo or hockey drama before a polo one. Why? Because those guys are great-looking and we've watched them for decades in the Olympics or professional teams. I think Harry is limiting himself by focusing on his passion. Ted Lasso worked because he was a regular American coach who went to Britain to coach their players. You had British culture and its people to enjoy. Rich, elitist Florida? Please. Take us to Europe and then you've got something special.

Polo players come from everywhere in the world and travel all over it to play. You're right, the writers should work games abroad into the plot.

No they really don't. Under 25,000 people play polo in the ENTIRE world and only around 5,000 at most in the entire world. More people are playing that Harry Potter Quidditch game . There are well over a million people who play water polo.

Another reason why a show like this will never work is that filming anything to do with horses is terribly expensive. And polo horses? Even more expensive. Now add to that you can whip horses in polo and they can get inadvertently hit by mallets and balls. That isn't going to play well now.

Isn't exclusivity the whole point? I was in Santiago, Chile, recently, and we decided to splurge and go to one of the city's best restaurants. There were polo grounds right next door.

Someone keeps posting that people have to play a sport, do a thing, to be interested in watching it, and that's just not right. What matters is the drama, the acting, and yes, the potential for sweaty, naked athletes. As several here have pointed out, millions of folks who didn't like hockey and/or weren't gay watched Heated Rivalry.

Netflix is never going to give this a big enough budget to do all of that. It's moving to low budget dumbed down shows because they know people aren't paying attention and scrolling while watching anyway.

Enough budget to do all what? Show some hot actor removing his polo jersey to reveal rock hard abs while contemplating whether he should marry the Danish princess his parents have chosen for him or the bohemian daughter of a painter he met in boarding school against their wishes? That's not expensive.

The most expensive part of the show would be the horses and filming the actual polo, but I think that's why Harry's involvement (and likely that of his friend Nacho Figueras who is considered a superstar of the polo world) is so useful -- there may be ways to defray these costs by partnering with a facility like Wellington NPC in Florida, and with a polo association, and providing them with free product placement to help boost the sport. Harry and Nacho are literally the *perfect* people to negotiate a deal like that, they are very well respected and appreciated within the polo community. I suspect the Polo documentary was a way of testing the waters for something like this.

I do assume the show will be dumbed down schlock, not some high minded drama. But there's real potential here.

For decent actors that people have heard of making them want to watch, obviously.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd watch a waterpolo or hockey drama before a polo one. Why? Because those guys are great-looking and we've watched them for decades in the Olympics or professional teams. I think Harry is limiting himself by focusing on his passion. Ted Lasso worked because he was a regular American coach who went to Britain to coach their players. You had British culture and its people to enjoy. Rich, elitist Florida? Please. Take us to Europe and then you've got something special.

Polo players come from everywhere in the world and travel all over it to play. You're right, the writers should work games abroad into the plot.

No they really don't. Under 25,000 people play polo in the ENTIRE world and only around 5,000 at most in the entire world. More people are playing that Harry Potter Quidditch game . There are well over a million people who play water polo.

Another reason why a show like this will never work is that filming anything to do with horses is terribly expensive. And polo horses? Even more expensive. Now add to that you can whip horses in polo and they can get inadvertently hit by mallets and balls. That isn't going to play well now.

Isn't exclusivity the whole point? I was in Santiago, Chile, recently, and we decided to splurge and go to one of the city's best restaurants. There were polo grounds right next door.

Someone keeps posting that people have to play a sport, do a thing, to be interested in watching it, and that's just not right. What matters is the drama, the acting, and yes, the potential for sweaty, naked athletes. As several here have pointed out, millions of folks who didn't like hockey and/or weren't gay watched Heated Rivalry.

Netflix is never going to give this a big enough budget to do all of that. It's moving to low budget dumbed down shows because they know people aren't paying attention and scrolling while watching anyway.

Enough budget to do all what? Show some hot actor removing his polo jersey to reveal rock hard abs while contemplating whether he should marry the Danish princess his parents have chosen for him or the bohemian daughter of a painter he met in boarding school against their wishes? That's not expensive.

The most expensive part of the show would be the horses and filming the actual polo, but I think that's why Harry's involvement (and likely that of his friend Nacho Figueras who is considered a superstar of the polo world) is so useful -- there may be ways to defray these costs by partnering with a facility like Wellington NPC in Florida, and with a polo association, and providing them with free product placement to help boost the sport. Harry and Nacho are literally the *perfect* people to negotiate a deal like that, they are very well respected and appreciated within the polo community. I suspect the Polo documentary was a way of testing the waters for something like this.

I do assume the show will be dumbed down schlock, not some high minded drama. But there's real potential here.

LOL, this. They won't have to pay to enter polo clubs. They don't need the top ponies in the business; instead, they could buy (or even borrow, if Harry and Nacho have those contacts?) second-string or retired ponies and film those. They will have to pay actors who know how to ride and maybe how to play polo, but even that could probably be faked with good camera work.

This won't be about paying Nacho himself to ride his own pony in an actual match. Nobody watching will know the difference.

Basically, they just need to place a whole bunch of telephoto lenses around the grounds, take a lot of film footage of hot guys on ponies, and pick the best moments.

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Anonymous wrote:Just to give a sense of what the vibe of this show could be, here are just some random photos of polo players:

Nicolas Roldan:


Nacho Figueras:


Nacho and his wife Delfina:

LOL!

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Anonymous wrote:I'd watch a waterpolo or hockey drama before a polo one. Why? Because those guys are great-looking and we've watched them for decades in the Olympics or professional teams. I think Harry is limiting himself by focusing on his passion. Ted Lasso worked because he was a regular American coach who went to Britain to coach their players. You had British culture and its people to enjoy. Rich, elitist Florida? Please. Take us to Europe and then you've got something special.

Polo players come from everywhere in the world and travel all over it to play. You're right, the writers should work games abroad into the plot.

No they really don't. Under 25,000 people play polo in the ENTIRE world and only around 5,000 at most in the entire world. More people are playing that Harry Potter Quidditch game . There are well over a million people who play water polo.

Another reason why a show like this will never work is that filming anything to do with horses is terribly expensive. And polo horses? Even more expensive. Now add to that you can whip horses in polo and they can get inadvertently hit by mallets and balls. That isn't going to play well now.

Isn't exclusivity the whole point? I was in Santiago, Chile, recently, and we decided to splurge and go to one of the city's best restaurants. There were polo grounds right next door.

Someone keeps posting that people have to play a sport, do a thing, to be interested in watching it, and that's just not right. What matters is the drama, the acting, and yes, the potential for sweaty, naked athletes. As several here have pointed out, millions of folks who didn't like hockey and/or weren't gay watched Heated Rivalry.

Netflix is never going to give this a big enough budget to do all of that. It's moving to low budget dumbed down shows because they know people aren't paying attention and scrolling while watching anyway.

Enough budget to do all what? Show some hot actor removing his polo jersey to reveal rock hard abs while contemplating whether he should marry the Danish princess his parents have chosen for him or the bohemian daughter of a painter he met in boarding school against their wishes? That's not expensive.

The most expensive part of the show would be the horses and filming the actual polo, but I think that's why Harry's involvement (and likely that of his friend Nacho Figueras who is considered a superstar of the polo world) is so useful -- there may be ways to defray these costs by partnering with a facility like Wellington NPC in Florida, and with a polo association, and providing them with free product placement to help boost the sport. Harry and Nacho are literally the *perfect* people to negotiate a deal like that, they are very well respected and appreciated within the polo community. I suspect the Polo documentary was a way of testing the waters for something like this.

I do assume the show will be dumbed down schlock, not some high minded drama. But there's real potential here.

For decent actors that people have heard of making them want to watch, obviously.

Sure. But it's not like Connor Storrie or Hudson Williams were well-known before Heated Rivalry. Nobody thinks Brad Pitt is going to learn how to play polo for this.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd watch a waterpolo or hockey drama before a polo one. Why? Because those guys are great-looking and we've watched them for decades in the Olympics or professional teams. I think Harry is limiting himself by focusing on his passion. Ted Lasso worked because he was a regular American coach who went to Britain to coach their players. You had British culture and its people to enjoy. Rich, elitist Florida? Please. Take us to Europe and then you've got something special.

Polo players come from everywhere in the world and travel all over it to play. You're right, the writers should work games abroad into the plot.

No they really don't. Under 25,000 people play polo in the ENTIRE world and only around 5,000 at most in the entire world. More people are playing that Harry Potter Quidditch game . There are well over a million people who play water polo.

Another reason why a show like this will never work is that filming anything to do with horses is terribly expensive. And polo horses? Even more expensive. Now add to that you can whip horses in polo and they can get inadvertently hit by mallets and balls. That isn't going to play well now.

Isn't exclusivity the whole point? I was in Santiago, Chile, recently, and we decided to splurge and go to one of the city's best restaurants. There were polo grounds right next door.

Someone keeps posting that people have to play a sport, do a thing, to be interested in watching it, and that's just not right. What matters is the drama, the acting, and yes, the potential for sweaty, naked athletes. As several here have pointed out, millions of folks who didn't like hockey and/or weren't gay watched Heated Rivalry.

Netflix is never going to give this a big enough budget to do all of that. It's moving to low budget dumbed down shows because they know people aren't paying attention and scrolling while watching anyway.

Enough budget to do all what? Show some hot actor removing his polo jersey to reveal rock hard abs while contemplating whether he should marry the Danish princess his parents have chosen for him or the bohemian daughter of a painter he met in boarding school against their wishes? That's not expensive.

The most expensive part of the show would be the horses and filming the actual polo, but I think that's why Harry's involvement (and likely that of his friend Nacho Figueras who is considered a superstar of the polo world) is so useful -- there may be ways to defray these costs by partnering with a facility like Wellington NPC in Florida, and with a polo association, and providing them with free product placement to help boost the sport. Harry and Nacho are literally the *perfect* people to negotiate a deal like that, they are very well respected and appreciated within the polo community. I suspect the Polo documentary was a way of testing the waters for something like this.

I do assume the show will be dumbed down schlock, not some high minded drama. But there's real potential here.

I'm going to guess those Florida polo grounds are going to be portrayed as polo grounds somewhere in Britain, Belgium, or somewhere else. That's what drama film crews do all the time.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd watch a waterpolo or hockey drama before a polo one. Why? Because those guys are great-looking and we've watched them for decades in the Olympics or professional teams. I think Harry is limiting himself by focusing on his passion. Ted Lasso worked because he was a regular American coach who went to Britain to coach their players. You had British culture and its people to enjoy. Rich, elitist Florida? Please. Take us to Europe and then you've got something special.

Polo players come from everywhere in the world and travel all over it to play. You're right, the writers should work games abroad into the plot.

No they really don't. Under 25,000 people play polo in the ENTIRE world and only around 5,000 at most in the entire world. More people are playing that Harry Potter Quidditch game . There are well over a million people who play water polo.

Another reason why a show like this will never work is that filming anything to do with horses is terribly expensive. And polo horses? Even more expensive. Now add to that you can whip horses in polo and they can get inadvertently hit by mallets and balls. That isn't going to play well now.

Isn't exclusivity the whole point? I was in Santiago, Chile, recently, and we decided to splurge and go to one of the city's best restaurants. There were polo grounds right next door.

Someone keeps posting that people have to play a sport, do a thing, to be interested in watching it, and that's just not right. What matters is the drama, the acting, and yes, the potential for sweaty, naked athletes. As several here have pointed out, millions of folks who didn't like hockey and/or weren't gay watched Heated Rivalry.

Netflix is never going to give this a big enough budget to do all of that. It's moving to low budget dumbed down shows because they know people aren't paying attention and scrolling while watching anyway.

Enough budget to do all what? Show some hot actor removing his polo jersey to reveal rock hard abs while contemplating whether he should marry the Danish princess his parents have chosen for him or the bohemian daughter of a painter he met in boarding school against their wishes? That's not expensive.

The most expensive part of the show would be the horses and filming the actual polo, but I think that's why Harry's involvement (and likely that of his friend Nacho Figueras who is considered a superstar of the polo world) is so useful -- there may be ways to defray these costs by partnering with a facility like Wellington NPC in Florida, and with a polo association, and providing them with free product placement to help boost the sport. Harry and Nacho are literally the *perfect* people to negotiate a deal like that, they are very well respected and appreciated within the polo community. I suspect the Polo documentary was a way of testing the waters for something like this.

I do assume the show will be dumbed down schlock, not some high minded drama. But there's real potential here.

For decent actors that people have heard of making them want to watch, obviously.

Sure. But it's not like Connor Storrie or Hudson Williams were well-known before Heated Rivalry. Nobody thinks Brad Pitt is going to learn how to play polo for this.

I'm sure it will be a smashing success and you can come back and gloat about how right you are! Until then, you have no idea, and we're allowed to speculate.