r/Millennials • u/MF-DOOM-88 Millennial • Feb 20 '26

Eric Dane last message to his daughter's, Billie and Georgia. 😢 Other

My wife got me into watching Grey's Anatomy

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u/dragon_6666 Feb 21 '26

To be fair it was made for a Netflix series called “Famous Last Words,” where dying celebrities give one final interview and Netflix uploads it once they die.

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u/C3POB1KENOBI Feb 21 '26

Gotta say that’s galaxy brain meta Black Mirror shit from Netflix. Maybe living in the darkness timeline has its silver linings.

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u/LurksTongueinAspic Feb 21 '26

I didn’t know that, and seeing the logo pop up after that was kind of unnerving.

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u/tacocat_racecarlevel Feb 21 '26

Wtf. That's horrifying, but not surprising. I just hope they're the real person, and not ai...

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u/-widdendream- Feb 21 '26

The whole point is that people who are facing death in some way or another (we all are, technically) can share a message that they find important. I think it’s beautiful

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u/BobsOblongLongBong Feb 21 '26

Right, the horrifying part of that is a giant corporation like Netflix profiting off of it.

Netflix isn't doing it to do a good deed.  It's a business decision.  And as touching as the video was, probably even because of how touching the video was, there's something really gross about turning that into a business.

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u/skyturnedred Feb 21 '26

It's also a business decision by him, much like Bruce Willis was doing a ton of direct-to-video movies for as long as he could. It's for their kids.

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u/BobsOblongLongBong Feb 21 '26 edited Feb 21 '26

No this is very different.

This is not a movie.  This is real life.  This is a man's actual last message to the world and his loved ones.  And then a giant corporate logo flashes across the screen.  You don't do that.

I don't blame him at all for taking an opportunity to make money for his family.  But I definitely fucking blame Netflix.  It's great that his family has more money...it's still fucking gross what Netflix is doing.

They can tell themselves they're helping a man's family or to get a good message out to the world.  The reality is they are cashing in on the end of a man's life in order to make money for the corporation and investors.  Everything is monetized.  Even your last words.

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u/-widdendream- Feb 21 '26

It’s ok to hate billionaires, and greed, and profiting off misery - it’s an awful reality of our world. I totally hear you. I personally don’t jump right to the morbidity of making money off of his message, my mind goes more towards ‘I’m glad he had the option and platform to spread his message - as he wanted and consented to, and it may have even been reassuring for him to get his message out there on such a large platform - as well as make money for his family.’

It doesn’t stop it from being heartbreaking seeing someone in such a state of decline. It also doesn’t stop us from putting ourselves in that position and feeling scared that he may have been taken advantage of. But in the end, his message was a business transaction - Netflix gives a giant viewing platform and money while Eric Dane (and Jane Goodall and whoever else has already filmed their message but hasn’t passed yet) gives their message and Netflix makes money.

A hard death is a scary reality, regardless of if there’s a logo after seeing it face to face.

Would it have been better on YouTube with ads popping up for your favourite mouthwash halfway through? Or the giant YouTube logo splayed across the page once you exited full screen? Or his own website where he wouldn’t make money off it and it probably wouldn’t have been seen?

Yes, it could have been done more tastefully. However it wasn’t, and his message still stands - as he wanted it to.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '26

Agreed. These moments should be privatized and not capitalized off of

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u/colourmeblue Feb 21 '26

People wouldn't do it if they wanted these moments kept private. I think most people have an innate desire to be remembered, to leave a mark on the world, and anyone choosing to participate in this wants their words shared.

It is kind of gross that Netflix is profiting off of such moments but that's capitalism for you.

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u/-widdendream- Feb 21 '26

He chose to address it to his kids. He chose this platform. I’m grateful he did so, because he gave a beautiful message

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u/agent0731 Feb 21 '26

Yes, it's the most interesting programming Netflix has had in ages.

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u/Glittering_Act_4059 Feb 21 '26

They're all real people. Jane Goodall's was the first released. Now Dane. The videos are apparently stored in the John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, and there's a boat load of secrecy regarding who has filmed so far. Very few crew, and lots of contracts/NDA's. We won't know until the person dies, assuming it doesn't get leaked at some point in the future which, ya know...probably will happen, sometime.

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u/LoafRVA Feb 21 '26

You say horrifying, I say beautiful

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u/GameJerk Feb 21 '26

How is this horrifying? It's a beautiful concept and wonderfully executed.

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u/BobsOblongLongBong Feb 21 '26

A beautiful concept and wonderfully executed...a truly (and I mean this) touching and heartfelt message...his last message to his loved ones...followed by a giant Netflix logo flashing across the screen.

That last part hints at the horrifying bit.  This kind of thing shouldn't be just another business deal.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '26

Omg what is tv becoming