I will show my age.
I agree. The current landscape of tv, storytelling, enjoyable characters, and screenwriting is virtually extinct to just 10-20 years ago. The result is they appear plain and safe, or uncomparable and not-risky-enough. Even when the current show is popular, award-nominated, long-running, etc. Very little today catches my eye. It’s not just the stories, it is rewriting all the standards as well.
There are still some good shows left but it definitely feels like more of a challenge to find them then before. I haven’t watched regular TV shows in ages because most of it is crap nowadays. The last one I can vividly remember watching whenever it came out was Castle and I even quit watching that after 1 or 2 seasons.
There’s almost no original story telling in shows anymore, it all just feels the same. The only standout shows I can remember watching last year were Blue eye samurai and the Boys. Everything else is just a bit of a blur.
I will show my age.
I agree. The current landscape of tv, storytelling, enjoyable characters, and screenwriting is virtually extinct to just 10-20 years ago. The result is they appear plain and safe, or uncomparable and not-risky-enough. Even when the current show is popular, award-nominated, long-running, etc. Very little today catches my eye. It’s not just the stories, it is rewriting all the standards as well.
There are still some good shows left but it definitely feels like more of a challenge to find them then before. I haven’t watched regular TV shows in ages because most of it is crap nowadays. The last one I can vividly remember watching whenever it came out was Castle and I even quit watching that after 1 or 2 seasons.
There’s almost no original story telling in shows anymore, it all just feels the same. The only standout shows I can remember watching last year were Blue eye samurai and the Boys. Everything else is just a bit of a blur.
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