In a world of 500+ TV series there are going to be only 2 or 3 that are going to be considered classic or brilliant. And if these 2 or 3 brilliant series aren’t recognized by the algorithms to push into people’s feeds they won’t be found by a mass audience.
On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 11:56 AM Adam Bowie <a...@adambowie.co.uk> wrote: > Whatever you think of The Sopranos, I think Chase is right. > > Yes, there's still Succession, Fargo, The Bear, White Lotus and so on > being made. But I'm not going to kid myself that this is what Netflix et al > will be producing for the most part in the future. The most popular drama > on the recent Netflix data dump was The Night Agent, which frankly, is > rubbish. I only managed one episode. A bit more swearing than a network > show, and perhaps more sex (I don't know), but otherwise, it might have > aired on CBS. > > And it just feels to me that we're getting more of these "gourmet burgers" > as Netflix's Bela Bajaria put it herself. In other words, if NCIS is > McDonalds, then The Night Agent is McDonalds with fancier presentation and > slightly better ingredients. But only very slightly. But just as I might > like a burger and fries from time to time, I also like to eat better food, > and that's what it feels like is going away. Like a town where the only > restaurants are chain fast food places. > > Amazon's hottest show right now is Reacher. And it's absolutely... fine. > It's definitely not exceptional in any way. It has more cash spent on it > than a network show - the action sequences are better. But it's still very > obviously Canada doubling for the US for tax reasons, and has an > A-to-B-to-C plot that is not going to challenge any viewer who is also > scrolling TikTok at the same time. I've no doubt it works well globally > because there's not even an enormous amount of dialogue to translate/dub. > Nobody ever got poor on selling big guys firing big guns. > > It's just a televisual reversion to the mean. > > > Adam > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 4:18 PM Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I think if Chase checks, there was dumbed down TV 25 years ago, too. And >> although I liked (but did not love) The Sopranos, I wouldn’t classify it as >> smart TV. It was well made TV, but it wasn’t smart TV. >> >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 7:50 AM Mark Jeffries <spotligh...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> In an interview with the Times of London (which is behind a pay wall), >>> David Chase says that the 25th anniversary of his groundbreaking "The >>> Sopranos" should be considered "a funeral," not a celebration, and that >>> television is starting to dumb down again: >>> >>> >>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/sopranos-david-chase-tv-dumb-interview-1235787462/ >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/b55169b3-0fbc-4a59-8d2e-4c93f0a6c5bfn%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/b55169b3-0fbc-4a59-8d2e-4c93f0a6c5bfn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BveTgy4haknGMyJBzLXUsbP89cD3z%3D7kLDniPkift9fg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BveTgy4haknGMyJBzLXUsbP89cD3z%3D7kLDniPkift9fg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGAz_uquq5EdeD6SYOGt8HXFJc-Y89MgAK73G%3DCJSPqm1A%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGAz_uquq5EdeD6SYOGt8HXFJc-Y89MgAK73G%3DCJSPqm1A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGE_TPCyRBXNnDVUAqCRp4Zt-HAg_u3uyLuaWpJuE1BKg%40mail.gmail.com.
