Wolf prides himself on the formulaic system by which he makes media. The biggest insult I could sling his way is simply this: AI could do what he does. That’s how bad he is at what he does.
Kevin M. (RPCV) On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > I discovered over the holidays that all seasons of the original Law and > Order are now streaming on Hulu (For a long time, you could only see the > more recent, crap-year episodes on Peacock, and the earlier seasons could > only be had by paying for them one at a time from Amazon). > > These early seasons are reminding me of two things: 1) that the first 5 to > 7 seasons were so much better than what came later (I was truly impressed > with the effort and attention to detail that went into I think a season two > opener with complex camera angles, editing, plotting and dialogue, which is > amazing compared to the warmed over, by the numbers retreads we get in the > last 15 years or so of the show) But also 2) Even the best seasons were > never really all that great. Wolf likes to think he’s exploring cutting > edge, controversial issues, giving equal weight to both sides, but he > almost never really does and while there are occasional episodes on bad > apple police corruption or Maleficence, It’s mostly a long love letter to > police and prosecuting cultures. I have not watched any of his Chicago > shows, and the only other L&O I have any affection or respect for is > criminal intent on which they pulled the plug too soon. I confess to > watching FBI (but not the spinoffs), but that is clearly a guilty pleasure. > > Despite Wolf’s claims I’m not sure how revolutionary or groundbreaking > this new show is going to be. But it does remind me of what I think was the > idea behind the structure of law and order when it first came out, which > was that syndication would prefer two 30- minute shows rather than a single > hour, so they thought they would have the police part be a 30 minute show > on one day and the prosecution finale be part two on the next day. I’m not > sure if that ever had a chance to work, though it’s kind of the structure > of the original Batman TV show, but in the event, while L&O did become > very successful in Syndication I don’t think it ever was presented as 2-30 > minute shows. > > Characteristically, Dick Wolf is pretending that a 30 minute drama is some > kind of new idea for the streaming age and short attention spans of a > TikTok generation (Though he does acknowledge Dragnet and Adam-12 which > have always been the spirit animals of his shows), but I suspect this new > show is just more warmed over Wolfism, in structure and content. > > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > > On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 at 12:31 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> His next conquest? Streaming, leading off with >> totally-unrelated-to-his-other-franchises *On Call,* coming Thursday to >> Prime Video (their one remaining NFL game is part of *Super Wild Card >> Weekend!* next Sat. or Sun.): >> >> https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/business/media/dick-wolf-on-call-amazon-prime.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mk4.dKYu.eZw6y6MpoQ1v&smid=url-share >> (link, >> use your own $ubs after 7 days) >> >> B >> >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/531aea50-c509-4252-87e6-a365fa07daf5n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/531aea50-c509-4252-87e6-a365fa07daf5n%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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJTCsbix4cxufMzpKMtcdqEKEJ%3DjUD0o5d5HiA8tXgiZQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJTCsbix4cxufMzpKMtcdqEKEJ%3DjUD0o5d5HiA8tXgiZQ%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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4DGe-WhRJZXA61_fk1E4hTX3wb%3DG9X%2BfiEojsmtxL_%3DPA%40mail.gmail.com.
