Remember when TV shows used to build to drama?
Oct 10, 2018 1:06:23 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2018 1:06:23 GMT
I think that nuance is dead in our society as well as patience. You have to be in someone's face or they just don't get it or lose interest now.
Not to mention that so many TV shows now are just PC agenda pushing, they don't care about the stories or the characters. It is just about pushing that agenda, selling ad time. Look at what used to be 25 or so minute tv shows, they are down to about 18-19 mins now in some cases that really doesn't make much time for building anything.
TV shows used to be given a chance to sink or swim, now they are expected to do well in a few eps or are gone. It all factors into having to grab people's attention urgently. Which in turn makes people bored with the formula and as you mentioned they don't care about the characters either.
A good example is the SWAT TV show remake. White SWAT commander is fired/stood down/demoted for some racially charged incident (I cared so much I can't even recall details). No investigation, nothing. Just stood down. Black guy SWAT officer immediately promoted as he is black and that will stop the riots, yeah right. So why do we care? All of that in the first episode. Black guy is banging a chick who is like some kind of boss of his, ok whatever. All the stuff they do isn't realistic at all, it all gets wrapped up in a very simple way.
And they do this kind of thing every ep! No, I don't like the show. A friend does and I have seen some eps with him in case you are wondering.
Not to mention that so many TV shows now are just PC agenda pushing, they don't care about the stories or the characters. It is just about pushing that agenda, selling ad time. Look at what used to be 25 or so minute tv shows, they are down to about 18-19 mins now in some cases that really doesn't make much time for building anything.
TV shows used to be given a chance to sink or swim, now they are expected to do well in a few eps or are gone. It all factors into having to grab people's attention urgently. Which in turn makes people bored with the formula and as you mentioned they don't care about the characters either.
A good example is the SWAT TV show remake. White SWAT commander is fired/stood down/demoted for some racially charged incident (I cared so much I can't even recall details). No investigation, nothing. Just stood down. Black guy SWAT officer immediately promoted as he is black and that will stop the riots, yeah right. So why do we care? All of that in the first episode. Black guy is banging a chick who is like some kind of boss of his, ok whatever. All the stuff they do isn't realistic at all, it all gets wrapped up in a very simple way.
And they do this kind of thing every ep! No, I don't like the show. A friend does and I have seen some eps with him in case you are wondering.