Alright I’ll bite, give me some examples of good shows with multiple layers of storytelling, interesting characters and engaging story telling that were made in the last five years. And as I’ve said in another comment, I know there’s still some good ones out there (The Boys, Gen V, Blue eye samurai, Better call Saul, After life), my point is that it feels like there’s less of these while the total amount of shows has only increased over time.
After rereading my comment I’m sorry that I started out so aggressively. That wasn’t fair to you.
I think the feeling of fewer good shows coming out stems from a few places.
The shows that we remember tend to be the ones that left a lasting impact. I think that when looking back it’s important to recognize our nostalgia tinted lense.
The feeling that there’s so many more shows may come from the accessibility that streaming services have created. Scrolling through massive catalogs let’s us see the massive amount of options and how few of them we actually want to engage with. I’d argue that the ratio of good to bad shows isn’t substantially different from before, but how we engage with these shows have changed. Admittedly, I haven’t counted all of the good and bad recent shows and then compared that with the amount of good and bad shows from a couple decades ago.
“They don’t make shows like they uses to,” is the type of thing people have said forever when their tastes stop developing and the cultural zeitgeist moves on without them.
In addition to the shows you mentioned, I would add, The Bear, The Last of Us, Arcane, and Our Flag Means Death.
What the fuck are you talking about? Watch more shows.
Alright I’ll bite, give me some examples of good shows with multiple layers of storytelling, interesting characters and engaging story telling that were made in the last five years. And as I’ve said in another comment, I know there’s still some good ones out there (The Boys, Gen V, Blue eye samurai, Better call Saul, After life), my point is that it feels like there’s less of these while the total amount of shows has only increased over time.
After rereading my comment I’m sorry that I started out so aggressively. That wasn’t fair to you.
I think the feeling of fewer good shows coming out stems from a few places.
The shows that we remember tend to be the ones that left a lasting impact. I think that when looking back it’s important to recognize our nostalgia tinted lense.
The feeling that there’s so many more shows may come from the accessibility that streaming services have created. Scrolling through massive catalogs let’s us see the massive amount of options and how few of them we actually want to engage with. I’d argue that the ratio of good to bad shows isn’t substantially different from before, but how we engage with these shows have changed. Admittedly, I haven’t counted all of the good and bad recent shows and then compared that with the amount of good and bad shows from a couple decades ago.
“They don’t make shows like they uses to,” is the type of thing people have said forever when their tastes stop developing and the cultural zeitgeist moves on without them.
In addition to the shows you mentioned, I would add, The Bear, The Last of Us, Arcane, and Our Flag Means Death.
How the fuck are you getting upvotes for lashing out? Lemmy fucktards out here clapping each other on the back for being absolutely vile.
The Crown
The Last of Us
Loki
Succession
Will Trent
Yellow jackets
Abbott Elementary
Mrs Maisel
Reservation Dogs
What We Do in the Shadows
White House Plumbers
Andor
House of the Dragon
Severance
Yellowstone
The White Lotus
Barry
Ghosts
The Bear
Dead to Me
Pam & Tommy
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Inventing Anna
Bodies
Star Trek Lower Decks
Squid Game
The Morning Show
This Is Us
The Great
Sex Education
WandaVision
Ozark
Lovecraft Country
Perry Mason
Schitt’s Creek
Fleabag
Barry
PEN15
Chernobyl
Bojack Horseman
The Good Place
Superstore
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