It's been awhile since I've watched a movie that really hits me. What's going on with these new movies and TV shows? They have no soul.
Watch MR. INBETWEEN on hulu.
I'm watching Masters of the Air. It's a limited series by the same people who made Band of Brothers and the Pacific. I'm 2 episodes in and I can't even pay attention to it. It's been awhile since I've watched a movie that really hits me. What's going on with these new movies and TV shows? They have no soul.
You're also living in a time where access and supply have never been as plentiful and easy. Try not watching any media for a few months and then come back
You haven’t seen it’s always sunny or Archer? ?My list lately has been (in no particular order, and including some rewatches):
Scrubs
The Middle
Twin Peaks (season 2)
Under Arrest (aka To Protect and Serve)
Reno 911
Roseanne (season 1)
Vikings
Everybody Hates Chris
Meaning to get around to:
Six Feet Under
Columbo
Psyche
Dead Like Me
Only Murders in the Building
Archer
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
So, yeah ... not a lot of new stuff. Luckily I don't watch TV very often and there is enough out there to keep me busy for years and years.
Yeah that show was super funny. Big disappointment when they cancelled. They cancelled it like right after season 2 came out. It’s like they don’t give these shows any time to catch onThe tick had some soul it is an amazon prime show but they fumbled that show by not giving it a 3 and 4th season.
You haven’t seen it’s always sunny or Archer? ?
Psych is one of my all time favorites, but I’m less surprised that you haven’t seen that. It’s got some of the vibes of scrubs but it’s like 10x better
I feel like digital has been a positive for the arthouse scene in that its greatly lowered the cost of making a smaller scale film were film would previously have been one of the biggest costs and limitations. Its become much easier to have an "arthouse career" these days than it was 30 years ago.Just weaker storytellers in general and a dilution of talent. A lot of style over substance movies and shows as well that are meant to seem interesting but have little going on under the surface.
I genuinely think the change over to easier to work with digital technology, while making things easier for potential filmmakers to make higher quality looking/sounding content, has allowed in people that would never have made it back in the day in terms of ability. John Carpenter has said many times at USC film school everyone had to know how to do every aspect of filmmaking by the time of graduation: camerawork, negative cutting, picture and sound editing, color timing, etc., and working with the older tech took a lot of time and more skill and knowhow. Even guys that never went to film school and made low budget stuff had to learn all these tricks of the trade on their own and it made the barrier of entry much greater.
Of course we've probably seen people that had the talent that would not have made it back in the day get into the industry- which is a good thing, and we have more content than ever but quality should trump quantity.
I also think this style over substance aspect we have been getting is reflective of how so many people are looking for likes and approval on social media with how they look or some Tiktok or Youtube video or TwitterX or Reddit post, it's all surface shit and very ego driven so movies and shows being all surface shit with no depth of character makes sense.
And then it was Chernobyl, fargo, better call Saul, house of the dragon etc.AI and diversity hires. True Detective S01 was the end of the golden age.
I never said there wasn't any good shows after True Detective. Reading comprehension bro come on!And then it was Chernobyl, fargo, better call Saul, house of the dragon etc.
So... No
OP is nonsense. You’re drawing this conclusion by comparing one show to another from 20 years ago made by the same people that are now old as hell.
There’s plenty of great shows out there now. Movies, you might be right about though.