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minus-squarevimdiesel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoAs a gen X I can tell you that quality is not down and that you have tunnel vision. Go watch some 80s/90s shows lmao. Most are garbage, with only a few gems. It has definitely gotten better as competition increased.
minus-squareevatronic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThere’s a bit of a point there, though. As summarized by Futurama, Fry: Married? Jenny can’t get married. Leela: Why not? It’s clever, it’s unexpected. Fry: But that’s not why people watch TV. Clever things make people feel stupid, and unexpected things make them feel scared. Hollywood caters to what people want. What people want is often not “good”.
minus-squareKale@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWe remember the good movies and forget the schlock. We remember 1976 as “Taxi Driver” and not “The Gumball Rally”.
As a gen X I can tell you that quality is not down and that you have tunnel vision. Go watch some 80s/90s shows lmao. Most are garbage, with only a few gems. It has definitely gotten better as competition increased.
There’s a bit of a point there, though. As summarized by Futurama,
Hollywood caters to what people want. What people want is often not “good”.
We remember the good movies and forget the schlock. We remember 1976 as “Taxi Driver” and not “The Gumball Rally”.