Well yeah, they could crank out a whole episode in like a day back then. These days people expect every episode to have the quality of Hollywood movie.
The nature of tv has changed. The gap between tv and movie has largely closed. People lament that we are moving away from traditional Hollywood movies, but I’d argue that we’re more moving away from traditional television with premium tv now taking the place of movies in many ways.
It’s not that people like stories less, they just seem to prefer a series of 1 hour movies told in 8 parts over a single 90 minute plotline.
Television used to be sooooo much different than Hollywood. There used to be almost no overlap in skills or technique. I used to work in TV, and what I used to do just isn’t done anymore. The closest thing out there now to old tv is Saturday night live. They still kinda do it in that style.
Well yeah, they could crank out a whole episode in like a day back then. These days people expect every episode to have the quality of Hollywood movie.
The nature of tv has changed. The gap between tv and movie has largely closed. People lament that we are moving away from traditional Hollywood movies, but I’d argue that we’re more moving away from traditional television with premium tv now taking the place of movies in many ways.
It’s not that people like stories less, they just seem to prefer a series of 1 hour movies told in 8 parts over a single 90 minute plotline.
Television used to be sooooo much different than Hollywood. There used to be almost no overlap in skills or technique. I used to work in TV, and what I used to do just isn’t done anymore. The closest thing out there now to old tv is Saturday night live. They still kinda do it in that style.
Don’t put that shit on me!
I don’t think people prefer this. I think this is what we’ve been forced to prefer because that’s the only thing available right now.
There’s still plenty of movies available right now. People are just watching the shows more and so that’s what you hear about more.