cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/television/t/761868
David Chase says 25-year golden period was a ‘blip’ and he is being told to ‘dumb down’ productions.
cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/television/t/761868
David Chase says 25-year golden period was a ‘blip’ and he is being told to ‘dumb down’ productions.
Hmm… Severence, The Expanse, The Boys, Invincible, The Last of Us, Narcos, Narcos Mexico, The Wheel of Time, and Game of Thrones seem to disagree with him. I would mention all the new Star Trek getting made too, but that actually does seem to be getting dumbed down.
All of those shows are dumbed down - except for early season game of thrones, though clearly that show became comically dumbed down by the end to such an extent that it tanked the franchise
The Expanse covers 5 separate factions, all vying for power, across twice as many storylines. How is that dumbed down?
Biggest disappointment of my life. I grew up loving star wars and it still has a special place in my heart that only it can fill but if I got to choose between GoT never losing quality or star wars getting fixed I would choose GoT without a second thought. Every star wars trilogy is bad in its own special way but the first 4 seasons of GoT were absolute masterpieces that are forever tainted from the following seasons
One of these things is not like the others.
Hehe. Right? It wasn’t good. But it’s a complex story.
Have you even seen The Bear, Fargo, Scavengers Reign, Atlanta, Our Flag Means Death, Lodge 49, Barry, or The Marvelous Misses Maisel?
I saw a few episodes of Our Flag Means Death, but I stopped watching it for some reason. I guess I found it to be just okay. I haven’t seen any of the others. Are they great?
The Bear swept the golden globes for starters, and completely deserved it. I recommend it more highly than any other show right now.
Scavengers Reign… you mentioned Star Trek. This is really good original sci-fi.
Atlanta is Donald Glover’s. It’s as brilliant as he is, and a rare example of modern surrealism.
Lodge 49 is produced by Paul Giamatti and is another example of modern surrealism. Watch this one like Firefly, it was cancelled too soon but still worth watching.
Thanks for the great recommendations! I’ll check them out soon. That should keep me busy for a long time.
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I’d even add Star Wars to that list. Andor and The Mandolorian are pretty complex interwoven stories. Andor alone is some of the best television I’ve seen since The Sopranos.