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> interesting enough to watch if you’re bored is a terribly damning critique when a show costs as much as Foundation does. It's not Netflix faff, it's Apple's
by citizenkeen 5y ago
> interesting enough to watch if you’re bored
is a terribly damning critique when a show costs as much as Foundation does. It's not Netflix faff, it's Apple's flagship.
- dkonofalski 5y agoNot really... most television needs to clear the bar of being something that you watch when you're bored and then get hooked into. Otherwise, you'd only have viewers that are familiar with the source and that's not a great way to grow viewership. It's how Game of Thrones grew so quickly for HBO. That show was a confusing mess with tons of characters but it was interesting to watch if you're bored because there was enough that you could pick up just from the costumes, locations, and acting.
- allturtles 5y agoMaybe this is just because of where I am in life, but between work, children, and hobbies, I don't have time to be bored. If I'm watching TV it's because I'm choosing to do it instead of something else I should be doing or want to do. I will only even try shows that receive high praise from people I trust or from a lot of reviewers. If a show's only function is to kill time it has negative value to me.
- dkonofalski 5y agoSorry... to clarify, I'm not suggesting that that's the function of the show. I'm just saying that shows, nowadays, need to be simultaneously easy to get into to start but also in depth enough to keep people hooked. We're still early into the show so I think we're still in that "simple" stage.
- jessaustin 5y agoIt's good that HN is so rewarding!
- ASalazarMX 5y agoIt reminds me a lot about Star Trek Discovery, another high budget flagship meant to carry CBS's streaming service. Top of the line CGI, written like a soap opera Star Wars.