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Way before pandemic -- House of Cards was 2013 -- another factor was probably cheaper, larger home displays. Also around that time, "wire cutters" were massing
by imglorp 4y ago
Way before pandemic -- House of Cards was 2013 -- another factor was probably cheaper, larger home displays.
Also around that time, "wire cutters" were massing, pissed at the cable mentality of curation: watching what they offered, on the device they permitted, on the schedule they dictated, and also forced to pay for channels you didn't want. Bit Torrent and Netflix together offered a far more pleasant alternative.
- dylan604 4y agoHouse of Cards was never a theatrical bit of content, so not quite the same thing for this discussion specifically. Episodic content was still "TV Programming" by the feature types. In 2013, episodics were still getting people used to the serial or limited series type of content. This has been my favorite format for some time now. More time to tell a story than a single feature, yet short enough to avoid filling time with cruft just to reach an arbitrary episode count. The 8-10 episode hour long series are great for really in-depth stories.