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They are not alienating their "core" audience - they were never the major target audience. The reason why most of the Marvel TV shows, Star Wars, Wheel of Time
by webmobdev 4y ago
They are not alienating their "core" audience - they were never the major target audience.
The reason why most of the Marvel TV shows, Star Wars, Wheel of Time, Rings of Power, Halo etc. all appear to be "dumbed" down is because the target audience are teens and young adults. It's the "catch them young" tactic - all these streaming services are competing to get teens hooked to their streaming services. The next gen spend more time hooked to their screens than our generation. And we "oldies", having seen tons of shows now can't be so easily thrilled with a new show. But even if a show is a damp squib, teens can still be excited by certain elements of it as it will be a new experience for them. Generate the right emotions, and you have them hooked ...
- benpxu 4y agoThis is like saying Wall-E or Inside Out are dumb movies because they need to hook young audiences. It's not an either or situation here. Shows can be written to target many, many groups of audiences. They can be "smart" while still appealing to the masses. Also, it's not so much dumbed down as just terrible acting and terrible writing. Cinematics are great, but cinematics are the only thing that's great.
- webmobdev 4y agoNot dumb but "dumbed" down to target a certain age group. And I agree that they can try to be "smart" but there's the practical aspect of it - they are competing hard with many streaming platform (and many will fail by the time this industry stabilises) and talent is at a premium, thus the obvious compromise to go for the easy and more assured targets.