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Hollywood cares, for one. I think almost every movie (or book) I read that involves a smart person with good credentials involves Harvard or mit or sometimes St
by barbariangrunge 3y ago
Hollywood cares, for one. I think almost every movie (or book) I read that involves a smart person with good credentials involves Harvard or mit or sometimes Stanford. It’s getting old. Be more creative, people
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- anders_p 3y agoThat's mostly because movies are a condensed media that has to use shorthand for everything. (and writers are often lazy). You don't have time in a movie to explain everything, so they fall back on tropes we all know. Like "MIT super hacker" or "Harvard miracle lawyer". Books have all the time in the world to make up convoluted background stories that explain character details and quirks in more creative ways.
- chongli 3y agoThat's mostly because movies are a condensed media ... Books have all the time in the world to make up convoluted background stories Which is why all of the creative energy has moved into serialized TV shows. Movies are almost completely creatively bankrupt these days, having become a never-ending stream of CG-spectacles and superhero plots.