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“Instead of movies, we would watch prestige miniseries, which are like films, but padded out to eight hours by unnecessary subplots and trauma-related backstori
by twobitshifter 3y ago
“Instead of movies, we would watch prestige miniseries, which are like films, but padded out to eight hours by unnecessary subplots and trauma-related backstories.”
This is the most irritating part about streaming. 5 or 6 episodes of filler and then 2 that might be good and get you to want to watch the next season. There’s really not many good episodic shows left. And the shows that are miniseries would be better as movies.
- hombre_fatal 3y agoOn the other hand, I tend to appreciate middling/meandering shows for winding down since I get to stay in the same story/universe over the course of a week or more instead of sprinting through it in 90min sitting. That said, the problem with this criticism is that a bad show is a bad show and it doesn't mean it would've been better as a movie even if there were the option. Instead of saying "this bad show would've been better as a good movie" you might as well just say "better as a good show". But it just wasn't.
- vundercind 3y agoThey’re so very wasteful of one’s time. With rare exceptions, nearly all of the last couple waves of “prestige” tv seasons and miniseries would be improved by cutting 25-50% of their runtime.