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There's plenty of good film and TV out there, and you don't even have to look hard to find it. I find this attitude to not just elitist but lazy and ignorant.

by KPGv2 2y ago

morkalork 2y ago
Sadly it doesn't get nearly the amount of attention it deserves. Just picking adult animation as another example, for every series like Scavengers Reign (cancelled after 1 season), there's what, two dozen low brow family guy knockoffs?
- hnpolicestate 2y ago
  Scavengers Reign was excellent.
- hnpolicestate 2y ago
  Btw. It's also seeped into video games. Compare Star Wars Outlaws to Star Wars Galaxies or KOTOR. Scary.
  - orwin 2y ago
    KOTOR, both of them but especially the 2nd are built on concepts (post-nihilist existentialism amongst other, to me it's the most obvious) that drive the story. I feel like nowadays, AAA games want to avoid philosophical stuff, or rather keep it way too simple, and we have shit stories (fallout 4/Skyrim. An exception though for Fallout 4 Far harbor DLC). But we still have good non story-driven AAA games.
- klondike_klive 2y ago
  Wait Scavengers Reign was cancelled? That's depressingly typical :(
  - MindSpunk 2y ago
    It wasn't cancelled per se, rather HBO only ordered a single season and they never renewed the show. Honestly it's astounding that it got one season at all considering what HBO were doing to animated series at the time. The show is fantastic but as far as I'm aware they didn't pull great view numbers, which can probably be attributed to some less than stellar advertising.
    - klondike_klive 2y ago
      That's true. I only heard of it because I follow Charles Huettner on social media. If it had been a couple of months later, after I'd deleted Instagram, I'd never have known.
hnpolicestate 2y ago
The population craves lazy and ignorant marvel nothingness. Don't get mad at me. Go talk to them.
bookofjoe 2y ago
Try this fantastic movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nycksytL1A&t=1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nycksytL1A&t=1s
BoingBoomTschak 2y ago
Using elitist as an "automatically win any debate" witch word never paints you in a good light, FYI.

There's plenty of good film and TV out there, and you don't even have to look hard to find it. I find this attitude to not just elitist but lazy and ignorant.

by KPGv2 2y ago

There's plenty of good film and TV out there, and you don't even have to look hard to find it. I find this attitude to not just elitist but lazy and ignorant.

morkalork 2y ago

Sadly it doesn't get nearly the amount of attention it deserves. Just picking adult animation as another example, for every series like Scavengers Reign (cancelled after 1 season), there's what, two dozen low brow family guy knockoffs?

hnpolicestate 2y ago
Scavengers Reign was excellent.
hnpolicestate 2y ago
Btw. It's also seeped into video games. Compare Star Wars Outlaws to Star Wars Galaxies or KOTOR. Scary.
- orwin 2y ago
  KOTOR, both of them but especially the 2nd are built on concepts (post-nihilist existentialism amongst other, to me it's the most obvious) that drive the story. I feel like nowadays, AAA games want to avoid philosophical stuff, or rather keep it way too simple, and we have shit stories (fallout 4/Skyrim. An exception though for Fallout 4 Far harbor DLC). But we still have good non story-driven AAA games.
klondike_klive 2y ago
Wait Scavengers Reign was cancelled? That's depressingly typical :(
- MindSpunk 2y ago
  It wasn't cancelled per se, rather HBO only ordered a single season and they never renewed the show. Honestly it's astounding that it got one season at all considering what HBO were doing to animated series at the time. The show is fantastic but as far as I'm aware they didn't pull great view numbers, which can probably be attributed to some less than stellar advertising.
  - klondike_klive 2y ago
    That's true. I only heard of it because I follow Charles Huettner on social media. If it had been a couple of months later, after I'd deleted Instagram, I'd never have known.

hnpolicestate 2y ago

The population craves lazy and ignorant marvel nothingness. Don't get mad at me. Go talk to them.

bookofjoe 2y ago

Try this fantastic movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nycksytL1A&t=1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nycksytL1A&t=1s

BoingBoomTschak 2y ago

Using elitist as an "automatically win any debate" witch word never paints you in a good light, FYI.