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So that is why tv and movies nowadays are so bad.

by hristov 12y ago

davidgerard 12y ago
That's like saying "code is bad nowadays because of SublimeEdit." The actual reason is more often Save the Cat by Blake Snyder: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2013/07/hollywood_and_blake_snyder_s_screenwriting_book_save_the_cat.html http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2013/07/hollyw... "Yet once you know the formula, the seams begin to show. Movies all start to seem the same, and many scenes start to feel forced and arbitrary, like screenplay Mad Libs. Why does Kirk get dressed down for irresponsibility by Admiral Pike early in Star Trek Into Darkness? Because someone had to deliver the theme to the main character. Why does Gina Carano’s sidekick character defect to the villain’s team for no reason whatsoever almost exactly three-quarters of the way through Fast & Furious 6? Because it’s the all-is-lost moment, so everything needs to be in shambles for the heroes. Why does Gerard Butler’s character in Olympus Has Fallen suddenly call his wife after a climactic failed White House assault three-quarters of the way through? Because the second act always ends with a quiet moment of reflection—the dark night of the soul."
navait 12y ago
Let's be completely honest: there was very little good television on until 1999. The only thing that's changed is the volume of tv being produced(which naturally favors cheap reality shows). But more and more great things are being produced. Films are cheaper to make than ever before. Most shows and film will be mediocre. But you don't have to watch the dregs - you only have to watch the best of the best! And by the measure of good things being produced, media has never been better.
- girvo 12y ago
  > But you don't have to watch the dregs - you only have to watch the best of the best This is my tactic. I have a television, but it's not actually connected to an aerial or a cable box, just my Apple TV. I only watch television shows when it's clear they're excellent and exactly to my tastes, and it's brilliant :)
dredmorbius 12y ago
Look up some of the Scrivener example videos from authors. Some elements of this are good. Others result in mind-numbingly formulaic writing.

So that is why tv and movies nowadays are so bad.

by hristov 12y ago

So that is why tv and movies nowadays are so bad.

That's like saying "code is bad nowadays because of SublimeEdit." The actual reason is more often Save the Cat by Blake Snyder: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2013/07/hollywood_and_blake_snyder_s_screenwriting_book_save_the_cat.html http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2013/07/hollyw... "Yet once you know the formula, the seams begin to show. Movies all start to seem the same, and many scenes start to feel forced and arbitrary, like screenplay Mad Libs. Why does Kirk get dressed down for irresponsibility by Admiral Pike early in Star Trek Into Darkness? Because someone had to deliver the theme to the main character. Why does Gina Carano’s sidekick character defect to the villain’s team for no reason whatsoever almost exactly three-quarters of the way through Fast & Furious 6? Because it’s the all-is-lost moment, so everything needs to be in shambles for the heroes. Why does Gerard Butler’s character in Olympus Has Fallen suddenly call his wife after a climactic failed White House assault three-quarters of the way through? Because the second act always ends with a quiet moment of reflection—the dark night of the soul."

navait 12y ago

Let's be completely honest: there was very little good television on until 1999. The only thing that's changed is the volume of tv being produced(which naturally favors cheap reality shows). But more and more great things are being produced. Films are cheaper to make than ever before. Most shows and film will be mediocre. But you don't have to watch the dregs - you only have to watch the best of the best! And by the measure of good things being produced, media has never been better.

girvo 12y ago
> But you don't have to watch the dregs - you only have to watch the best of the best This is my tactic. I have a television, but it's not actually connected to an aerial or a cable box, just my Apple TV. I only watch television shows when it's clear they're excellent and exactly to my tastes, and it's brilliant :)

dredmorbius 12y ago

Look up some of the Scrivener example videos from authors. Some elements of this are good. Others result in mind-numbingly formulaic writing.