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Re:IMDB deleted all negative user reviews for The Rings of P... by benpxu on Saturday September 03, 2022 @01:21PM (#32703993)
This 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.

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Re:IMDB deleted all negative user reviews for The Rings of P... by webmobdev on Saturday September 03, 2022 @03:44PM (#32705373)
Not 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.
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