Re:The disappearance of the hit-driven business model
by YtGoodman on Thursday January 12, 2023 @09:57AM
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Exceptional…
Watchmen…
Lol
Re:The disappearance of the hit-driven business model
by yamtaddle on Thursday January 12, 2023 @11:25AM
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The series, not the movie. The series is excellent. On paper, should have been bad. Is instead very, very good.
Re:The disappearance of the hit-driven business model
by gilbetron on Thursday January 12, 2023 @11:26AM
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Watchmen was amazing, so I don't understand the issue. Each individual episode was carefully, and cleverly, crafted. We were watching several other popular shows at the same time, and the contrast was really apparent, with Watchmen in a completely different league.
Re:The disappearance of the hit-driven business model
by andrepd on Thursday January 12, 2023 @12:15PM
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Chernobyl is terrible. Anti-nuclear and anti-soviet propaganda disguised as a "true story". I can't stand movies and TV shows who claim to be historically accurate while being almost completely made up.
Rick and Morty is also bad. After two episodes I was already bored of the shtick.
Fargo is by far the best series on that list. Seasons 1 and 2 are incredible.
Re:The disappearance of the hit-driven business model
by lostmsu on Thursday January 12, 2023 @02:44PM
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> After two episodes I was already bored of the shtick.
Highly suggest to reconsider. It explores many previously unexplored concepts later on. The beginning was ugly, especially if you liked Back To The Future.
Re:The disappearance of the hit-driven business model
by JKCalhoun on Thursday January 12, 2023 @02:15PM
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You forgot "Primer".
Re:The disappearance of the hit-driven business model
by snerbles on Thursday January 12, 2023 @02:20PM
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With a budget of $7,000
Re:The disappearance of the hit-driven business model
by marcosdumay on Thursday January 12, 2023 @02:53PM
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Is Primer good? I only watched it twice, I don't know the story.
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night - $56,000 [1]
Butt Boy - $100,000 [2]
The Blue - <$100k [3]
Call Me Brother - <$100k [3]
Frances Ferguson - <$100k [3]
Greenlight - <$100k [3]
Love in Dangerous Times - <$100k [3]
Man in Camo - <$100k [3]
I'm going to stop now but I hope I've made my point. I've watched many of the above. I've heard about most of the above.
Your tone is pretty snarky so I'm not sure if it's worth responding but here is a list of TV shows, all within the last decade, that I believe are exceptional and not limited to "just the Sopranos":
* Chernobyl
* Rick and Morty
* True Detective
* Fargo
* Severance
* 1883
* Mindhunter
* Westworld
* The Knick
* The Peripheral
* Succession
* Years and Years
* Orange is the New Black
* Halt and Catch Fire
* Insecure
* Watchmen
* Atlanta
This is only from 10 minutes of searching. You'll note that many of them are produced, directed, written and star high profile artists. The subject matter that they deal with can be done at a pace and care that's impossible to do with a 2-3 hour movie. The quality of the above series or mini-series was virtually non existent, maybe with some very few exceptions, before 2000 and only began to pick up pace in 2000 to 2010.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerks_(film)
[1] https://byrdtheatre.org/news/2019/10/a-girl-walks-home-alone...
[2] https://www.cautionspoilers.com/film-reviews/butt-boy/
[3] https://musiccitydrivein.com/2021/02/19/film-threat-award-th...