• @vimdiesel@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    As a gen X I can tell you that quality is not down and that you have tunnel vision. Go watch some 80s/90s shows lmao. Most are garbage, with only a few gems. It has definitely gotten better as competition increased.

    • @evatronic@lemm.ee
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      31 year ago

      There’s a bit of a point there, though. As summarized by Futurama,

      Fry: Married? Jenny can’t get married.

      Leela: Why not? It’s clever, it’s unexpected.

      Fry: But that’s not why people watch TV. Clever things make people feel stupid, and unexpected things make them feel scared.

      Hollywood caters to what people want. What people want is often not “good”.

    • Kale
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      11 year ago

      We remember the good movies and forget the schlock. We remember 1976 as “Taxi Driver” and not “The Gumball Rally”.