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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

All screen media is divided into the era before Breaking Bad and the era after Breaking Bad.

No lol. The Shield, if anything, but that's still irrelevant to your argument.

Film and TV serials are two completely different mediums. Do you think that The Wall should've been a painting? Or that The Weeping Woman would be best as a 9 part Netflix special?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

I personally don't think you're wrong, but I also feel like Hollywood execs are no longer interested in the type of stories that make good movies. Movies are tight, self contained stories delivered in a couple of hours. Most of the good ones (Critically acclaimed) don't get that many sequels. Those are infinite cash cows, which is what execs prefer.

Premium series are infinitely expandable and are readily able to adapt larger narrative works. They're potentially endless wells of money. Seems like the industry wants to move in that direction.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

But The Wall is a painting…and a music album…and a live stage performance…and a theater play…