My issue is that the early episodes of massively popular highly acclaimed series like Stranger Things and Game of Thrones (both of which I've tried recently) all seem to consist of a large number of things happening and literally zero attempts at telling me why they're happening, how they're connected and why I should give a shit. A season of a TV show actually takes quite a lot of free time and mental effort and I'm resentful of the idea that you should get a week of my free time before ever having to justify why.
The other part of that post is that I just watched spider man and it had a big old twist at the end and I realised at that point I dont want to have to think about a long running Marvel saga for another fucking decade.
I just want to experience something good without the expectation that I'll keep coming back or the spectre that any ideas I might have about it are null and vood because they're going to come back and just fuck it all up again.
boooo566, July 18, 2019, 06:01:31 am
Oh, I agree with you 100%, I just mean that the problem is unfortunately completely impossible to avoid if you seek entertainment from large, successful companies, because they're now all suddenly simultaneously realizing that expanded universes are a good way to make money, and like they say on the watchmen series, "nothing ever ends"
If you don't mind the shitty sound mixing, you might look into tv shows from england, which aren't designed to be financially successful, so will normally only run for 3 or 4 episodes. They can be knocked out in an afternoon or so.
