I don’t watch much of anything (TV, movies, series) but the bit I’ve seen of some series has actually impressed me in every way - concept, writing, acting, set and costumes, etc.
And I feel like there are some really interesting stories being told in that medium. I’m sure there’s a lot of garbage too, but damn, I think some of the finest stories on screen have been made in this format.
One interesting point is that they can use exactly the amount of time (in terms of seasons, episodes, and minutes per episode) that they need to tell the story. Sometimes they just need six hours, too short for a traditional TV series, too long for a movie, and possibly not paced right for a movie trilogy (which will require some climaxes at the 1/3 2/3 3/3 marks as well as other pacing requirements). A series episode will need to feel complete in some way but not necessarily with a climax, just a feeling of a chapter is enough.
Movies on the other hand seem to be frequently unoriginal these days, either reboots or remakes, or dragging on franchises to a ridiculous extent. For me, I’m done with Star Wars ffs. Great trilogy we could have all remembered fondly. Indiana Jones, ditto. Come up with something new, folks, this is lazy and boring and stale. New stories and ideas are happening over on streaming. In the movies it’s all Marvel (which is ok…) and a million stupud reboots that did not need to be done but made somebody money.
The movie theater in my town closed without warning five minths ago.