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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: nicname on January 25, 2015, 12:08:51 AM
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Has TV surpassed movies?
I've always loved movies. That old commercial "make it a Blockbuster night" fits me pretty good. In the last year or so though I'm pretty sure I've remembered and been more excited to watch way more TV shows than movies.
Is TV just better now? Do you see movies making a comeback? Are movies still the best? When will we see TV characters/ actors earning more than big-screen stars?
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movies have like 1000x better CGI so im gonna go with movies
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i can watch a tv series maybe 5 times before i'm sick of it, there are movies i've seen that top 100 times easily
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i can watch a tv series maybe 5 times before i'm sick of it, there are movies i've seen that top 100 times easily
Watching a TV series 5 times and a movie over a hundred is probably the same number of hours.
TV is surpassing movies. Last year was the lowest amount of $ that movie theaters have made in a long time. There are a few reasons I think this is happening:
1. Better actors and directors. TV series are not seen as just a stepping stone into movies anymore.
2. Netflix, Hulu Plus, etc. make it easier to follow an entire series instead of having to make shows that are episode to episode with a couple storylines that last a while.
3. People go to the movies to get the phenomenon known as "baby brained". All of your attention is on the movie and you can forget about whatever is going on in your life because you're staring at a huge screen in a dark room. With TVs the size and quality they are, we can now recreate this phenomenon at home.
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i really think it depends on the story being told. some stories are best told in the runtime of a movie. some need a great deal of time to develop.
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No TV show has ever effected me emotionally like a movie is able to. TV shows are the Guardians of the Galaxy of the movie world, fun to watch, but no lasting effects
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No TV show has ever effected me emotionally like a movie is able to. TV shows are the Guardians of the Galaxy of the movie world, fun to watch, but no lasting effects
That is the complete opposite of reality. The only advantage movies have is their budget. TV is better is every way.
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I recently got Amazon Prime. Do you think I have spent a single second watching a tv series? eff no, you know why because that crap takes too long.
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:popcorn: <---- me watching Tucker & Dale Vs Evil
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Tv has more time to develop characters and plot. Movies blow stuff up. I prefer development.
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Feel sorry for you dudes that only watch shitty movies.
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i can watch a tv series maybe 5 times before i'm sick of it, there are movies i've seen that top 100 times easily
Watching a TV series 5 times and a movie over a hundred is probably the same number of hours.
TV is surpassing movies. Last year was the lowest amount of $ that movie theaters have made in a long time. There are a few reasons I think this is happening:
1. Better actors and directors. TV series are not seen as just a stepping stone into movies anymore.
2. Netflix, Hulu Plus, etc. make it easier to follow an entire series instead of having to make shows that are episode to episode with a couple storylines that last a while.
3. People go to the movies to get the phenomenon known as "baby brained". All of your attention is on the movie and you can forget about whatever is going on in your life because you're staring at a huge screen in a dark room. With TVs the size and quality they are, we can now recreate this phenomenon at home.
There is a lot of truth in this. One thing, and I think this is where lib^7 is coming from, is that it's incredibly rare for a single episode of a TV show to leave a lasting impression or be profoundly moving to the viewer. Great movies can deliver that.
I think the growth in television has made poor film-making both on TV and the big screen stick out like a sore thumb.
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TV comedies have probably passed movie comedy, but drama is still pretty far behind
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I look at serial TV series as 12 hour movies. They're much better than actual movies. They're more creative, have deeper character development, and can explore a variety of subplots that get lost in a nice neat 2 hour package.
It isn't close, really.
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I can't believe I left better character development off of my list. That's my number 1 argument and probably the most important aspect of a TV series or movie to me. Obviously TV series blow movies out of the water in this category.
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We could probably just say that it is easier, in today's climate, to make a great TV show than it is to make a great movie.
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Another part is that people seem to do quite a bit of research before starting a TV show, while watching almost any movie they come across that sounds remotely interesting. Really makes the batting average on what shows you watch a lot higher, curving the numbers.
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TV got better because they started being more like movies, but they are still the little brother.
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Another part is that people seem to do quite a bit of research before starting a TV show, while watching almost any movie they come across that sounds remotely interesting. Really makes the batting average on what shows you watch a lot higher, curving the numbers.
Lol pretty damning evidence there Stevesie60 "hey, only the best TV shows are worth watching, but movies are always worth watching as long as they aren't super terrible"
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We could probably just say that it is easier, in today's climate, to make a great TV show than it is to make a great movie.
Absolutely untrue
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lib is losing it
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It's much easier to get a below average TV show made than a below average movie made tho
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lib is losing it
I'm daxxing out man!
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i can watch a tv series maybe 5 times before i'm sick of it, there are movies i've seen that top 100 times easily
Watching a TV series 5 times and a movie over a hundred is probably the same number of hours.
Uhhh, not even close, dumbass.
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Lib, which movies have you watched 100 times?
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i can watch a tv series maybe 5 times before i'm sick of it, there are movies i've seen that top 100 times easily
Watching a TV series 5 times and a movie over a hundred is probably the same number of hours.
Uhhh, not even close, dumbass.
you don't know that.this is a very complicated case, man. you know, a lotta ins, a lotta outs, a lotta what-have-yous. and, uh, a lotta strands to keep in my head, man. lotta strands in old roider's head.
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fargo, the big lebowski, sin city, american beauty, the kill bills, jackie brown are all in the 10+ times a year since they came out range
fargo is easily the most. a conservative guess would be 20 times a year for the last 15 years
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Another part is that people seem to do quite a bit of research before starting a TV show, while watching almost any movie they come across that sounds remotely interesting. Really makes the batting average on what shows you watch a lot higher, curving the numbers.
Lol pretty damning evidence there Stevesie60 "hey, only the best TV shows are worth watching, but movies are always worth watching as long as they aren't super terrible"
It was an argument for movies, dude.
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I cannot imagine watching an entire TV series 5 times
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have you ever seen The Office? omg
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I cannot imagine watching an entire TV series 5 times
i can't imagine watching Fargo 20 times a year.
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it's really good :thumbs:
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TV at it's very best is as good as movies at their very best. The vast majority of tv shows lose a whole lot of steam after 1-2 seasons and I only end up watching them because I've already invested a lot of time and want to see how it ends. Mini-series like Fargo and True Detective don't have that problem, but I'd probably have to give the edge to movies at this point.
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i agree with all of stevesies points.
i enjoy tv shows more, but thats because i dont have as many responsibilities in my life as most people do. if i had a 3 children i dont think i would have watched 3 hours of netflix and a movie yesterday.