Anyone else feels like the aspirational part of TV has disappeared? We no longer have shows depicting a just and moral world, or even a future which doesn't suck. It's all just "hehe hope you like corruption and murder" heres the next season of "dark gritty characters talk about fictional politics and kill each other"!
Like how many of these shows can you even watch before it becomes boring?
Also I can turn on the news at anytime and watch the elite rape and pillage the planet for profit while millions die, I don't want that shit in my escapism, at this point it just feels like every new high profile TV show or big budget movie is preparing the population to live in a boring version of the Blade Runner future.
Absolutely. One reason I’m drawn to Star Trek TOS is the campy, optimistic writing of the show. It comes from a time where science really seemed to be the answer for many of the problems facing humanity.
I’d just like shows that are hopeful and not bleak dystopia-porn or gritty and ultraviolent.
Anyone else feels like the aspirational part of TV has disappeared? We no longer have shows depicting a just and moral world, or even a future which doesn't suck. It's all just "hehe hope you like corruption and murder" heres the next season of "dark gritty characters talk about fictional politics and kill each other"!
Like how many of these shows can you even watch before it becomes boring?
Also I can turn on the news at anytime and watch the elite rape and pillage the planet for profit while millions die, I don't want that shit in my escapism, at this point it just feels like every new high profile TV show or big budget movie is preparing the population to live in a boring version of the Blade Runner future.
Absolutely. One reason I’m drawn to Star Trek TOS is the campy, optimistic writing of the show. It comes from a time where science really seemed to be the answer for many of the problems facing humanity.
I’d just like shows that are hopeful and not bleak dystopia-porn or gritty and ultraviolent.
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