I like when high concept stuff is explored in a more grounded way. I guess that's my sensibilities. Hyper-reality is just too much for my delicate self to handle. Reality-reality is bad enough. I think it's very clever, but cheap.

On top of that, every show now-a-days seems to have to put in some overt sexual or violent content, if not that it makes a passive attempt at mind fucking you with varying results. We know it's just to generate interest and buzz but it's really to the detriment of it's quality.

I don't mind when those events are consistent with the theme or an exploration of the concept, but modern television and even a lot of modern literature is just a string of interconnected events staking claim to various different aspects of the human experience, picking them up and discarding them at will and then patting it's self on the back for doing so.

We accept this because that more closely mirrors real-life but that's kind of sad isn't it? That all television is just becoming a overly saturated version of the mundane. I think it started with Breaking Bad and has just spiraled out of control from there.

That said should we put stock in people making things for us to that exists to just whittle down the hours towards death? I think so, complaining would be pretty pointless otherwise.

  • crime [she/her, any]
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    4 years ago

    Children's cartoons (not an*me) are unironically the best television out right now. The writing necessarily has to be better because it can't rely on gore and sex and shock factor in lieu of a cohesive plot.

    • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      Adventure Time, Infinity Train, Young Justice and a whole bunch of other stuff actually makes me feel like actual human emotion as opposed to shit like Law and Order: SVU or Evil

        • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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          4 years ago

          Also the writing is fucking terrible

          There's a recent episode of SVU that had like three characters commit suicide and it was legit the most I had ever laughed in the last three months

        • Poutine_And_Politics [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          There's a new season of the show SWAT starting up and I shit you not, from the commercials I see, they seem to be trying to address real life police violence. A character - who looks exactly like every bald, Oakley wearing cop chud in real life - giving a speech about how some officers just aren't good enough and holding themselves to the high standard of SWAT teams. It's frankly disgusting.

          Worst part about getting woke to lefty shit is I can't enjoy anything other than like... Food Network these days.

      • crime [she/her, any]
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        4 years ago

        She-Ra is pretty great, sff about lesbians forming coalitions to fight colonialism, it just finished back in april. Hilda is a little young but has a lot of heart and the art style is great. Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts was good and I think also just completed its story recently too, it has fun world building and great characters.

        Dragon Prince is decent too, it's off to a bit of a slow start but has potential

        • sappho [she/her]
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          4 years ago

          Would like to add The Owl House to this list, I was recommended it after finishing She-Ra and it's pretty good.

          • crime [she/her, any]
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            4 years ago

            Oh yeah I've been meaning to track that down, thanks for the rec and reminder!