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Which TV Series Are You Binging On?
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Just finished Picard after watching Discovery (god awful) and Strange New Worlds (great) to get through the new Star Treks. Lower Decks is not my cup of tea.
Picard was good for S1, TERRIBLE for S2, and okay for S3. I really hate the trend of writing to give the audience what it’s asking for as it’s just trash compared to being original and setting the pacing better.
Sadly, it’s obvious most writers these days aren’t interested in studying old story telling in the 20th century or before. Many classic movies are MUCH better written than the slop they’re generally putting out now.
Honestly, I’ve almost stopped watching all US based TV shows and now watch UK based, where the writing is at least good most of the time.
I’m probably tired of full season story arcs and OMG the universe will be destroyed tropes. Just played out and not interesting. Super hero fatigue, as it were.
Writers, there are more interesting stories. Seriously.
Picard was good for S1, TERRIBLE for S2, and okay for S3. I really hate the trend of writing to give the audience what it’s asking for as it’s just trash compared to being original and setting the pacing better.
Sadly, it’s obvious most writers these days aren’t interested in studying old story telling in the 20th century or before. Many classic movies are MUCH better written than the slop they’re generally putting out now.
Honestly, I’ve almost stopped watching all US based TV shows and now watch UK based, where the writing is at least good most of the time.
I’m probably tired of full season story arcs and OMG the universe will be destroyed tropes. Just played out and not interesting. Super hero fatigue, as it were.
Writers, there are more interesting stories. Seriously.
I'm starting to think that is the fan consensus the further we move away from Season 3. At the time, everyone loved it and it was the greatest thing since DS9. I feel like that opinion is starting to change, and for me, there was only 2 episodes where I really liked, the Ro episode and the second the last episode of the season. There were various other things, but I don't think I can ever forgive the writers for unceremoniously writing off pretty much the rest of the cast in favor of TNG memberbarries. I liked Jurati and Rios.