The Atlantic: Nobody Knows What’s Happening Online Anymore. Why you’ve probably never heard of the most popular Netflix show in the world.::undefined
Was it? It was fine – that thing you throw on because you’ve watched most of everything else that fills that kind of derivative political action conspiracy thriller. Not particularly intelligent, not particularly funny, a loose enough plot that you can be paying attention once every 5 minutes and get by. Some folks get shot. There’s a conspiracy ooooOOOOoooh.
Maybe that’s what defines good these days, when content is just a glut of mediocrity.
I was shocked it was up top the list in terms of ‘quality,’ but I watched it because, it was there… So, I guess that explains it?
The Recruit (similar vein) was a superior show in terms of quality. Recommend that if you need a quick fix.
Yea, none of the shows today are particularly interesting, insightful, or offer new perspectives.
I’ve tried many times.
Even the best ones out there are rehashing ideas I’ve seen decades ago, and usually not very well, and often rely on boring emotional appeals of some sort (it all feels like soap opera).
The broadest market appeal for any art will always be the least complex, most approachable.
Take music: the stuff everyone can listen to is the least complex (pop music), the more complex are niches that far fewer people find interesting or even comprehensible (say avante-guard jazz, e.g. Miles Davis, which is some of the most-approachable of the type). This isn’t a criticism of either, just an observation of how it is (and not by me, but music experts would tell you this, which is where I learned it). It makes sense when you look at your own music preferences.
