Nowadays everything is discussed in detail. We gather on message boards and try to guess endings and plot twists, we create entire Wikipedias dedicated to shows like Lost and Deadwood and we review! We review TV like crazy.
Does it make it harder for TV shows to create tension, disputes or plot twists that span over several episodes or even seasons when the internet is filled with people trying to guess how it turns out? Does it encourage the developers to create standalone stories in each episode? Does it take away some of the mystery if you go online and read people's theories? Some of them are bound to be correct. Or does it allow extra complexity? Which I think Lost was a testament to. If you missed an episode, you'd better read up on it online before watching the next one.
It's indisputable that TV suffers on the count of websites that store all the episodes. We, as an audience, don't have to pay for say HBO anymore and we don't have to watch ads, which is a bigger chore in some countries than others.
In the old days people watched Family Ties and went about their day but now everyone theorizes and scrutinizes every last detail and share it with people online. The biggest problem for me is the reviews. I can watch an episode of Heroes, a series that went down the tubes in my opinion, and find it perfectly fine. But then I go online and read people's complaints about it and all of a sudden their complaints stand out to me that much more the next time I watch it. I realize that's just the way of life but since everyone's got a platform now the whole thing becomes so much bigger and louder.
Did Lost suffer due to the added pressure of peoples' expectations that everyone shouted out on the internet? I never got into it but I heard a lot of people were dissatisfied with how much were left unexplained but I think a lot of what people wanted explained came from themselves and their own theories than from the developers. Maybe people read too much into stuff and the ball just got rolling.
With sites such as Youtube that's filled with free, quality (well some of it) content are people starting to turn their backs on TV? Is it gonna die out like radio did? Where are the game and movie reviews? Not on TV but on the internet now. Music videos, cooking shows, documentaries - same story.
What are your thoughts?
Does it make it harder for TV shows to create tension, disputes or plot twists that span over several episodes or even seasons when the internet is filled with people trying to guess how it turns out? Does it encourage the developers to create standalone stories in each episode? Does it take away some of the mystery if you go online and read people's theories? Some of them are bound to be correct. Or does it allow extra complexity? Which I think Lost was a testament to. If you missed an episode, you'd better read up on it online before watching the next one.
It's indisputable that TV suffers on the count of websites that store all the episodes. We, as an audience, don't have to pay for say HBO anymore and we don't have to watch ads, which is a bigger chore in some countries than others.
In the old days people watched Family Ties and went about their day but now everyone theorizes and scrutinizes every last detail and share it with people online. The biggest problem for me is the reviews. I can watch an episode of Heroes, a series that went down the tubes in my opinion, and find it perfectly fine. But then I go online and read people's complaints about it and all of a sudden their complaints stand out to me that much more the next time I watch it. I realize that's just the way of life but since everyone's got a platform now the whole thing becomes so much bigger and louder.
Did Lost suffer due to the added pressure of peoples' expectations that everyone shouted out on the internet? I never got into it but I heard a lot of people were dissatisfied with how much were left unexplained but I think a lot of what people wanted explained came from themselves and their own theories than from the developers. Maybe people read too much into stuff and the ball just got rolling.
With sites such as Youtube that's filled with free, quality (well some of it) content are people starting to turn their backs on TV? Is it gonna die out like radio did? Where are the game and movie reviews? Not on TV but on the internet now. Music videos, cooking shows, documentaries - same story.
What are your thoughts?
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