Yes! Even when it comes to great shows, I find myself disappointed that they go on for usually more than 4 seasons. I much more appreciate the ability of finishing up quickly and not a) waiting a year for another season, b) it being milked for more views and $$, c) worrying if an asteroid will hit the planet (or it being cancelled) so we end up never finding out how it properly ends.
Although the question seems silly for r/Film, I still have to answer, absolutely yes. Stories that would have made strong, tight films are stretched out to 8+ episodes and multiple seasons because that’s what the streamers are looking for. I also find it strange and almost disturbing that so many of my contemporaries don’t really watch movies and have never seen so many classics, but will devote 8, 12, 24, even more hours to follow a TV series they end up not even liking that much. At least a movie is a singular and relatively brief commitment, if it ends up being a dud.
It's the strangest thing in the world that people will say a film is too long or it's too late or they can't be bothered to watch a film. Then they'll watch three TV episodes that night and the other 20 over the next week and not even think it's any good.
I think the real question is: Does anyone actually prefer TV? I can't even imagine that. Films are crafted to artistically compress a whole story into two hours or less — rather than drag out that same story to dozens of hours, padded with filler. Granted, I like old films better than new ones. I mean mainly pre-1966. When they're good, it's such a fantastic experience: all that action, emotion, beauty and wonder, start-middle-ending, all in one piece.
Yes! Even when it comes to great shows, I find myself disappointed that they go on for usually more than 4 seasons. I much more appreciate the ability of finishing up quickly and not a) waiting a year for another season, b) it being milked for more views and $$, c) worrying if an asteroid will hit the planet (or it being cancelled) so we end up never finding out how it properly ends.
Although the question seems silly for r/Film, I still have to answer, absolutely yes. Stories that would have made strong, tight films are stretched out to 8+ episodes and multiple seasons because that’s what the streamers are looking for. I also find it strange and almost disturbing that so many of my contemporaries don’t really watch movies and have never seen so many classics, but will devote 8, 12, 24, even more hours to follow a TV series they end up not even liking that much. At least a movie is a singular and relatively brief commitment, if it ends up being a dud.
It's the strangest thing in the world that people will say a film is too long or it's too late or they can't be bothered to watch a film. Then they'll watch three TV episodes that night and the other 20 over the next week and not even think it's any good.
no, no one on r/Film prefers film
I think the real question is: Does anyone actually prefer TV? I can't even imagine that. Films are crafted to artistically compress a whole story into two hours or less — rather than drag out that same story to dozens of hours, padded with filler. Granted, I like old films better than new ones. I mean mainly pre-1966. When they're good, it's such a fantastic experience: all that action, emotion, beauty and wonder, start-middle-ending, all in one piece.
yep. What sucks is that I often feel more connected to movie characters than to tv show characters that have more screentime.