I will show my age.
I agree. The current landscape of tv, storytelling, enjoyable characters, and screenwriting is virtually extinct to just 10-20 years ago. The result is they appear plain and safe, or uncomparable and not-risky-enough. Even when the current show is popular, award-nominated, long-running, etc. Very little today catches my eye. It’s not just the stories, it is rewriting all the standards as well.
Some may say that House MD wasn’t risky enough, that it was too formulaic and relied on the same kind of “edgy renegade gets the job done on his own terms” cliché that was everywhere in the 00s. Taking shots at people and their personal beliefs can make for witty and engaging dialogue, but just setting up cheap shots so that the Chad House can dunk on the Virgin Nun is just hacky.
I will show my age.
I agree. The current landscape of tv, storytelling, enjoyable characters, and screenwriting is virtually extinct to just 10-20 years ago. The result is they appear plain and safe, or uncomparable and not-risky-enough. Even when the current show is popular, award-nominated, long-running, etc. Very little today catches my eye. It’s not just the stories, it is rewriting all the standards as well.
Some may say that House MD wasn’t risky enough, that it was too formulaic and relied on the same kind of “edgy renegade gets the job done on his own terms” cliché that was everywhere in the 00s. Taking shots at people and their personal beliefs can make for witty and engaging dialogue, but just setting up cheap shots so that the Chad House can dunk on the Virgin Nun is just hacky.