12-09-2023, 03:35 PM
"Thinking back on Loki, I think I would have preferred a series where Loki, Mobius and Sylvie had to visit lots of different eras and locations to track down different Kang variants, more of a rip-roaring rollercoaster ride of a series with a different setting for each episode. I understand them going for something a little more high brow, but I'd have preferred a sit back and enjoy the ride sort of experience, with the interaction between the three giving some great comedic moments."
The "trouble" I'm having with every Disney series so far is that in the streaming era all the shows exist in some strange, not fully developed, place between traditional TV series, mini-series and theatrical movie. Its like they don't quite know what they want to be, and the end results suffer because of it.
We get a limited number of episodes of varying length with near-movie theater level production. More long winded than theatrical movies, but less detailed than a TV series that once upon a time might have meandered a bit, but still gave you dozens of episodes per season with more time spent exploring the characters and their story. They've now trimmed away all of the "fat," but also sacrificed all the exploration. As a result I find it hard to get truly invested in these shows. I sort of enjoy them while they're happening, but I don't find myself dwelling on anything that happens or anybody I meet after the shows end. Contrast that with my favorite shows from traditional TV over the decades... with some of those shows, I find my imagination still living in those worlds when I think about them, even years after the fact.
I guess what I'm getting at is that this is a problem. I'm not asking them to abandon what they're doing in favor of going full-movie or full-classic TV format. But they'd better hurry up and evolve what they're trying to do right now. They're spending way too much money to create so much half-baked material. For better or worse, I think that in decades to come we'll look back at this era of streaming shows as being primitive, formative years that are important to the process, but ultimately don't live up to the better things to come. This is the silent movie era, or the black and white era, replete with a few diamonds and a lot of rough.
The "trouble" I'm having with every Disney series so far is that in the streaming era all the shows exist in some strange, not fully developed, place between traditional TV series, mini-series and theatrical movie. Its like they don't quite know what they want to be, and the end results suffer because of it.
We get a limited number of episodes of varying length with near-movie theater level production. More long winded than theatrical movies, but less detailed than a TV series that once upon a time might have meandered a bit, but still gave you dozens of episodes per season with more time spent exploring the characters and their story. They've now trimmed away all of the "fat," but also sacrificed all the exploration. As a result I find it hard to get truly invested in these shows. I sort of enjoy them while they're happening, but I don't find myself dwelling on anything that happens or anybody I meet after the shows end. Contrast that with my favorite shows from traditional TV over the decades... with some of those shows, I find my imagination still living in those worlds when I think about them, even years after the fact.
I guess what I'm getting at is that this is a problem. I'm not asking them to abandon what they're doing in favor of going full-movie or full-classic TV format. But they'd better hurry up and evolve what they're trying to do right now. They're spending way too much money to create so much half-baked material. For better or worse, I think that in decades to come we'll look back at this era of streaming shows as being primitive, formative years that are important to the process, but ultimately don't live up to the better things to come. This is the silent movie era, or the black and white era, replete with a few diamonds and a lot of rough.