Topic: I think im too smart to watch most tv anymore

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@Rambler are you talking 1899 the one with the boat? I did like the vibe of it but I just didn’t find it satisfying for some reason though.

@Tanookduke If you like animation in particular, Bob's Burgers is great and definitely can be more adult (the first few seasons are a bit cynical and negative for me so I don't watch those as frequently), I haven't watched a ton, and it's not traditional TV but maybe even check out critical role or something like that? (Also your parents have no power over you, as an adult you're free to adjust the status quo between y'all)

@Link-Hero I didn't mean for my opening message to come off as a "smart guy" as to why I'm not surprised by tv show/ movie plots anymore.

What I meant was that I feel that I've seemingly seen it all when it comes to plots due to my easy axcess to movies and shows from 70's and onwards via YouTube videos ,netflix , and the internet as a whole.

Clearly the answer is to play video games rather than watch tv. 🤔

@Tanookduke Debbie does Dallas has some interesting twists.

I would recommend breaking bad

You tv choice seems strange for a 19 year old but who am I to judge

This thread went from funny to sad pretty quickly tbh

@Rambler Crazy right, re. cancellation of 1899? (Follow up from the creators of Dark...)

I always recall the Dark creators being very clear they had mapped out the 3 x seasons from the very beginning, which is testament to how tightly woven the narrative is - and the pacing/quality remains consistent throughout etc.

1899 season 1 was great... but it seems these days that a show has to be a viral smash hit 'out the gate' (Something like Squid Game maybe a good example) otherwise cancellation looms...

@Tanookduke To be fair, a lot of those shows you listed in the original post are for children. I will agree children's media is no-where as good as it was back when I was younger, but that's only because they started catering more to children and less to general audiences. It feels sterilized due to parents effectively complaining about how kids are being exposed to jokes the kids wouldn't really understand in the first place.

As for the reasons you listed that it feels you've seen everything, it mostly is because you have! What you listed were tropes, which are very very common, and are pretty much inescapable. Every single piece of media has tropes ingrained into it, as they are literary or story devices which people have used ever since the dawn of time. There are no real "new" tropes, given that everything under the sun has already been told. Most stories are basically an amalgamation of ideas which have already been done, with the only thing being unique about them being execution of said stories. If you boil most game plotlines down to their most basic elements, you are left with stories about slaying god, the church being evil, or characters being kidnapped and having to be saved.

This being said, in order for tropes to actually feel effective and not the same thing regurgitated over and over on loop, you need to actually have people who play with them. Twist them, change them, alter them. Something which the channels you said you watch do not do, seeing as most of them are kids shows. Take a classic trope like the "Its all a dream ending" trope. On its own, the trope is lame and undoes a good amount of a story outright. However, if you were to twist it upon its head and say "The protagonist thinks that this is all a dream, when it's actually just reality," then you're left with a story that would be a bit more interesting.

If the Nintendolife forums would give out awards for the years best threads, this would and should be at least nominated.

I agree with what most people said, best to watch some other channels. Also apply for harvard (you sure to get in), get a PhD in media sciences and turn the tv industry upside down with your knowledge on predictability.

I think that's more to do with the games you're playing than the majority of games are about killing God and the evil church.

@jump I mostly meant that as an example. Slaying Gods and the evil church is effectively JRPG plotlines for the most part, rescuing someone in distress is a trope used in a lot of stories as well. Same with defeating an enemy with friendship.

I knew my kids were growing up when they got the joke of the sword rising behind the curtain in Men in Tights.

@Rambler I’m pretty sure I’ve seen that storyline played out in Eastenders more than once. I remember Pat Butcher killed God because the church was evil and soaps being soaps just recycled the same storylines so Nick Cotton killed God too. Then a few year later once they thought everyone has forgotten about it Kat Slater killed God as well, only that time it turned out she didn’t do it and it was actually Peggy Mitchell who killed God!

@Rambler is that true about all churches point east?

One of my favourite music festivals is All Points East and that wording has now made me re-think it’s not called that because it’s in East London, but really it’s subtly a bible basher event!

Haha! Brilliant!

@Rambler Hmmm, now that you mention it when I saw Nick Cave there he did look like an off duty preacher. I'm gonna side with @VoidofLight now and agree with them about how evil church is and we all need to kill God.