Comment by crazygringo

Comment by crazygringo 6 days ago

> It's not. There's even a term coined for it, "intangible sludge".

It is. The article you link even begins:

> So many TV shows and movies now

That's what I'm taking about. Those "so many" belong mostly to a certain type of drama.

You're not seeing it in comedies. You're not seeing it in reality shows. There are also plenty of dramas that don't have it, possibly a majority but I'm not sure.

It's not everywhere, contrary to what you say. It may, however, seem "everywhere" if you're only watching that type of drama.

troupo 6 days ago

> The article you link even begins: "So many TV shows and movies now"

and from this you somehow deduce "hose "so many" belong mostly to a certain type of drama."

Where "certain type of drama" is anything from procedurals to action, from drama to fantasy.

> It may, however, seem "everywhere" if you're only watching that type of drama.

Where the article uses the following "certain type of drama" examples: Justice League, Dexter. Definitely they both fall into the category of "the same type of drama".

> You're not seeing it in comedies.

As in: modern comedies are washed out and desaturated more often than not. For every Barbie there's a dozen Red Notices

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crazygringo 5 days ago

No I'm not deducing anything, I'm speaking from my experience in television.
Yes, the type of drama does include the range you're describing. Movies are mixes of genres, tones, categories.
And no, modern comedies are not desaturated "more often than not". I don't know what comedies you're watching, but it's not the case.

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- troupo 5 days ago
  
  > Yes, the type of drama does include the range you're describing
  When your "certain type of drama" covers every genre under the sun, and you pretend that Dexter and Justice League are somehow the dame type of genre, excuse me for bot taking your words seriously.
  > I don't know what comedies you're watching, but it's not the case.
  Whatever comes across my radar.
  BTW it's also quite telling how in your classification there's "certain type of drama" (90% of genres apparently) that is susceptible to the sludge, and then comedies and reality shows (the only two you could come up with that are not. Even though comedies, especially movies, are often just as drab and gray as every other genre)
  
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  crazygringo 5 days ago
  
  I don't know what to tell you. I don't know if you're intentionally trying to misunderstand me or what.
  I never said "genre". I said "type of drama". There are probably a hundred subgenres of drama, yes including both Dexter and Justice League. There isn't some clean perfect distinction for which directors choose go use the dark look and which don't. I'm lumping the ones that go dark into a "type". I've got to use some word to group them.
  Also, what do you mean "the only two you could come up with that are not"? There are fundamentally three types of entertainment TV: comedy, reality, and drama. Only one of them adopts the dark look commonly, in some of its content.
  And you're just flat-out wrong about comedies being "often just as drab and gray as every other genre". That's just... wrong. I don't know what else to tell you.
  
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