ParanoidObsessive posted...
I've been saying for decades now that the younger generations are going to grow up with almost no nostalgia and no real shared pop culture language. We're still in the earlier stages of that inevitable outcome, but the car's already speeding down the hill and the brakes have long since gone.
This is definitely something already happening. With so many fractured ways to consume content, we've lost the water cooler shows like Seinfeld or Friends or XYZ of yore that brought people together and virtually everyone watched. Music more or less, too. I think the last show like that was...Game of Thrones, maybe. And even then....
Agree with the noise ratio, although there has also been a perfectly steady stream of original and good shows and films. A lot of trash, yes, but this year has restored my faith in Hollywood at least a little bit. None of the good stuff tends to make much money, that said. Indeed, the Top 10 grossing films so far are all remakes/established IP, save for F1 (tbf, Sinners is just right outside at #11).