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Why are so many TV shows trying to be "meta" these days? I think it's lazy writing. (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by aCosmicWave@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I just watched the first episode of the new Futurama season and the running gag was their attempt to make fun of the Hulu streaming network (Fulu)… in the year 3023. Not only that, but they also parody Black Mirror which itself parodies Netfix (Streamberry) in their latest season.

What is up with all of this meta stuff? Does anyone actually enjoy it? Is this really the quality of TV prior to AI taking over the writing?

I feel like an old man yelling at the clouds right now ☁️, but look at how they massacred my boy, Futurama!

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[–] blazera@kbin.social 84 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I dunno if you watched futurama, it was always cheesy commentary on contemporary subjects.

[–] Idrunkenlysignedup@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I get where OP is coming from overall, but that's kinda been Futurama's thing. Other places it's shoe horned in and lazy but that's been like half of Futurama's episodes (and the vast majority of South Park) since the beginning.

That being said, I do think the quality of TV has been going downhill for years and few things seem to really be original anymore.

[–] ElmarsonTheThird@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

It's the "Seinfeld isn't funny" problem. If you're the pioneer for something and it is lazily copied by everyone, the new ideas you had back in the day seem stale.