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Era of complex and ambitious TV is over, says Sopranos creator (www.theguardian.com)
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cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/television/t/761868

David Chase says 25-year golden period was a ‘blip’ and he is being told to ‘dumb down’ productions.

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[–] DestroyerOfWorlds@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fargo sorta negates that argument.

[–] Spendrill@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I love Fargo but it's ten years old now.

[–] betabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's literally airing it's current season finale this week. It's ongoing and has remained fantastic all the way through.

[–] variants@possumpat.io 3 points 10 months ago

When I got to the first few episodes of season 2 I thought it was all downhill but it picked up and on to season 3 now, was happy to see the recent episode released so I know there's more for me to get to

[–] CaptainEffort@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Legion wasn’t perfect but it was certainly complex and ambitious. Made by the same guy too.

[–] Spendrill@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That was released seven years ago. Point I'm making is Noah Hawley was able to make a name for himself writing these complex series before the current crunch caused a situation where a first time showrunner wouldn't be allowed to.

You might see a parallel to the New Hollywood movement that started in the late sixties and ended in the late seventies.

[–] bloopernova@programming.dev 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Noah Hawley is creating an Alien show. I'm cautiously excited.

[–] Spendrill@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

I didn't know that. I'll definitely watch it.