• InvertedParallax@lemm.ee
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    13 days ago

    Murderbot

    It’s not … A great show?

    But it’s fucking cheap (small cast, limited sets so far), and it’s trying to be charming.

    It’s the streaming equivalent of comfort food.

    We need more content like this to keep streams full, then we have a few prestige shows like andor or whatever.

    What we have now is crap writing burning prestige money (twot/LOTR-trop) and leaving us with unwatchable crap.

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      13 days ago

      It could be better. I read the books and they’re rushing through the story at 90 miles an hour. They’re also overdoing the voiceovers and on screen displays to the point of annoyance. The “rise and fall of sanctuary moon” inserts are a hoot though.

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        13 days ago

        I’m making a point that we need more casual, cheap stuff like this to fill in viewing hours, with a few prestige shows for the high end.

        Twot was trying to be prestige and ended up a complete disaster, while starving other good shows of that cash.

        The boys is also fairly cheap in comparison (getting more expensive obviously as time goes on, but nowhere near twot/trop).

        Tech companies had so much money they started throwing money at shit, that was the problem.