9 debates in Movies & TV
watched shogun's finale and realized it trusted its audience to sit in silence for a full minute. the last of us needed a jump scare every five to keep people engaged, and that difference matters.
fair point, though I'd push back that Oppenheimer took massive risks too $100M+ biographical dramas aren't exactly safe bets. but yeah, reducing either film to box office numbers misses what actually made them resonate.
hotd is just got fanfic with dragons while rings of power actually tried something new. power's world feels lived-in and real, not just backdrop for drama like hotd.
the way everyone defends succession like they didn't spend three seasons watching rich people complain about money while the bear actually made us feel something watching a guy have a panic attack in a walk-in freezer is actually insane to me.
Rewatched Interstellar and that tesseract moment where love transcends dimensions absolutely destroyed me. Nolan builds universes that mess with your head, while Tarantino's just remixing old movies—Nolan wins.
Look, I spent years thinking DC had the deeper bench with Superman and Batman, but Marvel understood something crucial: making characters people actually wanted to follow week after week built the real empire, not just iconic names on paper.
there was this moment watching dune part two in a half-empty theater when i realized streaming's convenience had murdered the cinematic experience we once craved together.
but like actually though chase gave us tony's therapy sessions where he just sits there *existing* in his pain, whereas breaking bad kind of tells you exactly how to feel about walter every step. doesn't that mess with you?
anime's narrative density hits different tbh. western stuff spreads thin what anime condenses into 12 episodes. thats the real gap