I used to call it netflix syndrome but I think its just bad writing industry-wide
Everyone is obsessed with plot development at the expense of entertainment. The great writers know how to do both. Like for example in The Boys. That show has something spectacular happen in every single episode, while also developing the plot and the characters.
I think part of the problem is that everything is trying to be some cinematic masterpiece vs back then a lot of shows were made purely for the fun premise. The Boys definitely found a balance between the two. What I would do for another show like Chuck.
Oh man I always appreciate when someone brings up Chuck. That show (particularly the first 3 seasons) had a masterful balance of individual episode stories and overarching story. I would submit Archer did a decent job of this as well, although I think the formula was weakened during the “coma seasons”/Archer Vice. They are still great seasons, they still feel like Archer, just that they don’t build on the story that they had already invested in.
You take that back! Archer vice was one of the best seasons!
“If we don’t spend it this year, we can’t get an increase next year.”
It’s a side effect of streaming. Heavenly seralzed used to have two big drawbacks. If people didn’t catch the first few episodes that didn’t have a way to get into the story. The story also had to hold peoples interest for a week before the next episode dropped. So only the best seltzer shows lasted.
Now you start the show when you want at the beginning. So instead of making an episode that’s entertaining and when next week come around you think it was good last week I’ll watch that again you get a show that encourages setting stuff up and the implying it’s about be resolved right before the episode end.
It’s great for getting you to binge and then getting renewed on a stemmer. Stemming is the best way to watch shows produced for the old weekly broadcast system but not the best environment for developing new shows.
The internet really does have everything if you search for it…
Back in the day, people spelled all of their words like they’re not texting on a pre-t9 phone and driving at the same time.
But we can’t all get what we want. At least 1995 gave us t9 phones.
Pretty much the same with movies of the superhero and other genres. You gotta start at the beginning and only in the last 15min is Surf Dracula at max power. Then you get a couple of uninspired sequels (because sequels print money regardless), and eventually a reboot where they retell the same old Dracula-Finds-Surfing-In-His-Time-Of-Grief origin story but with a younger actor.
I also really hate that Surf Dracula 2024 was released all at once. With some shows, you can come to an online forum to talk about the latest episode every week, but these fukken binge shows just appear and get like one day of discussion and if you miss it you’re fucked.
I literally got the ending of Surf Dracula 2024 spoiled for me at work the DAY AFTER IT CAME OUT! Like who has time to watch all 24 episodes in one evening, let alone have the audacity to talk about it out loud in a public setting…
Is this post about “Cobra Kai”?
I like watching it and yelling “WHAT THE FUCK ARE THE ADULTS DOING WHILE THIS IS GOING ON???” and “WATCH OUT FOR THOSE STAIRS!!!”
In the latest movie adaption of the Surf Dracula (2024) by DC they already introduced the less grounded and more magical elements of the Surf Dracula franchise and even allready introduced the Surfer Werewolves to sell more toys and build up an expanded universe. They also did not even use Van Chil’sing as his archenemy but made him fight a gigantic sky hole that spawned an army of faceless minions.
F&&k you, you F&&king F&&k!!
I had to Google this because I thought it was an actual thing!!
Take your upvote and die a horrible painful death!!
[have a great weekend!]
One reason I prefer watching older shows is that the format made the writing so concise. They can fit two plots and some character development into 42 minutes, unlike newer shows where it’s twenty minutes of dialog and narration every episode. For example, the last season of Discovery had as much happen as two episodes of TNG.
On the other hand, those shows hit the big reset button every week. I’d love something episodic, but what happens in previous episodes still has an effect on future episodes. Star Trek started to do that a little with DS9, but even there… O’Brien is in a mind prison for what he thinks is 20 years and he’s fine in the next episode?
Nostalgia good, modern bad, blah blah, whatever. I just want to see Surf Dracula.
I’m guessing it’s a mystery and Surf Dracula is trying to find out why there’s so many vampire killings when vampires decided to chill out and live along side humans or maybe the vampires are getting to close to attacking the human love of their life or something and there’s gonna be an episode where Surf Dracula has to dress in a big, rubber, human suit to go day surfing (you know so the sunlight doesn’t kill them) to crack the case.
lol no, it’s a three part miniseries about how Surf Dracula uses the power of painting in watercolor to help those with general anxiety disorder.
I had AI write me a script for a pilot episode now I really want to see it.
Surf Dracula - Pilot Episode: “The Tide of Terror”## INT. HAWAIIAN BEACHSIDE BUNGALOW - NIGHT*The camera pans over a collection of surfboards, each more colorful than the last. A full moon casts a silver glow through the open window. We see a figure, DRACULA (50s, charming, with a mysterious aura), dressed in an unbuttoned Hawaiian shirt and board shorts, looking out at the ocean.DRACULA(contemplative)*The night is young, and the waves call to me. But duty beckons…
A knock at the door. Dracula turns, his eyes flashing red for a split second.## EXT. HAWAIIAN BEACH - NIGHT*Dracula opens the door to find DETECTIVE LEI (30s, sharp, no-nonsense) holding a flashlight and a notepad.DETECTIVE LEIDracula, we need your… unique skills. There’s been another incident. DRACULA(smirking)Lead the way, Detective. They walk down to the beach where a crowd has gathered around something in the sand.## EXT. HAWAIIAN BEACH - CRIME SCENE - NIGHTDracula kneels by the body of a local surfer, his board snapped in two. The crowd murmurs with fear and curiosity.DRACULA(examining the body)*No water in the lungs, no signs of a struggle… This was no ordinary drowning. *Detective Lei looks on, skeptical but intrigued.DETECTIVE LEIWhat are you suggesting? DRACULA(standing, addressing the crowd)This was the work of something unnatural. And I intend to find out what. The crowd gasps. Dracula’s eyes meet Lei’s, a silent promise of collaboration and mystery.## INT. DRACULA’S BUNGALOW - NIGHTDracula sits at a desk covered in ancient texts and modern forensics equipment. He’s deep in thought when his trusty sidekick, FRANKIE (20s, surfer dude with a secret intelligence), bursts in.FRANKIEDude, the whole beach is talking about the “Curse of the Tidal Fiend”! DRACULA(dryly)Superstitions often have a kernel of truth, Frankie. Help me look into the local legends. They dive into research, the camera focusing on a particular legend: “The Tidal Fiend, a creature of the deep, comes with the high tide to claim the souls of the unwary.”## EXT. HAWAIIAN BEACH - NIGHTDracula and Frankie set a trap for the Tidal Fiend, using a special surfboard as bait. The moon is high, the tide comes in, and a shadowy figure approaches from the water…DRACULA(whispering)*Get ready, Frankie. The hunt is on. *The screen fades to black as the sound of the waves crescendos.*VOICEOVERNext time on Surf Dracula, the mystery deepens, and the danger grows. Will our heroes catch the Tidal Fiend, or will they become its next victims? Tune in to find out!
The 80s synth-pop theme song plays as the credits roll. FADE OUT.
TBH I’m kinda over seeing AI generated content in discussions like this. It used to be novel and quite impressive, but now that I’ve seen this type of thing so many times and the reality of the negative impacts of LLMs has set in, it just doesn’t hit for me at all. It’s fun to speculate about an LLM writing TV scripts, but my worry is that this will become an actual thing in the near future: soulless generated “content” companies can sell us without having to pay hardworking and talented writers, and that shit just bums me out.
Anyway, nothing against you, and I don’t fault you for posting it, but that’s my thoughts. Maybe I’m in the minority though, who knows?
Maybe I’m basic, but I love exposition over pretty much all else. I watched the entirety of Adventure Time despite not really being a fan of the humor or the main characters just because I craved more information about the history of Ooo.
Isn’t that what Wikipedia is best used for?
Wikipedia is information that’s already been interpreted and retold by someone else. Nothing beats going to the source for your info
When it comes to a TV show you don’t like but want to know what happens, I would say it does beat it because you won’t spend time watching something you don’t like.
It shows 5 mins of surfing if you’re lucky. More likely it shows him about to drop into his first big wave with cheering in the background, then fades to black
It is then canceled while season 2 is in pre-production. The head writer eventually reveals S2 would’ve dealt with the rivalry between Dracula and up-and-coming surfer Nosferatu(played by the same actor as Dracula. Absolutely no one acknowledges their resemblance), leading up to the big Surf championships
Nosurferatu?
Nosurferatu would be the name of the vampire that wants to ban surfing.
Yesurferatu
Dragon Ball Z: “That’s cute.”
My dude, don’t slander Dragon Ball like that. There is a fight in every episode. Or more like there is half a fight every episode. Okay maybe one tenth of a fight every episode, but at least it is not about exposition or flashbacks. Dudes fight and dudes get more opportunities to fight. Maybe just hold a finder above the “skip 10 seconds” button for the long shots.
