Why do shows released decades ago feel so much more adventurous

Mummy is adventure kino

Pre and post 9/11 is always the defining factor

>>81778365
>you will never see a decent reboot with Ben Browder playing John Crichton as a dad of a rebellious teenager

>>81778450
Half of farscape was after 9/11

>>81778505
And half of it was before fuccboi

>>81778365
There's something about like a generation of writers, effects artists, and show creators that have seriously lost a step. Maybe it's a money thing? Like after the first writers strike companies realized they could still skate by with hack talent.

>>81778365
>Why do shows released decades ago feel so much more adventurous and exciting compared to shows released today?

Because you only remember the good stuff and not the infinity +1 shittastic police procedurals, gimmicky dilemma of the week sci-fi shows and quippy lawyer shows.
TV these days is WAY, WAY better than it used to be. Truely unusual shows like farscape were anomalies in the smorgasbord of shit that was internet era tv.

>>81778761
pre-internet era tv*

>>81778761
>TV these days is WAY, WAY better than it used to be.
Because you only watch the good stuff and not the infinity +1 shittastic police procedurals, gimmicky dilemma of the week sci-fi shows and quippy lawyer shows

see? I can do it too.

Farscape was really unique. Syfy (the name change was already a big sign of it becoming cancer) hasn't produced anything worthwhile since BSG ended.

This kind of show with a syndication feel, with each ep being its own adventure has been replaced with more season-long dramas with endless cliffhangers, with the success of Lost and serious HBO dramas, because now people can binge watch shit with Netflix, etc, except most of these shows typically have shit writing with improvised storyline to the point where they end up telling nothing. It does feel like telling simple but effective stories has become a lost art, like the only shows that still follow this kind of formula are just derivative cop procedurals. The Farscape or Brisco County Jr or even the Xena and Buffy are long gone.

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>>81778838
>Brisco County Jr

>>81778838
>feel like telling simple but effective stories has become a lost art, like the only shows that still follow this kind of formula are just derivative cop procedurals
Is that why I enjoyed Justified and Southland so much?

>>81779112
I think so, Justified really did this perfectly. After The Shield ended, SOA got more attention than Justified as the new flagpole series, because it followed the same formula of amoral protagonist endlessly has to cover up his previous crimes in an endless spiral of chaos, betrayals etc just like Breaking Bad or Dexter, while Justified felt more like a USA show than FX. SOA went full retard in its plot circumvolutions while Justified always kept things simple and relaxed.

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>>81778505
First season of Lexx and the first 2 seasons of Farscape are worlds apart from the sci fi shows of today, such an profound sense of adventure and a boundless universe

>>81778838

It has The Magicians which is pretty great atm

>>81778986

>Tfw nobody remembers Jack of All Trades

Having an adventurous society means having a less easily-controllable society.

>>81779638

I remember catching Lexx on tv as a kid and I honestly thought it was a soft core porno from how cheap and silly everything was and hung around waiting for the girls to get their tits out

>>81780980
I remember it. It wasn't that great, pretty average...as the name would imply.

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>>81781166
I lied, I've been planning on watching Lexx and I've read numerous posts assuring me season 1 was incredible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04QVSxsjxOk

>>81781270

It's still Bruce kino
And the intro is honestly the top 10 ever made

>>81778365
SJWs

>>81778365
>>81781298

You've haven't know comfy unless you've marathoned Farscape and watched the concluding movie afterwards.

For some reason Farscape is no longer able to stream on Netflix though.

>>81781347
It was singing the basic plot, right? That was pretty good.

>>81778761
The Commish was based as fuck. Keep wondering if some anon is going to rediscover it.

>>81781449
I've watched Farscape in its entirety, just haven't started on Lexx

>>81781530

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VNsjjYRgjc

Yup

>>81781598
>>81781530

Oh, it also was followed by 2525, another good series

>>81778365

Because all series today can't offend anyone and have to feature the same strong independent woman with a witty retort for everything. You're watching the same generic crap over and over again. It also doesn't help that all the actors and actresses always act the same way as if they got their acting degrees from McDonalds.

>>81778838
The name change came after they axed farscape.
They had new management that killed all the shows in production in favor of really cheap shitty reality shows.
Farscape had already been renewed for another season or two, so when the season finale was a cliff hanger it was no big deal... Until the network broke the news to the showrunners five minutes before the season finale was going to air.
I've completely boycotted that shitty network after that.
They refused to even air reruns of it.

>>81781024
same for masculinity, it is aggressive and doesn't want to supplicate or vote in bigger government, so it must be stopped

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>>81778838
>there will never be another fun, campy sci-fi show with episodes that (mostly) can just be watched alone and dont need other context to enjoy them
>just the right balance of certain character archetypes to riff of each other and be enjoyable
>episode themes vary from serious to adventurous to goofy, and some that just hit you right in the feels
>the theme is also fucking godlike