in amerikkka they spend billions of dollars on tv that is intended for the subtoddler attention spans of adults instead of just letting people make art
“I always said this - even when Russia was the USSR. People asked, “Aren’t you glad you’re in America?” and I replied that I actually know many Russian filmmakers, and they have much more freedom than I do. All they have to do is be careful in criticizing the government. Other than that, they can do whatever they want,” [George] Lucas said.
slop for the slop god
treats for the treat throne
Micro genres for leaving on in the background so you can trick yourself into thinking you aren't completely alone
They're called podcasts
Anakin you're hurting me
but thats stealing jobs from hardworking youtube letsplayers and ttrpg shows 
Netflix should stop having individualized shows and just become a continuous stream of incoherent AI-generated epic one-liner slop you can tune into 24/7
brb writing bazinga.ai
E: oh, that's a real site wtf
its not satire wtf
Then why pay Netflix when you can get this for free?!
I thought this was shut down after Kramer went full-transphobe. Glad they figured it out and it's back online.
Everything needs to be homogenized into a beige gruel so it can drip out of the treat faucet and only contain just enough "nutrition" after processing at the marketing plant to be classified as fit for human consumption.
Walter White sneaking around inside Jesse’s apartment while he sleeps. “I’m watching Jane choke on her vomit.”
I mean its streaming, if they miss something they can go back 10 seconds and actually look at the screen
or just put on something they've already seen before. it's not like a sitcom you've seen requires your constant attention
Also I used to put on law and order or like simpsons when playing diablo ii as a kid, and used to throw on x files when studying in college. Like 90s episodic tv was perfectly fine as background noise. I hope they rediscover that instead of making it worse.
Plus the laugh tracks tell you when you're supposed to giggle
God I love capitalism
In the old days shows like that went on the radio and would have ads for soap cause they were aimed at housewives doing cleaning.
Also if you want to make TV shows that can be watched without needing to look at the screen, consider the following:
lol came here to point out they’re just reinventing soap operas (but dumber)
First as tragedy, then as farce.
I have to admit, a while ago I was starting a new Minecraft game and didn't have anything great to put on the other monitor so I started putting the Good Place in there and not paying much attention to it, because I assumed it was a slop show. Once I realized it actually was a decent show with an interesting premise I felt guilty so I stopped doing that, finished the show normally, and went back to putting Youtube on my second monitor like God intended.
Why is it that media is now expected to explicitly cater to the apathetic? If you care about it then perhaps actually pay attention to it.
They're not lowering the bar, they're maximizing profit. A show that you have on in the background is more profitable in terms of ad revenue, it means more screen time to show ads, and less objection if they choose to crank up how many ads are shown.
Strong parallels between this and the internal push at Spotify to commission their own low-payout "background" music that customers are algorithmically driven toward
Lower Decks legit has some of the tightest comedy writing outside of classic Simpsons/Futurama. I do wish there were more episodes and they were all a longer cause it always felt like it needed some breathing room, but not cause short attention span, cause I like my shows and movies on the slower side, I like extra time for little inconsequential to the plot character bits, I like a good filler episode, I like a bad filler episode. Ideally I'd like a standard for now 10 episodes and then also 5 other episodes thar they're given less time and budget for but also without the same pressure as network shows had for it, but a little bit of work with what you've got writing is something I miss. We wouldn't have court room episodes of trek without the budget concerns and we wouldn't have Yesterday's Enterprise if the full writing staff wasn't scrambling to get something on air that then turned out brilliant. I think the mentality can be simulated instead of actual brutal crunch. There's a bunch of ways to run a show to make it work
mainstream execs always stealing the best tricks from porn. for real tho, u don't wanna miss what's going on while ur making ur alfredo
if I'm making a cheese sauce the last thing I want to do is split my attention
is this why some people have watched the entirety of The Office like 12 times
Don't you mean "I'm scowling at the camera and say 'I don't want to live on this planet anymore'"?
Reminds me one day a guy told me Ubisoft execs wanted their games to replace TV so they needed to be playable with just one hand so people can eat while playing 
This is so sad :(
pitching my new show about funny sound effect compilations to Netflix asap
It's me. I put shows on in the background when I'm doing something else.
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Here's a list of tons of leftist movies.
