The advancement of technology accompanied with laziness and the copycat syndrome has driven television and cinema into the ground. You can't buy a good TV show these days or a great movie you had to go see again before it came out on DVD or Blu Ray in today's world. All you get today is watered down reality shows and worthless movies that have a terrible plot and no creativity. Today's reality shows only seem to have castings for males and females that have nothing going for themselves. They seem to only possess a big ego and willingness to go on TV and drink unlimited free alcohol on and off camera then let the cameras roll. Then whatever happens, it happens as long as I'm on TV. Hey no matter how ignorant or terrible I may look, I will be famous for it. (i.e. Jersey Shore, Bad Girls Club, The Kardashians, etc.) It's not completely the writers & producers fault for continuing to create shows like these. And there are other shows with washed up and D-F list celebrities on shows like: Celebrity Fit Club, Celebrity Apprentice, Dancing with the Stars, and Celebrity Rehab. A lot of the blame falls on you as viewers continuously watching this garbage and not demanding something better with true substance to be produced.
This poor production has severely affected movies also. It seems as there is a terrible shortage of promising young actors out there in line to take the torch from a Will Smith, Denzel Washington, Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, Russell Crowe, Tom Hanks, well you get the picture. These actors just named as great as they are can't go on forever. However, the movie writers and producers have to take a bulk of the blame. Pretty much a good portion of movies that comes out are a complete remake of something that came out in the 80's or 90's, or the plot has just been copied with a new twist in an attempt to create a new identity. (i.e. The Roommate) Has anyone ever heard of or saw the movie Single White Female? This is the original story of roommates and obsession. Then you have movies that are simply rotten like Red Riding Hood, Big Mamma: Like Father, Like Son, Battle: Los Angeles, and The Green Hornet to name a few. Basically everything besides sports is damn near unwatchable.
Yes TV and Hollywood must evolve over time, but to consistently produce sub par material is not acceptable. The bad news is, as long as people continue to support these mediocre productions, these filmmakers and networks will continue to put this type of work out. Stop giving these networks and bad TV shows our ratings by watching and stop giving these filmmakers our money at the theatres and maybe we'll start to see a difference.
A great post, this is great information, I totally agree and its true we are to blame for watching these shows.
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Yeah it is always a spin-off or remake of something else. Where is the originality?
ReplyDeleteI find it interesting that the past five years have been about reality shows. There is a reality show about EVERYTHING these days.
ReplyDeleteI admit it. I am a reality show addict. But, it is only because there isn't anything else with substance on television to watch.
ReplyDeleteThe worst of them all is Jersey Shore. Those kids are now millionaires because of their stupidity.
ReplyDeleteWell it wouldn't be so bad if there wasn't a reality show about everything. The worst are shows like Toddlers and Tiaras and Teen Mom. But people love to watch a good train wreck happen right before their eyes even if it is at the expense of minors.
ReplyDeleteThe theaters are already suffering! I think they are just lacking the talent!
ReplyDeleteNot only that but people aren't spending their money to go to movies anymore. Because of the economy and everything else people are cutting down on extra-curricular family outings. It is a chain effect as the less money that is being made the less money these production companies have to work with.
ReplyDeleteSeriously though, is there anything to create anymore? It seems as if everything has already been done. Either that, Hollywood is just lacking the creativity as someone said earlier.
ReplyDeleteThis is why I quit watching television, for one. Unoriginality.
ReplyDeleteThe Kardashians are the worst and the only reason why they became famous is because of Kim's saucy tape AND the fact that Ryan Seacrest offered them a show.
ReplyDeleteWe need shows like there used to be...shows with messages. Little House on the Prairie. Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman. Now those were shows!
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