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America Has Never Had So Much TV — Even Hollywood is Overwhelmed

posted by martyb on Thursday November 10 2016, @08:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the acting-up dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

The TV business is facing its biggest explosion of new productions in the medium's history, sparking a billion-dollar arms race between established TV networks and a deep-pocketed insurgency of online streaming giants.

That boom is reshaping the industry from Atlanta to Hollywood, where even washed-up actors are suddenly in high demand and open studio space is the holy grail, said Henrik Bastin, executive producer of "Bosch," a gritty cop drama on Amazon.

Craftspeople, who once went months without a gig, are now fought over and recruited for shows that have become so ambitious, expensive and intricate they're "like making a movie each week," Bastin said.

Is the glut of new productions a flash in the pan, or a sign of things to come?

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  • (Score: 2) by tibman on Friday November 11 2016, @03:30PM

    by tibman (134) Subscriber Badge on Friday November 11 2016, @03:30PM (#425691)

    I actually liked Enterprise. There was a lot less hand-wavy magic technology to solve every problem. The overall feel was a lot darker too. The Enterprise routinely got the shit kicked out of it because an exploration vessel doesn't stand a chance against actual hostile forces. You had a better feel for how critical those magic technologies are to basic survival. I mean, the Enterprise didn't even have shields. It was a lot easier for Captain Picard to always take the moral high-road. He and his crew were well protected by the high state of technology and the federation itself.

    The latest movie, Star Trek Beyond, makes more sense in that perspective. What terrible things did some of those captains/crew have to do to ensure the survival of humanity? They made sure humanity came out on top. Then politicians took that newfound strength and buried it in alien allies. Most would prefer more cooperation but those that lost friends or sacrificed parts of themselves during the pre-federation conflicts might not want aliens as equals.

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