I just figured out why Hollywood is so fucking insane

[jorgoth]

This came to me when I reflected that a show or a movie is more likely to be ruined by being given TOO MUCH time rather than too little. Too many episodes, too many seasons, etc. And this problem extends throughout the whole entertainment industry: comics, film, etc. And the reason is because when you look at vectors for giving out media, there's inevitably a massive struggle to fill out space, and that's if you ignore the Internet and focus on individual mediums in isolation.

Take TV. Prime time is 3-4 hours per day, and there are maybe 4 ultra-big networks (FOX, CBS, NBC, ABC). That means those big 4 alone have to produce 12-16 hours of content PER DAY. And that's just the big 4. This isn't factoring in cable, which is like 150 channels, all of which have to be populated with content. It doesn't take a genius to realize that there really isn't enough going on at any given time to fill out that much time and space.

And the cineplex is no better. An INDIVIDUAL chain theater complex will have 8 screens, minimum. Best case scenario, you have an MCU or Star Wars movie running on 2-3 screens, a romantic comedy, and movies that nobody's going to watch on all the others. Even there there's a massive surplus of platform and a dearth of content. Hollywood has to produce enough movies to fill all that space.

This kind of pressure... like holy shit. I do not envy them in the slightest.

 

[Beautiful Border]

Not sure I agree with this take. The quantity of movies and TV shows being produced 30 years ago was similar, but the quality was on average much higher.

 

[Dona Morte]

Money?
When you have no struggle you get bored and entitled.

 

[Exigent Circumcisions]

Go outside

 

[Megaroad 2012]

Go outside

But muh my identity is made of products wahhh

 

[Exigent Circumcisions]

But muh my identity is made of products wahhh

I can't wait to consume PRODUCT

 

[jorgoth]

AND GET EXCITED FOR NEXT PRODUCT

 

[Drag-on Knight 91873]

This came to me when I reflected that a show or a movie is more likely to be ruined by being given TOO MUCH time rather than too little. Too many episodes, too many seasons, etc. And this problem extends throughout the whole entertainment industry: comics, film, etc. And the reason is because when you look at vectors for giving out media, there's inevitably a massive struggle to fill out space, and that's if you ignore the Internet and focus on individual mediums in isolation.

Take TV. Prime time is 3-4 hours per day, and there are maybe 4 ultra-big networks (FOX, CBS, NBC, ABC). That means those big 4 alone have to produce 12-16 hours of content PER DAY. And that's just the big 4. This isn't factoring in cable, which is like 150 channels, all of which have to be populated with content. It doesn't take a genius to realize that there really isn't enough going on at any given time to fill out that much time and space.

And the cineplex is no better. An INDIVIDUAL chain theater complex will have 8 screens, minimum. Best case scenario, you have an MCU or Star Wars movie running on 2-3 screens, a romantic comedy, and movies that nobody's going to watch on all the others. Even there there's a massive surplus of platform and a dearth of content. Hollywood has to produce enough movies to fill all that space.

This kind of pressure... like holy shit. I do not envy them in the slightest.

That's why they hire people. Except instead of hiring for quality or, as you suggest quantity, they let a bunch incompetent nepotists and now dangerhairs make all the shows. Their guild system restricts the potential labor pool they could draw upon. We no longer see mid budget studios like Belisarius productions at the grind of making modestly budgeted television shows with creative impulses. Now, a mid budget studio is like Lorre Productions who have to be bankrolled by a much larger studio.