discussion Is Television Taking Over Film?

[LP54]

TV shows are becoming increasingly more expensive, and the quality is exceptional.

 

Long ago, being on a TV show was considered second rate but following the success of big spectacles like Stranger Things, Obi Wan, Squid Game, and even Game of Thrones as well as the upcoming Lord of the Rings show the lines have blurred with epic TV sagas.

 

Is film losing its right of being #1?

[Badgalbriel]

Streaming is taking over cinema, actually. 

[Bosque]

No, Top Gun 2 just smashed at the movie theater. Neither cinemas nor movies are dying. 

[Da Vinci]

1 hour ago, LP54 said:

the success of big spectacles like Stranger Things, Obi Wan, Squid Game, and even Game of Thrones

I'd switch Obi Wan with The Mandalorian  

 

And no, nothing can replace the theatrical experience

Covid might have taken 3 good years but movies will keep grossing billions (2 already did post-pandemic)

[Cryptique]

They can both coexist 

[Broken]

WandaVision its impact.

 

1 hour ago, LP54 said:

Stranger Things, Obi Wan, Squid Game, and even Game of Thrones

 

OT: NO.

[Mohit]

Top gun 2 just smashed at the box office.. People love to go out and watch movies in theaters and that aint going away. No one is going to theatres to watch stranger things anyways. Theatres is meant only for movies and nothing  is gonna change that. Digital platforms are just garbage dumping grounds for movies like Dont look up, 365 days etc. If you want quality top notch movies you will have to visit theatres. 

Edited July 2, 2022 by Mohit

[fridayteenage]

20 minutes ago, Mohit said:

Top gun 2 just smashed at the box office.. People love to go out and watch movies in theaters and that aint going away. No one is going to theatres to watch stranger things anyways. Theatres is meant only for movies and nothing  is gonna change that. Digital platforms are just garbage dumping grounds for movies like Dont look up, 365 days etc. If you want quality top notch movies you will have to visit theatres. 

 

 

[Mimie]

Y'all been aksing this for 10 years and the answer is still NO!

[Mohit]

12 minutes ago, fridayteenage said:

 

 

Sis lets be real. No one watches most of those movies nominated at the oscars. These movies wont even last 2 weeks in theatres. 

[magazine]

TV Shows, yes.

Television itself is dying 

[Gorjesspazze9]

Streaming is. Not just tv, but movies too. It already has begun. Even tho movie theaters are starting to make money again, streaming is the new norm

[New Edition]

Marvel destroyed the movie theater, not film.

 

Film is still good on streaming. Lots of possibilities.

 

People do like cinematic tv shows that you can follow like a serial more than ever. The budget is so high if you have a good enough laptop or home entertainment system, you're good.

 

There are also no movie stars anymore so 

Edited July 2, 2022 by New Edition

[nathanspears]

Imo, the cinema is just an awful place to watch a film. Way too many rude people talking or on their phones

[discreetinside]

8 hours ago, Mimie said:

Y'all been aksing this for 10 years and the answer is still NO!

Honestly this question has been asking ever since TV appear around 1950s and the answer and outcome was same NO, both can coexist. 

[McNulty]

The sudden increase of big movies stars making TV shows tells you what you need to know so yes series are slowly taking over movies as the superior storytelling form

 

 

[rac7d]

14 hours ago, Badgalbriel said:

Streaming is taking over cinema, actually. 

The correct title

 

streaming wars in full effect

[SwiftLover]

No but streaming is

 

Cinemas are for older people and millennials who cant let the indoctrination go. Imagine going to a theater as a grown adult SkshrUrdhshiw  GROW UP!! 

[Nebur]

9 minutes ago, SwiftLover said:

No but streaming is

 

Cinemas are for older people and millennials who cant let the indoctrination go. Imagine going to a theater as a grown adult SkshrUrdhshiw  GROW UP!! 

what a pointless comment

 

OT  streaming is the  present and future

Edited July 2, 2022 by Nebur
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[Gui Blackout]

Studios stopped greenlighting good, original, well-written, intelligent dramas in favour of safe remakes and superhero movies, so all those stories and their writers/directors went to TV - particularly streaming. 

[scenekiller]

2 hours ago, SwiftLover said:

No but streaming is

 

Cinemas are for older people and millennials who cant let the indoctrination go. Imagine going to a theater as a grown adult SkshrUrdhshiw  GROW UP!! 

What does this even mean?  stupidity and mental illness

 

ot: they can and do coexist

[Katamari]

4 hours ago, Gui Blackout said:

Studios stopped greenlighting good, original, well-written, intelligent dramas in favour of safe remakes and superhero movies, so all those stories and their writers/directors went to TV - particularly streaming. 

agreed and dead at yall coming for the Obi Wan mention when the panned LOTR show was also mentioned

[Arcadius]

I think cinema is becoming more exclusive for big spectacle projects like Marvel, Fast & Furious, or as we see now Top Gun. Streaming is obviously putting out a ton of excellent movie quality content but the money made on streaming for these studios will never equate to the money they'd make in theatres. Therefore, cinema will always be regarded as the bigger of the two.

[Mr.Link]

On 7/1/2022 at 9:37 PM, Mohit said:

If you want quality top notch movies you will have to visit theatres. 

Eh, that’s not precisely true when some of the best movies are not even given widespread theatrical releases unless they’re given an Oscar nomination (after which they’re released). Nowadays only commercial trash like Marvel and Pixar movies really “do well” in theatres. 

[Da Vinci]

Lmao wait I didn't even realize, yeah television should worry about streaming taking over it first before it can even think about taking over films/cinema