SlymDayspring posted...
I am also suggesting that movies have become increasingly safe and commercial, while TV takes more risks as a whole.
"TV takes more risks as a whole"? Not at all, we're in an age where reality TV schlock is filling up airslots because it's cheaper to produce and gets better ratings than scripted shows. And for the most part we've got sitcoms, soap melodramas, and the like. Sure we've got great stuff happening especially on certain cable networks, but as a whole TV is not particularly into taking risks. And of course, shows that take risks are often cancelled quick.
Takfloyd_mkII__ posted...
TV has not surpassed movies yet, but the last 10 years have indeed been a massive improvement. And it's all because of anime.
Western creators caught on that shows that have an overarching, coherent story
I'm a big anime fan, but that's pretty clearly not the case. That'd be like saying TV is more into serialized story arcs now thanks to Frank Miller's run on the Daredevil comics in the early 1980s. Whether anime is more or less niche than comics in America is another question, but other than Joss Whedon it's hard to think of too many TV creators who are big anime fans. Certainly not the majority.
Anyways, there are pros and cons to everything, and the good in entertainment is always outweighed by a huge amount of garbage. But there's plenty of gold to go around.
--
One Piece: Pirates with style!
-= Metal Gear Solid: Tactical Espionage Action =-