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Doctor Who: Past, Future, and Thoughts on the End of the 13th Doctor (SPOILERS!)
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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 8810230" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>I'm still reading the rest of your post, but this one resonated with me so focusing on it for my first response. I started to falter towards after the first Whittaker season (wanted to like it but fell off the show by her second). Personally I don't find newer shows better than older ones (I still tend to prefer older entertainment) but the explosion of media culture and internet together did something that made me less interested in being keyed in with what other people were watching. Before there was a lot of joy in watching Doctor Who, then talking about it or debating it the next day. At some point there were so many shows, doing so many things, there were so many conversations happening so quickly, and shows like Doctor Who felt like they were trying to keep up with internet culture, that I think I just felt the need to slow down and step back from what was being offered. I still watch new shows on occasion. I would come back to Who if it looked sufficiently entertaining, but I'm a lot more selective with my time in terms of what media I want to devote hours of viewing to (whereas in the past I'd have thought nothing of doing a week long marathon of old Doctor Who episodes). </p><p></p><p>I think part of it too is when Doctor Who aired, people my age were very much a target demographic, so naturally the stories were things that I could easily relate and connect to. More recent media is sometimes harder for me to follow (I don't get the more recent cultural references in shows for example, sometimes the language goes completely over my head). So I think another aspect to 2 for me is I'm getting older and I'm not necessarily going to understand newer shows (even new episodes of older programs) because they are speaking to a younger audience. Which I am okay with. There are plenty of movies and shows I can watch that I don't feel lost viewing, and there are shows still aimed at people my age. I just think I'm at the phase in my life, where my parents probably were when I was young, where there was a clearer dividing line between this show is meant for people who grew up in these decades and this one is meant for people who grew up after these decades. A show like Cobra Kai, I don't feel lost (even when they use language that young people use that might otherwise confuse me, there are older characters equally baffled so it gets explained).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 8810230, member: 85555"] I'm still reading the rest of your post, but this one resonated with me so focusing on it for my first response. I started to falter towards after the first Whittaker season (wanted to like it but fell off the show by her second). Personally I don't find newer shows better than older ones (I still tend to prefer older entertainment) but the explosion of media culture and internet together did something that made me less interested in being keyed in with what other people were watching. Before there was a lot of joy in watching Doctor Who, then talking about it or debating it the next day. At some point there were so many shows, doing so many things, there were so many conversations happening so quickly, and shows like Doctor Who felt like they were trying to keep up with internet culture, that I think I just felt the need to slow down and step back from what was being offered. I still watch new shows on occasion. I would come back to Who if it looked sufficiently entertaining, but I'm a lot more selective with my time in terms of what media I want to devote hours of viewing to (whereas in the past I'd have thought nothing of doing a week long marathon of old Doctor Who episodes). I think part of it too is when Doctor Who aired, people my age were very much a target demographic, so naturally the stories were things that I could easily relate and connect to. More recent media is sometimes harder for me to follow (I don't get the more recent cultural references in shows for example, sometimes the language goes completely over my head). So I think another aspect to 2 for me is I'm getting older and I'm not necessarily going to understand newer shows (even new episodes of older programs) because they are speaking to a younger audience. Which I am okay with. There are plenty of movies and shows I can watch that I don't feel lost viewing, and there are shows still aimed at people my age. I just think I'm at the phase in my life, where my parents probably were when I was young, where there was a clearer dividing line between this show is meant for people who grew up in these decades and this one is meant for people who grew up after these decades. A show like Cobra Kai, I don't feel lost (even when they use language that young people use that might otherwise confuse me, there are older characters equally baffled so it gets explained). [/QUOTE]
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