What's The Next Big Pop Cultural Push?

[Zardnaar]

What next? The Butlerian Jihad.

Possibly either the show or any movies. Prequel to current show.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Possibly either the show or any movies. Prequel to current show.

I wasn't talking about fiction...

 

[Zardnaar]

I wasn't talking about fiction...

Heh. Well done.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I would expect the viewership for cop shows to be dropping, while the viewership for things like Only Murders in the Building to grow.

Hmmmm…Only Mordor in the Building?

The residents of several floors of a luxury condo band together to gain entry to the landlord’s penthouse to destroy his invasive, concealed “security camera” network, steal the master key he used to install it in their living spaces while they were out and destroy it in the furnace.

“Why can’t we take the express elevator straight up?”
“WhY cAn’T wE tAkE tHe ExPrEsS eLeVaToR sTrAiGhT uP?”

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Eh. There are a lot of people out in the real world who have become very aware of some of the systemic problems of policing in America and don't really view cops positively/sympathetically anymore. I would expect the viewership for cop shows to be dropping, while the viewership for things like Only Murders in the Building to grow.

Netflix's Inside Man is basically an Only Murders knockoff. But it's really about getting a bunch of very talented veteran actors to ham it up to their hearts' content. The genre doesn't really matter. Also see: The Kominsky Method.

 

[Bohandas]

I wasn't talking about fiction...

Luddism does indeed seem to be on the rise. Hopefully not apocalyptically like that; there's too many potential apocalypses already brewing already

 

[MGibster]

Luddism does indeed seem to be on the rise. Hopefully not apocalyptically like that; there's too many potential apocalypses already brewing already

The Luddites weren't just a bunch of stodgy people who hated technology. The Luddites saw the introduction of textile machinery driving down their wages at the tail end of the Napoleonic Wars which was a bad time economically for Britain with high unemployment and inflation. Some of the things the Luddites were asking for included a minimum wage as well as an end to child labor, and when nobody took them seriously they started breaking machines to get the attention of the government and owners. It was a labor movement.

Let's compare that to today. In our current economic predicament, many people, young people especially, feel as though they will never be able to do things like purchase their own home, pay off their student loans, and their wages have not kept up with inflation over the years. Now someone comes with a new technology that will drive down wages and it top it off it "learns" from examining the work created by actual human beings. Do you at least understand why some people are unhappy?

 

[Deset Gled]

Let's compare that to today.

Any response I could give to this is very far past the "No politics" line.

Anyway, forget the super hero part, the real trend in media that isn't dying is serialized story structure. From the MCU to Fast and Furious, from the Shondaverse to the Shawnaverse, the trend is to suck you in to as many sittings as possible. The headlining genre may change, but we're definitely stuck with that baseline.

 

[TiQuinn]

Any response I could give to this is very far past the "No politics" line.

Anyway, forget the super hero part, the real trend in media that isn't dying is serialized story structure. From the MCU to Fast and Furious, from the Shondaverse to the Shawnaverse, the trend is to suck you in to as many sittings as possible. The headlining genre may change, but we're definitely stuck with that baseline.

Judging from the articles I see posted after the new Captain America movie, you’d think the most important part is the cut scene in the end credits.

 

[Mad_Jack]

Copper was a damn good police procedural set during the American Civil War. It only got 2 seasons…on the BBC.

I am still literally angry about that...

2) a Western version of The Taming of the Shrew?* Romeo & Juliette, King Lear and Hamlet could also work.

I think genre versions of classic plays could get some traction again... It's been awhile.