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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 9588108" data-attributes="member: 18">Ok, I just thought that was worth noting given how many of those shows came out in the last five-ten years.My general suggestion would be &quot;Expect the unexpected&quot;. No-one is going to guess it right given we're a bunch of old fogeys. If we were late teens and twenty-somethings maybe, but they're usually just as myopic in a different way.I do think certain kinds of horror and sci-fi are kind of missing at the moment. YA is kind of due a comeback. I might not be entirely surprised to see some fantasy YA novel series become pretty big.I think it's unlikely fantasy, superheroes, zombies, vampires, cowboys, spies, &quot;operators&quot; (i.e. spec ops etc.), or the like.Non-zombie post-apoc is on the table. Most attempts at that don't get a lot of traction.We've seen a rise in quirky/weird stuff and mystery box stuff - Severance and the more recent Paradise for example, but again I don't think that'll rise to &quot;pop culture&quot; levels like Game of Thrones did.I don't think anything coming out of China will do it because China does not have, as the internet calls it &quot;the sauce&quot;. China is just a little bit too restrictive and scared and limiting to have &quot;the sauce&quot;. If China let its media off the leash though, then things might change, and fast.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 9588108, member: 18"] Ok, I just thought that was worth noting given how many of those shows came out in the last five-ten years. My general suggestion would be "Expect the unexpected". No-one is going to guess it right given we're a bunch of old fogeys. If we were late teens and twenty-somethings maybe, but they're usually just as myopic in a different way. I do think certain kinds of horror and sci-fi are kind of missing at the moment. YA is kind of due a comeback. I might not be entirely surprised to see some fantasy YA novel series become pretty big. I think it's unlikely fantasy, superheroes, zombies, vampires, cowboys, spies, "operators" (i.e. spec ops etc.), or the like. Non-zombie post-apoc is on the table. Most attempts at that don't get a lot of traction. We've seen a rise in quirky/weird stuff and mystery box stuff - Severance and the more recent Paradise for example, but again I don't think that'll rise to "pop culture" levels like Game of Thrones did. I don't think anything coming out of China will do it because China does not have, as the internet calls it "the sauce". China is just a little bit too restrictive and scared and limiting to have "the sauce". If China let its media off the leash though, then things might change, and fast. [/QUOTE]

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