I interviewedSteven Spielberg last year. Until something more interesting happened in my life, or I was forced to simply review the rift in the time spread from when it happened. I'm sorry, but I've etched my memory deep into my soul and talked about the endless options currently being presented to media consumers.
Here is his view: You can see how the world works. "A nice positive outlook from a nice positive man, but that's really what we do.
Spielberg and my own growth despite the considerable age gap The periods have some things in common. He grew up in Arizona in his 1950s, where he occupied an adolescent genius with only three television networks and his one movie channel. I grew up in his 1990s, where basic terrestrial TV dominated adolescent simple TV. Prior to 1997, this meant he could only switch between four channels.
Since the Internet was still in its infancy and the television landscape to choose from was very limited, we were used to seeing both new and old content side by side.
Shows like Dad's Army and Only Fools And Horses alongside modern family shows likeIt has reappeared in the golden time slots. Noel's House Party and Surprise his Surprisethen crackJonathan Creekfollowed by Dibley's Reverend. your own night.
It was probably all in a single gear, but it was still a bridge between generations. everyone is watching
They may not have been into Brass Eye or Partridge, but my grandparents loved Big Break. You must have listened. }, like me, my neighbors and their neighbors, and possibly the cast of Neighbors, or at least Kylie, who supposedly moved out by then.
Parents are her 20 years old I saw the same thing before. New things made me feel connected to everyone.
Fast forward 20 years and Bifröst is broken. According to Google, there are now more than 200 streaming services worldwide with 817,000 TV shows to choose from. According to a 2021 NOW-commissioned study,Britons spend more than 100 days deciding what to watchin the average week choosing 24 TV shows. 24 minutes, 24 minutes and 93 seconds spent choosing movies.
Industry Solutions to Choice Paralysis. To give you exactly what you want, faster. The proliferation of video-based social media apps like TikTok shows that distracted young people are hungry for quickly digestible micro-content. They want it quick, short, and specific, and the TV world seems to be listening.
Disneyis one of the biggest hit companies on the market. and has publicly announced plans to stop being a catch-all and produce specific content for specific demographics. Bypassing TV heavyweights like Line of Duty, Stranger Things or The Crown, something for everyone Content you provide.
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This marks a shift in how viewers are perceived by streamers, no longer captivated viewing They are seen as “data points” in an ever-evolving algorithm, rather than as human beings. Just as this statistics-driven mindset has polarized our politics, I can't help but feel that it will do the same for our culture.
Spielberg wants As we said, we are not immersed in both the new and the old.
We all want to feel like we belong, to find our own tribe. That's why you can follow sports teams and connect with people who like the same movies. This feels even more special when it's something personal that the public may not have accepted. It will end up. An icebreaker, a water cooler moment, a reason to catch up, or the context you need for your uncle joke. People seem unfamiliar, unfamiliar, even strange.
When things get narrower, so do tastes, and perhaps even narrower minds, andnot even Noel's House Party can get away with it.
