tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post1490602805263314704..comments2024-03-18T17:20:21.775-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Spectacle TV has long-term cycles of popularityagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-84341275562640961792013-02-27T22:11:50.363-05:002013-02-27T22:11:50.363-05:00...and that's a relatively youth-oriented show......and that's a relatively youth-oriented show. Then you've got all the CSI, JAG, House, Gray's Anatomy, etc. The serial drama focuses almost entirely on Gen X and Boomers, though there may be some Gen Y folks in there too.<br /><br />If there are teen / young adult shows still being made, they never land in the top of the ratings like they did in the '80s.<br /><br />It's kind of like how most of the great mid-century movies are usually driven by middle-aged actors from the Greatest Gen, instead of the younger Silent Generation.<br /><br />But, you'd think that wouldn't apply to TV as well, where lighter teen / young adult shows would fare better.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-80013652671565457182013-02-27T22:07:04.647-05:002013-02-27T22:07:04.647-05:00"but who wants to watch a sitcom about being ..."but who wants to watch a sitcom about being on the computer all the time?"<br /><br />AKA Big Bang Theory. I can't believe that show lands in the top 20 for ratings, and is basically the only popular sit-com these days. My brother and mother tried to show me an episode or two, but it was so frustratingly lame.<br /><br />BTW, have you noticed how there are no Millennial actors or actresses on TV? What happened to teen stars? Those guys on Big Bang Theory are all Gen X or Gen Y, including David and Darlene from Roseanne. agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-17908584045337766512013-02-27T22:02:56.469-05:002013-02-27T22:02:56.469-05:00"Already recorded"? They were original, ..."Already recorded"? They were original, newly released songs for the movie / soundtrack. Every one I mentioned.<br /><br />Few movies back then made use of music that had been released earlier without the intent of tying them into a movie. That would've been cheating the audience.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-3541059405979928822013-02-27T21:38:53.624-05:002013-02-27T21:38:53.624-05:00Yes, there seems to have been a big shift from orc...Yes, there seems to have been a big shift from orchestras to already recorded popular music.TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-47073422190227416202013-02-27T17:24:54.213-05:002013-02-27T17:24:54.213-05:00When people watch a sitcom, they believe it is a m...When people watch a sitcom, they believe it is a more or less accurate reflection of reality.<br /><br />The first is that as people's lives become more boring and depressing, the materiel for sitcoms dries up. People want to watch sitcoms which reflect their own life, but who wants to watch a sitcom about being on the computer all the time?<br /><br /><br /><br />-CurtisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-4824568847900223912013-02-27T12:35:39.128-05:002013-02-27T12:35:39.128-05:00The music went from being performed by the charact...The music went from being performed by the characters to the music video style where it wasn't necessary -- the music and image stream working together. Actually, like a re-birth of the silent film. Another case of the Eighties being the neo-Twenties.<br /><br />Just about every hit song from a soundtrack is from the '80s, for example. And it wasn't only one song; soundtracks used to be packed with good music.<br /><br />Footloose had *two* #1's, and the others reached 7, 17, 22, and 34. Six top-40's on a single soundtrack. Top Gun did almost as well -- #1, 2, 12, and 60. Many others had at least one top 10 -- Ghostbusters, Beverly Hills Cop, etc.<br /><br />Those'll probably hold up better over time than the numbers from mid-century musicals.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-16179593476237425972013-02-27T09:18:25.624-05:002013-02-27T09:18:25.624-05:00It's my impression that the musical was a much...It's my impression that the musical was a much more popular movie genre in the past. Basically from the beginning of the "talkies", and possibly ending with the "new wave" of cinema auteurs in the late 60s/early 70s.TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.com