What is everyone's thoughts on these two media? On the one hand, I believe we often think of TV as being inferior to films, and that is probably true for much of TV shows. However, there are some shows that must be seen as very good, in part because they have--vis a vis films--major character development and a someone longer time-frame to develop characters and plots.I'm not referring exclusively to American TV either--many of the best dramas I have seen are from Japanese TV--shows that would run about 10-20 episodes long--kind of an extended mini-series that one does not see in the US.
Just wanted to hear what everyone else thinks about this. Thanks.
Cetaele (aka Bob)
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Topic - Movies versus TV shows - Cetaele 18:44:27 06/09/04 (19)
- Thanks...another thought - Cetaele 21:31:48 06/14/04 (0)
- Re: Movies versus TV shows - RGA 15:43:38 06/11/04 (0)
- Three brilliant TV series- plus a rant.. - Bambi B 11:03:24 06/11/04 (5)
- I concur and would add a few more high points........... - danj 23:01:02 06/13/04 (3)
- Good job... - RGA 20:29:08 06/14/04 (2)
- Agreed! I'm a Whoovian from way, way back............ - danj 20:46:25 06/14/04 (1)
- Re: Agreed! I'm a Whoovian from way, way back............ - RGA 10:25:12 06/15/04 (0)
- Concur on "I Claudius" - grinagog 21:29:27 06/11/04 (0)
- Some British TV is brilliant, especially w/o commercials - edta 19:09:35 06/10/04 (1)
- Great choices............. - danj 23:07:58 06/13/04 (0)
- I repeat: A movie is like a short story, a TV series is like a novel. - clarkjohnsen 09:59:13 06/10/04 (0)
- TV works best when it is not trying to be cinema - ephemere 09:50:17 06/10/04 (0)
- TV shows are crap - Troy 07:58:36 06/10/04 (4)
- Sopranos? Wrong paradigm. I was thinking of Brideshead... Forsyht. Saga... that sort of things. .. - Victor Khomenko 08:09:53 06/10/04 (3)
- Forsyte Saga, Brideshead Revisited - grinagog 18:47:35 06/10/04 (2)
- Anything associated with Joss Whedon. - J.R. 18:56:47 06/10/04 (1)
- Hmm, well Michael Mann made several movies - grinagog 21:09:11 06/10/04 (0)
- Re: Movies versus TV shows - Victor Khomenko 06:14:56 06/10/04 (0)
- Japanese dramas - Jon L 20:23:05 06/09/04 (0)