super390 wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 5:59 pmMedia hasn't destroyed its ability to produce quality programming. The very concept of "quality" has been destroyed by the fragmentation of audiences to the point where there's no longer a public to dictate what quality means. The only thing that brings people briefly together are nostalgia-fests that connect us to our shared past conformity. That's true of everything from Stranger Things to the USFL, engaging in '80s fan-service. (Or Harry Potter's neo-Victorian look and riff on the English public school novel genre, Lord of the Rings' giant nexus of nostalgist pop culture, and Marvel superheroes.)
The actual outcome of a live game, at least, is not predetermined by nostalgia and tropes. So here we are at the only spontaneous thing left in life.
I can't agree with you on this one - the quality is garbage been sliding for a long time. But its off topic so I'll leave it.