Has The Entertainment Industry Become Worse?

Mar Mar Marmalade · 08-11-2013 12:21AM #1

I've been thinking about this for a while, maybe I'm right or maybe I'm just going mad but has anyone noticed how terrible/bad/poor anything Entertainment wise has become, particularly in the last 10-15 years? The Music ain't nearly what it used to be, doesn't seem to have the soul of the music ages ago, no more great movies that everyone remembers, the majority of the T.V shows out now are horrible (bar some) etc..

Do you agree or disagreement? From my personal opinion it seems as though digital entertainment industry has become.. original? Boring? Poor? Maybe I'll create an absurd version of hipsters that just hate anything modern and think that anything old and retro is 'cool'.

Thoughts? :P

keith16 · 08-11-2013 12:22AM

Ordinarily I'd say yes.

So yes.

BNMC · 08-11-2013 12:23AM

You're just getting old.

Mar Mar Marmalade · 08-11-2013 12:25AM

BNMC wrote: »

You're just getting old.

Haha, at my age?! I think not!

BNMC · 08-11-2013 12:26AM

Poll question makes no sense.

Too Tough To Die · 08-11-2013 12:26AM

Yes to both.

Mint Aero · 08-11-2013 12:26AM

Gay Byrne and Twink used dress up as black people and sing on stage so no, entertainment hasn't gotten worse.

Mar Mar Marmalade · 08-11-2013 12:28AM

Made a mess of the poll.

Hande hoche! · 08-11-2013 12:29AM

Jason Statham is a thespian,at the height of his game.

EoghanIRL · 08-11-2013 12:30AM

Mrs. Browns boys . Utter sh1te

Edit : any Irish show on any Irish channel.

Gee Bag · 08-11-2013 12:31AM

Mar Mar Marmalade wrote: »

I've been thinking about this for a while, maybe I'm right or maybe I'm just going mad but has anyone noticed how terrible/bad/poor anything Entertainment wise has become, particularly in the last 10-15 years?

The release of Fast and Furious 6 clearly disproves your hypothesis.

Karl Stein · 08-11-2013 12:32AM

Nostalgia was better in the olden days.

Sh1tbag OToole · 08-11-2013 12:35AM

EoghanIRL wrote: »

Mrs. Browns boys . Utter sh1te

Edit : any Irish show on any Irish channel.

There used to be good stuff on the Irish channels but now everyone is watching American / British tack on Sky or some DRM streaming service. Since the Tiger the lads in RTE are only there for the money and don't really feel like producing anything of value

Ever since the voting reality TV shows came in the quality of mainstream music has really decreased.

Gee Bag · 08-11-2013 12:37AM

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

There used to be good stuff on the Irish channels.

There was? When was this?

delw · 08-11-2013 12:37AM

Don't worry OP the new Utv channel will be along in a year or so,that will sort it out

Savoir.Faire · 08-11-2013 12:40AM

While music almost certainly reached a highpoint about 215 years ago; the rest of the 'entertainment industry' is excelling. Our cousins in the United States are producing television programmes of extraordinary depth and creativity: with plot, character development and scene reaching almost the same levels as the most engrossing works of literary fiction.

Many of the subscription US networks are creating a playground for talented artists to express themselves in a way that hasn't been imaginable before.

the whole year inn · 08-11-2013 12:44AM

Complete nonsense,entertainment is getting better,it's just there way to much of it now, everybody wants to be a dj singer film star and there certain platforms where mediocre people get noticed and better talent doesn't shine.

I'm not getting into lists of what's great to watch or listen to but with the likes of breaking bad or Sherlock(BBC) or parks and recs I feel theres still allot of to look forward to.

lahalane · 08-11-2013 12:58AM

Breaking Bad, Love/Hate, Seven Psychopaths, Prisoners. All recent shows/films that entertained me. I dont really listen to new music enough to know band names but some of it is quite good. Basically the same level of entertainment available to me as anytime in the last twenty years but I suppose everybodys different. Maybe Im easily pleased.

Sh1tbag OToole · 08-11-2013 01:00AM

Gee Bag wrote: »

There was? When was this?

The 90's. Fr. Ted, Glenroe, the Morebegs, Ballykissangel

lahalane · 08-11-2013 01:29AM

Breaking Bad, Love/Hate, Seven Psychopaths, Prisoners. All recent shows/films that entertained me. I dont really listen to new music enough to know band names but some of it is quite good. Basically the same level of entertainment available to me as anytime in the last twenty years but I suppose everybodys different. Maybe Im easily pleased.

Mickey H · 08-11-2013 02:45AM

Gee Bag wrote: »

There was? When was this?

Around 1947. There was only 1 channel. 1 is always better than none.

Untouchable Peasant · 08-11-2013 02:56AM

Breaking Bad was well overrated.

As for music, most stuff out today is rubbish and I think the proof of the pudding of that will be come twenty years time when music from the last five to ten years will rarely be played again. Counter that with 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's music that is still played constantly.

Films are no better. Sure, there are a few good ones now and then but by and large, the films out these are rubbish. Argo got an Oscar for best film this year and Tarantino best screenplay for Django. I mean, both decent but for them to be the best of the year says a lot.

In my day.. ah forget it. Where's my god damn slippers!

08-11-2013 03:03AM

Music hits peaks and troughs, it's quite a while since it hit a peak though. In 15-20 years I'm sure there'll be a rediscovery of some decent stuff from the last decade but little makes it to the top of the mainstream anymore.

Quality in film is harder to find but easier to access.

TV and whatever Netflix is is getting better and better and around 10 years ago surpassed Film as mainstream medium. I haven't kept up with a lot Netflix stuff and am missing out but basic and pay-cable stuff since the turn of the century has been outstanding.

wretcheddomain · 08-11-2013 03:04AM

I have absolutely no idea how to answer that poll question and not for the right reason.

The Diabolical Monocle · 08-11-2013 03:28AM

This opening scene alone prevents agreement on it getting worse.
And although no connoisseur of film Im no romcom fan either.

Awesome opening. Prevents pessimism towards cinema.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWTE6EZbPSM

Shanotheslayer · 08-11-2013 03:31AM

Untouchable Peasant wrote: »

Breaking Bad was well overrated.

Blasphemy

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo · 08-11-2013 03:35AM

Comedy would be at a peak now I think. There are legends like Carlin or Pryor from a few decades ago which is great. But you also have today some of the best stand ups of all time in my opinion with Louis CK, Chris Rock, Dylan Moran, Dave Chappelle ect.

If you're going with tv you have The Sopranos, The Wire, Breaking Bad, Deadwood, The Shield, Sons of Anarchy and I could go on. All of these are from the past 10/15 years up to today.

Music is extremely subjective but some of my personal favourite albums ever made have been released this year, I dare say most of my favourite albums, about 3/4's, are from the past 10/15 years.

What we do have today is a higher overall volume of 'entertainment' than ever. It's easy to point at Jersey Shore or some other kind of chewing gum for the brain tv and say everything is just shit now because there is so much shit, but there's also never been so much quality. There's always been tonnes of rubbish music, it just populates the charts more today because the only people that pay for music in big numbers are teenage girls but there's still so much good music out there that will stand the test of time, it just gets drowned out by the 'noise' more today.

You're wrong op, very very wrong, or just old, but still wrong.

The Diabolical Monocle · 08-11-2013 03:39AM

I wouldn't say no to another season of podge and rodge.

onemorechance · 08-11-2013 03:40AM

There has never been a wider range of entertainment on offer! It's likely that the same proportion of what you consider good and bad has remained the same, and the proportion of what you consider bad is much larger, thus it's harder to find the good stuff since there is so much of both available! Something like that anyway. :pac:

08-11-2013 03:54AM

onemorechance wrote: »

There has never been a wider range of entertainment on offer! It's likely that the same proportion of what you consider good and bad has remained the same, and the proportion of what you consider bad is much larger, thus it's harder to find the good stuff since there is so much of both available! Something like that anyway. :pac:

That's kinda what I was getting at with Film. In a good year there'd be a dozen mainstream films I'd be bothered watching. Finding the others takes some effort but once they're found they're generally easy to access by one of the streaming services or DVD/Blu-Ray or other means when it's all that left.

SweepTheLeg · 08-11-2013 04:04AM

The 3 best Tv shows of all time have been within the last 10-15 yrs. The Wire, Breaking Bad & The Sopranos.

So no, I disagree. It's the same with every generation, people always say "It's not as good as in my day". You're just being an old grumpy sod.

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