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In a way: he talks about how TV used to suck but many great shows are aired now.
Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon
Whenever people say stuff like that I go "Are you kidding?"
It's not like TV hasn't produced a ton of terrific stuff before. The Twilight Zone, The Simpsons, Seinfeld, I could go on.
"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."
Well, I misphrased that a bit: Doug says that TV "used to suck for a while" (emphasis mine), not that television had always been an inherently lesser medium to film.
edited 10th Mar '15 6:54:42 PM by Motyka5
Just a person. He/him.
He didn't mean "It sucked till now" he said it went though a sucky period for a time. Specifically the period where every other show was some Reality Show BS. That there was a period where it went downhill, which it did. yeah there were still a few good shows. But on the whole.. it wasn't worth paying for cable. Still isn't, but that's another issue.
Also, for all those great ones you can name from the past, how many others have been forgotten for either being bad, or just plain boring? it's only the ones that are worth remembering we remember. We only see the hits, not all the crap that filled in the space between the hits.
Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon
To some extent we're still in that period, and a few critically acclaimed shows don't mean that they've gone away.
You could say the same about film.
Also, TV as a medium is actually less susceptible to Sturgeon's Law due to the way it's made; there's only so much space on a TV network, and they can only keep on shows that get ratings.
"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."
Doesn't mean those shows aren't crap. Just that it cycles through the crap.
Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon
With TV you also can't do-it-yourself like with film, books, music or web material, so there's a lesser volume of crap to cycle through.
"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."
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I findit funny that two of the shows he showed clips of during the "TV has gotten awesome" part are actually adaptations, 
SPOILERS. Spoilersspoilersspoilers.
Vlog for the newest episode of Gravity Falls.
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
Ah, finally. I was looking forward to this one.
Still just awesome like that
Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon
Technically, though, they aren't TV.
"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."
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Thanks to Netflix, neither is most TV.
They do have medals for almost, and they're called silver!
Still just awesome like that
Still more or less the same format, though, just often in a shorter form (but not even always).
Bird mom
Jesus the CA title card for "Not What He Seems" is a massive spoiler admitably it might be misjudged to mean something completely different without the context, but still.
The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing.
Still just awesome like that
Figured the people in this thread might be interested here, there's a documentary about The Room and the subculture surrounding it on Kickstarter with only 10 days to go and $5,000 (Canadian) left to reach funding. Doug was interviewed as part of the doc and even shared it on Facebook a few weeks ago. Probably would be a big help if any of you could toss a few dollars their way: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/579574455/room-full-of-spoons-the-documentary-about-the-room
Ooh, Doug used clips from Song of the Sea in his most recent editorial! 
He probably saw it or is going to eventually.
edited 13th Mar '15 8:26:29 AM by TargetmasterJoe
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
I'm pretty sure he already has.
Still just awesome like that
He's already reviewed it during a Disneycember.
Insert witty 'n clever quip here.
I don't think he has, since it's not Disney- or Ghlibli-related. IIRC, Rob had praised the movie on his Facebook.
Nnnnnnope he never touched Song Of The Sea yet.
Still just awesome like that
Oh, whoops, misread as Song Of The South.
Insert witty 'n clever quip here.
Indeed.
I know for a fact Rob saw it, he talked about it during the Secret of Nimh remake editorial.
Despite my screen-name, ranting to you about One Piece is not my top priority.
I haven’t watched it yet, but it seems all the original ideas in entertainment these days are coming from television, not feature films. Does he touch on that?
Confirmed Bachelors: the dramedy hit of 1883!