With the exception of a couple of funny lines, Cobra Kai has to be one of the worst pieces of writing I've come across. And yet here I am, still watching into season 6. I really must do better.
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@tomchadwin This is why I never trust IMDB ratings for TV series. (It's an 8.4 out of 10) I've never seen a series that was as good as a well-crafted film. Something about the too-long format of a series inevitably leads to filler and predictable, cliche dialog even in the better series.
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@kgjenkins @tomchadwin would even argue that filler episodes of really good writers and cast have the potential to become quite transcendent. Exploring the crafted world without the hindrance of an overarching plot. Yeah, but most likely they will just be a snore fest.
To me self reported Show ratings have inverse incentives as movies, you feel the need to rate them decent, to validate your sunk time.
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@friedrich @kgjenkins Very nicely put, and I strongly agree. The dialogue-free episode of Buffy was fabulous. I'd go further: the arcs of long-form telly are usually tedious in the extreme. It's the self-contained ones which are so much more memorable. Blink in new Who is special.
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@kgjenkins No, I don't agree with that. Yes, there are weaker episodes of eg The West Wing, but that doesn't dismiss it as a format at all. Long-form telly can be fabulous. Cobra Kai, however, is not.
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