Modern Day Television Is Better Than The Movies Analysis

Modern Day Television: The Death of Cinema?
In his essay "Story or Spectacle? Why Television Is Better Than the Movies," David Charpentier argues as the title states "Television is Better Than the Movies." Charpentier does this by comparing the two mediums with plot and character development. He argues television develops these better than movies with their one key advantage: time. This is simply irrefutable and film has yet to produce anything similar to modern television dramas such as Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad. However, it is best to understand the two mediums before opinionating one better than the other. It is also important to view the history and business of projecting stories in cinema and televisions alike.
To understand if one medium, television or movies, truly does better than the other, it's always good to look at both as a business: which one is more successful? Since the dawn of motion pictures, the …show more content…
The director was dealt the challenge of making a two-hour film from an already developed, convoluted story. The Warcraft franchise developed a fantasy world with the help of twenty-plus novels and a couple decades worth of video game content. Needless to say, even with the intent of making film sequels, it is difficult to capture the entirety of the lore that has already been established. The film's result was a storyline intended for an audience already familiar with the franchise. Someone unfamiliar with Warcraft or even a casual fan would find that following this already complex storyline was perhaps even more complex. Action scenes would often have no explanation and the audience confused who was fighting who. However confusing it may have been, one of the only things regarded successful from its release was the visual effects. Most critics agreed the film was visually stunning, however the plot was not easy, or even impossible, to