Because more people watched any Adam Sandler movie than people who watched Schindler’s List.
The majority of people, even if they’re not dumb dumb, prefer to watch easy movies at the end of a long day. And studio execs prefer to make more money than less.
There are studios that focus on smart and well done plots and movies, but that’s not what we’re talking about.
Oh that’s an interesting tidbit. Those episodes were soooo long that I’ve forgotten most of the initial story. I’ve yet to finish the show. Hopefully will get to it one of these days.
Honestly, it’s pretty great when they introduce this brilliant detective character, and he’s a complete weirdo who can’t even sit in a chair properly. In a generous reading, it communicates how he’s putting negligible effort into social norms, implying he’s either completely blind to them… or acutely aware of them, but unswayed. So all the sociopathic charm Light can muster becomes the baseline L expects when trying to model how the killer would act versus how an innocent suspect would act.
Honestly I really like when things aren’t so damn formulaic. Most media is so damn predictable I get mad when I know what’s coming and it comes.
I know there’s a rule not to make the audience feel dumb, but if the audience is already dumb then you’re just making even dumber media…
There’s a saying in software development: If you make something foolproof, someone will build a better fool.
Why shouldn’t you make the audience feel dumb? Is there rationale beyond people’s pride?
I feel like making the audience feel dumb is the key to good mystery. “You had all the pieces, you just didn’t put it together.”
Because more people watched any Adam Sandler movie than people who watched Schindler’s List.
The majority of people, even if they’re not dumb dumb, prefer to watch easy movies at the end of a long day. And studio execs prefer to make more money than less.
There are studios that focus on smart and well done plots and movies, but that’s not what we’re talking about.
I’ve always wondered if the notebook is what made him into a sociopath or the tendencies were always there and the notebook just gave him an outlet.
IIRC it was explained in the first episode that most people who find it don’t use it much
Oh that’s an interesting tidbit. Those episodes were soooo long that I’ve forgotten most of the initial story. I’ve yet to finish the show. Hopefully will get to it one of these days.
I have always leaned towards the tendencies were always there and he finally had an outlet with the notebook.
Honestly, it’s pretty great when they introduce this brilliant detective character, and he’s a complete weirdo who can’t even sit in a chair properly. In a generous reading, it communicates how he’s putting negligible effort into social norms, implying he’s either completely blind to them… or acutely aware of them, but unswayed. So all the sociopathic charm Light can muster becomes the baseline L expects when trying to model how the killer would act versus how an innocent suspect would act.
The detective sequel characters were so terrible tho. 4 real.