This is why I said 'rarely' rather than never. I appreciate that certain, high-profile documentaries - especially series, which have a tendency to be popularist - do get a release.
I don't know whether it's a sign of the times that as the audio-visual tech gets cheaper, documentaries become more reliant upon them. I am not worried by the technology used, merely that, as it seemed to become more extensive, the MANNER of documentaries became considerably less refined. To use the media's own label 'dumbed down.' Back when the tv was still sat in the corner I noticed this particularly towards the end, around 2002. Things to do with dinosaurs and the history of the planet. I don't accept that just because they've got better animation they have to be written DOWN to the average Sun-reader. The whole point is to drag them UP to a more appreciative level.
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Re: The Golden Age of Television.
Date: 2006-09-26 12:54 pm (UTC)I don't know whether it's a sign of the times that as the audio-visual tech gets cheaper, documentaries become more reliant upon them. I am not worried by the technology used, merely that, as it seemed to become more extensive, the MANNER of documentaries became considerably less refined. To use the media's own label 'dumbed down.' Back when the tv was still sat in the corner I noticed this particularly towards the end, around 2002. Things to do with dinosaurs and the history of the planet. I don't accept that just because they've got better animation they have to be written DOWN to the average Sun-reader. The whole point is to drag them UP to a more appreciative level.