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Hollywood’s had that problem for some time. King Kong is a prime example. 1930’s, 1970’s and then again in the 2000’s. Each sequel loses something.

I will say that the rise of Netflix Original series output and AMC’s Breaking Bad and other such long running shows puts traditional Hollywood to shame. Plots that weave and connect over many hours of runtime and many years of realtime lay waste to a 2hr movie. Don’t see how there’s room for both.

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Anime beats TV today by light years.

[Edward.Fish]

You have a point. -- The 2-hour movie does suffer from the limited time compared to a series, OTOH it also is better in that it can tell a complete story "in one sitting".

The other problem that Hollywood has with movies is they're [in general] WAY too concerned about special effects over story-content, just look at the Star Trek reboot (esp Into Darkness and Beyond) as an example there.