>Anyway I hope the growing popularity of foreign shows leads to western media taking time to reassess what people are looking for in shows.
Agree. The age of everything being ironic, sassy, and whiny needs to end.
Looking at you, modern Star Trek - a prime example of ironic, sassy and whiny not necessarily being any smarter.
Honestly, I'm shocked that SNW even came out, after seeing what an abomination Discovery was.
Looking at you, The Orville.
And not every science fiction show has to evolve into a horror/zombie series.
Looking at you, Firefly.
I have never heard this said about Firefly. I consider the show to be more about human experimenting and creating super soldiers (River Tam) and that it just got cancelled before they could really get into it. I guess Serenity was more about conflicts with Reavers but I wouldn't exactly pin the Horror/Zombie label on the series because of that.
That said, it is funny how the much more recent and relevant The Expanse did have horror/zombie elements.
Honestly, it's time to move on and find some other way to tell stories.
I hope not, I want more 'Barry' or 'Succession' or 'Better Call Saul' even if they share some already seen templates.