There’s a reason the BBC often has a lot of good stuff. They give some talented nobodies some money, tell them to make a show, with no expectation it’ll be a big hit. Sometimes it turns out to be a cult classic like Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, often the talented nobodies learn the ropes and their next show ends up being great.
Nurturing talent isn’t profitable, but you do it anyway because at least some of that talent will make you money a few years down the line.
Bit of a tangent, but go on the BBC sounds website. You’ll find loads of (science fiction) dramas from authors and actors you’ve never heard of. I suspect the amount of people who’ve actually ever listened to some of them is miniscule, bu itt’s a cheap way for the BBC to give new talent an opportunity to write and act in something, to develop their skills.
“It’s on the lower end of what we would expect,” said Jamey Szalay, a plasma physicist at Princeton University who led the study. But “it’s not totally prohibitive” for habitability, he added. … “We don’t really know how much oxygen you need to make life,” she said. “So the fact that it’s lower than some earlier, wishful-thinking estimates is not such a problem.”
I’ve made quite a few posts to /c/risa that are actual OC. I’m either horrible at humor, the timing is bad, or it doesn’t work for whatever reason. Extremely low effort memes? Lots of upvotes. If I do high effort stuff that takes an hour or more, I’m just discouraged by the lack of even comments....
A new study suggests that the amount of oxygen on Europa is on the lower end of previous estimates. The moon may be uninhabitable. (www.nytimes.com)
"For All Mankind" season ending coming up - Star Trek fan thoughts?
I'm getting tired of making generally bad OC
I’ve made quite a few posts to /c/risa that are actual OC. I’m either horrible at humor, the timing is bad, or it doesn’t work for whatever reason. Extremely low effort memes? Lots of upvotes. If I do high effort stuff that takes an hour or more, I’m just discouraged by the lack of even comments....