The original post: /r/television by /u/Tribal_Cult on 2025-04-28 01:49:56.
Was thinking about this while watching Your Friends And Neighbors. So clearly an Apple TV+ show, it looks excessively clean, everything is so uselessy sharp looking to the point of feeling fake, like the detail i so clear you can notice without a doubt when a prop is a prop.
All Apple show kinda look like this, like there is not a possibility of a set having a speck of dust in the frame, an actor having a rebellious hair where it shouldn’t be.
Then you have Netflix, the shows look good but kinda like they’re an upgrade of free network TV like ABC or CBS. Much less details in most of its shows, less sterile but also less vibrant than Apple.
HBO is still the best looking one, I guess it’s the lightning, they leave something to imagination preferring some dark shots here and there, still looking impeccable and the most realistic imho of the bunch.
FX or Amazon are more rugged, dirty in a way, Showtime for the most part reminds me of channels like TLC, they look decent but a little low budget and very fake.