It's currently closer to dawn than dusk where I am so please bear with me. Perhaps I have been watching too much "Designated Survivor" and "Young Pope" but is anyone else shocked and disappointed at the lack of GOOD finance shows.
In essence, we have seen several finance-based movies, but there isn't a single series that stays on the finance-oriented track. Billions have that element for the first few seasons but have now divulged into a ridiculous and just too unrealistic show that I refuse to watch anymore. Then you take a look another attempt of that God awful garbage on Amazon Prime about IB that shall not go named
I think it would be really cool to have one following a Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, in the way House of Cards followed a senior politician. But instead of just seeking raw power, they are trying to solve (or perhaps cause) a looming economic crisis. Some episodes could be on trying to protect the independence of the central bank, others could be a heated argument in a monetary policy meeting. Obviously some realism would be lost (what show is perfectly in line with reality?), but I feel that something like that could have a niche fan base?
No good shows? Haven’t you seen Bulge Bracket on Amazon?
People shit on that show but it wasn't awful imo. Also the whole first season is less than an hour
Ah shit you get a SB for defending my comment (after some asshat monkey shat me) but I was being sarcastic. I thought the show was pretty awful. It felt very much like a first-year hardo undergrad's idea of what IB is like, based on what he heard from is 3rd-year cousin who interned at a regional boutique. I think the truth is that finance has become so much more regulated and scrutinized that it's pretty hard to commercially glamorize while keeping it "authentic". Gone are the Wolf of Wall St/Gordon Gecko larger-than-life stories because it's just hard to believe that they could happen today. Billions does a solid job IMO, and of course the Big Short was a great movie but it had the benefit of only needing to keep its audience for the 2-hour runtime. I just think it's hard to keep the average person feeling engaged in the character development of a group of bankers when so few people can relate to high finance. Words like "origination", "securitization", the concept and mechanics of shorting something, "WACC", and so many more terms would just require sooooo much expository dialogue and take away from the characters.
Most people don't care enough for finance shows.
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there is too much (bad) attention on finance and wall street in general, it might not be this successful considering how the whole thing is seen by common people
I don't know how you guys can work in finance and watch finance shows. Anything recreationally real estate /HGTV/whatever repulses me.
also Billions is rad first 2 seasons
Seems your prayers were answered - if the show turns out good
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Young Pope is fucking rad - and I say that as a Catholic. Here in Yurop, we have Bad Banks, which is... sometimes barely watchable, sometimes decently entertaining.
Just watch Jerome Powell's press conferences - basically the same thing. Last thing I need is a 'fictionalized' version of the financial markets.... Isn't that what we have?
You basically have two ways to make a finance show; making it "flashy"/sketchy, or make it realistic.
Making is more "flashy", everything has to be pushed to extreme levels, which usually involves some financial crisis, fraud, laundering, or sketchy/"bro-y" people in finance to attract attention, which reflects bad on the industry.
If its too realistic, no one would watch. It's kind of the same when they do elections, how many people can tell you a candidates tax policy vs some scandal they did 20 years ago?
It's similar to shows about cops, how accurate do you think most of them are?
+sb for Young Pope shoutout. Jude law is hot af
Have you given Succession a go? It's become one of my all-time favourites, such a great script and cast. Personally I find the dialogue in Billions unbearable... in Succession it just flows so much better.
Yep, finished Succession, and certainly agree that it is leaps and bounds ahead of Billions.
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Honestly, in many ways Silicon Valley is actually a pretty good finance show despite not being intended as one. It really dives into the VC culture around tech.
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