I consume both and internet content is, in my opinion, MORE formulaic than scripted shows and movies.

I only really watch one channel about networking/sysadmin: clabretro - https://youtube.com/@clabretro

Here is a rundown of all my yt subscriptions:

Accursed Farms - Ross Scott’s channel, creator of the Freeman’s Mind series and a leader (?) of the Stop Killing Games movement: https://youtube.com/@accursed_farms

Alasdair Becket-King - British comedian making funny sketches: https://youtube.com/@abeckettking

All The Gear - Two former car youtubers, now doing odd challenges, like making a shelter from stuff from poundland, walking across a country in a day, camping on a roundabout and more: https://youtube.com/@allthe_gear

Anders Enger Jensen - A Norwegian guy making great synth music: https://youtube.com/@andersengerjensen

Barely Sociable - Well made videos about darker subjects: https://youtube.com/@barelysociable

Behind The Bastards - Podcast about bad people: https://youtube.com/@behindthebastards

Bigclivedotcom - A scotsman reviewing cheap Chinese electronics, experimenting with carbonating alcohol and more all in a calm voice: https://youtube.com/@bigclivedotcom

BobbyBroccoli - A guy making videos about science scandals and controversies: https://youtube.com/@bobbybroccoli

Brain Blaze - Simon Whistler making videos about fun topics: https://youtube.com/@brainblaze6526

Brick Experiment Channel - A Finish guy building Lego in silence, he has built several working radio controlled submarines, a working Lego drone and more: https://youtube.com/@brickexperimentchannel

Bright Sun Films - Documentaries about abandoned places, bankrupt companies snd cancelled projects: https://youtube.com/@brightsunfilms

EDIT: Posted too soon, will add more during the day!

Calum - A guy making great videos about interesting stuff like; LeTourneau’s Land Trains, the Antarctic Snow Cruiser, Jerry cans, a helicopter camper, a sea plane camper that got attacked and destroyed on flight around the world, giant concrete arrows all over the US, and more: https://youtube.com/@calumraasay

Code Bullet - Programming, AI and dancing, this guy made a 30 min long video about Clicker Heroes and how to beat it, he made a sand box game where you can design a creature in your webbrowser and have it learn to walk, he made a program to take suggestions from his viewers and automatically make a short Rick and Morty sketch in 3D from it, and more: https://youtube.com/@codebullet

DankPods - Australian man yells at technology: https://youtube.com/@dankpods

Decoding The Unkown - Simon Whistler talks about mysteries: https://youtube.com/@decodingtheunknown2373

EpicNate - Lore videos about Skyrim, Fallout, GTA, and recently IRL: https://youtube.com/@epicnate

Explosions&Fire - Australian chemist makes chemicals go boom in a shed, interesting and educational: https://youtube.com/@explosionsandfire

Extractions&Ire - Australian chemist makes chemicals do cool stuff in a shed, interesting and educational: https://youtube.com/@extractionsandire

Failure To Launch Podcast - Podcast about the stupid side of space science, like Jack Parsons, a rocket scientist who joined a sex cult, summoned the devil and wrote young adult books, or how the Japanese space tourist visiting Mir hated every minute of it, or the rocket pioneer who blew up the Tsar: https://youtube.com/@failuretolaunchpodcast

Fern - a channel making well made documentaries about different things, like CIA’s heart attack gun, or Hitlers insane train proposal: https://youtube.com/@fern-tv

Garbage Time - Australian man yells at cars: https://youtube.com/@garbagetime420

Hello, I’m Gaming. - Australian man yells at computer games: https://youtube.com/@helloimgaming

Hidden in Sweden - A lot of things are hidden in Sweden, this giy makes good videos about it with and even include our foreign friends with subtitles: https://youtube.com/@hiddeninsweden

James Channel - Australian mechanic uses ducttape and hot glue to make a portable SNES, and a Nintendo Playstation, he also fixes other gaming stuff: https://youtube.com/@games_for_james

Jet Lag: The Game - What if the world was a board game? https://youtube.com/@jetlagthegame

Megaprojects - Simon Whistler talks about mega projects: https://youtube.com/@megaprojects9649

Our Own Devices - A lovely man talks about things, and explain how they work: https://youtube.com/@canadianmacgyver

Paper Skies - A guy who grew up with his father being in the Soviet air force talks about Soviet aviation: https://youtube.com/@paperskiesaviation

Paper Will - Have you thought about entertainment made by cults? No? What about entertainment made by North Korea? No? Well this guy takes a deep dive into both subjects and more: https://youtube.com/@paperwill

Peter Dibble - Videos about unusual infrastructure and transportation, oh and the first barcode: https://youtube.com/@peterdibble

RetroBytes - Videos about retro tech, very interesting: https://youtube.com/@retrobytesuk

Ringway Manchester - videos about radio, very interesting: https://youtube.com/@ringwaymanchester

SideNote - Videos about obscure subjects, recommended: https://youtube.com/@sidenotechannel

The Drum Thing - Australian man yells at drums: https://youtube.com/@the.drum.thing.

Eh, I’d argue that the format is somewhat obsolete. When you have to travel to a cinema and pay an entry fee, the content needs to justify that effort

Now that most content is consumed at home, feature films don’t necessarily need to exist as they have. The TV show format has adapted to the British model of a few short seasons, maybe just one.

For certain types of feature film, I’d much rather see a miniseries that allows even more content to get screen time and tells a more developed story (documentaries have moved in this direction).

(Yes there are great feature films still being made and I never said there aren’t… But the vast majority are not worth the time they demand that I give them)