Eroding boundaries

 Before streaming happened, there was a sharp dividing line between mainstream entertainment and lower quality products of the sort that would be dumped directly on to video or be shown on telly as TV movie of the week. The former would feature A list actors and would be made by big name directors, while the latter would be made by the likes of Albert Pyun and Uwe Boll and star a cast of unknowns. Post-streaming, that dividing line has disappeared and now we're getting films and shows based on huge and lucrative IPs - Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones and Star Wars to name a few - but made by and starring the kind of talent who, in a bygone era, would have graced the lower shelves in one's local video store. Lord of the Rings has become Rings of Power, which is, essentially, Tommy Wiseau's Lord of the Rings.