I'm watching the old Highlander TV show, because I'm in the mood to binge cheesy old shows.
Highlander vot me thinking, though... Maybe Brazilian Judo killed the action show? I mean, you can debate the effectiveness of this martial art or thst one all day long, and that can be a fun debate, but I'm thinking about what is both credible and cinematic to todays audiences. I don't think we have a martial art that is both cinematic and credible any more. Nowadays, anybody in Highlander's target demographic would laugh at kung fu or even karate. BJJ bros are like weirdo cultusts, and they convinced most of the world their way is the only way. The problem is, judo is just not cinematic on TV and film. Action shows seemed to decline at the same time BJJ took over the world. I hope a more cinematic martial art gets trendy like judo has, because these old action shows are great.