I was watching some movie trailers, the other day, for things like Hellboy I and II, Nightmare Alley, Crimson Peak, Poor Things, and even a BTS music video, and I finally realized what it is that I desire from my entertainment. I want to enjoy, and be thrilled by, watching beautiful pictures. A show has to look good first. If it’s too damn dark, with massive black bars on the top and bottom of the screen, I just can’t enjoy that.

This is probably why I will not be watching 3 Body Problem, which, I think, comes out tomorrow on Netflix. I’ve watched the trailer 3 times now. I’m somewhat interested in the content, but the show is so damn dark you can barely see anything in some scenes. And, yes, the black bars are huge. There are so many other things that I want to watch out there right now. My watchlist, on Netflix alone, is huge, to say nothing of all the shows I bought on Black Friday. Why spend time watching something that I find hard to look at, and that I can’t enjoy?