Alex,
Spectacle gets very old very soon which is why the better dramatists have learned to save the fireworks for the grand finale, with an occasional explosion along the way as the plot warrants it. Last night I watched the latest Smallville, where after several episodes with lavish sets and showy special effects, the new villain was a body-hopping prom queen who simply needed to touch someone to take possession of them. The actors were having the time of their life with the conceit, their acting upstaging what few CGI effects were incorporated into the episode as a matter of form.
Good acting, good storytelling and good writing are still the order of the day, and television I think is old and hoary enough we can dispense with finding it spectacular merely by the fact of its being.
As for folk being spoiled by spectacle, it's a hunger, the same as anything else, and some folk are gluttons. If you have spectacular poetry, you may wow such trendies, but I'll doubt you'll convert them. They'll wander on to the next big thing, whatever that is.
Kevin
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