Escape to Fantasy: Relocation of Fantastic Genre on Netflix Platform
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The number of films and serials in fantastic genre has increased in recent years according to the developments in visual technologies. Nowadays, these films and series that meet the needs of human imagination has become one of the most preferred genres by the audience. Fantasy is an escape area in which they have experienced the satisfaction they cannot find in everyday life, for crowds. Also, it promises modern people to break the laws of the world they know, to describe the demands of imagination, and to gain the ability to dream while awake. So, modern people take more shelter in fantasies. Based on these insights, fantastic series that among the most-watched Netflix contents of 2019 were examined in the study. The starting point of the study is the fact that nearly half of the most popular top ten series is in fantastic genre. Through the qualitative study on the basic themes of fantastic narratives, it is concluded that the users of new media platforms prefer fantastic genre, as they envision the world they dream of.
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