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Originally Posted by Arsenal14
That seems to be the trend with 30 for 30. I loved the early ones that were generally 60-90 minutes. I don't follow basketball but an hour of my time learning something about Reggie Miller or Len Bias was quite interesting. Then it became two hours for most and a lot just didn't justify that. Now nearly every episode has become multi-part. Does it really take three hours to tell the American Gladiators story? Do I have 6 hours to spend watching a documentary on Oscar Pistorius? They need to get some editors.
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Yup there were also multi-part ones one the Lakers/Celtics (which was pretty good) and the '86 Mets.
Within those longer ones, there are clear opportunities for a much tighter edit.
But I guess they need content so it's almost intentionally bloated.
The first 2 series were still I think the best ones.