Very good thinky thoughts. Agree with pretty much everything, except your Buffy example. IMHO the High School years were good (and innovative etc), but if the show hadn't gone beyond that I, for one, would not be the obsessive I am. BtVS was all about character development, something I think the show did beautifully in the 7 years it was on air. (Yes it stumbled on occasion, but I am very forgiving - see my love of TW!) Also I like my heroes dark and flawed and adult.
Did I have a point? Oh yes. I think that character driven shows can (if well written) carry on for almost as long as you want, whereas story driven shows need far more solid foundations. (Are you watching The Sarah Connor Chronicles? So far it's doing a nice blend.)
Am somewhat in a rush, and have not written meta in far too long, sorry that this is so incoherent.
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Date: 2008-11-10 05:06 pm (UTC)Very good thinky thoughts. Agree with pretty much everything, except your Buffy example. IMHO the High School years were good (and innovative etc), but if the show hadn't gone beyond that I, for one, would not be the obsessive I am. BtVS was all about character development, something I think the show did beautifully in the 7 years it was on air. (Yes it stumbled on occasion, but I am very forgiving - see my love of TW!) Also I like my heroes dark and flawed and adult.
Did I have a point? Oh yes. I think that character driven shows can (if well written) carry on for almost as long as you want, whereas story driven shows need far more solid foundations. (Are you watching The Sarah Connor Chronicles? So far it's doing a nice blend.)
Am somewhat in a rush, and have not written meta in far too long, sorry that this is so incoherent.