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Current Talk '08 II / Re: DS Redux: Your Vision?
« on: August 20, 2008, 03:04:11 PM »
I haven't seen that... Anyway, the whole idea of doing a series is based on the idea that it's possible to come up with new stories. Otherwise why do it? A new story can be defined as taking established themes or premises and putting new twists on them. What I don't want is the DC rolodex, the cliche of the month, which was resorted to way too often, without enough of a reworking of the old idea.
I think that the good writers may be unemployed and starving someplace while those who crank out shallow cliched shows starring models get rich. Buit if we had genuinely good writers, they'd surprise us by solving these dilemmas we find insoluble, because, well, they're better at it than we are. A really fresh, good series is like a miracle. I'd love to see a new DS sequel series be that. We won't be able to predict what solutions they'll come up with, and that's as it should be.
I think that the good writers may be unemployed and starving someplace while those who crank out shallow cliched shows starring models get rich. Buit if we had genuinely good writers, they'd surprise us by solving these dilemmas we find insoluble, because, well, they're better at it than we are. A really fresh, good series is like a miracle. I'd love to see a new DS sequel series be that. We won't be able to predict what solutions they'll come up with, and that's as it should be.