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Current Talk '06 II / Re: What are the chances of a new Dark Shadows?
« on: October 17, 2006, 05:12:24 AM »
Brandon.... I'm saying the same thing really. No one complains about the backstory in Lost, because it's written to be self-explanatory, and compelling. DS could do it the same way.
I think that caution over not alienating people kills shows. Being very afraid not to take the wrong step results in bland, safe, superficial "entertainment". But some go way too far in the other direction, and ride roughshod (sp?) over the original program, whatever it is, to show how "edgy", bold, and original they can be. People who do this may be distracting from the fact that they have no good, original ideas. You look original for five minutes, and look good for not being a slave to continuity, but you're not being creative then, you're just being a bull in a china shop.
I think that caution over not alienating people kills shows. Being very afraid not to take the wrong step results in bland, safe, superficial "entertainment". But some go way too far in the other direction, and ride roughshod (sp?) over the original program, whatever it is, to show how "edgy", bold, and original they can be. People who do this may be distracting from the fact that they have no good, original ideas. You look original for five minutes, and look good for not being a slave to continuity, but you're not being creative then, you're just being a bull in a china shop.