I would like a fresh story, with flash back maybe. That way we won't have all the comparison that get tiring. To many of us Jonathan is our Barnabas, if it wasn't for him we might not have this board. The show would have died an early death.
It is almost like, if you read the book don't go see the movie.
Exactly. Do we want to spend the rest of our lives seeing the introduction of Barnabas remade and remade and remade, as another series, a film, a stage show, a musical, a hologram, smellovision..... whatever comes along when we're 80...? Maybe by 1969 instead of new storylines, they should have taken a couple more passes at the early Barnabas story.
I think we need Barnabas even without Jonathan, though.
MB... wow, I've never heard the idea that a faster pace was detrimental to quality and ratings. I thought it was 1897 that had the fast pace, when the ratings were highest. Then with Leviathans things slowed to a crawl, and ratings fell. Viewers were practically being spoiled with a lot of plot per episode, and kids were rushing home so they didn't miss any.