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Caption This! - Vicki/Jeff-Cassandra/The Dream Curse-Adam/Eve/Nicholas / Re: Episode #0523
« on: October 18, 2006, 04:10:44 PM »
Trask: "I always knew that someday the Hat Squad would catch up with me!"
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I think killing characters is a perfectly legitimate aspect of developing a plot. It can be done badly or well.
But I didn't make a sweeping claim about every single televison program on the air nor about most of the professionals making their living as writers.
Nor did I make any claim--or hint--that enjoying any t.v. currently in production somehow means anyone's judgment is impaired.
The idea of a "sequel" series sounds good, but in practice has proven problematical. Star Trek: The Next Generation was pretty much a slave to its past, a retread in all but name for the first three seasons.Â
Julia: I see your problem. Oh, yes, I see it all right. Have you tried Depends?
I see what you mean. Look at those worthless no-talents like William Shakespeare or Aeschyllus. Went around killing characters. Phhhhttt! Everyone knows no good storyteller ever does that. Only "destroyers" like Arthur Miller, Dennis Potter, Caryl Churchill, J.R.R.Tolkien, etc. What do they know about writing? Just a bunch of Hollywood hacks right?
Or...
Maybe calling something a formula doesn't make it one. Maybe genuine storytellers actually know what they're doing.
And maybe, just maybe, styles of storytelling do indeed change over time.