"POD {Ò¿Ó}" <DONT.EVEN.TRY.IT@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> And this brings me to my second point... Do these American shows suffer
> for making over 20 episodes a series?
I think it oftentimes does. And I think the forced "keep a show on the air
for as long as possible, logic be damned" does worse damage. Do we really
think that all the Beverly Hills 90210 kids went to the same college? That
the Korean War lasted 30 years (Or however long MASH was).
I am watching Jericho. And it started mostly for Skeet Ulrich, to be
honest.
But I grew to love the little show, despite its logical, emotional,
geographic and scientific flaws. (Phantom fallout; magical EMPs, the
rolling
hills of Kansas.) Now, Jericho's been given a new lease on life. But it's
a
short lease. And the writing is so much better because of it. It's so much
tighter, because the staff is trying to tell it story in a much more
limited
time than most American TV shows.
Now, we all know how I feel about "Buffy." But I think the strongest
season
is Season 2, when they were writing up against the wall. It had only been
picked up for a half season. Every story (ok, almost every one) hit a
particular note. And then, it got picked up for the back 13. And it was
another great, tight story.
I'd say the same thing for "Firefly," which was also written up against
the
wall. Like the premise or not, every episode was written to a specific
purpose.
So, my point? Oooh, scary.
I agree.
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