Wanderer wrote:
>
>>Don't get me wrong, personally thought the writers' self-indulgent
>>College-Lit showoffs worked for the "Team Atlantis" pilot, but most of
>>us simple, respectable post-"X-Men" and/or post-"Batman:TAS" casual
>>humorless-super-action fans simply did *not* want King Arthur, Macbeth,
>>and half the cast of Freshman Medieval Lit 101 showing up for reasons we
>>still couldn't completely fathom without a few stiff drinks.
>
> <rolls eyes> It's called, "continuity". Each character was introduced
> properly, sometimes over several episodes. King Arthur wakes up in the
> "Avalon" arc, and shows up during the skiff series. MacBeth first shows
up
> as a bounty hunter, and only later (in "City of Stone") do you find out
this
> is the thane of Cawdor.
....GrrrrrrrrANTED.
Point was, it was grabbing for WAY too much, and playing it to WAY the
wrong crowd.
(Or, as stated, "I'll watch King Arthur, OR I'll watch Marvel-wannabe
superheroes, but put them in the same room, and I'll have this
overwhelming urge not to watch"...
And that's even giving the writers credit that they had some actual
artistic/storytelling vision in showing off Every Joseph Campbell
Reference They Knew, and *weren't* just acting like self-indulgent
jackasses throwing a single coherent canon out the window.)
And even those curious enough to tune in would have to tune in from the
first episode to make the faintest heads or tails of what was going on,
or miss the entire express train--
Which, in its midnight "ToonDisney Swim" spot, works out for those who
want to pursue such activities, but put it in a syndicated spot for ten
and eleven-yo.'s just home from school, and you can understand why
"Aladdin" didn't go for elaborate story arcs.
Derek Janssen (trying to be tactful, here)
djanss@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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