tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post2815360688358454999..comments2024-02-10T10:52:58.614-05:00Comments on THE DIG: On FEAR THE WALKING DEAD, The Writers All Fall Downcinemarchaeologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13507603255666191405noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-73340042240046917072016-04-18T11:43:55.449-04:002016-04-18T11:43:55.449-04:00There's nothing in the structure of these seri...There's nothing in the structure of these series that demands or encourages that kind of treatment though. The TWDs end up the way they are because the people behind them insist on making them that way. It wouldn't matter if TWD had only 5 or 6 eps to the series; those 5 or 6 eps, placed in the same hands, would look exactly like the 16 we get now. Without an entirely new creative team, they'd be just as tediously drawn out and packed with filler. The premise sells the show and there isn't any motivation to do anything better.cinemarchaeologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507603255666191405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-79558607592936617732016-04-18T10:23:31.793-04:002016-04-18T10:23:31.793-04:00A recent example,
The Glenn dumpster fake out.
Not...A recent example,<br />The Glenn dumpster fake out.<br />Not only was it a galling , woeful mess, it made me very aware that it was done solely due to a 'mid season break' <br />They might as well have had Glenn talking to the camera, it was that jarring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-17302780013285297372016-04-18T06:03:54.185-04:002016-04-18T06:03:54.185-04:00As a Brit , I struggle with this American obsessio...As a Brit , I struggle with this American obsession with mid season breaks and the tedious metering out of episodes to fill a schedule- it doesn't make any sense to me.<br /> The most obvious side effect is the need to create cliffhangers and story upswings to generate views and internet chatter at these pointless junctures.<br /><br />Aside from the poor writing of characters, events, entire seasons, its the effect these breaks have on the actual programme content that jarrs the most. We end up with a tediously drawn out series with either end heavily weighted- usually with more dung.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-28349677502567624962016-04-18T01:15:11.696-04:002016-04-18T01:15:11.696-04:00At least I find the original series watchable if o...At least I find the original series watchable if only because of the cartoonish level stupidity the characters display. This one is just paint drying. Dull paint.Jim The Hammerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769117930223573357noreply@blogger.com