monster of the week could be copied from other franchises
would be better than Disney Who slop
From: nobody@dizum.com
monster of the week could be copied from other franchises
would be better than Disney Who slop
From: nobody@dizum.com
monster of the week could be copied from other franchises
would be better than Disney Who slop
Considering the lack of imagination or originality, I am surprised that
RTD2
didn't already fall into the MotW troupe. Quite easy to use basically
the same
script over and over.
I am a fan of the original Twilight Zone. I am also a fan of the
original
Outer Limits. Outer Limits was quite often MotW format, which is why I
much prefer the Twilight Zone. Granted, the Outer Limits wasn't that
lazy
with it and did usually come up with original stories.
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From: nobody@dizum.com
monster of the week could be copied from other franchises
would be better than Disney Who slop
Considering the lack of imagination or originality, I am surprised that
RTD2 didn't already fall into the MotW troupe. Quite easy to use
basically the same script over and over.
I am a fan of the original Twilight Zone. I am also a fan of the
original Outer Limits. Outer Limits was quite often MotW format, which
is why I much prefer the Twilight Zone. Granted, the Outer Limits
wasn't that lazy with it and did usually come up with original stories.
* SLMR 2.1a * DEL *.* How DARE you erase my tribbles!
On 2025-12-01 10:53:42 +0000, Dumas Walker said:
From: nobody@dizum.com
monster of the week could be copied from other franchises
would be better than Disney Who slop
Considering the lack of imagination or originality, I am surprised that
RTD2 didn't already fall into the MotW troupe. Quite easy to use
basically the same script over and over.
I am a fan of the original Twilight Zone. I am also a fan of the
original Outer Limits. Outer Limits was quite often MotW format, which
is why I much prefer the Twilight Zone. Granted, the Outer Limits
wasn't that lazy with it and did usually come up with original stories.
* SLMR 2.1a * DEL *.* How DARE you erase my tribbles!
Some shows start out as 'monster / mystery of the week' (at least
mostly since they often have longer background ideas as well), but then
they change into long story arcs, and that's when they often fail or
lose a lot of their initial audience. Most people can't be bothered
having to watch every single episode, so 'monster / mystery of the
week' means they can catch episodes whenever they want without missing >"important" details. It's only the hard core fans who want these long
story arcs ... supposedly, or at least that's what the fools making the >shows like to believe.
One 'great' example ,is "The X-Files", which started out as a 'monster
of the week' show, but then about season 2 or 3 altered to become the
boring alien conspiracy nonsense and Mulder/Scully romance silliness
... at that point the viewer numbers dropped.
Some shows start out as 'monster / mystery of the week' (at
least mostly since they often have longer background ideas as
well), but then they change into long story arcs, and that's
when they often fail or lose a lot of their initial audience.
Your Name wrote:
Some shows start out as 'monster / mystery of the week' (at
least mostly since they often have longer background ideas as
well), but then they change into long story arcs, and that's
when they often fail or lose a lot of their initial audience.
Yeah, 'Monster' of the week worked well enough for Scooby-Doo,
didn't it? For decades! You didn't see the writers of that try
to moralise or make Scooby darker or more relevant!
If it ain't broke...
Your Name wrote:
Some shows start out as 'monster / mystery of the week' (at
least mostly since they often have longer background ideas as
well), but then they change into long story arcs, and that's
when they often fail or lose a lot of their initial audience.
Yeah, 'Monster' of the week worked well enough for Scooby-Doo,
didn't it? For decades! You didn't see the writers of that try
to moralise or make Scooby darker or more relevant!
If it ain't broke...
On 2025-12-03 18:23:51 +0000, Blueshirt said:
Your Name wrote:
Some shows start out as 'monster / mystery of the week' (at
least mostly since they often have longer background ideas as
well), but then they change into long story arcs, and that's
when they often fail or lose a lot of their initial audience.
Yeah, 'Monster' of the week worked well enough for Scooby-Doo,
didn't it? For decades! You didn't see the writers of that try
to moralise or make Scooby darker or more relevant!
If it ain't broke...
I wouldn't speak too quickly. Netflix has a new 'live-action' Scooby
Doo show coming that they're calling a "modern reimaginging", so it's >anyone's guess how awful that will be. :-( ><https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/netflixs-scooby-doo-live-action-series-news-updates/>
On 2025-12-03 18:23:51 +0000, Blueshirt said:
'Monster' of the week worked well enough for Scooby-Doo
didn't it? For decades! You didn't see the writers of
that try to moralise or make Scooby darker or more
relevant!
If it ain't broke...
I wouldn't speak too quickly. Netflix has a new 'live-action'
Scooby Doo show coming that they're calling a "modern
reimaginging", so it's anyone's guess how awful that will be.
Your Name wrote:
On 2025-12-03 18:23:51 +0000, Blueshirt said:
'Monster' of the week worked well enough for Scooby-Doo
didn't it? For decades! You didn't see the writers of
that try to moralise or make Scooby darker or more
relevant!
If it ain't broke...
I wouldn't speak too quickly. Netflix has a new 'live-action'
Scooby Doo show coming that they're calling a "modern
reimaginging", so it's anyone's guess how awful that will be.
I think the term "modern reimagining" should be banned from
use...
And who asks for them anyway?
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