Attack of the TV Cliches
Finally! The answers we've been waiting for! ... Next season
The 'Now I'm Evil' Complex: Shows love toying with character loyalties. And, for the most part, this makes for superb drama. However, once a character turns to the dark side, don't prolong the inevitable. Once we as the viewers know that they're up to no good - every other scene that follows is us waiting for the shoe to drop. Hold off the actual betrayal for too long and a) we don't care or b) we begin to believe the good guys deserve if for being so damn oblivious.
Recent Offenders: Battlestar Galactica (Baltar), Alias (Everyone at one point), Desperate Housewives (Don't ask)
"Bwahaha - I'm Evil. Maybe. I'll let you know in 20 episodes."
"Sometimes They Come back": A personal pet peeve. If you're going to kill off a main character - commit to it, damnit! I hate seeing characters go as much as the next boob tuber, but it's a memorable and poignant turning point - a turning point that is rendered utterly useless when said character is ressurected just episodes later! It ruins the importance of the death. It ruins the credibility of the show. It just ruins everything. Unless its 'Mario Brothers, the TV Show', no one should have more than one life.
Recent Offenders: Buffy, Alias ("Oh no [character of the week] died...now everything has changed...wait, wait... there they are.") X-Files ("Mulder? You're dead? Wait. No. Now? No. How about now? Scully?)
"Noooooooooooo!!! Oh, hey...welcome back"
The Off-Camera Death: Related to both the above. Dear TV: you aren't fooling anyone. Now that we know characters most always come back, we also know that unless we actually see the brain matter splattered over the jail cell floor, its not a real death. We gotta see it to believe it.
Recent Offenders: Battlestar Galactica (A geek reference, nevermind), Every Single Dramatic TV Show - 24 included.
"Now you shall pay! Offscreen!"
For more on Hurley's love interest, play the Lost Website game or sign up with American Express for special coded plot summaries.I think that'll do for now. Stay tuned for future genre-specific beefs. And by stay tuned, I do mean please, please continue to read this blog.
12 comments:
Its so true, but its also what we keep coming back for.
your lucky there wer'nt any spoilers in here, otherwise..wrath
one more thing
the one that bugs me the most is the return of the dead character thing.
but it happnes in all medias
dont forget about Jason todd they finally get rid of him and then he's back and a bigger pain then ever. HA lets hope it doesnt happen again
Scribe of Dreams has a point. Perhaps if we wouldn't allow ourselves to get hooked they wouldn't keep doing it.
Then again, we can't help ourselves.
Then again, again, perhaps the three of us should get together and write something worth watching that doesn't subscribe to the norm or commit the above offenses.
BOO-YA!
Mr. Bradford -
You soooo need to quey this little article for something like entertainment weekly or even the ED magazine in the Journal.
It's AWESOME.....
DOOOOOO IIIIITTTTTT.
Get 'ER DONE!
That's an order.
Do you get the feeling that I mean it?
I meant 'QUERY'
But of course you knew that.
too much television doth a dull boy make. Get a life here guy. Who actually gives a whooping shit about what happens on that little 300 square inches of palpating inconsequence. Real life is a whole bunch nore interesting, fun and satisfyng....vic bickell
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Not sure where to post this but I wanted to ask if anyone has heard of National Clicks?
Can someone help me find it?
Overheard some co-workers talking about it all week but didn't have time to ask so I thought I would post it here to see if someone could help me out.
Seems to be getting alot of buzz right now.
Thanks
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