My dad started smoking years before he could legally drive. It took him over thirty years to quit. I think it was the price that eventually made it happen.
I think Studio writers are afraid to have the characters change because they don't want to lose what made season one a success. I think actors are in favor of characters changing so they can explore new things professionally. I think mainstream audiences like the characters to stay the same so they can tune in to any episode or rerun and understand where things are at. I think devoted watchers want the story to evolve and for characters to evolve as well. Almost all the shows I can think of where character evolution is built in to the show are genre fiction shows where you can count on an audience to tune in every week, or shows released on the new Netflix model of dropping a whole season of work overnight where people will binge watch. I remember when Babylon 5 was -the- show that did it. As Genre fiction goes mainstream and new models like the Netflix bingewatch become more common I think we'll see a new generation of writers more willing to let the characters lead the story and see where it ends up, instead of returning back to baseline.
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Date: 2015-04-07 05:40 pm (UTC)I think Studio writers are afraid to have the characters change because they don't want to lose what made season one a success. I think actors are in favor of characters changing so they can explore new things professionally. I think mainstream audiences like the characters to stay the same so they can tune in to any episode or rerun and understand where things are at. I think devoted watchers want the story to evolve and for characters to evolve as well. Almost all the shows I can think of where character evolution is built in to the show are genre fiction shows where you can count on an audience to tune in every week, or shows released on the new Netflix model of dropping a whole season of work overnight where people will binge watch. I remember when Babylon 5 was -the- show that did it. As Genre fiction goes mainstream and new models like the Netflix bingewatch become more common I think we'll see a new generation of writers more willing to let the characters lead the story and see where it ends up, instead of returning back to baseline.