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To the writers + producers....

posted 12 years ago by arizona-philm-phan
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Back and forth....back and forth in time (we've been taken to that "balcony scene" how many times now)? Why not make it easier on your viewers (oh sure, we're supposed to work a little). But even college educated fans can find it a bit difficult....and for what real purpose.

You have excellent actors, so why put them in a position where, for any reason, their show might be cancelled? It is, basically, a good show and deserves to carry on---whether NBC does so, or not.

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[–] DeAd_MiKe_187 12 years ago

I didn't mind the time-shifting. I mean, I totally get why a show like this would do it. You never want to give your audience all the answers right away, but you have to make sure they know that the show is heading somewhere, that it's not just a "case of the week" show.

[–] dancannon46 12 years ago

I didn't mind the time-shifting. I mean, I totally get why a show like this would do it. You never want to give your audience all the answers right away, but you have to make sure they know that the show is heading somewhere, that it's not just a "case of the week" show.

This! People have had enough of these regurgitated weekly case shows and The Firm was/is bordering on that worn out tired theme.

[–] NeoBasch 12 years ago

I'm not having a hard time. I think it's easy. I understand it. I though it was rather simple actually. This show forces you to pay attention, but in no way is it hard to understand. Damages is a lot more complex and assumes its viewers know a bit of legal terminology.

[–] knight_sentinel 12 years ago

Well your point would be valid except "Damages" has followed this formula ever since it was on the air, FX would have kept "Damages" if it hadn't been so expensive to produce, but I watch the new season when "Damages" moved to the satellite company for it's new episodes, and I didn't see any difference except they were able to do some things that they couldn't even do on cable.

U guess they thought the audience would have been receptive to this type of format for story telling at this point in time and may have wanted something different instead of the same linear story telling and plot lines done in other prime time legal procedural series. I guess they were wrong.

If done in the linear time procedural format it's no different than any other legal drama, and NBC cancel =ed the original "Law & Order" and it's replacement legal drama "Law & Order: LA", and they followed a set formula that the audience wasn't watching anymore based on the ratings of those two series. So NBC went for something different.

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