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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 8857854" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>I don't know about that. I've been watching a lot of older programing and it was definitely more episodic. And you always had plenty of pablum. And of course bad episodes were filled with filler (and those are the episodes that I find don't often stand the test of time). But you still had good writers and good writing. You didn't have what we often get today since shows like Babylon 5, Sopranos, etc. Which is an overarching story. I think where media culture runs into trouble is it mistakes one approach for good and the other for bad. Something I am learning to appreciate are shows that were episodic, and didn't require you to know what happened in previous episodes. That puts some limits on things. You can't have as much character growth (a classic example might be something like the Michael J Fox character in Family ties getting a whole episode dedicated to the death of a friend we had never heard about, but who within the episode is extremely important apparantly, but who we never really hear about again. I think that is where episodic TV can have a glaring weakness. Shows that tells story can be much more about exploring a character and evolving the character, and about having an actual story to tell over time. But the weakness of the longer form storytelling is sometimes individual episodes aren't as enjoyable to rewatch (I think there are exceptions to this, I find a show like the Sopranos often has a nice balance of episode and more long form). And then of course a lot of this comes down to taste. </p><p></p><p>There is something very enjoyable about an episode of TV that is just enjoyable to watch on its own without being connected to a larger storyline or other episodes. </p><p></p><p>I thought Breaking Bad was a very well written show personally. I have only seen it once. But that one viewing made a very big impression. That said, I can understand why someone would see it and think it's overrated if it simply doesn't resonate with them. It's just an opinion. My favorite show, and the show I think was the most well written, is <em>I, Claudius</em>. But I know people who didn't agree and I don't see it as important to convince them otherwise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 8857854, member: 85555"] I don't know about that. I've been watching a lot of older programing and it was definitely more episodic. And you always had plenty of pablum. And of course bad episodes were filled with filler (and those are the episodes that I find don't often stand the test of time). But you still had good writers and good writing. You didn't have what we often get today since shows like Babylon 5, Sopranos, etc. Which is an overarching story. I think where media culture runs into trouble is it mistakes one approach for good and the other for bad. Something I am learning to appreciate are shows that were episodic, and didn't require you to know what happened in previous episodes. That puts some limits on things. You can't have as much character growth (a classic example might be something like the Michael J Fox character in Family ties getting a whole episode dedicated to the death of a friend we had never heard about, but who within the episode is extremely important apparantly, but who we never really hear about again. I think that is where episodic TV can have a glaring weakness. Shows that tells story can be much more about exploring a character and evolving the character, and about having an actual story to tell over time. But the weakness of the longer form storytelling is sometimes individual episodes aren't as enjoyable to rewatch (I think there are exceptions to this, I find a show like the Sopranos often has a nice balance of episode and more long form). And then of course a lot of this comes down to taste. There is something very enjoyable about an episode of TV that is just enjoyable to watch on its own without being connected to a larger storyline or other episodes. I thought Breaking Bad was a very well written show personally. I have only seen it once. But that one viewing made a very big impression. That said, I can understand why someone would see it and think it's overrated if it simply doesn't resonate with them. It's just an opinion. My favorite show, and the show I think was the most well written, is [I]I, Claudius[/I]. But I know people who didn't agree and I don't see it as important to convince them otherwise. [/QUOTE]
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