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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7573293" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>Actually, I think the scoring was the low point for me, although I did like the show overall more as episodes went on.</p><p></p><p>In the 1st episode, they have the big musical number to Debbie Gibson's I Think We're Alone Now. But, these people were born in 1989. That's a song that came out a few years before they were born. Why would they be all grooving on this? These guys are solidly Millennial. Their anthems would be Brittany Spears wouldn't it? So much of the music was drawn from the 1980s, and it really jarred to me. Barracuda? Stuff like that. It just seemed so out of place.</p><p></p><p>Never minding that you have them playing music on a turntable. These characters would be in high school in about 2004. That turntable would be about forty years old by the time they were using it. </p><p></p><p>I just found it really out of place.</p><p></p><p>But, overall, I did think the show got better as time went on. But, on the whole "lazy writing" thing, well, I do see the point. It's not about being perfect, but, there's a pretty wide gulf between perfect sharing of information and blindingly stupid actions that are easily preventable. Particularly by characters that are supposed to be pretty intelligent and are trying to resolve a problem. This was the reason I gave up on Walking Dead very early in the run.</p><p></p><p>If the only way you can keep your drama going is to treat your characters as if they are concussed gerbils, I'm just not interested in watching.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7573293, member: 22779"] Actually, I think the scoring was the low point for me, although I did like the show overall more as episodes went on. In the 1st episode, they have the big musical number to Debbie Gibson's I Think We're Alone Now. But, these people were born in 1989. That's a song that came out a few years before they were born. Why would they be all grooving on this? These guys are solidly Millennial. Their anthems would be Brittany Spears wouldn't it? So much of the music was drawn from the 1980s, and it really jarred to me. Barracuda? Stuff like that. It just seemed so out of place. Never minding that you have them playing music on a turntable. These characters would be in high school in about 2004. That turntable would be about forty years old by the time they were using it. I just found it really out of place. But, overall, I did think the show got better as time went on. But, on the whole "lazy writing" thing, well, I do see the point. It's not about being perfect, but, there's a pretty wide gulf between perfect sharing of information and blindingly stupid actions that are easily preventable. Particularly by characters that are supposed to be pretty intelligent and are trying to resolve a problem. This was the reason I gave up on Walking Dead very early in the run. If the only way you can keep your drama going is to treat your characters as if they are concussed gerbils, I'm just not interested in watching. [/QUOTE]
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