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<blockquote data-quote="thomaswak" data-source="post: 213229" data-attributes="member: 3833">You know that something&#039;s wrong in the writing department when you have such a great actor like Alan Dale, and that you under-use his character. And when a useless character like Vanessa gets much more spotlight than him. I know that The CW is aimed at teenagers. So I guess that&#039;s why they don&#039;t care much of the 40/50 yo+ actors and characters of the show. I am &quot;rewatching&quot; Desperate Housewives (as a background noise when I am cooking, cleaning) and it was amazing to realize that all those 40 + characters were so fascinating. Good writing, good cast. When you think about it, OG Dynasty was a huge international hit, and its main characters were 40/50 yo... Also, the writing was supposed to be first degree, so people could take seriously the show and they could care about the characters. Then the writing became pointless and/.or stupid (Moldavia&#039;s following? Rita anyone? Spaceship? Characters coming back from the dead with a 100 % personality change?) people left, stopped watching. So yes, the writing is vital. Even an amazing cast can&#039;t save a show from bad writing. Think Fear the Walking Dead : season 1 &amp; 2 were average. The show runner changed absolutely all his writing team : season 3 was amazing, the ratings stayed strong and coherent during all the season. Then the show runner was let go. New show runners, new writing team : season 4 and 5 sucked so hard, that even an amazing rating jump (thanks to the walking dead character crossover, aka Morgan) the ratings never stop from falling. And the critics and the fans were really unhappy. I was myself a real fan of the show, and I never finished season 5. And I won&#039;t even try season 6 (as the show runners are the same sucking team than season 4 &amp; 5) and I&#039;m so disgusted by AMC and Scott Simple (the head of the franchise) that I won&#039;t watch their new show (The Walking Dead : worlds beyond) because I know it&#039;s gonna be bad. And even, with a miracle, the news show was good, I would be too afraid to invest time, when I know that AMC and Gimple can fire a competent show runner with a real knowledge of the characters, to replace him/her by &quot;retarded sock puppets&quot; (Yes, I&#039;m talking about you, Ian Goldberg and Andrew Chambliss)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thomaswak, post: 213229, member: 3833"] You know that something's wrong in the writing department when you have such a great actor like Alan Dale, and that you under-use his character. And when a useless character like Vanessa gets much more spotlight than him. I know that The CW is aimed at teenagers. So I guess that's why they don't care much of the 40/50 yo+ actors and characters of the show. I am "rewatching" [I]Desperate Housewives[/I] (as a background noise when I am cooking, cleaning) and it was amazing to realize that all those 40 + characters were so fascinating. Good writing, good cast. When you think about it, OG [I]Dynasty[/I] was a huge international hit, and its main characters were 40/50 yo... Also, the writing was supposed to be first degree, so people could take seriously the show and they could care about the characters. Then the writing became pointless and/.or stupid (Moldavia's following? Rita anyone? Spaceship? Characters coming back from the dead with a 100 % personality change?) people left, stopped watching. So yes, the writing is vital. Even an amazing cast can't save a show from bad writing. Think[I] Fear the Walking Dead[/I] : season 1 & 2 were average. The show runner changed absolutely all his writing team : season 3 was amazing, the ratings stayed strong and coherent during all the season. Then the show runner was let go. New show runners, new writing team : season 4 and 5 sucked so hard, that even an amazing rating jump (thanks to the walking dead character crossover, aka Morgan) the ratings never stop from falling. And the critics and the fans were really unhappy. I was myself a real fan of the show, and I never finished season 5. And I won't even try season 6 (as the show runners are the same sucking team than season 4 & 5) and I'm so disgusted by AMC and Scott Simple (the head of the franchise) that I won't watch their new show ([I]The Walking Dead : worlds beyond[/I]) because I know it's gonna be bad. And even, with a miracle, the news show was good, I would be too afraid to invest time, when I know that AMC and Gimple can fire a competent show runner with a real knowledge of the characters, to replace him/her by "retarded sock puppets" (Yes, I'm talking about you, Ian Goldberg and Andrew Chambliss) [/QUOTE]

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