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Dallas - The Original Series
Katzman - more bad than good?
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<blockquote data-quote="pete lashmar" data-source="post: 311723" data-attributes="member: 606"><p>Dallas was a worldwide success and one of the biggest shows on the planet, at some point it had to start failing no matter who was in charge.</p><p></p><p>Had they brought someone brand new in the changes we saw could have been far worse, then again, for the final 2 seasons they may have got new actors who could actually act and develop plots that were engrossing - so who knows what would have happened.</p><p></p><p>I agree with all the point the OP stated and for me they way handled Pam's exit was probably their biggest mistake, but with hindsight you can kind of understand why.</p><p></p><p>Miss Ellie had been recast and then BBG came back - Bobby was killed off and then came back - Jock had been killed off and then "sort of" came back - and they really believed that they could have got Victoria back too and so left it open.</p><p></p><p>But their biggest mistake was how they did it, it was farcical, unrealistic and stupid - no one would have survived that crash and explosion. </p><p></p><p>By the time we got to season 12 the show was pretty much dead and give or take a few good ideas the show just wasn't any good any more.</p><p></p><p>But as to who was to blame, well I think anyone who has been a showrunner for too long eventually loses their focus, but the studio bosses have to take some responsibility too - and certainly whoever was in charge of casting needed to be fired.</p><p></p><p>The show didn't write well for the women of Dallas, but they were still strong focal figures who drove many of the plots, when Susan and Victoria went it left a void that was eventually replaced with something far far worse.</p><p></p><p>For me Dallas should have ended when *VP left, everything after that is very much hit and miss and the audience were expected to believe whatever the writers wanted to throw at them....and they didn't - they turned off and tuned out.</p><p></p><p>* VP's exit should have been a completely different kind of cliffhanger.</p><p></p><p>ALSO - The idea of JR acually ending up in an asylum would have been a brilliant end for the character, mirroring what he did to Sue Ellen. But his journey to getting there would have to have been different.</p><p></p><p>That Said...JR should have gone out on top, not putting a gun to his head in the worse series finale ever seen on television.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pete lashmar, post: 311723, member: 606"] Dallas was a worldwide success and one of the biggest shows on the planet, at some point it had to start failing no matter who was in charge. Had they brought someone brand new in the changes we saw could have been far worse, then again, for the final 2 seasons they may have got new actors who could actually act and develop plots that were engrossing - so who knows what would have happened. I agree with all the point the OP stated and for me they way handled Pam's exit was probably their biggest mistake, but with hindsight you can kind of understand why. Miss Ellie had been recast and then BBG came back - Bobby was killed off and then came back - Jock had been killed off and then "sort of" came back - and they really believed that they could have got Victoria back too and so left it open. But their biggest mistake was how they did it, it was farcical, unrealistic and stupid - no one would have survived that crash and explosion. By the time we got to season 12 the show was pretty much dead and give or take a few good ideas the show just wasn't any good any more. But as to who was to blame, well I think anyone who has been a showrunner for too long eventually loses their focus, but the studio bosses have to take some responsibility too - and certainly whoever was in charge of casting needed to be fired. The show didn't write well for the women of Dallas, but they were still strong focal figures who drove many of the plots, when Susan and Victoria went it left a void that was eventually replaced with something far far worse. For me Dallas should have ended when *VP left, everything after that is very much hit and miss and the audience were expected to believe whatever the writers wanted to throw at them....and they didn't - they turned off and tuned out. * VP's exit should have been a completely different kind of cliffhanger. ALSO - The idea of JR acually ending up in an asylum would have been a brilliant end for the character, mirroring what he did to Sue Ellen. But his journey to getting there would have to have been different. That Said...JR should have gone out on top, not putting a gun to his head in the worse series finale ever seen on television. [/QUOTE]
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