zenith16
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oh I agree something went wrong there . But it's not the only place that did that it happened in the comic industry too. and other channels /stations in parts of NBC and cbs and few other places .This is funny because before it was called CW, it was The WB. Back when adult 30 somethings were writing shows like Buffy, Angel and Charmed, and they wrote stories for themselves. They always listened to the feedback of their fans and took what they said into consideration. I think with the merge of UPN and WB shows like Gilmore Girls and later shows like One Tree Hill, the writers seem to reduce the intelligence of the writing quality. I also saw a writer on twitter recently say they don't want criticism on their writing, basically you have one option: "love what I write or don't say anything." I don't think Joss Whedon, Douglas Petrie, Jane Espenson, Drew Goddard and Marti Noxon would have spoken that way.
I don't know why a huge number of area's thought it was good idea to dumb down certain things like characters intelligence and number of other things. I remember dick wolf claimed it was the on coming of reality's shows like Jersey shore and the like but I thing other factors were at play .
Now & days its the mentality of the writers thinking the audience will acept anything we put on no matter how poor.
Til they get the wake call from audience they say /think that about , saying other wise.
Part of it I think had to do with the moving of who was in charge back then . those that under stood that quality of things like good stories where intelligence of character wasn't sacrificed back then where the wb was involved before the cw came into play.
They are no longer in any sort of power and there isn't anyone that's fallowing their teaching cause most of the people coming to power are all to busy trying make names for them selves then care about any lasting legacy of quality . it's just I'm out for me and what I can get out of this. there were always people like that mind you. But it just seems more so and showing things like shows these. there still good things that show up.
but it get over shadowed far too often.
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