Letter to an Old Friend
Dear Television,
I would like a good show to watch, please. Something with a story would be nice. Preferably a story that I haven't heard or seen at least 8 times before.
Also, I wanted to let you know that it is particularly nice to actually be shown a character's personality, rather than be told (i.e "Jessica, you're so cold and impersonal, I can see that you have a hard time forming personal relationships"). I know that that puts a little more stress on the actors and writers, but I feel like a little effort would go a long way.
And since I'm offering suggestions, I love science fiction in my programming, but please don't use those elements as shortcuts to storytelling. If you're going to have a holographic supercomputer than can analyze all materials and simulate everything, please put it in context (the year 2251, for example).
I really am a big fan, and have been for years, so anything you could do to help me out would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
-A Concerned Viewer
P.S. You know the montage sequences with rock ballad background music where no one does anything but look contemplative? Could you just put those after the credits where they won't bug me? That would sure be super.
I would like a good show to watch, please. Something with a story would be nice. Preferably a story that I haven't heard or seen at least 8 times before.
Also, I wanted to let you know that it is particularly nice to actually be shown a character's personality, rather than be told (i.e "Jessica, you're so cold and impersonal, I can see that you have a hard time forming personal relationships"). I know that that puts a little more stress on the actors and writers, but I feel like a little effort would go a long way.
And since I'm offering suggestions, I love science fiction in my programming, but please don't use those elements as shortcuts to storytelling. If you're going to have a holographic supercomputer than can analyze all materials and simulate everything, please put it in context (the year 2251, for example).
I really am a big fan, and have been for years, so anything you could do to help me out would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
-A Concerned Viewer
P.S. You know the montage sequences with rock ballad background music where no one does anything but look contemplative? Could you just put those after the credits where they won't bug me? That would sure be super.

1 Comments:
yeah, dean and i watched the pilot for a new series last night. sometimes bad can be funny, and sometimes bad is just bad. at least i had my chocolate no-bake cookies to keep me company inside that cold tundra of awkward storytelling.
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