The Secret

[oselle]

After last night's riveting season finale of The Walking Dead, I found myself wondering what is the secret to creating great entertainment in the sci-fi/fantasy/horror genre. I think it comes down to two things --

1) Taking the subject matter seriously.

2) Respecting the audience.

Which frankly, are interrelated. If you take your subject matter seriously, you'll respect the audience because you know they take it seriously too. In contrast, if you think your story is kind of silly, then you'll no doubt think your audience is silly for liking it so much. And because it's a vicious cycle, once you start thinking your audience is silly, you'll take your story even less seriously because its biggest fans are losers who probably have nothing better to do than watch your silly show. See how that works?

Comments

[mulder200.livejournal.com]

So much word to this.

2) Respecting the audience.

Bingo! And I can the disturbing impression that the writers no longer respect their viewers let alone the fanbase.

TBH, I lost any faith I had in the writers after that ridiculous excuse of a 5th season. I mean the first half was all right but towards the second half, it was clear they had no idea what they were doing.

Then again, I felt things were fucked up when I saw a commentary with the show's creator saying, "Oh shit! We have to write the Apocalypse!" Needless to say, after watching that, my worse fears were confirmed.

[oselle.livejournal.com]

I felt things were fucked up when I saw a commentary with the show's creator saying, "Oh shit! We have to write the Apocalypse!"

I really hate it when I read things like that because I don't think they're joking. I think at some point last season they did suddenly wake up and remember they were supposed to write the apocalypse. Then they probably banged it out in one weekend and broke for Miller Time.