the writers start believing the hype and try to turn them into serious drama.
I have no problem with serious drama. As you know, I've always thought SPN suffered from not taking itself seriously enough. The Walking Dead is a stellar example of a genre show that also manages to be compelling, serious drama.
But agree that angst-for-angst's-sake is not a substitute for good writing. It reminds me of when so many people in LoTR fandom started trying to write "serious" stories and just wound up writing a lot of silly stuff about Frodo getting beaten by his uncle or molested by his cousins.
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Date: 2011-10-16 09:20 pm (UTC)I have no problem with serious drama. As you know, I've always thought SPN suffered from not taking itself seriously enough. The Walking Dead is a stellar example of a genre show that also manages to be compelling, serious drama.
But agree that angst-for-angst's-sake is not a substitute for good writing. It reminds me of when so many people in LoTR fandom started trying to write "serious" stories and just wound up writing a lot of silly stuff about Frodo getting beaten by his uncle or molested by his cousins.