Board Thread:COMPLETE BULLSHIT Forum/@comment-11260666-20140323025840

I think I finally realized what bugged me about TW. It's that the show isn't prepared for change. It isn't written on the fly. Or rather, written with the mindest of being prepared for anything. Obviously I love the show, otherwise I wouldn't care so much, but the show has recently become kind of weird. And not purposefully weird. Just plain weird, like making out or having sex on an old couch in the basement of a mental institution weird. And I think it's because of the same praise that EVERYONE who ever worked on TW gives Jeff in an interview, "Jeff just has so much planned out in his head." <--- I have literally heard like every actor/crew member say something like this (even when the topic isn't Jeff, it's like "Hey, that was a really cool shot." "Yeah, well Jeff just has a lot of stuff planned out" ...What?).

My point is that when it comes to TV, it's not good to have everything set in stone. There are a lot of variables with TV. This actually reminds me of a friend of mine who made a roleplay and had the whole story planned out. If you don't know, roleplays are group stories where everyone writes for their own character. So a girl came in and created like 7 characters and weeded them into every storyline and then couldn't post anymore, which ended up crippling the roleplay and eventually killing it. My friend wasn't prepared for that and his story was never told. After like 300 pages of writing, we were barely to the halfway mark of his story.

I feel that the same thing is slowly happeneing to TW. If an actor has/wants to leave the show, then  the writer should find a great way to write them out. I think Jeff did a great job with Allison, but the same can't be said for Boyd, Erica, or Cora, who's storylines closed without making much sense. And while they aren't main characters, it certainly makes me (and probably others) feel that the side characters of TW are utterly useless. It makes me feel kinda scared for the fates of non main characters.

Of course a TV show without a plan will die too, but I personally think it's best to have a strong premise or logline (with a general ending in mind) and let everything else go as the show moves on. The logline for iCarly was "A girl and her friends start a web show" and while iCarly isn't an hour long drama, it certainly had great characterization, great character growth, and a great follow through with the storylines (even with side characters). I honestly don't even know what the TW logline is anymore.

Sorry for the forever long post, but I really wanted to get this out to see what you guys think about it. 