From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2025-12-01 10:53:42 +0000, Dumas Walker said:   
      
   >>   
   >> From: nobody@dizum.com   
   >   
   >> monster of the week could be copied from other franchises   
   >> would be better than Disney Who slop   
   >   
   > Considering the lack of imagination or originality, I am surprised that   
   > RTD2 didn't already fall into the MotW troupe.  Quite easy to use   
   > basically the same script over and over.   
   >   
   > I am a fan of the original Twilight Zone.  I am also a fan of the   
   > original Outer Limits.  Outer Limits was quite often MotW format, which   
   > is why I much prefer the Twilight Zone.  Granted, the Outer Limits   
   > wasn't that lazy with it and did usually come up with original stories.   
   >   
   >   
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   Some shows start out as 'monster / mystery of the week' (at least   
   mostly since they often have longer background ideas as well), but then   
   they change into long story arcs, and that's when they often fail or   
   lose a lot of their initial audience. Most people can't be bothered   
   having to watch every single episode, so 'monster / mystery of the   
   week' means they can catch episodes whenever they want without missing   
   "important" details. It's only the hard core fans who want these long   
   story arcs ... supposedly, or at least that's what the fools making the   
   shows like to believe.   
      
   One 'great' example ,is "The X-Files", which started out as a 'monster   
   of the week' show, but then about season 2 or 3 altered to become the   
   boring alien conspiracy nonsense and Mulder/Scully romance silliness   
   ... at that point the viewer numbers dropped.   
      
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