I just bookmarked the Evil Overlord's List. You never know what will come in handy someday!
Also: don't kill the hero and try to replace him with a pale imitation of the original. They tried that with the "Fourth Season" of Airwolf, thinking that all anyone was watching for was the helicopter, anyway. Airwolf with Jan-Michael Vincent/Stringfellow Hawke lasted 2.5 seasons. Airwolf with Barry van Dyke/St. John Hawke was lucky to get one.
I would later adore Barry as Steve Sloan on Diagnosis: Murder, but he made a lousy Sinjin Hawke.
They made the same mistake on Beauty and the Beast when Linda Hamilton left. Diana Bennet was okay, but she wasn't Catherine. At least Dukes of Hazzard was bright enough to not kill off Bo and Luke, so that when Coy and Vance turned out to be a dumb move -- again with the "all anyone cares about is the car" mistake -- Bo and Luke could come back. I'm amazed Dallas lasted so long after the "Dream Season". (Thank you, Larry Hagman.)
The disconnect wasn't as obvious on Young Riders, because it was an ensemble cast, and the brought Noah Dixon in and established him as a solid character *before* they killed off Ike McSwain. As far as Tour of Duty, I went into that *knowing damn well* what the show was about, and *expecting* people to die. It still shocked me when Alex Devlin bought, though, and Purcell should have gotten someone killed while he was on heroin. (There's a good one-shot on the ToD page over at FF.net about Myron Goldman now being a Lt. Gen. in Iraq, and doing a mental compare/contrast or The War on Terror vs. Nam, especially when he runs into Doc Hock after all the years. It's titled 'Tour of Duty Iraq'.)
Anyway, I've rambled on long enough, time to FF the old Media Player until I can come up with something that's *not* a sappy country love song. I know I've got some Evanescence or something on this thing somewhere ... oh, or how about this!
Music of the Moment: Gunpowder & Lead by Miranda Lambert
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Date: 2008-06-22 08:46 pm (UTC)Also: don't kill the hero and try to replace him with a pale imitation of the original. They tried that with the "Fourth Season" of Airwolf, thinking that all anyone was watching for was the helicopter, anyway. Airwolf with Jan-Michael Vincent/Stringfellow Hawke lasted 2.5 seasons. Airwolf with Barry van Dyke/St. John Hawke was lucky to get one.
I would later adore Barry as Steve Sloan on Diagnosis: Murder, but he made a lousy Sinjin Hawke.
They made the same mistake on Beauty and the Beast when Linda Hamilton left. Diana Bennet was okay, but she wasn't Catherine. At least Dukes of Hazzard was bright enough to not kill off Bo and Luke, so that when Coy and Vance turned out to be a dumb move -- again with the "all anyone cares about is the car" mistake -- Bo and Luke could come back. I'm amazed Dallas lasted so long after the "Dream Season". (Thank you, Larry Hagman.)
The disconnect wasn't as obvious on Young Riders, because it was an ensemble cast, and the brought Noah Dixon in and established him as a solid character *before* they killed off Ike McSwain. As far as Tour of Duty, I went into that *knowing damn well* what the show was about, and *expecting* people to die. It still shocked me when Alex Devlin bought, though, and Purcell should have gotten someone killed while he was on heroin. (There's a good one-shot on the ToD page over at FF.net about Myron Goldman now being a Lt. Gen. in Iraq, and doing a mental compare/contrast or The War on Terror vs. Nam, especially when he runs into Doc Hock after all the years. It's titled 'Tour of Duty Iraq'.)
Anyway, I've rambled on long enough, time to FF the old Media Player until I can come up with something that's *not* a sappy country love song. I know I've got some Evanescence or something on this thing somewhere ... oh, or how about this!
Music of the Moment: Gunpowder & Lead by Miranda Lambert