Re: When DC went downhill

Sharpe Fan wrote:
> 
> To be honest, I had never thought of a series deliberately running shows
> that are out of sync with the calendar (as opposed to those that are
merely
> non-date dependent).  It is an idea worth considering.  They do it in
> movies.  I would still want them to go forward chronologically (no labor
Day
> before the 4th of July, for instance), but your idea would allow for
more
> flexibility.  For instance, they could have had four years of college in
two
> seasons -  show just im****tant periods and milestones.  Since the
purpose of
> the show was not to show "life in college", but the interaction of
friends
> that would work out OK.  You would have to out a date card at the
beginning
> of an episode so the viewers would no when they were watching, but that
> isn't a problem.  Sort of the anti-"24".

I think they should be using date cards *now* in a lot of the programs, 
not just the police procedurals and 24.  The way time elapses on some of 
the shows can be screwy.

   -- Rob


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