>>Wo, wo, now wait a second, what's this about not continuing a successful
>>show? And what's this about them growing up? Surely that's a natural
>>thing in the show anyhow, that they do grow up, and go onto different
>>stages of their life, like Harry Potter...
>
>
> I know what you mean, but even Harry Potter is going to end once they've
> left school. If we start following them into adulthood, rather than just
> on the approach and during the teenage years, it alters the entire
premise
> of the show far too much. It's inconceivable that they'll still be doing
> this show when Malcolm is 25.
Hrm. I guess that's true to a certain extent, but, take shows like Home
Improvement, or Roseanne, where even the kids in that do grow up, go
through the various schooling, colleges, heck, even jobs.
I would hazard a guess, that the show could keep going for many years if
Malcolm maybe goes to college, Reese could end up in Military school,
Francis could find a job closer to home maybe... there's still a lot the
producers could mess around with. Following Malcolm into Adulthood with
his first job and a career I think though would be taxing on the show...
although, by that point they could have got through another few
seasons... And who knows, with some clever plot twists, you could even
have Malcolm working at the same company as his father... You know how
neurotic that family is, why should Malcolm actually leave home? Too
many unresolved issues.
Or Malcolm could get married, have a child of his own, and keep
returning almost like Francis does to either sort out issues and prove
that he's a good parent. Soo many possibilities. I mean, the show's
called Malcolm in the Middle. Originally it was Malcolm centric, but as
time went on, the other characters have become very much more im****tant.
So in the future, they might need some drastic changes, but it could
be possible to continue. Whether we'd want to watch I dont know.
> They've already done what most shows don't do and written it in that the
> characters grow up in line with their real ages. That's brilliant, but
> when they're not kids any more, the show will have gone into revolution
> compared with the original premise, rather than evolving nicely as it
does
> now.
As I say though, in Roseanne, Becky, Darlene, DJ, they all grew up too.
But I would agree, in a few years, to keep the show going, they'd have
to maybe do a spin off or something.
>>Why should Dewey growing up affect anything? Im confused.
>
> I'm not sure a lanky and spotty Dewey quite fits in so well compared
with
> the normal "cute" things he normally does. Boop boopy boo.
Of course, that could also become a plot twist.... Dewey becomes hideous
and the spawn of Satan. it would be something interesting to throw into
the show. I see it as an op****tunity!
Cya
Simon
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