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jane1978	Sep 3 2008, 10:06 AM
Posts: 2,309 Group: Elite Member Member #448 Joined: October 9, 2007	esp13 Sep 3 2008, 09:10 AM jane1978 Sep 3 2008, 04:29 AM Exactly. It´s one thing if someone doesn´t like the stories and/or characters she choices to write for, but it´s completely different thing when some rules from screenwriter basics are suddenly totally missing. I agree the show lately has a feeling of someone trying to put together exciting and quick paced show but not knowing how to do it properly and Dena süre didn´t have any trouble with pacing and editing during the strike or when Ava was first introduced and kidnapped Hope and Steve. So whatever Ed did, it didn´t help. See, I'd have to pretty much totally disagree about Dena's pacing from almost day one. January and February weren't awful, although I'd argue the plane crashing scenes lasted at least one day too many. But, March was Bo being sick and he and Hope having the same conversation (literally) every day. By the time they got to the climax with the transplant, it felt like it had dragged on for months. She did the same thing with Ava. She dragged out the beginning with too much time spent having Ava talk to herself in her room. Then she gets Hope and Steve kidnapped and has 3 weeks of nothing happening as Ava and Steve and Hope have the same conversation over and over, while Bo and Kayla worry (repetatively at that). Again, by the time the conclusion finally hit, it felt like it had all been going on for months and nobody cared. The fact that the conclusion was also written beyond horribly doesn't help, either. She did it again with the introduction to the Max storyline by dragging out the RagingMax thing for far too long. By the time they finally explained why Max was angry and didn't want people to know he was smart, nobody cared. They were sick of the character and his stupid rages. I know a lot of people didn't care about Max anyway, but that storyline turned away a lot of people who were at least neutral on the character. All three of these storylines have something in common. They were dragged out and infused with repetative dialogue. And it was months before the whole bruhaha with Ed hit the news. I don't know who is responsible for yesterday and I don't really care. I didn't think it was horrible, although I do agree it was disjointed. But, those who think it means Higley was back probably have a fair point in believing that. Those that are convinced it's all Ed screwing up probably have a fair point in believing that as well. But, in the end, it doesn't really matter. All that matters is that somebody fixes it -- soon. I agree with you but that´s the point. I don´t know what exact position Higley had in Reilly´s writing team but her name was always first after Reilly in the credits so I don´t think she was just one from many. Of course she knows something about draging things too much. But the scenes might had been repeating and the story had been slow but the direction was clear. Now it´s just contrary. We have important stuff appearing literally out of nowhere and rushing things beyond reason. As Phoenix said it really looks like there is neverending flipflopping between Ed and Dena´s vision, so what Dena starts as huge dramatic event, Ed suddenly writes out like as afterthought. Yes, fortunatelly we know it will end soon because from I heard Gary Tomlin not only brought in his personal favorite as CoHW, but also recreated the writing team so the responsibility of each member is clear. I just don´t like this "show is bad, Higley is back, show is good, that must be Ed" attitude when it even doesn´t make any sense timewise. Edited by jane1978, Sep 3 2008, 10:12 AM.


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