Real Life has struck me as an incredibly horribly-written franchise. For one, the very existence of an author or team of writers has caused incredible debate among the fandom, but we know for sure that the franchise is partly dictated by the characters, which creates a paradox to say the least.
The "Planet Earth" series is my favorite part of the franchise, mostly because it averts the slow pacing of the other parts of the franchise which have provided the worst cases of Arc Fatigue ever: according to experts, the "Heat Death of the Universe" storyline will conclude several billion years from now at the earliest.
But as implied before, the character written format of Planet Earth has spelled certain doom: the cast of 7 billion is far too large to keep track of, the incredibly complex plot seems to have almost no purpose, and 24/7/365 airing has caused my Ti Vo to melt. Some people have clamored for a reboot or a genre shift to save the ailing series. Many have foretold that this will come in the form of a rumored "Doomsday" episode. Yet each and every time, the writers have backed out of what would no doubt be a healthy injection of freshness into this zombie of a series.
The death of billions would be tragic, but people just don't seem to understand that it's just a work of fiction. As a fan who watches the show, I eagerly awaited the much hyped "2012 Apocalypse" arc, which was set to begin on December 21st. I shouldn't have been surprised that the writers again backed out on an amazing opportunity.
I shouldn't have to turn to fan fiction like The Walking Dead to get some post-apocalyptic thrills. The characters who do the writing for Real Life need to get off their butts and solve the enormous problems of the most beloved part of the franchise. Fan fiction writers like Steven Speilburg and Gene Roddenberry have showed us that real life can be awesome, but nevertheless the collective writers (by that I mean the characters who pitch in to write; I don't want any author existence flame wars around here) of Real Life refuse to change anything.
Those fat executives are rolling in cash and there's nothing I can do about it...
You know what? Maybe I should watch a few episodes of the World Cup arc, which those stupid characters have written to repeat every four years since 1930. What are they, lazy!?!
The 2012 Apocalypse: Yet another aborted arc
Real Life has struck me as an incredibly horribly-written franchise. For one, the very existence of an author or team of writers has caused incredible debate among the fandom, but we know for sure that the franchise is partly dictated by the characters, which creates a paradox to say the least.
The "Planet Earth" series is my favorite part of the franchise, mostly because it averts the slow pacing of the other parts of the franchise which have provided the worst cases of Arc Fatigue ever: according to experts, the "Heat Death of the Universe" storyline will conclude several billion years from now at the earliest.
But as implied before, the character written format of Planet Earth has spelled certain doom: the cast of 7 billion is far too large to keep track of, the incredibly complex plot seems to have almost no purpose, and 24/7/365 airing has caused my Ti Vo to melt. Some people have clamored for a reboot or a genre shift to save the ailing series. Many have foretold that this will come in the form of a rumored "Doomsday" episode. Yet each and every time, the writers have backed out of what would no doubt be a healthy injection of freshness into this zombie of a series.
The death of billions would be tragic, but people just don't seem to understand that it's just a work of fiction. As a fan who watches the show, I eagerly awaited the much hyped "2012 Apocalypse" arc, which was set to begin on December 21st. I shouldn't have been surprised that the writers again backed out on an amazing opportunity.
I shouldn't have to turn to fan fiction like The Walking Dead to get some post-apocalyptic thrills. The characters who do the writing for Real Life need to get off their butts and solve the enormous problems of the most beloved part of the franchise. Fan fiction writers like Steven Speilburg and Gene Roddenberry have showed us that real life can be awesome, but nevertheless the collective writers (by that I mean the characters who pitch in to write; I don't want any author existence flame wars around here) of Real Life refuse to change anything.
Those fat executives are rolling in cash and there's nothing I can do about it...
You know what? Maybe I should watch a few episodes of the World Cup arc, which those stupid characters have written to repeat every four years since 1930. What are they, lazy!?!