Finishing up Firefly.

Buffy was good for three seasons. After the kids went to college and Angel got the spin-off, to me it was hit or miss, mainly miss. When you have something run for a long time, eventually you will run out of good ideas. It happened with a great show like The X-Files, so there should be no surprise that it happened with Buffy. I really only watched the first two seasons of Angel, but I'm sure it happened there too. I'm not a huge television show buff, as far as following shows for 8 or 10 years, but I would imagine that it is pretty normal for things to get watered down after 60+ episodes. New writers come in, good writers leave for greener pastures, XYZ plot device has been used before, etc. When your show is using a monster of the week type format, eventually you run out of myths and legends to use.

Firefly would have eventually run into something similar, it being an alegory for post-Civil War America would not have saved it from becoming stale at some point. It was great while it lasted though.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Drex

Yeah, if they're looking for validation. Most emotion doesn't have a logical basis, though. I know plenty of people who say classical music sucks and then go out and listen to Britney Spears. While I think they're a bunch of complete morons, the fact remains that their opinion is logicless emotion (attached to supreme ignorance, but hey) and is valid as emotion.

Not valid as a point to make in argument, though.

Well this kid did basically say something to the effect of "I watched like 10 minutes of some episode and didn't like it so now I think everyone involved in the creative process which brought about the show sucks." So you've pretty much hit the nail on the head with that example.

There's nowhere I can't reach.