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Originally Posted by DNSB
I'm not sure if when it appears to be 80%+ of the cast, you can call them villains anymore. I expect real evil from villains not petty nastiness. Most of the "evil" was on the level of shoplifting a candy bar from a corner store or watching a tank of crabs crawling over each other to get to the top.
When I was off with a nasty flu a while back and more or less forced to watch, I found myself thinking of what Mark Twain said: "The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the characters; the good to succeed, the bad to fail. The trouble with most fiction is that you want them all to land in hell, together, as quickly as possible."
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LOL, it's funny you mention that. I said the exact same thing to Mr. H a few nights--on a similar topic/show.
Same reason; repugnant lead characters.
When the
only reason you ever put a show on, are the sidekicks, you know that show has real problems.
Hitch