On Thursday 17 February 2011 23:09:32 Russel Winder wrote: > On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 11:09 -0800, Walter Bright wrote: > > Russel Winder wrote: > > > Do not be afraid of the word. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to > > > hate. Hate leads to suffering. (*) > > > > > > (*) With apologies to Master Yoda (**) for any misquote. > > > > "Luke, trust your feelings!" -- Oggie Ben Doggie > > > > Of course, expecting consistency from Star Wars is a waste of time. > > "What -- me worry?" Alfred E Newman (*) > > Star Wars is like Dr Who you expect revisionist history in every > episode. I hate an inconsistent storyline, so the trick is to assume > each episode is a completely separate story unrelated to any other > episode.
The funny thing is that Doctor Who does a number of things which I would normally consider to make a show a bad show - such as being inconsistent in its timeline and generally being episodic rather than having real story arcs (though some of the newer Doctor Who stuff has had more of a story arc than was typical in the past) - but in spite of all that, it's an absolutely fantastic show - probably because the Doctor's just so much fun. Still, it's interesting how it generally breaks the rules of good storytelling and yet is still so great to watch. - Jonathan M Davis
