Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site uscvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!oliveb!hplabs!sdcrdcf!uscvax!kurtzman From: kurtzman@uscvax.UUCP (Stephen Kurtzman) Newsgroups: net.tv.soaps Subject: Re: AMC Tad/Dotty flame Message-ID: <161@uscvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 29-Oct-85 16:18:23 EST Article-I.D.: uscvax.161 Posted: Tue Oct 29 16:18:23 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 2-Nov-85 05:11:22 EST References: <1168@rayssd.UUCP> Reply-To: kurtzman@usc-cse.UUCP (Stephen Kurtzman) Distribution: net Organization: CS&CE Depts, U.S.C., Los Angeles, CA Lines: 38 Keywords: FLAME, gnashing of teeth Summary: In article <1168@rayssd.UUCP> m1b@rayssd.UUCP (M. Joseph Barone) writes: > Why do the writers and/or Nixon always drag these plots >out over such long periods of time? They start out interesting >but I find that I don't care what happens after the third month >of the same drivel! Over such lengths of time, development is >so sluggish that it's boring. Then they cheat us of a dramatic >conclusion! My wife and I were actual embarassed to watch Wed- >nesday's program! Another question to ask is why did they have Tad and Dotty sleep together? This was about the most ridiculous story twist they have had. My wife and I have not missed more than 4 or 5 episodes of AMC for the last 6 years and we have noticed that the writing is degrading at a fairly constant rate. The Tad/Dotty/who-cares plot is an example of one of the worst story lines we have seen. We have also watched with some amusement how children mature on the show. For instance, Tad was aged about two years extra years between the time he ran away and the time he came back. A similar aging has occurred with Dotty and Emily Ann. These are inconsistencies that the writers must feel the viewers will abide. However there are other inconsistencies that makes one believe that the writers are ignorant of past story lines. For instance, Nina recently came back to Cortlandt manor thinking she is 16. She did not recognize her mother! When the Nina character was first introduced to the show she constantly stared at a painting of her mother. Nina should have recognized her and gotten terminally confused since at 16 she thought her mother was dead. Now for a few favorite quotes from past AMC episodes: "I'm gonna get them Martins" - Ray Gardner "What are you? A product of inbreeding?" - Linda Warner to Nina Cortlandt Warner. Devon McFadden: "Do you love me?" Sean Cudahy: "Well, wadda ya think?"