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Post by Raja Lion on Jan 30, 2008 11:43:07 GMT -5
Competition in any line of business is only good for the consumer. The Monday Night War is arguably the most entertained I've EVER been as a wrestling fan. It's what brought me back after a few years hiatus and the hope of seeing something even close to that level is what keeps me around.
They've got a lot of talent on both rosters, but as its been said, as long as people are buying tickets, merchandise and watching the shows and ordering PPV, the content is going to stay par for the course. It's so hit or miss right now. The only way it will change is if everyone stops watching and buying crap.
As it's been stated, Vince needs the crap scared out of him. The thing is that right now, it'd take something absolutely huge to strike that sort of fear into him. TNA is small potatoes.
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mrjl
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Post by mrjl on Jan 30, 2008 21:53:35 GMT -5
Why would a "better" writer want to work for a wrestling show anyway??? Let's see... is it better writing an episode of a successful sitcom, a script for a movie featuring a 7-figures-Stars, or is it better writing an angle about two big men in spandex who [pretend to] beat the crap out of eachother for a fake Title? Really a hard choice to make Let's face it: even the best characters in wrestling NEED to be monodimensional, or at best in 2D. In the end it's always about "I'll beat you up because: a) I want your title b) I want your woman c) I don't like you for other reasons d) I want revenge for something you did to me Not the most appealing show to write for if you ask me. Raven VS Dreamer was a very three dimensional feud. I'll take that over "I'm going to jump this guy for no reason". Actually it was simply a combination of c and d
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longdogga
Don Corleone
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Post by longdogga on Jan 30, 2008 22:24:03 GMT -5
not to mention creatvie are very open to ideas from wrestlers foley himslef come up with plenty of ideas while in wwe. you cannot tell me that half the roster sit there and think of ways that fueds could be built great matches etc
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Post by Loki on Jan 31, 2008 5:10:30 GMT -5
I think we're vastly overestimating the input and the influence of writers and storylines on the product.
The fact is: a great "actor" will make wonders with a standard plot; a mediocre one will turn the best plot ever into a dull show.
Most of the Big Angles in WWF/E history were hardly Nobel-prize material, but worked well because the actors made a hell of a job in their roles, bringing people to care.
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Post by Raja Lion on Jan 31, 2008 6:13:24 GMT -5
I think we're vastly overestimating the input and the influence of writers and storylines on the product. The fact is: a great "actor" will make wonders with a standard plot; a mediocre one will turn the best plot ever into a dull show. Most of the Big Angles in WWF/E history were hardly Nobel-prize material, but worked well because the actors made a hell of a job in their roles, bringing people to care. While I agree with that to an extent, a great actor can only go as far as the material he/she is given. The material has to at least be palatable for an actor to make inferior scripts work.
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