Sabrblade wrote:and that's why the show was failing so much as escapist fiction. It doesn't
need to be so super realistic that it alienates those who enjoy the fiction as means get away from harshness of reality.
Failing is subjective, for starters, and its hard to say its a failing when the show is still on air pretty much 3 seasons in... It only alienates those who don't like it, and as far as i'm concerned, my harsh reality is boring work, and violent video games, movies, and a bit of the violent toons are a great escape...
Sabrblade wrote:Thing is, the beginning needn't be so startling to be good. A humble beginning can go a long long way, whereas this show's beginning was anything but.
I consider a death to set the mood quite well for a war that has been raging on for too long. Obi Wan dying set the mood pretty well for the rest of the movie, are you going to tell me episode IV wasn't a humble beginning?
And I know its a movie compared to a show, but they both are aiming at young and mature audiences. Perhaps that isn't the best example since his death wasn't so graphic, but well, it was clearly meant to appeal to fans that wanted to see something new.. and I haven't seen a death of an Autobot that brutal before.