On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 08:54:25 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> Generally speaking, I agree but it is tiring that the good guys always
> win and the black hats always lose.

That's one thing I really look for when I'm looking for a good film or TV 
series - ambiguity in who the good guys and the bad guys are.

I really liked the remade Battlestar Galactica for this reason - I mean, 
the clarity in the start between the "good" and "bad" guys was clear, but 
as the programme progressed, you saw that it wasn't really as clear cut.

Breaking Bad was similar, in that there really weren't /any/ good guys at 
all - all the characters were flawed to some extent.

But writers and producers seem less willing these days to write stories 
that have such ambiguity in them.  Well, let's face it - these days, 
we're lucky to get anything that's actually a well thought-out story.  
It's more likely to be some "reality TV" garbage that's cheap to produce 
and makes shedloads of money from advertisers.  Heck, the "Sci Fi" 
channel (now sickeningly called "SyFy") is mostly *Wrestling* shows.  WTF?

Jim

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