tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post6333203355628682597..comments2023-07-18T03:44:33.021-07:00Comments on The Bit Maelstrom: Mr. Monk Gets Cancelledblakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-83785032628036737182009-01-19T11:37:00.000-08:002009-01-19T11:37:00.000-08:00Exactly, Michael. I'm certainly not claiming to ha...Exactly, Michael. I'm certainly not claiming to have any particular perceptive or logical facility in the large, just knowledge of how the formula requires the right clue being dropped at the right time, but also how it needs to be presented as not a clue.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-32504251585264153972009-01-19T04:38:00.000-08:002009-01-19T04:38:00.000-08:00When I solve mystery shows (or novels) it's never ...When I solve mystery shows (or novels) it's never because of clues, but because of the dramatic structure.<BR/><BR/>Another thing with MSW in particular was that often it would remind me of a particular mystery story/novel (Agatha Christie most often) and that generally let me know who did it. I wasn't so good motives and backstories though.<BR/><BR/>The more I think about it, the more I like the British approach, do a much smaller number of episodes per season and don't run the franchise into the ground.michael farrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10232229721381140090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-43363576019092033262009-01-17T16:30:00.000-08:002009-01-17T16:30:00.000-08:00This was a show that seemed a lot more fun the fir...This was a show that seemed a lot more fun the first two times you watched it and then it started to get tiresome. It was the repetitive nature of the story arc that starts to get to you. That happens to me in a lot of shows. Like ER and NYPD Blue and Meduim and Law and Order. It just seems to be the same formula. So when something like Deadwood or The Wire comes on you can't believe your good fortune. Still it was a cute little show for the old folks.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.com