Blog for a Cure

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Due to the support for this blog, we have now raised $62ish, all of which will go towards the Chordoma Foundation. Thank you.

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Monday, March 16, 2009

People should really think stuff through

I just found out that Prison Break would be stopped after its 3rd season because it had naturally run its course. Do you know why it naturally ran its course? Because the stupid writers called it Prison Break. With a title like that, how can you do anything but escape from prison, which however exiting it may be, will eventually get old. In fact, it seems a lot of shows can't survive very long because they are hindered by their initial concept. For example, what happens in Two and a Half Men when the actor playing Jake is a man himself? What happens to the characters of Friday Night Lights when they all leave high school (If you continued to follow their lives, it wouldn't be Friday Night Lights anymore because none of them would be in high school)? Do you know what kinds of shows survive for a long time? Shows that have names of people in them i.e. House, the Simpsons, Grey's anatomy. Or maybe shows with really general concepts like Lost, 24, CSI. See, the great thing about these shows is that the plot can go anywhere anytime and every episode can be a new story or the continuation of a longer story arc. Smarten up writers, because I don't want to get addicted to a show only to have it run its course after three seasons because they couldn't think of a better name at the beginning.

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