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Criminal Minds: Apparently, Criminal Minds is good again but I can't find the motivation to get the episodes to catch up.

The Professionals: Ouch, there are some truly fugly clothes and hideous cars in the episodes. Was the 70's really that dreary?

Hetalia: Fandom, please stop making the personification of my country, England, cry - for no good

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[nialla42]

Was the 70's really that dreary?

From what I recall... yeah, pretty much. ;)

I think that's one reason there's been so many shows from the 70s remade in one way or another. Not just to use the nostalgia as a potential draw, but to erase the imagery of the 70s that many now find problematic for various reasons.

That's why I was amused when there was originally talk of rebooting Battlestar Galactica, and even when it was on the air, a lot of people slammed the original based on how it looked. They didn't want that show, it was cheesy.

I kept thinking, "People, it was the 70s. The writers might be good, but they (hopefully) can't bring back the 70s."

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When there was talk of bringing back BSG I was excited because I loved the original series when I was a kid. And then when I saw what they did with it I couldn't watch it. Such a shame.

[nialla42]

The first serious talk I heard about it was actually from Richard Hatch, who presented a short video at a con he'd produced with some help, starring some of the original cast, that he'd used to try to sell the idea to a studio.

His intention wasn't a reboot, but a continuation. The same characters, but 30 yahrens later, which would allow for updated clothing, changes in cast, etc. It could also tackle more adult storylines if they wanted, because the original was intended as a "family" show at the time and they didn't have to have that restriction now.

Then I saw bits of the darkity dark shaky cam new one, and could easily dismiss it from the original concept because all they used were some names and imagery. Not my cuppa no matter what they'd called it. Got too sick from the shaky cam.

[innocent_lex]

I think Criminal Minds is less mindless than it was last year, so that's good, but having said that I'm trying to conjour up a plot from this season right now and I'm coming up empty. Not sure if that's because the episodes are so very formulaic (which they always have been) or because I'm floating in some kind of haze these days.

I've also been rewatching some S2 as it's been on again, and there really hasn't been a great deal of change, though, when it comes to character growth. Things have certainly happened to all of the characters, and several of those things have been what I would call life-changing, but out of all of them the only one who seems to have grown is Reid.