Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-14138255-20131019173146/@comment-16774229-20131019184714

Well, you make plenty of valid points, but I don't think we should jump to conclusions about it being in decline quite yet. I'm not saying it's perfect, and I will admit that I have somewhat low standards for this kind of thing, but I don't think all this things are quite as concerning as you make them out to be.

1. Of course the trailers were more engaging then the show. For the Red trailer, it came at the end of RvB, and we would have gobbled it up if it were much worse, siimply because we wanted something to fill the voide that RvB's absence would leave us with(at lest I would have). As for them being "non-canon," that's still up for debt to a degree. We know the red trailer is not really cannon, but we have no evidence that that's true for the other trailers. We see the setting of all the trailers (and Adams face) in the intro, and they definitely wouldn't do that if they were throwing the trailers to the wind.

2.Now, as someone who often enjoys the world building more than the story of fantasy books and movies, I also want to see more of the world. but I think it's too early to say that they're not focusing enough on exploring the world. Keep in mind, it would be very hard to be constantly designing new backgrounds and settings, with they would need to do if they wanted to show us the world faster than they are. And I wouldn't be suprised if they start moving around more after the plot gets going. Monty obviously plans to move around, otherwise he wouldn't have put that much work into the world map.

3. There's a saying, I can't remember who said it, that there's nothing original under the sun. Yes there's a lot of references, and things based off other things, but I think we all knew what we were signed up for when we latched on to a show where the main characters are based off fairy tales. This one really comes down to personal opinion, because this sort of thing never bothered me as much as anyone else(one of my favorite books is Eragon).

4.This is, of course, a result of a lack of budget and manpower. You could argue that they could have waite alot longer to have the episodes ready, or give 2 weeks between episodes, but I don't think that would be any better.

5. this one is sort if the elephant in the room. Yes, it's any undeniably flaw, and I can't say they were justifed in doing it. The only thing I can say in their defense is this: They want to have purposeful and developed side characters, and this could be considered the best time to do it. The team will cirtly developed during the meta plot, where the side character will presumably be less prominent, and can't be developed as much without being shoe horned in. However, there is no excuse for Blake showing no personality. That, they can easaly do without centering an episode on her.

All in all I think it's too early to say  the show is in declie, it's hardly started. But I'm glad that we have people here willing to acknowledge the shows flaws, and not just say it's perfect, that's always healthy for fandoms. Just don't get as self riches as Angry Joe.