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Call me odd man out here, but I can't imagine wanting that. My input could probably improve a bunch of shows I consider 'bad', but if I think that, it's usually

Call me odd man out here, but I can't imagine wanting that. My input could probably improve a bunch of shows I consider 'bad', but if I think that, it's usually because of either lazy exposition or predictable plot lines. For shows I consider 'good', it's hard to imagine my input making them better, or on the chance that it did, it seems like it would ruin my enjoyment of it. Past that, since democratizing the plot would almost certainly yield a regression to the lowest common denominator, it seems like a really fun way to ruin quality television.

chc 8y ago
Obviously you can't fix incompetent creators with options given to you by the creators, but I don't think that's the only possibility here. Ithink the most useful possibility for a technique like that would be a "customize your experience" kind of thing. Maybe some people want more action, while other people want more romance. There are shows right now struggling and failing to balance the disparate desires of their audience, and sometimes they'll miss the balance so badly that nobody's very happy. Allowing somebody to just click a "more pew pew now" button might actually benefit those shows. Possibly.