Jedi-72
Sr Member
"Bad Writing"
"Hack Writing"
Ok you scripting geniuses... maybe you can tell me how--if we do it your way and have the crew do the uber smart thing and protect themselves with enviro suits--we can then still have them become infected with the spores which ultimately lead to the creatures that we get to see ripping everyone apart?
Put another way, if we do it your "non-hack" "non-bad" writing way, we have no story.
Despite the fact this has been pointed out again and again, I guess it's more fashionable to just call something "bad writing", or call someone who does something that you don't do for a living a "hack" and ignore the fact that it's a plot device designed to facilitate the story we're telling.
Moo Cricket just did it out of the blue with something that is believable and not insultingly stupid. Putting on a suit is not "uber-smart". It's common sense. Omitting something so basic that can still allow for the story to be told without having to change anything else is insulting to the viewer and illustrative that the writers think so little of the audience that they believe they would accept this as plausible. You're literally paying to be insulted. With the resources and talent that they have access to, the audience is right to not just expect, but demand better. They had a budget for Kobe steak in a 5 star restaurant. What they produced with that budget were left-over white castle sliders. There is no excuse, and it would seem that the audience has largely agreed given its dismal performance.