Originally posted by: Mangs1303
Of course it's not essential that a story loses the plot. But crafting a story takes time and care.
Thought kahan se dalenge, SB? One, and probably most important, there's no storyboard beyond the first few episodes, if that. Just hang out the carrot and hope by the time they get to the stage where formula starts really taking over the audience is already in love with at least one, if not both leads.
Second, much as we blame the cvs, in the absence of the point above (no real story), it must be hell difficult to write for a daily soap. We see the bloopers, the lack of continuity and coherence, the nonsense and the face palm moments, but writing on the fly, as we know they do, must be hard. Worse, writing for more than one show at a time. Quality? What's that, and who cares? When we compare current serials to old ones like Saans or Buniyaad, those were weekly shows (far as I recall).
Third, the LCD factor, which is applied regardless of audience. It SHOULD have been apparent that balh2 was not a trp audience show. Trying to cater to the trp audience, diluting it's character, just screwed it up beyond repair.
I hold no brief for the writers--in fact, I'd like all formulaic writers forever banished--but, as I've often said here, the ideas aren't theirs. Look across channels and phs and you'll see the same rubbish simultaneously. And writers selling out in spite of knowing what response their work will get we won't get into. Remember how Nikita Dhond's writeaftermeals account disappeared from insta just before the s**t hit the fan preleap?
Very few cvs ever respond positively to complaints or cries of outrage. Most have the suggestion that you stop watching if you don't like their show, and they write for a larger crowd, who supposedly love the very things you're complaining about.
That's why I'm glad the gen leap in balh2 failed spectacularly. As they say, you can't fool everyone all the time. This is a payback for thinking the viewers can be eternally tricked into watching the crap they dish out.