I understand that there are people who don't like Marc Guggenheim. I also understand that there are people behind the scenes who are controlling where the story goes each episode who don't always write every episode. But within every script assignment, there is leeway as to how to present the material you've been asked to write. Versus Zoom was written by Joe Peracchio & David Kob (with the "&" indicating that they worked together, not that one re-wrote the other). They were probably handed a checklist of stuff they needed to accomplish in the episode, but THEY wrote it. If we're going to be upset about something stupid in a specific episode, I think we should at least be upset at the people who did the actual writing.
And I doubt that they came up with a bad episode because they felt as if we'd swallow anything they threw at us. If it's bad writing, it's more likely either because they failed to accomplish what they set out to accomplish or possibly because they're workers not totally invested in the characters and more just doing this as a job.
I just get frustrated when people assume that bad writing is the result of people who don't care. There are other reasons for bad writing. I went to school for screenwriting and graduated at the top of my class. Even the stuff I wrote that I'd rather burn in a fire than show to anyone was stuff I tried very hard to get right.
And I doubt that they came up with a bad episode because they felt as if we'd swallow anything they threw at us. If it's bad writing, it's more likely either because they failed to accomplish what they set out to accomplish or possibly because they're workers not totally invested in the characters and more just doing this as a job.
I just get frustrated when people assume that bad writing is the result of people who don't care. There are other reasons for bad writing. I went to school for screenwriting and graduated at the top of my class. Even the stuff I wrote that I'd rather burn in a fire than show to anyone was stuff I tried very hard to get right.
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