You're not annoying/pressuring me. I am just a bit annoyed with myself for letting 4 months go by without so much as writing a single word on my reviews. LOL
But then if he is censoring Carver so much why not just announce him as show runner? Honestly, I have no clue. Maybe Singer prefers to be in the background. He was never official co-showrunner with Eric Kripke or Sera Gamble either, even though we know that his opinion did have a lot of weight with them as well. I would actually have expected Ben Edlund to step up as showrunner, but maybe he didn't want it either? It's all just guessing and hearsay, since we only have limited insight. Even interviews do not tell us everything, because people tend to give 'politcal' answers to questions. It's not like Singer would come out and publicly say S8 sucked, even if he thought that. LOL
And even then with episodes like Taxi Driver and The Great Escapist the second half of season nine was far from superb either. Oh, I know that. But at least Sam and Dean's characterisation wasn't off-the-charts OOC anymore. It still lacked layers and nuances and continuity, but the characters felt more natural again.
It makes me wonder while everyone contributed of course was Kim Manners (RIP) the glue that tied everything together I am pretty sure that Kim Manners was a major stabilising influence, but I don't know how much he was involved in the planning/writing process. The writing team sits in LA and Kim Manners acted as the person in charge in Vancouver. It's difficult to discern how much he contributed to narrative integrity and continuity.
By the way, I know you're having your S5 marathon at the moment. I'm not sure if you're reading through the old episode threads on Buffyforums, but if you do, I'd like you to ignore my reviews there and instead read them here on LJ. I often expand my reviews and work on better structuring/grammar/spelling in the weeks after I posted on BF. Especially my Dark Side of the Moon review got a major overhaul after I posted it on BF. LOL
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But then if he is censoring Carver so much why not just announce him as show runner?
Honestly, I have no clue. Maybe Singer prefers to be in the background. He was never official co-showrunner with Eric Kripke or Sera Gamble either, even though we know that his opinion did have a lot of weight with them as well. I would actually have expected Ben Edlund to step up as showrunner, but maybe he didn't want it either? It's all just guessing and hearsay, since we only have limited insight. Even interviews do not tell us everything, because people tend to give 'politcal' answers to questions. It's not like Singer would come out and publicly say S8 sucked, even if he thought that. LOL
And even then with episodes like Taxi Driver and The Great Escapist the second half of season nine was far from superb either.
Oh, I know that. But at least Sam and Dean's characterisation wasn't off-the-charts OOC anymore. It still lacked layers and nuances and continuity, but the characters felt more natural again.
It makes me wonder while everyone contributed of course was Kim Manners (RIP) the glue that tied everything together
I am pretty sure that Kim Manners was a major stabilising influence, but I don't know how much he was involved in the planning/writing process. The writing team sits in LA and Kim Manners acted as the person in charge in Vancouver. It's difficult to discern how much he contributed to narrative integrity and continuity.
By the way, I know you're having your S5 marathon at the moment. I'm not sure if you're reading through the old episode threads on Buffyforums, but if you do, I'd like you to ignore my reviews there and instead read them here on LJ. I often expand my reviews and work on better structuring/grammar/spelling in the weeks after I posted on BF. Especially my Dark Side of the Moon review got a major overhaul after I posted it on BF. LOL