Thread: Why Is "Monster of the Week" Style Hated?
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Old 02-12-2009, 01:08 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by Lock Jaw View Post
A lot of the early Buffy series is Monster of the Week type deal, while also having a larger story. And there were some real good episodes produced there.

On the flip side, the early episodes of Smallville had a Monster of the Week type deal, but didn't have the larger elements going on to make it very interesting. It has found that in recent seasons.
TBH, season 1 of Buffy was lackluster anyway. Well, compared to the rest of the series. It continued to largely mix the two concepts through much of its time on TV.

Smallville also had issues simply because it was the same thing every week in almost all senses. Someone gets meteor powers, Clark investigates, gets in trouble because of meteor rocks, rinse repeat.

A series can be intirely "baddy of the week" and still be good. It just has to be...You know, not otherwise completely homogenous.
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