Novacom Saga - Retrospect / Random thoughts
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 3:00 pm
Random thoughts / retrospect of the Novacom Saga
*Some ideas could have been more developed
- Whit's stance against Novacom's "bad TV programming"
- The whole concept of mind control / the media's influence
- maybe the whole "cultural war" concept is too deep for AIO, but the above could have been more developed / delved into
*There is no real reason given why Novacom / the Chairman wanted to take over the world. Ultimately we're left with - "because it's there" / "taking over the world is fun" James Bond villain idea - as it is the only thing that is really presented
*I always thought that revealing the prayer meeting during Tom Riley's trial to be kind of awkwardly presented - not that prayer is a bad thing of course - but it almost like the writers realized that after 30+ episodes they hadn't done too much spiritual and kind of slapped it in there last moment
*Actually, I've always thought the entire sequence of Tom Riley's trial to be kind of a cheesy way to deal with / reveal loose ends involving Novacom at that point.
*Most of the Novacom Saga was released during a very interesting time in American history - IE the directly post 9/11 period. It is interesting to think what the writers could have addressed should they have tackled the issue of 9/11 on the show, but they decided to skip it entirely most likely due to it being in the subject of "too recent / too intense" to deal with.
*Maybe this sounds cruel, but it would have better if Mitch really did die, it would have shown that sometimes people really do die for what they believe in --which would have been a nod to real world 9/11 events going on without having to directly mention it, IE NYC firefighters / the passengers aboard Flight 93 -- and would have avoided some of the awkward post Novacom "let's find a way to ditch Mitch" episodes.
*Some ideas could have been more developed
- Whit's stance against Novacom's "bad TV programming"
- The whole concept of mind control / the media's influence
- maybe the whole "cultural war" concept is too deep for AIO, but the above could have been more developed / delved into
*There is no real reason given why Novacom / the Chairman wanted to take over the world. Ultimately we're left with - "because it's there" / "taking over the world is fun" James Bond villain idea - as it is the only thing that is really presented
*I always thought that revealing the prayer meeting during Tom Riley's trial to be kind of awkwardly presented - not that prayer is a bad thing of course - but it almost like the writers realized that after 30+ episodes they hadn't done too much spiritual and kind of slapped it in there last moment
*Actually, I've always thought the entire sequence of Tom Riley's trial to be kind of a cheesy way to deal with / reveal loose ends involving Novacom at that point.
*Most of the Novacom Saga was released during a very interesting time in American history - IE the directly post 9/11 period. It is interesting to think what the writers could have addressed should they have tackled the issue of 9/11 on the show, but they decided to skip it entirely most likely due to it being in the subject of "too recent / too intense" to deal with.
*Maybe this sounds cruel, but it would have better if Mitch really did die, it would have shown that sometimes people really do die for what they believe in --which would have been a nod to real world 9/11 events going on without having to directly mention it, IE NYC firefighters / the passengers aboard Flight 93 -- and would have avoided some of the awkward post Novacom "let's find a way to ditch Mitch" episodes.