http://www.jordansummers.com/2004/06/02/reality-vs-fantasy/ Romance Writer & Urban Fantasy Novelist Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:38:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.jordansummers.com/2004/06/02/reality-vs-fantasy/#comment-200 Jordan Sat, 05 Jun 2004 21:48:14 +0000 http://208.73.34.214/~jordansu/2004/06/02/reality-vs-fantasy/#comment-200 That's makes sense, Chaz. I guess I hadn't thought about it that way. I don't think it will change my addiction to CSI, Monk, and Law & Order, but you make a good point. :-) That’s makes sense, Chaz. I guess I hadn’t thought about it that way. I don’t think it will change my addiction to CSI, Monk, and Law & Order, but you make a good point.

]]> http://www.jordansummers.com/2004/06/02/reality-vs-fantasy/#comment-199 Chaz Sat, 05 Jun 2004 05:35:53 +0000 http://208.73.34.214/~jordansu/2004/06/02/reality-vs-fantasy/#comment-199 I agree with your husband, and here's my reason: Feature-length films have total character arcs that have an emotional pay-off, whereas TV dramas are just routine challenges that seem to affect the hero(s) only temporarily, if at all. When was the last time a TV show exalted the human spirit (through the HERO) as well as Gladiator or Private Ryan? Aside from The Simpsons (and old Dick Van Dyke reruns), I hardly watch TV at all, yet I devour films. Go figure. I agree with your husband, and here’s my reason: Feature-length films have total character arcs that have an emotional pay-off, whereas TV dramas are just routine challenges that seem to affect the hero(s) only temporarily, if at all. When was the last time a TV show exalted the human spirit (through the HERO) as well as Gladiator or Private Ryan? Aside from The Simpsons (and old Dick Van Dyke reruns), I hardly watch TV at all, yet I devour films. Go figure.

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