12-10-2014, 12:36 AM
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*Exhale*
Ok, I get that the two most difficult parts of storytelling are the beginning and the ending. I have several writing projects that stuck in limbo because I have an idea of where they end but I'm not willing to put my name on something that I may have a shower moment about later on down the road and realize that the ending I chose wasn't perfect. (A shower moment is when you have a revelation - wait for it...while taking a shower)
I strongly suspect that Sutter is destined for one of these moments. After the first two years of expertly crafted and unpredictable storytelling Sons of Anarchy slowly became more convoluted with increasingly complex plotting and bizarre pacing, all while losing sight of the original point of the show: Yes, these people do bad things; but they're generally good people. They have families, principles, and above all else - brotherhood. These qualities are what made it so easy to cheer on Opie while exacting revenge on Stahl or feel the moral impasse of Jax when he gets a glimpse into a life for his son where he's being raised by a family who's tree isn't rooted in the blood-soaked soil of the criminal underworld.
Now, looking back on the last few seasons one has to wonder what the Hell went wrong in the writer's room.
You get movie length episodes that mostly consist of outlaw political exposition with healthy doses of blood thrown in between more scenes of people talking. Plot points that are brought to the forefront of the show and never get picked up again, and a two hour series finale that falls flat with a predictable ending.
Unfortunately, Sons of Anarchy ran out of money. At the end of season five, Sutter said that the show would have seven or eight seasons depending on how long it took him to tell the story he wanted to tell. As of 2 or 3 months ago, when asked why he decided to end the series, he explained that the production costs had ballooned out of control and that he still hadn't decided how he would end the show.
What we got was the byproduct of that mentality: A rushed production and a finale with 80 minutes of filler.That's how the Sons of Anarchy lost their way.
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*Exhale*
Ok, I get that the two most difficult parts of storytelling are the beginning and the ending. I have several writing projects that stuck in limbo because I have an idea of where they end but I'm not willing to put my name on something that I may have a shower moment about later on down the road and realize that the ending I chose wasn't perfect. (A shower moment is when you have a revelation - wait for it...while taking a shower)
I strongly suspect that Sutter is destined for one of these moments. After the first two years of expertly crafted and unpredictable storytelling Sons of Anarchy slowly became more convoluted with increasingly complex plotting and bizarre pacing, all while losing sight of the original point of the show: Yes, these people do bad things; but they're generally good people. They have families, principles, and above all else - brotherhood. These qualities are what made it so easy to cheer on Opie while exacting revenge on Stahl or feel the moral impasse of Jax when he gets a glimpse into a life for his son where he's being raised by a family who's tree isn't rooted in the blood-soaked soil of the criminal underworld.
Now, looking back on the last few seasons one has to wonder what the Hell went wrong in the writer's room.
You get movie length episodes that mostly consist of outlaw political exposition with healthy doses of blood thrown in between more scenes of people talking. Plot points that are brought to the forefront of the show and never get picked up again, and a two hour series finale that falls flat with a predictable ending.
Unfortunately, Sons of Anarchy ran out of money. At the end of season five, Sutter said that the show would have seven or eight seasons depending on how long it took him to tell the story he wanted to tell. As of 2 or 3 months ago, when asked why he decided to end the series, he explained that the production costs had ballooned out of control and that he still hadn't decided how he would end the show.
What we got was the byproduct of that mentality: A rushed production and a finale with 80 minutes of filler.That's how the Sons of Anarchy lost their way.
Trust me, I'm a medical professional.