Maybe It's The Bloodwine Talking

Anyone else notice how many shows now a days, especially nerdy shows, rely heavily on the monster of the week route? Sometimes going three or four episodes without dealing with any of the meat of the show. I'm starting to think that's the problem with American television over other countries. Our shows are written by teams of writers and often have 15+ episodes per season, and they run out of good story and need to fill the gap. Shows that average 10 episodes a season are filled with drama, comedy, story, twists, and depth on a much grander scale. Well, maybe, it's not so much about being American or not, there are good American shows that don't rely heavy on being formulaic, but most of them appear to be on channels and services based on subscription. So do I need to take a channels budget into account then? Shows like DaVinci's Demons, Game of Thrones, Daredevil, Carnival, Dexter (first few seasons at least) all have great story and plot development without being...

Where do I even begin? Well, I guess first off my name is Byron, though my nerdy friends call me Bert (long story), and I am a nerd. Not any specific kind of nerd, more just a general love for nerdy things kind of nerd. Fan of trek and wars, fan of Stargate and firefly, fan of video games though more RTS and puzzle than FPS. Big fan of technology in general and long for the day that I have the money to be at the forefront of things, I am usually about a step or two behind, but only because of money. Laptop is almost 4 years old, newest game console is an xbox360 slim; the TV is 1080p but 3 years old. I do try to keep up with the latest phones and gear for that, got note 3, Plantronics voyager earpiece, Bluetooth keyboard, Chromecast for the TV, just need a galaxy gear smart watch and I'll be happy with that end of it. Away from technology I am a large sci-fi fantasy fan. From Doctor Who to Star Trek, from Stargate (minus Stargate universe which was a horrible attempt to cross ...