TMC
01-12-2001, 12:10 AM
These are several reasons that may direct to the ultimate failure of this show in spite of the fact that it actually ran longer than Saved By the Bell:
-The frequent cast changes throughout the show's run made things very hard from the standpoint of establishing all out familiarity. It's a bit difficult to be interested in seeing the characters grow if we're seriously expecting them to leave pretty soon afterwards. This sort of thing just became a predictable, tiresome, and repetitious process that showed some signs of a certain lack of faith from the producers.
-The absolutely lazy and lame writing seemed to always have a major presence on the show. We often got uninspired and flat punch-lines (the jokes seemed to tend to come too far in-between by the way) and predictable slapstick. This stuff was supplied with little else than the artificial laugh track behind it.
-The characters from the original Saved By the Bell that were on Saved By the Bell: The New Class seemed to be reduced to being essentially charactures of themselves. In the process, they were just placed in a bunch of absolutely meaningless and almost pointless subplots.
-The ever growing belief from certain viewers that there have been episodes that came off like virtual carbon-copies of episodes from the original Saved By the Bell.
-The repeated talking down (in an almost shallow and/or unrelatable manner) that surrounded episodes as the wrapped themselves up. The episodes would toss in a ton of contrived, corny, and artificial moral and ethicial aspects. It simply felt like episodes tended to grow uneven and/or lack in a strong sense of flow and momentum.
-The frequent cast changes throughout the show's run made things very hard from the standpoint of establishing all out familiarity. It's a bit difficult to be interested in seeing the characters grow if we're seriously expecting them to leave pretty soon afterwards. This sort of thing just became a predictable, tiresome, and repetitious process that showed some signs of a certain lack of faith from the producers.
-The absolutely lazy and lame writing seemed to always have a major presence on the show. We often got uninspired and flat punch-lines (the jokes seemed to tend to come too far in-between by the way) and predictable slapstick. This stuff was supplied with little else than the artificial laugh track behind it.
-The characters from the original Saved By the Bell that were on Saved By the Bell: The New Class seemed to be reduced to being essentially charactures of themselves. In the process, they were just placed in a bunch of absolutely meaningless and almost pointless subplots.
-The ever growing belief from certain viewers that there have been episodes that came off like virtual carbon-copies of episodes from the original Saved By the Bell.
-The repeated talking down (in an almost shallow and/or unrelatable manner) that surrounded episodes as the wrapped themselves up. The episodes would toss in a ton of contrived, corny, and artificial moral and ethicial aspects. It simply felt like episodes tended to grow uneven and/or lack in a strong sense of flow and momentum.