Dead characters. Watching TV shows when I was young there was always characters on the show that died. Almost always characters that were guest stars, and not regulars, were the ones to end up dead. Dead was dead... and they weren't coming back. Main characters never died... ever.
There was always some things you were certain of... any woman that got involved with any of the Cartwright boys on Bonanza... they ended up dead somehow. Any non regular character in Star Trek that wore a red shirt... dead! Any character on the western going against the main characters... dead.
Later there was the presumed possibility dead scenario... the suspense of thinking that perhaps one of the main characters was dead, or gonna die... tune in next week to see if they escaped death.
Not always as it seems...
Today, with sci-fi shows, anything goes. Die... You come back. Die and go to hell... You come bad. Die today... come back in another time. Die... an angel or super human, or alien will revive you. So in today's shows, dead doesn't always mean they'll stay that way. Go figure. Just something to think about on a rainy cold day.
There was always some things you were certain of... any woman that got involved with any of the Cartwright boys on Bonanza... they ended up dead somehow. Any non regular character in Star Trek that wore a red shirt... dead! Any character on the western going against the main characters... dead.
Later there was the presumed possibility dead scenario... the suspense of thinking that perhaps one of the main characters was dead, or gonna die... tune in next week to see if they escaped death.
Not always as it seems...
Today, with sci-fi shows, anything goes. Die... You come back. Die and go to hell... You come bad. Die today... come back in another time. Die... an angel or super human, or alien will revive you. So in today's shows, dead doesn't always mean they'll stay that way. Go figure. Just something to think about on a rainy cold day.
Yesteryear... dead was dead forever...
