Comments on: First Review: Bed of Roses http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/05/first-review-bed-of-roses.html Australia's leading TV blog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:53:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: keloggs87 http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/05/first-review-bed-of-roses.html/comment-page-1#comment-22102 keloggs87 Sat, 10 May 2008 09:52:00 +0000 http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/05/first-review-bed-of-roses.html#comment-22102 It's terrible! I so want to like it but it's just bad. What happened to the ABC? They were once producing great dramas and now they can't do anything good. Also, why are they continually producing things without story engines? 9 are doing way better drama with Underbelly and Sea Patrol 2 which is a big improvement over series 1.<br/>I definitely agree with Michael Idato's review at SMH, it's not living up to expectations. It’s terrible! I so want to like it but it’s just bad. What happened to the ABC? They were once producing great dramas and now they can’t do anything good. Also, why are they continually producing things without story engines? 9 are doing way better drama with Underbelly and Sea Patrol 2 which is a big improvement over series 1.
I definitely agree with Michael Idato’s review at SMH, it’s not living up to expectations.

]]> By: EJ McKenna. http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/05/first-review-bed-of-roses.html/comment-page-1#comment-22044 EJ McKenna. Wed, 07 May 2008 23:05:00 +0000 http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/05/first-review-bed-of-roses.html#comment-22044 If not for your review, I would have given this a big miss. The ABC's trailers were utter pox. Lots of pained expressions and not much else. It went on for ages. Made it seem like she was living in a haunted house. I completely zoned out - and I'm probably their target audience.<br/><br/>When people clearly know how to tell a story, whether using the three act model or the heroine's journey or any other devices and frameworks, it's a shame the 'promos' people can't get it into their head to highlight the turning point and what's actually propelling the drama. <br/><br/>*sigh* I feel a bit better now after this rant :-) If not for your review, I would have given this a big miss. The ABC’s trailers were utter pox. Lots of pained expressions and not much else. It went on for ages. Made it seem like she was living in a haunted house. I completely zoned out – and I’m probably their target audience.

When people clearly know how to tell a story, whether using the three act model or the heroine’s journey or any other devices and frameworks, it’s a shame the ‘promos’ people can’t get it into their head to highlight the turning point and what’s actually propelling the drama.

*sigh* I feel a bit better now after this rant :-)

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