I appreciate when an actor calls out a specific plot and gives well-reasoned opinions on why it doesn't work, but with all due respect to Ian, the interview with him came across to me as general dissatisfaction on how it was better when Kevin and Julie were still around, as a writer or show runner on the current show I wouldnt know how to take that because it just seems like he's a little fed up with the show in general and wants people to know that?
Plenty of fans agree with him I'm sure, but I think there can tend to be a lot of nostalgic for the good old days on television shows, just making comments about how it was better when we had these people working on the show doesn't seem super helpful to the people that he's currently working with. I'm sure that everything did feel fresher and more fun when Ian was playing Damon for the first time in early season 1, but no show runner can ever bring that time back for him, even if Kevin Williamson himself returned to the show
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Date: 2015-03-16 12:12 am (UTC)Plenty of fans agree with him I'm sure, but I think there can tend to be a lot of nostalgic for the good old days on television shows, just making comments about how it was better when we had these people working on the show doesn't seem super helpful to the people that he's currently working with. I'm sure that everything did feel fresher and more fun when Ian was playing Damon for the first time in early season 1, but no show runner can ever bring that time back for him, even if Kevin Williamson himself returned to the show