I can't see any point in comparing Kripke to Joss or SPN to Buffy. That's just silly.
But I have no problem with observing that Joss and his staff were, on the whole, far better writers than those working on SPN, that Buffy was a better written show with more attention to its own canon than SPN has been in the last at least two seasons, and that it would have been nice to see more cohesive writing.
Jared and Jensen have, though sheer goddamn outstandingness, sold a great deal of mediocre writing as great drama. It's why I watch the show.
I guess what I'm saying is that for myself, anyway, any tendency to look back to Joss's oeuvre while watching SPN comes from the frustrated feeling that a story I love and a fandom that's a big part of my life could have been--really deserved to be--founded on better-written material, and when I think of good writing of fannish tv shows, Joss is one of the first names I think of.
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But I have no problem with observing that Joss and his staff were, on the whole, far better writers than those working on SPN, that Buffy was a better written show with more attention to its own canon than SPN has been in the last at least two seasons, and that it would have been nice to see more cohesive writing.
Jared and Jensen have, though sheer goddamn outstandingness, sold a great deal of mediocre writing as great drama. It's why I watch the show.
I guess what I'm saying is that for myself, anyway, any tendency to look back to Joss's oeuvre while watching SPN comes from the frustrated feeling that a story I love and a fandom that's a big part of my life could have been--really deserved to be--founded on better-written material, and when I think of good writing of fannish tv shows, Joss is one of the first names I think of.