I do see some of the flaws in the writing for Reunion however, it seems some people are being a little to hard on it. I've been trying to figure out why exactly that is. I think I may have figured it out.
Us the viewer have become accustomed to very clever writing with these kinds of shows. A lot of that comes from pop culture references. Those references are usually very 80's-centric and now 90's stuff is in there a lot too. So we get Reunion a show that spans the mid 80's to now, and there by can not at this point make those clever references to stuff since it is either happening at that time or has yet to happen. Perhaps if everyone lays off a bit it will gradually get better as the years go by and these people can reference all that stuff. Stuff I might add that they will be able to reference in a different way than a lot of characters on tv since they will have actually lived it.
If you pay attention they are already doing a fun job in some ways. The first epiosde made reference to Carla being the Molly Ringwald of the group. Good reference that is usuable then, hell that reference will still be usable 10 more years down the road. And for those of us who 9 or so that thing with Jenna dancing on the cars in the music video priceless.
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Yes, that is a problem too. That is actually one of the first negative things I read about the show was how the victim's identity was being hidden in bad dialogue. I've always been counting on that getting better once the victim is revealed.
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