I find I won’t tun into a TV show or watch a movie if it has any of these key words in the listing or ad:
amnesia/ repressed memory
time travel
UFO
ghost/haunted
angel
mob/ gang/ drug deal
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coma
hostage
missing child
The first group annoy me because they all seem to be plot gimmicks that allow for anything at all to happen. If you need a new character, or someone to do something out of character, or a savior to end the dilemma, it just pops up.
What they call in Greek tragedies “Deus ex Machina”
And the last three just fill their time slot with “waiting tension”. Seen it. Don’t need to see it again.
“Famous roles”
“Reality” anything
“Aprentice” anything
“Critics rate it highly”
“Supernateral”
“Medium”
Number with a “th” making it the “5th” or “6th” or “700th” of anything.
“Alien” The screen will be dark 75% of the show.
“Women” or “Girls” and “get” anything.
“Prank”
“Secretly Filmed”
Then I guess my script about the ghost of a UFO alien sending an angel back in time to rescue a comatose missing child held hostage by the Mob and recover her repressed memories is right out?
