Sometimes I wish I had been more skeptical instead of optimistic.
Then we have that in common. I also wish I had toned down - in my case negative - feelings about a show I hadn't actually seen.
Of course people may change opinion of a show they did watch, too. I recently binge-watched all 40 episodes of TNT's DALLAS and I was thoroughly entertained by it (especially by the lovely Josh Henderson). Though I still found some dull moments (Ann's trial), I had a great time watching it.
And I find a great deal of my past strong criticism of it - where I went into these lengthy absurd analyses of Rebecca's back story or J.R.'s codicil - completely bonkers. But that had to do with my different approach to the series at the time.
a very mediocre tv show with a (sorry to say) not-so-talented cast.
Obviously I disagree here. I am thoroughly entertained by the show and I find the cast lovely. Especially Cristal and Fallon. And Sam, too. I love him here much more than on Empire. I would however appreciate the addition of a hot hunk of Maxwell Caulfield's caliber.
I don't buy the old argument about pure hype keeping the original in the top-20 for years. Even when the writing was lacking, I think the old series knew how to keep the viewers entertained (something they began to heavily lose in seasons 7 and 8).
Well, it's just started, many tv shows know what they're doing in the first season.
And many shows don't until someone like Alexis Carrington or Amanda Woodward comes along. I just hope Nicolette Sheridan's addition doesn't ironically have the opposite effect on the show. Because I'm quite happy with it as is.
I wouldn't say that adding more Dynasty characters is a genius master plan - if anything, they even managed to make these first episodes look a bit random. And this is supposed to be the best part.
I'm not sure I'm looking for a 'genius master plan'. I just want to eagerly anticipate each episode and every hour to fly by. And for me, so far - they've done it.
New supporting characters like Kori or Stansfield (who is great) are necessary if you're telling a different story. And what little I've seen of expanded characters like Tom Carrington or overhauled characters like Cesil Colby looks very promising and intriguing to me.