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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 441939" data-attributes="member: 8">^I don&#039;t understand this post. Who and what are you talking about? There&#039;s nothing wrong with the polite discussion at hand. There&#039;s no trolling and nobody feels angry or insulted. If that was the case then I&#039;m sure a moderator would have stepped in.Of course it will be your&nbsp; decision whether or not you want to be part of the discussion, but this self-imposed authority on the psychology of other forum members - talk about cookbookery 101 - does nothing to enhance the discussion itself. It only makes it unnecessarily personal. Now, let&#039;s say you were talking about me, for example.Would I consider my perspective defenceless? Yes, I would, because I don&#039;t expect to change&nbsp; anyone&#039;s opinion,&nbsp; I don&#039;t expect to win. But is that really the only goal in a discussion?I think it&#039;s merely yet another opportunity to talk about DALLAS old and new because we like&nbsp; to do that, repetition notwithstanding. If anything, it&#039;s what keeps these kind of discussion forums relevant and alive.Personally, I don&#039;t disagree with the negative emotions surrounding the &quot;new developments&quot; in TNT DALLAS - we feel what we feel - but sometimes I like to point out that the reasoning for those negative emotions, especially the comments about the showrunner, isn&#039;t always cut and dried.If you consider new Dallas a straightfoward continuation - as in: &quot;previously, 14 years ago on Dallas&quot; - then it&#039;s going to be frustration galore.I think it&#039;s partially a sequel (and I honestly believe there&#039;s plenty of classic Dallas in it) and partially a new and modern interpretation of Dallas (because it&#039;s the John Ross &amp; Christopher show).So, more like a modern Dallas soap opera rather than a continuation of a Dallas from a different zeitgeist. And I still find it absolutely exhilarating to think that it actually happened. And I feel exactly the same about DYNASTY II (The Colbys, not CWDynasty) not to mention the fact that they released it on DVD.It&#039;s just...mind-blowing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 441939, member: 8"] ^ I don't understand this post. Who and what are you talking about? There's nothing wrong with the polite discussion at hand. There's no trolling and nobody feels angry or insulted. If that was the case then I'm sure a moderator would have stepped in. Of course it will be [I]your[/I] decision whether or not you want to be part of the discussion, but this self-imposed authority on the psychology of other forum members - talk about cookbookery 101 - does nothing to enhance the discussion itself. It only makes it unnecessarily personal. Now, let's say you were talking about me, for example. Would I consider my perspective defenceless? Yes, I would, because I don't expect to [I]change[/I] anyone's opinion, I don't expect to [I]win[/I]. But is that really the only goal in a discussion? I think it's merely yet another opportunity to talk about DALLAS old and new because we [I]like[/I] to do that, repetition notwithstanding. If anything, it's what keeps these kind of discussion forums relevant and alive. Personally, I don't disagree with the negative emotions surrounding the "new developments" in TNT DALLAS - we feel what we feel - but sometimes I like to point out that the reasoning for those negative emotions, especially the comments about the showrunner, isn't always cut and dried. If you consider new Dallas a straightfoward continuation - as in: "previously, 14 years ago on Dallas" - then it's going to be frustration galore. I think it's partially a sequel (and I honestly believe there's plenty of classic Dallas in it) and partially a new and modern interpretation of Dallas (because it's the John Ross & Christopher show). So, more like a modern Dallas soap opera rather than a continuation of a Dallas from a different zeitgeist. And I still find it absolutely exhilarating to think that it actually happened. And I feel exactly the same about DYNASTY II (The Colbys, not CWDynasty) not to mention the fact that they released it on DVD. It's just...mind-blowing. [/QUOTE]

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