The Wild, Wild West- what would you change?

[rielle]

nope this is not a trick question. I'm just tryin' to participate more here than I have done in the past few months. I'm feeling 'chatty' and so you're getting the 'benefit' of that, friends, LOL

We all obviously love this show, and its still a marvel of acting and production, ideas and scenery and story-telling... and it has flaws, because yeah, it was made and produced by people.

And there were events during production that I think all of us would change in a heartbeat if we could. So I'm gonna guess right off the top that everyone here would far prefer very much for their sakes and for ours that Robert didn't fall from that chandelier and that Ross never had a heart attack.

If that is a given, what else would you change in 'our favourite programme'?

For me I would bring back a few of the best villains for more [and that's why we bring them back in fanfic of course, they were great]. To do this, I would make new stories for them, and eschew some of the villains I don't care for as much... of course

Dr Arcularis would be my first bring back, then Dr. Cadwallader, others would be 'Nina Candida'... the saloon lady in Samurai, Gideon Falconer, too, and Emma Valentine, natch, El Sordo, absolutely... and some more besides

So, that's my idea, what's yours?

[California gal]

I agree that some of the villains, and possibly other characters, should have been brought back. I wish a couple of the bad guys hadn't been killed off, like the Steel Assassin, Col. Vautrain (if he was), Shawn O'Reilly.

I managed to bring back Sir Nigel in a fic, but I have yet to figure out how to resurrect some others!

I would have liked to have seen Jennifer from Bars of Hell, Lily Fortune, and Josephine reappear.

[Nydiva]

I would have liked to have seen far more of Miguelito in the latter seasons - with Voltaire and Antoinette remaining as his companions.

And, as much as the character creeps me out, more Manzeppi. And an explanation as to his motivations!

[Double Take]

I would have liked to see WWW thumb their nose at the anti-violence league that tempered the fights in the final season!

Another minor change would have been to retain the high quality bumbers we saw during the first season.

For bad guys to bring back - Count Manseppi and Zeno Baroda.

[California gal]

Something else that could have been done would have been to give us a bit more background info on Jim and Artie. Not too much. I would not have it turn into the soap opera that most of today's procedurals are. But a little more--where they were born, something more about their military service and/or how they became agents and best friends.

Granted the lack of info leaves it wide open for us fic writers, and some of us have taken advantage of it. Still, I think just a little more would have been nice.

[Dieter]

I think my main change would also have been to keep the freeze-frame bumpers the same like in season 1. They could have done the same in color too. The way they did it in season 1 was the best!!

[zimmerman]

Deja Vu is what this thread is.

[snish]

Jul 14, 2012 13:35:10 GMT -8 zimmerman said:

Deja Vu is what this thread is.

That happens a lot around here.