User blog comment:Western Gen/Speculations for Season 14/@comment-174.49.86.182-20160410155901/@comment-4616231-20160412044046

What do I want? Well, I don't know why you value the opinion of some random guy on the internet, but you asked, so, whatever.

For some reason people seem to have this idea that once we return to the main story (I'll assume this is Season 15), we'll start exactly where we left off... despite that being contrary to the whole fucking point. Regardless of how you felt about the whole "the hero doesn't see the happy ending" bit, that was still the point of that ending, so if they show exactly what happened after that, why the hell bother ending that way? It's not like the ending is that hard to figure out, either. The Reds and Blues beat those bad guys, they shut down the robots and apprehend Hargrove, the civil war ends and everyone is happy, yaaaay. So first of all, showing what should have happened at the end of the last season at the beginning of another just seems stupid to me. And also, I don't really give a shit about that stuff. If they indeed plan to continue this story, then that shit doesn't really add to it, it'd be more of a formality. If we could just jump right into new stuff without worrying about what happened earlier? That'd be great.

I really have no ideas what they'll do for S15, they showed Sister and Junior so they may as well do something with them I guess. The Reds and Blues also need to wrap up their damn "going home" subplot, it's like the only motivation they have left right now, they need to get on with that and then move forward. Also... some people will probably have strong feelings about this next opinion, but, the Reds and Blues need to fucking change. I know their whole schtick is being "bumbling idiots"... but it's not really that interesting. And if they're not that interesting, the next best thing they can do is be funny, but lately I haven't been finding them nearly as funny as they used to be either. Especially Caboose. I don't know what it is with him, but all the fans fucking love him when I can barely stand him (GOLDEN RULE: RANDOM ≠ FUNNY). Ocassionally he has his moments, but most of the time I'm just left wondering why he's there or needed to be there, while at the same time other characters that are funnier and/or could still have development are being shafted. I don't feel the Reds and Blues really meshed will with the Civil War shit going on around them. Half the time, they were pointless and annoying, and even when they got "into it" it still didn't feel right. If they can't be in a situation like that effectively, they should just go back to a situation that fits their style. Alternatively, introduce other characters and focus on them more. It's possible new stuff in S14 could be a potential basis for what's next in S15.

Speaking of humor, that's my only real concern with S14: That the funny shit won't be funny and it'll just be stupid and pointless. Now apparently they've had other writers work on some of these... so it could really go anywhere. I don't doubt the other stories can at least be interesting, but if the point of a story is to be funny, and it isn't, then it's just a waste of time. Also, for the love of god, I don't care what season it is, but I want SOMETHING to be done with the neglected characters, like Doc, Donut and Lopez. They're hands down the funniest, but at this point in the story, they may as well not exist. And I mean normal Doc, O'Malley is too bland and predictable to be that funny to me. Again, he's a character that sometimes has his moments, but is otherwise pointless.

I know RvB originated as a comedy show, but I feel like the story has outgrown the box canyon it started in, and the simplistic characters they started out with aren't really holding up as well anymore. Especially after constantly being with them for over a decade. Everything they do is way too predictable, at least, it is to me. There's probably going to be some people who strongly disagree with me about this, but... I don't really care. At the end of the day, it's a show for entertainment, and if I don't find it as entertaining to me anymore, then I can always move on. I'll still probably watch the new seasons though, it's not like it takes that long.

So, what do I want? An interesting story that's funny when it tries to be funny and isn't annoying. Yeah. Thanks random guy on the internet.