Degree of ambition? Maybe it's a distinction between Manner and Matter? I recently rented the mini-series of "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" and watched the whole thing, even though I thought it went past mediocrity and was actually *badly* written--I kept watching the damn thing because I wanted to find out what was going to happen.
Also, sometimes the satisfaction of What's Going to Happen consists of Knowing What's Going to Happen. Sometimes you want to read something that has a happy ending, no matter how implausible it is that the protagonists would win through.
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Re: Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love
Date: 2010-04-13 08:07 am (UTC)Also, sometimes the satisfaction of What's Going to Happen consists of Knowing What's Going to Happen. Sometimes you want to read something that has a happy ending, no matter how implausible it is that the protagonists would win through.